Three Delawareans who were drafted on the same day trained together and joined the same medical battalion but only two returned home alive
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1st Lieutenant Joseph A. Dugan (1920–1945)
A P-47 pilot, the father of a young son, who was involved in a tragic friendly fire incident in the Philippines
Staff Sergeant Fred J. Harper (1918–1944)
One month before his death, a schoolteacher turned mess sergeant sat for a portrait still cherished by the son he never got to meet
Staff Sergeant George Isadore (1909–1942)
A German-born career soldier killed in action fighting against Vichy French forces in Algeria
Private William E. Paskins, Jr. (1916–1945)
A soldier born in Bridgeville who served in Italy in a segregated infantry unit
Technician 5th Grade Clayton Jones (1917–1944)
A plumber/pipefitter turned Army Air Forces firefighter caught up in a tragic accident at an airfield in Italy
Chief Warrant Officer Russell T. Crawford (c. 1904–1945)
A career soldier with over two decades' service in the segregated U.S. Army who boarded an ill-fated flight when he was rotated home from the Pacific
1st Lieutenant Thomas O. Hudson (1918–1944)
A Dupont employee turned artillery forward observer who died of wounds during the Battle of the Bulge
Private Robert L. Gamble (1915–1944)
An infantryman who was mortally wounded during the Normandy campaign
Delaware's World War II Fallen 