Henry Culbreth
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died from a heart attack.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
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Landen Bruner
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died with fellow Mecklenburg Co. men, Edward Norton and Paul Caldwell, on a troop transport ship that was attacked and sunk. A joint memorial service was held for Bruner and Paul B. Caldwell at Thomasboro Presbyterian Church on June 4, 1944. Memorial marker in North Africa.
Age at Death: 28
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 5-28-1944
Paul Caldwell
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Pfc. Caldwell died when his troop transport was sunk in the Atlantic by the enemy. Edward Percy Norton, Jr. and Landen Bruner, men from Mecklenburg Co., were also killed. A joint memorial service was held on June 4, 1944, at Morris Field for Caldwell and Bruner. Another memorial service was held for Caldwell at the Thomasboro Presbyterian Church on 5-9-1946. Memorial marker in North Africa.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-30-1943
Clifton Chaney
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial marker in the Netherlands.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte News 5-2-1945
Thomas Red Burke
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action during an advance near Remagne. Buried in Meuse, France with Protestant services. Memorial marker in Luxembourg.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Journal
Reginald Calvin
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He is listed as killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Walicer Chapman
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Richard Burnes
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor List. Killed in service.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Donnelly Cameron
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A memorial service was held at St. Lukes Lutheran Church on 2-24-1946. A group of Marines from the ammunition depot on York Road, the former Navy shell plant, sounded Taps at the memorial service. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2/23/1946
Warren Chapman
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Lt. Chapman received his wings at Craig Field, AL in 10/1942 and went overseas the same year. He was killed in a crash returning from a mission in the European theater. His memorial service was at First Baptist Church on 7-14-1946. The Breslin Funeral Home in Selma was resonsible for burial arrangements.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2-25-1944