An N.C.O. in the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company, a victim of the infamous Exercise Tiger disaster shortly before D-Day in Normandy
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Private 1st Class Roland P. Jackson (1913–1945)
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
2nd Lieutenant F. Robert Thoroughgood (1910–1942)
The first serviceman from Newark to die during World War II
1st Lieutenant Thomas S. Ingham, Jr. (1920–1943)
A B-24 pilot in the China Burma India Theater who went missing in action during a mission to Burma
1st Lieutenant Ferris L. Wharton (1915–1944)
A Marine officer killed in action during his first day in combat, liberating Guam from Japanese occupation
Delaware's World War II Fallen 