Cleland, 1st Lt. James R.

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1st Lt. James Rowe Cleland 
Born: 4 May 1923 – Illinois 
Parents: Dewitt N. Cleland and Margaret A. Rowe-Cleland 
Home: 
– 2102 South Tenth Avenue – Maywood, Illinois 
Siblings: 1 sister 
Education: 
– Lincoln Grade School 
– Proviso Township High School 
– Class of 1940 
– Northwestern University 
– left after two years 
Selective Service Registration: 
– did not register
Enlisted: 
– 8 April 1942 – entered the Army Air Corps as an enlisted man 
– attended Officer Candidate School 
Serial Number: O&747214 
Training: 
– pilot 
Unit: United States Army Air Corps 
Engagements: 
– missions over Italy & Austria 
Killed in Action: 
– 25 February 1944 – bomber shot down over Austria 
– February 1945 – declared dead 
Buried: 
– 14 April 1950 – Grafton National Cemetery – Grafton, West Virginia 
– Section: A Site: 4 
– mass grave for the members of his bomber’s crew 
Note: Since the remains of individual members of the crew could not be positively identified, the Army buried the crew members in a centrally located grave. Each family lived approximately the same distance from the grave. 

 

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