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Paynee
O. Lysne (April 22, 1920 – June 27, 2011)
Lieutenant
Colonel (Retired, U. S. Army) Paynee Owen Lysne was
born on April 22,
1920 on a large
wheat farm in North
Dakota . He attended
North Dakota Agricultural
College
(now, North
Dakota State
University
), majoring in
Mechanical Engineering and Military Science. He took
flight training under the Civilian Pilot Training Program.
He
received his commission as a Second Lieutenant, Infantry,
and was called to active duty in June, 1942. He participated
in the invasion of North
Africa and then
transferred to 5th Army for additional flight training
in “L” Type aircraft. After qualifying as an airborne
observer, he flew reconnaissance missions in support
of the amphibious landings at Salerno
and Anzio
during the Italian
campaign. On his return to the United
States , he was
assigned to Fort
Sill , OK
where he married
Mary LaVon Otto on June
7, 1944 in the
Post Chapel. He was a flight and classroom instructor
at the Aviation
School
.
Subsequent
assignments included assignments as the Aviation Officer
in the 36th Field Artillery Group in Babenhausen, Germany
(previously designated as the 7732nd Field Artillery
Group in Sonthofen), 4th Army Aviation Training Officer
at Fort Sam Houston, TX., Commanding Officer of the
8th Army Flight Detachment in the Republic of Korea,
Commanding Officer of the Military Assistance Advisory
Group Flight Detachment in Tokyo, Japan, Senior Aviation
Advisor to the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces,
and Deputy Assistant Commandant at the Primary Helicopter
School at Camp (now Fort) Wolters, Texas.
During
his assignments in Korea
and in Japan
, he was the Aide
and Personal Pilot to General I.D. White, the Commanding
General of Army Forces in the Far
East , and Personal
Pilot for Syngman Rhee, the President of South Korea.
He
retired from the Army in 1963, and was the Airfield
Manager of Redstone Airfield at the U.S. Army Missile
Command at Redstone
Arsenal , Alabama
, where he was
an Instructor and Instrument Flight Examiner for a fleet
of four engine, twin engine, single engine aircraft
and helicopters. He medically retired from Civil Service
in 1971.
He
and his wife (Billye Jo “Robinson” Lysne) were devoted
members of Briarlake
Baptist
Church
in Decatur
, Georgia
. Billy Jo passed
away on February
21, 2008 . They
were married for nearly 50 years.
He
will be buried alongside his parents Adolph P. Lysne
and Anna Marie “Thompson” Lysne.
Paynee
is survived by Dianne and Chuck Keil (daughter &
son-in-law)
LTC
(Ret) Bruce and
Diane Lysne (son & daughter-in-law)
Dagney
Panyan ( sister)
Alpha
and Morris Aaser (sister & brother-in-law)
Mary
Ann Hermanson (sister)
Joe
and Abby Keil (grandson & wife)
Jennifer
Frownfelter (granddaughter)
Matt
and Rania Keil (grandson & wife)
Cindy
and Joel Bridwell (granddaughter and husband)
Kailey
and Emily Frownfelter (great-granddaughters)
Connor
Bridwell (great-grandson)
Soraya
and Yasmine Keil (great-granddaughters)
Memorial
services for Paynee will be Saturday, August 13, 2011
at 11:00 AM in the Sheyenne Lutheran Church , rural
Pekin , ND .
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