Edward McKinnon Coon (1923 - 2014)

Born 5 May 1923 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Billie (Bryan) Coon — married 20 Mar 1945 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

Died 14 Jan 2014 at age 90 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Ed Coon was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States).

Ed Coon was awarded the Air Medal.

2nd Lieutenant Ed Coon served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: 1942
Unit(s): 62nd Bomber Squadron, 39th Bomber Group (Very Heavy), Crew 45,
Service ended: 1945

Ed Coon served in the United States Air Force in the Korean War
Service started: 1950
Unit(s): Forward Observer
Service ended: 1952

Ed Coon was an Oklahoman.

Edward McKinnon “Ed” Coon born in 1923. He was the son of Clyde Coon and Bessie McKinnon. He married Billie Bryan.

Ed served in the Army Air Corps for three years as a navigator on a B-29, serving in the Pacific in WWII, making 24 bombing missions — earning two Distinguished Flying Cross Medals and five Air Medals. He served two years in Korea as a forward observer, flying 42 missions.

Ed graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City and The University of Oklahoma School of Engineering. In 1984, he established his own engineering company He passed away in 2014.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWK-NGC : accessed 9 August 2022), Edward Coon in household of Clyde Coon, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED)...

• "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPX-MSDT : 23 February 2021), Edward M Coon and Billye Bryan, 20 M...

• Crew 46, 62nd Squadron - 39th Bomb Group (VH): http://39th.org/39th/aerial/62nd/crew45.html

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VCH-JY3 : 13 January 2021), Edward M Coon, 14 Jan 2014; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: .