A sailor from Newark, Delaware, who was one of the first kamikaze victims
Category: Pacific Theater
Captain Edgar C. Boggs (1918–1945)
A West Point graduate and infantry company commander who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in the Philippines
Sergeant Martin Eisenman (1916–1944)
An aircraft mechanic from Wilmington caught in the ill-fated Philippine Islands during his second enlistment in the U.S. Army
Sergeant Harry Fineman (1916–1942)
The first soldier from Delaware killed in action during World War II, who earned the Silver Star Medal during the defense of the Philippines
Corporal John F. Scisley (1918–1943)
A Marine from Kirkwood killed on his first day of combat at the Tarawa Atoll
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
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 (1913–1945)
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
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
Delaware's World War II Fallen 