Gold Star Veterans

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Germany. Memorial service at Assembly of God Church on Jun 24, 1945. Buried in Holland. Postcard of US Military Cemetery at Margraten enclosed. His name is engraved on the Battleship North Carolina in Wilmington.

Age at Death: 23

Image Source: CN 6-23-45

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Normandy, France. Funeral service held at Greenland Avenue Baptist Church, with burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery to follow.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-3-1944

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Transport plane left Ferry Command HQ at Morrison Field, FL on February 8 and did not return. Search continued until February 25th, but no plane was found. His father believes the plane went down between Brazil and Africa.

Age at Death: 24

Image Source: Charlotte Observer 10-2-43

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He became a ward of the Thompson Orphanage in Charlotte when he was 10 years old. With a scholarship and hard work, he graduated from the U. of NC, where he was interested in studying medicine. He dropped his studies to join the Marines. In September 1942, Myers was part of a group of soldiers that marched through London in the first wave of American troops in Britain since WWI. He served as Captain at the U. S. Embassy in London since 1941. After 18 months in London, he returned to the U. S.