One of the early draftees from Delaware who found himself in Alaska after a Japanese offensive there
Category: Delaware
Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class William J. McQuiston (1921–1943)
An aviation machinist’s mate who remained at his post aboard a ditching bomber in a desperate effort to keep it in the air
Technician 4th Grade William H. Allen (1916–1944)
A member of a black Transportation Corps unit who worked on the docks at Southampton immediately after D-Day in Normandy
Signalman 3rd Class Robert C. Miller (1924–1945)
A sailor who served in the Navy Armed Guard and aboard destroyers in two oceans
Private 1st Class Ormal C. Leedom, Jr. (1906–1943)
A member of a medical unit who served in North Africa and Sicily
Private William H. Hudson (1923–1943)
A young soldier who served in the force garrisoning Iceland
Staff Sergeant Lester D. Warren (1915–1944)
A B-24 tail gunner and father of a young son whose plane was hit over France
Technician 5th Grade Harold T. Hitchens (1915–1944)
An armorer in a rifle company who trained for years stateside before entering combat during the Rhineland campaign
Private Thomas M. Gooden, III (1922–1944)
A young soldier in the Coast Artillery Corps who joined the Army Specialized Training Program
2nd Lieutenant Paul W. Taylor (1911–1942)
He overcame the odds in the segregated U.S. Army to become a commissioned officer shortly before tragedy took his life
Delaware's World War II Fallen 