An innocuous scientific inquiry about seaweed led to the tragic disappearence of two men on a remote island in the Atlantic
Tag: Omitted At Veterans Memorial Park
Technician 4th Grade Isiah Grubbs (1914–1943)
An N.C.O. in an all-black aviation engineer unit lost in a little known disaster at sea in the Pacific
Storekeeper, Technical, 3rd Class Thomas Lankford (1922–1944)
A storekeeper who died in a tragic accident while on liberty in the South Pacific
Staff Sergeant William T. Stewart, III (1917–1943)
A young father who enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces one month after the attack on Pearl Harbor
Sergeant Arthur Johnston, Jr. (1923–1944)
An airplane mechanic-gunner whose detachment calibrated ground radar installations in the Aleutian Islands
Private 1st Class Joseph A. McGrath (1911–1944)
A father of a young son and veteran of three campaigns in northwest Europe
Private Fred R. Prattis (1912–1944)
A black soldier in an airbase security battalion who served in the southwest Pacific
2nd Lieutenant Robert G. Allen (1923–1945)
A paratrooper who died retaking Corregidor during one of the most celebrated airborne operations in history
Private 1st Class Lawrence J. Anderson (1919–1944)
A veteran of four campaigns killed in action on Omaha Beach on D-day
Delaware's World War II Fallen 