Col. Harry Tower Galpin (USAF Ret.)

WILLIAMSBURG - Col. Harry Tower Galpin, U.S. Air Force, retired, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at the age of 78. He had been a resident of Williamsburg, Va., since 1977. Col. Galpin was born Oct. 14, 1929, in New York City, N.Y. He graduated from Coronado High School, Coronado, Calif., and attended San Diego State University, Calif. A distinguished officer in the United States Air Force, he served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was a recipient of three Legion of Merit Awards, two Distinguished Service Medals, nine Air Medals, and numerous campaign medals, as well as a nominee of the General Thomas P. Gerrity Memorial Trophy for outstanding logistics management. Col. Galpin was an avid outdoorsman whose love of fishing and hunting was surpassed only by his love for his family and country. Col. Galpin is survived by his wife, Louise, three daughters, five grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. The family will have a private interment in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Arrangements are by Nelsen Funeral Home.