Gold Star Veterans

Joe Braswell

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Captured by Japanese on Corregidor in February, 1942 and held as a POW. He was held at PW Camp 1- Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province Luzon, Philippines. Declared dead when the Japanese ship that he and 1775 others were on, the Arisan Maru, was sunk in the South China Sea. A card from him was received by his father on Sep 11, 1945 bearing Japanese postmarks. It was turned over to the Adjutant General for investigation.Memorial marker in Ft. Wm McKinley, Manila, PI.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Wilford Benton

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died in service in WWII. Memorial marker in Puerto Rico.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Hugh Blalock

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action when his ship was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. Newspaper articles from Apr 20, 1944 - no date of death. Lived in Charlotte for several summers with his aunt.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 4-20-1944

Fred Brewer, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was a combat pilot of a P-51 bomber on a mission to Regenberg, Germany. A memorial services was held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in North Carolina in December, 1945. The services were directed by the members of the Fred L. Brewer Post No. 4, local Negro post of the American Veterans of World War II.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Hayward Alexander

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Unavailable

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 5-16-1945

Robert Bailey

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action. Memorial marker in Lorraine, France.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Clyde Bass, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in the crash of an Army bomber near Biggs Field, El Paso.Spent most of his life in High Point, NC.

Age at Death: 26

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Clyde Alexander

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He participated in the Battle of St. Lo and was wounded. He recovered, returned to the front lines and was killed in the Battle of Brest.

Age at Death: 36

Image Source: family photo

William Baird

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in Germany.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: 1940 Central High Yearbook, Snips and Cuts

Hoover Baucom

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Unavailable

Age at Death: 20

Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-12-1945

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