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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Lost in the North Sea on a training flight from England to Wales. The plane took off in heavy overcast and failed to join others during flight. Memorial marker in Cambridge, England.
Age at Death: 21
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been in the service for 3 years and had gone overseas in August, 1944. He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died from pulmonary embolism while recovering from kidney surgery and pneumonia. His memorial service was at Westminster Presbyterian Church on 5-28-1944.
Age at Death: 32
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been overseas for five months. A memorial service was held at Chalmers Memorial ARP on 6-3-1945.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 3-1-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action in the Battle of Tarawa. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 3-19-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Had been on some 20 raids. Word that he was killed came from the German Government thru the Red Cross. Memorial marker in Normandy, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-7-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died as a result of burns received in action. Memorial marker at Fort McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-10-1942
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His ship was lost, and he was listed as missing in action in a Sept. 30, 1942 article.He was the first Merchant Marine cadet killed in WWII.
Age at Death: 23
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was lost over Europe and given up for dead. His name is listed on the Honor Roll at St. Peters Episcopal Church in Charlotte.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Central High School yearbook-1941
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was first reported missing on 2-6-1945. He was later declared dead on a date unknown in the American area.
Age at Death: 25
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in a plane accident over England. It involved the collision of two B-17 bombers. His group had completed 90 missions over Germany.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 6-1-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action when his company attempted to establish a beachhead on the east banks of the Moselle River.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 4-14-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: On 2-20-1944, he was flying over Koblenz, Germany and was last seen behind the formation with one engine smoking.
Age at Death: 25
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-18-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action while performing his job as a radio operator on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Reported missing when his plane crashed into the sea. Memorial service at Allen Street Baptist Church on Jul 9, 1944.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 4-14-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Had put in over 100 hours of combat flying in a heavy bomber when his plane was reported missing over Burma.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 11-21-1943
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. He was a POW held by Japan and died in the sinking of the POW transport ship the Arisan Maru.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was listed as Missing in his school newsletter, The Alumni Review in 10/1944. He was listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor List as killed in service.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Was killed when his car overturned on a causeway in Miami, FL. His service was held in Mint Hill, and internment was in Sharon Memorial Park on 7/19/45.
Age at Death: 18
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 7/18/45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in a hunting accident. His funeral service was at the Baptist Church in Dudley, SC, and his burial was at the Dudley cemetery.
Age at Death: 31
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library