Craig Munday
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Corporal Munday went overseas in December, 1943. He died from wounds received on D-Day in the invasion of Normandy.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-8-1944
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Thomas O'Kelley, Jr.
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
Roy Parker, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: The World War II Honor List shows that he died in a non-battle situation. Memorial service at Tabernacle ARP Church on May 26, 1946.
Age at Death: 23
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 4-9-45
Thomas Tom Myers, Jr.
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.
Robert O'Quinn, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Took part in the invasion of France. Killed in action. Memorial marker in Brittany, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: CN 8-25-44
Edward Parks, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: The Parks family lived in Charlotte for about 2 months.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
James Jimmy Nall
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed when his army airplane crashed at Mooresville. Funeral service at Hovis Chapel on Nov 19, 1942. Burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Age at Death: 47
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Franklin Osborne
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in service during the war. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI. Lived in Huntersville in 1940.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Dixon Parrish
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action at Iwo Jima.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College publication
Randolph Paris
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He enlisted in Matthews, NC. According to a relative, James Paris, Randolph's sister, Rebia, reported that his wife and daughter went to Transylvania County, NC, after Randolph died. His memorial marker is at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
James Paris provided a copy of a letter written by Randolph from somewhere in Africa on 1/19/1943. In it, he tells of some boys playing the fiddle, guitar, and mandolin. He is homesick to listen to the hill-billy music.