World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James Franklin Newell
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
El Centro, California
Honored By
Sam E. Pennartz
Airplane Command Pilot, B-29 Superfortress serial #44-69655, tail code: V-Square-11, 877th Bomber Squadron, 499th Bombardment Group (VH), 73rd Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force, stationed at Isely Field on Saipan in the Mariana Islands, Pacific Theatre of Operations; was shot down over the Osaka Army Arsenal and crashed near Miyaka Village, Japan on 26 June 1945.