Clifton Chaney
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial marker in the Netherlands.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte News 5-2-1945
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Richard Burnes
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor List. Killed in service.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Donnelly Cameron
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A memorial service was held at St. Lukes Lutheran Church on 2-24-1946. A group of Marines from the ammunition depot on York Road, the former Navy shell plant, sounded Taps at the memorial service. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2/23/1946
Walicer Chapman
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Eugene Bishop, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an airplane accident at Page Field, Fort Myers, FL before being sent overseas. Funeral held Jan 23, 1944. Memorial service at First Baptist for 15 members who died in WWII on Jul 14, 1946. Burial in Sharon Memorial Park.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-21-1944
Josiah Boone, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Josiah A. Boone was lost at sea after his submarine lost contact with the Navy as it returned to the Midway Islands on or about July 11, 1943. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-4-1946
William Brookey, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His funeral was held at the Douglas and Sing Chapel on 12-19-1944. Burial was at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, NC.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Harding High School Yearbook 1946
George Bistany
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died in a transport plane crash near Grenada Army Air base. Buried in Lawrence, MA.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Frank Borden
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: The World War II Honor List for Mecklenburg County states that he died in service, non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Arthur Brooks
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed en route back to Fort Bragg, when his car collided with an Army truck. His father and brother were also injured. A military funeral was held at Independence Hill Baptist Church in Statesville on Feb 20, 1945.
Age at Death: 34
Image Source: Newsprint unknown 2-20-1945