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Gold Star Veterans

Platt Landis

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing and presumed dead. In the 1944 Charlotte City Directory, he is listed as in service. In the 1945-46 directory, his wife is listed as a widow.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Edwin Johnson

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He had participated in raids over Bangkok, Yawata, Manchuria, Rangoon, and Singapore. He was killed in action.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 12-15-1944

Olin Kerns

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He as found dead on the subway tracks.

Age at Death: 29

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Richard LaRoque

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing in action over Germany. He had flown over 80 missions and had at least 5 enemy planes to his credit. Memorial marker at Ardennes, France.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Julius Holt

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

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

John Huddleston

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action in air combat in the South Pacific area.

Age at Death: 25

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 1-28-1944

Daniel Iverson, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an airplane accident off Vero Beach when two bombers collided in mid-air. A veteran of the battle of Midway, where his bomber was hit 219 times, and of Guadalcanal, where he was badly wounded.

Age at Death: 28

Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin

John Higgins, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: This pilot from South Somerset, MA, was killed at 3 pm., while on a routine training flight. His A-20 went down near the Piedmont & Northern Railroad Co. tracks about 10 miles west of Morris Field. He was alone in the plane, which burned after the crash.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Edward Skillet Holt, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Commander of submarine USS Bullhead in Lombok Strait, Java Sea that failed to return on schedule. Said to have been the youngest submarine Commander in the Navy. Made 11 war patrols on submarines. Memorial service at Norfolk NAS on Oct 27, 1946 and flowers strewn at sea. Memorial service at Myers Park Baptist Church Sept 15, 1946. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.

Age at Death: 30

Image Source: Carolina Room photo

Jack Huffstickler

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.

Age at Death: 39

Image Source: Family photo