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Konnie Trautman was born on March 18, 1927, in Oberlin, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve on March 18, 1944, and went on active duty in the U.S. Army Air Forces on June 20, 1945, serving as an Aerial Engineer on C-47 Skytrain transports until leaving active duty on November 20, 1946.

PFC Trautman returned to active duty in the U.S. Army Air Forces on May 3, 1947, serving as a B-29 Superfortress gunner until leaving active duty on November 2, 1948, and then enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Air Force on March 23, 1949.

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He was commissioned a 2d Lt in the Air Force and awarded his pilot wings at Randolph AFB, Texas, on March 29, 1950, and then served as a P-47 Thunderbolt, F-84 Thunderjet, and F-86 Sabre pilot with the 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing at Neubiberg AB, West Germany, from July 1950 to July 1953.

During this time, Lt Trautman deployed to Korea and flew 20 combat missions in the F-84 from August to October 1952. He left active duty on November 30