Lee Wolfe
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died in an accident in Hawaii on April 20. Services were held at Schofield Barracks and he was buried at the base cemetery.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
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Houston Williams
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-30-1944
Clare Woodward
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was the commanding officer in the Charlotte Quartermaster Depot. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy in his office and died at Memorial Hospital. His funeral was at St. Philips Episcopal Church in Durham with full military honors on 12-18-1944. Burial was at Maplewood Cemetery.
Age at Death: 51
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-17-1944
Donald Williams, Sr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in a training accident in Texas. While waiting on the runway to take off, another airplane stalled and fell on top of his. Memorial service held at First Presbyterian Church on Aug 15, 1945. Military funeral at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Spartanburg on December 3, 1943.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Bryan Woolen, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed on his third bombing mission. His first was 7-4-1944. A requiem mass was said for him on 7-27-1944 at St. Peters Catholic Church in Charlotte. Memorial marker at Cambridge, England.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-22-1944
Roy Williamson
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Fatally injured in an automobile accident at Camp Wheeler, GA. Funeral services were held at Douglas and Sing Chapel. Burial with full military honors occurred at Providence Presbyterian church cemetery.
Age at Death: 38
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Jesse Wooten
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Italy in November, 1944.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College publication
Robert "Bobby" Williams
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was wounded on 2-29-1944 and died as a result of his injuries. A memorial service was held at the Hawthorne Lane Methodist Church on May 21, 1944. Age at Death: 19 Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 5-14-1944
William Williamson, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died in a Rio de Janeiro hospital of coronary thrombosis. He was buried in Brazil with military honors. Memorial serivce held at the family plot in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh.
Age at Death: 40
Image Source: The Charlote Observer 3-11-1945
Edmund Wray
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library