(1877-09-01)September 1, 1877 Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Died
March 26, 1918(1918-03-26) (aged 40) Estrées-Deniécourt, France
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
National Guard, New York Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps
Years of service
1915–1918
Rank
Colonel
Battles/wars
World War I
Awards
Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Honour
Raynal Cawthorne Bolling[n 1] (September 1, 1877 – March 26, 1918) was the first high-ranking officer of the United States Army to be killed in combat in World War I. A corporate lawyer by vocation, he became an early Army aviator and the organizer of both of the first units in what ultimately became the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve Command.
Sent to France to lay a foundation for the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force as head of what became known as the "Bolling Mission," he remained in France instead of returning to the United States, served briefly in a number of staff positions and was selected for a future combat command. He was touring his future area of operations to learn the nature of the work he would be expected to perform when he was killed in action by German troops during the opening days of the 1918 spring offensive. He was the namesake of Bolling Air Force Base.
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Raynal Cawthorne Bolling (September 1, 1877 – March 26, 1918) was the first high-ranking officer of the United States Army to be killed in combat in World...
Boll + the suffix -ing "belonging to", or possibly a habitational name from a place named Bolling(e). Bolling may refer to: Bolling, Alabama Bolling Air...
from the Pacific Lumber Company. Beginning with the dedication of the RaynalBolling Memorial Grove, it has grown to become the third-largest park in the...
of Greenwich, Connecticut, after 1902, he sculpted the memorial to RaynalBolling there in 1922. The Cos Cob section of Greenwich is considered one of...
joined a squadron of New York National Guard Jennies led by Captain RaynalBolling, the most to have ever flown in military formation, and flew to Palmer...
Bolling Air Force Base or Bolling AFB is a United States Air Force base in Washington, D.C. In 2010, it was merged with Naval Support Facility Anacostia...
military Aviators were organized into a new unit at Mineola by Major RaynalBolling and now-Captain Carroll. Federalized in June 1917, the 1st Reserve Aero...
radio pioneer David Berkoff, OPC ’84, Olympic medalist in swimming RaynalBolling, OPC '96 (1896), first high-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat...
Fame William N. R. Beall (1825–1883), Confederate Brigadier General RaynalBolling (1877–1918), first high-ranking U.S. Army casualty in WWI Solon Borland...
Monthly. His friends at Harvard included William Morrow, William Jones, RaynalBolling, and Arthur Ruhl. After graduating in 1899 as Class Odist, Rideout was...
English Channel with the loss of 45 of her crew. U.S. Army Colonel RaynalBolling traveled to France as head of the U.S. aeronautical commission to study...
Biddle, flying ace during the First World War, attorney and author RaynalBolling, first high ranking American officer killed in the First World War David...
the standardization of aircraft parts. The Board dispatched Major Raynal C. Bolling, a lawyer and military aviation pioneer, together with a commission...
Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot were nearby.) In June 1917 Major RaynalBolling lead a Bureau of Aircraft Production mission to France, investigating...
Dr. John C. Phillips donated $32,000 to purchase land and create the RaynalBolling Memorial Grove in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. That same year,...
reconnaissance of the Western Front near Estrées-Deniécourt, France, Colonel RaynalBolling of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force and his driver...
President of The Harvard Advocate. He was an original member of the RaynalBolling's 1st Aero Company of the New York National Guard. He did not qualify...
New York in October 1915 and organized in November by 1st Lieutenant RaynalBolling as a detachment of the 1st Battalion Signal Corps, New York National...
and the Korean War (built 1956), and another to the memory of Col. RaynalBolling (built 1921). It is currently used by the Greenwich Board of Education...
will become the Chance Vought Corporation. U.S. Army Colonel RaynalBolling leads the Bolling Mission to Europe to examine the practicality of constructing...
Flying Field shortly thereafter and eventually the Bolling Air Force Base after Colonel RaynalBolling on July 1, 1918. Born: Christian de Duve, English...
Global Information
United States of America
National Guard, New York
Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps
Colonel