Elizabeth Bonner McGuire

Second Lieutenant Elizabeth Bonner McGuire

Personal History

McGuire was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bonner. She lived in Little Rock, AR. She attended UCA, called Arkansas State Teachers College at the time, in 1934 and 1935. She joined the Women's Army Corps on February 15, 1943, and received training in Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

Death

McGuire died in February 1944 on the Mississippi River near Memphis, while returning from leave on an American Airlines commercial plane that crashed.