DATE OF BIRTH: March 13, 1914
St. Louis, Missouri
(Spent summers in Chicago)

GRADUATED
ANNAPOLIS NAVAL ACADEMY: May, 1937

ASSIGNED TO NAVAL AIR SCHOOL: 1939
Pensacola, Florida

MARRIAGE: Rita Wooster, a nurse, in
September, 1941

PARENTS: Edward J. and Selma O’Hare

CHILDREN: Daughter, Kathy Nye

SISTERS: Patsy O’Hare Palmer
Marilyn O’Hare Platt

AWARDS: U.S. Congressional Medal
Of Honor,
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Gold Star, Navy Cross award

DECLARED MISSING IN ACTION: November 21, 1943

DECLARED DEAD: November 27, 1944


Col. Robert H. McCormick, Publisher of the Chicago Tribune, led the charge to have Orchard Field renamed in honor of the World War II flying ace.