James F. Evans was born in 1920 in Tennessee. He resided in Rhea County, Tennessee prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 2, 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. He was noted as being employed as a chainmen and also as Single, without dependents. James served as a Staff Sergeant and Waist Gunner on B-17G (#42-97255), 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He was declared "Missing In Action" over Rostock, Germany on April 11, 1944. His name is commemorated on the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Sgt Evans was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

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