McChord, William Caldwell, Col

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Last Rank
Colonel
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1063-Fighter-Bomber Unit Commander
Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)
Primary Unit
1926-1937, United States Army Air Corps (USAAC)
Service Years
1907 - 1937
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Home State
Kentucky
Kentucky
 Year of Birth
1881
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Lebanon, Kentucky
Date of Passing
Aug 18, 1937		  
Location of Interment
Ryder Cemetery - Lebanon, Kentucky

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Last Known Activity:

He was killed in a crash near Maldens, VA during a flight from Bolling Field, DC to Randolph Field, TX, apparently while searching for a spot to land his malfunctioning aircraft.
McChord AFB, WA, now part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, was named for him.
   

   
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Aviation Section, Signal Corps
Eielson, Carl Benjamin, 1st Lt [Other Service Rank]
Lackland, Frank Dorwin, Brig Gen, (1905-1942) A33 AAF MOS 770 [Other Service Rank]
Monthan, Oscar, 1st Lt, (1917-1924) [Other Service Rank]
Russel, William Muir, 1st Lt, (1917-1918) [Other Service Rank]
Wingate, Harry Lynwood, Maj, (1917-1919) 00 [Other Service Rank]
Carberry, Joseph Eugene, Lt Col, (1914-1924) A33 AAF MOS 770 Lieutenant Colonel
Andrews, Frank Maxwell, Lt Gen, (1902-1943) Major
Hensley, William Nicholas, Col, (1901-1929) Major
Lufbery, Gervais Raoul V., Maj, (1907-1918) A33 AAF MOS 770 Major
Mitchel, John Purroy, Maj, (1917-1918) Major
Robins, Augustine Warner, Brig Gen, (1904-1940) Major
Baldwin, Thomas Scott, Maj, (1917-1919) 01 Captain
Andrews, Frank, Lt Gen, (1906-1943) 00 00 First Lieutenant
Bush, Philip Nelson, Lt Col, (1918-1942) First Lieutenant
Carlström, Victor, 1st Lt, (1917-1917) A33 AAF MOS 770 First Lieutenant
Cook, Everett Richard, Brig Gen, (1917-1945) First Lieutenant
France, Howard James, 1st Lt, (1913-1918) A33 AAF MOS 770 First Lieutenant
Page, Richard C. M., Capt, (1917-1919) A33 AAF MOS 770 First Lieutenant
Patterson, Frank Stuart, 1st Lt, (1917-1918) A33 AAF MOS 770 First Lieutenant
Russel, William Muir, 1st Lt, (1917-1918) A33 AAF MOS 770 First Lieutenant
Shaw, Ervin David, 1st Lt, (1913-1918) A33 AAF MOS 770 First Lieutenant
Wright, Jack Morris, 1st Lt, (1917-1918) A33 AAF MOS 770 First Lieutenant
Bellows, Franklin Barney, 2nd Lt, (1917-1918) Second Lieutenant
Biggs, James Berthes, 1st Lt, (1917-1918) Second Lieutenant
Bleckley, Erwin Russell, 2nd Lt, (1917-1918) Second Lieutenant
Brookley, Wendell Holsworth, Capt, (1917-1934) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
Brooks, Sidney Johnson, 2nd Lt Second Lieutenant
Chennault, Claire Lee, Lt Gen, (1917-1945) Second Lieutenant
Clay, Henry Robinson, 1st Lt, (1917-1919) Second Lieutenant
Davis, Samuel Howard, 2nd Lt, (1917-1921) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
Eaker, Ira Clarence, Gen, (1917-1947) Second Lieutenant
Foster, Arthur Lee, 1st Lt, (1917-1925) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
Goettler, Harold Ernest, 1st Lt, (1917-1918) 11 Second Lieutenant
Hooper, Parr, 1st Lt, (1917-1918) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
Howard, Charles Harold, Capt, (1918-1936) Second Lieutenant
Keesler, Samuel Reeves, 2nd Lt, (1917-1918) Second Lieutenant
Kelly, Oakley George, Col, (1917-1948) Second Lieutenant
Landis, Reed Gresham, Col, (1916-1954) Second Lieutenant
Macready, John Arthur, Col, (1917-1948) Second Lieutenant
March, Peyton Conway, 2nd Lt, (1917-1918) Second Lieutenant
Mather, Carl Spencer, 2nd Lt, (1917-1918) Second Lieutenant
Maxwell, William Calvin, 2nd Lt, (1917-1920) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
McClellan, Hezekiah, Maj, (1917-1936) Second Lieutenant
Ramey, Howard Knox, Brig Gen, (1917-1943) Second Lieutenant
Spence, Thomas Louis, 2nd Lt, (1917-1918) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
Tyndall, Frank Benjamin, 1st Lt, (1916-1930) Second Lieutenant
Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Col, (1916-1945) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
Barksdale, Eugene Hoy, 1st Lt, (1918-1926) Private First Class
Carruthers, William Keen, Pvt, (1904-1917) 00 Private

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