The story of the youngest of Delaware’s World War II fallen, a promising young Civil Air Patrol cadet
Category: New Castle County
Lieutenant Colonel Louis E. Roemer (1901–c. 1945)
A senior Chemical Warfare Service officer in the Philippines prior to the American surrender, he helped many other soldiers as a prisoner of war
Staff Sergeant Dougal M. Beatson (1919–1944)
It was the first combat mission for this young Eighth Air Force gunner
Private John J. Bukowski (1912–1944)
A replacement rifleman who was reported missing over two weeks after his death and whose brief time in combat is shrouded in mystery
Private 1st Class Edgar W. Stevenson (1919–1942)
The first soldier killed in action from New Castle City during World War II
Private 1st Class Paul H. Rigdon (1923–1944)
A machinist who was a member of an ill-fated unit encircled during the Battle of the Bulge
Private Herbert Rubenstein (1923–1944)
A Jewish medic whose unit was encircled at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge
Aviation Radioman 3rd Class George A. Quigg (1924–1944)
An Atlas Powder Company employee turned Navy aircrewman
Private 1st Class Nathan Balick (1919–1944)
A Jewish infantryman who first went into combat in Normandy shortly after D-Day
Private Louis H. Way, Jr. (1921–1942)
He had only just begun his military career when claimed by an accident while on pass from basic training
Delaware's World War II Fallen 