Rank
Class Of
1939
Branch
MIA/KIA
MIA
KIA
Conflict
Born
Aug. 17, 1915
Died
Dec. 28, 1943
Fraternity
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Buried
El Alamein Commonwealth Cemetery, Alamein Memorial El Alamein Matruh, Egypt (Plot: Column 271)
Biography
Flight officer Gilkey was a student at OSU until 1935. Seeing the need to fight in Europe, and the unwillingness of the US to enter the war, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. While serving, and fighing for Canada Flight Officer Gilkey never swore allegiance to Canada. He was survived by his wife when he went missing during a reconnaissance flight from Marseilles France, to Geona Italy on 28 Dec 1943.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9145/44485_83024005549_0515-00570?p...
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war...