Washington Post, June 26, 2006
George L. Wenrich, 87, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who also was a staff attorney for Norfolk Southern Railway, died June 8 at Inova Fairfax Hospital of injuries sustained in a fall. He lived in Ashburn.
Col. Wenrich was born in Wernersville, Pa., and was a 1941 graduate of what is now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He joined the military at the start of World War II and, after training as a pilot with the Army Air Forces, flew cargo airplanes over the Himalayan Mountains, known as "the Hump," from India to China. In all, he flew 94 missions during the war.
His military decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Air Medals.
Col. Wenrich left the military after the war and received a law degree from Boston University in 1950. He was recalled to the Air Force during the Korean War and was assigned to various locations, including Washington, with the Judge Advocate General's Corps until his retirement in 1969.
He worked for Norfolk Southern Railroad in Atlanta before returning to the Washington area in 1985.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Joyce Eberly Wenrich of Ashburn; three daughters, Karen Wenrich of Golden, Colo., and Georgianna Wenrich and Marian Kimball, both of Richmond; and a granddaughter.
Washington Post, June 26, 2006
George L. Wenrich, 87, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who also was a staff attorney for Norfolk Southern Railway, died June 8 at Inova Fairfax Hospital of injuries sustained in a fall. He lived in Ashburn.
Col. Wenrich was born in Wernersville, Pa., and was a 1941 graduate of what is now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He joined the military at the start of World War II and, after training as a pilot with the Army Air Forces, flew cargo airplanes over the Himalayan Mountains, known as "the Hump," from India to China. In all, he flew 94 missions during the war.
His military decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Air Medals.
Col. Wenrich left the military after the war and received a law degree from Boston University in 1950. He was recalled to the Air Force during the Korean War and was assigned to various locations, including Washington, with the Judge Advocate General's Corps until his retirement in 1969.
He worked for Norfolk Southern Railroad in Atlanta before returning to the Washington area in 1985.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Joyce Eberly Wenrich of Ashburn; three daughters, Karen Wenrich of Golden, Colo., and Georgianna Wenrich and Marian Kimball, both of Richmond; and a granddaughter.
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