Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force before the United States entered the war. His wife was living in Spartanburg, SC, at the time of his death.
Originally from Anderson County, SC, he had worked in Charlotte prior to his entry into the Royal Canadian Air Force. When his wife received the news of his death, it was unclear whether he had been killed in England or somewhere on the Continent. The newspaper said he was 27 in the summer of 1941.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was stationed at Morris Field and was shot to death by John L. Robinson, a local taxicab driver, in the 800 block of North Brevard St. in Charlotte, NC.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died from wounds received in action in the invasion of Southern France in the late summer. Memorial service at Spencer Memorial Methodist Church in 1944. Joined the National Guard in May, 1936.
Age at Death: 33
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 10-15-44
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-21-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action when his merchant ship, a tanker called the Merrimack, was torpedoed by submarines and sunk in the Caribbean. A high speed transport named for him, the USS Hunter Marshall, was launched at the Bingham, MA shipyard on May 5, 1945. There is a memorial marker in Battery Park, NYC.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died from mortar fire wounds received on March 4, after 2 weeks of severe battle duty on Iwo Jima. Buried in the Fifth Maine Division cemetery on Iwo Jima. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Cemetery, Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash at Thompson-Robbins field in Helena, Arkansas, where he was training. McKenzie Funeral Home in Whiteville handled his funeral. Burial at Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church Cemetery between Elizabethtown and Acme.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Oziel had come to the U. S. more than a year before his death to join the Army. He met his wife while stationed at Camp Mackall and was married on Christmas, 1943. The War Dept. had not given details of his death to his wife at the time when his obituary was printed on 8-3-1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer,8-3-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. Memorial marker in the Netherlands.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library