A member of Underwater Demolition Team No. 11, a predecessor of the Navy SEALs, who performed beach reconnaissance on fortified Pacific islands
Tag: Wilmington
Staff Sergeant Fred J. Harper (1918–1944)
One month before his death, a schoolteacher turned mess sergeant sat for a portrait still cherished by the son he never got to meet
1st Lieutenant Edgar B. Worley, Jr. (1915–1944)
A pilot in a gunnery training unit who died in a stateside training accident shortly after becoming a father.
1st Lieutenant Robert S. Currier (1919–1944)
A young graduate of Pennsylvania Military College who served as an airborne platoon leader at Anzio and participated in the legendary river assault at Nijmegen
2nd Lieutenant James C. Clark (1919–1944)
A B-29 Superfortress navigator killed in a tragic training accident shortly before he was scheduled to ship out for the Pacific
Sergeant Steiner S. Straw, Jr. (1920–1943)
An Army Air Forces armorer killed in a tragic accident at an airfield in Sardinia
Yeoman 1st Class William L. Schrader (1924–1944)
A sailor who became the victim of a tragic accident while supporting the liberation of the Philippines
Private 1st Class Irving De Shong (1917–1945)
A truck driver from Wilmington who became a radio operator in an antitank unit
Private Frank J. Lapkiewicz (1915–1944)
A rifleman who returned to duty after being wounded at Brest only to be mortally wounded in the Rhineland
Private Philip E. Crossland (1914–1944)
A replacement rifleman killed in action shortly before the German garrison at Brest capitulated
