Gilbert Roberts
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte News 11-1-1944
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Everett Russell
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Glenn Sheathelm
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Germany. Memorial service at Tabernacle ARP on May 26, 1946 for him and 5 other members. Another memorial service held in Michigan.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 3-16-45
Wilbert Roberts
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Unavailable
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte News 11-1-1944
Ralph Rutledge
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Listed on the 1946 YMCA Honor List. Killed in an accident in Yorktown, VA.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Jack Shell
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Drowned in a Navy plane accident between Norfolk and Cape Charles. Memorial service at Norfolk, VA on Mar 25, 1943.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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.