Cecil Taylor
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: The Charlote Observer 5-17-1945
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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
Otto Riddle
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
Image Source: Charlotte News 1-28-45
Marshall Roland
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Europe. Memorial marker at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Julius Mack Julie Sealy, Jr.
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. Memorial service at Tabernacle ARP Church on May 26, 1946.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-29-1944
Raleigh Shoemaker
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was on one of his first missions as a commander of a large number of B-17s, which was organized at Geiger Field, Spokane, WA, since October, 1943. His plane went down after receiving flak hits in the engines. He had only been in England for 10 days.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlote Observer 8-25-1944
Thomas Ring
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of wounds.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Preilo Ross
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library