Reflections NOVEMBER 11, 2016
A Daily News special section that recognizes our veterans
Faribault Daily News
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Committed group continues to move ahead with Rice County Veterans Memorial By BRAD PHENOW bphenow@faribault.com bphenow@northfieldnews.com
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hrough good times and bad, a core group of committee members have continued to keep their sights on completing the Rice
County Veterans Memorial, and this Veterans Day, those who visit the Memorial for the annual ceremony will likely notice the new additions. As part of the overall plan, four pillars were erected this week on each side of the Memorial, and the final layout is closer than ever before.
“The Memorial’s theme; the flame declardesign places a series ing our never ending of symbolic elements vigilance, an eagle reprearound a central plaza. In the center of the plaza is a Rice County map and torch which is affixed a life-sized bronzed eagle flying protectively with a dove,” the Veterans Memorial website states. “… This sets the overall
senting the strength and power of our nation, the dove symbolizing peace
and security, the ultimate goal of a strong military.” See Memorial on 9A
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Veterans Day November 11, 2016
Photos submitted by friends & family of our local veterans
William Juvland Thompson Navy WWII
All American Veterans Memorial All All
Donald Coon Army Battle of the Bulge
Jack Luedke United States Navy Vietnam
Duane R. Ozmun Army Vietnam
Leonard Duffney US Navy WWII
Elmer Ackman Marine WWII
Martin I. Mangold Air Force Persian Gulf
Col. Orv D. Berg Army Korean War
Elena M. Johnson Knudson Army WAC WWII
Arthur J. Roberts US Army Air Force WWII
Mel Patten Vigesaa Army 11th Armored Cav. Vietnam 1968-1969
Edwin O. Knudson Air Force WWII
Floyd “Ole” Stark US Army WWII
Dennis B. Nelson US Army Vietnam
Lloyd W. Nelson US Army WWII
Elmer Pulk PFC US Army WWII
Norman L. Ableman Army Korean War
Paul Thibodeau US Army WWII
Jim Smith ETR2 United States Navy USS Randolph CVS15
Kelly Livingood Army Military Police Vietnam
Elizabeth “Betty Wall” Strohfus Women’s Air Force Service Pilot WWII
Travis Quinlan National Guard Iraq Freedom
Richard (Dick) J. Voegele Army 1960-1963
Bruce Chmelik Marine 1978-1982
Tyler Chmelik Marines 2009-currently serving
Arthur August Hopke Navy World War II
Kim G. Christensen Army Vietnam
Leo E. Perron Army Air Corps World War II
Conrad Stearns Navy World War II
Thomas John Stearns Navy Vietnam War
Wallace Keith Matthies Navy 1956
Al Brodie Air Force Korean War
Francis C. Stine Army World War II
Floyd J. Caron Army 1957
Red Fitzpatrick Army World War II
Loren R. Aase Army Vietnam War
Everett H. Brendemuehl Army World War I
Art Amundson Army Medic at Battle of Bulge
Allen Bushman Army 1982-1986
Wayne Bushman Army Persian Gulf
Richard Krost Navy World War II
Rhody Yule Army World War II
Jason Bauer MN Air National Guard
Lester J. Kaderlik
John G. Roberts III Navy World War II
Tim Conway Navy Persian Gulf
Wallace Simonson Army Air Force World War II
Samuel R. Moravitz Army Afghanistan
Roger Mullenmeister Army Air Corps World War II
Thomas Richter Marines Vietnam War
Shawn A. Mason Air force 1994
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Lawrence R. Bates Navy Korean War
Theodore S. Hanson, Jr. (Bud) Navy Korean War
Donald F. Borwege Navy Persian Gulf
Lester Miller Minnesota National Guard 1960
Leonard Duffney Navy World War II – South Pacific
Tim Allen Anderson Army Vietnam War
Glen Larson Navy 1981-1993
Dick Larson Marines Vietnam War
Bob Larson Marines Korean War
Jim Kiekenapp Army Vietnam War
Delmar W. Cramer Navy World War II
Bill Skarupa Air Force Vietnam War
Master Sgt. Chris Trebelhorn Army & Army Reserves Persian Gulf & Iraqi Freedom
Albert J Maas Army World War II
SSgt. Francis Thibodeau Army World War II
Spc. Michael McDonald Army Vietnam
PFC. Stanley Thibodeau Marines 1973-1975
SSgt. Francis McDonald Army World War II
Sgt. Nathaniel Cunningham Army Iraq War
Sgt. 1st Class Tony Cunningham Bosnia, Iraq & 2 tours in Afghanistan
Spc. Carl F. Krueger Army Korean War
Spc. Myron E. Johnson Army Korean War
Spc. Harold Spitzack Army Korean War
Norman A. Schuenke Army World War II, Korean & Vietnam War
Capt. Joe R. Coenen Marines Afghanistan
Ambrose Carpenter Navy WWII
Sgt. Ron F. Coenen Army Vietnam War
Stephanie Johnsrud Army National Guard Operation Iraqi Freedom
Lawrence Orr Army World War II & Korean War
Sgt. William H. (Bill) Morris Army World War II
William (Bill) Erickson Army Vietnam War
Tony Fronk Army Vietnam War
Lawrence Borst Air Force Korean War
Louis C. Perron Army Vietnam War
1st Sgt. Belton H. Russell Army Medical World War II
George D. Zanmiller Navy World War II
George J. Zanmiller Navy World War II
Steven Bauer Marines Vietnam War
MSgt. Fred Voegele Air Force Vietnam Era
James H. Steward Navy World War II
Willard Bongard Army World War II
Paul M. Sande 1874th Aviation Engineer Island of Mindoro
George M. Van Ryn Army World War II
Jonathan P. Miller Navy Operation Iraqi Freedom
SSg. Gerald Bultman Army World War II
Marion Brakke Hospital Corp Wave Vietnam War
William Bultman Army Vietnam War
Sgt. David Bultman Air Force 1972
MSgt. Carol McHugo Army Reserve Desert Storm
Spc. Ken Brakke Army 1996-2001
Troy Peterson US Navy MMFN Persian Gulf
Arlow Hanson Army WWII 1943-1945 D-Day - Bulge
Victor W. Behrends Army WWII
Joshua W. Dwyer Army (National Guards) Operation Enduring Freedom
George Edward Wheeler U.S. Navy WWII Pearl Harbor
Rodger E. Boudreau Sr. Marines Korean 1953
Cody John Roushar Army Iraq War
Robert L. Grundhoffer US Navy
Theodore S. Hanson (Bud) Navy Korea
Richard A. Rost United States Navy USS Eldorado Two voyages to the Arctic Circle
Terrance Shields Navy Korean
William D. Kline Navy Persian Gulf
Donald R. Davisson Navy Vietnam
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Spc. Kyle Voegele Spc. Cory Voegele Army Army Operation Operation Iraqi Enduring Freedom Freedom 1X, X
Timothy E. Nelson Army Vietnam War
Joseph H. Meyers Army US Military Intelligence World War II
1955-1959, 1958 Operation Hardtack
Corp. Warren A. Shevlin Army World War II
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George J. Kotek Army Korean War
Bob Ackman Army World War II
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Larry Baldwin Air Force Vietnam War
Ronald J. Tousignant Army Reserve
Mark Edward Forcelle Army Vietnam
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Wayne A. Staab Marines Vietnam
Allan M. Young Navy World War II
Corp. Peter Sgt. Jacob Scissons William Bossmann Army Royal Canadian Operation Iraqi Engineers Army Freedom & GWOT United Kingdom & Continental Europe WWII
Spc. Paul Scissons Army Global War on Terrorism
1st Lt. Agnes L. Schneller Air Force World War II
Edward J. Shimota, Sr. Army 1955-1957
MSgt. Nathan Rosett Air Force 1996-Present Operation Iraq Freedom
Jason DeMars Marine Corp Persian Gulf – Desert Storm
Mike Cook Army Desert Storm
Herb Cook Army World War II
Albert DeCoux Army World War II
George DeCoux Army World War II
Laura Fairbanks Army National Guard Operation Iraqi Freedom
Dennis Francis Army Korean
David H. Floer Army Iraq
Joan Power Navy Korean War
Ed Lorenz Navy Korean War
Kathleen Floer Army Vietnam War
Levenne C. Westphal Army World War II
Michael C. Keilen Army Vietnam
Robert Hofschulte Army World War II
Steve Hofschulte Army World War I
Stewart Thibodeau Marines World War II
Stanley Nelson Army Invasion of Normandy
Nathan Wallace Army Special Forces Afghanistan – 2 tours
Bill Kalk Army 1940-1945
Charlie Burnett Army World War II
Sonny Benshoof Air Force 1988
Bill Fisher Army World War I
Bruce Kalk Marines Vietnam War
Ron Ebert Army Korean & Vietnam War
Harry Benshoof Army 1941-1945
Don Anderson Army 1963-1969
Scott Carrizales Air Force 1992-Present day
Aleisa Carrizales Air Force 1992-Present day
Art Carrizales Air Force 1968-1990
Shona Huffman Army 1990-1998
Denny Benshoof Air Force
Carmine Fatigati Army Persian Gulf
Daryl H Jeno Marines Desert Storm
Eugene Conrad Benzink Army Korean
Gordon McKean Coast Guard WWII
Melvin Charlton Army Vietnam
Richard L. Cap Army National Guard May 1967-May 1972
Theodore S. Hanson (Bud) Navy Korean War
Steve Ernste Navy Vietnam
Jeff Johnsrud US Army Iraq
Russell Carver Army Korean
Travis Quinlan Army National Guard 2002/Now Serving Air Force Reserve 1 Tour Air Force Reserve
Derrik Quinlan Air Force Reserve Security Police Sill Serving
James Glynn Navy WWII
Sgt. Patrick C. McCormick United States Marine Corps Operation Iraq Freedom
Corpral Luke I. Mosel Second Battalion Third Marine Division Afghanistan
Shane Kaplan Army Kuwait
Derrik Quinlan Air Force Reserve
SSg Craig Czapla Army OEF Afghanistan more than 1 tour
SSg Amber Cramer Army OEF Afghanistan
Sgt. Peter Thibodeau Marines Iraq 1 Afghanistan
Charles Oliver USMA Vietnam War
Tracy Marquardt Kotterman US Navy Gulf War 1989-1994
Mark Erickson US Army Vietnam
Arthur Amundson Army Medic WWII Battle of Bulge
Donald Velzke Navy World War II
Ronald D. Olson Army Vietnam
Del Chapman Army World War II
Clark E Binger Army Battle of the Buldge
Korrinne Kanne, Air Force Vietnam/ Persian Gulf
William L. Cross Jr. (Bud) Army Korean War (CPL)
Andrew DaltonTrahan Army Ranger Afghanistan
Ted Langeslag Army Vietnam
Duane Ozmun US Army 1967-1969
Richard (Dick) J. Voegele US Army 1960-1963
Mark C. Hoffard Navy WWII
Sam Moravitz Army Afghanistan
Joseph LeMieux Army WWII
Gilbert Kline Army Korean War
Bruce S. Johnson Army 1975
Everette Osterman Army Vietnam
John G. Stasney Army 101 Airborn WWII 1945-1946
Stanton A. Johnson Army Korean War
James McShane Army PFC (Army Corps of Engineers) 1954-1956
Charles E. DeMann Navy WWII
David L. Ponto Army Vietnam
Donald F. Borwege Navy Persian Gulf
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Douglas M. Erickson Navy - United States 2003-2010 Operations Iraq Freedom
Thomas P. Nordquist Navy, Marines WWII
SGT Jeff Tjosaas Army National Guard MN
SFC Matthew Tjosaas Army National Guard - MN Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan 2013-2014
Wayne M. Renneke Navy WWII
James Schmidtke US Army 24 years
Francis (Bud) Helgeson Marines - US Army WWII, Korean, Vietnam
George W. Cap Army WWI, Served in Germany
Herman Schlie Army Korea Combat Wounded
Jack Ranslow Army Vietnam 1970-1971
Don Edel Navy Vietnam
Richard Thomas Larish Army Korean
Tom Voge Navy Vietnam 1961-1965
Edward Peterson Army WWI
John “Jack” Cross Army KIA Germany 1945
Carl “Rudy” Glor
Arlie William Benson VSAF 1996 T/S
Earl Kieth Benson USAF 1956 A/2C
Lynn G. Nelson Navy October 1945
Howard F. Ellerbusch Army Korean
Jerome Schweisthal Army 1955-1957
Marvin Schrader Air Force 1960-1970 Vietnam
John L Stasney Paratrooper 11th Airborne
James J. Burmeister
Army Air Force
Dick Archambault
WWII
Cuban Blockade Served 1962-1966
Navy
Larry Paquette U.S. Navy AMS-2 1968-1972
LeRoy R. Schultz Army Korean
Captain Benjamin Babcock U.S. Army Operation Iraqi Freedom
Lawrence J. Barta
Robert “Buck” Furey Navy 1984-1987 Navy Reserve 1988-1989
Brad Luiken Army Korea
Karl Luiken Army Vietnam
Jerry Luiken Navy (Seabees) Vietnam
Richard Luiken Army World War II
Douglas H. Johnson Army Korean War
Dustin Deaver Marines Operation Iraqi Freedom
Leo Charlton Air Force Korean War
Michael Vincent Chavie US Air Force July 25, 1978 Aug. 1 1998
Ordean Reveland United States Army 187th Airborne Division Korean
Ralph C. Schuette Army - U.S. World War II
Lawrence E. Baldwin US Air Force 1961 to 1964 Vietnam War
Harley Pettipiece Navy World War II
Mark Quinlan Navy and Air Force 1980-1984 Navy 1984-2001 Air Force Reserve
Keith H. Fuller Jr. Army Vietnam
Stuart Thibodeau First Army 6th Armored Division
Ralph W. Piepho Air Force Korean War
Jason DeMars Marines Desert Storm
Leverne D. Vangsness
Bradley J. West Air Force 87-93 Desert Storm
Sergeant Charles William Kuether Jr. Army National Guard Op. Iraq Freedom 2004-2005
Spl. Norval Floren Army Korean 1951-1953
Charles R. Silkey US Navy Vietnam
Samantha Tupa-Bryant Army Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)
Thomas C. Ernste Reineke US Airforce January 1980-June 1984 Lebanon-Granada conflict
Sgt. Frank Linster Army/National Guard 1970-1973 Army 1978-1995 National Guard
Officer John Pflager USMC Iraq
George Fairclough Army World War II
Harold A. Johnstad Navy Army Reserve
Steve Chavie
Harold Gustafson Army Korean
Ray Roach Marines WWII and Korean
Emily Korbel Teberg US Army 82nd Airborn Operation Iraq Freedom E2
Roger Carver Army Korean
Todd Voge Navy 1st Gulf War 1985-1991
Terry (Bear) Voge Navy 1988-1992 Navy Top Gun
S.F. “Smoky” Cross Army Air Corps WWII - Germany
Ray Flom Army WWII
Dennis P. Flom Army Vietnam
SFC Robert J Cashin US Army Korean War 1952-1953-1954
Andrew Trahan Army Operation Enduring Freedom
TSgt David Goebel MSgt Sharon Goebel US Air Force US Air Force 20 years of service, 20 years of service, Operation Urgent Operation Urgent Fury and the Fury and the Gulf War Gulf War
WWII Europe
Army
Korean
Marines ‘67 Vietnam
Army
WWI - France
Army
Navy
WWII
2005-2007 Operation Iraqi Freedom 2011-2012 Kuwait Operation New Dawn
Henry Spartz Army World War II
Larry Shepherd Air Force Vietnam
Eugene Trahan Army 1956, 1957, 1958
Donald Ross Army Korean
Donald DeMars Navy Vietnam
Sylvester Fiebiger Navy World War II
Larry Kokoschke Army Vietnam
George H. Thompson Army World War II
Jeremy R. Lindeman Air Force Operation Iraqi Freedom
Belton H. Russell Army WWII Medicas WWII
Capt. Christopher P. Kline Army Operation Iraqi Freedom
Dennis Underbakke Navy 1944-1945 WWII
Henry (Hank) Spartz Army WWII
Richard J. Voegele Army 1960-1963
Duane R. Ozmun Army 1967-1969
Gene C. Benzick Army Infantry Korean 50-51
JNO Sterling US Army 1862 Civil War
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Richard Rahn US Army 1956 to 1958
Roy F. Anderson Army Korean War
Kelly Shimmin Navy USN 1981-1985
Steve Seidl Navy Beirut
David Shafer Air Force Jan. 26, 1966
Ronald J Teske Army 1956
Eugene Fremouw Navy WWII, Army throughout Korean & Vietnam
Lcpl Niko R. DeMars U.S. Marine Corp. July 2013
John Antram Army Vietnam
Erwin O. Seidl Navy WWII, Korean
Theodore Francis Herda Navy Korean
James Kittlesen Army Korean
Kenneth W. Nelson Army Korean
Henry Cordes Army WWII
Lyle Spitzack Army National Guard Korea
Raymond Lambert Air Force Korean
Gerald J. Friesen Army Vietnam
Todd Ambroz Navy and Army National Guard Desert Storm
S/sgt Richard Remi Jones Army Air Force Sept 1941 to December 1945
Gilbert Truax Merchant Marines WWII
Tom (Bulgy) Fulton Navy Submarines WWII
James Fulton Navy Submarines WWII
Jay Fulton Navy WWI
Ellard Trnka Army Korean
SP4 David Joseph Paukert Army November 1963
Robert W. Dusbabek Army Korean 1952-1954
Mahlon A. Hillebrand Air Force WWII and Korean War
1st Lieutenant Travis W. Paukert Army Afghanistan
Martin Hachfeld Army WWII
Randy Johnson Army Reserves 24 years
Gerald Dickey 328 Ordinance Co. Berlin Crisis 1961 Fort Polk, LA
Eldon (Ike) Elthon US Army
Clifford Meehl Army Korean
Everett (Bud) Morgan Army 1942 Korean
Eldred (Rink) Harris Navy Pearl HarborUSS Oklahoma
Leonard Rezac Army WWII
Charles Albert Johnson Army Vietnam
James R. Stenbakken Army Vietnam 1970-1971
Robert C. Thorson Army WWII
Jordyn Finnesgard Navy Entered Service 9/11/12
Darrel Pofahl Army 1963-65
Steve Blackstad U.S. Army Vietnam 1969-70
Russell Hope Marines World War II
Clifford Caron Army World War II
Dave Larson Air Force (4 yrs) Vietnam
Gary L. Sunde Navy Vietnam War
James R. Bahe Air Force Korean
Marvin Armstrong (Sgt) Air Force 1977-1981
Carlyle H. Beaupre Army WWII
Steven M. Caron Army Vietnam
George J. Barta Army - SGT. Korean 1953-1955
Brian M. Caron Army Iran
Edward J. Caron Army WWII
William D. Meyer Army Vietnam
Glenn L. Nauman Navy WWII
Lester Leo LeRoy Air Force 1961-1966
Ralph Schultz Navy 1953-1957
Robert E. Greene Air Force Korean War
Donald E. Ponto Marines Korean War
David L. Ponto Army Vietnam War
Roland Hoban Navy
Dan Reuvers Army Vietnam
Lowell Peterson Army Korean 1951-1953
Robert Savage Navy 1977-1984
Charles Savage Air Force Korean War
Kenneth Larson Army Korean War
Richard C. Velzke Air Force 1968-1972
Gordon D. Bauer E6 Army 1959-1965 Berlin Conflict 328th Ordnance Reserrist
Brett Powers Word Navy 9/11 -operation Iraq freedom
Carl H. White Navy Vietnam
Francis (Frank) Bahe Army Vietnam
Jon Burvee Army Vietnam
Walter Hecht Army Korean
Robert B. Nelson Army
Vic Verdev Sub-Marines WWII
Bud Cate Air Force Korean Conflict
Ervin Langer Army WWII 1942-1945
PVT Morsching, Shjon Carlin USMC Entered: June 2015
SGT Keith A Paulson Army Operation Iraqi Freedom
Jessica Turner Busa Air Force E7 1997-present, 18 years to date.
Arthur Schmidtke Pvt First Class Army WWI
Fredrick H. Schmidtke Adjc US Navy 1940-1961
Gordon Schmidtke Air Force TSTT Korea, Vietnam
Leonard Kabes Army Normandy
Joseph Davidson Army
John J. Noble US Navy Air Force Korea 1955-1957
Korean War Distinguished Service Cross recipient
Dec, 14, 1944 - Nov. 15, 1946
Harold Schmidtke Air Force SST6 Korea
Martin Schmidtke US Navy FML WWII
Floyd Reck Navy & Army Korea & WWII
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Ronald Schwartz US Navy WWII and Korea
Richard “Dick” Priem Army Vietnam
Donald F. Bauer Army Korean
Edwin Friesen
Otto Gaylord Horwath Navy
Eric Spehn Army
Luverne (Barney) Marsh Army Vietnam
Robert W. Beske USMC / US Army Vietnam/ Desert Storm
Gary L. Beske US Army Vietnam
Rolland C. Beske US Army WWII
Richard Thompson US Army Korean War
Francis G. Uhlir Merchant Marines and Army Merchant Marines, WWII/ Army, Korean
Glen W. Norgaard Korea 24th Inf. Div.
Marlin Wegner Army Korean
Chase Batchelder Army 6/2015
Dr. Thomas Tranby Air Force 1967-1969 (during Vietnam)
Robert Kreske Navy Nov. 29, 1961
Bernard M. Keeley Korean War Army Medic & Cook Drafted in 1951-1960
Dale DeMars Navy & Army
Albert Herman Helling USEF Company 55th Infantry WWI
Robert H. Helling US Navy Air Force WWII Radio man and gunner
John Brandt Army Corporal WWII
PFC James M. Helling US Army Air Force WWII
PSC Vincent E Helling US Air Force WWII
Christopher Murphy Air Force Purple Heart 2004-present
Kevin Thompson Air Force Date Entered April 1978
Keith Deming Army 1951-1953 Korean
Kenneth Stassen Army Special Services Korean
PFC William A. Helling US Army Reserve 1960
Jim Dull Air Force Vietnam
Joseph W. Herda Army Korean (SGT) 1951-1953
Henry L Karow Army WWII
Paul G. Turner Navy Air Reserve 1947-1952
Keith Freeman Army Korean
Larry D. Hoban Army 1969-1973
James D. Novotny Army Vietnam War
Perry Deming Navy 1980-1984
Cliff Ennis Navy Seabee’s Vietnam
Timothy Cleary LaRoche Army 2008-2015 Operation New Dawn
Robert Lee Nethevy U.S. Army SP3 Korea
Raland Joseph Tebo US Army TSGT Bronze Star Korea
Robert Heskett US Army SP3 Korea
Sp4 Eugene A. Drache Army Berlin Crisis-Fort Polk Louisiana
Drew Sande SEAL Team ONE November 1997
Robert G. Kiekenapp U.S. Army 1951-1953 Korean
Nathan Sandbakken Army National Guard Iraq Freedom 1999-2013
Theodore DeMars Navy WWII
Harold Berg Navy WWII
Mike Thompson Army Vietnam
Gary Einertson Marine Corp Vietnam
Scott Allen Swanson Air Force
George Kucera Army WWII
Leonard I. Sorbel Army Vietnam
Joe Long US Army Entered 1992
E-4 Thomas Danielson Sr. Army Air Corps. 11th Aerosol Vietnam 1963
Werner Velzke Army World War I
Doug Nelson SPC-5 Army 1966-1969 Vietnam
Albert Waskosky Army World War I France
Cyril M. Waskosky Army World War II
Larry Waskosky US Navy Aboard USS Midway
Paul Jay Sticha Navy 23 years Persian Gulf
Daniel R. Long US Navy Korean
Eugene Donald Johnson Army 1955-1958
Daniel B. Long US Army Operation Iraq Freedom
Carl Glenn Harkins Marines 1951-1954 Korean War
Eugene Albert Harkins Army 1946
Ray L. Sanders (CPL) 199th Comb Eng. Korean War 1951-1953
Duane Luttring Marines 1959-1963, Corporal E-4, Cryptographer
Everett Ostermann Army Vietnam
Bud Sunde Army Korean
James Jeno U.S. Army 1956-1959
Dave Quinlan US Navy Aircraft Carrier Midway
Eldon “Ike” Elthon U.S. Army - Korea
David A Boudreau Army Vietnam War
Nicholaus L Bultman Marines 1996
Russel M. Stenbakken Army WWII
Jesse M. Sunde Air Force Res.
David Kniefel Army 1966-1990 Vietnam 1967
Russell G. Martin Army WWII
Emil Budin Army WWII
Winner of Distinguished Service Cross
Navigator on a C130 from 1987 to 1996
This was my fathers flag flown over the rice county court house in December of 1987.
137th Truck Driving Battalion from 1944-1946 during the II World War.
Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan
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Grandprey said the design signifies the destruction that Up until this week, war can bring, followed by while the focus has maintained what happens after the consince the initiative started in flict: rebuilding. 2007, it hasn’t always been With the work finishing easy. up this week, just in time for Whether it was the recesthe ceremony Friday, it has sion, in which donations left one final phase, which became scarce, or other includes black granite pandonation-focused projects els between the colonnades, throughout the community with bronze emblems for each that led donors to look equally branch of service. Also in the at other projects, the group final phase is signage, which has continued to look ahead, Cook indicated the county will despite things stalling after likely help with. raising $300,000. While the hope was to have Last year, Rep. Brian Danthe site complete in July – to iels, R-Faribault, introduced coincide with the 100-year legislation at the Capitol, anniversary of the Civil War which aimed to allocate Memorial and the 10-year funds for the remaining anniversary of the initiative – $60,000. While it didn’t make there is a significant amount of it through, some funds have money yet to raise. since been raised, just not Cook said that Daniels quite enough to finish. hopes to introduce legisla“We’re about $50,000 from tion again this year, and both our total completion,” said remain optimistic that the Richard Cook, co-chair of the committee could be a recipient Rice County Veterans Memo- of Legacy Amendment funds. rial Committee. Now playing the waiting With some funds in the game, the two co-chairs agreed bank, the committee went that seeing progress provides a forward with the most recent sense of accomplishment in it additions, which will include and of itself. the pillars, rising up and step“It’s definitely reassuring,” ping down. Co-chair Lloyd Cook said of the process to get From page 2A
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to this point. “We’re getting closer to completion.” And Grandprey believes seeing the newest addition could be just what is needed to jumpstart the final phase, confidently noting that he believes the July date is within reach. “It has been a tough row to hoe,” he said. “[But] it’s reachable now that we have this.”
If You Go What: Veterans Day Ceremony (followed by a luncheon at the American Legion Post 43) When: Friday, 11 a.m. Where: Rice County Veterans Memorial, in front of the Rice County Courthouse More information: To learn more about the Veterans Memorial, or to help with the project, visit http://ricecountymemorial.org/.
Paver example Crews work on constructing the pillars Wednesday near the center of the Memorial, which is lined with roughly 700 pavers. (Brad Phenow/Daily News)
James Reuvers US Navy March 17, 1955
Jason Rainey US Navy Gulf War
Maynard Simon US Air Force Vietnam
Glen A. Glende E4 Army Combat Engineers 1958 - 1960
Sgt. Lawrence Giefer US Army 1960 – 1964 Berlin Crisis
Dale E. Hamilton US Army Korea
George E. Galvin Air National Guard SSgt – Security Policeman 1966 - 1972
Richard Emil Moravec US Army Korean War January 1955
Desmond Sande US Navy 1986 - 1990
Vernon A. (Woody) Meder US Army – Corp. Tech WWII – New Caledonia, Southern Pacific
Duncan William McLagan US Army – Sgt. Korean Conflict
Kerrie Johnsrud US Navy May 12, 2015 Present
PFC Fred E. Boevers US Army 1951 - 1953
James E Douda US Army
Martin Rutz US Army World War II
Milton Vosejpka US Army Korean War
Harold Madson US Army Occupational Forces
Renae Bethune US Air Force March 1994 – Dec. 2006
Sgt. Justin Ellingsworth Army National Guard Operation Iraqi Freedom
William (Bill) Giefer US Army WWII
Sgt. George J. Pumper US Army WWII
Gary J. Pumper US Army 1971 - 1972
Kenneth Larson Sr PSC US Army Korean War
Charles V. Savage US Air Force Airman 1st Class Korean War
SPS Gerald F. Duchene US Army Berlin Crisis
James Sterling US Army – SP. 4 Vietnam
Jerome W. Sterling US Navy 1965 - 1970 Vietnam
Louis Schwartz Jr. US Navy WWII
Earl Warren Fritz US Army WWII 1941-1945
Willis J. Fritz Navy World War II
James E. Fritz Navy 1960-1963
Thomas Fritz U.S. Navy 1959-1962
Robert L. Savage US Navy E-5 2nd Class Petty Officer 1977-1984
Bernie Tibodeau Navy Seaman WWII
Quinton R. Juvland Army PFC ENG Korean War 1951 - 1953
Francis A Krenik Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve
William Perrance Jr US Navy 1944 – 1946 WWII
Art Amundson US Army Battle of the Bulge WWII
Mark Kenneth DeCoux US Marines 1981 - 2005
Mollie Mahowald US Army Kuwait, Afgnanistan, Iraq 2010-2016
Dale (Dan) Quinnell US Marines Vietnam
Lloyd L. Knoploh US Army Korean War
Milt Ketterling US Army 41st Artillery Germany 1961 - 1963
Gary Sunde US Navy Vietnam
Victor L. Pogue US Army – Special Forces Vietnam
Bradley Strain US Navy 1985 - 1989
Bernie Tibodeau US Navy WWII
Helen Schmid Perrance Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps 1943 – 1945
SGT. Albert Ochs Air Force WWII
Mark J Trnka US Marine Corps Afghanistan 2008-2012
Harold J Bonde 95th Army Band 1953-1955
David Kirkpatrick Sgt - Iraq, Kuwait 2006-2010
Matthew Kirkpatrick Sgt Afganistan 2009-2016
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