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Delaware Tributes

(Research in progress on names without links below)

New Castle County, Delaware Fallen

Newark

Private 1st Class Ralph E. Adams, U.S. Army: Antitank Company, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division (1925–1944)

2nd Lieutenant Robert G. Allen, U.S. Army: Battery “D,” 462nd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (1923–1945)

2nd Lieutenant James R. Anderson, U.S. Army: Company “F,” 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (1920–1944)

Technician 4th Grade Harvey L. Baldwin, U.S. Army: Army Specialized Training Program (1917–1943)

Private George G. Barnett, U.S. Army: Company “C,” 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion (1913–1944)

Sergeant Philip A. Beaman, U.S. Army: Headquarters Company, 130th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Division (1920–1945)

Staff Sergeant Horace C. Brown, U.S. Army: Company “B,” 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division (1924–1945)

Sergeant William H. Dean, Jr., U.S. Army: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division (1913–1944)

Seaman 1st Class Robert J. Donovan, U.S. Naval Reserve: U.S. Naval Armed Guard, S.S. Almirante (1923–1943)

Private 1st Class John Frame, U.S. Army: Company “C,” 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (c. 1916–1945)

Sergeant Woodrow W. Gravenor, U.S. Army: Company “L,” 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division (1918–1944)

Staff Sergeant Charles W. Greer, Jr., U.S. Army: Company “B,” 130th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Division (1920–1945)

1st Lieutenant Thomas S. Ingham, Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces: 493rd Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (1920–1943)

Private 1st Class Roland P. Jackson, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve: Company “B,” 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division (1913–1945)

Private William N. Jones, Jr., U.S. Army: Company “E,” 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (1919–1944)

Private 1st Class Charles W. Keith, Jr., U.S. Army: Company “B,” 20th Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division (1925–1945)

Staff Sergeant Harold D. Kirk, U.S. Army: 191st Tank Battalion (1913–1944)

Private John W. O'Daniel, Jr., U.S. Army: Company “A,” 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division (1925–1944)

Signalman 3rd Class Harry W. Pierce, U.S. Naval Reserve: U.S.S. St. Augustine (1919–1944)

Seaman 1st Class Frank Sanborn, U.S. Naval Reserve: (1925–1946)

2nd Lieutenant Harold N. Sheaffer, U.S. Army Air Forces: 527th Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (1920–1944)

Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Ralph R. Skillman, U.S. Navy: U.S.S. Suwannee (c. 1925–1944)

Private George R. Thorn, U.S. Army: Troop “B,” 8th Engineer Combat Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division (1908–1945)

2nd Lieutenant Frank R. Thoroughgood, U.S. Army: (1910–1942)

Flight Officer James Walter, U.S. Army Air Forces: (1915–1945)

Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Weible, U.S. Army: Company “L,” 306th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division (1919–1945)

1st Lieutenant Ferris L. Wharton, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve: Weapons Company, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division (1913–1944)

Private James R. Wilson, U.S. Army: Company “B,” 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division (1913–1944)

Staff Sergeant Homer B. Wooleyhan, U.S. Army: 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (1918–1945)

Middletown

Private 1st Class George S. Dill, U.S. Army: Company “C,” 146th Engineer Combat Battalion (1923–1944)

Wilmington

Private 1st Class Lawrence J. Anderson, U.S. Army: Company “K,” 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (1919–1944)

Private 1st Class Walter S. Brinton, U.S. Army: Company “A,” 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division (1917–1944)

Private Walter J. Dobek, U.S. Army: Company “C,” 146th Engineer Combat Battalion (1922–1944)

Sergeant Charles Norris Donoghue, U.S. Army: Company “B,” 745th Tank Battalion (1916–1944)

Technician 5th Grade Julian A. Long, U.S. Army: Company “C,” 237th Engineer Combat Battalion (1911–1944)

Captain Stephen McGregor, U.S. Army: 461st Amphibian Truck Company (1908–1944)

Sergeant Harry M. Hinkson, Jr.: U.S. Army Air Forces

Private Franklin J. Polster, U.S. Army: Company “F,” 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division (1919–1944)

Private William Verderamo, U.S. Army: Medical Detachment, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (1914–1944)

Claymont

Private 1st Class James M. Padley, U.S. Army: Company “A,” 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division (1917–1944)

Kent County, Delaware Fallen

2nd Lieutenant John M. Butler, U.S. Army Air Forces: 434th Troop Carrier Group (1918–1944)

Private 1st Class Walter F. Johnson, U.S. Army

Sussex County, Delaware Fallen

Private 1st Class George C. Beebe, U.S. Army: Company “E,” 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division (1919–1944)

Seaman 1st Class James A. Tull, U.S. Naval Reserve: U.S.S. Indianapolis (1910–1945)

894th Tank Destroyer Battalion Tributes

Technician 5th Grade Leon Bush, U.S. Army: Company “C,” 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (1917–1943)

Staff Sergeant Frank Dixon, U.S. Army: Company “C,” 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (1917–1944)

1st Lieutenant Wallace C. Forbush, Jr., U.S. Army: Company “C,” 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (1918–1944)

1st Lieutenant John S. Jarvie, U.S. Army: Company “C,” 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (1914–1944)

Corporal Fred S. Shoe, U.S. Army: Company “A,” 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (1908–1944)

2nd Lieutenant Leroy C. Six, U.S. Army: Company “B,” 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion (1923–1944)

Other Tributes

2nd Lieutenant Rocco DeFilippis, U.S. Army Air Forces: 359th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) (1919–1944)

Captain William W. Galt, U.S. Army: 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division (1919–1944)

Private Harold Kuliffay , U.S. Army: Company “G,” 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division (1922–1945)

Technician 5th Grade Dominick La Monica, U.S. Army: 32nd Station Hospital (1907–1944)

Chief Pharmacist's Mate Paul L. Larson, U.S. Navy: U.S.S. Tang (1920–1944)

Private Robert P. Mulreaney, U.S. Army Air Forces: 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion (1916–1944)

Flight Sergeant Eric Ramsay, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron (1925–1944)

2nd Lieutenant John A. Randall, U.S. Army: 1st Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad (Separate) (1906–1943)

Staff Sergeant Robert J. Rollo, U.S. Army Air Forces: 815th Engineer Aviation Battalion (1920–1944)

2nd Lieutenant Lowell F. Simmons, U.S. Army Air Forces: 708th Bombardment Squadron, 447th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (1918–1944)

Technician 5th Grade Robert Stafford, U.S. Army: Company “D,” 390th Engineer General Service Regiment (c. 1908–1944)

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