title: Samuel H. McLeary
text: # Samuel H. McLeary
  
  Samuel H. McLeary (1881 – July 2, 1924) was an aviation pioneer. He was one of the first 24 people chosen by the Aviation Section of the U.S. Signal Corp to be pilots.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He was born in 1881.
  
  He was murdered by a hitchhiker on July 2, 1924 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
  
  