A young Jewish man who enlisted in the Navy at 17 and first went into battle as a corpsman on Saipan
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2nd Lieutenant Holstein Harvey, III (1918–1944)
A mechanized cavalry platoon leader who sprang into action when one of his men was badly wounded by a sniper on Saipan
Private Paul O. Miller (1916–1943)
Drafted a few months after marrying, he went into combat for the first time on Sicily
Private 1st Class Alfred A. Rosendale (1916–1943)
A National Guardsman recalled to duty after Pearl Harbor, he had a varied career in Coast Artillery, Military Police, and Corps of Engineers units
Lieutenant Colonel Louis E. Roemer (1901–c. 1945)
A senior Chemical Warfare Service officer in the Philippines prior to the American surrender, he helped many other soldiers as a prisoner of war
Staff Sergeant Dougal M. Beatson (1919–1944)
It was the first combat mission for this young Eighth Air Force gunner
Private John J. Bukowski (1912–1944)
A replacement rifleman who was reported missing over two weeks after his death and whose brief time in combat is shrouded in mystery
Private Herbert Rubenstein (1923–1944)
A Jewish medic whose unit was encircled at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge
Aviation Radioman 3rd Class George A. Quigg (1924–1944)
An Atlas Powder Company employee turned Navy aircrewman
Private 1st Class Nathan Balick (1919–1944)
A Jewish infantryman who first went into combat in Normandy shortly after D-Day
Delaware's World War II Fallen 