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0-421153, Major

Co-Pilot Crew 4

Two years of College.  Entered military service on September 10, 1936 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.  Graduated from Advanced Flying School and commissioned as Second Lieutenant in July, 1941.  Remained in China-Burma-India Theater after Tokyo Raid until May, 1943.  Assigned to bases in South Carolina, New York and Kansas for remainder of World War II.  Departed for service in Newfoundland in February, 1946 and returned to States in August, 1948.  Killed in aircraft accident in the Serranias Delburro Mountains, Mexico, February 29, 1949.  Decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Silver Star, Air Medal, and the Chinese Army, Navy, and Air Corps Medal, Class A, 1st Grade.

Born May 26, 1918, Pampa, Texas
Died February 28, 1949
Plane crash in the Serranias Delburro Mountains, Mexico

Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery
6900 Lawndale
Houston, TX 77023
713-928-5141

Section 28, Lot 46 Space 5
Interment 3/10/1949

Inducted Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, Galveston, TX