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Amos Brinser

Amos Brinser of Cleveland, TX passed away Jun 17, 1994. Born May 23, 1936.

Vera Maude Brown

57 AES (Clark) Linsay W Butler of Lynchburg VA passed away September 27, 1999. Born August 4, 1929.

801 MAES (korea)(?-50); Vera Maude Brown passed away Sep 26, 1950.The US Census 1930 shows her parents were Winston H. and Arizona Boone. (Brown may have been adopted or fostered, a commonplace occurrence in those days.) She enlisted as a Captain on December 3, 1942 (one source states January 1, 1943.) as a Flight Nurse. Captain Vera M. Brown, assigned to the 801st Medical Air Evacuation Squadron, was a flight nurse aboard a C-54D Skymaster medical aircraft (#42-72457, assigned to the 6th Troop Carrier Squadron of the 374th Troop Carrier Wing based in Tachikawa AB, Japan) on an air evacuation flight on September 26, 1950. Shortly after the aircraft took-off from Ashiya AB, Japan, it failed in climb-out phase and crashed into the sea approximately 1.5km (0.9 miles) off Japan. Interestingly, this incident is not recorded in the KORWALD Report of Air Losses, although others of a similar nature are. Available records indicated there was a crew of 8 and 43 passengers on board. Five of the crew perished; 18 of the other occupants died. There is an article in the Portland (OR?) Press Herald newspaper dated September 26, 1950 that is headlined "Nurse Saves 27 in Japan Plane Crash," although the article lists no specific details concerning this event. Supposedly the aircraft was carrying supplies and troops to Korea, with Captain Brown on board to assist in loading and caring for casualties on the return trip. Although records indicate she was the only Air Force nurse killed in the Korean War, there were at least two others, 1LT Margaret Perry and 1LT Virginia McClure. (See profiles elsewhere on TWS) Note: The Application for Headstone or Marker, OQGM Form 623, was completed by her mother, Arizona Boone on January 31, 1951. This card also has the contradictory dates listed in paragraph 1, above. Research continues www.ancestry.com/search US Census 1930 Application for Headstone or Marker, OQGM Form 623, completed by mother. Montgomery (AL) Advertiser newspaper, Jan 31, 1951      Comments/Citation The 801st Medical Air Evacuation Squadron, in recognition of the outstanding tasks they performed in the early part of the war and following the Inchon landing, was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. More than 4,700 casualties were air-lifted to hospitals in less than three months.

Linsay W Butler

57 AES (Clark) Linsay W Butler of Lynchburg VA passed away September 27, 1999. Born August 4, 1929.

Gilbert "Tino" Valentino Calderon

65 AES, Travis AFB, CA

Gilbert "Tino" Valentino Calderon passed away July 26, 2017 born September 1, 1960 at Parview Hospital in Los Angeles, CA to his mother Teresa and father Valentino Calderon.  Soon he had 2 sisters, Miroslava and Veronica.  He attended Meadow Green Elementary, Rancho Canada Junior High, and Lowell High School in Whittier, CA.  After receiving his High School G.E.D. at age sixteen, Tino attended Fullerton College for 2 years.  In 1977, at the age of Eighteen, he enlisted into the United States Air Force.  He was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas for basic training and then transferred to Shephard Air Force Base to receive medical training.  After many years of service to our country, Major Calderon joined the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department and became Deputy Calderon.  After 5 years of service.  Tino relocated to Ontario, California and became a proud Los Angeles County  Sheriff.  He got married and had three children.  Anthony, Christopher and Gilbert Jr.  He was a devoted father to his children.  After becoming a widower, the family purchased a home in La Mirada, California.  In 2005, Tino found love again and married Killeen Anne.  In 2013, they moved to Ontario, CA. He was a devoted Sheriff for over 30 years and served his department with honor and loyalty.  Tino was loved by his family, friends and fellow officers.  He will be greatly missed.

Doris Lorraine Campbell Andrew J (Andy) Camp of North Brookfield, MA passed away November 23, 1995. Born Nov 19, 1926 in Malone, Alabama.

Doris Lorraine Campbell was born on August 11, 1917 in Monessen, Washington County, Pennsylvania and she passed away on November 17, 2017.   Her father was Hugh Finley Campbell, son of Alvia E. and Eliza Campbell. Her mother was Florence Brown.

In the 1920 Federal Census, Hugh F. Campbell, a widower, lived with his sister, Mary Boyd, in Donora, Washington County. His wife had apparently died after the birth of Doris. And he had another daughter, Wina. - Wina Campbell, 6, was found in the 1920 census living with an uncle and aunt, Levi and Bella Grimsley, in Warren, Ohio. Doris was living in Mercer County, Pennsylvania with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bridgeman. A Greenville, Mercer County, news article indicates that Hugh F. Campbell had a weekend visit with the Bridgemans in 1921.

Hugh F. Campbell had served in the Marines during World War I. When he applied for Veteran Compensation in 1934, he stated that he had two daughters, Wina, 20, and Doris, 17. He said his wife, at that time, was Jessie Hartstein, presumably Doris' step-mother. They lived in Donora.

It appears that Wina Campbell remained in Warren, Ohio and was found as a student in 1930, and then the wife of Gordon Christie before the 1940 census.

In 1930, Doris, 13, lived in Donora, Washington County, Pennsylvania with Hugh and Jessie Campbell. Her father was a mechanic in the steel mill.

In the 1940 Census, Doris Campbell, 23, a Registered Nurse, resided at the Nurses' Residence at St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Pennsylvania and had been living in Donora in 1935.

During World War II, between August 2, 1943 and December 28, 1945, Doris served as a flight nurse in the Army Air Force. In March 1946, she became a First Lieutenant. In 1950, when she applied for Veteran Compensation, she lived in Donora.

The father died on September 13, 1955 and is buried at Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Washington County. His wife, Jessie, died October 27, 1962. The information on Jessie's death record was provided by Wina, "Mrs. Gordon Christie." Her obituary names Mrs. Gordon Christie, of Warren, Ohio, and Doris Campbell of New York, as her daughters. Jessie also had a son, Morton Wolfe, born in 1918, from her earlier marriage to George Wolfe.

Step-brother, Morton Wolfe, died in Utah in October 1975. His obituary names "Mrs. Doris Campbell, New York City" as a sister. She would have been nearly 60 years old at that time.

Doris' sister, Wina V. Campbell Christie, born August 15, 1913, died July 10, 1986. She had been a school teacher.

Absolutely nothing more has been found about Doris Lorraine Campbell.

UPDATE, September 6, 2017 --- Dear Ms. Fluharty, - Thank you so much for setting up the web pages on St. Francis graduates. By Googling, I found your entry on Doris Lorraine Campbell, concluding "Absolutely nothing more has been found about Doris Lorraine Campbell." - You will be pleased to hear that Doris is alive and well. I visited her yesterday at her apartment on West 113th Street in Manhattan. If the birthdate you give is correct, she recently turned 100 years old. She is legally blind and somewhat deaf, and her mind is foggy, but she is doing well thanks to very dedicated and kindly nursing care. - I am very glad you made the web page, for it is difficult to learn much about Doris's early life from conversation with her. She told me that she was born in Monessen, Pennsylvania, and that she served in the Air Force, so she must be the same person described on your web page. I know that she later received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College and a master's degree in archaeology from Columbia University, and that she then worked as an administrator in the dean's office at Barnard for many years. - Once again, many thanks for your faithful work on the St. Francis web pages, which were very interesting to me! I will ask Doris about her early life and family. - With best regards, Michael Thaddeus

Doris died of pneumonia on Friday, November 17, 2017.

Andrew J (Andy) Camp

Andrew J (Andy) Camp of North Brookfield, MA passed away November 23, 1995. Born Nov 19, 1926 in Malone, Alabama.

Josephine M. Candella

CANDELLA - COL
Josephine M. Candella (USAF, Ret.), 88, of St. Augustine, FL passed away on March 24, 2018
Arrangements under the care of Jacksonville Memory Gardens 111 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, FL 32073

Published in the Florida Times-Union on Apr. 1, 2018

Harry A. Carey

(Reinmain)(Ramstein)

Harry A. Carey, 76, of Las Vegas, passed away Oct. 6, 2011. He was born May 5, 1935, in Miami. He was a medevac in the U.S. Air Force and served in Vietnam. He was a gifted artist, a beloved friend who will be missed dearly. Services are private.

Lee H. "Tiger" Chalifour

Chief Master Sergeant Lee H. "Tiger" Chalifour, U. S. Air Force, Retired, passed away on March 17, 2021, at Bayfront Port Charlotte Hospital. Originally from Providence, Rhode Island, he established his residence in Port Charlotte in 1974, and moved here permanently in October 1978, when his wife, Lt. Col. Mary L. Chalifour, U. S. Air Force, retired as Chief Nurse of the base hospital, Robins AFB, GA. "Tiger" retired at Lackland AFB, Texas in December 1976, after 30 years active military service in the Army and Air Force, having served in China-Burma-India; Newfoundland; Panama; Japan; Vietnam; and Germany, first as an Air Evac Technician, then as a B-24 bomber tail gunner; and finally, as a Medical Administrator Superintendent. He participated in two major campaigns in the C-B-I during World War II and in four campaigns in Vietnam. Among the 24 ribbons he was authorized were the Bronze Star; Purple Heart; Meritorious Service Medal (twice); Air Medal; Air Force Commendation Medal (twice); U. S. and Vietnamese Presidential Unit Citation; Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry (individually and as a unit award); USAF Outstanding Unit Award with one Silver, two bronze oak leaf clusters with "V" devise for Valor in combat; three medals from Great Britain; one from Nationalist China; Air Force Aircrew and Aerial Gunner Wings and Nationalist China Air Force Gunner Wings. He received the nickname "Tiger" from one of his Sergeants after a situation in Vietnam when the Sgt. stated Lee fought like a tiger.

"Tiger" was a member of the C-B-I Veterans Assoc. having served locally and at the state level as Commander and held several positions in that organization at the national level. He was also a Life Member of the Disabled American Veterans, Ch. #82; American Legion Post 110; 14th Air Force "Flying Tigers"; Hump Pilots Assoc.; Military Order of the Purple Heart Assoc. Ch. #759; VFW #5690; parishioner at St. Charles Borromeo Church and a Charter member of the Charlotte Military Heritage and Air Museum. He was a Charter Member of the 1st (and only) American Branch of the Burma Star Assoc. (A British veteran's organization), serving three, three-year terms as Branch President and the only one to hold that position other than a General Officer. He had been a long-time member of the Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte Golf Clubs.

Survivors include his wife of 55 1/2 years, Lt. Col. Mary L. Chalifour, USAF, Ret.; daughters- Donna Schultz, Valdosta, Georgia; Sandra (Harold) Angell, Johnston, Rhode Island; Patricia (Leo) Bellisle, Cranston, Rhode Island; step-son James (Betty) Bromley-Turner, Rocky Point, North Carolina; sister Sandra (Angelo) Marsella, Johnston, Rhode Island; five grand-children and two great-grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his son Richard Chalifour; daughter Linda (Chalifour) Rix; sister, Rita Salvaggio.

Funeral services will be conducted by Charlotte Memorial Funeral Home with visitation on Thursday, March 25, 2021, from 12 to 1 p.m., and a service starting at 1 p.m. all in the chapel at the funeral home. The address for the funeral home is 9400 Indian Spring Cemetery Road in Punta Gorda, Florida 33950. Internment with full Military Honors will be following the service on Thursday, March 25, 2021. The family request that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Charlotte Military Heritage and Air Museum, DAV Ch. #82, MOPH #759, or your charity of choice.

Mary M. Clarke

Mary M. Clarke passed away December 11, 2010 in Mattapoisett, MA born Aug 9, 1925.

 

 RICHARD (DICK) DEAN COMPTON

Det 3, 57th AES (DaNang, RVN)(6/69-6/70)

 RICHARD (DICK) DEAN COMPTON MARCH 27, 1929-MARCH 8, 2015 Richard (Dick) Compton passed away Sunday March 8th at the age of 85 in Atwater, California. ...

Ralph E Conover

April 22, 2000, from cancer due to expose to agent orange Ralph E Conover of San Antonio, TX passed away Apr 22, 2009, born Jan 21, 1936. Burial: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetary San Antonio, Bexar County, TX Plot Section 22 Site 343

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