https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/13/552/Dibble_Text0251.pdf e74bcc3176025f08eb2d7b645223df7d PDF Text Text DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY U.S. ARMY MILITARY PERSONNEL CENTER 2461 EISENHOWER AVENUE ALEXANDRIA, VA 22331 REPLY TO ATTENTION OF March 3, 1987 DAPC-PDC-MM DIBBLE, James P. SN: 0 733 844 Mr. James W. Dibble P.O. Box 990 Anderson, South Carolina 29622 Dear Mr. Dibble: This responds to your request for information pertaining to your uncle. We have reviewed his individual deceased personnel file received from the Washington National Records Center. The file contains only limited information pertaining to his death and the disposition of his remains. We have extracted the following information: DIBBLE, James P., ILt, 0 733 844, 94th Ftr Sqdn, 1st Ftr Grp. He was born November 3, 1921, and was killed in action September 9, 1943. He was the pilot of a P-38G aircraft which failed to return from a patrol mission to Naples, Italy. He strafed an enemy convoy about 30 miles east of Agropoli, Italy, and was struck by antiaircraft fire. He bailed out of the cockpit and was last seen in his parachute about 1500 feet from the ground. He did not survive, his remains were interred in an isolated grave where the plane crashed. His remains were subsequently recovered and interred in the British Salerno (Beachhead) Cemetery, Salerno, Italy, no date stated. On March 18, 1945, the American Graves Registration removed his remains to the U.S. Military Cemetery, Naples, Italy, plot K, row 8, grave 90. Under the repatriation program, his remains were disinterred August 6, 1948, and repatriated to the Middleville Cemetery, Middleville, Michigan, in December 1948. Enclosed are copies of the Case History, Record of Interment (Naples) and Disinterment Directive. I hope this information will be helpful. Sincerely, A John F. Manning ' Assistant Chief Mortuary Affairs and Casualty Support Division Enclosures � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James P. Dibble: Killed in Action Description An account of the resource Typically pilots rotated home after their 50th mission. James took off for his 49th mission on Septemebr 9, 1943, and never returned. He was shot down on a straffing run near the town of Padula, Italy. Initially there was much confusion amongst the other P-38 pilots, and it was thought James survivied and may have been taken prisoner. Ultimately it was discovered that James had been shot down and then killed by German soldiers. James was ultiamtely brought home and buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Middleville, Michigan. See information on his gravesite at <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40312090/james-p-dibble" target="_blank" title="James P. Dibble's Gravesite" rel="noreferrer noopener">FindAGrave.com</a>. See reports, documents and letters around James' missing in action status and then the determination that he was killed in action. Included are letters from the Army to his wife Maxine and parents, newspaper clippings and local memorials. Jump to other sections of the collection: <ul><li><a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/collections/show/5">James P. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Typed Document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from the Department of the Army to James' nephew Jim summarizing what they knew of James' death. Subject The topic of the resource James Dibble. MIA/KIA. Description An account of the resource Letter from the Department of the Army to James' nephew Jim summarizing what they knew of James' death. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Typed document Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Manning Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/3/1987 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jim Dibble Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). 11/21/2022