Veteran Records

Jenkins Robertson, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He moved to Charlotte from Charleston, SC. He had assumed the job as Assistant Control Officer at Dallas Love Field. He was killed when the Lockheed-Hudson B-34 plane he was a passenger in crashed two miles from Morris Field southwest of the runway after first circling the field. He was riding with pilot Joe F. Cannon, Jr. and co-pilot, J. R. Ibing. At the time of the crash, he was living at 2220 Malvern Rd., Charlotte. He had caught a ride with Cannon from Dallas to Charlotte to get his wife and children to move them to Dallas, TX.

Paul Scarborough

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: His patrol was pinned down by an enemy patrol, and he made a run for it, taking out the enemy post. He was mortally wounded. Buried in an Army Cemetery in Luxembourg. Memorial service at St. Martins Episcopal Church on Apr 8, 1945.

Age at Death: 29

Image Source: CN 2-2-45

Alvin Sherrill

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was reported as MIA after landing in France on 6-11-1944. His status was later changed to POW in Germany, before his name appeared on the casualty list in The Charlotte Observer. NARA World War II Prisoners of War Data File states he was held at Stalag 4D in Elbe and later released.

Age at Death: 30

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

John Robertson, Jr.

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died of wounds received near Leghorn, Italy on July 1, 1944.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin

Richard Dick Schaeffer

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Wounded in action on Iwo Jima on Mar 21, dying the following day. He saw 31 days of action on Iwo Jima.

Age at Death: 19

Image Source: CO 5-9-45

Boyce Sherrill

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

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Melvin Robinson

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died non-battle. Memorial marker at Ft. McKinley, Manila, PI.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Nicholas Schlitz

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Holland. He had jumped on D-Day at Normandy and on 9/11 in the aerial invasion of Holland. Memorial service at Glenwood Methodist Church in Greensboro, NC on Nov 19, 1944.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: co 8-3-45

Charles Sherrill

Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action according to Sep 1944 news article.

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Simon Robinson, Jr.

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

Age at Death: Unavailable

Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

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