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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing in action since May 1942 in the Philippines. There was a memorial service at the West Avenue Presbyterian Church on 8-6-1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-15-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Lost his life when the destroyer USS Morrison was attacked by 4 Japanese suicide bombers and sunk rapidly. Memorial service held at 1st Presbyterian Church on 8-4-46.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 5-15-46
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of wounds received on the Normandy front on June 15th. He was among the first airborne troops to land in France on D-Day.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in service in Italy. Memorial Service at Euto Baptist Church in Union County on Dec 17, 1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-15-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in the Solomon Islands. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 11-24-1942
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: As a fighter pilot, he was taking off from a ship when his plane stalled and then crashed into the sea.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-17-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action on the western front in Belgium. Memorial masses at St. Peters Catholic Church and St. Patricks Catholic Church on Feb 18, 1945 by the Knights of Columbus.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Corporal Munday went overseas in December, 1943. He died from wounds received on D-Day in the invasion of Normandy.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-8-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed when his army airplane crashed at Mooresville. Funeral service at Hovis Chapel on Nov 19, 1942. Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Age at Death: 47
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: The first negro soldier from Clear Creek to lose his life in World War II. Memorial marker at the National Memorial cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-15-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in service during the war. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI. Lived in Huntersville in 1940.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of wounds received in action on Nov 27, 1944. Memorial service at Tuckaseege Baptist Church on Jan 28, 1945.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: The World War II Honor List shows that he died in a non-battle situation. Memorial service at Tabernacle ARP Church on May 26, 1946.
Age at Death: 23
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 4-9-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of severe burns received in a truck accident on July 1. Memorial marker at Rhone, Draguignan, France.
Age at Death: 32
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 7-14-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Crew member of a B-24 that collided with another plane in mid-air. They were returning from a bombing mission to Munich, Germany. Memorial marker at Lorraine, France.
Age at Death: 23
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 6-19-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed on Peleliu Island in the central Pacific. Memorial service at Spencer Memorial Methodist Church on Jan 7, 1945. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-3-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Paratrooper killed in action in Europe, possibly with the invasion forces. A military memorial service was held at Bathabra Baptist Church at Cross Hill, SC on Jul 23, 1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He drowned while in service in Oct. 1944. He is believed to have been based on the Marshall Islands at the time of his death.
Age at Death: 25
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-29-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Article says he contracted desert fever in Colorado and died in a Fayetteville, NC Veterans Hospital. Father wrote that he died in Panama. Funeral in Washington, GA.
Age at Death: 25
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Hit during a raid on Wilhelmshayen, Germany, he nursed the plane back to England but died in the crash landing. A memorial fund to benefit wounded airmen was created in his name by Readers Digest.
Age at Death: Unavailable