Kenneth Newton Walker
Brigadier General, US Army Air Corps

Born:   July 17, 1898 at Cerrillos, NM
Entered Service:   Denver, CO
Date/Place of Action:  January 05, 1943 - Rabaul, New Britain
Unit:   5th Bomber Command, 5th Air Force
Presentation:  Presented to his son Kenneth Walker, Jr. at the White House
     by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Mar 25, 1943
Date of Death:   January 05, 1943 (Missing In Action)
Buried at:  A.B.M.C. Manila - Manila, Philippine Islands (Marker)

Jack Warren Mathis
First Lieutenant, US Army Air Corps

Born:   September 25, 1921 at San Angelo, TX
Entered Service:   San Angelo, TX
Date/Place of Action:  March 18, 1943 - Vegesack, Germany
Unit:  359 Bombardment Squadron, 303d Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force
Presentation:  Presented to his mother at Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, TX
     by Major General Barton K. Yount on Sep 21, 1943
Date Of Death:  March 18, 1943 (Killed In Action)
Buried at:  Fairmount Cemetery - San Angelo, TX

 
Maynard Harrison Smith, Sr.
Sergeant, US Army Air Corps

Born:  May 19, 1911 at Cairo, MI
Entered Service:   Cairo, MI
Date/Place of Action:   May 01, 1943 - Brest, France
Unit:  423d Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force
Presentation:  At the Eight Army Airfield, England
     By Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson - G.O. 38 - July 12, 1943
Date of Death:  May 11, 1984
Buried at:  Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA
  **First enlisted airman to receive the Medal of Honor

Joseph Raymond Sarnoski
Second Lieutenant, US Army Air Corps

Born:   January 30, 1915 at Simpson, PA
Entered Service:   Simpson, PA
Date/Place of Action:  June 16, 1943 - Buka area, Solomon Islands
Unit:   65th Bombardment Squadron, 43d Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force
Presentation:  Presented to his widow, G.O. 85 - Dec 17, 1943
Date of Death:      June 16, 1943 (Killed In Action)
Buried at:   National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific - Honolulu, HI