WWII PAGE #3

This is Page #3 of my WWII North Carolina Medals and Groups...may their meory never fade and always be perserved.

Y2c Sylvester D Freeman USNR

Birth...12 March 1925 Shelby, North Carolina
KIA... 2 April 1945
USS Henrico Attack Transport
Kamikaze attack by a "Francis" Bomber

Sc2c Wallace W Hamlette USN

Birth...23 June 1924 Durham, North Carolina
Died of Wounds... 29 October 1944 USS-LCI 1065
Kamikaze attack Leyte Landings

MM3c William P Echols USNR

KIA...21 Feburary 1945 USS Bismarck Sea
Bonin and Volcano Islands...Iwo Jima Landings

S/SGT Fred R Beck

S/Sgt Fred R Beck
Born...26 April 1925...Davidson County North Carolina
Shot down...12 May 1944... by BF- 109...flying with the B-17G-20-BO..."Stormy Weather"
Crashed Bellmuth Germany
338th Bomb Squadron
96th Bomb Group

Pvt Paul C Digh

Pvt.Paul C Digh
Born...4 March 1926
Morganton North Carolina
Killed in Action...11 January 1945
309th Inf Regt
78th Division

S/Sgt William Butler

S/Sgt William Butler
Born: Harnett County North Carolina
101st Infantry Regiment
26th Infantry Division
Killed in Action: 29 March 1945

PFC Ralph V Stutts

PFC Ralph V Stutts
Birth...24 May 1923...Robbins(Hemp) North Carolina
Co a 157th Infanrty Regiment
45th Infantry Division
KIA...11 February 1944

PFCCoy Monroe Taylor

Coy Monroe Taylor
Birth 26 March 1925
East Bend Yadkin County North Carolina
KIA...23 August 1944 France

CTC George D Carraway

Birth-13 March 1905...Snow Hill, North Carolina
KIA-30 November 1942 Japanese Torpedo strike
Battle of Tasdsdafaronga
Stationed on the USS NEW QRLEANS CA-32

Pvt James R Smith

Pvt James R Smith
Service#34607140
143rd Infantry Regiment
36th Infantry Division
Birth- Charlotte North Carolina
KIA- 12 Feburary 1944
Battle of Monte Cassino