Ray, James F - US Air Force Officer Candidate School Alumni

US Air Force Officer Candidate School Alumni

OBITUARY

Ray CAPTAIN JAMES F. RAY died 5 June 1969. He was 32 years old. Capt. Ray, a navigator on an RC-135 aircraft, was killed when his plane crashed somewhere off the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska. His body and those of the other 18 crew members were never recovered. The SAC jet disappeared Thursday, June 5th, 1969 about 30 minutes after taking off from Shemya at the tip of the Aleutian Island chain. It was on a flight to Eielson AFB near Fairbanks, Alaska.

Capt. Ray was a native of Greensboro, North Carolina. He was stationed at Warner Robins AFB, Georgia where his family received notification of his death. Capt. Ray is survived by his wife Jeanette, daughters Sherree, Dawn, Sharon and Regina; also two brothers and two sisters as well as his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Chambers Ray of Greensboro.

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General Officer Graduates
of
USAF Officer Candidate School

	Graduation Date	OCS Class
Brigadier General George A. Pappas Jr.	1942
Major General Robert W. Manss	1942
Major General Rene G. Dupont	June 1942
Brigadier General Herbert George Bench	August 1942
Brigadier General Robert A. Duffy	September 1942
Lieutenant General Warren D. Johnson	November 1942
Lieutenant General Donald G. Nunn	December 1942
Major General William W. Berg	June 1943
Lieutenant General George Rhodes	July 1943
Brigadier General Georges R. Guay	October 1945
Brigadier General Albin Herman Schweers	1946
Major General Lucius Theus	January 1946
Major General Rupert H. Burris	December 1948
Major General Jack W. Waters	July 1949
Major General Donald L. Evans	December 1950	50-C
Brigadier General Thomas E. Lacy	June 1951
Brigadier General Billy F. Rogers	June 1951
Major General Norma E. Brown	December 1951	51-D
Major General John B. Marks	December 1951	51-D
Major General James G. Randolph	December 1951	51-D
Brigadier General Alfred F. Hurley	June 1952	52-B
Brigadier General Donald T. McGinley	June 1952	52-B
Major General James C. Enney	June 1953	53-B
Brigadier General David M. Hall	June 1953
Brigadier General Avon C. James	June 1953
Major General William R. Brooksher	September 1953
Major General Charles C. Irions	December 1953
Major General Bill V. Brown	March 1954
Brigadier General Donald W. Goodman	1955	55-B
Brigadier General Mark J. Worrick	September 1956	56-C
Major General G. Wesley Clark	March 1957	57-A
Brigadier General John R. Lasater	March 1957	57-A
Major General John E. Griffith	June 1957	57-B
Lieutenant General Harry A. Goodall	December 1957
Lieutenant General Donald O. Aldridge	March 1958	58-A
Major General Monroe T. (MT) Smith	March 1958	58-A
Brigadier General Richard A. Ingram	December 1958	58-D
Brigadier General Raymond V. McMillan	December 1958	58-D
Brigadier General George E. Chapman	September 1959	59-C
Brigadier General David M. Cornell	December 1959	59-D
Lieutenant General Carl G. O'Berry	December 1961	62-B
Lieutenant General Trevor A. Hammond	1961	61-D
Brigadier General Charles L. Bishop	March 1962	62-C
Major General James C. McCombs	March 1962	62-C
Graduates of the last class of USAF Officer Candidate School
Major General Charles D. Link	June 1963	63-D
Brigadier General Lawrence A. Mitchell	June 1963	63-D