James Benton Coulson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60871 - Sgt James B. Coulson
Assigned to 601BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 26-Nov-44 in B-17 42-102565 'The Ugly Duckling. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Ugly Duckling
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sioux City, Iowa, USA | 3 April 1925 | Born Sioux City, Iowa |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
IJsselmeer, Netherlands | 26 November 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) IJsselmeer, Netherlands |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium | 1 January 1946 | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Plot B Row 17 Grave 1 |
Revisions
KIA details amended as per http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=price&GSfn=joseph…;
Burial details added as per http://www.abmc.gov
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
