He was born March 12, 1952 in San Antonio, Texas to the late Lester Ray Mann and Helen May (Maddox) Upshaw.
He attended Harlandale High school. He graduated from the Air-Force Community College
He proudly served his country in the United States Army, serving in Vietnam as an Army gunner from 1970-1975. He joined the Air-Force reserves and served from 1983 until his retirement in 2000. He worked at Randolph Air Force Base as a civil service electrical engineer; working on flight simulators. In his free time, he enjoyed sightseeing, playing acoustic and electrical guitars, the San Antonio Spurs, the New England Patriots and various music genres.
He is survived by his only child, Misty M. Allen, and her husband, Jesse, of San Antonio; grandchildren, Aiden Allen and Kamryn Allen, of San Antonio; mother, Helen Upshaw, of San Antonio; sisters, Lynette Jay, of San Antonio, Debbie Hotchkiss, of Joshua Tree, California; long-time companion, Diane Maples, of San Antonio, and many close friends he considered family.
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