Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: After enlisting, he volunteered for immediate overseas duty and was sent to Hawaii in 9/1942. Killed on Lone Tree Hill near Maffin Bay, while acting as a forward observer. Memorial service at First Baptist Church on July 14, 1946.Buried in an American cemetery overseas.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of wounds received near Leghorn, Italy on July 1, 1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Wounded in action on Iwo Jima on Mar 21, dying the following day. He saw 31 days of action on Iwo Jima.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: CO 5-9-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Holland. He had jumped on D-Day at Normandy and on 9/11 in the aerial invasion of Holland. Memorial service at Glenwood Methodist Church in Greensboro, NC on Nov 19, 1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: co 8-3-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action according to Sep 1944 news article.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Immigrated to the US in about 1922, and lived in Brooklyn until 1942. Asked not to be exempted because he was 38. Buried American Cemetery #1, St. Lo, France. Memorial marker at Epimal, France.
Age at Death: 38
Image Source: Charlotte News 9-3-44
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died of wounds received in an attack by a Japanese plane, while working on board the USS Wesson. He died in the battle of Okinawa. Memorial service held July 1, 1945, at Belmont Park Methodist Church.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Carolina Room photo