A young soldier who served in the force garrisoning Iceland
Category: U.S. Army
Technician 5th Grade Harold T. Hitchens (1915–1944)
An armorer in a rifle company who trained for years stateside before entering combat during the Rhineland campaign
Private Thomas M. Gooden, III (1922–1944)
A young soldier in the Coast Artillery Corps who joined the Army Specialized Training Program
2nd Lieutenant Paul W. Taylor (1911–1942)
He overcame the odds in the segregated U.S. Army to become a commissioned officer shortly before tragedy took his life
Corporal John H. Prettyman (1919–1942)
A noncommissioned officer injured in an accident at Fort Miles
Private Samuel A. Matthews, Jr. (1924–1944)
The father of a young child who went into combat as a replacement rifleman at Monte Cassino
Private Ralph G. Henretty (1925–1944)
A young rifleman who first went into combat at Monte Cassino
Sergeant Wallace S. Wroten, Jr. (1925–1944)
An Army Specialized Training Program member turned infantryman who earned the Silver Star in his first days of combat
Staff Sergeant Edward J. Przylucki, Jr. (1923–1944)
An infantryman who survived a year of ferocious combat and advanced to staff sergeant during the course of four campaigns in Italy
Private Roy S. Thomas (1921–1944)
A member of a segregated black Field Artillery unit killed in a stateside accident
Delaware's World War II Fallen 