Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His wife published Philippine Postscripts to give to ~800 families of men captured by the Japanese in the Battle of the Philippines. Grimes was executed while a Japanese POW held in the Philippines. Wife later moved to Ft. McClellan, AL.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte News 9-19-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action. His mother reported that she had his Bible that he carried in his breast pocket. It had a bullet hole through it.
Age at Death: 25
Image Source: Family photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He as listed as a former Y. M. C. A. dormitory boy. The committee working on obtaining information noted that they sent his parents 2 letters and questionnaries, since his brother, Leo, died. Nothing else was found in his file.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Completed 20 air missions in 6 weeks oversea. He was a crew chief and turret gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator when lost over Papa, Hungary.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 9-5-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed by enemy artillery while leading his platoon against the enemy. Burial and memorial marker in Luxembourg.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Westein, Germany. Burial with protestant funeral in eastern Belgium.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action at the Battle of Midway when his bomber, which carried Major General Clarence Tinker, crashed into the sea. Gilmer Holton, his roommate from Davidson College and Hickam Air Field, Oahu, was also killed. His memorial service held at Belmont Park Methodist Church on March 17, 1946.His memorial marker is at the Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, HI. He has a tombstone in the Mimosa Cemetery in Davidson, NC.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash on September 28 during a routine flight in Florida. Funeral in Jacksonville, FL with interment at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died from wounds he received in his tank. He was leading his company when the tank was hit by an anti-tank gun. Members of his crew took him out of the tank and into a basement where other wounded were. He was injured internally and even though given first aid, he died shortly thereafter. He was buried in the U. S. Military Cemetery in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Age at Death: 28
Image Source: The Charlotte News 1-26-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was on a strafing mission near Bonn, Germany when his plane was shot down. Memorial marker in the Netherlands. Enlisted in the Army in 1942 before transferring.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College annual