| Curtis LeMay AKA Curtis Emerson LeMay Born: 15-Nov-1906
Birthplace: Columbus, OH
Died: 1-Oct-1990
Location of death: Riverside, CA
Cause of death: Heart Attack
Remains: Buried, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Military Nationality: United States
Executive summary: USAF General Military service: USAF (1928-65) Father: Erving LeMay
Mother: Arizona Dove Carpenter
Wife: Helen Estelle Maitland (m. 9-Jun-1934, d. 1994, 1 child)
Daughter: Patricia Jane LeMay Lodge
High School: South High School, Columbus, OH
University: BS Civil Engineering, Ohio State University (1932)
US Air Force Chief of Staff (1961-65)
US Defense Department Vice Chief of Staff, USAF (1957-61)
US Defense Department Commander, Strategic Air Command (1948-57)
RAND Corporation
Alfalfa Club 1957
Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters
Croix de Guerre
Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 oak leaf clusters
Distinguished Service Cross
Distinguished Service Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters
French Legion of Honor
National Defense Service Medal
Silver Star
Order of the Rising Sun 7-Dec-1964 (nuclear holocaust-in-cheek)
Heart Attack Dec-1961
English Ancestry Maternal
French-Canadian Ancestry Paternal
Risk Factors: Bell's Palsy, Smoking
Author of books:
Mission with LeMay: My Story (1965, memoir)
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