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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)
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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
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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
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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
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