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Gold Star Veterans

Nicholas Schlitz

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Holland. He had jumped on D-Day at Normandy and on 9/11 in the aerial invasion of Holland. Memorial service at Glenwood Methodist Church in Greensboro, NC on Nov 19, 1944.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: co 8-3-45

Charles Sherrill

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action according to Sep 1944 news article.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Simon Robinson, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Theodore Schneidt

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Immigrated to the US in about 1922, and lived in Brooklyn until 1942. Asked not to be exempted because he was 38. Buried American Cemetery #1, St. Lo, France. Memorial marker at Epimal, France.

Age at Death: 38

Image Source: Charlotte News 9-3-44

Henry Red Sherrill

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died of wounds received in an attack by a Japanese plane, while working on board the USS Wesson. He died in the battle of Okinawa. Memorial service held July 1, 1945, at Belmont Park Methodist Church.

Age at Death: 19

Image Source: Carolina Room photo

Charles Roger

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Edgar Scott

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Burma, fighting with the British 14th Army. During one of the intense bombardments of the Burma campaign, he was hit by shrapnel.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Davidson College publication

Samuel Sherrill

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Herbert Rogers

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Joined the National Guard in 1940.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-27-1944

Neal Scott

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He lost his life fighting the Japanese in the Battle of Santa Cruz. After being mortally wounded, young Scott told his shipmates: Keep those guns firing, mates! His last words, whispered to a shipmate, were for his parents: To have you and mother for these 24 years have been all that I could ask for in this world. His valor was featured in a book by William Ewing. Memorial marker at Fort McKinley in Manila, PI. A destroyer escort was named the Neal A. Scott in his honor.

Age at Death: 24

Image Source: newsprint