Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Commander of submarine USS Bullhead in Lombok Strait, Java Sea that failed to return on schedule. Said to have been the youngest submarine Commander in the Navy. Made 11 war patrols on submarines. Memorial service at Norfolk NAS on Oct 27, 1946 and flowers strewn at sea. Memorial service at Myers Park Baptist Church Sept 15, 1946. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 30
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: 39
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Fatally hurt by a hit-and-run driver at Cherry Point. Funeral services at the home on Oct 6, 1943. Burial at Elmwood Cemetery.
Age at Death: 21
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash during the Battle of Midway. Also on board was his college roommate Walter Gurley, see his file. Memorial marker in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action. He was the first man of the 117 city employees in the armed services to be killed. A portrait of Joe Hughes, sketched by Carl Holliman, the identification officer of the Charlotte Police Dept., was given to the new American Legion Post in Charlotte, named in his honor, on 4-4-1946. A smaller portrait also done by Mr. Holliman was presented to Mrs. Hughes. Flags were flown at half staff in honor of Howard Hughes in Charlotte on 4-4-1946.A memorial service was held at Parkwood A.R.P. church on 5-7-1944.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Europe.
Age at Death: Unavailable
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Accidentally killed at Camp Hood where he was attending anti-tank school. Memorial services held Feb 16, 1943 at Chadwick Baptist Church.Funeral services at Hovis Chapel. Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash in India. He had completed more than 550 hours of combat flying and 65 missions over enemy territory. Reportedly the youngest pilot to be a Liberator squadron commander. Record for the longest round-trip flight ever made by a B-24 - 3250 Statute miles.
Age at Death: Unavailable
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been overseas since he landed in North Ireland in December, 1943. Killed in action in Germany. Memorial mass on Jan. 28, 1945, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church on Dilworth Rd. Carillon bells were installed at St. Patrick's as a memorial on 9-30-45. Memorial marker at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
Age at Death: 23
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