Born in Woodland, California, December 6, 1919, Graduated from the Woodland High School, June 1938
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, January 1939 Completed one semester in residence and withdrew to enter the employment of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company in Woodland

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
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Military Training

Inducted Army of the United States, 11 April 1942.
Apr to Jun 1942; Private, Battery C, 55th FA Training Battalion, Camp Roberts, California.
Jun to Dec 1942; Private First Class, (from 16 Sep) Battery D, 40th FA, Camp Forrest, Tennessee.
Jan to Feb 1943; Aviation. Cadet, AAF Classification Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Feb to Apr 1943; AAF Preflight School (Pilot), Maxwell Field Alabama.
May to Jun 1943; 65th Flying Detachment, Decatur, Ala.
July to Aug 1943; AAF Pilot School, (Basic), Courtland, Ala.
Sep to Nov 1943; AAF Pilot School (Advanced), Stuttgart , Arkansas.
Graduated from the Aviation Cadet Pilot Training School, 3 November 1943 and honorably discharged.

Commissioned

Second Lieutenant, AUS, 3 November 1943; accepted appointment and entered on active duty same date.
First Lieutenant, AUS, 9. May 1944,

Active Service Assignments

Dec 1943 to Jan 1944; Co-Pilot, 383d Bomb Sq, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Jan to May 1944; Co-Pilot, 827th Bomb Sq, 484th Bomb Gp (H), Harvard AAB, Neb. and European Theater of Operations.
In Service 2 years and 1 month.

Lieutenant Kincheloe was killed in action 10 May 1944, over Austria

Decorations and Awards

PURPLE HEART (Posthumous)
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL.
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with two Bronze Service Stars for participation in the Rome-Arno and Air Combat Campaigns.
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
AVIATION BADGE ‘PILOT’