In the last moments of his life, this officer performed an act of heroism that saved his men
Category: Kent County
Technician 5th Grade Loran C. Adams (1922–1944)
A Felton man who earned the Bronze Star Medal on the last day of his life for evacuating casualties under fire
Staff Sergeant Lester D. Warren (1915–1944)
A B-24 tail gunner and father of a young son whose plane was hit over France
Private Thomas M. Gooden, III (1922–1944)
A young soldier in the Coast Artillery Corps who joined the Army Specialized Training Program
Staff Sergeant William G. Smith (1916–1944)
A career soldier, rifle squad leader, and father who fought in five campaigns in the Mediterranean
Private Robert M. Tee (1926–1945)
Drafted straight out of high school, this youth was killed during his first day of combat
Flight Officer Theodore E. Hearne (1920–1944)
The proudest moment of this radar observer’s military career turned to tragedy moments later
2nd Lieutenant Edward W. Ruyter (1922–1944)
When a bombardier fell from a crippled B-24, a Czech town came together to honor him: “You died-- but in our hearts you live!”
Captain Reynolds H. Knotts (1916–1943)
A Marine transport pilot who flew over 130,000 miles between far-flung outposts in the South Pacific
2nd Lieutenant William J. McLoughry (1919–1942)
A C-47 copilot who survived the dangerous first American airborne combat mission only to die in a crash weeks later
Delaware's World War II Fallen 