Willard Barnwell
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Was among the invasion forces in France. Memorial marker at Normandy, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
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James Anderson
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
John Anderson, III
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed when the plane he was on crashed at Strawberry Peak near Pasadena. He had been given leave from his post in California and was en route for Tampa, Florida because his mother was seriously ill.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College publication
Joseph Ault
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A memorial service was held at First Methodist Church in Charlotte on April 23,1944. Missing in action. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 36
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-15-1944
Hugh Barr
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Burial is in the Blosville Cemetery in Blosville, Normandy, France. His grave is number 121, row 7, plot Z. A chaplain officiated.
Age at Death: 18
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-18-1945
James Anderson
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: The World War II Honor List for Mecklenburg County states that he died in service, non-battle. He died in a POW camp in the Philippines. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 1, Grave 1 in Manila, Phillipines.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Budd Andrews
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His pregnant wife was waiting in their apartment for him to fly his last three hours of training before going on leave to Pennsylvania. Once his leave was over, he would be shipping out to Okinawa.
He died when his plane caught fire while flying over Charlotte on a routine training mission. He feared that his plane would crash into homes, so he stayed aboard and refused the order to bail out, trying to crash the plane on a golf course. He cleared the last house in the Morningside neighborhood and crashed 20 feet short of a fairway.
William Auman
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A memorial service was held at First Baptist Church on July 14, 1946, for 15 members who died in WWII. He was missing in action, reportedly killed in a crash. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: First Baptist Church-Charlotte photocopy
Franklin Barron
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash at Green Cove Springs, FL. Funeral with military honors at St. Francis' Catholic Church in Lenoir on Aug 1, 1945. Burial at Union Church Cemetery on Taylorsville Rd.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
George Antonakos
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Unavailable
Age at Death: 28
Image Source: Family photo