Wayne V. Ebel was born in Monte Vista, Colorado on July 19, 1920 to Maud and Adam Ebel. He has at least three sisters and a brother. He graduated high school in 1937 in Monte Vista. He began his service in the Army in September of 1940. His service number 18029150. He completed basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He was first assigned to serve in the medical department for enlistment in the Philippine Department. At some point he switched to the Army Air Force. His service ended in October 1945, but then he reenlisted into the Army Air Force in December of 1947. He served through January of 1963, serving during the Korean War. In 1962 he completed a five-week multi-engine medium transport helicopter course in Fort Rucker, Alabama. He married Norma Rees in 1943. They had one child together, Larry Wayne Ebel. Wayne had another child, Omi Kay Hendrix, likely with his second wife, Eleanor Gignilliant, who he married in 1951 in South Carolina. They lived in Savannah, Georgia and then relocated to Lindsborg, Kansas in 1973. Wayne retired from the Beech Aircraft Corp. in Salina, Kansas. He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Emil Pinkall American Legion Post no. 140, Felicity Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star and Masonic Lodge. He has at least ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Courtesy findagrave.com, fold3.com, newspapers.com