A Pennsylvanian in the 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion whose final act of sacrifice saved his brother's life
Author: Lowell Silverman
Captain William W. Galt (1919–1944)
An infantry officer from Montana who earned the Medal of Honor during the breakout from Anzio
Technician 5th Grade Robert Stafford (c. 1908–1944)
A Georgian in a engineer unit, the victim of a heinous, racially motivated murder in England
Sergeant Herman Cohen (1918–1944)
An infantryman from Wilmington who wrote a haunting letter shortly before he was killed in action in Normandy
Staff Sergeant Winford J. Poore (1921–1944)
A telephone lineman from Middletown who lost his life in the infamous Exercise Tiger disaster leading up to D-Day
Corporal Elmer F. Park (1919–1944)
A member of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion killed in action during the breakout from Anzio
Staff Sergeant Frank Dixon (1917–1944)
An N.C.O. in the 894th Tank Destroyer killed in action soon after arriving at the Anzio beachhead
Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Ralph R. Skillman (1925–1944)
A sailor from Newark, Delaware, who was one of the first kamikaze victims
2nd Lieutenant John A. Randall (1906–1943)
A bomb disposal officer from Arizona who lost his life in the aftermath of the Tunisian campaign
Technician 5th Grade Leon Bush (1917–1943)
A member of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in Tunisia
Delaware's World War II Fallen 