A truck driver from Wilmington who became a radio operator in an antitank unit
Category: European Theater
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
Private 1st Class John S. Greenfield (1914–1944)
A volunteer fireman from Talleyville lost during the grueling Normandy campaign
Private John A. Ware (1925–1944)
A replacement rifleman from Felton who was killed in Normandy during the Battle of Saint-Lô
Sergeant William I. Smith (1925–1944)
A young rifleman from Rockland who advanced rapidly to sergeant shortly before his death during the Battle of Normandy
Private 1st Class Mario J. Capano (1924–1944)
An Italian immigrant and member of a prominent Delaware family who survived Omaha Beach only to lose his life during the grueling Normandy campaign
Flight Sergeant Eric Ramsay (1925–1944)
A wireless operator in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve lost when his Lancaster was shot down in the closing months of the war in Europe
Private Thomas B. Twilley, Jr. (1922–1945)
A paratrooper who perished in a tragedy at sea en route to the European Theater
Delaware's World War II Fallen 