The first soldier from Delaware killed in action during World War II, who earned the Silver Star Medal during the defense of the Philippines
Category: Philippines
Private 1st Class John E. Adams, Jr. (1921–1944)
An engineer captured in the fall of Corregidor who spent over two years as a prisoner before dying in the sinking of an infamous hell ship
Staff Sergeant Charles W. Greer, Jr. (1920–1945)
An infantryman who died after he was wounded by a grenade during combat on Luzon, Philippines
Sergeant Philip A. Beaman (1920–1945)
A squad leader in an Intelligence & Reconnaissance Platoon who sacrificed his life saving a wounded comrade
Private George R. Thorn (1908–1945)
A combat engineer who died of disease just after Manila was recaptured
Delaware's World War II Fallen 