A career lighthouse keeper who enlisted in the Coast Guard at age 50
Category: American Theater
Private Louis H. Way, Jr. (1921–1942)
He had only just begun his military career when claimed by an accident while on pass from basic training
Aviation Radioman 3rd Class Anthony S. Montour (1924–1945)
An artist and aspiring chemist who went missing in the line of duty
2nd Lieutenant Belford S. Dunn (1923–1944)
A training mission on a beautiful California morning took a tragic turn
2nd Lieutenant Walter M. Boggs, Jr. (1921–1944)
He was on the verge of graduating from training as a naval aviator
Technician 3rd Grade Leroy J. Knox (1920–1943)
It was supposed to be his wedding day, at home on furlough after spending a bitterly cold winter on special assignment in Canada
Private Thomas M. Gooden, III (1922–1944)
A young soldier in the Coast Artillery Corps who joined the Army Specialized Training Program
2nd Lieutenant Paul W. Taylor (1911–1942)
He overcame the odds in the segregated U.S. Army to become a commissioned officer shortly before tragedy took his life
Corporal John H. Prettyman (1919–1942)
A noncommissioned officer injured in an accident at Fort Miles
Aviation Cadet William E. Hairsine (1922–1943)
A young Navy aviation cadet involved in a tragic crash early in his training
Delaware's World War II Fallen 