Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of burns received in action on the USS Curtis in Okinawa Bay on June 21, 1945. He was being transported on a Navy Hospital ship to Guam and died en route. On July 2, he was buried in the Army, Navy and Marine Cemetery No. 2 on Guam, Plot C, Row 34, Grave 12. Memorial service held at Hawthorne Lane Meth. Church on 9-2-45.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 7-21-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Fulbright entered the Merchant Marines in 3/1937 and was promoted from Messman to Fireman. After his ship was torpedoed, he returned to the US. He later departed for India and had appendicitis while onboard ship. He died on 4/10/1943 at Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, India, from appendicitis and cardiac failure. Buried at St. Stephens Cemetery, Kidderpore, Calcutta, on April 11. His family had him reinterred on 8/21/1949 in Charlotte, NC.
Age at Death: 39
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial marker in Florence, Italy.
Age at Death: Unavailable
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial service at Dilworth Methodist Church Apr 8, 1945. Killed in action in the India - Burma area.
Age at Death: 24
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was seriously wounded by German tank crew. He had a stomach wound and a shattered leg but was expected to be moved to England. He had dictated to a Red Cross worker 3 letters to his family. He died in France on 9-21 from the wounds he received on 9-13. There was a memorial service of him at the Davidson Presbyterian Church on 11-19-1944.
Age at Death: 22
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing and assumed killed in the line of duty. Memorial marker in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Took part in the initial landing at Iwo Jima, and was in continuous combat until the day of his death.
Age at Death: Unavailable
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died in his sleep when a tree fell across his tent. He was buried on an island with full military honors.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: 6-20-1943 The Charlotte Observer
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was to have been discharged in June, 1945, but he was killed in a vehicle accident just a few weeks earlier. Memorial service were held at Parkwood ARP Church on April 1, 1945.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte news 6-6-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Drowned while attempting to save a friends life in July, 1945.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 8-21-45