Harold Boseman
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died from wounds received in action. His burial was in Holland.
Age at Death: 19
Image Source: Charlotte Observer, January 16, 1945, section 2, p.1
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Grover Broome, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Unavailable 0
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 5-5-1945
Paul Behrman
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in Germany during the capture of Aachen.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: 1943 Davidson College Yearbook
Edward Black
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action in Germany. Father had just returned from Italy.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 3-24-1945
Peter Bost
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Died in the Naval Hospital in Washington, DC of uremic poisoning.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin
Calvin Brown
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action while fighting through the Vosges Mountains into the Saar Basin. When his unit came under attack, he provided cover for them to escape, but was himself killed while trying to withdraw. Memorial service at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church on May 13, 1945 and Dec 30, 1945. Buried in US Military Cemetery in St. Avold, France, plot BBBB, Row 10, Grave 115.
Age at Death: 20
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 4-27-1945
Braxton Belk
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Killed in action on Okinawa.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: newsprint-unknown
Jack Black
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: He died of malaria after defending Corregidor. A Silver Star Medal was presented to his mother at her home in 1946. Memorial marker in Ft. Wm McKinley, Manila, PI.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: The Charlotte Observer 5-25-1945
John Jack Bower, Jr.
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: One of several planes from the Hornet that attacked a Japanese task force off Santa Cruz Islands, Solomons. His plane had gone down after engaging in a dogfight with the enemy.
Age at Death: 26
Image Source: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Eldredge Brown
Death Details/Burial/Memorial Services: Fatally wounded while leading his armored company in an attack.
Age at Death: Unavailable
Image Source: Davidson College Bulletin