A nurse destined to become the only servicewoman from Delaware to die overseas during World War II
Category: Delaware
Private Adam S. Adamowicz (1921–1944)
A high school football star turned tank crewman killed in action during the drive on Rome
Sergeant Herman Cohen (1918–1944)
An infantryman from Wilmington who wrote a haunting letter shortly before he was killed in action in Normandy
Staff Sergeant Winford J. Poore (1921–1944)
A telephone lineman from Middletown who lost his life in the infamous Exercise Tiger disaster leading up to D-Day
Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Ralph R. Skillman (1925–1944)
A sailor from Newark, Delaware, who was one of the first kamikaze victims
1st Lieutenant Thomas O. Hudson (1918–1944)
A Dupont employee turned artillery forward observer who died of wounds during the Battle of the Bulge
Staff Sergeant Clarence O. Deakyne, Jr. (1917–1944)
An N.C.O. in the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company, a victim of the infamous Exercise Tiger disaster shortly before D-Day in Normandy
Private Clifford L. Hook (1915–1944)
A millwright turned antitank gun crewman killed in action while liberating France
Private Charles M. Brittingham (1923–1945)
An infantryman who fell while liberating Kautenbach, Luxembourg
Private Robert L. Gamble (1915–1944)
An infantryman who was mortally wounded during the Normandy campaign
Delaware's World War II Fallen 