Charles Walter Dryden (1920 - 2008)

Born 16 Sep 1920 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Jun 2008 at age 87 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Charles Dryden is Notable.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Dryden served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II
Service started: 29 Apr 1942
Unit(s): 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group
Service ended:

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dryden served in the United States Air Force in the Korean War
Service started:
Unit(s):
Service ended: 31 Aug 1962

Charles Walter "A-Train" Dryden served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces.^[1]

Charles Dryden was born in 1920. He was the son of Jamaican-born educators Violet Adina Buckley Dryden and Charles Levy Tucker Dryden.

He married Irma Cameron in 1943 in Alabama City, Alabama.^[2][3]

He made the Air Force a career, served in Korea, and retired in 1962 as a Lieutenant Colonel. After retiring, he became a professor of Air Science at Howard University.

He died in 2008 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.^[4][5]

Congressional Gold Medal

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Dryden
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21X-CK2R : 19 February 2021), Charles W Dryden and Irma Rebecca Cameron, 15 Nov 1943; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,892,257.
3. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21X-CKLB : 19 February 2021), Charles W Dryden and Irma Rebecca Cameron, 16 Nov 1943; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,892,257.
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #27967643
   Memorial page for LTC Charles Walter “A-Train” Dryden (16 Sep 1920-24 Jun 2008), citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA (plot: Section 59, Site 3370); Maintained by Curtis Jackson (contributor 46552524).
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J52X-H35 : 12 January 2021), Charles W Dryden, 24 Jun 2008; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1930; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 1019; FHL microfilm: 2341312
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #41606174
  Charles W Dryden (9), single son, in household of Charles L Dryden (41) at 824 St. NiCHOLAS. AVE., Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Born in New York.
• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02474; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 3-536A
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #15439281
  Charles Doyden (20), single son, in household of Charles Doyden (57) in New York, Bronx, New York. Born in New York.
• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Nutley, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: 5437; Sheet Number: 17; Enumeration District: 7-245
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #168896294
  Charles Dryden (29), married son-in-law, Carpenter of H, in household of Charlie P Cameron (50) in Nutley, Essex, New Jersey, USA. Born in New York.
• Charles W Dryden in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011., Ancestry Record 2441 #8822609
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK53-R71Y : accessed 16 November 2022), Charles Dryden, Georgia, United States, 26 Jun 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The, born-digital text.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-GP54 : 31 May 2018), Charles Walter Dryden, died 24 Jun 2008; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Arlington National Cemetery (Master), Fort Myer Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States.