A career sailor who served aboard a famed American cruiser lost in the dark opening months of the Pacific War
Category: U.S. Navy
Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Ralph R. Skillman (c. 1925–1944)
A sailor from Newark, Delaware, who was one of the first kamikaze victims
Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class George A. Penuel, Jr. (1919–1941)
A sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor and by some definitions, the first Delawarean killed in action during World War II
Seaman 1st Class James A. Tull (1910–1945)
A sailor from Sussex County, Delaware, killed in an infamous sinking in the closing days of the Pacific War
Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Paul G. Gosnell (1911–1941)
One of the first casualties of the Pacific War, Paul G. Gosnell had served for years in both the Marine Corps and Navy
Commander Louis A. Drexler, Jr. (1899–1945)
The Drexler family lost two sons serving in the U.S. Navy: one in an accident before World War II and the other during the Battle of Okinawa
Seaman 2nd Class Charles L. Caulk, Jr. (1913–1942)
A sailor who was killed when his cruiser was torpedoed following a fierce battle off Guadalcanal
Seaman 1st Class Robert J. Donovan (1923–1943)
A sailor killed in an accidental collision east of Nantucket
Signalman 3rd Class Harry W. Pierce (1919–1944)
A sailor who lost his life in a little known accident off Cape May, New Jersey
Seaman 1st Class Frank Sanborn (1925–1946)
The last serviceman from Newark to die during the World War II era
Delaware's World War II Fallen 