2nd Lt William Goodwin, US Aviation Service.
From Chicago, Illinois, William was born on 21 July 1892. After working as a painter in Blackford County, he enlisted into the US Aviation Service in December 1916 at Columbus Barracks, Ohio and was trained at San Antonio, Texas and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Whilst stationed at San Diego, California, William was killed in a plane crash during a test flight on 3 December 1918. He is buried in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
3 December 1918
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
