A furniture salesman turned infantry officer killed in action immediately after going into combat during the Normandy campaign
Author: Lowell Silverman
Private 1st Class John E. Adams, Jr. (1921–1944)
An engineer captured in the fall of Corregidor who spent over two years as a prisoner before dying in the sinking of an infamous hell ship
Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class George A. Penuel, Jr. (1919–1941)
A sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor and by some definitions, the first Delawarean killed in action during World War II
Sergeant Joseph M. Lentini (1914–1945)
A member of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment killed during an assault in the Apennines late in the war
Seaman 1st Class James A. Tull (1910–1945)
A sailor from Sussex County, Delaware, killed in an infamous sinking in the closing days of the Pacific War
Private 1st Class Roland P. Jackson (1914–1945)
A high school physical education teacher who lost his life on his third day of combat during one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific
Private 1st Class Raymond V. Desorcy (1924–1945)
A member of the Medical Detachment, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, who was killed in action during the last weeks of the war in Europe
Auxiliary Alice L. Brittingham (1919–1943)
A W.A.A.C. who died of disease shortly after beginning her training
Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Paul G. Gosnell (1911–1941)
One of the first casualties of the Pacific War, Paul G. Gosnell had served for years in both the Marine Corps and Navy
2nd Lieutenant Harold N. Sheaffer (1920–1944)
A B-17 navigator killed in action during the Allied aerial offensive known as Big Week
Delaware's World War II Fallen 