A football and basketball star turned Signal Corps lineman who supported the Third Army dash across France
Tag: Wilmington High School
1st Lieutenant Joseph A. Dugan (1920–1945)
A P-47 pilot, the father of a young son, who was involved in a tragic friendly fire incident in the Philippines
2nd Lieutenant John F. Hudson, Jr. (1920–1943)
An Army Air Forces pilot who lost his life in a mysterious plane crash during crew training
Private Adam S. Adamowicz (1921–1944)
A high school football star turned tank crewman killed in action during the drive on Rome
Sergeant Herman Cohen (1918–1944)
An infantryman from Wilmington who wrote a haunting letter shortly before he was killed in action in Normandy
Major Paul J. Collins (1923–2021)
A special feature on a Eighth Air Force bombardier who made it home and later assisted with several profiles on this site
Sergeant Paul L. Caulk (1919–1944)
The second son that the Caulk family from Wilmington lost during the war, Sergeant Caulk died recapturing the U.S. territory of Guam
Private Franklin J. Polster (1919–1944)
A cigar store manager from Wilmington who left a wife and young son when he shipped out for England
Delaware's World War II Fallen 