On Gilliam McConnell Road 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.
In January 1915 James Roger McConnell left Carthage, N.C. For N.Y. And sailed to France. He volunteered in the American Ambulance Service as an ambulance driver. He was awarded the much coveted Croix de Guerre for Bravery Under Fire. He later joined . . . — — Map (db m104350) HM WM
On Gilliam McConnell Road 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.
-Translation-
To the American Sergeant Pilot Aviator
James McConnell
Voluntary Enlisted Man in the
French Aviation on December 27th, 1915
Killed in Action on
March 19th, 1917 in Aerial Combat
The country of France will forever be . . . — — Map (db m104348) HM WM
On Monroe Street (North Carolina Route 24/27) east of South McNeill Street, on the left when traveling east.
Flying
for
France
James R. McConnell
1887- 1917
"The Aviator" - 1918
Gutzon Borglum's sculpture located in Charlottesville , VA honoring James McConnell
Carthage resident and decorated WWI aviator flew with the Lafayette . . . — — Map (db m289830) HM WM
