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
Category: U.S. Army
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
Private George G. Barnett (1913–1944)
Wounded during the defense of Bastogne, he was being treated in an aid station when it was bombed on Christmas Eve 1944
Delaware's World War II Fallen 