Soldier Details

Division:

Army Air Corps

Highest Rank:

Brig. General

Theater of Operation:

Other

Military Honors:

Bronze oak leaf cluster,

Honored By:

The Eisenhower Foundation

Prisoner of War

Killed In Action

Biography

James Franklin Powell was born in 1893 in Fort Monroe, Virginia. He served in the Army Air Forces in World War II. After serving he transferred to the US Air Force and retired in 1953 as a US Air Force Maj. General.