 William Glover Farrow ( 24 September 1918 – 15 October 1942 ) was a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps who participated in the Doolittle Raid . Born to Isaac and Jessie Farrow , he graduated from high school in 1935 and attended the University of South Carolina . Farrow joined the Air Corps training program in November 1940 , and was commissioned in July 1941 . In February 1942 , he volunteered to participate in the Doolittle Raid , which took place in April of that year . Farrow was captured by the Japanese after the completion of his bombing mission . He was tried and , along with two other crew members , sentenced to death and executed by firing squad . His ashes were recovered and interred in the Arlington National Cemetery in 1946 , and he posthumously received multiple awards . 
