David Arthur Burchinal - Arlington VA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 13, Site 5649-A

Description: From Find A Grave: US Air Force General. He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, and received his bachelor of arts degree from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1938. In 1939, he entered pilot training at Randolph Field (now Randolph Air Force Base), Texas, graduating in 1940 with a commission as a second lieutenant and his pilot wings. He was then assigned as a military observer of Army field exercises at Fort Benning, Georgia, and later became an instructor at Brooks Field (now Brooks Air Force Base), Texas. In May 1940, he was assigned to the San Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, Texas, where he performed duties as an engineering officer, transport pilot, test pilot, and assistant adjutant. In August 1941, he transferred to Patterson Field (now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), Ohio, where he was the aide to the commanding general of Air Service Command. His duties as an aide also took him to Washington DC and London, England. In February 1943, he became the operations officer and later, deputy commander for the 330th Bombardment Group at Alamogordo (now Holloman Air Force Base), New Mexico, and Biggs Field, Texas. While at Biggs Field, he was reassigned in July 1943 to the 20th Bomber Command as an assistant A-3 for the 16th Bombardment Operations Training Wing. In December 1943, he was named the military air attaché at Ottawa, Canada. He returned to the United States in June 1944 and was assigned to the 313th Bombardment Wing Headquarters at Peterson Field (now Peterson Air Force Base), Colorado, where he was the wing A-3. In December 1944, he was sent to the Pacific as the A-c for the 313th Bombardment Wing based in Tinian. Later, he became deputy chief of staff for operations of the wing and in March 1945, he became deputy A-3 Headquarters 21st Bomber Command, Guam, Marianas Islands. In September 1945, he became the A-3 for the 20th Air Force and in November 1945, he assumed duties as military analyst, US Strategic Bombing Survey in Tokyo, Japan, staying in that assignment for only one month before returning to the United States to serve in the War Department, Washington DC, and continued to work as a research analyst for the US Strategic Bombing Survey. He moved on to Maxwell Field (now Maxwell Air Force Base), Alabama, as a student and instructor on the first faculty of the Air War College. He later became the assistant chief of the air strategy division at the Air War College until we was reassigned back to Headquarters US Ai Force at Washington DC, in March 1949, where he became the chief of the Program Analysis Division in the Directorate of Program Standards and Cost Control, in the Office of the Comptroller. In April 1951, he was transferred to the Air Force Council, Washington DC, and served as the first secretary of the unit. In May 1953, he was assigned to Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Kansas, as the commander of the 40th Bombardment Wing, and in January 1954, he was transferred to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, as the commander of the 43rd Bombardment Wing. In August 1955, he became the chief of staff for Headquarters 8th Air Force, Strategic Air Command, at Westover Air Force Base (now Westover Air Reserve Base), Massachusetts. He returned to Washington DC in November 1958, as the deputy director, J-3 (Operations), for the Joint Staff in the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In September 1960, he transferred to Headquarters Air Force and was assigned to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, as deputy director of plans, advancing to the director of plans in January 1961, and became deputy chief of staff for plans and programs in August 1962. In February 1964, he became director of the Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In July 1966, he was promoted to the rank of general and assumed duties as the deputy commander in chief, US European Command and served in that capacity until he retired on March 1, 1973, with 33 years of active service. Date of birth: 04/17/1915 Date of death: 08/17/1990 Area of notoriety: Military Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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