A young officer who lost his life in a tragic accident at sea
Tag: University of Delaware
Major Clinton F. Schoolmaster (1919–1944)
A major and senior controller in a bomb wing by 24, who vanished during a flight
Captain Reynolds H. Knotts (1916–1943)
A Marine transport pilot who flew over 130,000 miles between far-flung outposts in the South Pacific
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
Corporal Caleb O. Simpler (1917–1942)
A member of an antiaircraft unit whose ship fell victim to a U-boat while returning to attend Officer Candidate School
2nd Lieutenant William J. Harden (1921–1944)
A young graduate of Salesianum High School and the University of Delaware who became an Army Air Forces bombardier
Staff Sergeant Clarence O. Deakyne, Jr. (1917–1944)
An N.C.O. in the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company, a victim of the infamous Exercise Tiger disaster shortly before D-Day in Normandy
Private 1st Class Roland P. Jackson (1914–1945)
A high school physical education teacher who lost his life on his third day of combat during one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific
2nd Lieutenant Harold N. Sheaffer (1920–1944)
A B-17 navigator killed in action during the Allied aerial offensive known as Big Week
Private Howard W. Hill (1923–1944)
A University of Delaware student turned infantryman killed in action in Germany
Delaware's World War II Fallen 