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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: 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: 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
Radioman 2nd Class Charles Malvern Paty, Jr.
Note: This speech was given at a public program sponsored by the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County at the Great Aunt Stella Center in Charlotte, NC on March 23, 2000.
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: He was serving on the destroyer U. S. S. Kimberly when a Japanese suicide plane crashed into the gun mount at which he was stationed. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 26
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Buried at sea with full military honors.He had served in the Atlantic Theater taking part in the D-Day invasion before being assigned to the Pacific Area. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 19
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was lost at sea when his merchant ship was torpedoed. His first ship had been sunk, but he was rescued. He had only been at sea 12 days when his death occurred. Memorial marker at Cambridge, England.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed off of the Green Islands, Solomon Islands, south Pacific Ocean.Body was later returned to the U.S. Services were held at Belmont Park Methodist Church, with interment at Elmwood Cemetery on Apr 17, 1949.
Age at Death: Unavailable