Charles A. Rayburn served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a Technical Sergeant with the 413th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy, during World War II. A Tail Gunner, he was killed in action in a B-24 off Borneo, Southeast Asia, on February 10, 1944. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
