A young graduate of Pennsylvania Military College who served as an airborne platoon leader at Anzio and participated in the legendary river assault at Nijmegen
Author: Lowell Silverman
Private 1st Class Dallas I. Bowden (1923–1944)
A rifleman from Blades who perished in combat near Mortain, Normandy
Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class John W. Megginson, Jr. (1924–1944)
A crewmember on a U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator patrol bomber who died on a mission against a Japanese-held atoll in the Caroline Islands
2nd Lieutenant James C. Clark (1919–1944)
A B-29 Superfortress navigator killed in a tragic training accident shortly before he was scheduled to ship out for the Pacific
Sergeant Steiner S. Straw, Jr. (1920–1943)
An Army Air Forces armorer killed in a tragic accident at an airfield in Sardinia
Yeoman 1st Class William L. Schrader (1924–1944)
A sailor who became the victim of a tragic accident while supporting the liberation of the Philippines
Private 1st Class Irving De Shong (1917–1945)
A truck driver from Wilmington who became a radio operator in an antitank unit
Private Frank J. Lapkiewicz (1915–1944)
A rifleman who returned to duty after being wounded at Brest only to be mortally wounded in the Rhineland
Private Philip E. Crossland (1914–1944)
A replacement rifleman killed in action shortly before the German garrison at Brest capitulated
Private James N. Foley (1921–1944)
Initially the member of a glider unit, this Wilmingtonian ended up pressed into combat as a replacement in Normandy
Delaware's World War II Fallen 