honorific_prefix serviceyears branch death_date allegiance awards birth_date spouse rank article_title name
lieutenant colonel 28 years army air corps 28 january 2015 american distinguished force commendation medal -lrb- 2 oak leaf clusters -rrb- , flying and chinese army , navy , air corps medal , cross class a , 1st grade , congressional gold medal , air 15 march 1920 lorraine saylor lieutenant colonel edward saylor
 edward j. saylor
edward saylor

lieutenant colonel edward j. saylor , ret .
-lrb- march 15 , 1920 -- january 28 , 2015 -rrb- served in the u.s. air force .
he was a veteran of world war ii and participated in the doolittle raid on japan on april 18 , 1942 .
saylor was one of the last four surviving doolittle raiders at the time of his death in 2015 .
