An aviation machinist’s mate aboard a TBM-1C Avenger involved in a stateside training accident
Tag: Wilmington
Sergeant Amedeo J. Vincenti (1909–1945)
A flight engineer who lost his life when his plane ditched returning from an antishipping strike
Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class James C. Walker (1924–1943)
A sailor who was the victim of a tragic accident while on watch aboard a ship in transit to the South Pacific
Corporal Joseph M. Vignola (1920–1944)
A shipyard worker and father turned airplane mechanic lost in a little-known tragedy in the Mediterranean
Motor Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Walter G. Keen, Jr. (1910–1944)
A sailor from Wilmington Manor lost during the invasion of the South of France
Steward’s Mate 2nd Class Bruce Gibson (1918–1945)
A black sailor who was lost with the last American ship sunk by kamikazes
Staff Sergeant Charles H. Horton (1916–1944)
An innocuous scientific inquiry about seaweed led to the tragic disappearence of two men on a remote island in the Atlantic
Fireman 1st Class Howard J. Woods (1922–1944)
A single torpedo claimed the lives of two Wilmington Coast Guardsmen who served in the same repair party aboard a destroyer escort
Sergeant Charles Edelberg (1920–1945)
A soldier involved in U.S. Army Air Forces training stateside whose tragic death was published by the press before his family was notified
Storekeeper, Technical, 3rd Class Thomas Lankford (1922–1944)
A storekeeper who died in a tragic accident while on liberty in the South Pacific
Delaware's World War II Fallen 