Melvin Deese
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in North Burma. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-8-1944
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Gold Star Veterans
John Eastwood, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. Memorial service at Salvation Army Church on Feb 27, 1944.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 2-22-1944
John Faw, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
William Deese
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Buried at sea with full military honors.He had served in the Atlantic Theater taking part in the D-Day invasion before being assigned to the Pacific Area. Memorial marker at Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery in Honolulu, HI.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 4/20/45
Chester Edge, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an accident at Bronson Field, Pensacola, FL.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
John Fennell
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died as a prisoner of war. Memorial marker at Fort McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
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