Aviation Cadet John Kendall Hobkirk | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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John Kendall Hobkirk

Graduating Class of 1943
Served in World War II

Aviation Cadet
John Kendall Hobkirk

Army Air Corps

Hometown

Fox Lake, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Texas, USA

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Riverside Memorial Park, Fox Lake, WI

More About Aviation Cadet Hobkirk

Hobkirk enlisted in the Army Air Corps while in his senior year at the university and received his wings and commission Feb. 8 at the Lubbock Army air field. He was killed in a plane crash about 10 miles from Lubbock, TX.