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Private Adam S. Adamowicz (1921–1944)

On February 9, 2022February 11, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, Italy, Mediterranean Theater, New Castle County, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A high school football star turned tank crewman killed in action during the drive on Rome

Sergeant Herman Cohen (1918–1944)

On January 24, 2022February 5, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, Normandy, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

An infantryman from Wilmington who wrote a haunting letter shortly before he was killed in action in Normandy

Major Paul J. Collins (1923–2021)

On November 22, 2021February 10, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, U.S. Army Air ForcesLeave a comment

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)

On July 4, 2021March 3, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn Delaware, New Castle County, Pacific Theater, U.S. Marine CorpsLeave a comment

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)

On May 13, 2021January 31, 2022 By Lowell SilvermanIn D-Day (Normandy), Delaware, European Theater, New Castle County, Normandy, U.S. ArmyLeave a comment

A cigar store manager from Wilmington who left a wife and young son when he shipped out for England

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2nd Lieutenant John A. Randall (1906–1943)
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Sergeant Morton Carlis (1924–1944)
Major Paul J. Collins (1923–2021)
2nd Lieutenant Lowell F. Simmons (1918–1944)
Corporal John F. Scisley (1918–1943)
2nd Lieutenant Rocco DeFilippis (1919–1944)
1st Lieutenant Seymour Miller (1919–1944)
Private 1st Class John E. Adams, Jr. (1921–1944)
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Private 1st Class Roland P. Jackson (1913–1945)
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Auxiliary Alice L. Brittingham (1919–1943)
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2nd Lieutenant Harold N. Sheaffer (1920–1944)
2nd Lieutenant George M. Johnson (1920–1944)
Commander Louis A. Drexler, Jr. (1899–1945)
Sergeant Harry M. Hinkson, Jr. (1923–1944)
Private 1st Class Ralph E. Adams (1925–1944)
2nd Lieutenant Leroy C. Six (1923–1944)
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Staff Sergeant Harold D. Kirk (1913–1944)
Flight Officer James Walter (1915–1945)
1st Lieutenant John M. Mendinhall, II (1921–1945)
Private 1st Class Charles W. Keith, Jr. (1925–1945)
Sergeant Woodrow W. Gravenor (1918–1944)
Sergeant William H. Dean, Jr. (1913–1944)
Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Weible (1919–1945)
Staff Sergeant Horace C. Brown (1924–1945)
2nd Lieutenant James R. Anderson (1920–1944)
2nd Lieutenant F. Robert Thoroughgood (1910–1942)
Private James R. Wilson (1913–1944)
Technician 4th Grade Harvey L. Baldwin (1917–1943)
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1st Lieutenant Thomas S. Ingham, Jr. (1920–1943)
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Private Walter J. Dobek (1922–1944)
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Private William Verderamo (1914–1944)
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2nd Lieutenant John M. Butler (1918–1944)
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