Lieutenant Colonel Arnett E. Kilpatrick, Retired, of Riceville, Tennessee and a former resident of Nassau Bay, died on Sunday morning, December 9, 2018.
Arnett was born on April 28,1918,in Athens, Tennessee, to the late Elias and Elizabeth Shoemaker Kilpatrick. He graduated from Sweetwater High School in Sweetwater, TN and earned a degree in Mathematics from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He was of the Protestant faith and was a member of Keith Memorial United Methodist Church.
Arnett was a veteran of WWII, serving as a Navigator on B-17s and flying 30 combat missions over enemy-occupied territory while stationed in England with the 8th Air Force. During the Korean War, he was assigned to the Training Command, training B-29 combat navigators to serve in Korea. Arnett received medals and awards, including the Purple Heart, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters (OLCs), Air Force Commendation Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one Silver Service and one Bronze Service star, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award with 4 OLCs, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
In his final years of service in the Air Force, Arnett began working in the Landing and Recovery division with the Space Program. He continued working with the Space Program at NASA, until retiring in 1977. Accomplishments include work on the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab,Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and the Shuttle Space Programs. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work on the Apollo 13 mission.
Arnett was born on April 28,1918,in Athens, Tennessee, to the late Elias and Elizabeth Shoemaker Kilpatrick. He graduated from Sweetwater High School in Sweetwater, TN and earned a degree in Mathematics from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He was of the Protestant faith and was a member of Keith Memorial United Methodist Church.
Arnett was a veteran of WWII, serving as a Navigator on B-17s and flying 30 combat missions over enemy-occupied territory while stationed in England with the 8th Air Force. During the Korean War, he was assigned to the Training Command, training B-29 combat navigators to serve in Korea. Arnett received medals and awards, including the Purple Heart, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters (OLCs), Air Force Commendation Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one Silver Service and one Bronze Service star, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award with 4 OLCs, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
In his final years of service in the Air Force, Arnett began working in the Landing and Recovery division with the Space Program. He continued working with the Space Program at NASA, until retiring in 1977. Accomplishments include work on the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab,Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and the Shuttle Space Programs. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work on the Apollo 13 mission.
Lieutenant Colonel Arnett E. Kilpatrick, Retired, of Riceville, Tennessee and a former resident of Nassau Bay, died on Sunday morning, December 9, 2018.
Arnett was born on April 28,1918,in Athens, Tennessee, to the late Elias and Elizabeth Shoemaker Kilpatrick. He graduated from Sweetwater High School in Sweetwater, TN and earned a degree in Mathematics from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He was of the Protestant faith and was a member of Keith Memorial United Methodist Church.
Arnett was a veteran of WWII, serving as a Navigator on B-17s and flying 30 combat missions over enemy-occupied territory while stationed in England with the 8th Air Force. During the Korean War, he was assigned to the Training Command, training B-29 combat navigators to serve in Korea. Arnett received medals and awards, including the Purple Heart, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters (OLCs), Air Force Commendation Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one Silver Service and one Bronze Service star, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award with 4 OLCs, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
In his final years of service in the Air Force, Arnett began working in the Landing and Recovery division with the Space Program. He continued working with the Space Program at NASA, until retiring in 1977. Accomplishments include work on the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab,Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and the Shuttle Space Programs. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work on the Apollo 13 mission.
Arnett was born on April 28,1918,in Athens, Tennessee, to the late Elias and Elizabeth Shoemaker Kilpatrick. He graduated from Sweetwater High School in Sweetwater, TN and earned a degree in Mathematics from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He was of the Protestant faith and was a member of Keith Memorial United Methodist Church.
Arnett was a veteran of WWII, serving as a Navigator on B-17s and flying 30 combat missions over enemy-occupied territory while stationed in England with the 8th Air Force. During the Korean War, he was assigned to the Training Command, training B-29 combat navigators to serve in Korea. Arnett received medals and awards, including the Purple Heart, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters (OLCs), Air Force Commendation Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one Silver Service and one Bronze Service star, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award with 4 OLCs, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
In his final years of service in the Air Force, Arnett began working in the Landing and Recovery division with the Space Program. He continued working with the Space Program at NASA, until retiring in 1977. Accomplishments include work on the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab,Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and the Shuttle Space Programs. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work on the Apollo 13 mission.
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