An infantryman who was wounded three times, before finally losing his life mere months before the end of the war
Category: Theater
Private George R. Thorn (1908–1945)
A combat engineer who died of disease just after Manila was recaptured
Seaman 1st Class Frank Sanborn (1925–1946)
The last serviceman from Newark to die during the World War II era
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
1st Lieutenant Ferris L. Wharton (1915–1944)
A Marine officer killed in action during his first day in combat, liberating Guam from Japanese occupation
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
Captain Stephen McGregor (1908–1944)
A runaway from Wilmington who adopted a new identity, becoming a career soldier
Delaware's World War II Fallen 