Taze Lundy
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of wounds received in combat on Oct 14. Also awarded Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat in France in July, 1944.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: CO 11-12-44
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Turner McCarley
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in the South Pacific per Sep 3, 1943 newsprint.
Age at Death: 25
Image Source: newsprint-unknown
Alfred Little
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash at Jacksonville, FL.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Angus Lytch, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died in a plane crash near Katha, Burma, after completing 75 missions over enemy held Northern Burma in 1944. After his 99th mission, he was assigned a desk job, but he insisted on flying. He died on his 101st mission. He had been in the China-Burma-India Theater for 9 months, as of 9/1944, and had spent the previous summer at Morris Field in Charlotte. Military funeral held on Jan. 15, 1945, with burial in a military cemetery in Burma.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
William McClain
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Morotai. Memorial services in Charlotte pending the arrival of his brothers.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
George Andy Little
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Four planes were on a routine flight from Otis Field, MA to Norfolk, VA when the weather closed in. Little bailed out of his plane, which crashed, but his chute did not open in time. Funeral was at the Sharon Presbyterian Church on April 20, 1945, and burial was in the church cemetery.
Age at Death: 30
Image Source: Mecklenburg Times 4-19-45
Houston Lyttle
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Rochelle Dusty McClain, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed instantly in an airplane accident near Kansas City, KS. Was to have been discharged in two weeks.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 9-22-45
Roland Littles
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Theodore Malpert
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was stationed at Morris Field and was shot to death by John L. Robinson, a local taxicab driver, in the 800 block of North Brevard St. in Charlotte, NC.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library