Roy Stubbs
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Aboard USS Buck on anti-submarine patrol when they were torpedoed and sunk south of the Isle of Capri. Memorial marker at Sicily- Rome, Italy.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
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Henry Sinclair
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: A memorial service was held at St. Johns Baptist Church in Charlotte on 2-17-1946. Memorial marker at National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 30
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Berkley Sowell
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an auto accident at Anderson, SC, while on the way to a football game in Atlanta.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Earl Stutts
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His plane crashed into the ocean while on a bombing raid on Rome.Notice of his captaincy reached North Africa three days after his plane went down. Memorial service on April 23, 1944 at Hillside Cemetery. Laurinburg Presbyterian Church pastor officiated. Memorial marker in North Africa.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 4-1-1944
Wendell Roberts, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in an airplane accident. There is conflicting information about his funeral services and internment. They were either in Bluefield, W. VA. or Richmond, VA.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 9-2-1943
Clyde Saunders
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. Memorial marker at Sicily-Rome, Italy
Age at Death: 29
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 11-3-1943
Marshall Shepherd
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. His plane was one of thirty bombers that were lost on that mission. A memorial service was held on 7-14-1946 at First Baptist Church.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 6-19-1945
Jenkins Robertson, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He moved to Charlotte from Charleston, SC. He had assumed the job as Assistant Control Officer at Dallas Love Field. He was killed when the Lockheed-Hudson B-34 plane he was a passenger in crashed two miles from Morris Field southwest of the runway after first circling the field. He was riding with pilot Joe F. Cannon, Jr. and co-pilot, J. R. Ibing. At the time of the crash, he was living at 2220 Malvern Rd., Charlotte. He had caught a ride with Cannon from Dallas to Charlotte to get his wife and children to move them to Dallas, TX.
Paul Scarborough
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His patrol was pinned down by an enemy patrol, and he made a run for it, taking out the enemy post. He was mortally wounded. Buried in an Army Cemetery in Luxembourg. Memorial service at St. Martins Episcopal Church on Apr 8, 1945.
Age at Death: 29
Image Source: CN 2-2-45
Alvin Sherrill
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was reported as MIA after landing in France on 6-11-1944. His status was later changed to POW in Germany, before his name appeared on the casualty list in The Charlotte Observer. NARA World War II Prisoners of War Data File states he was held at Stalag 4D in Elbe and later released.
Age at Death: 30
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library