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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Buried at the American Military Cemetery in Marzanello, Italy, plot U, Row 10, Grave 118. Memorial service at the Huntersville Baptist Church on Aug. 27, 1944.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Fatally wounded in France.Entered the service with the National Guard in 1940. Memorial service at the Second Presbyterian Church on Sep 17, 1944.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-30-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: File notes that he and his brother, Pat, were possibly Marines and were both killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: USS Rowan torpedoed in Tyrrhenian Sea, near Sicily, Italy. Memorial marker at Sicily-Rome Cemetery, Italy.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 9/3/44
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action on his first mission as a tail gunner on a A-20 Havoc. A memorial service was held at the Huntersville A.R.P. Church on May 27, 1945.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in an accident while trying to remove a mine. He was buried with full military honors in the 10th Row, Plot R at Margraten Cemetery, between Maastricht and Aachen, Holland.
Age at Death: 35
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. He is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Cambridge, England - Plot B, Row, Grave 32.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial services held at Grace Church in Union County on July 29, 1945. Died of wounds received in the Battle of Okinawa and is buried on Okinawa.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: Charlotte News 7-19-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was one of 17 men killed when two B-24 bombers collided in air. His funeral was at the Highland Baptist Church in Hickory on 10-31-1943.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died in his sleep when a tree fell across his tent. He was buried on an island with full military honors.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: 6-20-1943 The Charlotte Observer
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was on his 15th mission in a plane that was shot down over Germany.Memorial marker at Ardennes, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-9-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Parachutist with invasion forces on D-Day at Normandy beachhead. Memorial service at Belmont Park Methodist Church. Memorial marker at Normandy, France.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Charlotte News 9-9-44
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died between October 16-31, 1942, according to a column published in the newspaper on 11-13-1942.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Crew on ammunition carrier Ship Jno. Morgan that was struck by an oil tanker in the Atlantic, exploded and sank.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 11-14-1943
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Completed 20 air missions in 6 weeks oversea. He was a crew chief and turret gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator when lost over Papa, Hungary.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 9-5-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed off of Okinawa when his munitions ship exploded after being struck by a Japanese suicide plane, according to a May 16, 1945 article.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Became a POW after being captured by the Japanese in the Philippines. Was being moved aboard the Japanese vessel Oryoku Maru when it was sunk.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was previouly reported missing in action and later listed as killed in action in Normandy on June 8, 1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte News 7-5-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was aboard the U. S. S. Bismarck Sea, which was sunk during the invasion of Iwo Jima.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 3-6-1945
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of wounds received at the battle of Cherbourg on Jun 25, 1944. Voted a typical American soldier by Popular Science magazine before he was shipped overseas.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library