A field wire chief who distinguished himself in Normandy and the Hürtgen Forest
Category: European Theater
Staff Sergeant Horace C. Brown (1924–1945)
A member of the Army Specialized Training Program and veteran of three battles near the German border
2nd Lieutenant James R. Anderson (1920–1944)
A young infantry officer who fought in the Colmar Pocket
Private James R. Wilson (1913–1944)
An infantryman killed in action during the grueling Normandy campaign
Private 1st Class John Frame (1915–1945)
An infantryman who was wounded three times, before finally losing his life mere months before the end of the war
Staff Sergeant Homer B. Wooleyhan (1918–1945)
An N.C.O. in a reconnaissance unit killed in action in Germany during the last months of the war
Private John W. O’Daniel, Jr. (1925–1944)
A paratrooper, the son of a famous general, killed in action during Operation Market Garden, the famed airborne assault in the Netherlands
Sergeant Charles N. Donoghue (1916–1944)
A truck driver turned tank commander who was the first fatality from the 745th Tank Battalion on D-Day
Private 1st Class George S. Dill (1923–1944)
A combat engineer who entered the service from the Middletown area and first entered combat on Omaha Beach
Private Walter J. Dobek (1922–1944)
A combat engineer, the son of Polish immigrants, who was killed in action on Omaha Beach
Delaware's World War II Fallen 