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1LT James Harrison Couch

Birth: 2 Dec 1921
Ore City, Upshur County, Texas, USA
Death: 30 Jun 1945 (aged 23)
Culberson County, Texas, USA
Burial: Ore City Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 6725298 View Source

1st Lieut. James Harrison Couch of the 233rd Base Unit Training Squadron from Davis-Monthan Army Air Base, Arizona, was one of twelve airmen who were killed when B-29 Superfortress #44-69943 collided with a ridge, six miles south of Guadalupe Peak, Texas, approximately twenty miles southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Eleven other airmen also perished :

Sgt. Aristo Landers #8102215
MSgt.Orval Lawless #75930423
CPL Ralph Martin #22644480
1st Lieut. Joseph Mennen, Jr. #10716748
PFC Clark Moore #104929456
Sgt. Fayette Stanfield #104927482
2nd Lieut. Wesley Waldon #53391386
FO Ernest Wilson #104923939
1st Lieut. James Thomas #16458580
2nd Lieut. James L. Green #89720091
FO Eugene Glahe #104925242

1st Lieut. James Harrison Couch of the 233rd Base Unit Training Squadron from Davis-Monthan Army Air Base, Arizona, was one of twelve airmen who were killed when B-29 Superfortress #44-69943 collided with a ridge, six miles south of Guadalupe Peak, Texas, approximately twenty miles southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Eleven other airmen also perished :

Sgt. Aristo Landers #8102215
MSgt.Orval Lawless #75930423
CPL Ralph Martin #22644480
1st Lieut. Joseph Mennen, Jr. #10716748
PFC Clark Moore #104929456
Sgt. Fayette Stanfield #104927482
2nd Lieut. Wesley Waldon #53391386
FO Ernest Wilson #104923939
1st Lieut. James Thomas #16458580
2nd Lieut. James L. Green #89720091
FO Eugene Glahe #104925242

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Created by: Tricia the Spirit Chaser
Added: Aug 27, 2002
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6725298/james_harrison-couch: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT James Harrison Couch (2 Dec 1921–30 Jun 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6725298, citing Ore City Cemetery, Ore City, Upshur County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Tricia the Spirit Chaser (contributor 46544506).

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