U.S. Army Air Forces · United States 
Staff Sergeant James Henry Coleman served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. James served in World War II. James was the parent of one child. James was 27 years old.
James Coleman was employed by a hardware firm in Greencastle, Indiana. | | His wife learned, just a week after the birth of their daughter, that her husband was believed lost on his 15th raid over Europe. He had been overseas for seven months. | | Anti-aircraft fire knocked out #3 engine and enemy fighters set the plane alight. S/Sgt. Coleman was killed in his turret and was in the plane when it exploded on striking the ground. Crew members heard from French sources that they had found a part of his body near the plane. | | It is believed that he was buried by French civilians at the Military Cemetery of Beauvais-Marissel, France. | | The rest of the crew survived and was taken prisoner.
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