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Veteran Records

James Dobbins

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had received a battlefield promotion about 10 days before he was killed.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Jacob Eller

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Germany.

Age at Death: 30

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

John Ferguson

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action on his first mission as a tail gunner on a A-20 Havoc. A memorial service was held at the Huntersville A.R.P. Church on May 27, 1945.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Robert Donald

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Clarence Ellis

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Fatally wounded in France.Entered the service with the National Guard in 1940. Memorial service at the Second Presbyterian Church on Sep 17, 1944.

Age at Death: 24

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-30-1944

Frank Fernald

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died in a naval patrol bomber that crashed near Livermore, CA.

Age at Death: 33

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 4-14-1942

William Dorsett

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. He was a POW held by Japan and died in the sinking of the POW transport ship the Arisan Maru.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Roy English, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Ran into heavy flak over Heidelberg and was seen going into a dive. Three parachutes were seen and 2 of flyers were accounted for. He took part in the invasion of Southern France and had completed over 50 missions at the time of his last flight.

Age at Death: 23

Image Source: The Charlotte News 4-12-1945

Charles Fesperman

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A prayer was said, in the name of Pvt. Charles Fesperman of Charlotte, at the 23rd National Convention of Disabled American Veterans in Denver, Colo., Sept. 12-15, 1944. There was a memorial service on 12-10-1944 at the Fairview Baptist Church in Albemarle.

Age at Death: 20

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-1-1944

Robert Drane

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was listed as Missing in his school newsletter, The Alumni Review in 10/1944. He was listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor List as killed in service.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library