Drafted straight out of high school, this youth was killed during his first day of combat
Category: Sussex County
Corporal James A. Moore (1921–1944)
A DuPont employee turned communications clerk lost in a tragic accident in England
Technician 4th Grade Isiah Grubbs (1914–1943)
An N.C.O. in an all-black aviation engineer unit lost in a little known disaster at sea in the Pacific
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
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
Delaware's World War II Fallen 