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
Category: Sussex County
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
Private Charles M. Brittingham (1923–1945)
An infantryman who fell while liberating Kautenbach, Luxembourg
Private 1st Class John E. Adams, Jr. (1921–1944)
An engineer captured in the fall of Corregidor who spent over two years as a prisoner before dying in the sinking of an infamous hell ship
Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class George A. Penuel, Jr. (1919–1941)
A sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor and by some definitions, the first Delawarean killed in action during World War II
Seaman 1st Class James A. Tull (1910–1945)
A sailor from Sussex County, Delaware, killed in an infamous sinking in the closing days of the Pacific War
Auxiliary Alice L. Brittingham (1919–1943)
A W.A.A.C. who died of disease shortly after beginning her training
Delaware's World War II Fallen 