Charles Walters
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing and presumed dead.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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Ralph Skillman
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in service during the war.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Benjamin Spivey, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in the crash of a B-29 bomber on a night flight near Woodward, OK. Final rites held at Methodist church in Big Stone Gap, VA on Jul 10, 1944.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-25-1944
Lowden Suggs
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed on the first day of the Peleliu Island campaign. As the driver of an amphibious tractor, he carried troops across the reef through heavy mortar fire before being mortally wounded by enemy mortar fire. Annually contributed to the Charlotte Fresh Air Fund. Memorial service at the Douglas and Sing chapel on Oct 13, 1944. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 28
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-7-1944
Arthur Skirrow
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action probably on January 21 near Strasbourg, apparently caught in the push the Germans made in Alsace on Jan 20. Memorial marker at Epimal, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College publication
Thomas Squires
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Had been overseas 18 days when he was killed in France. Memorial marker in Normandy, France.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Hobart Sutton
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: After enlisting, he volunteered for immediate overseas duty and was sent to Hawaii in 9/1942. Killed on Lone Tree Hill near Maffin Bay, while acting as a forward observer. Memorial service at First Baptist Church on July 14, 1946.Buried in an American cemetery overseas.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
John Sloan
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
Alexander St. Clair
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
Charles Swan
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-6-1944