Name:
Gilbert O. Halsey
Rank:
Major
Serial Number:
Unit:
336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1955-09-02
State:
Oklahoma
Cemetery:
Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Oklahoma
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on November 10, 1910. He graduated from Cement High School. He attended the University of Oklahoma for one year before attending Spartan Air School. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force on May 1, 1941, and transferred to the Army Air Force Sept. 16, 1942. On Jan 24, 1944 he assumed command of an air force fighter squadron in England. A Major in the U.S. Air Force he participated in the first flight in which the USAF used belly tanks and penetrated into Germany.