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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Wounded in action in Italy on Nov. 12th and died on the 16th. Memorial marker in Florence, Italy. He, along with others in the 3131st Signal Service Company, are mentioned in a book, The Last Farewell.
Age at Death: 25
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Youngest son. He and 2 comrades preceded a patrol across a river near Sickels. On the opposite bank they came under attack, but continued to push forward. Morton was killed by enemy fire.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His submarine left San Diego in Sept., 1943 and was presumed to have been lost on Oct 7. Memorial service at First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Gilead on Feb 10, 1946. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Transport plane left Ferry Command HQ at Morrison Field, FL on February 8 and did not return. Search continued until February 25th, but no plane was found. His father believes the plane went down between Brazil and Africa.
Age at Death: 24
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A B17 bomber from Clovis Army Airbase was on a combat training flight and crashed about 30 miles from Colorado Springs. It was not found until May 21st.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A 20 year veteran who was Asst Director of the Parris Island Marine band for many years. While on the way back to the Pacific area he became ill and was hospitalized in San Francisco, where he died. Burial in Early Branch, SC on Nov 27.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Quarles became ill in England, was taken to Walter Reed Hospital, and then to Charlotte. He died after a 10 month battle with cancer. He is buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery. His wife was also a UNC student.
Age at Death: 25
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His submarine failed to return to Midway as scheduled from an offensive war patrol in Pacific waters that were heavily patroled by the enemy. It is likely that the vessel ran in to a Japanese mine line. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had been overseas since April 1944. He was wounded in action on January 24, 1945, near Strasbourg, France. He died of wounds on January 26 or 28th, 1945. Rayburn was buried in a military cemetery in Epimal, France.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: US tanks had knocked out a German patrol near his command post. While pursuing the German soldiers, he was fired upon and hit just above the ear, dying instantly. He was taken to a nearby military cemetery and buried.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Since Sept. 1944, he had completed 27 missions. He was killed in an air crash, while on a practice bombing mission in Italy. Buried in a US cemetery in southern Italy. Memorial service at Thomasboro Presbyterian on May 9, 1946.
Age at Death: 23
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial service held at Southside Baptist Church, December 12, 1944. Another memorial service was held at the US Rubber Co. in April 1945, with Mrs. L. A. Ritch receiving a gold star and an Army testament.
Age at Death: 19
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He served in the South Pacific for 28 months. He returned to the U.S. for 6 months then returned overseas as a replacement. He was wounded at Guadalcanal, and was among the first ones to land.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Immigrated to the US in about 1922, and lived in Brooklyn until 1942. Asked not to be exempted because he was 38. Buried American Cemetery #1, St. Lo, France. Memorial marker at Epimal, France.
Age at Death: 38
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His bomber was shot down over Austria while on a mission to bomb Wiener Neudorf. Although several chutes were seen leaving the plane and some of his comrades were POWs, German records show that he was buried in Andau, Austria. Flew on about 20 missions.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: With their platoon under attack, he and another man from his unit advanced through heavy machine gun and mortar fire and were able to wipe out the gun emplacement. They continued to attack the German soldiers until killed by sniper fire.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He participated in 18 missions. He was a crew member of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Bremen. Four men managed to bail out before the plane exploded.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in the invasion of France while rendering aid to wounded comrades. Memorial service on Apr 15, 1945 at his mothers home presided over by pastor from Duncan Memorial Methodist Church.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed while on a routine training flight. A memorial service was held on 4-21-1943 at the base near Jacksonville. His funeral was held at the J. M. Harry & Bryant Funeral Home on 5-1-1943. His burial was at Elmwood Cemetery.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He drowned while serving in the Philippines. He had been serving on a ship which delivered supplies to troops. There was a memorial service at The First Baptist Church 7-14-1946. Memorial marker at Ft McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 30