[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING LIEUTENANT COLONEL MARVIN R. ``BUD'' KILTON

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                          HON. DARRELL E. ISSA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 24, 2016

  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Lieutenant 
Colonel Marvin R. ``Bud'' Kilton and his service to our nation in the 
United States Air Force. He passed away on February 9, 2016 at the age 
of 90.
  Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Lt. Col. Kilton joined the Air Force in 
1943 and trained to become a B24 and B25 pilot in the final years of 
World War II. At the conclusion of the war, he became an active 
reservist and earned a Bachelor's of Science and a Master's Degree at 
the University of Wisconsin. Lt. Col. Kilton rejoined active service 
from 1950 to 1970 where he served at Air Force Bases across the Western 
Hemisphere in Biloxi, Mississippi; Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada; and 
Bogota, Colombia. Throughout his twenty-six year military career, he 
accrued over 2000 total hours of flight time as a pilot and also headed 
the ROTC program at The Ohio State University for three years. He was 
Honorably Discharged with a total of six medals and commendations, 
including the Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, 
the National Defense Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, the 
Air Force Reserves Medal, the Air Force Longevity Service Award with 
four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, and 
the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award.
  After his service, Lt. Col. Kilton remained active in his community 
as the Director of Education for the Credit Union National Association 
and worked as a tax preparer in Madison, Wisconsin and Orange County, 
California. He was married for 64 years to the late Carol M. Hansen and 
is survived by his two daughters, Megan Minarik and Stacey (Kilton) 
Winker, and his two grandchildren, Kelsey Lee Minarik and Ryan Andrew 
Minarik.
  I thank Lt. Col. Kilton for his courage and dedication to the United 
States and my thoughts are with his family in this difficult time.

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