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Gold Star Veterans

Caldwell Steele

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.Memorial marker at Lorraine, France.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Billie Taylor

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.

Age at Death: 25

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Donald Smith

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died in a Norfolk Naval Hospital. Funeral services on Sep 15, 1944 at Wilmore Presbyterian Church with burial at Sharon Memorial Park.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte News 9-14-1944

James Stegall

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Drowned at Bougainville. Memorial marker at Ft. William McKinley, Manila, PI.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Cecil Taylor

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.

Age at Death: 19

Image Source: The Charlote Observer 5-17-1945

Jack Smith

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in service according to July 6, 1945 news article. Memorial service at Steele Creek on Dec 30, 1945.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Angus Stewart

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing in action over Europe. Memorial marker in the Netherlands.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Keith Taylor

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was returning from a routine combat training flight piloting a C-47 troop carrier plane. He was killed when the plane crashed. His funeral was at Enderly park Baptist church on 9-24-1944. Internment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Charlotte.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 9-22-1944

James Smith

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action after having been overseas only a few months.

Age at Death: 22

Image Source: Newsprint unknown

Donald Stewart

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Germany on February 21 while guiding a troop of litter bearers. Buried in the US Cemetery in Luxembourg.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin