Harley Crump
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor List. Killed in action in Italy.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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Clarence Cobb
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Plane hit by anti-aircraft fire over Tilburg, Holland or Duren, Germany. Plane was heading back across the English Channel when the engine caught fire and several crew members parachuted out. They were over the North Sea about 25 miles from shore and drowned in the freezing waters before a ship could reach them. Memorial marker in Cambridge, England. Age at Death: 20 Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Michael Courtney, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died from wounds received in action in Belgium on 2-8-1945.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
William Billy Crump
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed during the invasion of France. Buried in a cemetery in Ste. Mere Anglaise, France. Memorial service at Stough Memorial Baptist on Aug 6, 1944. The second man from Pineville to be killed in the war.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-22-1944
Paul Browning
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash south of Midland AAF Bombardier school in March, 1943.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Andrew Cady
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been in the service for 3 years and had gone overseas in August, 1944. He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charles Cathey
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died from pulmonary embolism while recovering from kidney surgery and pneumonia. His memorial service was at Westminster Presbyterian Church on 5-28-1944.
Age at Death: 32
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Landen Bruner
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died with fellow Mecklenburg Co. men, Edward Norton and Paul Caldwell, on a troop transport ship that was attacked and sunk. A joint memorial service was held for Bruner and Paul B. Caldwell at Thomasboro Presbyterian Church on June 4, 1944. Memorial marker in North Africa.
Age at Death: 28
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 5-28-1944
Paul Caldwell
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Pfc. Caldwell died when his troop transport was sunk in the Atlantic by the enemy. Edward Percy Norton, Jr. and Landen Bruner, men from Mecklenburg Co., were also killed. A joint memorial service was held on June 4, 1944, at Morris Field for Caldwell and Bruner. Another memorial service was held for Caldwell at the Thomasboro Presbyterian Church on 5-9-1946. Memorial marker in North Africa.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-30-1943
Petersen Cavert
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Buried in the US Cemetery at Limey, France. Monument in Lorraine, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin