World War II Honoree

Charles McKibben Earle

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Fort Worth, Texas

Honored By

William Beigel

AVIATION CADET, WAS IN FLIGHT TRAINING AT NAVAL AIR STATION, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. ON DECEMBER 24, 1942, THE SNJ-4 AIRCRAFT WHICH HE WAS PILOTING CRASHED INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. HE AND HIS FELLOW TRAINEE WERE BOTH KILLED. THEIR REMAINS WERE NEVER RECOVERED.