James L. Myles Jr.
Rank: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Serial: O-793660
Unit: Air Transport Command
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Buried at: Harleigh Mausoleum, Camden, New Jersey
Biography
James L. Myles Jr.
First Lieutenant James L. Myles Jr., a pilot with the Army Air Force Transport Command, was killed when his plane crashed in China on February 13, 1945. He was born in Camden, New Jersey to Mr. and Mrs. James B. Myles Sr. The Myles family later moved to Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, and by the war years were at Orlando Avenue, Gloucester City, New Jersey. James L. Myles Jr. resided with his wife, Dorothy Burns Myles, at 109 Fourth Avenue in Haddon Heights, New Jersey. He had also lived for a period of time in Audubon, New Jersey. James Myles was a graduate of Upper Darby High School in 1941, and had entered Drexel before entering the Army in January of 1942.
He had served in the China, India, and Burma theaters of the war. Besides his wife and parents, he left a four-month-old daughter, Christine J. Myles, whom he never saw; six brothers, Thomas R., David B., William M., Donald J., Robert A., and John E.; as well as three sisters, Mrs. Mary Cale, Mrs. Lavinia Everett, and Mrs. Jessie Schwartz. His brothers David and Thomas both served in the Navy during the war. James Myles was brought home to New Jersey in December of 1948. He was interred at Harleigh Mausoleum in Camden, New Jersey on January 3, 1949.
Services Monday For Lt. J. L. Myles
Services for 1st Lt. James L. Myles Jr. will be held Monday at 2 p. m. in the Holl funeral home, 811 Cooper street, where friends may call Sunday night. Interment will be in Harleigh mausoleum.
Lieutenant Myles, a pilot in the Transport Command, was killed in China on Feb. 13, 1945, when his plane crashed. He had served in the China, India and Burma theaters in the war. He is the son of James and Mary C. Myles.
A graduate of Upper Darby High school, he was attending Drexel Institute when he entered the Army in January, 1942. He was born in Camden and also had lived in Audubon and Gloucester.
Also surviving are his widow, Dorothy Burns Myles, a former nurse at West Jersey hospital; daughter, Christine J.; six brothers, Thomas; Stratford; David B.; Hakilyn; William M.; Donald J.; Robert A.; John E. and Norman S., all at home, and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Cale, Collingswood; Mrs. Lavinia Everett, Blackwood; and Mrs. Jessie Schwartz, home.