A member of an unsung all-black artillery unit that was instrumental in the defense of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge
Tag: Black History
Private Fred R. Prattis (1912–1944)
A black soldier in an airbase security battalion who served in the southwest Pacific
Private William E. Paskins, Jr. (1916–1945)
A soldier born in Bridgeville who served in Italy in a segregated infantry unit
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
Technician 5th Grade Robert Stafford (c. 1908–1944)
A Georgian in a engineer unit, the victim of a heinous, racially motivated murder in England
Delaware's World War II Fallen 