Born in San Francisco, California, September 18, 1915 Graduated from the Fresno, California High School, June 1933
Attended the Fresno State College, 1933-35
Attended Marin Junior College, Kentfield, California Fall 1935
Enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley, 1936 Transferred to the Davis Campus, 1937 - 38
Agricultural Economics Curriculum
Graduated, December 1933, Bachelor of Science Degree
Military Service
MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training
Inducted into the Army of the United States, 5 June 1941, as Private.
June 41 to Nov 41; 16th Transport Squadron, McClellan Field, Sacramento, California and Portland Air Base, Oregon.
Honorably discharged, 6 November 1941. Enlisted, AUS, Aviation Cadet, 7 November 1941.
Nov 41 to Dec 41; Sq 2 AC Replacement Training Center, Kelly Field, Texas.
Dec 41 to Feb 42; AC Training Detachment, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Feb 42 to Apr 42; Aviation Cadet Detachment, Perrin Field, Texas.
Apr 42 to Jly 42; Avn Cadet Det, Lake Charles Army Flying School, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Graduated from the AAF Aviation Cadet Training Program, 3 July 1942,
COMMISSIONED Second Lieutenant, 3 July 1942; accepted appointment and entered on active duty same date.
COMMISSIONED First Lieutenant, AUS-AC, 6 April 1943.
COMMISSIONED Captain, AUS-AC, 24 March 1944.
Active Serive Assignments
July 1942; Pilot, 26th Troop Carrier Squadron, Camp Williams, Wisconsin.
July to Oct 1942; Asst Flt Commander & As st Sq Intelligence Officer, 37th Troop Carrier Sq, Lawson Field, Ft. Benning, Georgia and Del Valle AAB, Austin, Texas.
Oct to Dec 1942; Student, AAF Air Intelligence School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Dec 1942 to Feb 1943; Asst Intelligence Officer, 30th Troop Carrier Sq, Del Valle AAB, Austin, Texas.
Feb 1942 to Dec 1944; Pilot, 53d Troop Carrier Sq, AAB, Stuttgaart, Ark, Pope Fld, Ft Bragg, North Carolina, and ETO.
(5 May 43 to 18 Dec 44; Service in the European Theater of Operations with temporary duty in the Continental United States from 13 July to 6 September 1944).
Captain Minor died on 18 December 1944 as a result of an aircraft accident in England.
Decorations and Awards
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.
AIR MEDAL with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with one Silver Service Star and one Bronze Service Star for participation in the Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Rome-Arno & Sicily Campaigns.
DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION EMBLEM with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
AVIATION BADGE ‘Pilot’.