A B-24 gunner in the ill-fated 492nd Bomb Group killed during a costly raid on Germany
Author: Lowell Silverman
Private Joseph D. Johnson (1924–1944)
A store clerk from the Georgetown area who became an infantryman after the Army Specialized Training Program was terminated
Corporal John A. Mlynarczyk (1919–1944)
An antitank gunner posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for his actions during the Battle of Leyte
Technician 5th Grade Steven Oboryshko (c. 1920–1944)
A Ranger from Wilmington killed in action in Normandy on D+1
Staff Sergeant George C. Curdy (1920–1945)
A railroader conductor who rapidly advanced to rifle squad leader during combat in the closing months of the war in Europe
Chief Machinist’s Mate Thomas H. Marvel (1902–1942)
A career sailor who served aboard a famed American cruiser lost in the dark opening months of the Pacific War
Technician 5th Grade Clayton Jones (1917–1944)
A plumber/pipefitter turned Army Air Forces firefighter caught up in a tragic accident at an airfield in Italy
Chief Warrant Officer Russell T. Crawford (c. 1904–1945)
A career soldier with over two decades' service in the segregated U.S. Army who boarded an ill-fated flight when he was rotated home from the Pacific
Corporal Caleb O. Simpler (1917–1942)
A member of an antiaircraft unit whose ship fell victim to a U-boat while returning to attend Officer Candidate School
2nd Lieutenant William J. Harden (1921–1944)
A young graduate of Salesianum High School and the University of Delaware who became an Army Air Forces bombardier
Delaware's World War II Fallen 