https://www.alamance-nc.com/library/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2018/10/AlamanceCoWWIIdeathrevAug2018.pdfAlamance County World War II Deaths
There were approximately 220 local deaths in World War II. This information was compiled from microfilm for the Local History Collection at May Memorial Library with the help of Miriam Pace, library volunteer and member of the Alamance County Friends of the Library, who spent many hours researching and copying.
Somers, George Richard
Fireman First Class
USNR son of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest G. Somers of Route 1, Elon College
was killed in action in the Pacific in fall 1944. Prior to entering the service in February 1943, Somers was a student at Altamahaw-Ossipee High School and a Times-News carrier in that vicinity of the county. He was stationed in San Francisco before his death on his 3rd trip overseas. Somers was a member of Fairview Methodist Church and is survived by his parents, 5 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Source: Times-News November 13, 1944
3, Somers, George Richard