Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant James Franklin Steele.
Unit/Placed in, 39th Fighter Squadron (Cobra in the Clouds), 35th Fighter Group.
James is born on 1 June 1921.
Parents and Siblings no record.
James enlisted the service in North Carolina with service number # 0-792172.
James was KIA on an Escort Mission and on the way back they flew in very bad weather, he was last seen entering the clouds, no radio sound, he is believed to crashed in the Mountain Range on 16 July 1943, he is honored with an Air Medal Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
James is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
James also has a Memorial Grave at Chestnut Hill Cemetery,
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Thanks to, https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-38/steele.html
https://pacificwrecks.com/units/usaaf/35fg/39fs.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
