S/Sgt. James Burras Soule
Born: 10 October 1925 – Cook County, Illinois
Parents: Orlando & Alice Soule
– parents divorced
– moved in with mother’s parents
– father resided in Schoolcraft, Michigan
Siblings: 1 sister
Home:
– 833 South Harlem Avenue – Forest Park, Illinois
Education:
– Field-Stevenson School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1943
Enlisted:
– Unknown
Serial Number: 16106982
Training:
– Lincoln Army Airfield – Nebraska
– Sioux Falls Army Airfield – South Dakota
– Replacement Training Center – Miami, Florida
– radio operator
Unit:
– 703rd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force
– flew B-24s
Stationed:
– Royal Air Force Station – Tibenham, England
Missions:
– flew two missions from 1 April to 3 April 1945
– 4 April 1945 – took part in the bombing of German Airfield at Perberg, Germany
– shot down over Perlberg, Germany
Killed in Action:
– 4 April 1945
Buried:
– Ardennes American Cemetery – Neupre (Neuville-en-Condroz), Belgium
– Plot: A Row: 33 Grave: 37
Memorial:
– 1959 – Schoolcraft Cemetery – Schoolcraft, Michigan
Medals:
– Purple Heart
– Air Medal
– Presidential Unit Citation
