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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Accidentally killed at Camp Hood where he was attending anti-tank school. Memorial services held Feb 16, 1943 at Chadwick Baptist Church.Funeral services at Hovis Chapel. Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Age at Death: 26
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Accidentally killed in the North Pacific in August, 1943. Burial overseas. Memorial service at Tabernacle ARP Church on May 26, 1946. His mother honored as a Gold Star Mother on Nov 12, 1943.
Age at Death: 34
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been overseas 17 months at the time of his death, according to a newspaper article on 3-1-1944. There was no date of death given. A memorial service was held at Warlick's Baptist Church near Icard on March 12, 1944.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been in the South Pacific for nine months and had already been in three major battles. He was lost at sea when the Warrenton encountered a hurricane. Memorial marker at Battery Park, NYC.
Age at Death: 17
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Lost his life off of Okinawa when the USS Morrison was sunk by 4 direct hits from suicide planes. Memorial service held Sep 16, 1945 at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was on a boat that had been at Okinawa. It was later attacked by a large group of Japanese dive bombers. The ship sunk 12 miles from land, but he was not one rescued. His memorial service was held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church on 7/8/1945.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action when his plane was on a reconnaissance mission from Wewak, New Guinea to find a missing plane. He had been eligible for a leave, but he had volunteered for this mission.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was in the process of improving his newly captured position against a possible enemy counterattck. The enemy subjected the area to a heavy artillery barrage, and during this time, Lamuel was hit and killed instantly.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action after going into Normandy soon after D-Day. Has also served a year in Army and then gone into the Reserves before he was recalled. Memorial service at his home on Sep 13, 1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: On a strafing mission over a tank column he was hit by antiaircraft fire. He escaped the aircraft but his parachute did not open. Buried in Neuville-en-Condroz Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He went overseas on 12/9/1944. In The Charlotte Observer dated 2/11/1945, he was missing in action in Luxembourg. He was killed in the battle for Overzerf, Germany. A memorial service was held on June 24 at Cherryvilles St. Johns Lutheran Church.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a plane crash at Thompson-Robbins field in Helena, Arkansas, where he was training. McKenzie Funeral Home in Whiteville handled his funeral. Burial at Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church Cemetery between Elizabethtown and Acme.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Oziel had come to the U. S. more than a year before his death to join the Army. He met his wife while stationed at Camp Mackall and was married on Christmas, 1943. The War Dept.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action in Belgium just three days after returning to the battlefield. He had been recuperating from a wound he received on 12-24-1944. His memorial service was held at St. Marks Lutheran Church on 2-4-1945. Lt.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed when the USS Indianapolis was sunk off Okinawa. Memorial service at Allen Street Baptist Church 10-14-45. Memorial marker at Ft Wm McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: Charlotte News 8-13-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action in France. The memorial service was held at Belmont Park Methodist Church on September 17, 1944. His body was returned to the America aboard the U. S. Army transport Greenville Victory in June 1948.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Funeral services were held in November, 1943 at Douglas and Sing Mortuary. Rev. S. K. Brazil, pastor of Thomasboro Baptist Church officiated as well as Rev. P. T. Dixon, pastor of Brevard St. Methodist Church. Internment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His Division captured Von Rundstedts. He was last seen leading his platoon against a German attack, which had him almost surrounded. Memorial marker in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 1-10-45
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was discharged from regular Army in 1939. He enlisted in the recruiting service in June, 1940 and became a warrant officer in Atlanta, GA. He drowned in Panama City. Funeral was held March 2, 1944, at Hovis Funeral Home.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He went overseas in February of 1943, without being able to go back home after training. He died from wounds received in action during the second day of fighting on Guam. He was wounded by enemy rifle fire. He was evacuated and died aboard ship.