Wilson McDiarmid
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed during the D-Day invasion of France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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David Meacham
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Funeral services were held in November, 1943 at Douglas and Sing Mortuary. Rev. S. K. Brazil, pastor of Thomasboro Baptist Church officiated as well as Rev. P. T. Dixon, pastor of Brevard St. Methodist Church. Internment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
William Montgomery
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was discharged from regular Army in 1939. He enlisted in the recruiting service in June, 1940 and became a warrant officer in Atlanta, GA. He drowned in Panama City. Funeral was held March 2, 1944, at Hovis Funeral Home. A memorial service was held at First Baptist Church on July 14, 1946, for 15 members who died during WWII.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: First Baptist Church-Charlotte photocopy
Joseph McElveen
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been a frequent visitor to Charlotte and surrounding towns in the Carolinas. He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-21-1944
Horace Melton
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Possibly killed in action, and buried overseas.
Age at Death: 17
Image Source: newsprint from Yandal collection
James Moore
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing and presumed dead.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
John McFayden
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Reported missing since his ship sunk 200 miles off the East Coast. The one gold star on the service flag in Anderson Auditorium in Montreat, NC is in his honor.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Kenneth Menzies
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died while in service.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
John Moore
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of a heart attack. In the Army since World War I, he was in command of the 22nd Detachment, School Troops, Infantry School at the time of his death.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Bill McGinnis
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Volunteered to swim a line to shore through the icy waves, trying to save the foundering USS Pollux off the Newfoundland coast.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: Carolina Room photo