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Gold Star Veterans

Chester Edge, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an accident at Bronson Field, Pensacola, FL.

Age at Death: 19

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

John Fennell

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died as a prisoner of war. Memorial marker at Fort McKinley, Manila, PI.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

William Dixon, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Listed as MIA after the surrender of Corregidor, the Japanese Government informed the Red Cross that Dixon had died. He was held as a Japanese POW in the Philippines. Memorial service at St. Marks Lutheran Church on Feb 21, 1943. His mother honored as a Gold Star mother on Nov 12, 1943. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.

Age at Death: 28

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2-18-1943

Henry Edgerton, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Co-Pilot of B-24 Liberator killed in action in an air battle over Germany. Buried in National Cemetery, Margraten, Holland. Memorial service held 9-7-45 at First Methodist Church.

Age at Death: 20

Image Source: newsprint 6-19-1945

Azra Ferguson

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: USS Rowan torpedoed in Tyrrhenian Sea, near Sicily, Italy. Memorial marker at Sicily-Rome Cemetery, Italy.

Age at Death: Unavailable 

Image Source: Charlotte Observer 9/3/44

Jackson "Jack" Doar, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Parachuted from fighter plane after accident and drowned. Memorial Program given by Hopewell Lions Club Nov 10, 1943. Military funeral on Oct 26, 1943 at Hawthorne Lane Methodist Church, internment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte.

Age at Death: 27

Image Source: Charlotte Observer Oct 21, 1943

Norris Edwards

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action at Normandy. Memorial service at Moravian Church, Winston-Salem on August 13.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Charles Ferguson

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.

Age at Death: 27

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

James Dobbins

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had received a battlefield promotion about 10 days before he was killed.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Jacob Eller

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Germany.

Age at Death: 30

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library