Veteran Information
Date of Birth: 1/8/1925
Date of Death: 4/14/2008
Address: Highland Hall
Branch of Service: U.S. Army Air Corps-WWII
Service Number: 32989006
Description
John L. MansfieldJohn Lewis Mansfield was born on January 8, 1925, in Collville, PA, to Muriel O Burk and Louis H Mansfield.
He had one brother Ted and a sister Shelly and in Rye his family lived at Highland Hall. John was a Rye High School Graduate, Class of 1943.
He enlisted and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He married Joanne W. Louer on September 2, 1952, in the Methodist Church of Avon Park, Fla. Rev. M. E. Meyer, the officiating minister, used the double ring service in the presence of a large gathering of guests.
John served 26 years with the Air Force, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for service in Vietnam. He continued his career for 19 years with American Airlines and retired as a manager of flight training operations. They had eight children during their marriage.
John L. Mansfield, 83, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, passed away Monday, April 14, 2008, at a local hospital.
He was preceded in death by a son, John L. Mansfield Jr., and his parents, Lewis H. and Muriel Mansfield.
Survivors: His wife, Joanne Mansfield; sons, Alan Mansfield and wife, Patricia, and Bruce Mansfield and wife, Laurie; daughter, Karen L. Richmond and husband, Mel; daughter-in-law, Patsy Mansfield; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of loving family and friends.
Service: 10 a.m. Friday, April 25, at North Hills Funeral Home, 8525 Mid-Cities Blvd. Interment: 1 p.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
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Dear sirs . You have mixed up part of this article with my father John L Mansfield . But he is not the man you’re article is about . He was an airforce officer his crew Union Maide fought in world War 2 and they were awarded several medals. This part of your article is facts for my father “John Lewis Mansfield was born on September 3, 1925, in Taunton, Massachusetts, to Harriet E Lewis, age 38, and John Joseph Mansfield, age 40. ” the rest of this article is not about my father John Lewis Mansfield born 9 /3/ 1925
he passed in a VA hospital in Durham NC 05/04/2009