The Faces of Margraten project is seeking photographs of every soldier buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten. Volunteers have been collecting photos since 2014 in order to give a face to the names on each marble cross and Star of David and on the Walls of the Missing, a total of 10023 Americans.
So far, volunteers have located over 6900 photos, but that means that there are more than 3000 Americans still without a photo. During the Faces of Margraten event, held every two years, the photos are placed directly next to the headstone or wall. Visitors are able to walk through the cemetery and see the faces of the men and women who gave their lives in the fight to liberate Europe. In May 2020, the date for the next Faces event, Europe will celebrate 75 years since the end of World War II. It will be a very special event, and every brave soldier deserves to be honored with his photograph.
There are still 48 soldiers from North Carolina without a face, and they are listed here, along with their rank, home county, and date of death. In some cases, what is listed as the home county may have been the county where they enlisted. Also, sometimes, the soldiers may have lived in one or more adjacent counties while growing up.
| ASHWORTH, Ralph W | Private | Wake County | 26/03/1945 | ||
| BAKER, Leslie H | Tech. Sergeant | Robeson County | 28/09/1944 | ||
| BECK, Efird D | PFC | Davidson County | 26/03/1945 | ||
| CAMERON, Kenneth W | Staff Sergeant | Durham County | 03/11/1943 | ||
| CATES, Anthony W | Tech. Fifth Class | Durham County | 20/03/1945 | ||
| CHEATHAM, John W | Private | Granville County | 04/11/1945 | ||
| CHERRY, Lloyd D | Private | Bertie County | 14/02/1946 | ||
| COLEY, Lester G | Private First Class | Granville County | 17/11/1944 | ||
| COOPER, Sam A Jr | Staff Sergeant | Wake County | 13/04/1945 | ||
| CURRIE, Willie Jr | PFC | Cumberland County | 09/06/1945 | ||
| DAVIS, James H | Private | Lincoln County | 27/10/1944 | ||
| FLYNT, Charles A | PFC | Forsyth County | 21/04/1945 | ||
| GOIN, Dallas J | PFC | Stokes County | 09/01/1945 | ||
| GOOLSBY, Jack | PFC | Guilford County | 11/04/1945 | ||
| GREEN, Dennis J | PFC | Montgomery County | 13/05/1945 | ||
| GRIFFIN, Henry A | Captain | Buncombe County | 23/12/1944 | ||
| HEATHERLEY, Robert V | PFC | Henderson County | 07/10/1944 | ||
| HOLLOWAY, Joe F | PFC | Yancey County | 10/12/1944 | ||
| JOHNSON, Robert L | Private | Alamance County | 27/02/1945 | ||
| JONES, Walter R Jr | PFC | Wake County | 18/11/1944 | ||
| JOSEY, James F | Second Lt. | Lee County | 23/03/1945 | ||
| KETCHUM, Archie T | Private | Jones County | 13/10/1944 | ||
| KILBY, Lehmon | PFC | Buncombe County | 19/04/1945 | ||
| LEWIS, James J | Staff Sergeant | Craven County | 28/05/1944 | ||
| LOWMAN, Lealin R | PFC | Burke County | 20/04/1945 | ||
| MANESS, Ernest M | PFC | Moore County | 30/03/1945 | ||
| MATTHEWS, Rudolph S | Private | Cumberland County | 23/02/1945 | ||
| MERCER, Garry D | PFC | Wilson County | 23/02/1945 | ||
| MOORE, Robert P | Private | Burke County | 04/12/1944 | ||
| NORDAN, William | PFC | Hartnett County | 11/04/1945 | ||
| OWENS, David N | PFC | Gaston County | 23/11/1945 | ||
| PEACOCK, Tryphon D | PFC | Greene County | 15/04/1945 | ||
| PERRY, Rodney S | Tech. Fifth Class | Bertie County | 26/04/1945 | ||
| RODENHIZER, Duke H | PFC | Rockingham County | 25/11/1944 | ||
| ROGERS, Hilliard C | PFC | Pitt County | 23/04/1945 | ||
| ROUSE, John H | PFC | Green County | 26/02/1945 | ||
| SMITH, Harris E | PFC | Lincoln County | 09/04/1945 | ||
| STOLTZ, Jackie W | Staff Sergeant | Forsyth County | 04/11/1944 | ||
| STRICKLAND, Robert F | PFC | Wake County | 13/04/1945 | ||
| STROUD, James E | Private | Caldwell County | 19/11/1944 | ||
| TAYLOR, James B | PFC | Rutherford County | 15/04/1945 | ||
| TROXLER, Joseph | Private | Rockingham County | 19/05/1945 | ||
| WARLICK, Clyde F | PFC | Lincoln County | 24/11/1944 | ||
| WARREN, Fulton | PFC | Sampson County | 02/04/1945 | ||
| WILLIAMS, James O | Private | Northampton County | 13/10/1945 | ||
| WOMACK, John R | PFC | Rutherford County | 20/11/1944 | ||
| WOOLARD, Joseph E | Tech. Sergeant | Beaufort County | 14/04/1945 | ||
| WRENN, Lloyd M | Tech. Fourth Class | Durham County | 13/04/1945 |
For those who prefer to search online, visit this map that shows the home counties of all the Americans for whom there is no photo. You can click on the map and then zoom in to any part of the United States.
If you want additional information about a particular soldier, you can also go to the Fields of Honor website and click on the soldier’s name, and you will see information about the soldier’s family members.