A young Jewish man who enlisted in the Navy at 17 and first went into battle as a corpsman on Saipan
Category: Pacific Theater
2nd Lieutenant Holstein Harvey, III (1918–1944)
A mechanized cavalry platoon leader who sprang into action when one of his men was badly wounded by a sniper on Saipan
Lieutenant Colonel Louis E. Roemer (1901–c. 1945)
A senior Chemical Warfare Service officer in the Philippines prior to the American surrender, he helped many other soldiers as a prisoner of war
1st Lieutenant Richard P. Richards (1918–1942)
A young Marine officer who went into combat for the first time on Guadalcanal
Master Sergeant Andrew Gorman (1896–1944)
A career soldier and veteran of both world wars who fell into the hands of the Japanese on Bataan
Private Jerome J. Cichocki (1926–1945)
A young Marine drafted straight out of high school who was a replacement on Iwo Jima
Private 1st Class Peter J. Jurski (1921–1945)
A young Marine who went into combat during an offensive to seize an airfield on Iwo Jima
Private 1st Class Augustus G. Zografos (1919–1942)
One of the early draftees from Delaware who found himself in Alaska after a Japanese offensive there
Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class William J. McQuiston (1921–1943)
An aviation machinist’s mate who remained at his post aboard a ditching bomber in a desperate effort to keep it in the air
Signalman 3rd Class Robert C. Miller (1924–1945)
A sailor who served in the Navy Armed Guard and aboard destroyers in two oceans
Delaware's World War II Fallen 