James was shot down over the Aviano Airdome in Italy in January 1944. He was a bombardier on a Liberator bomber. James was a member of St Agnes Church and the Boy Scouts, and was a 1934 graduate of Dalton High School, and a graduate of Berkshire Business College. He was employed before the war by the U.S. Customs House Boston, Mass. James was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at Big Springs, TX Aug 5, 1943. He was the son of Patrick E. and Margaret A. Sullivan Galliher. Initially reported as MIA after his Liberator bomber was seen nosing into a mountain after being struck by flak, he was later presumed dead and designated KIA in April, 1945. Besides his mother, he is survived by 3 brothers, Thomas M., of Dalton, an honorably discharged Veteran of World War II, Edward P. of Dalton, and Francis J. of New Britain, Connecticut. A sister Mary was killed in an automobile accident in 1938.
James' body was eventually recovered and identified. He was buried on February 21, 1949 in Dalton Mass.
James' body was eventually recovered and identified. He was buried on February 21, 1949 in Dalton Mass.
James was shot down over the Aviano Airdome in Italy in January 1944. He was a bombardier on a Liberator bomber. James was a member of St Agnes Church and the Boy Scouts, and was a 1934 graduate of Dalton High School, and a graduate of Berkshire Business College. He was employed before the war by the U.S. Customs House Boston, Mass. James was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at Big Springs, TX Aug 5, 1943. He was the son of Patrick E. and Margaret A. Sullivan Galliher. Initially reported as MIA after his Liberator bomber was seen nosing into a mountain after being struck by flak, he was later presumed dead and designated KIA in April, 1945. Besides his mother, he is survived by 3 brothers, Thomas M., of Dalton, an honorably discharged Veteran of World War II, Edward P. of Dalton, and Francis J. of New Britain, Connecticut. A sister Mary was killed in an automobile accident in 1938.
James' body was eventually recovered and identified. He was buried on February 21, 1949 in Dalton Mass.
James' body was eventually recovered and identified. He was buried on February 21, 1949 in Dalton Mass.
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