An Italian immigrant, shoe manager, and father turned infantryman who went into combat in the Vosges
Category: New Castle County
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
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
