The Drexler family lost two sons serving in the U.S. Navy: one in an accident before World War II and the other during the Battle of Okinawa
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2nd Lieutenant F. Robert Thoroughgood (1910–1942)
The first serviceman from Newark to die during World War II
Private James R. Wilson (1913–1944)
An infantryman killed in action during the grueling Normandy campaign
1st Lieutenant Ferris L. Wharton (1915–1944)
A Marine officer killed in action during his first day in combat, liberating Guam from Japanese occupation
Private 1st Class George C. Beebe (1919–1944)
It took an operation before he going join the U.S. Army, beginning a journey that led him to Omaha Beach
2nd Lieutenant John M. Butler (1918–1944)
Pilot killed on D-Day while copiloting the lead glider in the Chicago Mission
Delaware's World War II Fallen 