HORTON EDWARD J

COL Edward J. Horton was a VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 04/25/1995 at the age of 63.1
Mineral Wells, TX
Flight Class 57-3FW
Date of Birth 03/11/1932
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with A/501 AVN in 65-66, 244 AHC in 68-69
Call signs in Vietnam RATTLER, DELTA HAWK
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More detail on this person: Edward J Or Jack Horton, 63 of Mineral Wells, Texas OBITUARIES Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Wednesday, April 26, 1995 MINERAL WELLS - Edward J. "Jack" Horton, 63, a retired Army colonel, died Tuesday at a Mineral Wells hospital. Funeral: 2 p.m. Thursday at Eleventh Avenue Church in Mineral Wells, where he was a member. Burial: May 3 in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Visitation: 7 to 8 tonight at Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home in Mineral Wells. Col. Horton was born in Roanoke, Va. He was a Vietnam War veteran, and a life member of Mineral Wells American Legion 75. Memorials: Eleventh Avenue Church or American Cancer Society. Survivors: Wife, Lynda Horton of Mineral Wells; son, Tom Horton of Germany; two daughters, Sandy St. Cin of Sulphur Springs and Gailene West of Columbia, S.C.; sister, Margaret Cunningham of Raleigh, N.C.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Burial information: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

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