An Italian immigrant and shipyard worker who became a B-24 gunner flying missions based at a field in his old homeland
Category: New Castle County
1st Lieutenant Harry M. First (1915–1944)
The son of a rabbi, this Fifteenth Air Force navigator was close to completing his 50-mission tour when he took off for Austria
Private Samuel G. Judge (1911–1944)
An Italian immigrant, shoe manager, and father turned infantryman who went into combat in the Vosges
Sergeant William A. Rittenhouse (1917–1943)
A father lost in the costliest transport sinking in American history
Private 1st Class William K. Baynard (1917–1943)
A prewar volunteer who became a member of one of the first U.S. Army radar units
Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class Benjamin S. Steelman (1925–1944)
A young Jewish man who enlisted in the Navy at 17 and first went into battle as a corpsman on Saipan
2nd Lieutenant Holstein Harvey, III (1918–1944)
A mechanized cavalry platoon leader who sprang into action when one of his men was badly wounded by a sniper on Saipan
Private Paul O. Miller (1916–1943)
Drafted a few months after marrying, he went into combat for the first time on Sicily
Private 1st Class Alfred A. Rosendale (1916–1943)
A National Guardsman recalled to duty after Pearl Harbor, he had a varied career in Coast Artillery, Military Police, and Corps of Engineers units
Cadet Staff Sergeant James W. Taylor, III (1928–1944)
The story of the youngest of Delaware’s World War II fallen, a promising young Civil Air Patrol cadet
