High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Pilot Officer, No 412 squadron, RCAF Killed 11 December 1941
Date
Rank
Name
Location
November 30, 1970
CW2
Guy L. Andrews
Ft. Hood, TX
July 16, 1973
CPT
Larry Eugene Rollins
North Carolina
January 1, 1976
CPT
Horace L. Fantasia Jr
Cambridge MA
July 2, 1978
SSG
Cecil R. Barnhouse
Portland, OR
September 25, 1982
CPT
Wingate Battle
VA
October 22, 1985
LTC
James P. Isenhower Jr.
Ft. Stewart, GA
August 21, 1990
CW3
William "Bill" Moriarty
Fort Rucker Alabama
October 30, 1996
XO
Marvin E. Hurst
After Tour
May 18, 1998
CW2
Tom W. Cummings, Jr
Los Angeles, CA
January 8, 1999
CPT
Donald E. Duke
Rose Hill Cemetary Winder, GA
March 22, 2000
CW2
Thomas A. Dicresce
Ohio
September 20, 2001
CPT
Van B. Cunningham
Unknown
December 11, 2003
LTC
Darrel Nelsin
Salisbury National Cemetery Salisbury, NC
June 28, 2004
1st LT
Phil Stone
Fritch, TX
April 5, 2006
SP/5
Michael D. Kilfoile
Enid, OK
August 2, 2006
Commander
John A.G. Klose
Arlington Cemetary
August 12, 2007
CW3
Kenneth C. Ellard
Walsenburg, CO
December 24, 2007
CW3
Daniel M. Hart
Cushing, OK
April 26, 2008
WO1
Leroy Hight
Orlando, FL
September 16, 2009
CW2
James S. Wylie
South Carolina
October 10, 2009
WO1
Eddie W. Malrey
Tenafly, NJ
January 11, 2011
SP/4
Hoyt E. Hopkins Jr.
Clear Lake, CA
March 8, 2011
SP/4
Daniel Lee Larkin
Colfax Cemetery Colfax, WA
May 22, 2011
SP/5
John D. Lawrence
Andersonville, Georgia
September 17, 2011
WO1
Ronald G. Rhoades
Huntsville, AL
November 10, 2011
CW4
Robert Waldo
Everett, WA
December 1, 2011
WO1
Edward Hickey
Phillipsburg, NJ
March 9, 2012
LTC
Murrell Sloan
East Tyler, TX
August 21, 2012
SP/5
Storm Russell
Jefferson City, MO
January 16, 2013
CW4
Gary E. Davis
Lake City, IA
June 3, 2013
SGM
Huey Auvil
Leavenworth, KS
September 7, 2013
SGT
William (Bill) Cooksey
Bethany, Ok
October 26, 2013
WO1
Carmen A. Trunk
Ft. Myers, FL
March 11, 2014
SP/4
John C. Milburn
Florida
July 11, 2014
CW3
Ralph Saylor
Mountain Home, TN
July 29, 2014
SGT
Keith R. Way
Ash Fork, AZ
November 29, 2014
CW4
Steven I. Racicot
East Longmeadow, MA
July 3, 2015
CW3
Jerry Lee Smith
Fife, WA
September 8, 2016
COL
Joseph R. Clelan
Indiantown Gap, PA
May 28, 2018
CPT
Charles M. Fiedler
Carson City, NV
November 3, 2018
CW4
Lawrence T. Lanier
Lumberton, NC
FALLEN
62nd Aviation Company (Corps)
David Kilfoile
Radcliff, Ky
September 18, 2021
March 14, 2019
WO1
Thomas Braddy
Paxico, KS
SFC
January 11, 2023
CPT
Tom Baget
Maine
