A shipyard worker turned infantryman who was killed in action during his fourth day in combat in northern Italy
Category: New Castle County
Fireman 1st Class Howard J. Woods (1922–1944)
A single torpedo claimed the lives of two Wilmington Coast Guardsmen who served in the same repair party aboard a destroyer escort
Sergeant Charles Edelberg (1920–1945)
A soldier involved in U.S. Army Air Forces training stateside whose tragic death was published by the press before his family was notified
Storekeeper, Technical, 3rd Class Thomas Lankford (1922–1944)
A storekeeper who died in a tragic accident while on liberty in the South Pacific
Ensign Kenneth F. Jones (1916–1942)
A young officer who lost his life in a tragic accident at sea
Water Tender 1st Class Herbert H. Dugan (1911–1942)
Born and raised in Delaware, this man raised a family in Washington after a stint in the Navy, only to return to service after Pearl Harbor
Major Clinton F. Schoolmaster (1919–1944)
A major and senior controller in a bomb wing by 24, who vanished during a flight
Seaman 2nd Class John P. Sparco (1923–1943)
A young sailor killed by the negligence of another sailor at the Naval Training Station, Bainbridge, Maryland
Steward’s Mate 1st Class John Bryant (1925–1945)
The story of a black sailor who died manning his battle station when his ship was attacked off Okinawa
Captain Reynolds H. Knotts (1916–1943)
A Marine transport pilot who flew over 130,000 miles between far-flung outposts in the South Pacific
Delaware's World War II Fallen 