Background
Neil, Walter Harve Mc was born on April 21, 1920 in Harlan, Kentucky, United States. Son of John Carles and Marie E. (McBayer) Mc Neil.
Neil, Walter Harve Mc was born on April 21, 1920 in Harlan, Kentucky, United States. Son of John Carles and Marie E. (McBayer) Mc Neil.
Graduate, Pikeville College Academy, 1937. Graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Gunter Air Force Base. Student, Pikeville College, 1956—1958.
With Sycamore Coal Corporation, Patterson, Virginia, 1937—1942. Enlisted United States Army, 1942, commissioned 2d lt to captain, 1943—1946. Staff commission officer to lieutenant colonel Headquarters European Theatre of Operations, transferred to United States Air Force Reserve, 1946—1967.
Liaison officer, coord Air Force Academy, West Virginia, 1961, Kentucky, 1961—1970, Ohio, 1961—1970, retired, 1970. With Foster Thornburg Hardware Corporation, Huntington, West Virginia, 1946—1961. Sales representative Tidewater Supply Company, 1961—1981.
Owner Kentucky Screen Service.
President Pikeville Rotary Club, 1960—1961. Weekly columnist Pike County News, since 1976. Member of Reserve Officers Association, Association United States Army, United States Capital History Society, Air Force Association, Retired Officers Association (life), United States Air Force History Found (life), Armed Forces Commission and Electronics Association (life), Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc., Lafayette, Masons, Rotary (president local club 1960).
Married Nellie Dean Mc Neil, June 1, 1946. Children: Kay Francis, Paula Jean.