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Captain William W. Galt (1919–1944)

On January 30, 2022February 12, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Italy, Mediterranean Theater, Montana, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

An infantry officer from Montana who earned the Medal of Honor during the breakout from Anzio

Technician 5th Grade Robert Stafford (c. 1908–1944)

On January 26, 2022February 19, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn European Theater, Georgia, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A Georgian in a engineer unit, the victim of a heinous, racially motivated murder in England

Sergeant Herman Cohen (1918–1944)

On January 24, 2022February 5, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, Normandy, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

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)

On January 22, 2022January 25, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

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)

On January 21, 2022February 12, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Florida, Georgia, Italy, Mediterranean Theater, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A member of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion killed in action during the breakout from Anzio

Staff Sergeant Frank Dixon (1917–1944)

On January 17, 2022February 26, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Alabama, Florida, Italy, Mediterranean Theater, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

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 (c. 1925–1944)

On January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, Pacific Theater, Philippines, U.S. NavyLeave a comment

A sailor from Newark, Delaware, who was one of the first kamikaze victims

2nd Lieutenant John A. Randall (1906–1943)

On January 15, 2022February 12, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Arizona, Mediterranean Theater, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A bomb disposal officer from Arizona who lost his life in the aftermath of the Tunisian campaign

Technician 5th Grade Leon Bush (1917–1943)

On January 14, 2022February 12, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Florida, Georgia, Mediterranean Theater, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A member of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in Tunisia

1st Lieutenant Thomas O. Hudson (1918–1944)

On January 12, 2022February 3, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, Missouri, New Castle County, New Jersey, U.S. Army, Virginia, WisconsinLeave a comment

A Dupont employee turned artillery forward observer who died of wounds during the Battle of the Bulge

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