Drafted a few months after marrying, he went into combat for the first time on Sicily
Author: Lowell Silverman
Private 1st Class Alfred A. Rosendale (1916–1943)
A National Guardsman recalled to duty after Pearl Harbor, he had a varied career in Coast Artillery, Military Police, and Corps of Engineers units
Cadet Staff Sergeant James W. Taylor, III (1928–1944)
The story of the youngest of Delaware’s World War II fallen, a promising young Civil Air Patrol cadet
Technical Sergeant Harry N. Russell (1924–1944)
When his bomber lost two engines during a night mission, this airman was forced to make a split-second decision
Technician 5th Grade John W. Fullman, Jr. (1911–1944)
A shipyard worker who became a truck driver in a segregated Quartermaster Corps unit
Private Francis C. Dill (1908–1943)
A combat engineer who first went into battle during the Sicily campaign
Lieutenant Colonel Louis E. Roemer (1901–c. 1945)
A senior Chemical Warfare Service officer in the Philippines prior to the American surrender, he helped many other soldiers as a prisoner of war
Private Charles R. Wilson (1921–1943)
After being court-martialed for desertion, this Delawarean got another chance
Staff Sergeant Dougal M. Beatson (1919–1944)
It was the first combat mission for this young Eighth Air Force gunner
Private John J. Bukowski (1912–1944)
A replacement rifleman who was reported missing over two weeks after his death and whose brief time in combat is shrouded in mystery
Delaware's World War II Fallen 