AF CAPTAIN KILLED, Denmark, Maine — An Air Force man killed in the Saturday crash of a T-33 jet has been identified as Capt. Gordon L. Draheim, 36, of San Antonio, Tex. He was killed when his training plane crashed and burned halfway up 2,007-foot Pleasant Mountain. Searchers, including airmen from Brunswick Naval Air Station and the Portsmouth, N.H., Air Base, yesterday found parts of the wreckage scattered over a 2-acre area and the body a quarter of a mile from the point of impact.
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Captain Gordon Leo Draheim was born October 10, 1920, at Marion, N. Dak. He spent his early years on a farm northeast of Marion. He attended the Marion grade school and two years at Marion High School during which time he was very active in all athletics, local sports, and music.
In 1936 he moved with his family to Minnesota, where he attended his Junior year at Jeffers, and graduated in 1938 from Waseca High School. There, also he was very active in athletics and music.
In the fall of 1938 he entered Westmar College, LeMars, Iowa, and after completing his junior year, entered the Air Force of his country. After h e had completed his training, he served in Japan as a Second Lieutenant, then returned to the States and in 1948 was honorably discharged from the Air Force. In the same year Gordon was married to Patricia Jedlieka in Salt Lake City, Utah, and to this union was born one daughter, Pamela Ann.
During the Korean conflict, he was recalled into the Air Force as an instructor of cadets at the Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, where he served until his death.
He was killed on July 7, 1956, when his jet crashed near Pleasant Mount, Maine. H e was flying alone, enroute to Dow Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine, where he was to pick up a fellow officer.
On Friday, July 13, at 4 p.m., C.S.T., his body arrived with a military escort at Jamestown, N. Dak., and simultaneously, a 3 P.M., M.S.T., a Memorial Service was being held at Lackland Air Force Base Chapel, while his Squadron flew in formation over the base. His co-pilot, and 4 other officers and crew members led the formation, then broke rank and flew to Jamestown.
Military Escort: Colonel Milton C. Barnard. Captain Fred L. Graber, Captain William Baugh, Lt. Ward C. Shaw, Technical Sgt. Chester E. Bentley, Staff Sgt. Jay R. Swonger.
Capt. Draheim was laid to rest in the Lakeview Cemetery at Marion on Saturday, July 14, with full military honors.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his daughter, Pamela Ann, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Draheim, of Marion, N. Dak., one brother, Victor, of Independence Ia.; one sister, Mrs. John D. English (Leona) of Ashville, N. C., and a host of relatives and friends near and far.
Blessed be his memory.
Published in the Litchville Bulletin, Litchville, North Dakota, July 20, 1956.
Submitted by Dennis C. Olson #48363213
(The News -- Newport, R.I., July 9, 1956)
[Provided by: Nancy Burr #47160884]
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Captain Gordon Leo Draheim was born October 10, 1920, at Marion, N. Dak. He spent his early years on a farm northeast of Marion. He attended the Marion grade school and two years at Marion High School during which time he was very active in all athletics, local sports, and music.
In 1936 he moved with his family to Minnesota, where he attended his Junior year at Jeffers, and graduated in 1938 from Waseca High School. There, also he was very active in athletics and music.
In the fall of 1938 he entered Westmar College, LeMars, Iowa, and after completing his junior year, entered the Air Force of his country. After h e had completed his training, he served in Japan as a Second Lieutenant, then returned to the States and in 1948 was honorably discharged from the Air Force. In the same year Gordon was married to Patricia Jedlieka in Salt Lake City, Utah, and to this union was born one daughter, Pamela Ann.
During the Korean conflict, he was recalled into the Air Force as an instructor of cadets at the Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, where he served until his death.
He was killed on July 7, 1956, when his jet crashed near Pleasant Mount, Maine. H e was flying alone, enroute to Dow Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine, where he was to pick up a fellow officer.
On Friday, July 13, at 4 p.m., C.S.T., his body arrived with a military escort at Jamestown, N. Dak., and simultaneously, a 3 P.M., M.S.T., a Memorial Service was being held at Lackland Air Force Base Chapel, while his Squadron flew in formation over the base. His co-pilot, and 4 other officers and crew members led the formation, then broke rank and flew to Jamestown.
Military Escort: Colonel Milton C. Barnard. Captain Fred L. Graber, Captain William Baugh, Lt. Ward C. Shaw, Technical Sgt. Chester E. Bentley, Staff Sgt. Jay R. Swonger.
Capt. Draheim was laid to rest in the Lakeview Cemetery at Marion on Saturday, July 14, with full military honors.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his daughter, Pamela Ann, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Draheim, of Marion, N. Dak., one brother, Victor, of Independence Ia.; one sister, Mrs. John D. English (Leona) of Ashville, N. C., and a host of relatives and friends near and far.
Blessed be his memory.
Published in the Litchville Bulletin, Litchville, North Dakota, July 20, 1956.
Submitted by Dennis C. Olson #48363213
(The News -- Newport, R.I., July 9, 1956)
[Provided by: Nancy Burr #47160884]
AF CAPTAIN KILLED, Denmark, Maine — An Air Force man killed in the Saturday crash of a T-33 jet has been identified as Capt. Gordon L. Draheim, 36, of San Antonio, Tex. He was killed when his training plane crashed and burned halfway up 2,007-foot Pleasant Mountain. Searchers, including airmen from Brunswick Naval Air Station and the Portsmouth, N.H., Air Base, yesterday found parts of the wreckage scattered over a 2-acre area and the body a quarter of a mile from the point of impact.
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Captain Gordon Leo Draheim was born October 10, 1920, at Marion, N. Dak. He spent his early years on a farm northeast of Marion. He attended the Marion grade school and two years at Marion High School during which time he was very active in all athletics, local sports, and music.
In 1936 he moved with his family to Minnesota, where he attended his Junior year at Jeffers, and graduated in 1938 from Waseca High School. There, also he was very active in athletics and music.
In the fall of 1938 he entered Westmar College, LeMars, Iowa, and after completing his junior year, entered the Air Force of his country. After h e had completed his training, he served in Japan as a Second Lieutenant, then returned to the States and in 1948 was honorably discharged from the Air Force. In the same year Gordon was married to Patricia Jedlieka in Salt Lake City, Utah, and to this union was born one daughter, Pamela Ann.
During the Korean conflict, he was recalled into the Air Force as an instructor of cadets at the Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, where he served until his death.
He was killed on July 7, 1956, when his jet crashed near Pleasant Mount, Maine. H e was flying alone, enroute to Dow Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine, where he was to pick up a fellow officer.
On Friday, July 13, at 4 p.m., C.S.T., his body arrived with a military escort at Jamestown, N. Dak., and simultaneously, a 3 P.M., M.S.T., a Memorial Service was being held at Lackland Air Force Base Chapel, while his Squadron flew in formation over the base. His co-pilot, and 4 other officers and crew members led the formation, then broke rank and flew to Jamestown.
Military Escort: Colonel Milton C. Barnard. Captain Fred L. Graber, Captain William Baugh, Lt. Ward C. Shaw, Technical Sgt. Chester E. Bentley, Staff Sgt. Jay R. Swonger.
Capt. Draheim was laid to rest in the Lakeview Cemetery at Marion on Saturday, July 14, with full military honors.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his daughter, Pamela Ann, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Draheim, of Marion, N. Dak., one brother, Victor, of Independence Ia.; one sister, Mrs. John D. English (Leona) of Ashville, N. C., and a host of relatives and friends near and far.
Blessed be his memory.
Published in the Litchville Bulletin, Litchville, North Dakota, July 20, 1956.
Submitted by Dennis C. Olson #48363213
(The News -- Newport, R.I., July 9, 1956)
[Provided by: Nancy Burr #47160884]
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Captain Gordon Leo Draheim was born October 10, 1920, at Marion, N. Dak. He spent his early years on a farm northeast of Marion. He attended the Marion grade school and two years at Marion High School during which time he was very active in all athletics, local sports, and music.
In 1936 he moved with his family to Minnesota, where he attended his Junior year at Jeffers, and graduated in 1938 from Waseca High School. There, also he was very active in athletics and music.
In the fall of 1938 he entered Westmar College, LeMars, Iowa, and after completing his junior year, entered the Air Force of his country. After h e had completed his training, he served in Japan as a Second Lieutenant, then returned to the States and in 1948 was honorably discharged from the Air Force. In the same year Gordon was married to Patricia Jedlieka in Salt Lake City, Utah, and to this union was born one daughter, Pamela Ann.
During the Korean conflict, he was recalled into the Air Force as an instructor of cadets at the Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, where he served until his death.
He was killed on July 7, 1956, when his jet crashed near Pleasant Mount, Maine. H e was flying alone, enroute to Dow Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine, where he was to pick up a fellow officer.
On Friday, July 13, at 4 p.m., C.S.T., his body arrived with a military escort at Jamestown, N. Dak., and simultaneously, a 3 P.M., M.S.T., a Memorial Service was being held at Lackland Air Force Base Chapel, while his Squadron flew in formation over the base. His co-pilot, and 4 other officers and crew members led the formation, then broke rank and flew to Jamestown.
Military Escort: Colonel Milton C. Barnard. Captain Fred L. Graber, Captain William Baugh, Lt. Ward C. Shaw, Technical Sgt. Chester E. Bentley, Staff Sgt. Jay R. Swonger.
Capt. Draheim was laid to rest in the Lakeview Cemetery at Marion on Saturday, July 14, with full military honors.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his daughter, Pamela Ann, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Draheim, of Marion, N. Dak., one brother, Victor, of Independence Ia.; one sister, Mrs. John D. English (Leona) of Ashville, N. C., and a host of relatives and friends near and far.
Blessed be his memory.
Published in the Litchville Bulletin, Litchville, North Dakota, July 20, 1956.
Submitted by Dennis C. Olson #48363213
(The News -- Newport, R.I., July 9, 1956)
[Provided by: Nancy Burr #47160884]
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