Born in Santa Ana, California, August 6, 1915 Graduated from the Orange High School
Orange, California, June 1934
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, January 1935 Completed five semesters in residence and then transferred to the Santa Ana Junior College to undertake Civilian Pilot Training Program

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
19 093 356

Military Training

Enlisted AUS, 18 June 1942 as Private in the AAFSouth Plains Army Flying School, Lubbock, Texas.
Jun to July 1942, 1st AAF, Glider Training Detachment, Fort Morgan, Colo. July to Aug 1942, 6th AAF, Glider Tng Det, 29 Palms, Calif.
APPOINTED Staff Sergeant, 8 August 1942
Aug to Oct 1942, AAF Army Flying School, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Oct to Dec 1942, 370th Base Hq & AB Sq, South Plains Army Flying School, Texas.
In Service, 5 months and 28 days.

Staff Sergeant Hart died 16 December 1942 near Blythe, California
He was en route to attend his father's funeral, who had died in a plane crash the previous day near Salt Lake City when his own plane (a DC-3, towing a glider) crashed on the takeoff.