Born in Yuma, Arizona, March 3, 1915
Graduated from the Woodland, California, High School June 1S32
Attended the Salinas Junior College, Fall Semester 1932 Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, January 1933, Two-Year Curriculum
Member Zeta Xi (Phi Sigma Kappa) Fraternity Graduated May 1939

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training

Inducted into the Army of the United States, 19 May 1941.
May 1941 to Aug 1941; Private, Co C, 29th Engineer Training Battalion, Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Aug 1941 to Oct 1941; Private, Co C, 90th Engr Tng Bn, Ft Lewis, Washington.
Oct 1941 to July 1942; Private First Class, Veterinary Section, CASC Unit 1907, Sta Co, Ft. Lewis, Wn.
Appointed Aviation Cadet, 25 July 1942.
July 1942 to Sep 1942; Avn Cadet, AF Classification Center and Preflight School, AAB, Santa Ana, California.
Sep 1942 to Nov 428th AAF Flying Training Detachment, Visalia, California.
Nov 1942 to Mar 1943; AF Preflight Sch (Bombardier-Navigator), AAF, Santa Ana.
Mar 1943 to Jun 1943; 668fth Navigation Gp, Air Navigation Tng Sch, Mather Field, Sacramento, Calif.
Graduated from the Army Air Force Cadet Training Program as Navigator, 18 June 1943 and honorably discharged.

COMMISSIONED Second Lieutenant, AUS, 19 June 1943; accepted and entered on active duty the same date.

Active Service Assignments

Jun 1943 to Aug 1943; Navigator, 317th Bomb Sq, 88th Bomb Gp, Walla Walla, Washington ,&: Redmond, Oregon.
Sep 1943 to Oct 1943; Navigator, 351st Bomb Sq, 100th Bomb Gp (H), European Area.

In Service 2 years, 4 months and 22 days.

Lieutenant Motta was killed in action 8 October 1943, over Germany.

Decorations and Awards

PURPLE HEART (Posthumous)
AIR MEDAL.
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with one Bronze Service Star for participation in the Air Offensive Europe Campaign.
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
AVIATION BADGE ‘Navigator’.