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Gold Star Veterans

Eldwyn Byars

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed when the SS Bienville was bombed.

Age at Death: 45

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Winfred Carson

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

Age at Death: 24

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-13-44

Ellis Clark

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died in action as a result of a cerebral concussion.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Peter Brown

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Flight from Clark Field to Okinawa was missing.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Newsprint unknown 9-27-1945

James Byars

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Lost in the North Sea on a training flight from England to Wales. The plane took off in heavy overcast and failed to join others during flight. Memorial marker in Cambridge, England.

Age at Death: 21

Image Source: The Charlotte News 11-6-1945

William Carter, III

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed when the B-24 bomber he co-piloted crashed in the mountains of Nevada. Funeral services held in Mt. Airy on Sept. 26th, with interment at Oakdale Cemetery.

ge at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin

Gilbert Clark

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial marker in Ardennes, France.

Age at Death: 27

Image Source: The Charlotte News 1-29-1946

Walter Brown

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in France.

Age at Death: 23

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-31-1944

Wade Bynum

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action according to the WWII Honor List for Mecklenburg County, NC.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

William Cashion

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was died as a POW on December 23, eith executed or while trying to escape. Memorial marker in the Netherlands.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Davidson College annual