James Davis
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He went down over the North Sea.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Observer 10/25/45
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Charles Butt, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Germany.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
William Carpenter, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was captured crossing the Rapido River on the night of January 23, 1944. He was believed to have died as a prisoner of war, while moving to another camp. He had previously been in Stalag 2-B in Hammerstein, near Koslin. He and others were hit by American fighter pilots who mistook the prisoners of war, who were walking on the highway, for German soldiers. His remains are interred in the U.S. Military Cemetery Neuville-en-Condro, plot 1, row 11, grave 275. This cemetery is located 9 miles southwest of Liege, Belgium.
Ellis Clark
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died in action as a result of a cerebral concussion.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Glenn Brown
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Listed on the WWII Honor List for Mecklenburg County. Note that he died in camp.Memorial service held at First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church on Apr 18, 1946, for those who died the previous year.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Eldwyn Byars
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed when the SS Bienville was bombed.
Age at Death: 45
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Winfred Carson
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He was killed in action.
Age at Death: 24
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 10-13-44
Gilbert Clark
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Memorial marker in Ardennes, France.
Age at Death: 27
Image Source: The Charlotte News 1-29-1946
Peter Brown
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Flight from Clark Field to Okinawa was missing.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Newsprint unknown 9-27-1945
James Byars
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Lost in the North Sea on a training flight from England to Wales. The plane took off in heavy overcast and failed to join others during flight. Memorial marker in Cambridge, England.
Age at Death: 21
Image Source: The Charlotte News 11-6-1945