Gay, Hobart Raymond “Hap”, born 16-05-1894 in Rockport, Illinois,
to, Hobart Raymond Gay Sr, who was 29 and his wife, Alzina DeGroff Orndorff, who was 23. Hobart began his military career being commissioned a US Army Cavalry officer in 1917. In the 1930s, he transferred to the Quartermaster Corps
, rising through the ranks to Colonel in 1941. During World War II, he served as Chief of Staff for the 1st Armored Corps
in North Africa and was promoted Brigadier General Chief of Staff of the US 7th Army, nicknamed “”Seven Steps to Hell”
for the Sicily campaign in 1943. In 1944, he became Chief of Staff for the US 3rd Army
under General Georg Smith Patton
serving until the end of the war. After the war, when General Patton took command of US 15thArmy
, he was again Chief of Staff.



















Hobart Sr was married with Alzina Orndorff Gay
she died 17-02-1997 (age 96) in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA.

They had one son Captain Hobart Raymond “Hoby” Gay Jr.,
born 26-02-1924 in Fort Riley, Geary County, He arrived at West Point on 01-07-1942, having received his appointment from the Honorable Luther Patrick of Alabama. He was not involved in WW2 and in the summer of 1950 he volunteered for duty in Korea, where he flew jet aircraft for 105 combat missions with the 8th Fighter Bomber Squadron
from 1951 to 1952. Returning to his base from Otis on 10-08-1952, he radioed in for landing instructions and nothing more was heard. A search was organized and an oil spot was discovered on the surface of the Atlantic, not too far from shore. The search extended to the nearby islands and under the water. His remains were, never recovered. There is a remembrance stone on Arlington cemetery, Section X, Row D, Site 91D.




Death and burial ground of Gay, Hobart Raymond “Hap”.



Hobart Gay died in El Paso, Texas, old age 89, on 19-08-1983 and was interred at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery.


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