World War II Honoree

James Geiger Coxetter, Jr.

Hometown

Jacksonville, Florida

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. PARTICIPATED IN THE U.S./ROYAL AIR FORCE REFRESHER FLYING COURSE AT POLARIS FLIGHT ACADEMY AT GRAND CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 133 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE (Z3182) CRASHED NEAR RASHARKIN, COUNTY ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND ON OCTOBER 27, 1941. BURIED AT EVERGREEN CEMETERY, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. COMMEMORATED ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND AND THE CAROLINA ALUMNI MEMORIAL IN MEMORY OF THOSE LOST IN MILITARY SERVICE (CLASS OF 1939) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA.