Franklin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Dyar, Lt. James LeGrand July 18, 1944
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Carnesville Herald, Thurs., May 10, 1945
Official announcement of the death of Lt. James L. Dyar has been made by the 
War Department.  Lt. Dyar was a son of Editor and Mrs. Eugene Dyar of 
Carnesville.  He was reported missing in action over France several months 
ago.  The War Department state that he was killed on July 18, 1944, the day he 
was reported missing.
    A letter from the War Department to parents confirming his passing says in 
part:  "Your son was the pilot and sole occupant of a P-47 type aircraft, 
Thunderbolt, reported missing in action over France 18 July 1944.  The flight 
in which your son was a member observed approximately 15 enemy aircraft 
attacking four P-51 Mustangs, and immediately joined in the combat.  The War 
Department has now received an official report which establishes the fact that 
your son was killed in action on 18 July 1944, as the result of the 
destruction of his plane in that combat near Putanges, France."
    Lt. Dyar was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Dyar, of Royston.  He was 
a Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the Ninth Force which was commended for its 
action on D-Day.
    Lt. Dyar was a graduate of Royston High School of the class of 1936, and 
he attended North Georgia College for two years.  At the time he volunteered 
for service in 1941, he was employed by the Sheffield Company of Americus.  He 
completed his pilot training and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 
November, 1942.  He was then assigned as instructor at Moore Field, Mission, 
Texas.
    Lt. Dyar had been awarded the Air Medal.  Since joining the fighter group 
he had been on 17 combat mission.  Dyar has one brother, Lt. Eugene Dyar, Jr., 
now on duty as gunner officer of the U. S. S. Boise, in the South Pacific.
    Lt. Dyar was a member of the Royston Baptist Church.


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Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, GA.



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