Three Delawareans who were drafted on the same day trained together and joined the same medical battalion but only two returned home alive
Category: Sussex County
Corporal Vollie C. Hudson (1920–1945)
An N.C.O. in an Army Air Forces maintenance unit whose last furlough home before going overseas proved tragic
Staff Sergeant Fred J. Harper (1918–1944)
One month before his death, a schoolteacher turned mess sergeant sat for a portrait still cherished by the son he never got to meet
Private Fred R. Prattis (1912–1944)
A black soldier in an airbase security battalion who served in the southwest Pacific
Private Walter S. Turner (1916–1944)
A father, mechanic, and volunteer fireman who entered combat in Normandy as a replacement rifleman
Private 1st Class Gilbert B. Bryan (1925–1945)
A truck driver from Sussex County who lost his life just as the Allies crossed the Rhine in the closing weeks of the war in Europe
Private 1st Class Dallas I. Bowden (1923–1944)
A rifleman from Blades who perished in combat near Mortain, Normandy
Private Joseph D. Johnson (1924–1944)
A store clerk from the Georgetown area who became an infantryman after the Army Specialized Training Program was terminated
Private William E. Paskins, Jr. (1916–1945)
A soldier born in Bridgeville who served in Italy in a segregated infantry unit
Staff Sergeant George C. Curdy (1920–1945)
A railroader conductor who rapidly advanced to rifle squad leader during combat in the closing months of the war in Europe
Delaware's World War II Fallen 