Born in Willows, California, February 26, 1918 Graduated from the Live Oak Union High School, Morgan Hill, California, June 1936
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, January 193 Two-Year Curriculum
Graduated with HONORS, May 1941
Military Service
MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training
Enlisted Army of the United States as a Private, 29 May 1941; assigned to Hq & Hq Sq, 69th AB Gp, (Sp), 374th School Sq, & 374th Two-Engine Flying Training Sq, Stockton Field, California.
Promoted to Corporal, 2 October 1941; Promoted to Sergeant, 1 February 1942; Promoted to Staff Sergeant, 1 May 1942.
Appointed Aviation Cadet, 18 December 1942.
Dec 1942 to Apr 1943; AF Classification Center & AF Preflight School, Santa Ana AAB, California.
Apr 1943 to Jun 1943; 11th AAF Flying Detachment (Primary), Tueson, Arizona.
Jul 1943 - Aug 1943; Hq & Hq Sq, 303d Basic Fly Tng Gp, Pecos AAF, Texas.
Aug 1943 to Nov 1943; 317th Two-Engine Fly Tng Gp, AAF Advanced Flying School, Williams Field, Arizona. Graduated from the Aviation Cadet Training Program as Pilot, 2 November 1943 and honorably discharged.
COMMISSIONED second Lieutenant, AUS, 3 November 1943; accepted and entered on active duty same date.
Active Service Assignments
Nov 1943 to Dec 1943; Pilot, 371st Fighting Squadron, 360th Fighting Group, Salinas, California.
Dec 1944 to Feb 1944; Pilot, 337th Ftr Sq, 329th Ftr Gp, Glendale & Ontario, California.
Feb 1944 to Mar 1944; Pilot, 454th Ftr Sq, 478th Ftr Gp, Salinas, California.
Mar 1944 to Apr 1944; Pilot, Trainee, 496th Ftr Tng Gp, European Theater of Operations.
Apr 1944 to July 1944; Pilot, 402nd Ftr Sq, 370th Ftr Gp, ETO.
In Service 3 years, 1 month and 19 days.
Lieutenant Mary was killed in action 17 July 1944, over Normandy, France.
Decorations and Awards
PURPLE HEART (Posthumous).
AIR MEDAL with Four Oak Leaf Clusters*
AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with two Bronze Service Stars for participation in the Air Offensive Europe and Normandy Campaigns.
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
AVIATION BADGE ‘Pilot’.
INTERMENT: United States National .Cemetery, San Bruno, California.
* During his four months service overseas, Lt. Mary completed 33 missions into enemy territory.