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1LT James H Wallace Jr.

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1LT James H Wallace Jr.

Birth
Death
20 Apr 1945 (aged 27)
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Brooklyn, New York ? Add to Map
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Died in service on a flight aboard C-47
Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated
during a thunderstorm and crashed, three
miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller
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Entered the service from New York; Service ID: O-730758.
Died in service on a flight aboard C-47
Skytrain #41-18451.

He was killed when the transport disintegrated
during a thunderstorm and crashed, three
miles south of Sweetwater, Texas.

All twenty-five Army personnel aboard perished:

1st Lt. James A Bailey, pilot
Capt. John R Rawls
1st Lt. Richard B Arnold
1st Lt. David L Bennell
1st Lt. Leonard K Epperly
1st Lt. Samuel Kamrass
1st Lt. Chester W Mrozek
1st Lt. Frank A Prete
1st Lt. Joseph A Scieszka
1st Lt. James H Wallace, Jr
1st Lt. Robert L West
Sgt. Robert H Blaess
Sgt. William T Downey
Sgt. William H Edwards
Sgt. Robert C Goodenough
Cpl. Daniel B Boone
Cpl. Vincent R DiStefano
Cpl. D Edmund Jennelle
Cpl. Myron V Testement
Cpl. Virgle E Walston
PFC Grady O Boyd
PFC Kenneth W Carlson
PFC William A Green
PFC James D McLaughlin
Pvt. Robert L Fuller
~
Entered the service from New York; Service ID: O-730758.

Inscription

1LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II


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