Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in the crash of a B-29 bomber on a night flight near Woodward, OK. Final rites held at Methodist church in Big Stone Gap, VA on Jul 10, 1944.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 7-25-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed on the first day of the Peleliu Island campaign. As the driver of an amphibious tractor, he carried troops across the reef through heavy mortar fire before being mortally wounded by enemy mortar fire. Annually contributed to the Charlotte Fresh Air Fund. Memorial service at the Douglas and Sing chapel on Oct 13, 1944. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 28
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-7-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action probably on January 21 near Strasbourg, apparently caught in the push the Germans made in Alsace on Jan 20. Memorial marker at Epimal, France.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College publication
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Had been overseas 18 days when he was killed in France. Memorial marker in Normandy, France.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: After enlisting, he volunteered for immediate overseas duty and was sent to Hawaii in 9/1942. Killed on Lone Tree Hill near Maffin Bay, while acting as a forward observer. Memorial service at First Baptist Church on July 14, 1946.Buried in an American cemetery overseas.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: Carolina Room photo
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was origianlly listed as missing, when his submarine, the Snook, failed to return from a patrol in enemy waters in the Pacific. Memorial marker at Ft mcKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: The Charlotte News 5-15-1946
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was a passenger on a plane that failed to arrive at its destination.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College annuals
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 8-6-1944
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in an accident in Mississippi.
Age at Death: 20
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Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Jesse was killed during an attack by fragments from an artillery shell. He is buried in the U. S. Military Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy, Plot 2-C, Row 49, Grave 3898. A memorial Marker was placed at Sicily- Rome, Italy.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Family photo