Parents: Gilbert J. Budway & Sarah Katherine Smith-Budway

Siblings: 1 brother, 1 sister

Hometown:

    - Forest Park, Illinois - family moved to Illinois in 1918

Education:

    - Grant-White School, Forest Park

    - Proviso Township High School

        - Class of 1934

            - left before class graduated

            - not known if he transferred to another school

    - University of Illinois

        - left after two years

Married: Mary

Inducted:

    - 5 June 1942

        - U. S. Army Air Corps

Serial Number: 16096502

Training: 

    - Unknown Location

        - gunner

Unit: 31st Bomb Squadron, 5th Bombardment Group, 13th Air Force

    - B-17 or B-24 Bomber

Stationed: Henderson Field, Guadalcanal

Engagements:

    - Treasury Islands - Northern Solomon Islands - Pacific Ocean

        - 27 October 1943 - 12 November 1943

Died:

    - 31 January 1944

        - plane crash

        - died of injuries

            - Treasure Island, California

Buried: 

    - Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia

        - Section: 12   Site: 2738

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