Roy Lackey
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action on Bougainvillea Island. Memorial Service held on 3/12/44 at Allen Street Baptist Church.
Age at Death: 23
Image Source: Family photo
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Calvin Jennings
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action in Italy. Memorial marker at Sicily-Rome Cemetery, Italy.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 3-1-1944
George Kerby, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action when his plane was on a reconnaissance mission from Wewak, New Guinea to find a missing plane. He had been eligible for a leave, but he had volunteered for this mission.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte News 1-25-1946
Leland Lambe
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Belgium. Memorial marker in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
Age at Death: 31
Image Source: Duke Power Magazine
David Johnson
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been in the Army 27 months and was overseas 6 months before he was killed in action.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: Newsprint unknown
Lamuel Jack Kerley
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was in the process of improving his newly captured position against a possible enemy counterattck. The enemy subjected the area to a heavy artillery barrage, and during this time, Lamuel was hit and killed instantly. He was buried in a Military Cemetery in Epinal, France, Plot Q, Row 26, Grave 2321. Memorial service held at Southside Baptist Church, Mooresville in December, 1944.
Age at Death: 29
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Platt Landis
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing and presumed dead. In the 1944 Charlotte City Directory, he is listed as in service. In the 1945-46 directory, his wife is listed as a widow.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Clark Knotts
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in France. Memorial service at Calvary Methodist Church on Sep 24, 1944. Age at Death: Unavailable Image Source: Charlotte Observer 8-27-44
Edwin Johnson
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had participated in raids over Bangkok, Yawata, Manchuria, Rangoon, and Singapore. He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-15-1944
Olin Kerns
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He as found dead on the subway tracks.
Age at Death: 29
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library