James F. Torpey

Jim Torpey and his sister Mildred
Jim Torpey and his sister Mildred
born: 27 Apr 1921, Iowa
died: 20 Dec 1943, China in WWII
bur.: Honolulu,Hawaii, at Section C. No. 285,National Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl)

Pedigree Chart

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  |------William John TORPEY (1878, Iowa - 1967, Iowa)
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James F. TORPEY (1921, Iowa - 1943, China in WWII)
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  |                   |--------John FARRELL (Ireland - )
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  |        |---------George FARRELL (1829, Ireland - 1882, Iowa)
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  |------Gertrude Margaret FARRELL (1880, Iowa - 1955, Iowa)
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           |          |--------Patrick LAWLOR (1808, Ireland - 1889, Iowa)
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           |---------Catherine LAWLER (1845, Ireland - 1913, Iowa)
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                      |--------Elizabeth REED (1822, Ireland - 1862, Iowa)
James was a PFC in the Army Air Corp. Prior to his induction he had been engaged in farming with his brother William, near Delmar. He was inducted on August 26, 1942 and was reported missing while serving as a flight mechanic on a transport plane in India and China. He was first buried in an American cemetery at Kumming, China next to a Brigadier General, but was later moved to Punchbowl Cemetery in Honolulu.

There's a plaque in Jim's memory at the Delmar school and he is remembered each Memorial Day.

More information: OBITUARY

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