A furniture salesman turned infantry officer killed in action during the Normandy campaign
Category: U.S. Army
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
Sergeant Joseph M. Lentini (1914–1945)
A member of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment killed during an assault in the Apennines late in the war
Private 1st Class Raymond V. Desorcy (1924–1945)
A member of the Medical Detachment, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, who was killed in action during the last weeks of the war in Europe
Auxiliary Alice L. Brittingham (1919–1943)
A W.A.A.C. who died of disease shortly after beginning her training
Private 1st Class Ralph E. Adams (1925–1944)
A Delawarean in the 90th Infantry Division who was killed in action during the Normandy campaign
2nd Lieutenant Leroy C. Six (1923–1944)
The tragic story of a young officer who lost his infant son the month before he lost his own life at Anzio
Private 1st Class Walter F. Johnson (1918–1944)
An infantryman who survived the D-Day landings only to die weeks later during the drive on Saint-Lô
Private Howard W. Hill (1923–1944)
A University of Delaware student turned infantryman killed in action in Germany
Private Robert D. Henderson (1923–1944)
A man who grew up in New Jersey and Delaware and who served in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army
Delaware's World War II Fallen 