A truck driver turned tank commander who was the first fatality from the 745th Tank Battalion on D-Day
Category: D-Day (Normandy)
Private 1st Class George S. Dill (1923–1944)
A combat engineer who entered the service from the Middletown area and first entered combat on Omaha Beach
Private Walter J. Dobek (1922–1944)
A combat engineer, the son of Polish immigrants, who was killed in action on Omaha Beach
Captain Stephen McGregor (1908–1944)
A runaway from Wilmington who adopted a new identity, becoming a career soldier
Private 1st Class George C. Beebe (1919–1944)
It took an operation before he going join the U.S. Army, beginning a journey that led him to Omaha Beach
Technician 5th Grade Julian A. Long (1911–1944)
A combat engineer killed in action on Utah Beach on D-Day in Normandy
Private 1st Class Lawrence J. Anderson (1919–1944)
A veteran of four campaigns killed in action on Omaha Beach on D-day
Private William Verderamo (1914–1944)
Medic killed in action during the invasion of Normandy
Private 1st Class James M. Padley (1923–1944)
One of the first men to die during the assault on Omaha Beach on D-Day
Private 1st Class Walter S. Brinton (1917–1944)
A Delawarean from one of the hardest-hit companies at Omaha Beach on D-Day
Delaware's World War II Fallen 