Name:
William E. James
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
Unit:
Date of Death:
1943-08-02
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois
Plot:
3
Row:
Grave:
304-H
Decoration:
Comments:
William E. James was born on September 17, 1920. He served in the US Air Corps as a Flight Officer and Pilot of an aircraft during World War II. He died on August 2, 1943 at the age of 22 and is now buried in the Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA in a common grave with CPL William B. Malick. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.