Mexican Gen. Juan Carrasco, in rebellion against the government of Alvaro Obregón, was killed in hand-to-hand fighting near Guamuchil, Mexico.
Carrasco was illiterate and had risen up in rebel ranks during the Mexican Revolution. He tended to command personal loyalty and his success was based on that, with his ranks often filled out by personal associates and relatives.
The United States Army redesignated the Aviation Repair Depot as Maxwell Field, after Second Lieutenant William C. Maxwell who died in the Philippines in 1920 trying to land a disabled aircraft and avoiding a group of children on the ground. Today, the based is Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
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