World War II Honoree

Edmund J. O'Fallon

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Montrose, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: 1ST LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A PILOT WITH THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES, INDIA-CHINA WING, AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND. DIED: THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944 AND IS BURIED AT THE HONOLULU MEMORIAL, HONOLULU, HAWAII. HE ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS IN NOVEMBER 1941 AND WAS LATER ACCEPTED INTO THE FLIGHT-TRAINING PROGRAM. COMPLETED PRIMARY, BASIC, ADVANCE AND TRANSITION FLIGHT PILOT TRAINING PHASES AT KESSLER ARMY AIRFIELD, MISSISSIPPI, SCOTT ARMY AIRFIELD, RANTOUL, ILLINOIS. KELLY ARMY AIRFIELD, TEXAS, ARLEDGE ARMY AIRFIELD, TEXAS, GOODFELLOW ARMY AIRFIELD, TEXAS AND EAGLE PASS ARMY AIRFIELD, TEXAS. DECORATIONS: A PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL, ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL.