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NEWMAN, James Conway Jr - Date of
birth
8 August 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Collinsville, Tulsa County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-550095 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
Cannon Company,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
James C. Newman Sr. (father)
Hazel D. (Hall) Newman (mother)
John P. Booth (stepfather)
John H. Booth (stepbrother)
Virginia C. (Francis) Newman (wife)
More information
1st Lt James C. Jr. joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Urbana, Illinois on 14 September 1942 while attending the University of Illinois. He was called into active service in June, 1943. He graduated from Officer Training School on 25 May 1944 at Fort Benning and was sent overseas in October, 1944.He was taken prisoner.
He died in Stalag XII-A during a British night air raid. The intented target was the railway station in Diez, but some flares, dropped by the pathfinder aircraft, drifted off course in a strong wind and strayed into the POW camp. The bombs of RAF Mosquitos did not miss the highlighted target of a concrete building, housing mostly medical personnel.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Prisoners of War, http://www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Dave Hansen, University of Illinois 1942