MSGT Christopher N. Excell

1953 – 2019

USAF

VN

Christopher Neal Excell was born on September 11, 1953, in Barrington, son of Richard and Shirley Galloway Excell.

He graduated from Barrington High School, then joined the Air Force during the Vietnam War. After traveling and living internationally, he was based in Tucson, Arizona, where he retired from the Air Force as a Master Sergeant and worked at the Department of Defense until his passing.

Excell and his first wife had one son before her 1986 death. He married again on January 16, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona to Linda Van Steen.

Excell’s contributions to our nation were both military and civilian: for years he led aircraft maintenance operations  at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group. He served as a section supervisor in  both the QF-4 and QF-16 programs, leading teams in re- generating aircraft in support of the full-scale aerial target program. He was skilled at building camaraderie and ensuring all the members of his team felt valued - tying them all to the critical defense department objectives they worked to support.   

He was an avid cyclist and hiker, enjoyed driving his classic Porsche, and was a loyal Cubs fan who loved  Van Morrison and Bob Dylan.

MSGT Christopher Excell passed away Sunday August 24, 2019 at his home in Tucson, and is buried in Barrington’s Evergreen Cemetery.

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Remember. Honor. Teach.

Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.