View a eulogy for Robert Lucas Makinney, USMA '49, who passed away on October 27, 2016.
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Robert Lucas Makinney
West Point, 1949
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Terence Powers on September 9, 2026:
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Robert Lucas Makinney Birth 11 Jun 1926 El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Death 27 Oct 2016 (aged 90) Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii Burial National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA Plot Section C12SS, Row 400, Site 441 Memorial ID 173266694 ยท Retired in 1970 Inscription on Headstone LIEUTENANT COLONEL US AIR FORCE KOREA VIETNAM In Loving Memory Rest In Peace Family Members Parents - Gen Fred William Makinney Jr 1899--1975 - Violet Lucas Makinney 1895--1983 Spouse - Ramona C Makinney 1926--2006 (m. 1953) Siblings - Fred William Makinney III 1924--2005 www.findagrave.com/memorial/173266694/robert_lucas-makinney 17197 Robert Lucas Makinney B-TX: A-Lge: AF: Plt Tng 49-50: 334FSq 4FWg (KW) 51-52 (DFC-3AM): Hq5AF 52 (BSM): 94FSq 50-51 & 52-54: AeroEngrg AFIT 57: HqCAMAE 58: AMFEA 59-60: CO 6486AircraftMntSq HI 62-63: F/RF-4 PrgmO & LITSysPrgmDir WrightPattersonAFB 63-69 (BSM-CM): HqAFSCmd 69: Ret 70 LTC: 17040 Arnold Drive Riverside CA92518 |
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