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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.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was returning from a routine combat training flight piloting a C-47 troop carrier plane. He was killed when the plane crashed. His funeral was at Enderly park Baptist church on 9-24-1944. Internment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Charlotte.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an airplane accident 6 miles east of Turner Field, Albany, GA. Funeral services held Mar 10, 1944 at Harry and Bryant chapel. Memorial service at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Jul 21, 1946.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was the commanding officer in the Charlotte Quartermaster Depot. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy in his office and died at Memorial Hospital. His funeral was at St. Philips Episcopal Church in Durham with full military honors on 12-18-1944.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed on his third bombing mission. His first was 7-4-1944. A requiem mass was said for him on 7-27-1944 at St. Peters Catholic Church in Charlotte. Memorial marker at Cambridge, England.
Age at Death: 22
`Native of Rowan County, N.C., educated at Salem College. First marriage in 1829 to William D. Crawford, lawyer, who died in 1844: in 1854 married the late Peter M. Brown, Esq. of Charlotte. Member of Tryon Street Methodist Church in Charlotte,N.C.
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Has removed from Mr. L. Dinkins` to the house of widow Elizabeth Smith, 5 miles from Charlotte on the Old Nations Ford Rd., where he will attend to any calls that may be made in his line. See also 4-17-1832, when he moved to Lewis Dinkins 8 miles south of Charlotte.
Notes: Born in Richmond, Virginia. Telegrapher in Charlotte, NC. Survived by wife, nee Simpson from Jonesboro, Tennessee, mother in Richmond, and brother in Enfield, Halifax County, NCAge at Death: 23Place of Death: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NCSource:
Notes: `Formerly practiced medicine in Gaston County, NC, was State Treasurer for a short period of time, (was) elected President of the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherford Railroad. He leaves a wife and 4 children.`Age at Death: 56
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Crewman aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress that crashed soon after takeoff at Fort Bliss, TX. Crouch Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Funeral services at Oakhurst Baptist church on Mar 4, 1943.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: While on his 5th mission, his plane was disabled by enemy fire. US Bombers saw several men parachute from the plane. German Govt informed Red Cross that he was dead.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His mother is listed as a Gold Star Mother in The Charlotte Observer on 11-12-1943.He was a member of the crew of a ship that was sunk as a result of enemy action during the battle of Savo Island.
Age at Death: 17
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Parachuted from fighter plane after accident and drowned. Memorial Program given by Hopewell Lions Club Nov 10, 1943. Military funeral on Oct 26, 1943 at Hawthorne Lane Methodist Church, internment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte.
Age at Death: 27
<p>Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Was on guard duty when a German shell hit and killed him at Lemberg, Holland. Buried in Fosse, Belgium Plot D Row 6 Grave 117. Came to Charlotte in 1930 to visit his sister Mrs. A.G.
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.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was the only Mason in Charlotte who died in World War II. Included in his file are several letters to a girlfriend named Emily (Duncan?), in which he indicated that he thought he would come home to her.
Age at Death: 21
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died suddenly from a heart attack in a Washington hospital. His body was brought to Hovis Funeral Home in Charlotte. His memorial service was held at First Baptist Church on July 14, 1946.
Age at Death: 35
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: There are conflicting names given for probably the same individual. The Honor Roll published by the War Dept. listed Silas V. Hargett, as dying from non-battle related causes. The Y.M.C.A.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in a plane crash near White Oak, NC while on a cross-country navigation flight between Walnut Ridge, Ark. and Charlotte. His memorial service was at Brevard St. Methodist Church on 4-28-1944. His burial was at Sharon Memorial Park.
An 1852 honors graduate of Davidson College, this Mecklenburg native came from one of Charlotte's most prominent families. He was descended from Rev. Alexander Craighead and Mecklenburg patriot John McKnitt Alexander.