In the last moments of his life, this officer performed an act of heroism that saved his men
Tag: Netherlands American Cemetery
Private James S. McClure (1908–1944)
An undocumented immigrant whose U.S. Army service allowed him the opportunity to become a naturalized citizen just before he entered combat
2nd Lieutenant Charles A. Higgins, Jr. (1922–1945)
A young officer who dropped out Yale to volunteer for the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Private 1st Class Irving De Shong (1917–1945)
A truck driver from Wilmington who became a radio operator in an antitank unit
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
Delaware's World War II Fallen 