Here is a list of updates to the site beginning with May 2023:
Private Herbert Rubenstein (1923–1944): Newly published article, which also brings the total number of articles about fallen Delawareans to 200 (December 19, 2025)
Aviation Radioman 3rd Class George A. Quigg (1924–1944): Newly published article, which also brings this project to 25% completion (December 14, 2025)
Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Theodore W. Simpler (1891–1944): Newly published article (December 3, 2025)
List of Delaware World War II Fallen: Added an explanation of the process of evaluating whether a candidate for this project is a Delawarean (December 2, 2025)
Private 1st Class Nathan Balick (1919–1944): Newly published article (December 1, 2025)
Private William R. McCabe (1922–1944): Newly published article (November 30, 2025)
Private Louis H. Way, Jr. (1921–1942): Newly published article (November 26, 2025)
List of Delaware World War II Fallen: Added further discussion of the methodology and errors of the Public Archives Commission in identifying the names of fallen servicemen (November 24, 2025)
Aviation Radioman 3rd Class Anthony S. Montour (1924–1945): Newly published article (November 11, 2025)
Private 1st Class Joseph A. McGrath (1911–1944): Added date of promotion to private 1st class and noted that due to a shameful error during a recent renovation, his name was removed from the Delaware War Memorial in Veterans Memorial Park (November 10, 2025)
Captain Stephen McGregor (1908–1944): Explained the discrepancy between his commissioning documents and when he went on active duty as an officer (November 3, 2025)
List of Delaware World War II Fallen: Added a discussion of methodology by which the Public Archives Commission and later this page identified the names of fallen servicemen (November 2, 2025)
Private Arthur Stamm (1917–1944): Minor updates mentioning the recent Battle of Metz and that November 23, 1944, was Thanksgiving Day (November 2, 2025)
2nd Lieutenant Belford S. Dunn (1923–1944): Newly published article (November 2, 2025)
Delaware’s World War II Fallen List Version 2.1: Updates the unit for 13 people, updates the name for three men, updates the grade for one man, adds 11 links, changes two abbreviations, and adds one abbreviation (October 29, 2025)
Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Weible (1919–1945): Substantial overhaul of military history section, including when he joined his final unit and promotion dates for sergeant and staff sergeant, as well as incorporating details from his I.D.P.F. like marriage location (October 29, 2025)
Private Arthur Stamm (1917–1944): Newly published article (October 20, 2025)
Private 1st Class Augustus G. Zografos (1919–1942): Minor update mentioning contradictory information about his education (October 19, 2025)
Private Robert L. Gamble (1915–1944): Minor updates to improve clarity and accuracy of narrative (October 18, 2025)
2nd Lieutenant Walter M. Boggs, Jr. (1921–1944): Newly published article (October 10, 2025)
1st Lieutenant Richard P. Richards (1918–1942): Newly published article (October 1, 2025)
Private Howard W. Hill (1923–1944): Added specifics about his death provided by a morning report (September 21, 2025)
1st Lieutenant Joseph A. Dugan (1920–1945): Updated narrative about military career based on morning reports and flight records (September 2, 2025)
Staff Sergeant Horace C. Brown (1924–1945): Added details about military career incorporating morning reports and general orders, and overhauled bibliography (August 28, 2024)
Private Howard W. Hill (1923–1944): Added details about decorations from digitized general orders, and using morning reports updated details of active duty, stateside movements, and date of demotion to private, as well as overhauling bibliography (August 28, 2024)
2nd Lieutenant Charles A. Higgins, Jr. (1922–1945): Added information from and image of his Silver Star citation (August 28, 2025)
Auxiliary Alice L. Brittingham (1919–1943): Added date of birth from birth certificate, corrected minor errors in section about military service using morning reports, and overhauled bibliography (August 23, 2025)
Sergeant Robert L. Barnes (1922–1944): Newly published article (August 21, 2025)
Master Sergeant Andrew Gorman (1896–1944): Added images of a few documents (August 19, 2025)
Master Sergeant Andrew Gorman (1896–1944): Newly published article (August 18, 2025)
Private 1st Class John E. Adams, Jr. (1921–1944): Incorporated details based on his personnel file (B-file) including civilian work experience and solving a discrepancy about enlistment date and location (August 12, 2025)
Private 1st Class Morton Wolson (1925–1944): Newly published article (August 10, 2025)
1st Lieutenant Joseph F. Myers (1919–1944): Newly published article (July 16, 2025)
Private 1st Class Samuel R. Evans (1916–1945): Newly published article (July 7, 2025)
Fireman 1st Class Howard J. Woods (1922–1944): Minor update adding link and bibliography update (July 2, 2025)
Fireman 1st Class Joseph L. Hoodock, Jr. (1923–1944): Newly published article (July 2, 2025)
Private 1st Class Roy A. Baldwin (1915–1943): Major updates based on his personnel file (B-file) including information on his training, transfers, and military occupational specialty (June 30, 2025)
Private Adam S. Adamowicz (1921–1944): Major updates based on his personnel file (B-file) and morning reports including information on his training, transfers, and duty, plus update of bibliography (June 30, 2025)
Technician 3rd Grade Leroy J. Knox (1920–1943): Added a note about Knox’s cousin, Raymond “Jiggy” Knox and updated bibliography (June 20, 2025)
Technician 3rd Grade Leroy J. Knox (1920–1943): Minor geographic updates and unit clarification (June 20, 2025)
Technician 3rd Grade Leroy J. Knox (1920–1943): Newly published article (June 19, 2025)
Private 1st Class Everett W. Adkins (1920–1943): Newly published article (June 3, 2025)
Captain Stephen McGregor (1908–1944): Added some details to his early career including enlistment date and location based on interwar payroll and hospital records (June 2, 2025)
Delaware’s World War II Fallen List Version 2.0: Updates the unit for 15 men, the rank for five men, the name for two men, the branch for three men, the status for one man, and adds three abbreviations and one name, and introduces hyperlinks to completed articles. (May 26, 2025)
Technician 4th Grade William H. Allen (1916–1944): Updated article with probable military occupational specialty based on table of organization (May 18, 2025)
Chief Warrant Officer Russell T. Crawford (c. 1904–1945): Minor update adding his place and date of first enlistment based on a payroll voucher (April 13, 2025)
Private John W. O’Daniel, Jr. (1925–1944): Substantially overhauled section on training based on morning reports and updated bibliography (April 11, 2025)
Technician 5th Grade Loran C. Adams (1922–1944): Newly published article (April 7, 2025)
Private Robert D. Henderson (1923–1944): Added details from his last payroll record (April 1, 2025)
Private George G. Barnett (1913–1944): Rewrote much of the article based on his B-file (March 23, 2025)
Private 1st Class Walter S. Brinton (1917–1944): Complete overhaul of the article, incorporating B-file and morning report details (March 22, 2025)
Private Jerome J. Cichocki (1926–1945): Newly published article (March 11, 2025)
Private 1st Class Peter J. Jurski (1921–1945): Newly published article (February 28, 2025)
Private 1st Class Ralph A. Maloney, Jr. (1924–1943): Added a higher quality scan of the photo of the Rangers marching uphill (February 26, 2025)
1st Lieutenant Ferris L. Wharton (1915–1944): Added a photo of him from 1939 (February 26, 2025)
Private 1st Class Ralph A. Maloney, Jr. (1924–1943): Newly published article (February 23, 2025)
Private 1st Class Roland P. Jackson (1914–1945): Complete overhaul of article, correcting an erroneous year of birth (which is on his headstone), incorporating new details and photos from his college yearbooks and personnel file, and updating bibliography (February 22, 2025)
Private 1st Class Augustus G. Zografos (1919–1942): Minor update correcting a typo and clarifying information about the two ships he may have been aboard when he was killed (February 22, 2025)
Private 1st Class Augustus G. Zografos (1919–1942): Newly published article (February 21, 2025)
1st Lieutenant Ferris L. Wharton (1915–1944): Added a photo of a Marine S.P.M. on Guam (February 11, 2025)
Chief Warrant Officer Russell T. Crawford (c. 1904–1945): Minor update filling in details of his career from May 1944 to July 1944 due to newly released morning reports (February 9, 2025)
Private James S. McClure (1908–1944): Minor update based on morning reports with his basic training unit at Camp Croft, which had been conflated with his unit at Fort George G. Meade as originally published (February 9, 2025)
Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class William J. McQuiston (1921–1943): Newly published article (February 8, 2025)
Private Roy S. Thomas (1921–1944): Added new details to his military career based on morning reports including a lengthy period absent without leave (February 5, 2025)
Private Fred R. Prattis (1912–1944): Added new details to the first half of his military career based on morning reports including Fort Dix, replacement depot, military occupational specialty, and join date for his final unit, plus bibliography update (February 5, 2025)
Technician 4th Grade William H. Allen (1916–1944): Newly published article (February 4, 2025)
Private 1st Class John E. Adams, Jr. (1921–1944): Reconstructed his career prior to joining the 803rd Engineer Battalion using morning reports and rosters, and overhauled bibliography (January 12, 2025)
Private 1st Class Ormal C. Leedom, Jr. (1906–1943): Newly published article (January 11, 2025)
1st Lieutenant Robert S. Currier (1919–1944): Completely rewrote the section Stateside Service & North Africa based on a new reconstruction of his career based on morning reports from several units (January 6, 2025)
Private William H. Hudson (1923–1943): Newly published article (January 5, 2025)
Sergeant Herman Cohen (1918–1944): Added dates of promotions based on morning reports and that he was decorated with the Bronze Star Medal (January 3, 2025)
Private 1st Class Robert A. Wescoat (1910–1944): Updated early life section with census records and made some minor edits to military career based on morning reports, including confirmation of his military occupational specialty (January 3, 2025)
Private 1st Class William W. Lewandowski (1925–1944): Minor update covering June and July 1944 after those morning reports were released to the National Archives Catalog, including transfer out of his stateside unit (January 2, 2025)
Staff Sergeant Fred J. Harper (1918–1944): Minor update covering June and July 1944 after those morning reports were released to the National Archives Catalog, including promotion to staff sergeant (January 2, 2025)
Private 1st Class James M. Padley (1923–1944): Updated section about his training based on morning reports (December 29, 2024)
Sergeant Woodrow W. Gravenor (1918–1944): Completely rewrote most of the article, particularly filling in his military career during August 1941 and from January 1943 to May 1944, based on morning reports (December 21, 2024)
Private George G. Barnett (1913–1944): Completely rewrote the section about his military career, filling in the details between induction and being wounded during the Battle of the Bulge based on morning reports and unit records (December 20, 2024)
Delaware’s World War II Fallen List Version 1.9 (December 19, 2024): Updates the units for 21 men, the names for two men, the rank for one man, and adds seven abbreviations (December 19, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Fred J. Harper (1918–1944): Minor update covering May 1944 after those morning reports were released to the National Archives Catalog (December 18, 2024)
Private 1st Class William W. Lewandowski (1925–1944): Rewrote the section about his stateside military career based on morning reports and rosters and added a photo of him and his family (December 16, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Fred J. Harper (1918–1944): Rewrote the section about his stateside service based on morning reports and rosters (December 15, 2024)
Captain Stephen McGregor (1908–1944): Edits to a couple of captions and the postscript added yesterday (December 12, 2024)
Captain Stephen McGregor (1908–1944): Major updates to his career from 1940 to 1943 based on morning reports, tracking his movements and promotions, and a postscript about the return of an artifact to his family (December 11, 2024)
Private 1st Class Austin L. Reynolds (1909–1944): Updated section about his service in Battery “A,” 879th Field Artillery Battalion, including his promotion to private 1st class based on morning reports and rosters, and bibliography update (December 10, 2024)
Sergeant Amedeo J. Vincenti (1909–1945): Updated the section about his training through April 1944 with new details based on morning reports (December 7, 2024)
Private 1st Class John Frame (1915–1945): Made significant changes to the training and Mediterranean section based on morning reports (December 6, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Charles H. Horton (1916–1944): Added date of promotion to sergeant based on morning reports (December 6, 2024)
Private 1st Class Joseph A. McGrath (1911–1944): Rewrote most of the military history section based on newly released morning reports and his individual deceased personnel file (December 5, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Homer B. Wooleyhan (1918–1945): Updated stateside section with his movements and promotions from January 1943 to February 1944 based on morning reports, and updated bibliography (December 3, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Lester D. Warren (1915–1944): Added another photo of his plane (December 3, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Homer B. Wooleyhan (1918–1945): Updated stateside section with his movements and promotions from March 1941 through December 1942 based on morning reports (December 2, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Lester D. Warren (1915–1944): Added photo of his plane (December 2, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Lester D. Warren (1915–1944): Newly published article (December 1, 2024)
Private Franklin J. Polster (1919–1944): Rewrote section about his training and movements stateside until joining his final unit based on morning reports, and overhauled bibliography (November 30, 2024)
Private Ralph G. Henretty (1925–1944): Added details of his training unit and transfers through various replacement depots before joining his final unit based on morning reports, and a note about his fiancée (November 24, 2024)
Private Robert L. Gamble (1915–1944): Added new details about training unit and transfer to his final unit based on morning reports, and overhauled biblography (November 23, 2024)
Private 1st Class Ralph E. Adams (1925–1944): Overhauled the entire article, particularly the section about his stateside training, based on newly released morning reports (November 21, 2024)
1st Lieutenant Seymour Miller (1919–1944): Completely rewrote the sections pertaining to his military career based on newly released morning reports, establishing his transfers and promotions in detail and correcting an error that made me think he entered combat in Normandy earlier than he did (November 18, 2024)
Chief Warrant Officer Russell T. Crawford (c. 1904–1945): Rewrote section about his service in the Pacific from February 1943 to April 1944 based on newly released morning reports and updated bibliography (November 16, 2024)
Private John J. Mills (1920–1945): Minor update from a morning report establishing the exact date he joined Battery “F,” 333rd Field Artillery Regiment (November 14, 2024)
Technician 5th Grade Harold T. Hitchens (1915–1944): Newly published article (November 8, 2024)
Sergeant Arthur Johnston, Jr. (1923–1944): Added details of stateside training and join date for final unit based on new morning reports, and bibliography update (November 8, 2024)
Private Thomas M. Gooden, III (1922–1944): Newly published article (November 3, 2024)
2nd Lieutenant George M. Johnson (1920–1944): Added more details about his career based on newly released morning reports, added documents, added a postscript with information and photos of his reinterment in 2021, and updated bibliography (October 30, 2024)
Private 1st Class Charles W. Keith, Jr. (1925–1945): Added more detail to training career based on newly released morning reports, plus overhaul of bibliography (October 30, 2024)
Technician 5th Grade Steven Oboryshko (c. 1920–1944): Reconstructed stateside career and added promotion dates based on newly released morning reports, plus update to bibliography (October 25, 2024)
Private 1st Class Lynn E. Ritter, Jr. (1924–1944): Added details about training and date he joined final unit based on newly released morning reports, plus update to bibliography (October 24, 2024)
2nd Lieutenant Charles A. Higgins, Jr. (1922–1945): Updated details of stateside service through February 1944 based on newly released morning reports and updated bibliography (October 21, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Hermus J. Hastings (1923–1944): Added date of promotion to staff sergeant based on morning report (October 20, 2024)
Technician 5th Grade Max V. Schwitzgold (1911–1944): Added more details to stateside service period including transfer dates, and updated bibliography (October 20, 2024)
Private 1st Class Mario J. Capano (1924–1944): Added more detail to training section including transfers and military occupational specialty, and updated bibliography (October 20, 2024)
1st Lieutenant Paul B. Selbe (1902–1944): Minor addition of details pertaining to his assignment in the Manhattan Engineer District based on newly released morning reports, plus bibliography update (October 19, 2024)
2nd Lieutenant Paul W. Taylor (1911–1942): Newly published article (October 17, 2024)
Private 1st Class Robert A. Wescoat (1910–1944): Overhaul of stateside service section based on morning reports, plus bibliography update (October 16, 2024)
2nd Lieutenant William B. Weldon, Jr. (1916–1944): Completely rewrote the stateside section based on newly released morning reports, plus bibliography update (October 15, 2024)
Private 1st Class William Owens (1912–1942): Minor update clarifying whether the man who killed him was court-martialed based on morning reports, plus bibliography update (October 7, 2024)
Technician 4th Grade Harvey L. Baldwin (1917–1943): Complete overhaul of article including genealogical information and military career based on morning reports (October 6, 2024)
Private 1st Class John S. Greenfield (1914–1944): Minor update based on reception center morning reports, plus bibliography update (October 6, 2024)
Private 1st Class Frank Kwiatkowski (1923–1944): Minor update based on newly released morning report listing his attachment to a provisional battalion, plus bibliography update (October 6, 2024)
Private Adam S. Adamowicz (1921–1944): Added more details about his stateside movements and units based on morning reports, plus update of bibliography (October 2, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Harold D. Kirk (1913–1944): Added more details from middle of career based on morning reports and individual deceased personnel file, plus update of bibliography (October 1, 2024)
Corporal John H. Prettyman (1919–1942): Newly published article (September 28, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Harold D. Kirk (1913–1944): Added new details of early military career from morning reports including more accurate join and promotion dates (September 27, 2024)
Corporal Caleb O. Simpler (1917–1942): Added new details based on morning reports with dates he joined and left his units as well as promotion dates, and overhaul of bibliography (September 27, 2024)
Private 1st Class Lawrence J. Anderson (1919–1944): Substantial overhaul of section on the early years of his military career based on newly available morning reports (September 25, 2024)
1st Lieutenant Robert S. Currier (1919–1944): Minor updates with details about early career in the 82nd Chemical Company (Smoke Generator) based on roster (September 21, 2024)
Private 1st Class Walter S. Brinton (1917–1944): Minor update about memorials where his name was honored (September 18, 2024)
Private Samuel A. Matthews, Jr. (1924–1944): Newly published article (September 8, 2024)
Private 1st Class John Frame (1915–1945): Minor updates with join date based on rosters and overhaul of biography (September 8, 2024)
2nd Lieutenant Robert G. Allen (1923–1945): Minor updates with further discussion of which lift he participated in during the jump on Corregidor, and overhaul of biography (September 8, 2024)
Private Walter J. Dobek (1922–1944): Complete overhaul of article with new details from rosters and a letter contributed by his family (September 3, 2024)
Aviation Cadet William E. Hairsine (1922–1943): Newly published article (September 1, 2024)
Delaware’s World War II Fallen List Version 1.8: Updates the units for 20 men, the names for five men, the rank for two men, and adds two abbreviations as well as one name (August 30, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Charles W. Greer, Jr. (1920–1945): Substantial updates based on his individual deceased personnel file and unit textual records, plus overhaul of bibliography (August 29, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Hermus J. Hastings (1923–1944): Newly published article (August 27, 2024)
Major Clinton F. Schoolmaster (1919–1944): Added details about a minor stateside training accident and overhauled bibliography (August 25, 2024)
1st Lieutenant Seymour Miller (1919–1944): Minor updates based on rosters and morning reports (August 21, 2024)
Private Ralph G. Henretty (1925–1944): Newly published article (August 19, 2024)
Sergeant Wallace S. Wroten, Jr. (1925–1944): Newly published article (August 16, 2024)
Motor Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Walter G. Keen, Jr. (1910–1944): Minor updates including identification details based on his individual deceased personnel file and overhaul of bibliography (August 12, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Edward J. Przylucki, Jr. (1923–1944): Newly published article (August 4, 2024)
Corporal Caleb O. Simpler (1917–1942): Significant updates incorporating information from rosters, unit histories, and newspapers, and added two photos (August 2, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Clarence O. Deakyne, Jr. (1917–1944): Minor updates based on rosters with join details and confirmation that family-supplied data on promotions to corporal and sergeant were accurate (August 1, 2024)
Private Roy S. Thomas (1921–1944): Newly published article (July 29, 2024)
Private 1st Class Frank Kwiatkowski (1923–1944): Minor update with join date based on rosters and updates to bibliography (July 27, 2024)
Private 1st Class Mario J. Capano (1924–1944): Minor update with join date based on company rosters and updates to bibliography (July 27, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Homer B. Wooleyhan (1918–1945): Article completely rewritten, incorporating information from rosters, morning reports, individual deceased personnel file, and unit histories to establish his join date, duties, and promotion (July 27, 2024)
Technician 4th Grade Isiah Grubbs (1914–1943): Added promotion dates based on rosters (July 24, 2024)
Private Louis W. Bellow (1924–1944): Updated bibliography (July 24, 2024)
Private Robert P. Mulreaney, Jr. (1916–1944): Minor updates including unit join date, confirmation that he remained as a private for his entire military career, and updates to notes and bibliography, based on rosters and his individual deceased personnel file (July 23–24, 2024)
Private Louis W. Bellow (1924–1944): Minor update with join date based on rosters (June 29, 2024)
Chief Warrant Officer Russell T. Crawford (c. 1904–1945): Overhauled entire article, incorporating details from his individual deceased personnel file and 1940–1943 rosters which provided promotion and transfer dates (June 29, 2024)
Private John J. Mills (1920–1945): Traced his career backwards through rosters to the beginning of his career in the 333rd Field Artillery Regiment (June 23, 2024)
Private George R. Thorn (1908–1945): Overhauled entire article, incorporating additional genealogical information and data from his individual deceased personnel file, morning reports, and rosters (June 22, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Charles W. Greer, Jr. (1920–1945): Overhauled entire article, with substantial updates on promotions obtained from rosters as well as details of the events surrounding him being wounded based on morning reports. Also added several images. (June 21, 2024)
Sergeant Philip A. Beaman (1920–1945): Minor updates to early military career based on newly digitized rosters and added several images (June 21, 2024)
Staff Sergeant George Isadore (1909–1942): Major updates to section about his career 1940–1942 based on newly digitized rosters (June 21, 2024)
Private 1st Class Robert A. Wescoat (1910–1944): Added a few details about his service in the 198th Coast Artillery after he entered federal service in 1940, based on rosters (June 20, 2024)
Sergeant Herman Cohen (1918–1944): Some updates based on rosters such as promotion date and military occupational specialty from early in his career (June 20, 2024)
Private 1st Class John S. Greenfield (1914–1944): Added transfer and promotion date from rosters, as well as limited military occupational specialty information. Also added that President Joe Biden visited the gravesite during the 80th anniversary of D-Day. (June 20, 2024)
Private 1st Class Lawrence J. Anderson (1919–1944): Major updates to military career based on rosters and morning reports (June 17, 2024)
Flight Officer Theodore E. Hearne (1920–1944): Updates to his career in the 198th Coast Artillery based on recently obtained rosters (June 17, 2024)
Private 1st Class William Owens (1912–1942): Newly published article (June 12, 2024)
Private 1st Class Roy A. Baldwin (1915–1943): Newly published article (June 6, 2024)
Private 1st Class George C. Beebe (1919–1944): Major updates to most of the article including movements in early life and new details about his military career prior to D-Day (June 6, 2024)
Captain Stephen McGregor (1908–1944): Several minor updates, grammar corrections, and overhaul of bibliography (June 2, 1944)
Private 1st Class Lawrence J. Anderson (1919–1944): Substantial overhaul of Early Life & Family section as well as bibliography (June 2, 2024)
1st Lieutenant John S. Jarvie (1914–1944): Newly published article (May 29, 2024)
Staff Sergeant William G. Smith (1916–1944): Newly published article (May 27, 2024)
1st Lieutenant John M. Mendinhall, II (1921–1945): Added a line with his sister’s name and years of life following her death earlier this year (May 24, 2024)
Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Thomas C. Davis (1921–1943): Newly published article (May 20, 2024)
Private 1st Class Joseph F. Maczynski (1920–1945): Newly published article (May 11, 2024)
Delaware’s World War II Fallen List Version 1.7: This latest version updates the units for nine men and adds one abbreviation (May 4, 2024)
Sergeant Paul E. Hayden (1911–1943): Newly published article (May 4, 2024)
Sergeant Amedeo J. Vincenti (1909–1945): Corrected a minor error regarding siblings (April 24, 2024)
Corporal Joseph M. Vignola (1920–1944): Minor caption updates (April 21, 2024)
Private Clifford L. Hook (1915–1944): Corrected a minor anachronism (Grand Est did not exist during World War II) and overhauled bibliography (April 18, 2024)
2nd Lieutenant Harold N. Sheaffer (1920–1944): Overhauled entire article with updates from individual deceased personnel file (I.D.P.F.) and other archival documents (April 8, 2024)
Private Robert M. Tee (1926–1945): Newly published article (April 5, 2024)
Seaman 1st Class Eugene H. Speary (1926–1943): Newly published article (April 2, 2024)
Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class William A. Funk (1922–1944): Added a photo and document from the collection of a comrade, Bill Tussey (March 6, 2024)
Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class William A. Funk (1922–1944): Newly published article (March 6, 2024)
Sergeant Amedeo J. Vincenti (1909–1945): Newly published article (February 25, 2024)
Private 1st Class William W. Lewandowski (1925–1944): Added information about previously unknown prewar National Guard service discovered in a 1940 Delaware National Guard yearbook and overhauled bibliography (February 16, 2024)
Flight Officer Theodore E. Hearne (1920–1944): Newly published article (February 15, 2024)
Motor Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Walter G. Keen, Jr. (1910–1944): Updated the number of soldiers killed in the sinking (February 11, 2024)
Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class James C. Walker (1924–1943): Newly published article (February 7, 2024)
Private 1st Class Robert A. Wescoat (1910–1944): Added his battery in the 198th Coast Artillery, light editing and bibliography updates (February 6, 2024)
Sergeant Charles Edelberg (1920–1945): Corrected a minor error about Edelberg’s mother’s first husband and added a photo (January 28, 2024)
Staff Sergeant Horace C. Brown (1924–1945): Added details about when he joined his unit and his initial M.O.S., incorporating details from a morning report, and overhauled bibliography (January 28, 2024)
Private Howard W. Hill (1923–1944): Added Army Specialized Training Program details, military occupational specialty, and confirmed he was a private 1st class at one point, incorporating details from a morning report, and overhauled bibliography (January 28, 2024)
Corporal James A. Moore (1921–1944): Newly published article (January 15, 2024)
Corporal Joseph M. Vignola (1920–1944): Newly published article (January 4, 2024)
Private Robert D. Henderson (1923–1944): Substantially rewritten to incorporate details obtained at the National Archives in St. Louis from his U.S. Navy personnel file and a company morning report, as well as additional information about his early life from Delaware records (December 31, 2023)
Motor Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Walter G. Keen, Jr. (1910–1944): Newly published article (December 26, 2023)
Steward’s Mate 2nd Class Bruce Gibson (1918–1945): Newly published article (December 22, 2023)
Private 1st Class William W. Lewandowski (1925–1944): Minor editing and added years of life for the Dudzinskis (December 20–21, 2023)
Delaware’s World War II Fallen List Version 1.6: Updates the units for eight men, updates the name for three men, adds one name, and adds one abbreviation (December 16, 2023)
Private William N. Jones, Jr. (1919–1944): Major overhaul to most of the article, incorporating information from his Individual Deceased Personnel File and morning reports (December 12, 2023)
1st Lieutenant John M. Mendinhall, II (1921–1945): Minor updates to text, overhauled bibliography (December 12, 2023)
Staff Sergeant Charles H. Horton (1916–1944): Newly published article (December 4, 2023)
Private Norman G. Becker (1923–1944): Newly published article (November 25, 2023)
Fireman 1st Class Howard J. Woods (1922–1944): Newly published article (November 19, 2023)
Technician 5th Grade Leon Bush (1917–1943): Added date he was promoted to technician 5th grade based on a morning report from the National Archives in St. Louis and updated bibliography (November 18, 2023)
Staff Sergeant Frank Dixon (1917–1944): Added date he was promoted to staff sergeant based on a morning report from the National Archives in St. Louis and updated bibliography (November 18, 2023)
2nd Lieutenant Edward W. Ruyter (1922–1944): Newly published article (November 14, 2023)
Corporal Vollie C. Hudson (1920–1945): Added M.O.S. based on morning reports from the National Archives in St. Louis (November 12, 2023)
Technician 4th Grade Isiah Grubbs (1914–1943): Newly published article (November 11, 2023)
Sergeant Charles Edelberg (1920–1945): Newly published article (November 5, 2023)
Private 1st Class William W. Lewandowski (1925–1944): Added information from morning reports including when he joined his final unit, his prior M.O.S. and when it changed, a photo from a wedding he attended shortly before his death, and information provided by the grandson of the wedding couple (November 4, 2023)
Storekeeper, Technical, 3rd Class Thomas Lankford (1922–1944): Newly published article (October 26, 2023)
Ensign Kenneth F. Jones (1916–1942): Newly published article (October 18, 2023)
Water Tender 1st Class Herbert H. Dugan (1911–1942): Newly published article (October 14, 2023)
Major Clinton F. Schoolmaster (1919–1944): Newly published article (October 6, 2023)
Delaware’s World War II Fallen List Version 1.5: This version updates the units for six men and status for two men. (September 15, 2023)
2nd Lieutenant James R. Anderson (1920–1944): Added a photo of his grave at Arlington National Cemetery and a banner honoring him on Main Street in Newark (1920–1944) (September 15, 2023)
Seaman 2nd Class John P. Sparco (1923–1943): Newly published article (September 15, 2023)
Staff Sergeant William T. Stewart, III (1917–1943): Updated number of missions from unknown to at least 15 based on a document establishing that the Air Medal was awarded to aircrew from his wing at the rate of one every five combat missions (August 22, 2023)
Staff Sergeant Winford J. Poore (1921–1944): Added a line about a Diamond State Telephone Company plaque that honors him (August 18, 2023)
Corporal Fred S. Shoe (1908–1944): Updated information about his death and initial burial based on his Individual Deceased Personnel File (I.D.P.F.) (August 17, 2023)
Steward’s Mate 1st Class John Bryant (1925–1945): Newly published article (August 16, 2023)
Captain Reynolds H. Knotts (1916–1943): Newly published article (August 2, 2023)
2nd Lieutenant Robert G. Allen (1923–1945): Added the date he joined his battalion and minor updates to bibliography (July 31, 2023)
Sergeant Martin Eisenman (1916–1944): Changed his branch from U.S. Army to U.S. Army Air Forces. Technically the U.S.A.A.F. was a component of the U.S. Army rather than an independent branch but this site does distinguish between them to make it easier for readers to locate articles of interest. (July 30, 2023)
Private 1st Class John E. Adams, Jr. (1921–1944): Overhauled article with information obtained from company rosters at the National Archives in St. Louis and the book Good Outfit by Paul W. Ropp (July 30, 2023)
Staff Sergeant William T. Stewart, III (1917–1943): Newly published article (July 29, 2023)
Private 1st Class Austin L. Reynolds (1909–1944): Newly published article (July 25, 2023)
Captain Richard M. Durbin (1920–1944): Added cemetery he was temporarily buried in after his death (July 21, 2023)
Chief Pharmacist’s Mate Paul L. Larson (1919–1944): Newly published article, the last piece that had yet to be transitioned from the version originally published on Fold3 (July 21, 2023)
Private 1st Class Frank J. Cox (1923–1943): Newly published article (July 18, 2023)
Captain Richard M. Durbin (1920–1944): Newly published article (July 15, 2023)
Staff Sergeant Charles W. Greer, Jr. (1920–1945): Added M.O.S. obtained from morning report at the National Archives in St. Louis. (July 14, 2023)
Private 1st Class William W. Lewandowski (1925–1944): Newly published article (July 11, 2023)
Seaman 1st Class Frank Sanborn (1925–1946): Added photo of his headstone and lightly edited the article (June 14, 2023)
Private Raymond W. Pierson (1922–1944): Newly published article (June 14, 2023)
Staff Sergeant Harold D. Kirk (1913–1944): Added the date he was promoted to staff sergeant, confirmed prior speculation that he became a platoon sergeant at that time, and added the image of a morning report recording his death (June 5, 2023)
2nd Lieutenant James R. Anderson (1920–1944): A substantial overhaul of the original article including an enhanced profile image. Based on morning reports I examined at the National Archives in St. Louis, I was able to add the date he joined his final unit and duty. (June 5, 2023)
Delaware’s World War II Fallen List Version 1.4: This latest version updates units for 29 men, adds 11 abbreviations, updates the branch for six men, updates the ranks for five men, updates the names for two men, updates the status for two men, and adds two names (June 4, 2023)
Seaman 1st Class Frank Sanborn (1925–1946): Original article completely overhauled after I digitized his personnel file during a visit to the National Archives in St. Louis (May 31, 2023)
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