Virgil Morris Kinnamon Obituary (1915 - 2025)

Born Apr 26, 1915, Virgil Morris Kinnamon attended Stanton County High School in Johnson, KS. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Virgil Morris Kinnamon.

Graduation Year	Class of 1934
Date of Birth	Apr 26, 1915
Date of Passing	Sep 01, 2025
About	Virgil Morris Kinnamon, 84, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who had a civilian career as a computer systems analyst with the Army Department, died after a stroke Feb. 6 at his home at the Arleigh Burke Pavilion in McLean. Col. Kinnamon served 23 years in the military, beginning with the Army Air Forces in 1941. About midway through World War II, he was assigned to the 491st Bomber Squadron in Chakulia, India, where he was command pilot of a B-25 Mitchell bomber in 75 combat missions. He was an aircraft commander in the Korean War, too. Stationed in Japan, he flew 74 combat missions in a C-54 aircraft transporting troops, prisoners of war, medical evacuees and supplie. Among his postwar duties were staff assignments at the Pentagon and chief of operations of the statistical services division for the Iceland Air Defense Force. His military honors included the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. Shortly after his military retirement in 1964, he began a 14-year civil service career with the Army Department. He retired from the Army Military Personnel Center in Alexandria in 1979 as chief of operations. Col. Kinnamon was a longtime Arlington resident. He was born on a family farm in Sylvia, Kan., and as a young man attended Kansas State University, where he was studying to become a math and science teacher, and learned to fly a plane in a civilian pilot training program. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1953 and received a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University. He was a member of the Protestant Church of Christ in Falls Church. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Iona Christine Kinnamon of McLean; four children, Jeanne Lawrence of New York City, Wayne Kinnamon of San Antonio, Gary Kinnamon of Arlington and Denise Ellison of Sterling; two brothers; a sister; and five grandchildren.
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