A C-47 copilot who survived the dangerous first American airborne combat mission only to die in a crash weeks later
Category: Kent County
Private John A. Ware (1925–1944)
A replacement rifleman from Felton who was killed in Normandy during the Battle of Saint-Lô
Private Joseph D. Johnson (1924–1944)
A store clerk from the Georgetown area who became an infantryman after the Army Specialized Training Program was terminated
Private William E. Paskins, Jr. (1916–1945)
A soldier born in Bridgeville who served in Italy in a segregated infantry unit
Corporal Caleb O. Simpler (1917–1942)
Caleb O, Simpler in 1941 or early 1942 (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives) Home StateCivilian OccupationDelawareBank employeeBranchService NumberU.S. Army32167222TheatersUnitEuropean, AmericanBattery “H,” 61st Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft)AwardsCampaigns/BattlesPurple HeartBattle of the Atlantic Early Life & Family Caleb Oliver Simpler was born in Felton, Delaware, on the evening of March 10, 1917. He was the second child …
Captain Edgar C. Boggs (1918–1945)
A West Point graduate and infantry company commander who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in the Philippines
Auxiliary Alice L. Brittingham (1919–1943)
A W.A.A.C. who died of disease shortly after beginning her training
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
Private 1st Class Walter F. Johnson (1918–1944)
An infantryman who survived the D-Day landings only to die weeks later during the drive on Saint-Lô
Able Seaman Robert J. Burger (1919–1943)
A sailor in the U.S. Merchant Marine who served aboard a tanker sunk by a U-boat
Delaware's World War II Fallen 