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Contact Info
Home Town Glendale/Cincinnati, Ohio
Last Address U. S. Army Aviation Field, College Park, Maryland
Date of Passing Sep 28, 1912
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
He was one of the earliest military aviators. On Sep 28, 1912, he and Corp. Frank Scott* were killed in the crash of a Wright Model B at the Signal Corps Aviation School at College Park, MD. On Jul 20, 1917, the Signal Corps Aviation School**, Coronado, CA was named Rockwell Field in his honor.
*Corp. Scott was the namesake for Scott AFB, IL.
**It had moved from MD to CA Nov-Dec 1912.
