Service to be Held for LTC Carroll Prince

Lieutenant Colonel Carroll Prince was born in Oklahoma City on July 29, 1936. He and his family moved to Holdenville in 1947. Carroll graduated from Fairview High School in 1954. He attended East Central State College, prior to entering the Army. Throughout his extensive military career, he served in the Army National Guard, Full Army Military, and the Army Reserves where he was a commander of a helicopter unit at Alameda, California. Carroll is a decorated veteran; he flew in Vietnam and the Berlin Wall build up where he received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for his exemplary service. After returning from Vietnam, he continued his love for flying and became a pilot for TWA in 1967. The family moved to Claremore in 1976 where Carroll finished out his career. After 21 years of flying, he retired early due to a medical condition. During retirement he and Marian became world travelers that avoided the cold at all costs, traveling all over the US settling part time in Sun City, Arizona then finally moving back to Oklahoma in 2001.