Joe Gillespie
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial marker in Florence, Italy.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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Melvin Fogg
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial service at Dilworth Methodist Church Apr 8, 1945. Killed in action in the India - Burma area.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Henry "Jimmy" Fulcher, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was seriously wounded by German tank crew. He had a stomach wound and a shattered leg but was expected to be moved to England. He had dictated to a Red Cross worker 3 letters to his family. He died in France on 9-21 from the wounds he received on 9-13. There was a memorial service of him at the Davidson Presbyterian Church on 11-19-1944.
Age at Death: 22
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Joseph Gordon
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Missing and assumed killed in the line of duty. Memorial marker in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
William Dixon, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Listed as MIA after the surrender of Corregidor, the Japanese Government informed the Red Cross that Dixon had died. He was held as a Japanese POW in the Philippines. Memorial service at St. Marks Lutheran Church on Feb 21, 1943. His mother honored as a Gold Star mother on Nov 12, 1943. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 28
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2-18-1943
Henry Edgerton, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Co-Pilot of B-24 Liberator killed in action in an air battle over Germany. Buried in National Cemetery, Margraten, Holland. Memorial service held 9-7-45 at First Methodist Church.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: newsprint 6-19-1945
Azra Ferguson
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: USS Rowan torpedoed in Tyrrhenian Sea, near Sicily, Italy. Memorial marker at Sicily-Rome Cemetery, Italy.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 9/3/44
Jackson "Jack" Doar, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Parachuted from fighter plane after accident and drowned. Memorial Program given by Hopewell Lions Club Nov 10, 1943. Military funeral on Oct 26, 1943 at Hawthorne Lane Methodist Church, internment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: Charlotte Observer Oct 21, 1943
Norris Edwards
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action at Normandy. Memorial service at Moravian Church, Winston-Salem on August 13.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charles Ferguson
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library