Cline, James Woodrow
Navy Reserves Ship’s Cook 2nd class
James Woodrow Cline from Irvington, California.
Parents: Mrs. Zella Agnes Cline
Service era: World War II
Date of death: May 11, 1945
Source: National Archives, family
James Woodrow Cline was my mother’s younger brother, born Oct. 17, 1920, and died May 11, 1945. His ship was in the Pacific and was dive-bombed by a Japanese Kamikaze. I understand he was in the galley, was killed instantly and went down with the ship. Remains never recovered.He was my mother’s favorite brother (there were 11 children). The father was a telegrapher for the railroad in the Midwest; but during the Depression, the family moved to California (Dinuba) to find work. One of the other brothers, also a Navy cook, Harold Ray Cline, was at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack, December 7, 1941. Harold survived, became a butcher, raised a family and passed away in 2002.