Name:
James Beane
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
22nd Aero Squadron
Date of Death:
1918-10-30
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Meuse Argonne American Cemetery Romagne, Fran
Plot:
B
Row:
45
Grave:
39
Decoration:
Distinguished Service Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Comments:
Born January 20, 1896, in New York City. Son of Edmund Murray and Kate Miles Beane. Educated Albany, New York, and Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, schools, and Concord High School, Class of 1914. Employed State Department of Education. Joined American Field Service, July 8, 1916; attached Section Nine to July 20, 1917. Enlisted French Aviation, trained Tours and Issoudun. Attached 69th French Escadrille. Commissioned First Lieutenant, U. S. Air Service, January 8, 1918, detailed with the French. Wounded in action, June 18, 1918. Transferred to 22d U. S. Aero Squadron, August 27, 1918. Killed in combat north of Grandpré, October 30, 1918.