US Army WORLD WAR II
1st Lieutenant James M. Caviness Jr. DIS
United States Military Academy Class of 1942
Corps Artillery, VII Corps
Hometown: Texas
Service# O-24814
Awards:
Lieutenant James M. Caviness was killed April 12, 1944 in an airplane crash while in the British Isles. At the time, he was engaged in the duties of an Artillery Liaison Officer in a Corps Artillery unit, and the accident happened while the headquarters was moving to another location. During his short career in the army, he was experienced in several positions. Following graduation, Lieutenant Caviness was sent to Corsicana for flight training, but due to a previous injury to his ear, he was disqualified, and reverted to his base branch, Field Artillery, in August, 1942. He was then sent to Fort Sill where he pursued the Battery Officers' Course, and was subsequently assigned to the 83rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, then stationed at the school. He was a battery executive in the Battalion, and remained with that unit during its change of station to Fort Jackson. Sometime after September, when the battalion was moved to Jackson and about the first of March, after the unit went overseas, he was assigned as Liaison Officer with the G-2 Section of the Corps Headquarters. The crash occurred when Jim was flying in a liaison plane which encountered bad weather. After completing one leg of his journey, the plane took off from an airfield in England, and when fifty feet above the ground, dived and crashed, killing Jim instantly and the pilot but a short time later.
1st Lieutenant James M. Caviness Jr. DIS
United States Military Academy Class of 1942
Corps Artillery, VII Corps
Hometown: Texas
Service# O-24814
Awards:
Lieutenant James M. Caviness was killed April 12, 1944 in an airplane crash while in the British Isles. At the time, he was engaged in the duties of an Artillery Liaison Officer in a Corps Artillery unit, and the accident happened while the headquarters was moving to another location. During his short career in the army, he was experienced in several positions. Following graduation, Lieutenant Caviness was sent to Corsicana for flight training, but due to a previous injury to his ear, he was disqualified, and reverted to his base branch, Field Artillery, in August, 1942. He was then sent to Fort Sill where he pursued the Battery Officers' Course, and was subsequently assigned to the 83rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, then stationed at the school. He was a battery executive in the Battalion, and remained with that unit during its change of station to Fort Jackson. Sometime after September, when the battalion was moved to Jackson and about the first of March, after the unit went overseas, he was assigned as Liaison Officer with the G-2 Section of the Corps Headquarters. The crash occurred when Jim was flying in a liaison plane which encountered bad weather. After completing one leg of his journey, the plane took off from an airfield in England, and when fifty feet above the ground, dived and crashed, killing Jim instantly and the pilot but a short time later.
US Army WORLD WAR II
1st Lieutenant James M. Caviness Jr. DIS
United States Military Academy Class of 1942
Corps Artillery, VII Corps
Hometown: Texas
Service# O-24814
Awards:
Lieutenant James M. Caviness was killed April 12, 1944 in an airplane crash while in the British Isles. At the time, he was engaged in the duties of an Artillery Liaison Officer in a Corps Artillery unit, and the accident happened while the headquarters was moving to another location. During his short career in the army, he was experienced in several positions. Following graduation, Lieutenant Caviness was sent to Corsicana for flight training, but due to a previous injury to his ear, he was disqualified, and reverted to his base branch, Field Artillery, in August, 1942. He was then sent to Fort Sill where he pursued the Battery Officers' Course, and was subsequently assigned to the 83rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, then stationed at the school. He was a battery executive in the Battalion, and remained with that unit during its change of station to Fort Jackson. Sometime after September, when the battalion was moved to Jackson and about the first of March, after the unit went overseas, he was assigned as Liaison Officer with the G-2 Section of the Corps Headquarters. The crash occurred when Jim was flying in a liaison plane which encountered bad weather. After completing one leg of his journey, the plane took off from an airfield in England, and when fifty feet above the ground, dived and crashed, killing Jim instantly and the pilot but a short time later.
1st Lieutenant James M. Caviness Jr. DIS
United States Military Academy Class of 1942
Corps Artillery, VII Corps
Hometown: Texas
Service# O-24814
Awards:
Lieutenant James M. Caviness was killed April 12, 1944 in an airplane crash while in the British Isles. At the time, he was engaged in the duties of an Artillery Liaison Officer in a Corps Artillery unit, and the accident happened while the headquarters was moving to another location. During his short career in the army, he was experienced in several positions. Following graduation, Lieutenant Caviness was sent to Corsicana for flight training, but due to a previous injury to his ear, he was disqualified, and reverted to his base branch, Field Artillery, in August, 1942. He was then sent to Fort Sill where he pursued the Battery Officers' Course, and was subsequently assigned to the 83rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, then stationed at the school. He was a battery executive in the Battalion, and remained with that unit during its change of station to Fort Jackson. Sometime after September, when the battalion was moved to Jackson and about the first of March, after the unit went overseas, he was assigned as Liaison Officer with the G-2 Section of the Corps Headquarters. The crash occurred when Jim was flying in a liaison plane which encountered bad weather. After completing one leg of his journey, the plane took off from an airfield in England, and when fifty feet above the ground, dived and crashed, killing Jim instantly and the pilot but a short time later.
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Entered the service from Texas.
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