2023 Owatonna Area Veterans Gallery

Kenneth Teeters US Army 1947-1951

Norman Prins US Marines

Gunnery Sgt. Jennifer Thompson John Jackson Air Force US Army 2005-present European Theatre

Brian Berg US Navy 1990-1994

Marty Prins US Marines

John “Jack” Noble USNAF 1955-1957

Mark Rasmussen US Air Force 1951-1955

Glenn Brekke US Navy 1943-1945

Ronald Shultz US Army 1964-1966

J. Weldon Jackson US Navy 1942-1945

Roger Borchardt US Army 1956-1958

Andy Gentner US Navy WWII

Arvid Hustad US Navy 1943-1947

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Frank Krumholz Army Air corps 1944-45

Jerome (Jerry) Erck Army Vietnam

Scott Peglow Army Desert Storm

Laurens Blankers Army Musician Ft. Polk

Willie Schlobohm Army 1954-1956

Randall Schlobohm Nathan C. Schlobohm US Arym National Marines Guard 2015-2019 1979-1985

Willis H. Yule Navy Korean

Milo Quast Army 1955-1957

George Sierakowski Matthew Kern Leonard Rading Kenneth Zak Army Army Navy US Air Force Cold War 1964-1967 Afghanistan 2016-2019 WWII - South Pacific Vietnam - 1968-1969

Frank J. Styndl Jr. Army WWII

Albert J. Styndl Army WWII - 1941-1945

John Joseph Noble US Navy Air Korean - 1955-1957

Larry Kelm Army Vietnam

Donald (Bing) Krause Navy - WWII

Thomas D. Krause Army Vietnam

James Malakowsky Air Force 1965-1969

Keith Burggraff Marines Operation Iraq Freedom

Cory J. Burggraff Army Persian Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan

Dennis J. Burggraff USMC - Vietnam 1964-1967

Frank Korblick Army Korea

Dale Waage Army 1961-64

William (Jim) Jones, Jr. Army Korea

Kenneth Hunt Navy WWII, Korea

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HONORING OUR TROOPS & VETERANS

Don Teeters Army Korea

Ronald Hunt Army 1966-1969

Michael S. Granowski Army Vietnam

Donald Sobrack Army Korea

Ray Sobrack Navy 2 years active duty, 6 years reserves

Roderick Sobrack Army WWII

Clarence Nelson Army WWII

James W. Quinlivan Army WWII & Korea

Victoria Hoggard Army 2008

Jeff R. Hoggard Army Afghanistan

Victor J. Fischer Army Korea 1950-1952

Robert D. Fischer Army Korea 1951-1953

Albert Fischer Navy WWII 1945-1946

Charles Danks Army Vietnam 1966-1967

David Ramierz, Sr. Army WWII

David Ramirez, Jr. Navy Korea & Vietnam

Richard David Army Vietnam 1966-1967

Thomas David Army Germany 1965-1966

James David Army Reserve 1964-1970

Dan Simon Army Vietnam

Jerome Simon Navy WWII

Glen Stange Marines WWII

Hank Stange Army 1948-1952

Raymond R. Warner Dewayne Erickson Army - Philippine Army Islands Cuban and Berlin WWII - Infantry Crisis 1960-1962

Eugene Kriesel Army - Air Force WWII

Arlan Thompson Navy Vietnam

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HONORING OUR TROOPS & VETERANS

Bernard Spinler Army WWII

Gerald Johnson Army Japan - 1945-1947

Donald Johnson Navy Europe 1959-1963

Arthur Johnson Army Germany 1951-1952

Donald M. Matthes Army Korea

Rudy Strusa Navy WWII

Derek Twaddle Marines 2011-2015

William Naber Army Vietnam 1967-1968

Gary Corson Army Germany 1965-1967

Russell A. Sorenson Army Staff Sergeant WWII 1942-1943

Adrian Chavez Air Force Operation Iraq

Alicia Chavez Army Iraq

Peter Kaplan Air Force

Nicholas Kaplan Air Force

Adam Kaplan Air Force

Donald Anti Army Korea

Hunter Roden Marines 2010-2016

Russel L. Karlen Army Korean

Deuel Potter U.S. Coast Guard Oct. 1960 - 7 years

Eugene LeRoy Klendrickson Marines

Steven P. Clark Army Vietnam

Ken Huber Army Vietnam

Robert Vaith Army Korean

Wyman Jensen Army 1951-1953

John Markuson Army WWI

Ron Hager Marines 1990-1994

Cody Hager Marines 2010-2014

Dennis Hager Army 1960-1962

Matthew Hager Army 1988-1992

Micah Hager Army 1990-1997

Marlin Hager Army 1994-2006

Bob Hager Army 1991-2002

John Hager Gene Hager Army Army Germany 1957-1959 Germany 1966-1968

Don Hager Army 1959-1962

Sam Hager Army 1980-1986

Tracy Hager Navy 2017

Dalton Hager Army 2017

Kyle Holz Army 2012-2020 in Africa

Eugene Rassman Navy Korea 1949-1955

Karl Christey Army Korea 1951-1953

Lawrence Christey Air Force Korea 1950-1953

Tom Nordquist Navy Marines WWII

Herbert “Hector” Wallace Navy WWII

Marlin “Monk” Wallace Army WWII 1943-1946

Earl “Ernie” Wallace Army WWII

Paul Grass Army WWII

Gerald Meixner Army Vietnam

Roger L. Grobner Army Security Agency Vietnam Era

Dave Roush Army Vietnam 1967-1969

Willis H. Yule Navy Korea

Walter D. Jandro Merchant Marine & Army WWII & Korea

Larry Dean Hanson Navy September 1962

Glen W. Frizzell Sergeant Army December 1946 WWII

Ron Seykora Army 1968-1970 Koran DMZ Conflict

Duane Gehring Army Military Police Vietnam

Thomas L. Twaddle Joshua Twaddle Air Force Marines - Iraq 1977-1982 Freedom, Afghanistan, US Embassy

Mark Szymanski Navy Master Chief 2000-2001

HONORING OUR TROOPS & VETERANS

William (Bill) Voight James E. Rowe Michael Pierce Army Air Force Army Korea Vietnam - 1964-1968 Vietnam - 1967-1968

Sgt. Danial Hannover Marines Afghanistan

Cpl. Mithcell Hannover Marines 2011

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Allen Kaplan Navy Sept. 6, 2000

Leonard Johnson Navy WWII - 7th Fleet Pacific

Norbert L. Schrom Sgt. James Leonard Leonard Armstrong Navy Army Army 1955 Vietnam Korea

Donald Albin Navy Korea

Violet (Langer) Risberg Navy - WWII

Kenneth Langer Navy WWII

Cynthia L. Rogers Navy Persian Gulf

Allen E. Rogers Navy Vietnam

Gilbert J. Mamer Air Force Korea

Dale Omson Army Korea

Jerome Francis Zetah Army 1957

Matthew Kath Army National Guard Kosovo

Dennis Deets Marines 1969-1970

Donald Lagas Army 1960

Leonard Kading Navy WWII - South Pacific

Walter Barfknecht Army Korean Conflict

Paul Stender Army Korean Conflict

William Jungbluth Army Air Corps WWII

Gregory Adam Jes Army National Guard Afghanistan War

James Kenney Private Army 1959

Richard Moen Navy WWII

Al Jirele Army 1955 & 1956 Korean Conflict

Joseph A. Partridge SP4 Thomas J. Navy - 1942 Patridge AMM 2/c WWII Army - Vietnam War 1973-1975

Roy A. Risberg Navy WWII

Wally C. Risberg Navy

E-4 Bradley J. Partridge Marines 2002-2006 War on Terror

Maxine Thompson Navy WWII

Donald Trom Navy WWII

Myron Meixner Army WWII

Ed Meixner Army WWII - New Guinea

H. Peter Baxter Air Force Korea - 1951-1954

Cathereen Thompson Air Force

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Janine Brady Captain Army 2000-2021

Andrea Gunther SPC Army 2006-2014 Operation Iraq Freedom 2007-2008

HONORING OUR TROOPS & VETERANS

Staff Sgt. Holly Jane Lt. Col. Michael W. Carl Wieman SFC E-7 Daniel Wieman, SSG Berg Army & Army US Army Reserves Berg Army - Iraq Enduring Army - Operation Reserves Iraqi Freedom/ Freedom, Afghanistan Iraqi Freedom 1972-1998 Afghanistan

Dale O. Mowers Navy WWII

PFC Raymond J. Wolf Army Korea

Col. Troy J. Soukup Army - Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, New Dawn

Roger William Soukup Air Force Vietnam

Todd E. Schwanke U.S. Army Operation Enduring Freedom

Joseph A. Lisowski Army - 1961-1963 Germany

Luverne Schlobohm Navy - WWII

Jon Calcamuggio US Marines Operation Iraqi Freedom

Maj. Luke R. Nelson Air Force - Operation Enduring Freedom

Lt. Col. Anthony Nelson Army - Operation Enduring Freedom

Mick McCorkell Army Vietnam

Albert C. Steinbauer Navy - World War II 1943-1946

Jason Ryks Army Operation Iraqi Freedom

Kenneth Carroll US Army Medical Corps 1954-1956

Arlyn Todahl Marines WWII - Korea

Gerald Todahl USN: May 1967-Feb. 1971 USAR: 1976-1988

Grant Todahl USN: July 92 to Jan 96

Jay Paulson Army Reserves 2009-2015

Caleb Erickson USMC, Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan 2012-2014

Norman Dinse Army Korean War 1953-55

David Luedtke Jr. Marine Reserve Afghanistan Active

Andrew N. Luedtke Donald Nordmeier Marine Reserve USAF Active Retired

Bob Dunker Navy WWII

Ron Eggers US Army Korea

William J. Seykora Army Vietnam

Ralph D. Schrader Army Korea

Colonel Peter C. Draheim Air Force - Iraq, Afghanistan

Howard D. Lestrud Army National Guard 1965-1971

Dale O. Mowers Navy World War II

Simon Escamilla Marines Corps.

Operation Iraqi Freedom, Afghanistan

Raymond Trenda Army WWII

Donald Standke Army Korean War

Russell Fullerton Army 1959-1962

JDee R. Ferguson Army Medic WWII

Daniel Ferguson US Air Force Active

Don Dierking Army 1953-1961

James Steinbauer US Air Force 19501952, Air National Guard - 1956

Michael Shimpach Army - Vietnam Era 1969-1977

Ed Strohschein Marines

Jim Fox Navy

Richard Kniefel US Air Force

John Nechanicky Army

NOT PICTURED

Donald A. Robinson Donn M. Robinson US Air Force US Air Force Korea Desert Shield Desert Storm

Leo “Bud” Skalicky Marines

Harvey Ronglien Army WWII

James E. Rowe US Air Force Vietnam

Ellwood M. Hansen Jr. Army Vietnam 1966-1967

Col. Peter C. Draheim Air Force Operation Iraqi Freedom

Michael J. Sweeney Army Vietnam

Norbert L. Schrom Navy 1955

Joe Falteysek Air Force 1966-1969

Nick Muldovan Air Force Korean Conflict

Lavern Bendorf Air Force Korean Conflict

Gregory Grossbach Army Vietnam

Raymond H. Pirkl Army 1954-1956

Gerald “Jiggs” Queen Marines

HONORING OUR TROOPS & VETERANS

Donald Loveless Army

Dennis Fischer Army Vietnam

Jerome A. Kubista Navy World War II

Gary Ringhofer Army Vietnam 1970-1971

David M. Linders Navy Vietnam 1966-1970

Johan Paulson Army World War II

Harold Moorman Navy Sea Bees Vietnam Era

Tom Nolan Army 1953-1955 Germany

James Nylund Marines Vietnam 1963-1969

Chad Lange US Army Infantry 1961-1964

James Hoffmann Army Vietnam

James Nelson Army Vietnam

Jerome Wanous Army/Air Force World War II

Donald Trom Navy World War II

Albert Fischer Navy World War II 1945-1946

Victor J. Fischer Army Korean 1950-1952

Robert D. Fischer Army Korean 1951-1953

John Klecker Army Germany

James Klecker Army Vietnam

Dan Klecker Army Vietnam

Bernie Prihoda Army Vietnam

William Prihoda Army World War II

Leland Coulter Army World War II

Gary Lawson Army Vietnam

Elmer Lawson Army World War II

Arthur Bartosch Army Medic World War II

Robert Bartosch Army

Wayne Whitbeck Army Iraq

Hugo Matejcek Army World War I

Michael S. Meixner Army Operation Iraq Freedom

Kenneth Jones Navy Korean

Wayne Sommers Army Vietnam

Roger Hagen Army 1953-1955

Donald V. Smith Army Air Corp World War II

Gary D. Smith Army 101st Airborne Vietnam

Gregory W. Smith Air Force 1977-1997

Calvin “Bud” Fisher Army WWII

Hunter Roden PFC Marines

Eurgene LeRoy Ellwood M. Hansen Hendrickson Army Marines 6 yrs WWII National Guard 2 yrs 1941-1945 WWII

Ellwood M. Hansen Jr. Army Vietnam 1966-1968

Don Matejcek Army Vietnam

Harlow Pirkl CPL - Army 1952-1954 Korean Conflict

Oryle V. Davis Navy Korean Conflict 1951-1955

Allen Grosland Army 1961

Richard Fisher Navy Vietnam

Thomas Sisser Air Force Korean Conflict

James R. Hines Navy Vietnam

Ronald J. Vaith Army 1961-1964

Randy Vaith Army Persian Gulf War

Robert H. Nelson George Sierakowski Marines - 1951-1952 Army Korea Germany 1964-1961

Harlan Redman Army 1957-1962

Jerry Atkinson Army Berlin Brigade 1971-1974

HONORING OUR TROOPS & VETERANS

Gilbert Even Pogones Army WWII

John M. Jensen Army Vietnam

Edwin G. Jensen Army Japan & Korea

Merv Henke US Navy 1958-1962 Cuba

Vince & Lori Thiele Navy 1958 | 1957

Derald Shaw Army 1968-1970 Japan

Dale Fairbanks US Army Vietnam

Richard D. Wencl Army Vietnam

Matthias Wilson Army Operation Iraqi Freedom

Jeff Bartsch Air Force Korea

Dale Springer Army Vietnam

Levi D. Hanson USMC Operation Iraqi Freedom

Michael Burton USMC Operation Iraqi Freedom

David M. Linders US Navy Vietnam

Arlan Burmeister Army Korea

Cpl. Jonathan Palm USMC Operation Iraqi Freedom

George E. Simon Army Korea

Merrill O. Jensen Army Korea

John A. Lent Army 1954-1956

Ray Anderson Army Vietnam

A. Allen Haberman Navy Korea

Victor Stenzel Navy - Chief Engineer 1955-1957

John E. Hallenberger Navy WWII

Delbert A. Jones MN National Guard

Sanford J. Johnson US Army WWII

Lloyd Dawley Army WWII

Robert Chambers Army Vietnam

Dana Wesley Army National Guard 2012-Present

David F. Vaith US Army 1956-1958

Curtis E. Ringhofer Army Vietnam War Purple Heart

Ronald Minske Air Force Vietnam

Lars Meland Air Force WWII

Martin Meland Army WWII

Brad Labeda USMC 1975-1978

Nels F. Thompson Navy 1956-1959

Tony Seykora Marines Air Corps WWII

Larry Dean Null Navy Desert Storm

Terrance A Warner Army Vietnam

Jerry Shore USMC Vietnam

Paul Irwin Army

Larry Roehling Navy 1942-1948

Edward Sanders National Guard 1941-1951

Lester Salisbury Air Force 1951-1955

Andy Gentner US Navy WWII

Hunter Roden USMC 2010-2014

Douglas B. Kolbe Army Vietnam

Daniel Dahle Army Vietnam

Jerry A. Krause Navy Vietnam

James Talley Army Korea

Roger Standke Navy Sea Bees Operation Deep Freeze - Antarctica

Ralph Piepho Army Medical Corp WWII Europe

Floyd Piepho Army Special Troops WWII Philippines

Stan Degen Army Korea

Tom Montgomery Air Force 1957-1961

Arnold Thorud Private Army WWI

Glen R. Anderson Sargeant Major Army Korean War

Brandon David Engbard Marines 1996-2001

David Charles Engbard Marines Vietnam

Robert L. Lewis Air Force Aircraft Crash Resecue Germany/Asia Minor 1959-1963

HONORING OUR TROOPS & VETERANS

Jerry L. Thompson Air Force Vietnam

Clarence M. Thompson Army WWII

Brendan Boomgarden Sergeant Army

Todd Mogen Staff Sergeant National Guard Iraq

Alixxandra Purdie Mogen Specialist National Guard

Lawrence E. Lester Oeltjenbruns David Broin Philip A. Michelson Army Oeltjenbruns Army Army Airborne Operation Iraqi Freedom WWII - Japan 1955 Machinist Mate 3/C Operation Enduring Freedom Navy - WWII

James N. Wagner AO3 Navy Korea

Randall Rickman Sergeant E-5 Marines 1980

Jeff Bartsch Air Force 1983-1995

Christ F. Minske Corporal Army Korea

Ben Wencl Specialist Four Army Vietnam

Verlyn Cornelius Glen R. Anderson Lloyd Dahl Sergeant Major First Class Petty Officer coxswain Navy - WWII Pacific Army National Guard Navy Korea WWII

Richard Bromley PO3 Navy Vietnam

Peter Seys Stewards Mate Merchant Marines WWII

William “Bill” Miller Army 1945-1947

Don Loken Marines Vietnam

Allen D. Buss Seaman Second Class Navy WWII

Bruce D. Buss Private Army Vietnam

Lt. Cmdr Silvin Pribyl Naval Air WWII

James L. Skalicky Marines Vietnam

Glen Roger Quaintance Army Vietnam

Matthew J. Kasper Air Force 2016-2017

William Kasper Air Force 1978-1983

Curtis E. Schultz Navy Vietnam

Jeff Bartsch US Air Force Korean Conflict

Richard Haville Navy 1972-2002

Anthony Glynn Air Force 1992-1996 Persain Gulf

Denis Foyte Private 1st Class Marines Vietnam War 1963-1964 and 1964-1965

Jonathan & Shannon Kohn Sergeant & Staff Sergeant Minnesota National Guard Operation Enduring Freedom

Justin Spinler Army WWII 1945

William P. Gordon Private Navy Korea

Darryl Hill Army Vietnam 1960-1966

Dennis Wimer Army, 25th Infantry Vietnam 1966-1968

Kenneth Keller Specialist Army 1957-1959

James E. Rowe Air Force Vietnam

Clinton J. Bowers Warrant Officer Marines Afghanistan & Syria

Paul Kubicek Army Okinawa, Japan 1957-1961

Edward Disher Army Korean Conflict 1957-1959

Henry L. Slezak Lt. Colonel Army Air Corp WWII

Joseph A. Slezak Captain Army WWII

George W. Slezak 1st Lieutenant Army WWII & Korea

Kenneth Esplan Army Vietnam War 1969-1970

Randy Kurth Army Vietnam 65-66 &w 67-68

Joseph Anthony Joachim Army WWII

Thomas G. (Only) Roger Anthony Wencl Baldwin Private 1st Class Sargeant - Army Navy Vietnam Era Korean

Robert Wiese Navy

Gordon C. Vavra Air Corps WWII, Europe Conflict

Jacob Dahl Sergeant Marines 2016-2020

Tom Sisser Air Force Korean War

HONORING OUR TROOPS & VETERANS

Private First class Ervin Vasicek United States Marine Corp WWII

Captain Lars Nesvig Army WWII

Rudy Stursa Navy WWII

Clifford Bartsch Army Korea 1951-1953

Jeff Bartsch Air Force Korea

Sargent Major Glen R. Anderson Army Korea

Private Arnold Thorud Army WWI

Greg J. Gillen Army Vietnam 1969-1971

Jake G. Gillen Army Cuban Missile Crisis 1961

Peter J. Gillen Army Officer Sept. 1967 to Oct. 1968

Steve A. Gillen Army Jan. 1965Jan. 1968

George Gillen Air Force 1966-1970 Vietnam

Christopher Gillen Army Sergeant 1978

Jeanne Gillen Navy Specialist World War II

Adrian Gillen Army Corporal Korea

Bernard Kubista Army Korean

Denis Foyte Marines Vietnam

Ellsworth Fretham Marines Korea Jan. 1951

Elmer Kurth Army World War I

Randy Kurth Army Vietnam Sept. 65-Sept. 66 & Dec. 67-Oct. 68

Harry Kuthe Army World War I

Gordon C. Vavra Air Corps. & Army World War II

Jerry R Jirele Army June 1957

Staff Sargent Jim Wanberg Air Force Vietnam 1966-1969

Mark H Dressel Army Korea

Richard Carrol Navy World War II

Richard Nelsen Air Force Korea

NOT PICTURED

Steve Frodl Army Reserves Bosnia Peace Effort

Melvin Welch Navy Fort Meade, Maryland 1996 - 2000

Martin Budde Army 1960-1993

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Henry (Hank) Welch Army Operation Iraq 1998 - 2002

Eugene Sorbek Army Korea Nov. 1952April 1953

Gerald A. Butler Air Force 1974-1978