An infantryman killed in action during the grueling Normandy campaign
Category: U.S. Army
Technician 4th Grade Harvey L. Baldwin (1917–1943)
A soldier who died while studying stateside as part of the Army Specialized Training Program
Private William N. Jones, Jr. (1919–1944)
A barber who was died in battle shortly after he arrived at the Anzio beachhead
Private 1st Class John Frame (1915–1945)
An infantryman who was wounded three times, before finally losing his life mere months before the end of the war
Private George R. Thorn (1908–1945)
A combat engineer who died of disease just after Manila was recaptured
Staff Sergeant Homer B. Wooleyhan (1918–1945)
An N.C.O. in a reconnaissance unit killed in action in Germany during the last months of the war
Private John W. O’Daniel, Jr. (1925–1944)
A paratrooper, the son of a famous general, killed in action during Operation Market Garden, the famed airborne assault in the Netherlands
Sergeant Charles N. Donoghue (1916–1944)
A truck driver turned tank commander who was the first fatality from the 745th Tank Battalion on D-Day
Private 1st Class George S. Dill (1923–1944)
A combat engineer who entered the service from the Middletown area and first entered combat on Omaha Beach
Private Walter J. Dobek (1922–1944)
A combat engineer, the son of Polish immigrants, who was killed in action on Omaha Beach
Delaware's World War II Fallen 