Trained in aircraft maintenance, he was traveling to the China Burma India Theater when caught up in an infamous troop ship disaster
Category: New Castle County
Seaman 1st Class Eugene H. Speary (1926–1943)
Just 17 years old, this sailor fell victim to tragedy just days into his first voyage overseas
Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class William A. Funk (1922–1944)
An aviation machinist’s mate aboard a TBM-1C Avenger involved in a stateside training accident
Sergeant Amedeo J. Vincenti (1909–1945)
A flight engineer who lost his life when his plane ditched returning from an antishipping strike
Flight Officer Theodore E. Hearne (1920–1944)
The proudest moment of this radar observer’s military career turned to tragedy moments later
Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class James C. Walker (1924–1943)
A sailor who was the victim of a tragic accident while on watch aboard a ship in transit to the South Pacific
Corporal Joseph M. Vignola (1920–1944)
A shipyard worker and father turned airplane mechanic lost in a little-known tragedy in the Mediterranean
Motor Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Walter G. Keen, Jr. (1910–1944)
A sailor from Wilmington Manor lost during the invasion of the South of France
Steward’s Mate 2nd Class Bruce Gibson (1918–1945)
A black sailor who was lost with the last American ship sunk by kamikazes
Staff Sergeant Charles H. Horton (1916–1944)
An innocuous scientific inquiry about seaweed led to the tragic disappearence of two men on a remote island in the Atlantic
Delaware's World War II Fallen 