A B-24 gunner in the ill-fated 492nd Bomb Group killed during a costly raid on Germany
Category: New Castle County
Corporal John A. Mlynarczyk (1919–1944)
An antitank gunner posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for his actions during the Battle of Leyte
Technician 5th Grade Steven Oboryshko (c. 1920–1944)
A Ranger from Wilmington killed in action in Normandy on D+1
Chief Machinist’s Mate Thomas H. Marvel (1902–1942)
A career sailor who served aboard a famed American cruiser lost in the dark opening months of the Pacific War
Technician 5th Grade Clayton Jones (1917–1944)
A plumber/pipefitter turned Army Air Forces firefighter caught up in a tragic accident at an airfield in Italy
Chief Warrant Officer Russell T. Crawford (c. 1904–1945)
A career soldier with over two decades' service in the segregated U.S. Army who boarded an ill-fated flight when he was rotated home from the Pacific
Corporal Caleb O. Simpler (1917–1942)
A member of an antiaircraft unit whose ship fell victim to a U-boat while returning to attend Officer Candidate School
2nd Lieutenant William J. Harden (1921–1944)
A young graduate of Salesianum High School and the University of Delaware who became an Army Air Forces bombardier
2nd Lieutenant Rachel H. Sheridan (1918–1943)
A nurse destined to become the only servicewoman from Delaware to die overseas during World War II
Private Adam S. Adamowicz (1921–1944)
A high school football star turned tank crewman killed in action during the drive on Rome
Delaware's World War II Fallen 