Name
Last Name:
First Name:
Middle Name (initial):
Preferred Name:
Nick Name:
Abell
James
Wesley
Serial Number
Enlisted:
Officer:
16082666
O-707758
Birth Info
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
21 Oct 1921
Unknown at this time
Residence
Residence at Enlistment:
537 W 87th St.
Chicago
Cook Co.
Illinois
Official Home Town
Unknown at this time
Enlistment Info
Date of Enlistment:
Place of Enlistment:
29 May 42
East Lansing, Michigan
Deployment Info
Deployed Method:
Returned to US Method:
Unknown at this time
Unknown at this time
Passing Info
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
16 Aug 1944
Lostau
Saxony-Anhalt Co.
, Germany
Cemetery:
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Lemay,
Saxony-Anhalt,
Missouri, :
No
Image Gallery
Available
at this Time
Date
Description
Unit
Rank
MOS Code
Duty
10 Aug 44
Transferred from 492nd BG
788th (2nd Org)
Second Lieutenant
O-1034 - Navigator
Navigator
11 Aug 44
Roster of Combat Crews
788th (2nd Org)
Second Lieutenant
Navigator
16 Aug 44
KIA
788th (2nd Org)
Second Lieutenant
Navigator
17 Aug 44
Internment
788th (2nd Org)
Second Lieutenant
Navigator
Grp #
Date
City
Credit
BS
#
Position
Serial Number
Name
Total Flights:
2
Total Combat:
2
Total Dispatched:
2
Total Credited:
2
19 Aug 1944
Eyewitness Account
Duane C. Heath
19 Aug 1944
Eyewitness Account
George B. Robb
16 Aug 44
Practice
Haenn, Joseph William
17 Aug 44
Combat
Haenn, Joseph William