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Category: U.S. Army

Private John J. Skrzec (1920–1944)

On April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, Rhineland, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A football and basketball star turned Signal Corps lineman who supported the Third Army dash across France

Private James S. McClure (1908–1944) 

On April 5, 2023April 19, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, New Jersey, New York, Rhineland, U.S. Army1 Comment

An undocumented immigrant whose U.S. Army service allowed him the opportunity to become a naturalized citizen just before he entered combat

2nd Lieutenant Charles A. Higgins, Jr. (1922–1945)

On March 24, 2023April 9, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Army1 Comment

A young officer who dropped out Yale to volunteer for the U.S. Army Signal Corps

Private 1st Class Joseph A. McGrath (1911–1944)

On March 19, 2023March 21, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, Rhineland, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A father of a young son and veteran of three campaigns in northwest Europe

Private 1st Class Lynn E. Ritter, Jr. (1924–1944)

On March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, Italy, Mediterranean Theater, Sussex County, U.S. Army2 Comments

Three Delawareans who were drafted on the same day trained together and joined the same medical battalion but only two returned home alive

1st Lieutenant Paul B. Selbe (1902–1944)

On January 4, 2023January 21, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, New Castle County, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., West VirginiaLeave a comment

The story of a patent attorney who became an officer assigned to the Manhattan Engineer District

2nd Lieutenant William B. Weldon, Jr. (1916–1944)

On December 29, 2022March 17, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, Italy, Mediterranean Theater, New Castle County, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

Wounded and captured before he was rescued during combat at the Gustav Line in Italy, this young officer returned to duty just in time to join the breakout from Anzio

Private John J. Mills (1920–1945)

On December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Battle of the Bulge, Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, Ohio, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A member of an unsung all-black artillery unit that was instrumental in the defense of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge

Technician 5th Grade Max V. Schwitzgold (1911–1944)

On December 16, 2022February 22, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn Battle of the Bulge, Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, New York, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A store owner and father who became a victim of the infamous Malmédy massacre during the Battle of the Bulge

Private 1st Class Robert A. Wescoat (1910–1944)

On December 7, 2022March 12, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, New Jersey, Normandy, Pennsylvania, U.S. Army, VirginiaLeave a comment

A crew member aboard a U.S. Army tugboat lost after an unlucky navigational error during a journey between England and France

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  • Private 1st Class Joseph A. McGrath (1911–1944)
  • Private 1st Class Lynn E. Ritter, Jr. (1924–1944)
  • Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Sidney L. Galbraith (1902–1944)
  • 1st Lieutenant Joseph A. Dugan (1920–1945)
  • 2nd Lieutenant John F. Hudson, Jr. (1920–1943)
  • Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Joseph Ackerman (1923–1945)
  • Corporal Vollie C. Hudson (1920–1945)
  • 2nd Lieutenant William J. McLoughry (1919–1942)
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  • 2nd Lieutenant William B. Weldon, Jr. (1916–1944)
  • Private John J. Mills (1920–1945)
  • Technician 5th Grade Max V. Schwitzgold (1911–1944)
  • Private 1st Class Robert A. Wescoat (1910–1944)
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  • Private Fred R. Prattis (1912–1944)
  • Private Walter S. Turner (1916–1944)
  • Private Louis W. Bellow (1924–1944)
  • 1st Lieutenant Edgar B. Worley, Jr. (1915–1944)
  • Private 1st Class Gilbert B. Bryan (1925–1945)
  • 1st Lieutenant Robert S. Currier (1919–1944)
  • Private 1st Class Dallas I. Bowden (1923–1944)
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  • 2nd Lieutenant James C. Clark (1919–1944)
  • Sergeant Steiner S. Straw, Jr. (1920–1943)
  • Yeoman 1st Class William L. Schrader (1924–1944)
  • Private 1st Class Irving De Shong (1917–1945)
  • Private Frank J. Lapkiewicz (1915–1944)
  • Private Philip E. Crossland (1914–1944)
  • Private James N. Foley (1921–1944)
  • Private 1st Class John S. Greenfield (1914–1944)
  • Private John A. Ware (1925–1944)
  • Sergeant William I. Smith (1925–1944)
  • Private 1st Class Mario J. Capano (1924–1944)
  • Flight Sergeant Eric Ramsay (1925–1944)
  • Private Thomas B. Twilley, Jr. (1922–1945)
  • 2nd Lieutenant Robert G. Allen (1923–1945)
  • Staff Sergeant George Isadore (1909–1942)
  • Private 1st Class Frank Kwiatkowski (1923–1944)
  • Sergeant Clyde H. Breckenridge (1924–1944)
  • Private Joseph D. Johnson (1924–1944)
  • Corporal John A. Mlynarczyk (1919–1944)
  • Technician 5th Grade Steven Oboryshko (c. 1920–1944)
  • Private William E. Paskins, Jr. (1916–1945)
  • Staff Sergeant George C. Curdy (1920–1945)
  • Chief Machinist’s Mate Thomas H. Marvel (1902–1942)
  • Technician 5th Grade Clayton Jones (1917–1944)
  • Chief Warrant Officer Russell T. Crawford (c. 1904–1945)
  • Corporal Caleb O. Simpler (1917–1942)
  • 2nd Lieutenant William J. Harden (1921–1944)
  • Technician 5th Grade Dominick La Monica (1907–1944)
  • 2nd Lieutenant Rachel H. Sheridan (1918–1943)
  • Private Adam S. Adamowicz (1921–1944)
  • Private Robert P. Mulreaney, Jr. (1916–1944)
  • Captain William W. Galt (1919–1944)
  • Technician 5th Grade Robert Stafford (c. 1908–1944)
  • Sergeant Herman Cohen (1918–1944)
  • Staff Sergeant Winford J. Poore (1921–1944)
  • Corporal Elmer F. Park (1919–1944)
  • Staff Sergeant Frank Dixon (1917–1944)
  • Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Ralph R. Skillman (1925–1944)
  • 2nd Lieutenant John A. Randall (1906–1943)
  • Technician 5th Grade Leon Bush (1917–1943)
  • 1st Lieutenant Thomas O. Hudson (1918–1944)
  • 1st Lieutenant Wallace C. Forbush, Jr. (1918–1944)
  • Staff Sergeant Clarence O. Deakyne, Jr. (1917–1944)
  • Private Clifford L. Hook (1915–1944)
  • Private Charles M. Brittingham (1923–1945)
  • Private Robert L. Gamble (1915–1944)
  • Sergeant Robert D. Lightsey (1911–1944)
  • Staff Sergeant George H. Devine (1909–1944)
  • Captain Edgar C. Boggs (1918–1945)
  • Corporal Fred S. Shoe (1908–1944)
  • Sergeant Martin Eisenman (1916–1944)
  • Sergeant Harry Fineman (1916–1942)
  • Sergeant Morton Carlis (1924–1944)
  • Major Paul J. Collins (1923–2021)
  • 2nd Lieutenant Lowell F. Simmons (1918–1944)
  • Corporal John F. Scisley (1918–1943)
  • 2nd Lieutenant Rocco DeFilippis (1919–1944)
  • 1st Lieutenant Seymour Miller (1919–1944)
  • Private 1st Class John E. Adams, Jr. (1921–1944)
  • Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class George A. Penuel, Jr. (1919–1941)
  • Sergeant Joseph M. Lentini (1914–1945)
  • Seaman 1st Class James A. Tull (1910–1945)
  • Private 1st Class Roland P. Jackson (1913–1945)
  • Private 1st Class Raymond V. Desorcy (1924–1945)
  • Auxiliary Alice L. Brittingham (1919–1943)
  • Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Paul G. Gosnell (1911–1941)
  • 2nd Lieutenant Harold N. Sheaffer (1920–1944)
  • 2nd Lieutenant George M. Johnson (1920–1944)
  • Commander Louis A. Drexler, Jr. (1899–1945)
  • Sergeant Harry M. Hinkson, Jr. (1923–1944)
  • Private 1st Class Ralph E. Adams (1925–1944)
  • 2nd Lieutenant Leroy C. Six (1923–1944)
  • Private 1st Class Walter F. Johnson (1918–1944)

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