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Paull James Dana

Name:
James Dana Paull
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
US Army Aviation Signal Corps
Date of Death:
1917-12-20
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Plot:
Section 16
Row:
Lot 51
Grave:
5
Decoration:
Comments:

James Dana Paull was born in Pittsburgh on April 19, 1896. A baptized child of the church, he was from infancy connected with this church and Sabbath School, and in March 1908, he publicly professed Christ and became a member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church. He was educated in Pittsburgh Schools and Lawrenceville, N. J., and graduated from Princeton University in the School of Science, intending to complete his course in Hydraulic Engineering at the Boston Institute of Technology.

During his college course, he was an active member of the Philadelphian Society (the Y. M .C. A. branch at Princeton) and interested in all religious movements and all that stood for the highest Christian ideals in university life and held a prominent place on the Princeton Crew.

He enlisted in the service of his Country on April 30, 1917, in the Aviation Section of the Signal Reserve Corps. After training at Essington, Pa., with high standing, he was commissioned as First Lieutenant, in the Aviation Section, Signal Officers Reserve Corps, on September 21, 1917.

Lieutenant Paull sailed for France, on October 27, 1917, in command of one hundred Aviation Cadets, and after less than two months overseas, he was killed at Issoudun, France, on December 20, 1917, in an airplane accident, while in the line of duty. He was buried in the American Cemetery at Issoudun with full military honors.

1Lt Paull is now buried in the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et- Nesles, France. He has a cenotaph in the Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov


More Info on Paull:

James Dana Paull was born on April 19, 1896 in Pittsburgh, PA. He was educated in Pittsburgh Schools and Lawrenceville, N. J., and graduated from Princeton University in the School of Science, intending to complete his course in Hydraulic Engineering at the Boston Institute of Technology. He enlisted in the service of his Country on April 30, 1917, in the Aviation Section of the Signal Reserve Corps. After training at Essington, Pa., with high standing, he was commissioned First Lieutenant, Aviation Section, Signal Officers Reserve Corps on September 21, 1917. Lieutenant Paull sailed for France, on October 27, 1917, in command of one hundred Aviation Cadets, and after less than two months overseas, he was killed at Issondun, France, on December 20, 1917, in an airplane accident.