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Veteran Records

Thomas Ivery, Jr.

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

Image Source: Our Patriots of America

Richard Dicky Haigler

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Took part in the capture of Nurnberg and Munich and was killed near Schweinfurt. Memorial service held at Central Avenue Baptist Church on 6-10-45. Buried in a military cemetery in Western Germany.

Age at Death: 23

Image Source: Charlotte Observer 6-10-45

James Harrison

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had flown cover during the D-Day invasion. He was previously listed as missing and was later declared dead. His son was born while he was overseas, and his wife never remarried. For more information about the 394th Bomb Group, please read Bridge Busters by J. Guy Ziegler.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte News 4-30-1945

Robert Helms

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Unavailable

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Eddie Joe Hall, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was wounded in Vossack, Germany on 12-1-1944. He was killed in action at a Ruhr River crossing. A memorial service was held at the Disabled Veterans Convention in Chicago on Oct. 19, 1945. A memorial service was held at the Duncan Memorial Methodist Church in Nov. 1945 and at the First Baptist Church on July 15, 1946.

Age at Death: 20

Image Source: Charlotte Observer 11-2-45

Joseph Hart

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died from wounds received in action.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin

Samuel Helms

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle and buried overseas. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI. See W. S. Helms.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Oscar Hammond

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing in action since the battle of Guadalcanal when the USS Juneau was sunk. Presumed dead. Memorial service at Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church on Aug. 8, 1943. A memorial service was held at First Baptist Church on 7-14-46.

Age at Death: 34

Image Source: Newsprint unknown 7-28-1943

James Hartzog

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash while delivering a special cargo of supplies urgently needed in the Pacific Theater of war. Had flown 142 missions over the Hump in 1942.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin

W. Helms

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: No other information is known about him. He did not appear on the Honor Roll, published in 1946, by the War Dept. See Samuel W. Helms.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library