First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
49th Aero Squadron
Entered the Service from: Washington
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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Air Service) Clair A. Kinney, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 49th Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Doulcon, France, 4 October 1918. With a patrol of six other machines Lieutenant Kinney attacked 17 enemy planes, (Fokker type). Diving into the midst of the enemy formation he fired into one of the German planes, and pursued it until it crashed to the ground, though he was wounded by another Fokker, which attacked him from the rear. After maneuvering to escape his pursuer, Lieutenant Kinney immediately attacked another enemy plane directly in front of him, and forced it to the ground. In so doing he was fired upon from behind by another Fokker, several bullets striking him in the body and another setting fire to his gas tank. He succeeded in making a safe landing. This gallant officer afterward died of his wounds.∼World War I casualty. 1st. Lieut. 49th Aero Squadron. Died in a German hospital after being wounded in a mid-air battle. He had brought down two enemy planes before his plane caught fire from unknown causes. He fell with his burning plane behind enemy lines. He received many bullet wounds in the fighting before his plane dashed to earth. Awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross. Buried in a cemetery at Stenay, France. Son of M. P. Kinney, Endicott, Washington. Brother of Lynn Kinney, of Sioux City, Iowa. (From "For God and Country," a book commemorating the World War I soldiers and sailors from Sioux City, Iowa. Published by the Edward H. Monahan Post of The American Legion, 1923.)
49th Aero Squadron
Entered the Service from: Washington
this is the link to his cenotaph
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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Air Service) Clair A. Kinney, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 49th Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Doulcon, France, 4 October 1918. With a patrol of six other machines Lieutenant Kinney attacked 17 enemy planes, (Fokker type). Diving into the midst of the enemy formation he fired into one of the German planes, and pursued it until it crashed to the ground, though he was wounded by another Fokker, which attacked him from the rear. After maneuvering to escape his pursuer, Lieutenant Kinney immediately attacked another enemy plane directly in front of him, and forced it to the ground. In so doing he was fired upon from behind by another Fokker, several bullets striking him in the body and another setting fire to his gas tank. He succeeded in making a safe landing. This gallant officer afterward died of his wounds.∼World War I casualty. 1st. Lieut. 49th Aero Squadron. Died in a German hospital after being wounded in a mid-air battle. He had brought down two enemy planes before his plane caught fire from unknown causes. He fell with his burning plane behind enemy lines. He received many bullet wounds in the fighting before his plane dashed to earth. Awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross. Buried in a cemetery at Stenay, France. Son of M. P. Kinney, Endicott, Washington. Brother of Lynn Kinney, of Sioux City, Iowa. (From "For God and Country," a book commemorating the World War I soldiers and sailors from Sioux City, Iowa. Published by the Edward H. Monahan Post of The American Legion, 1923.)
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
49th Aero Squadron
Entered the Service from: Washington
this is the link to his cenotaph
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106992840
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Air Service) Clair A. Kinney, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 49th Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Doulcon, France, 4 October 1918. With a patrol of six other machines Lieutenant Kinney attacked 17 enemy planes, (Fokker type). Diving into the midst of the enemy formation he fired into one of the German planes, and pursued it until it crashed to the ground, though he was wounded by another Fokker, which attacked him from the rear. After maneuvering to escape his pursuer, Lieutenant Kinney immediately attacked another enemy plane directly in front of him, and forced it to the ground. In so doing he was fired upon from behind by another Fokker, several bullets striking him in the body and another setting fire to his gas tank. He succeeded in making a safe landing. This gallant officer afterward died of his wounds.∼World War I casualty. 1st. Lieut. 49th Aero Squadron. Died in a German hospital after being wounded in a mid-air battle. He had brought down two enemy planes before his plane caught fire from unknown causes. He fell with his burning plane behind enemy lines. He received many bullet wounds in the fighting before his plane dashed to earth. Awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross. Buried in a cemetery at Stenay, France. Son of M. P. Kinney, Endicott, Washington. Brother of Lynn Kinney, of Sioux City, Iowa. (From "For God and Country," a book commemorating the World War I soldiers and sailors from Sioux City, Iowa. Published by the Edward H. Monahan Post of The American Legion, 1923.)
49th Aero Squadron
Entered the Service from: Washington
this is the link to his cenotaph
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106992840
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Air Service) Clair A. Kinney, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 49th Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., near Doulcon, France, 4 October 1918. With a patrol of six other machines Lieutenant Kinney attacked 17 enemy planes, (Fokker type). Diving into the midst of the enemy formation he fired into one of the German planes, and pursued it until it crashed to the ground, though he was wounded by another Fokker, which attacked him from the rear. After maneuvering to escape his pursuer, Lieutenant Kinney immediately attacked another enemy plane directly in front of him, and forced it to the ground. In so doing he was fired upon from behind by another Fokker, several bullets striking him in the body and another setting fire to his gas tank. He succeeded in making a safe landing. This gallant officer afterward died of his wounds.∼World War I casualty. 1st. Lieut. 49th Aero Squadron. Died in a German hospital after being wounded in a mid-air battle. He had brought down two enemy planes before his plane caught fire from unknown causes. He fell with his burning plane behind enemy lines. He received many bullet wounds in the fighting before his plane dashed to earth. Awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross. Buried in a cemetery at Stenay, France. Son of M. P. Kinney, Endicott, Washington. Brother of Lynn Kinney, of Sioux City, Iowa. (From "For God and Country," a book commemorating the World War I soldiers and sailors from Sioux City, Iowa. Published by the Edward H. Monahan Post of The American Legion, 1923.)
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1 LIEUT. 49 AERO SQDN.
WASHINGTON
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