JAMES C. WELSH, CAPT, USAF
James Welsh '53
Lucky Bag
From the 1953 Lucky Bag:
JAMES CARTER WELSH
Boulder City, Nevada
A Westerner, Jim lived in Denver, Colorado, Phoenix, Arizona, and finally ended up in Boulder City, Nevada. If asked, he was ready and willing to put out the straight dope on the building of Boulder Dam or the way to beat the "One-armed Bandits" at Las Vegas. ... In the way of sports, J.C. could usually be found out on the Severn bending his back in one of the Navy's shells; in the fall, he was always hard at work backing up the line for the fifth batt football team. ... His wit, coupled with his friendliness and personality, made him tops with all of his classmates.
He was also a member of the 20th Company staff for the fall set.
JAMES CARTER WELSH
Boulder City, Nevada
A Westerner, Jim lived in Denver, Colorado, Phoenix, Arizona, and finally ended up in Boulder City, Nevada. If asked, he was ready and willing to put out the straight dope on the building of Boulder Dam or the way to beat the "One-armed Bandits" at Las Vegas. ... In the way of sports, J.C. could usually be found out on the Severn bending his back in one of the Navy's shells; in the fall, he was always hard at work backing up the line for the fifth batt football team. ... His wit, coupled with his friendliness and personality, made him tops with all of his classmates.
He was also a member of the 20th Company staff for the fall set.
Loss
James died on December 23, 1963 of injuries he sustained in a crash of his U-6A Beaver on December 11 near Clark Field, Philippines. There were five people aboard, and all initially survived.
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
James was born in Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, to Robert Stahl and Elizabeth Hale (Carter) Welsh.
His father was an electrical engineer. From November 1933 through November 1942, he was assistant state director of Works Progress Administration operations in Denver. He was Bureau of Reclamation Region 3 power official for five months 1952-53 in Nevada. He performed duties of regional power manager in addition to his regularly assigned duties as chief, Marketing and Sales Branch, Regional Power Utilization Division.
James' brothers were Donald and Myron.
James was survived by his wife. (Information from March 1964 issue of Shipmate.)
He is buried in Nevada.
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