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Category: American Theater

1st Lieutenant Paul B. Selbe (1902–1944)

On January 4, 2023October 19, 2024 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, New Castle County, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., West VirginiaLeave a comment

The story of a patent attorney who became an officer assigned to the Manhattan Engineer District

1st Lieutenant Edgar B. Worley, Jr. (1915–1944)

On November 3, 2022November 5, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Connecticut, Delaware, New Castle County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Air Forces1 Comment

A pilot in a gunnery training unit who died in a stateside training accident shortly after becoming a father.

2nd Lieutenant James C. Clark (1919–1944)

On September 28, 2022November 5, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, Maryland, New Castle County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Air ForcesLeave a comment

A B-29 Superfortress navigator killed in a tragic training accident shortly before he was scheduled to ship out for the Pacific

Corporal Caleb O. Simpler (1917–1942)

On April 14, 2022September 26, 2025 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, Kent County, New Castle County, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A member of an antiaircraft unit whose ship fell victim to a U-boat while returning to attend Officer Candidate School

2nd Lieutenant George M. Johnson (1920–1944)

On September 21, 2021October 30, 2024 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, Pacific Theater, Sussex County, U.S. Army Air Forces1 Comment

A pilot from Seaford who will soon return home, at long last, over 77 years after his death at the Tarawa Atoll

Seaman 1st Class Robert J. Donovan (1923–1943)

On June 12, 2021March 10, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, New Castle County, U.S. NavyLeave a comment

A sailor killed in an accidental collision east of Nantucket

2nd Lieutenant F. Robert Thoroughgood (1910–1942)

On June 2, 2021December 3, 2021 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, New Castle County, Pennsylvania, Sussex County, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

The first serviceman from Newark to die during World War II

Technician 4th Grade Harvey L. Baldwin (1917–1943)

On June 1, 2021October 6, 2024 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, New Castle County, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A soldier who died while studying stateside as part of the Army Specialized Training Program

Signalman 3rd Class Harry W. Pierce (1919–1944)

On May 29, 2021June 3, 2021 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, New Castle County, U.S. NavyLeave a comment

A sailor who lost his life in a little known accident off Cape May, New Jersey

Seaman 1st Class Frank Sanborn (1925–1946)

On May 27, 2021June 14, 2023 By Lowell SilvermanIn American Theater, Delaware, New Castle County, U.S. NavyLeave a comment

The last serviceman from Newark to die during the World War II era

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