Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: While acting as Officer of the Deck, his ship, the USS Barton, blew up a Japanese battleship and a cruiser. Other ships retaliated, hitting the Barton, which split in two and sunk in seconds. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was origianlly listed as missing, when his submarine, the Snook, failed to return from a patrol in enemy waters in the Pacific. Memorial marker at Ft mcKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: The Charlotte News 5-15-1946
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was a passenger on a plane that failed to arrive at its destination.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College annuals
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-6-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an accident in Mississippi.
Age at Death: 20
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Jesse was killed during an attack by fragments from an artillery shell. He is buried in the U. S. Military Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy, Plot 2-C, Row 49, Grave 3898. A memorial Marker was placed at Sicily- Rome, Italy.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Family photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died aboard a ship in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf in the vicinity of the island of Leyte. A Japanese bomb was dropped on his ship, then the plane crashed into the ship. Burial services were held on 11-14-1944 in the U. S. Cemetery, Tacloban, Leyte.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Family photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. He was buried with military honors at the Van Wyck cemetery in June 1948.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: newsprint
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died on the Western Front while fighting with the 7th Army.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Journal