1918
Kent
2011
Kent R. Stratford
November 19, 1918 — May 21, 2011
Harlingen:
Kent Robbins Stratford, 92, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011 at his residence in Harlingen. He was born on November 19, 1918 in Haw River, NC.
After graduating from the University of Maryland, Kent began his military service at Randolph Field in San Antonio, TX in 1940. He graduated at Kelly Field also in San Antonio, which was known as the West Point of the Air. He then joined the Army Corps prior to the Pearl Harbor attack as a B-17 Instructor Pilot.
Kent served during World War II as a B-17 pilot, Instructor Pilot and a C-124 Globemaster Pilot at Charleston AFB in South Carolina. He retired from the USAF as a Colonel after 25 years of service.
After his retirement he spent 15 years with the American Red Cross, spending a one year term in Vietnam and then working at the US Military Academy at West Point, NY as a Field Director.
Kent was a longtime resident of Harlingen where he was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and a former Colonel in the Confederate Air Force when it was located in Harlingen.
Kent is survived by son, K.R. Stratford; grandchildren, K. Robbin Straftord and Carolyne Anne Perrone; great grandson, Anthony Vincent Perrone. He was preceded in death by his wife of over 30 years, Elizabeth Angell Stratford a former Retired Colonel in the US Army Nurse Corps.
Funeral services will be held a Grace Lutheran Church in Harlingen, 10:00 AM, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Burial services will be held at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, TX, 9:30 AM, Friday, May 27, 2011 with Full Military Honors.
In lieu of flowers the family request that memorial contributions may be made to Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 E. Jackson, Harlingen, TX 78550.
You are invited to sign the guestbook or leave a memory at www.buckashcraft.com.
Arrangements are with Buck Ashcraft Funeral Home.
Kent Robbins Stratford, 92, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011 at his residence in Harlingen. He was born on November 19, 1918 in Haw River, NC.
After graduating from the University of Maryland, Kent began his military service at Randolph Field in San Antonio, TX in 1940. He graduated at Kelly Field also in San Antonio, which was known as the West Point of the Air. He then joined the Army Corps prior to the Pearl Harbor attack as a B-17 Instructor Pilot.
Kent served during World War II as a B-17 pilot, Instructor Pilot and a C-124 Globemaster Pilot at Charleston AFB in South Carolina. He retired from the USAF as a Colonel after 25 years of service.
After his retirement he spent 15 years with the American Red Cross, spending a one year term in Vietnam and then working at the US Military Academy at West Point, NY as a Field Director.
Kent was a longtime resident of Harlingen where he was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and a former Colonel in the Confederate Air Force when it was located in Harlingen.
Kent is survived by son, K.R. Stratford; grandchildren, K. Robbin Straftord and Carolyne Anne Perrone; great grandson, Anthony Vincent Perrone. He was preceded in death by his wife of over 30 years, Elizabeth Angell Stratford a former Retired Colonel in the US Army Nurse Corps.
Funeral services will be held a Grace Lutheran Church in Harlingen, 10:00 AM, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Burial services will be held at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, TX, 9:30 AM, Friday, May 27, 2011 with Full Military Honors.
In lieu of flowers the family request that memorial contributions may be made to Grace Lutheran Church, 1001 E. Jackson, Harlingen, TX 78550.
You are invited to sign the guestbook or leave a memory at www.buckashcraft.com.
Arrangements are with Buck Ashcraft Funeral Home.
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