A young father who enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces one month after the attack on Pearl Harbor
Category: New Castle County
Private 1st Class Austin L. Reynolds (1909–1944)
An interwar veteran of the 1st Division found himself back in his old division during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
Private 1st Class Frank J. Cox (1923–1943)
The first of three men from Hazeldel Avenue in Minquadale to lose his life during WWII
Captain Richard M. Durbin (1920–1944)
A DuPont mechanical engineer turned fighter pilot who flew 46 combat missions over Europe
Private 1st Class William W. Lewandowski (1925–1944)
A young father in a Field Artillery unit who was at a command post that came under attack during Battle of the Bulge
Private Raymond W. Pierson (1922–1944)
A DuPont employee turned rifleman who went into combat for the first time during the Battle of Monte Cassino
Private John J. Skrzec (1920–1944)
A football and basketball star turned Signal Corps lineman who supported the Third Army dash across France
Private James S. McClure (1908–1944)
An undocumented immigrant whose U.S. Army service allowed him the opportunity to become a naturalized citizen just before he entered combat
Sergeant Arthur Johnston, Jr. (1923–1944)
An airplane mechanic-gunner whose detachment calibrated ground radar installations in the Aleutian Islands
2nd Lieutenant Charles A. Higgins, Jr. (1922–1945)
A young officer who dropped out Yale to volunteer for the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Delaware's World War II Fallen 