A father of a young son and veteran of three campaigns in northwest Europe
Category: New Castle County
Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Sidney L. Galbraith (1902–1944)
A machinist who served in the U.S. Army as a teenager during World War I and then volunteered for the Seabees during World War II
1st Lieutenant Joseph A. Dugan (1920–1945)
A P-47 pilot, the father of a young son, who was involved in a tragic friendly fire incident in the Philippines
2nd Lieutenant John F. Hudson, Jr. (1920–1943)
An Army Air Forces pilot who lost his life in a mysterious plane crash during crew training
Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Joseph Ackerman (1923–1945)
A photographer’s mate stricken by cancer during his training
1st Lieutenant Paul B. Selbe (1902–1944)
The story of a patent attorney who became an officer assigned to the Manhattan Engineer District
2nd Lieutenant William B. Weldon, Jr. (1916–1944)
Wounded and captured before he was rescued during combat at the Gustav Line in Italy, this young officer returned to duty just in time to join the breakout from Anzio
Private John J. Mills (1920–1945)
A member of an unsung all-black artillery unit that was instrumental in the defense of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge
Technician 5th Grade Max V. Schwitzgold (1911–1944)
A store owner and father who became a victim of the infamous Malmédy massacre during the Battle of the Bulge
Private 1st Class Robert A. Wescoat (1910–1944)
A crew member aboard a U.S. Army tugboat lost after an unlucky navigational error during a journey between England and France
Delaware's World War II Fallen 