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Staff Sergeant Hermus J. Hastings (1923–1944)

On August 27, 2024October 20, 2024 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Pacific Theater, Pennsylvania, Sussex County, U.S. Army Air ForcesLeave a comment

His B-24 disappeared near Truk shortly before he would have received the Distinguished Flying Cross

Private Charles M. Brittingham (1923–1945)

On January 1, 2022January 4, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, Sussex County, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

An infantryman who fell while liberating Kautenbach, Luxembourg

Private 1st Class John E. Adams, Jr. (1921–1944)

On November 6, 2021September 2, 2025 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, Pacific Theater, Philippines, Sussex County, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

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

Seaman 1st Class James A. Tull (1910–1945)

On October 20, 2021September 2, 2025 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, Maryland, Pacific Theater, Sussex County, U.S. NavyLeave a comment

A sailor from Sussex County, Delaware, killed in an infamous sinking in the closing days of the Pacific War

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Staff Sergeant Lester D. Warren (1915–1944)
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2nd Lieutenant Paul W. Taylor (1911–1942)
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Private Samuel A. Matthews, Jr. (1924–1944)
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Private 1st Class William Owens (1912–1942)
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1st Lieutenant John S. Jarvie (1914–1944)
Staff Sergeant William G. Smith (1916–1944)
Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Thomas C. Davis (1921–1943)
Private 1st Class Joseph F. Maczynski (1920–1945)
Sergeant Paul E. Hayden (1911–1943)
Private Robert M. Tee (1926–1945)
Seaman 1st Class Eugene H. Speary (1926–1943)
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Corporal James A. Moore (1921–1944)
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2nd Lieutenant Edward W. Ruyter (1922–1944)
Technician 4th Grade Isiah Grubbs (1914–1943)
Sergeant Charles Edelberg (1920–1945)
Storekeeper, Technical, 3rd Class Thomas Lankford (1922–1944)
Ensign Kenneth F. Jones (1916–1942)
Water Tender 1st Class Herbert H. Dugan (1911–1942)
Major Clinton F. Schoolmaster (1919–1944)
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Captain Reynolds H. Knotts (1916–1943)
Staff Sergeant William T. Stewart, III (1917–1943)
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Chief Pharmacist’s Mate Paul L. Larson (1919–1944)
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2nd Lieutenant Charles A. Higgins, Jr. (1922–1945)
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1st Lieutenant Joseph A. Dugan (1920–1945)
2nd Lieutenant John F. Hudson, Jr. (1920–1943)
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Corporal Vollie C. Hudson (1920–1945)
2nd Lieutenant William J. McLoughry (1919–1942)
1st Lieutenant Paul B. Selbe (1902–1944)
2nd Lieutenant William B. Weldon, Jr. (1916–1944)
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