• May 26, 1913 – Oct. 27, 1943
• Knoxville, TN
• Liberal Arts – 1934
• 2nd Lt. – Marine Corps
• Hq Sq, Marine Aircraft Grp 11, 1st Marine Air Wing. KIA, Solomon Islands. Silver Star.
• Guadalcanal Cemetery in the Solomon Islands
  • Honolulu Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii
  • Woodlawn Cemetery in Knox County, TN

Newton Thompson James Jr. (May 26, 1913 – Oct. 27, 1943) was born in Knoxville, Tennessee.  He attended Knoxville High School and graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1934 with a degree in Liberal Arts. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, but was trained as a Marine aircraft specialist with the Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11) of the 1st Marine Air Wing. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and deployed to the South Pacific, where the 1st Marine Air Wing participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. 2nd Lt. James Jr. continued to operate in the Solomon Islands in 1943 and earned a Silver Star during the Marine Corps efforts to take the islands from the Imperial Japanese Army. He was killed in action on October 27, 1943, during one of these Marine Corps assaults on Japanese positions in the islands. He is memorialized at the Guadalcanal Cemetery in the Solomon Islands, the Honolulu Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, and at Woodlawn Cemetery in Knox County, Tennessee.

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