A football and basketball star turned Signal Corps lineman who supported the Third Army dash across France
Category: Delaware
Private James S. McClure (1908–1944)
An undocumented immigrant whose U.S. Army service allowed him the opportunity to become a naturalized citizen just before he entered combat
Sergeant Arthur Johnston, Jr. (1923–1944)
An airplane mechanic-gunner whose detachment calibrated ground radar installations in the Aleutian Islands
2nd Lieutenant Charles A. Higgins, Jr. (1922–1945)
A young officer who dropped out Yale to volunteer for the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Private 1st Class Joseph A. McGrath (1911–1944)
A father of a young son and veteran of three campaigns in northwest Europe
Private 1st Class Lynn E. Ritter, Jr. (1924–1944)
Three Delawareans who were drafted on the same day trained together and joined the same medical battalion but only two returned home alive
Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Sidney L. Galbraith (1902–1944)
A machinist who served in the U.S. Army as a teenager during World War I and then volunteered for the Seabees during World War II
1st Lieutenant Joseph A. Dugan (1920–1945)
A P-47 pilot, the father of a young son, who was involved in a tragic friendly fire incident in the Philippines
2nd Lieutenant John F. Hudson, Jr. (1920–1943)
An Army Air Forces pilot who lost his life in a mysterious plane crash during crew training
Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Joseph Ackerman (1923–1945)
A photographer’s mate stricken by cancer during his training
Delaware's World War II Fallen 