A DuPont mechanical engineer turned fighter pilot who flew 46 combat missions over Europe
Category: Delaware
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
Private 1st Class Joseph A. McGrath (1911–1944)
A father of a young son and veteran of three campaigns in northwest Europe
Private 1st Class Lynn E. Ritter, Jr. (1924–1944)
Three Delawareans who were drafted on the same day trained together and joined the same medical battalion but only two returned home alive
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
Delaware's World War II Fallen 