Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing in action after a mission against Germany. This was his 4th mission over enemy territory. Memorial service on Apr 18, 1944 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Memorial marker in the Netherlands. Age at Death: 20 Image Source: 1940 CHS Yearbook
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: As a fighter pilot, he was taking off from a ship when his plane stalled and then crashed into the sea.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-17-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was listed as killed in action in France. In this article, his mother is listed in The Charlotte News as a former resident of Charlotte.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action at St. Lo, France.His memorial service was held on August 2, 1944, at Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church. His body was returned to the America aboard the US Army transport Greenville Victory in June 1948. His body was returned to his mother.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: family photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He enlisted in Matthews, NC. According to a relative, James Paris, Randolph's sister, Rebia, reported that his wife and daughter went to Transylvania County, NC, after Randolph died. His memorial marker is at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
James Paris provided a copy of a letter written by Randolph from somewhere in Africa on 1/19/1943. In it, he tells of some boys playing the fiddle, guitar, and mandolin. He is homesick to listen to the hill-billy music.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died while in the service. Memorial marker at Fort McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 5-27-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing in action over Germany since March 3.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: newsprint photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His plane was hit by anti-aircraft flak, burst into flames and went into a dive near Sottevast, France while on his 31st mission. His list of each missions is included in his file. His crew made the first daylight raid on Berlin. Memorial marker in Normandy, France.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in the Pacific. Memorial service at Derita Methodist Church Nov 22, 1942. Photos of grave in file. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("The Punchbowl"), Honolulu, HI. Age at Death: 22 Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College publication