Franklin Barney Bellows

Lt. Franklin Barney Bellows (July 9, 1896 – September 13, 1918) was an American soldier of World War I. Bellows Air Force Station in the U.S. state of Hawaii is named in his honor.

A son of John Austin and Cora Barney Bellows, he grew up in Evanston and Kenilworth, Illinois. and "enlisted in the first officer's training camp at Fort Sheridan. In November 1917, he was assigned to the 50th Aero Squadron." While flying "early in the morning of the second day of the St. Mihiel offensive in spite of low clouds, high winds, and mist, flying at an altitude of only 300 meters, and without protection of accompanying battle planes" Bellows' plane was hit with machine gun fire Bellows was the observer; the pilot David C. Beebe survived the mission and returned the plane back behind allied lines.

According to a government statement released at the time of the renaming: and the Croix de Guerre. He is buried in the American Military Cemetery in Saint-Mihiel, France.