World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James Vincent O'Neill
Hometown
Walden, New York
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 58 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE (R6606) CRASHED AT WEST CAIRN HILL, PENTLANDS, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND ON FEBRUARY 17, 1943. BURIED AT GRANDSABLE CEMETERY, GRANGEMOUTH, STIRLINGSHIRE, ENGLAND.