Navasota Examiner | 2019 Veterans Day Tab

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OUR VETERANS Saluting our nation’s bravest for their service and sacrifice.

VETERANS DAY NOVEMBER 11, 2019

TODAY WE PAUSE TO HONOR THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE GREAT SACRIFICES TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FREEDOM. TRUE AMERICAN HEROES.

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William H. “Henry” Abke U.S. Army 1961-1967

Salute to Veterans

Eric P. Adam

U.S. Army 1998-present

Kosovo, Europe Army Commendation, Army Achievement, National Defense, Kosovo Campaign, Global War on Terrorism, Adjutant General’s Individual Award

Jorge Aguilar Jr.

U.S. Army 2004-Present

4th Combat Aviation Brigade 4th Infantry Division Hurricane Katrina Diyala Province Iraq Kandahar, Afghanistan Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Tony Aguilar

U.S. Army 1973-1984

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Alton Aga

U.S.M.C. 1948-1952 Korea

Max H. Akin

U.S.M.C. 1936-1966

Liberation of Guam

Andres F. Aguilar U.S.M.C. 8 years

Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan Operation Iraqi Freedom Iraq Combat Action Ribbon

John C. Albertson U.S. Army 1936-1945

France, Germany and Bavaria Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, GCM and ETO w/ 5 battle stars Wounded in France 1944

Honoring and Remembering the brave Veterans who fought to give us a safe and peaceful place to live in.

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Salute to Veterans

Adrian G. Allen Jr. U.S. Navy 1945-1946

November 2019

Cicero Allen

U.S. Army 1941-1945 Ssgt. Co. F 3rd Army 29th Infantry; Purple Heart while wounded in France.

Milton E. Allen

U.S. Army

Clinton Arhelger

U.S. Army 22 years retired 3 deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

PROUDLY SALUTING OUR VETERANS We recognize the many sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform both today and throughout our nation’s history. We honor their courage and dedication, and we thank them for their contribution to our country.

Robert Armstrong U.S. Army 1961-1981 Retired

Paratrooper A&M Corps of Cadets 2 Bronze Stars w/ Oak Leaf Cluster Meritorious Medal 2 Air Medals Army Commendation Medal

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USS Henry R. Kenyon (Destroyer Escort)

Collie “Camp” Arrington U.S. Navy 1915-1918

WWI

Ernie Leo Arrington U.S.M.C. 1970-1972

Vietnam War Okinawa (Japan)

November 2019

Michael S. Arrington U.S. Army 1983-1985

Reserves 1985 – 1989 United States, Germany Army Service Ribbon

George W. Ballard U.S. Army 1945-1946

Japan

Salute to Veterans

Ray G. Arrington U.S. Navy 1980-2010

Machinist Mate 1st Class Surface warfare Aviation warfare Master Training Specialist

Homer L. Ballard

U.S. Merchant Marines 1945-1946

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Henry A. Backhus

Jack Baker

U.S. Army

U.S. Army 1951-1953

GCM, ATO, APTO 2 Bronze Stars

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Ples Ballard

Howard Baranowski

U.S. Army Med. Corps 1943-1945

U.S. Army 1942-1945

Africa, China, Burma and Indian Theatres.

North Africa, Sicily and Europe

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Salute to Veterans

Geo Barnes

U.S. Navy 1943- 1945

Hawaii, Gilbert and Iwo Jima

Lisa Bassett-Collins U.S. Army 1991 – 2006

Archie D. Barrett U.S.A.F.

Vietnam F-4 Fighter Pilot, SAC Bomber Pilot

Wm. S. Barrow

U.S.M.C. 1943-1946 Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa and Japan

Steven Bauer

U.S. Army 1968-1970 Vietnam

Marvin Becker

1953-1954

Korea

James Emory “Jim” Bay U.S.M.C. 1969 – 1971

Mike Baskin

U.S. Army 1966-1968

U.S. Army 1967-1969 drafted Vietnam 1968

Willie Ed Bassett I

U.S. Navy 1962 – 1983

Vietnam

Nolan William Barth U.S. Army 1949-1952

Charles J. Bauer

U.S. Navy 1940-1960

Korean War Bronze Star Medal, Heroism in Combat

Garland E. Beach U.S. Army 1942-1945

David Becker

U.S. Army 1944-1946

Corporal European Theatre Battle of the Bulge Advanced to Berlin WWII Victory Ribbon

SS Corporal Cherry Point, North Carolina

Oscar Becker

November 2019

Edwin N. Bell

U.S. Army 1942-1946 India and Burma ATO and APTO Ribbon w/ 1 bronze star

Robert Bell

1944 – 1947

India and Burma ATO and APTO Ribbon w/ 1 bronze star

November 2019

Ewald Benker

U.S. Army

Salute to Veterans

Harold J. Benkoski U.S. Army 1945

Corporal World War II Newfoundland

Charlie Berger

U.S. Army 1941-1945

U.S. Army 1942-1943 Rifleman Company G, 300Th Infantry

Emmett Boehm

U.S. Army 1942-1946

England, France, Belgium and Germany

Harold Berger

U.S. Army 1951-1956

Germany Aleutians, Pacific Mid-East Campaign

Toney Berger

Benjamin Bennatt Jr.

Johnny Berger

U.S. Army 1943-1946 Engineer Aviation Battalion India, Burma

John Bertling

Archie L. Blair

U.S.A.F. 1958-1962

U.S. Army 1942-1946

431st Air Refueling Squadron Crew Chief, K850 Tanker

France, Holland, Belgium and Germany Purple Heart, GCM and ETO Ribbon w/ 2 battle stars

Tomy Bohack

U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1945

U.S. Army 1942-1945

China, Burma and India Dist. Unit Badge, GCM, APTO, 2 bronze stars

England ETO and ATO Ribbons and GCM

Harry A. Bohot

U.S. Army 1942 Field Artillery

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Barney Berger

U.S. Army Philippines, Japan Occupational Forces

Steve Berger

U.S. Army 1941-1946 POW April 1942Sept. 1945

Larry Blankenship U.S. Army 1964-1970

SP4-E4 Infantry 1st Cavalry Division Korea, EUSA

Charles Clyde Boles U.S. Navy 1943-1945

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Salute to Veterans

Latham Boone III U.S.M.C. 1963-1991

Vietnam Purple Heart Navy Commendation Medal

Kermit Bostelman U.S.M.C. Aug.1971Apr.1992

(Ret.) MSgt

Adam Brooks

U.S. Army 1987-2008

Retired w/ Honorable Discharge Served 3 tours in Iraq: Operation Desert Storm, Intrinsic Action and Iraq Freedom III

Eugene Burzynski U.S. Army 1950-1952

Korean War 73rd AAA AW BN (SP)

Charles J. Boring U.S. Navy 1943-1945

Third class Electrician’s Mate U.S.S. Boston Heavy Cruiser

James M. Bracewell U.S. Army Air Corps 1943-1946

William Brown

U.S. Army 1982-2006

Command Sergeant Major Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Texas Medal of Merit

George E. Bush III U.S.A.F. 23 years

Lt. Colonel Turkey, Germany, England

Robert L. Bosse

U.S. Army 1942-1945

England, France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg The Bronze Star, ETO Ribbon w/ 5 bronze stars and GCM

Clinton Branch

U.S.A.F. 1995-1999 Transportation Cargo Specialist Charleston AFB

Ray J. Bullock

U.S.A.F. 1955-1958 4080th Air Police

Eugene Bushman U.S. Navy 1941-1947

Boatswain’s Mate Pacific and Atlantic Pearl Harbor Survivor

November 2019

Thomas H. Bosse U.S.M.C. 1943-1945

Solomon and Philippine Islands and Bougainville Pres. Unit Cit., Philippine Liberation and APTO ribbons w/ 3 battle stars

Charles O. Brewer U.S. Navy 1942-1945

Suez, Australia, New Guinea, Sicily, Italy, Okinawa and Philippines 3 Theatres of War Ribbons, 4 battle stars and GCM

Andrew Burzynski

U.S. Air Force 2009-2017

Currently serving in the Air Force Reserves at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida

Herman L. Busse U.S. Army 1942-1945

England, France and Germany Bronze Star, Purple Heart w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, ETO Ribbon w/ 4 battle stars

November 2019

Salute to Veterans

Glen Byers

Military Police U.S Army

Howard J. Caillouet U.S. Army 1944-1946

Asiatic Pacific Theatre Purple Heart, Bronze Star, WW2 Victory Medal, Asiatic Pacific Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, American Theatre Medal

Robert Clements U.S. Navy 1959-1963

Served on USS Point Defiance, USS Sandoval and USS Spiegal Grove 2nd Class Petty Officer (E5) Electronics Technician, Participated in the Cuban Blockade

Michael Cochran U.S. Navy 1983-2003

Sonar technician (operate, maintain, repair surface ship sonar systems)

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Jim Candler

U.S. Army 1970-1995

Wilmer W. “Bill” Clayton U.S.A.F. 1940 retired 1962

World War II Berlin Air Lift

Medical Service Corps

Joana Cocino

Odalys Cocino

2018 – Present

2017 – Present

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Salute to Veterans

Oscar Mickie Coe Jr. U.S. Army Air Corps 1941-1945

Oscar Mickie Coe Sr. U.S. Army 1942-1944

U.S.M.C. 1942-1945

Hawaii, Midway, Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville, Bismarck Campaigns Presidential Unit Citation, ATO, APTO, 4 battle stars

James R. Connors U.S. Army

Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry w/ Palm Meda

Tommy Cook

U.S. Army 1956-1966

Korea 1959-1960 49th Trans. Co. Germany 1963-1964 3rd Division Vietnam 1965-1966 1st Division

U.S.M.C. 1954-1957

John L. Conaway U.S. Army 1942-1945

Frank A. Connell U.S. Navy 1944-1946

England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany Purple Heart, GCM, Victory and ETO Ribbons w/ 3 battle stars

Charles N. Cook

U.S. Army 1943-1945

England, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland and Central Europe GCM, ATO, ETO Ribbons w/ 5 battle stars

James B. Cotton

Ernest N. Colsen Jr. U.S. Navy 1942-1945

SW Pacific, Solomon, New Guinea, Guam and Saipan Commander’s Citation, Presidential Unit Citation, APTO w/ 5 battle stars

Korea

Europe, North Africa Dist. Flying Cross, Air Medal w/ 9 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Willie R. Colsen

Ernest L. Collins

November 2019

Thomas Conner

U.S. Army 1943-1945 North Africa, Italy, France and Germany GCM, ETO w/ 4 battle stars

Elton C. Cook

U.S. Army KIA in Western Germany, 1945 Omaha Beach, Normandy D-Day Purple Heart, Bronze Star

George Cox

U.S. Army 1942-1945

U.S. Army Air Force 1941-1945

Served in the U.S.

England, France, Belgium, Germany and Austria Distinguished Unit Badge, American Defense, ETO w/ 6 battle stars

Sam Cook

U.S. Navy 1943-1945 WWII Victory Medal

John D. Cox

U.S. Army SW Pacific Quartermaster Corps.

Philippine Islands Philippine Military Prison intern Purple Heart

November 2019

Salute to Veterans

James C. Creagor

U.S. Merchant Marines 1944-1946

Wanda Shuler Creeks U.S. Navy 1979-1999

Japan, Korea, Guam Served on 2 U.S. Naval Ships Radioman - Telecommunications

Hawaii, Aleutians, Carolines, Marshall and Philippine Islands, South Africa and Puerto Rico APTO Ribbon

Ray Currie

U.S.A.F. 1949-1970

Korea and Vietnam Silver Star, Bronze Star, Air Medal, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross, Air Force Commendation Medal and Campaign Medals

Olen D. Curry

U.S. Army KIA – 1945 Okinawa

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Robert L. Crouch

Ben N. Curd Jr.

U.S. Navy 1944-1946

U.S. Army 1945-1946

Saipan, Guam, Korea, Philippines, Okinawa GCM, APTO and Occupation Ribbons

West Indies

Robert B. Curry

U.S. Army Air Corps 1943-1945 1943-1945 POW in Germany – 1 year Air Medal Purple Heart ETO Ribbon w/ 4 Battle Stars

Glenn Curtiss

U.S. Navy 1944-1946 3rd Class Petty Officer Philippine Islands

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Salute to Veterans

Glenn C. Curtiss U.S. Navy 1944-1946

APTO and ATO Ribbons

James H. Darby U.S. Army Air Force 1943-1945

Normandy, North France, Germany, Central Europe, Trinidad and Puerto Rico GCM, Air Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge, ATO, Fame, ETO Ribbons w/ 5 battle stars

Otis L. Darby

U.S. Army Air Force 1941-1945

GCM, American Defense Ribbon

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France, Central Europe and Germany Bronze Star, GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 2 bronze stars

November 2019

Bernard Danford

U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1946

GCM, ATO and Victory Ribbons

John J. Darby Jr. U.S. Army Air Force 1941-1945

Australia, New Guinea, Nomfore Island and Philippines GCM, American Defense, Philippine Liberation and APTO Ribbons w/ 3 battle stars

Charles M. Davis U.S. Army 1942-1945

England, France, Belgium and Germany GCM, ATO and ETO Ribbon w/ 3 bronze stars

Joe H. Davis

U.S. Army 1940-1945

Australia, New Guinea, Philippines Combat Infantry Badge, APTO Ribbon w/ 4 bronze stars

November 2019

Virgil Edwin Davis U.S. Army 1943-1946

1st Lieutenant North China Korea GCM Ribbons ATO Ribbons APTO Ribbons

Herman Debose U.S. Navy 1945-1946

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Mike Devenport

U.S. Army 1963–1967

Lieutenant Vietnam 1966-1967 Artillery Forward Observer 1st Infantry Division

O.F. Dickschat

U.S. Navy 1943-1946 Hawaii

Salute to Veterans

Wilbourne Davis Jr. U.S. Army 1944-1947

France and Germany

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Thomas B. Dedmon U.S. Army 1942-1946

England and France ATO and ETO Ribbon w/ 1 Bronze Star

Etha C. Dewees

U.S. Women’s Army Corp 1943-1945 Hawaii Good Conduct Medal

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Eddie F. Dobijanski U.S. Army 1942-1945

Panama GCM and Victory Medal

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Salute to Veterans

John A. Dobyanski U.S. Army 1942-1943

Jared W. Dotson U.S. Army 2010-2013

Nine months in Afghanistan

Robert M. Dreher U.S. Army 1942-1945

Alaska GCM, APTO and ATO Ribbons

U.S. Navy 1942-1944

Honoring those who have served, those who serve now, and those that will serve in the future.

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U.S.A.F. 1952-1962

Gilbert W. Druckhammer U.S. Army 1950 – 1952

Army OCC Medal (Japan) Combat INF Badge Korean Service Medal W/1 BZ SVC Star UN SVC Medal Honorable Discharge

North Pacific, Aleutian Islands GCM, APTO Ribbon w/ 1 battle star

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Carl Dry

Korea

Terence L. Dreher

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November 2019

Bobby Earl Easley U.S.A.F. 1948-1956

Air Force Intelligence Occupied Japan Korea French Indo China

Stephen Earl Easley BEST STARCH IN TOWN

U.S.M.C. 1969-1992 Retired

Fleet Marine Force Philippines Cambodia Fall of Saigon 1st Gulf War

Philip M. Dunne U.S.M.C. Reserve

Afghanistan 1/23 – First Battalion, 23rd Regiment – better known as “The Lone Star Battalion.”

Franklin Dupree Jr. U.S. Army 1943-1946

Northern France GCM, ATO and ETO Ribbon w/ 1 Bronze Star

Robert C. Easley U.S. Navy 1939-1945

Vietnam Battle of Manila POW Mukden Prison Camp 1942-1945 Army Unit Citation Presidential Unit Citation Philippine Defense w/ Gold Star APTO Ribbon

Bernie Eickenhorst U.S. Army 1944-1946

Hawaiian Islands Good Conduct Medal

November 2019

Salute to Veterans

Claude Eickenhorst Merchant Marine 1944 – 1945 U.S. Navy Atlantic Coast 1945 – 1946

Erich Eickenhorst U.S. Army 1942-1945

WWII Sicily, Italy, Belgium, Germany

Larry D. Eickenhorst U.S.A.F. 1967-1973

Pleiku, Vietnam 1970-1971

Willie Estes

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Herbert F. Eickenhorst James “Curtis” Eickenhorst

U.S. Army National Guard 1962-1967

U.S.A.F. 1965-1969 (Enlisted)

Vietnam 1967-1968 (Volunteer) Fuels Specialist (P.O.L.) Honorable Discharge Sergeant E-4

Will Ewing Jr.

Harold Lloyd Evans

U.S. Navy 1962-1966 U.S. Army 1971-1977

U.S. Navy 1942 – 1946

U.S. Army 1942-1945

Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class, USS Savo Island (CVE-78) Navy Good Conduct, American Campaign, Asiatic Pacific Camp, WWII Victory, Philippine Lib, Presidential Unit, Meritorious Unit, Victory Over Japan

Italy and Austria GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 1 Bronze Star

Thailand, U.S.S. Yorktown Vietnam Service w/ 4 Bronze Stars, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry w/ Palm and Unit Citation, 4 Overseas Service Bars

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Salute to Veterans

Roland D. Ezzel

U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1946

England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Greece and India American Defense and ETO Ribbon w/ 1 Bronze Star

Floyd Finke

U.S. Army 1966-1969

Robert Falkenberry U.S.M.C. 1942-1946

WWII Tank Battalion w/ the 2nd Marine Division. Tank Gunner in Pacific Theatre. Saipan, Tarawa, Tinian, Okinawa. Bronze

Star Medal.

Ronnie Fitzpatrick U.S. Army 1967-1969

U.S. Army

Present PFC Fort Shafter, Hawaii

Thomas Jefferson Floyd U.S. Army 1945

GCM and Victory Ribbon

U.S. Navy 1994-present

Commander Duluth, Kitty Hawk, John L. Hall, Paul Hamilton Meritorious Service Medal Joint Service Commendation Medal Navy Commendation Medal Navy Achievement Medal Campaign, unit awards

Malcolm Fleming U.S. Navy 1959-1965

Vietnam Service Award

Vietnam War

Payton Flores

Joe Fauth, IV

Charles J. Floyd

U.S. Army 1944-1946

England, France, Holland and Belgium GCM, Purple Heart, ETO Ribbon w/ 3 battle stars Wounded in Belgium, 1945

Gerald A. Fontaine U.S. Navy 1953-1957

Dan I. Floyd

U.S. Army 1944-1945

November 2019

Albin Finke

U.S. Army

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns Bronze Star Medal, APTO, Philippine Liberation, Occupation Ribbons and GCM

Joe Flores

U.S. Army 1979-1995

1st Armor Division Desert Shield Desert Storm Spearhead to Baghdad Decimated Iraqi’s Elite Republican Guard

Ralph M. Floyd

U.S. Army 1945-1947

Belgium and Germany GCM and ETO Ribbon w/ 2 battle stars

Mary E.M. Fontaine U.S. Navy 1961-1962

Airdale

Leland Fougerson U.S. Navy 1950-1954

Korean War Aboard the U.S.S. Essex

November 2019

Roosevelt Franklin Jr. U.S. Army 1970-1972

Operation Red Hat Okinawa, Japan, Johnson Island Good Conduct, Meritorious Unit Commendation, National Defense, Expert Badge and Auto Rifle Bar

George M. Franks U.S. Navy 1942-1946

Salute to Veterans

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Walter Franklin

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U.S. Navy 1983-1987 USS Saratoga (CV-60) Libya

Hermitt M. Freeman U.S. Army 1942-1945

Europe GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 2 bronze stars

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Salute to Veterans

Daryl D. Fuqua

U.S. Navy 1942-1945

Percy V. Fuqua Jr. U.S.M.C. 1943-1945

November 2019

John W. Garrett

U.S. Navy 1944-1946

Asiatic Pacific, Saipan Purple Heart

South Pacific American Defense, APTO w/ 2 battle stars, Navy Commendation

Jesus Garza Sr.

U.S. Navy 1943-1945

Guadacanal, Vella la Vella, Bougainville, Emirau, New Guinea, Australia and Philippines APTO Ribbon w/ 5 battle stars

U.S. Navy 1942-1943

Julius Gerke Jr.

U.S. Army

U.S.M.C. 1956-1959

KIA in Rumania, 1943 Aerial Gunner Middle East, England and Siciliy GCM, Dist. Flying Cross and ETO Ribbon

U.S. Army 1942-1945

U.S. Navy 1958 – 1970

Randall W. Golden U.S. Army 2010-2015

192nd Infantry Brigade 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment Japan, Korea Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (5 times), National Defense Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal

Lance Corporal Peacetime service Marine Airwing Chery Point, N.C. Cuban Missile Crisis.

Radio Tech

U.S. Army Air Corp

Husfield Gilbert

BF Gessner

Atlantic Fleet LCDR

Paul Golden

Elton L. Gomillion

U.S.M.C. 1945-1946 Pearl Harbor, Guam, Tsingtoo, and China Sixth Marine Division

Naples, Rome, Northern Apennines, Po Valley Purple Heart, Service Stripes, Distinguished Unit Badge, Overseas Service Bars

Kenneth S. Gilbert

Jessie Garza Jr.

Robert “Bob” Goldstein U.S. Navy 1957-1962

Served on USS Warrington DD-843 and USS John King DDG-3 1st Class Petty Officer E6 ASW Sonar Tech Africa, Cuba and Vietnam

Cuthrel T. Goodman

George B. Goodman

Philippine and Solomon Islands GCM, APTO Ribbon w/ 3 battle stars

Philippines, Solomon Islands GCM, APTO Ribbon w/ 4 battle stars

U.S. Navy 1941-1945

U.S. Navy 1941-1946

November 2019

James Goodman Jr. U.S. Army 1940-1945

Ireland, England, Belgium and France GCM, Silver Star, Purple Heart w/ 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Infantry Badge w/ clasp, ETO Ribbon w/ 2 battle stars Wounded in France, 1944

Willie Gottselig

U.S.M.C. 1945-1946 Pearl Harbor, Guam, Tsingtoo, and China Sixth Marine Division

Edwin M. Greenwood U.S. Navy 1943-1945

Salute to Veterans

Albert Gottselig

U.S. Army 1940-1945

U.S. Army 1942-1946

France, Belgium, Germany and Czech GCM, American Defense, ETO Ribbon w/ 5 battle stars

Pacific, Iahu, Saipan, Okinawa, Leyte GCM and APTO Ribbon w/ 1 battle star

Robert P. Grant U.S. Army 1942-1945

France, Belgium and Germany GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 5 battle stars Wounded at a German Prison Camp, 1945

James L. Grice

U.S. Army 1942-1945

Guadacanal, Vella la Vella, Bougainville, Emirau, New Guinea, Australia and Philippines APTO Ribbon w/ 5 battle stars

Martin L. Griffith U.S. Army Air Force 1941-1945

Azores GCM, ETO, ATO, American Defense and Victory Ribbons

Daniel Gottselig

Eva Hopkins Grimes U.S. Army 1974 – 1977

Specialist 4 Stationed Ft. Jackson, SC for Basics Ft. Aordon, GA, Ft. Lewis, WA 864th Engineer Battalion 2nd of the 1st Infantry Division

James M. Gray

U.S. Navy 2002 – 2017 Chicago; Oxnard, California; Sicily, Italy; Seattle Washington; aircraft carriers; West Pack Cruises

Allen J. Griffith

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Martin Gottselig

U.S. Army Air Corps 1943

Italy GCM, Air Medal, ETO Ribbon w/ 5 battle stars

Jessie Green

U.S. Army Korean War Guadacanal, Vella la Vella, Bougainville, Emirau, New Guinea, Australia and Philippines APTO Ribbon w/ 5 battle stars

Johnnie Griffith

U.S. Army 1945-1946 1950-1951

U.S.A.F. 1962-1966

Radar Technician during WWII Heavy Tank Battalion during Korean War

Airman First Class Security Detachment Okinawa, Japan Security Detachment Istanbul, Turkey

Gerald R. Grimm U.S.M.C.

Vietnam 4 Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star

Melvin L. Grimm

U.S. Army Air Corp 1943-1946 Germany

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Salute to Veterans

Terry L. Grimm

U.S.M.C. 1967-1969 Denang, Okinawa, United States Unit Citation

Albert Gruetzner Jr. U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1946

Philippines ATO, APTO, 1 bronze star, Philippine Liberation, GCM

Donald Hair

U.S. Army 1942-1945 European Theatre ETO w/ 3 battle stars Wounded in Italy

John Hale

Richard E. Grissett

U.S. Navy and Naval Reserves 1949-1958

Served aboard heavy cruiser Newport News CA148, flagship of the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, visiting 10 countries.

Four month on Battleship Missouri BB63

Albert Guse

U.S. Navy 1952-1955 Korean War

Hubert Hair

U.S. Navy 1946 China, Japan, Okinawa

Charles Edwin Hall

U.S.A.F. 1967-1971

U.S. Navy 1940-1945

Staff Sergeant Air Force Commendation Medal Korat AFB Thailand 388th MMS 1968-1969

KIA near Okinawa, January 1945 Submarine Swordfish Bronze Star, GCM, APTO and 4 battle stars

November 2019

James C. Grissom

Thomas C. Grissom

South Pacific

South Pacific

U.S. Navy 1942-1945

Carl Haaland

U.S. Army pilot 1967 – 1976

Vietnam 1967-1969 Dual rated fixed wing and rotor 4th Infantry Division 8th Group in Viet Nam Stationed in Pleiku Action in Pleiku, Dak To, Kontum, Buan Me Thuat, Ahn Keh and Qui Nhon.

J.M. Hair Jr.

U.S. Navy 1942-1946

Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Japan, Tarawa, Hawaii, Saipan Bronze star, APTO, 3 battle stars

George N. Hall

U.S.A.F. 1942-1945 Caribbean GCM, ATO

U.S. Army 1941

James Wesley Hammie U.S.A.F. 1965-1967

South East Asia

Duane Hale

U. S. Army/ Texas Army National Guard 1993 - present

U. S. Army Bronze Star, Operation Noble Eagle Homeland Defense 9-27-01 to 6-02 Homeland Defense 20032004. Operation Enduring Freedom 20102011, Chief of Operations, 176th Engineer Brigade FOB Sharana, Afghanistan

Leeal Hall Jr.

1944-1947 World War II honorably discharged

November 2019

Willard Hall

U.S.A.F. 1943-1946 Philippines, Okinawa, Japan GCM, ATO, APTO

Archibald F. Hamilton U.S.A.F. 1943-1946

Philippines, Okinawa, Japan GCM, ATO, APTO

Salute to Veterans

Floyd T. Hammons U.S. Army 1940-1945

Pacific Theatre GCM, APTO w/ 3 battle stars

Walter L. Hammons U.S. Army 1943-1946

GCM and ATO Ribbons

James A. Hammons U.S. Navy 1942-1946

Pacific Theatre Air Medal, GCM, APTO w/ 3 battle stars

G.B. Harmon

U.S. Army 1942-1946

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Jack Hallonquist U.S. Navy 1950-1953

Served as hospital corpsman w/ the Marines in the Korean War

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European Theatre ATO, ETO Ribbons w/ 2 bronze stars, GCM, Bronze Star Medal

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Willie D. Harmon U.S. Army 1941-1945

Iceland GCM, Victory Ribbon

G.C. Harris Jr.

U.S. Army 1942-1946

England, Scotland, France, Germany ATO and ETO Ribbon w/ 4 bronze stars Wounded in France 1944

Carl A. Heckman U.S. Army 1943-1946

England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Czech Purple Heart, Silver Star, ETO w/ 4 battle stars Wounded in France 1945

Robert L. Henderson 1945

Panama, England, France, Belgium and Germany ETO w/ 3 bronze stars, American Defense, ATO w/ 1 battle star, GCM

Rayburn Harrington U.S. Army 1942-1944

Stationed in Hawaii

Robert A. Harris

U.S. Army 1943-1946 European Theatre and Luzonx

Sam Henderson

U.S. Army 1957-1959

Claud W. Harris

U.S. Army 1942-1945

European Theatre Silver Star, GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 4 battle stars, Combat Expert Rifleman Medal, Presidential Citation

Ira E. “Bud� Haynie U.S.A.F. 1950-1954

Korean War

James Bubba Henley Sr. U.S.A.F. 1946-1949

Ft. Gordon Signal Core

Brett C. Henry

U.S.A.F. 1973-1977

November 2019

Earl L. Harris Jr.

U.S. Army 1942

M.T.O., E.T.O., and C.B.I. ETO w/ 4 battle stars, CBI w/ 1 battle star, Air Medal w/ 1 cluster, and Dist. Flying Cross

Thomas J. Haynie Jr. U.S. Army 1943-1946

France and Germany GCM, Bronze Star Medal, ETO w/ 2 Bronze Stars and ATO Ribbons

Herbert Hemann U.S. Navy 1945

U.S.S. Columbia

Clyde C. Hensley U.S. Army

764 Tank Division

Jack Hensley

U.S. Army 1950-1956 Korean War

November 2019

Robert Hensley

U.S. Navy 1962-1964 USS Elokomin (AO-55)

John D. “J.D.” Hodges U.S. Army 1959 – 1962

SPC-5 5th Army Medical Corps Fort Carson

Charles Dean Horn U.S. Navy 1964-1967

Honorably discharged

David Horn

U.S.M.C. 1959

Salute to Veterans

Bryan Hext

U.S. Army 1971-1975 1st Lt. served as intelligence officer for 1.70th Armor, 4th Inf. Div.

Harry H. Holley Jr. U.S. Navy 1943-1946

Guam

John N. Hicks

U.S.A.F. 1967-1974

Robert L. Holt

U.S.M.C. 1943-1945

Rifle Coach, Crew Chief South Pacific, Kwajalein, Guam and Okinawa Presidential Unit Citation, Expert Rifleman

Vietnam

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Pacific

United States, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand

Dan T. “Curly” Horn U.S. Army 1969-1970

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Pacific Theatre, Truk Island

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Robert E. Horn

U.S.M.C. 1965-1968 Sergeant USS FD Roosevelt/ CVA – 42

William M. Hurt

U.S. Navy 1942-1945

Shawn P. House

U.S. Army 6 years

Specialist served in Iraq Feb ‘04 to Feb ‘05 OIF II Army Commendation Medal Army Achievement Medal

Edward L. Hyman U.S. Army 1943

U.S. Army 1942-1945

KIA Rhine River, 1945 France, Germany and Belgium Patton’s 3rd Army Purple Heart, GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 3 battle stars

Claude R. Ike Isenhour U.S.A.F. 1969-1994

Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal w/ 5 oak leaf clusters, Air Medal w/ 6 devices, AF Commendation Medal w/ 3 devices, AF Achievement Medal just to mention a few.

U.S.A.F. 1949-1952 Korean War — Fairbanks, AK

Joe T. Hyman

U.S. Army 1944-1945

Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, GCM, Presidential Unit Citation, ETO Ribbon w/ 3 battle stars Wounded in Germany 1945

Alaska

Clinton A. Isbell Jr.

Bob Howard

Clyde Tilman Isbell U.S. Navy 1942-1946

Pacific and Asiatic Theatres GCM, APTO

Gene Ismert

U.S. Army 1959-1962 Pilot 1st Inf. Div.

George R. Isbell

U.S. Army Air Corp 1944-1946

Korea American Defense and APTO Ribbons

Chester H. Jackson U.S. Army 1944-1945

KIA at Luzon, 1945 Philippines

November 2019

Wiley Hurst

U.S. Army 1970-1972 Vietnam

Thomas B. Imhoff U.S. Army 1940-1945

American Defense, ATO, APTO Ribbons w/ 1 bronze star and 1 silver star and GCM

Truman T. Isbell

U.S. Navy 1944-1946

Okinawa American Defense, APTO Ribbons

Earl D. Jackson

U.S. Army 1941-1945

Alaska and Pacific Theatres

November 2019

Salute to Veterans

Novel B. James

Jessie H. Jackson

U.S. Navy 1942-1945

U.S. Army Air Corps 1942-1946

South and Central Pacific American Defense, APTO Ribbons w/ 8 battle stars, Presidential Unit Citation w/ 3 stars, GCM and Special Commendation

Hawaii

Fred Clare Johnson U.S.M.C. 1943-1945

Brian Jefferson

U.S.M.C. 1996-2011

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Clifford Henry James U.S. Army 1953 – 1955

U.S.M.C. 1951-1953

Cpl Korean Service Medal w/3*, Purple Heart Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal

Corporal 78th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal UN Service Medal

Sherwanna Jefferson U.S. Navy

Lovie Odell Jessie

Gary Edward Johnson U.S.M.C. 1966-1969

Good Conduct Medal, Navy Unit Commendation w/1*, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnamese Service Medal w/2*, Vietnamese Campaign Medal w/device

Gunnery Sergeant Camp Pendelton, 3 years in Iraq

PTO Purple Heart, APTO Ribbon Wounded Peleliu Island 1944

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Harry Johnson

U.S.A.F. 1965-1968 Vietnam veteran VFW Post 4006

European Theatre Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, GCM, ETO w/ 2 battle stars, Occupation and ATO Ribbons Wounded in France 1945

U.S. Army 1974 – 1987

Sergeant Fort Ord, California; Bamberg, Germany; Schofield, Hawaii; Fort Sill, Oklahoma Good Conduct Medal

Pierre L. Josserand U.S. Army 1944-1945

Paul Johnson

Edward T. Joswiak U.S. Army 1943-1944

Australia

William Allen Jones 1953-1953

Korea

November 2019

William H. Jones U.S. Army 1970-1990

United States, Vietnam, South Korea, Germany.

Meritorious Service Medal (3), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal (3), Combat Infantry Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge

Max L. Joswiak

U.S. Army 1940-1945 South Pacific GCM and APTO Ribbon

J.L. Junot

U.S. Navy 1942-1944 Germany ETO Aboard USS Cheneango Wounded at Gilbert Islands

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Robert Junot

U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Okinawa Served aboard Allen Dalex

John Keelan

U.S. Army Air Corps 1942-1945

8th Air Force in England as a B-17 pilot Dist. Flying Cross, Air Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, ETO Ribbon w/ 1 battle star

Marion B. Kennard U.S. Army 1945

KIA in Germany, June 1946

Felix Kimich

U.S. Army 1952-1954 Korean War Tank Driver

Salute to Veterans

Cheri E. Kapchinski U.S. Navy 1979-1985

Aerographer’s Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class (Meteorology & Oceanography)

Richard F. Keelan U.S. Navy 1943-1946

American Area, Atlantic and Pacific, European, African and Middle Eastern Area ATO, ETO w/ 2 battle stars

Robert L. Kennard

Clarence Karonika U.S. Army

Served during WWI

Arthur O. Kennard U.S. Army Air Corp 1942-1946

Frank A. Kiefel

U.S. Army 1943-1945

U.S. Navy 1944-1946

France and Germany.

GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 1 battle star

Luzon, Corregidor, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Purple Heart, Philippine Liberation, Unit Commendation, APTO Ribbon w/ 1 battle star.

Wounded in Iwo Jima 1945

Philip I. Klein

U.S. Army 1941-1969

Dispatcher clerk 055 and Carbine marksman.

American Theater Campaign Medal, EAME Campaign Medal w/ three bronze stars, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Ribbon and three overseas Service Bars/ Honorable Discharge

Phillip I. Klein

U.S. Army 1956-75

Purple Heart, Medal of Honor, Bronze Star.

Served 2 tours of duty in Vietnam Wat. Retired as an E-8.

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Floyd Keasling

U.S. Army 1970-1971 Vietnam

Chester Kennard U.S. Army 1944-1946

Pacific Theatre GCM, APTO Ribbon w/ 1 battle star

Alex Kimich

U.S. Army 1952-1954 Korean War Tank Driver

Anthony Klodzinski U.S. Army

2 tours of duty in Iraq

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Salute to Veterans

Lawrence Klodzinski U.S.A.F.

Served in Korean War

Bernard Klovenski

Pete Klodzinski U.S.A.F.

European Theatre

John C. Knox

U.S. Army 1944-1946

U.S. Navy

Name is on the Memorial Wall at Pearl Harbor

Paul Koronka

U.S. Army 1940-1944 France, Germany and Belgium

U.S.A.F.

Technician North Africa, Burma, India, China

Stanley Kolbasinski U.S. Army 1942-1945

Normandy Northern France EAME Campaign Medal w/ 5 Bronze Stars

Korean War Sergeant

Brosig Kolojajck

Teofil Klodzinski

Charles H. Kooken U.S.M.C. 1942-1946

New Zealand, New Caladonia, Guadalcanal and Guam American Defense, APTO Ribbons

Rufus Koronka

U.S. Army 1941 U.S.S. Brasil North Africa and Italy

Fred Kopecky

U.S. Army WWI 9 Oct 1917 — 11 Nov 1919 WWII 15 Jun 1942 — 2 Mar 1943

Steve Koronka

1941-1945

Pacific Theatre, Hawaii, Cipan, Okinawa

November 2019

Anthony C. Klosky U.S. Army 1967-1973

Stationed in South Vietnam, 1968-1969

Julian Kologinczak U.S. Army 1951-1952

Communications, Radio Teletype Chorwan Valley, Taegu, Seoul, Pusan, Kumwa, Korea

Louis Koronka

U.S. Army 1942-1945 Airborne Germany and France Good Conduct and War Campaign Medals

Sylvester Koronka U.S. Army 1942-1944

Sicily, Naples, Rome, Southern France, Rhineland, Central Europe. EAME Campaign Medal w/ 6 Bronze Stars, Purple Heart, Bronze Arrowhead Wounded in action March 1944

November 2019

A.J. Kowis

U.S. Army 1942-1945

Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe EAME Campaign Medal w/ 4 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal, Lapel Button

Arthur W. La Salle U.S. Navy 1963 – 1977

Salute to Veterans

Edward Kreeger U.S. Army 1982-1991

S/Sgt. Operation Just Cause Panama (1990-91)

George W. La Salle U.S. Army 1942-1943

BRC E-7 Chief Petty Officer Westpac, Vietnam, Philippines, Mediterranean, Spain, Italy destroyers, frigates, repair ships, aircraft carriers, Inactive ship facility in Orange, Texas, Vietnam Veteran

Gloria C. Lake

U.S. Army 1956-1958 Medical Specialist Fort Hood, Brook Army Hospital, Fort Ord Army Hospital

William H. Lavender U.S. Army 1945-1946

GCM and ATO Ribbon

Mitchell D. Kroll

U.S. Army 1981-1985

U.S. Army 1951-1973 Heavy Artillery Sergeant Vietnam, Korea, Vietnam Medal of Honor

William S. Law

U.S.M.C. 1965-1969 Sergeant Vietnam: 19661967

John David Kucifer U.S. Army 1958-1961

Germany

W.S. “Bill” Laird Sr. U.S.M.C. 1942-1952

First Marine Division H&S Transport S/SGT. Deployed Melbourne, Papu New Guinea, New Ireland, “Palaus Islands” Constable Pct 3 Grimes County 20 years

Nathaniel Lake

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Richard D. Large US Navy 1966 - 1983

Vietnam Era Submarine Duty on USS Charr

James Lawrence 1961-1964

Germany

Edward Wayne Lake U.S. Navy 1944-1946

South Pacific APTO w/ 1 battle star

Gilbert Lauter

U.S. Army 1946-1948 Germany

Stanley Earl Legge U.S. Army 1951-1953

Korean War Lakenheath Air Force Base in England

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Fred G. Leiber

U.S. Army 1951-1953

George E. Lewis Jr.

Southwest Pacific

Willie H. Leiber

U.S. Army Air Force 1943-1946 Good Conduct Medal and Victory Ribbon

Korean War

U.S. Navy 1943-1945

Salute to Veterans

Richard Lewis Jr. U.S. Navy 1967-1969 1972-1973

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Luby LeNorman Jr. U.S.M.C. Air Corps 1943-1946

George E. Letlow U.S. Army Air Corps 1943-1945

ETO w/ 8th Air Force Air Medal w/ 5 Clusters, GCM, ETO w/ 3 battle stars, and Unit Citation

South Pacific Emirau Philippines APTO w/ 1 battle star

David Lilly

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U.S. Army Air Force

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Robert E. Love Jr.

US Army (Ret.) 1975-1996

CWOZ: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Europe X3, Korea X1 MSM: Meritorious Service Medal ARCOM: Army Commendation Medal X3 AAM: Army Achievement Medal X3 AGCM: Army Good Conduct Medal X4 NDSM: National Defense Service Medal NCOPD: Noncommissioned Officers Professional Development

Elridge Manning

U.S. Army 1955-1957 SP3 Good Conduct Medal

Sharon D. Love

U.S.M.C. 1984-1996

Sgt. Okinawa, Japan MCAS New River, NC Camp LeJeune, NC MUC: Meritorious Unit Commendation GCM: Good Conduct Medal X2 NDSM: National Defense Service Medal SSDR: Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

Joseph T. Mariner Jr. U.S.M.C. 1942

Solomon Islands, Gavlith Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Gilbert Islands Presidential Citation, APTO w/ 3 battle stars

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November 2019

Tracy Mahoney

Phillip Mahoney

U.S.A.F. 1987-2002

U.S.A.F. 1988-1991

Gulf War stationed in Korea, Japan and Lackland Air Force Base

Gulf War Security Police stationed at Beall Air Force Base, California, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio and in England and Cyprus

Crystal Marroquin

U.S. Army Reserve 2011-present NHS 2012 grad

Carl B. Marsh

U.S. Army 1942-1946

U.S., North Africa and France ETO w/ 3 battle stars and ATO Ribbons, Purple Heart and GCM Wounded in Metz, France 1944

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Donald Ray Martin U.S. Army 1965

Thailand, Vietnam Generator Specialist

Josephine D. Martin U.S. Navy 1945-1947

Salute to Veterans

H.E. “Ed” Martin

U.S. Army 1960 – 1963 SPC E-5 101st Airborne Division

Jose L. Martinez Jr. U.S.M.C. 1998-2006

John I. Martin

U.S. Army U.S., Germany

Jose L. Martinez U.S.M.C. 1969-1997

Vietnam Desert Storm 4 Navy Achievement Medals

Melvin Mason

U.S. Army Korean War

Oris A. McCleney U.S. Army Air Force 1943

China, India and Burma GCM, ATO and APTO Ribbons w/ 4 battle stars

Booker T. Matthews U.S. Army 1943-1946

Africa, Italy, Philippine Islands and Japan GCM, ATO, ETO Ribbon w/ 2 Bronze Stars, APTO Ribbon, and Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Joe D. McDougald U.S. Navy 1944-1946

SW and South Pacific APTO Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, Philippine Liberation and ATO Ribbons

Randolph A. McAlpine U.S. Army 1941-1946

European Theatre, Bronze Star and ATC Medals w/ Bronze Arrowhead, ETO Ribbon w/ 5 bronze stars

Wiley D. McDougald U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1946

GCM and ATO Ribbon

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John W. Martin

1967-1968 Korea

Clarence O. Mason U.S. Army 1944-1947

France, Belgium, Philippines and Korea ETO Ribbon w/ 1 Bronze Star, APTO Ribbon and Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Lester Lee McCleney U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1946

China, India and Burma Presidential Citation, APTO w/ 2 battle stars and ETO Ribbons and GCM

George McDowell Sr. U.S. Army 1971-1992

GCM and ATO Ribbon Retired Bronze Star Medal

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Robert McDowell U.S. Army 1969-1970

Jack Baker McGinty Jr. U.S. Navy 1944-1946

South Pacific

Cecil L. Meekins

U.S. Army 1942-1945

John R. Meekins U.S. Army 1945-1946

KIA Bay of Biscay, March 20, 1944 Served in England as gunner on Patrol Bomber Air Medal, Gold Star

John O. McCune Jr. U.S. Army Air Corps 1942-1946

Norht Africa and India.

Purple Heart, GCM and APTO Ribbon Wounded in Mediterranean Sea 1943

Coy McDougald

U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1946

GCM

Douglas R. McVey U.S. Army 1962-1966

Crewed on a Medivac helicopter, carrying out the dead and wounded; National Defense Service Medal, Expert Badge, Vietnam Service Medal and Aircraft Crewman Badge

Jack McClure

U.S.A.F. 1951-1955 Korean War

James T. McDonald Jr. U.S. Army Air Corps 1941-1945

European Theatre

Geo A. McDougald U.S. Medical Air Corps 1942-1946

China, Burma, India ATO and APTO ribbons w/ 1 bronze star, GCM, Dist. Unit Badge

Scott McDonald

U.S. Navy 1993-97

Served aboard USS Ponce (LPD-15) Operation Kuwaiti Freedom, Liberian Liberation, visited 13 countries

Lee R. Mertz

U.S. Army WWII Pacific

November 2019

Beason B. McWhorter U.S. Army 1942-1945

England ETO Ribbon w/ 3 battle stars

George M. McCune U.S. Army 1942-1945

Pacific and Philippines GCM, APTO Ribbon w/ 5 battle stars

Charlie W. McDougald U.S. Army 1940-1945

European Theatre GCM, Purple Heart, Oak Leaf Cluster, Infantry Badge, American Defense, Presidential Citation, ETO w/ bronze star, Dist.

Unit Badge. Wounded in Germany 1944

Leon H. Meyer

U.S. Navy 1944-1946

GCM, ATO Ribbon

November 2019

Phil H. Meyer

U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1947

North Africa, India, Burma and China ETO w/ 2 battle stars, APTO w/ 2 battle stars, Presidential Citation, ATO Ribbon and British Coastal Patrol Ribbon

Rufus C. Midkiff

U.S. Navy 1942-1946 Marianas Islands GCM and APTO and ATO Ribbons

Edd L. Mitchell Jr. U.S. Army 1944-1946

Italy GCM, ETO and Occupation Ribbons

Ervin Molitor

U.S. Army 1944-1946 South Pacific

Salute to Veterans

Edwin A. Mickan U.S. Army Air Corps 1941-1945

Africa, Sicily and Italy GM, Unit Cit. w/ 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Dist. Unit Badge, ETO Ribbon and Purple Heart Wounded in Italy 1944

Wm. Albert Miller U.S. Army Air Force 1941-1944

Buster Brown Midkiff U.S. Army 1943-1945

Asiatic-Pacific Area ATO and APTO Ribbons w/ 2 bronze stars, Philippine Liberation w/ 1 bronze star

Thomas J. Mims Jr. U.S. Navy 1943-1946

U.S.A.F. 1970-1973 Sergeant Indochina during Vietnam era

Fritz Molitor Jr.

U.S. Army 1941-1943 KIA in New Guinea, 1943 Australia

Hulon E. Midkiff

U.S. Army 1942-1946 GCM and ATO Ribbon

DePatrick Mitchell U.S. Army

Private Fort Benning, Georgia Advance Individual Tech Bootcamp 2001 160 Spec. Operations, Baghdad, Iraq Campaigns 2 (No. 2 tour)

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Linda Mitchell

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John M. Mock

U.S. Army 1966-1969

U.S. Army Security Agency Southern Command Canal Zone Panama 1966-1967 Vietnam 1967-1969

Morris B. Montgomery U.S. Army 1941-1944

Normandy, France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Efficiency Commendations, 2 Presidential Unit Citations Wounded in 1944

Herbert W. Mohr

U.S. Army 1943-1946 France and Germany GCM, ETO and ATO Ribbons

Archie L. Mooney U.S. Army 1942-1945

ATO Ribbon and GCM

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James C. Moore Jr. U.S.A.F. 1965-1968

Air Force communications technician Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii Scored in the 95th percentile on an electronics skills test

Grady C. Morris

U.S. Army 1942-1945

KIA at Belgium Bulge, January 22, 1945 European Theatre Purple Heart, ETO Ribbon w/ 4 battle stars, GCM Wounded in Belgium 1944

Abner Raymond Myers U.S. Army 1941-1945

European Theatre ETO w/ 5 battle stars

John A. Neely

U.S. Army 1945-1946

Occupational Forces, Austria GCM and Occupation Ribbon

Susan Moore-Taylor U.S.A.F. 1981-1985

Spain, Oklahoma Good Conduct Medal, Air Force Training Ribbon, Longevity Service Ribbon, Overseas Long Tour Ribbon, Air Force Achievement Medal

Ray Morris

U.S. Army Air Corps 1943-1945 England Presidential Unit Citation, ETO Ribbon w/ 7 battle stars, GCM

George L. Myers U.S. Army 1942-1946

Pacific Theatre

Paul Nemir Jr.

U.S. Army Med. Corps 1945-1947

Korea ATO and Korean Occupation Ribbons

Garvin E. Morris

U.S. Army 1943-1945

France Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge Wounded in France, 1944

W.M. Mosley

U.S. Army 1942-1945 North Africa and Italy

Marion C. Myers

U.S. Army 1938

Central Pacific, Luzon, Northern Solomon Island and Guadalcanal APTO w/ 4 bronze stars, GCM, American Defense Medal and Philippine Liberation ribbon w/ 1 bronze starx

Willie M. Nesby

U.S. Army 1945-1946

Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Purple Heart, GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 3 bronze stars, Combat Infantry Badge Wounded in Germany 1945x

November 2019

Glen L. Morris

U.S. Army Air Corps 1943-1945

8th Air Force in England Air Medal w/ 5 Oak Leaf Clusters

Harvy Murry

U.S. Army 1939-1944 Pacific Theatre

Edgar N. Neely

U.S. Army 1941-1945

France, Belgium, Holland and Germany w/ an Airborne Field Artillery Division American Def., ETO w/ 3 bronze stars and ATO Ribbons, GCM, 1 Bronze Arrowhead and Dist. Unit Badgex

Leonard L. Nevill U.S. Navy 1917-1919

European Theatre

November 2019

Maron L. Nevill

U.S. Army Air Corps 1942-1944

American Defense Ribbon

McKinley Nolan

U.S. Army 1965-1967 Vietnam Purple Heart MIA 1967

Wm. L. Norwood U.S. Army 1941-1945

North Africa, Italy, Southern France, Germany and Austria ETO Ribbon and GCM

Patricia Oliver

U.S. Army 15 years SFC, 453rd Inland Cargo Transfer Company Deployed to OEF, 2007-2008

Salute to Veterans

Marvin E. Nevill U.S. Army 1945-1946

France, Holland, Belgium and Germany ETO Ribbon w/ 2 battle stars

James A. Norwood U.S.M.C. 1943-1945

South and Southwest Pacific Theatre APTO ribbon w/ 3 battle stars

Charles E. Noto

U.S. Army 1939-1944

WWII Signal Corps Set up radar sites off islands around Japan and the West Coast.

Robert L. Olson U.S.A.F.

2nd class airman Radar Mechanic

Melvia D. Nevill

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Chester Nobles

U.S. Army 1943-1945

U.S. Army 1945-1946

Okinawa and Japan Good Conduct Medal, APTO and Occupation Ribbons

Puerto Rico GCM and American Defense Ribbon

Ralph E. Norwood U.S. Army 1942-1945

South and Southwest Pacific Theatre GCM, Philippine Liberation Medal, Combat Infantry Badge and APTO w/ 3 battle stars

James Novakowsky U.S. Army 1967-1969

1st Calvary Wounded in combatx

Andy Ostiguin

U.S.M.C. 1964-1968 Vietnam 1965-1966 Good Conduct Medal

Richard L. Norwood U.S. Army 1941-1945

England, North Africa and Italy Presidential Unit Citation, Croix de Guerre w/ Vermillion Star, American Defense and ETO Ribbons w/ 4 bronze stars and GCM

Willie J. O’Brien

U.S. Navy 1943-1946 Air crewman gunner Pacific Theatre

Marcus Ostiguin U.S. Army 2 years

SPC4 Vietnam era Germany Good Conduct Medal

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Victor Ostiguin Jr. U.S. Army 1967-1969

E-4 in the 3rd Armor Division Stationed in Hanau, Germany Good Conduct Medal

David Pasket

U.S. Army Albuquerque, NM

George W. Parr

U.S. Army 1944-1945 Asiatic Pacific and Tokyo, Japan APTO, Philippine Liberation and Occupation Ribbons and GCM

Frank W. Pasket Jr. U.S. Navy 1954-1976

Joined the Coast Guard Stationed in New Orleans, Alaska; Base Galveston; Transferred to 125 ft.

Cutter, Freeport; Also stationed at: Ellington Field, Baltimore, Hawaii, NYC at Governor’s Island

Joe Pasket

WWII

Buddy W. Patton U.S. Army

Six years Sergeant Infantry 101st Airborne Division Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Louis Pasket

Adam Pasket

U.S. Army 1953-1955 Korean War

U.S. Army Four years

Germany, France, Czechoslovakia Medals: Purple Heart, Bronze Star

Charlie Pasket

U.S. Army

KIA, ship was sunk and body was never recovered

George Pasket

Francis W. Pasket IV U.S.M.C. 2001-2010

Sharpshooter Qualification Anti-Tank Air Guard Missleman Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Will Pasket

U.S. Army

WWII

Woodrow Patterson U.S. Army 1942-1945

Northern Solomon Islands, Luzon APTO Ribbon w/ 2 bronze stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 bronze star and GCM Wounded in Bougainville, 1944

WWII

Willie “Bill” Paukert

November 2019

Booker T. Paulhill, III US Marines 1993 – 1997

Shamar Paulhill

U.S. Army 2016 – Present

PFC Air Missile Defense Global Force Command Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

November 2019

Gary P. Pearson Jr. U.S. Navy 1943

Pearl Harbor, Kwajelin, Eniwetok, Iwo Jima and Tokyo, Japan Letter of Commendation, APTO and American Defense Ribbon

Emory M. Perkins U.S. Army 1941-1945

England, France and Germany ETO Ribbon w/ 2 Bronze Stars

Paul V. Pippin

U.S. Army 1942-1946 Pacific Islands, Guam and Saipan Wounded in Guam, 1945

Ambria J. Powell U.S. Navy

Chicago; Pensacola, Florida; Oahu, Hawaii

Salute to Veterans

Billy S. Peavy

U.S. Army Air Force 1943-1945

England, flew in 33 missions over Germany Air Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

James L. Peteete

Charles B. Pederson U.S. Army 1942-1945

Arica, Italy, France and Germany ETO w/ 6 bronze stars

Iver A. Peterson

U.S. Army 1942

U.S. Navy 1944-1946

8th Army Air Force, first raid over Berlin GCM, ETO Ribbon and Purple Heart

South Pacific APTO Ribbon w/ 4 battle stars

Woodrow Plater

U.S. Navy 1942-1945 Aleutians and Guam

Austin Powell

U.S.M.C. 1974 – 1979 San Diego, California; Okinawa, Japan; Guam

Thomas A. Poe

U.S. Army 1943-1945

France, Germany, Austria and Czech GCM, ATO and ETO Ribbons w/ 3 battle stars, Combat Infantry Badge

Earnest Powell

U.S. Navy 1975 – 1980

Chicago; Oakland, California; USS Coral Sea – West Pack Cruise to Japan, Philippines, Australia Good Conduct Medal, Overseas Medal

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Servando Crus Pena 1952-1954

Oklahoma National Defense Service Medal

Henry C. Pierce

U.S.M.C. 1955-1959 Okinawa, Japan Philippines

Loyd Pool

U.S. Army 1944

433rd Signal Corps Construction attached to air base

Ever Powell-Johnson U.S. Navy 1980 – 2001

Orland, Florida; San Diego, California; Atsugi, Japan; Vinceza, Italy; San Miguel, Philippines; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; Oahu, Hawaii; NAS Corpus Christi, M-16, 45 & 9mm ribbon; Letter of Commendation

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Salute to Veterans

Henry L. Powell Jr. U.S. Army 1972 – 1974

SPC 5 Fort Polk, Louisiana; Ehlinger, Germany

L.P. Prescott

U.S. Army 1942-1945

World War II Cpl., 241st FA Batallion Northern France, Ardennes, Central Europe, Rhineland EAME Campaign Medal w/ 4 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal w/ 1 Clasp, American Theater Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal

Eugene W. Randall U.S.A.F. 1953-1955

Korean War Medical Honorable Discharge

Van Hulon Rigby U.S. Army Air Corps 1942-1945

Aerial photographer during World War II Medals include the WWII Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Honorable Discharge Lapel Pin.

Joseph H. Powell U.S. Army 1941-1946

England and France Legion of Merit, ATO and ETO Ribbons w/ 1 battle star, American Defense Ribbon and Medaille de la Reconnaissane

William D. Purvis U.S. Army 1942-1945

Africa and Italy ETO Ribbon w/ 4 battle stars

Aurelio Rangel

U.S. Army 1969-1970 Army Infantry — 11B40

Kenneth Powell

U.S. Army 1995 – 2016

Chief Warrant Officer Fort Brag, North Carolina; Oahu, Hawaii; Wurzburg, Germany; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Anchorage/Fairbanks, Alaska; Vinceza, Italy; Rock Island, Illinois; Kosovo, Bosnia; Afghanistan, Bronze Star, Combat Action Badge, Airborne Wings

Harnold L. Pyle U.S. Navy 1942-1945

Pacific Theatre APTO w/ 5 bronze stars and ATO Ribbons and Presidential Unit Citation

Durwood B. Ratliff U.S. Army Air Corps 1943-1946

GCM, ATO Ribbon

Vietnam War

Bennie T. Risinger U.S.M.C. 1945

South Pacific

Elbert L. Risinger U.S. Army 1941-1943

England and North Africa Bronze Star Medal, ETO Ribbon w/ 2 Battle Stars and GCM

November 2019

Daniel Prescott

U.S. Army 1964 – 1971 Sergeant

Travis C. Pyle

U.S. Army 1943-1945

France, Germany, Belgium and Holland ETO Ribbon w/ 5 bronze stars, GCM, Bronze Star Medal

Anson W. Rigby

U.S. Navy 1942-1946

ATO and APTO Ribbons w/ 1 Battle Star and Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Willie E. Risinger

U.S. Army 1944-1946 Philippines GC and APTO Ribbon w/ 2 battle stars

November 2019

Marvin Robertson U.S. Army 1945-1946

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Philippines Technician 4th Grade 616th Port Company Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Ribbon, 1 Overseas Service Bar

Frank Rosenquist 1941-1945

Salute to Veterans

Samuel R. Robinson U.S.A.F.

6-years active duty Staff Sergeant 3 tours to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom

Walter R. Rothrock U.S. Navy 1945

WWII N. Africa, Sicily, Italy Purple Heart, 3 Bronze Stars

Urenda Gail Ruckett U.S. Navy 1981-2001

Retired E-6 Petty Officer

Louis C. Sandidge U.S.M.C. 1955-1959

Sgt. 2nd Air & Naval Gunfire Liason Co. close to air support for Egypt-Suez Conflict, Lebanon-Jordan conflict, Iceland, Norway, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy & Greece.

Sharpshoooter M-1

Andy Rodriguez

U.S. Army 1968-1970

E-5 Specialist Ft. Belvoir, Germany Sharpshooter Badge

Horace E. Rowland U.S. Army 1942-1945

European Theatre ATO and ETO Ribbons w/ 5 Battle Stars and GCM

Anthony Salvaggio U.S. Army 1945-1946

Belgium and Berlin, Germany

Ernest Cecil Sargent U.S. Army 1951-1956

1st Lieutenant Fort Hood, Fort Benning, Ga; Fort Ord, Ca; 43rd Infantry Division, Munich, Germany

Gabriel Lee Sanchez U.S Air Force 2000 - 2014

Tech Sgt 90th Fighter Wing, Alaska 352nd Network Warfare Squadron, Hawaii 90th Missile Wing, Wyoming US Forces Korea, Seoul South Korea

Leon Charles Scardino U.S.A.F. 1961 – 1965

479th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-104 Star Fighters DaNang Air Base Good Conduct, Presidential Citation, Viet Nam Service Medal, Expert Marksman, National Defense Ribbon

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Robert M. Roseman, Jr. US Army 1965 - 1969

Captain Company Commander 606 Ordnance Company, 191st Ordnance Battalion South Vietnam, January 1,1968 to January 1, 1969 Bronze Star for Meritorious Service

Robert R. Rowland U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1946

Victory Ribbon and GCM

James Sanders

Retired U.S. Army Operation Desert Storm Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom 1990-2014

Craig Brian Schiele U.S.A.F.

KIA October 24, 1970, 5 miles north of Mu Gia Pass in Laos.

Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 1st Oak Leaf Cluster, Helicopter Rescue Award, Air Service Medal, Air Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

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Salute to Veterans

Carl Schroeder

U.S. Army 1943-1945

Prison guard Aschaffenburg, Germany Honorable Discharge

Walter M. “Buddie” Scott U.S. Army 1941-1945

India Good Conduct Medal

Hubert F. Schroeder

Walter W. Schumacher

Shannon A. Schunicht

Pacific Theatre APTO w/ 8 Battle Stars

Japan APTO and Occupation Ribbons

Fort Hood First Lieutenant in Infantry

U.S. Navy 1943-1945

Edwin P. Scrivener U.S. Army 1946

Tokyo, Japan

Edward Leon Sechelski Joe Harold Sechelski U.S. Navy 1945

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army 1952-1954

Europe Germany Medal for “Sharp Shooter”

U.S. Army 1945-1946

Lee G. Scrivener

U.S. Navy 1943-1945

Pacific Theatre ATO and PATO Ribbon w/ 5 Battle Stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 2 Battle Stars

Lewis Pete Sechelski

U.S. Army 1942 – 1945

Good Conduct Medal, Bronze Star – Asiatic Pacific Campaign, Bronze Star – American Theater Campaign, Marksman Rifle Badge, WWII Victory Medal

U.S. Missouri

Arch “Buddy” Seigle

November 2019

Thomas Seigler

U.S. Marines 1969-1978

Avionics – Staff Sergeant

Horace Selman

U.S.M.C. 1942-1945

Asiatic-Pacific Theatre APTO Ribbon w/ 3 Battle Stars and Presidential Unit Citation

U.S. Army 1983 – 1985

Robert D. Sears

U.S. Navy

Diego Garcia Island Navy Unit Commendation w/ 2 stars, Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 1 Star, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Ribbon w/ 3 stars

Marvin J. Sechelski U.S. Army 1970-1971

E5 Purple Heart

T.C. Selman

U.S.M.C. 1942-1945

Asiatic-Pacific Theatre APTO w/ 2 Battle Stars

November 2019

Steve Seymour

U.S. Army Vietnam 1968 - 1969

Co. G 75th Rangers LRRP Combat Infantry Badge Two Purple Hearts

Jennifer Shine

U.S.A.F. 2006-present

Joint Task force Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Operation Enduring Freedom) Joint Service Achievement Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, AF Overseas Ribbon.

Reenlisted for 4 more years of service

Don L. Slaton

U.S. Army 1956-1959

Spec 5 Medic in Korea, C Company, 11th Engineer Combat Battalion Ft. Bliss, El Paso

Marcus D. Smith

U.S. Army 1942-1945

U.S., England, Germany and France ATO and ETO Ribbons w/ 5 Bronze Stars, GCM

Salute to Veterans

William C. Shead

U.S. Army 1945

Italy GCM and Sharpshooter’s Badge

Thomas Shine

U.S. Army 1943-1945 Germany

Eugene A. Shine

U.S. Navy 1942-1945

U.S. Army 1941-1945

European Theatre GCM, ATO and ETO Ribbons

Will D. Smith Jr.

U.S. Army WWII 361st Engineer (SS) Regiment European and Asian Theaters

George H. Shine

U.S. Navy 1941-1945

South Pacific

Wilson L. Shive

U.S. Navy 1945-1946 Philippines APTO Ribbon

J.P. Sledge

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Frank C. Smith Jr.

U.S. Air Force 1956-1960 Madrid, Spain

Thomas G. Snodgrass U.S. Army 1965-1971

Vietnam Service 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One), 4th Infantry Division, MACV-Advisor Purple Heart

W.R. Shive

U.S. Army Air Corps 1940-1945

Australia, India and China CBI Ribbon w/ 2 Battle Stars

Henry Thomas Smith U.S. Navy 1944-1946

Pacific Ocean USS Cogswell

Hamilton G. Snook U.S. Army 1941-1945

European Theatre GCM and ETO Ribbon w/ 3 Battle Stars

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Salute to Veterans

Julius J. Snook

U.S. Army 1942-1945

Australia, New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, Papuan Campaigns and New Guinea Campaigns GCM and APTO Ribbon w/ 2 Bronze Stars

John Lee Sowell

U.S.A.F. 1950-1953

Okinawa Air Policeman- K-9

Wade J. Stanford

U.S. Navy 1942-1946

Van B. Snook

U.S. Army 1942-1944

KIA in Wyler, Germany, 1944 France and Germany ETO Ribbon and Bronze Star Medal

Justin Sowell

U.S.M.C. 2009-current LCPL Rifleman Combat Unit

Willie R. Snook

U.S. Army 1944-1945 Egypt ETO Ribbon and GCM

Harlan “Hardy” Stabler U.S.M.C. 1942-1945

MAG 12 First Division Guadalcanal

Albert Lee Stewart

Alfred W. Stewart

Charles Aldred Stokes

Kenneth Stolpman

U.S. Army 1943-1944

U.S. Army 1942-1946

November 2019

Donald G. Sowell

U.S.A.F. 1969-1973

Thailand Security Policeman

Stacey Stabler

U.S. Navy 1972-1978 Vietnam

Willis E. Stewart

U.S. Army 1943-1944

ETO w/ Armed Guard, w/ fleet aboard U.S.S. New Jersey in the Pacific GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 4 Battle Stars, APTO Ribbon w/ 7 Battle Stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 2 Battle Stars and ATO Ribbon

Melody (Griffith) Stoker U.S. Navy 1992-2004

Yeoman 1st Class VP-23 - Brunswick, ME (Deployed to Sigonella Sicily) COMPATWING 5 Brunswick, ME MOMAU 15 - Kingsville COMPATWING 5 Brunswick, ME, Naval Reserve Center - Millington, TN, SIMA - Ingleside

U.S. Army 1942-1945

England, Africa and Italy GCM, ETO and ATO Ribbons Badly burned in Africa 1943

U.S. Army 1968-1979

Spent three tours in Vietnam during the war, stationed on the Cambodian border in The Seven Mountains Region.

Along w/ other miscellaneous awards, he received the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal w/ V for Heroism in Ground Combat.

Charles C. Stone Jr. U.S. Navy 1943-1946

USS Prince William in C.A.S.U. 21, C.A.S.U. 65, Norfolk, Va. And Ream Field, Calif.

November 2019

Salute to Veterans

Wendell C. Stoneham

James Truitt Stuckey

Normandy, France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Purple Heart, GCM, ETO Ribbon w/ 5 Battle Stars Wounded in Waldendoff, Germany 1944

China, Burma, and India Silver Star, Air Medal, Dist. Flying Cross, Pres. Unit Cit., Meritorious Achievement Badge

England North Africa Sardinia Germany Good Conduct Medal EAME Sn Medal Dist Unit Badge Cluster

Larry Gene Suel Jr.

Edward Wayne Sullivan

Japan Honorably discharged

S. S. Jordan Grant in Atlantic and U.S.A.T. Republic

Robert M. Stone

U.S. Army 1942-1945

U.S.M.C. 1997-2001

Herbert Swonke

1950-1954 Korea, Germany and Italy

Frank A. Thomas WWII, Korean War Oklahoma, Japan 2 Bronze Stars, WWII Victory Medal, Purple Heart, Philippine Liberation Medal

U.S.M.C. 1944

Arthur G. Taylor U.S.A.F. 30 years

Master Sgt. 30 years of service Served in France, Germany, Rome, Greece

Gene A. Thomas

Second Lieutenant

U.S Air Force Volunteer 1942 – 1945

James Martin Sullivan Jr. U.S. Navy 1943-1946

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William D. Stuckey U.S.M.C. 1944 U.S. Army 1946

Korea

John Lawrence Sullivan U.S. Army Air Corp 1943

Pacific Theatre, made 37 combat missions Air Medal, GCM, APTO Ribbon w/ 8 Battle Stars and Oak Leaf Clusters

William J. Terrell

U.S. Navy 1944-1946

Radio Technician Pasco, Washington

J.C. Thigpin

U.S. Army 1942-1945

France and Germany GCM, ETO w/ 2 Bronze Stars and ATO Ribbons, Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal Wounded in France in 1945

Henry Olen “Jelly” Thomas

James G. Thomas Jr.

Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima Purple Heart and Presidential Unit Citation. Wounded in Iwo Jima 1945

Fleet Weather Central APTO and ATO Ribbons

U.S.M.C. 1945-1945

U.S. Navy 1943-1946

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Salute to Veterans

Kennard Thomas

U.S. Navy 1943-1945

Martinique, San Juan, Ponce, Guadalupe, Antwerp, Belgium and Ulithi ATO, ETO and APTO Ribbons

Collie D. Trant

U.S. Army 1943 Weisboden, Germany

Harold Urbanosky

Marion Brown Thomas U.S. Navy 1942-1945

American and Asiatic Pacific Theatres ATO and APTO Ribbons w/ 2 Battle Stars and Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Ira M. Truehitt

U.S.M.C. 1952-1954 “Pee Wee”

Jon Valadez

U.S.A.F. 1955-1957

U.S. Army 2011

1st Lt. was in the Air Research & Development Command assigned to NASA at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California.

19 Delta Calvary Scout

John J. Wagner

U.S. Army 1943-1945

European Theatre GCM

Joseph L. Wagner U.S. Army 1941-1945

KIA in Austria, 1945 Europe Purple Heart

Odis C. Thomas

U.S.M.C. 1944-1945

November 2019

Ben Tisdale

U.S.M.C. 1968 – 1974

Mediterranean Sea Area

Anthony Tunsel

US Navy 1982 – 1999 Hospital Corpsman Aviation Warfare Specialist

Clyde A. Vance

U.S. Army 1931 U.S. Navy 1934

Pacific and European theatre ATO, APTO, ETO, Philippine Liberation, Philippine Indep. Ribbons w/ 8 battle stars and GCM

Christopher Walkoviak U.S.A.F. 2011-2017

Senior Airman Misawa, Japan

Andrew Urban

U.S. Army 1971 - 1973

SP4 709th MP BN Frankfurt, Germany

Gus W. Vogler

U.S. Army WWII England

J.E. Wallace

U.S. Navy 1942-1945 Hawaiian Islands

November 2019

Don Ware

U.S. Navy 1942-1946

Salute to Veterans

Homer Ware

U.S. Army 1942-1946

USS Yorktown

Lee Roy Ware

U.S. Army Air Force SAC 1941-1961

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Ronald Ware

U.S. Army 1942-1945 North Africa, Sicily, Italy

Colonel Bombardier

Carroll Franklin Weaver Jr. U.S.M.C. 1942-1945

KIA at Iwo Jima, 1945 South Pacific Purple Heart and APTO Ribbon w/ 2 battle stars

Tilford H. Weaver

U.S. Army Air Corps 1940-1945

Africa and European Theatre ETO Ribbon w/ 6 Battle Stars

Waldo Wehring

U.S. Army Korean War

Harris Weaver

U.S. Army 1940-1945

European Theatre ETO Ribbon w/ 5 Battle Stars

William Clifton Weaver U.S. Army 1941-1943

Died Jan. 1, 1943, in service

Johnnie Wehrman U.S. Army 1942-1946

John T. Weaver Jr. U.S. Army 1940-1945

South Pacific APTO w/ 3 Battle Stars

John C. Webb

U.S. Merchant Marines 1942-1945 Atlantic and Pacific Fleets

Leroy S. Weaver

U.S. Army 1942-1946 GCM, ATO and Victory Ribbons

Ervin Wehmeier

U.S. Army 1942-1945

Normandy, North France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe GCM and ETO w/ 5 Bronze Stars

David Wehunt

U.S.A.F. 1986-1993

Staff Sergeant 1997 Technical Sergeant 2008 Master Sergeant 2015 315th Operations Support Squadron Charleston AFB, South Carolina National Defense Service Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Retired 2018

O.J. Wehunt

U.S. Navy 1955-1959 MM3

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Salute to Veterans

Earl Wells

U.S. Navy 1945-1946 Pacific on U.S.S. Cape Glouster ATO and APTO Ribbons

Bobby Gene Wesley

U.S. Army 1954-1957

Floy E. Wells

U.S. Army 1944-1946 GCM, APTO and Occupation Ribbons

Douglas Wesley Jr. U.S. Army 1954-1957

SP4 Fort Bliss, El Paso; Fort Leonardwood, Missouri; Fort Lewis, Washington; Korea (14 months); discharged from Fort Polk, Louisiana

David Lowel West

U.S. Navy 1956-1979

Navy Seal Team 1, Special Forces Vietnam Purple Heart, Navy Unit Commendation, Navy Achievement, Expert Rifle, Expert Pistol, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross, “V” Device

John Sharp Whitley U.S. Army 1941-1945

New Guinea and Philippines APTO w/ 3 battle stars, Philippine Liberation w/ 1 battle star, Ribbons and American Defense Medal

George F. Wells Jr. U.S. Army

Vietnam Purple Heart, Air Medal, Bronze Star Medal w/ V Device

Errol J. Wesley

U.S.M.C. 1978-1992 U.S. Army 2000-2009

Drill Instructor, jet engine mechanic, president security, recruit Lebanon, Mediterranean, North Atlantic

Ben White

U.S. Army 1952 – 1954

William Lewis White Jr. U.S. Navy 1973-1993

Big Red 1 Division

U.S.S. Yosemite, AD-19, Florida, Philippines, California

John Robert Wickey

Donald Curtis Wilcox

England, France and Germany ETO Ribbon w/ 4 battle stars

Pacific Theatre APTO w/ 1 battle star and ATO Ribbons

U.S. Army 1942

U.S. Navy 1944-1946

November 2019

William H. Pete Wellmann World War II Tech V MP 25th Mechanized Calvary Recon Troop Osaka, Japan

Joseph Wesley Jr.

U.S. Army 1953-1955 National Defense Service Medal

Dr. Clarence Whitfield U.S. Army 1942-1944

Alaska APTO Ribbon and GCM

Geo K. Wilcox

U.S. Army 1946 Mediterranean Theatre

November 2019

Salute to Veterans

David J. Williams Jr.

Herman M. Williams

World War II. Corporal w/ the Battery A 33rd Coat Artillery Batallion; Fought in Guam and Sipan.

Korea Occupation Ribbon Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Basic Training Ft. Leonardwood, Missouri Marksman Rifle Expert .45 pistol Trainee of cycle: Basic Training

U.S. Army 1944-1946

Eddie Willis Jr.

U.S. Army 1960-1963

U.S. Army 1978 – 1981

Robert C. Willis

U.S.A.F. 1965-1968 (Active Duty) Military police Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio; Turkey; Chile; Shepherd Air Force Base, Wichita Falls

George F. Wingard Jr. U.S. Army Air Force 1942-1945

Oscar C. Wingard

U.S. Army Air Force 1942

U.S. Army 1942-1945

Aleutian Islands, England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany APTO Ribbon w/ 1 Bronze Star and ETO Ribbon w/ 2 Bronze Stars and GCM

U.S. Army Reserves

Lawrence W. Wrobleski U.S. Army 1942-1945

POW for 5 months in a German Prison Camp

Roscoe Oran Williams U.S. Navy 1943-1946

Army Service Ribbon, Army Lapel Button, National Defense Service Medal, The Army Commendation Medal, Honorable Discharge as Captain

Marshall Islands Wounded 1945

James E. Wilson Jr.

Walter O. Wilson Jr.

U.S. Army 1988 - 1991

Desert Storm February 1991 May 1991 SPEC E-4

Luther Woodworth U.S. Navy 1944-1946

Pacific Ocean

Rome, Southern France and Central Europe ETO w/ 3 Bronze Stars, Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and GCM

Claudie C. Wren

Rabun Williams

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Marion F. Wrobleski U.S. Army 1950-1952

Corporal Korean War

U.S.M.C. 1942-1945

New Caledonia, New Zealand, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, Pearl Harbor and Okinawa.

Purple Hueart Wounded in Guam July, 1944

Melvin V. Worbington U.S. Army 1957-1959

E-4 18 months in Germany

Paul Wrobleski Jr.

U.S. Army 1958-1964 U.S., Okinawa

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Raymond Wrobleski Eugene Thomas Yanchak U.S. Army

Korean War Japan Purple Heart

U.S.M.C. 1964

First Angelico Co; 1st Marine Division First Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Co. Supply Requisition and Fiscal Clerk; MCRD; Camp Pendleton, Barstow; Hawaii 2 Meritorious Promotions for Work Proficiency

Melvin James Yanchak U.S. Army

Maryland

Steven Michael Yanchak Thomas Joseph Yanchak

Hunter Yarborough Jr.

Fort Jackson

Naval Aviator Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

U.S. Army 1986-1987

U.S.M.C. 1978-1981

Military Police

U.S. Navy 1941-1945

November 2019

Ralph Yanchak

U.S. Army 1963-1966

Germany National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Marksman Rifle Badge

Adolph Nick Yargo U.S. Army 1945

Salute to our veterans From The Navasota Examiner Each year the Navasota Examiner publishes a special section to honor veterans but the appreciation this newspaper has for the brave men and women that serve this country extends far beyond a yearly special section.

Each soldier honored in this section has more than a name and military ranking that makes them special, their stories of who they are and the sacrifices they have made is what makes them heroes.

Most of the submissions listed are from family members that want to ensure their loved one receives the recognition they deserve.

What makes a great soldier is much more than the ability to handle weapons, track down enemies, fly planes, lead troops etc. Great soldiers share common traits: selflessness- they take an oath to defend the United States regardless whether they know everyone they are defending personally, regardless of race or gender to ensure the freedoms our country is founded on; sacrifice - soldiers miss birthdays, holidays, time with their loved ones and the daily things most take for granted such as a roof over their head and a comfortable bed; dedication - when most see the mountain in front of them as

too tough to climb, as a soldier they see it as just another obstacle they must overcome to finish their mission.

Many soldiers have given the ultimate sacrifice on the battlefield or have lost fellow soldiers along the way. To those soldiers who gave that sacrifice, there isn’t a means to pay them back or a tribute heartfelt enough to honor them.

The war never truly ends for veterans that have fought for their country. Many have suffered physical and emotional ailments that will always take a toll on their life. Pain of war can cause nightmares, lead to drug or alcohol addictions and in many instances end in suicide.

Never forget the sacrifices made by veterans and find ways to assist them through prayer, contributions to veteran organizations, employing veterans and honoring them throughout the year with a simple thank you.

As the holiday season approaches, we salute the veterans of Grimes County and their families. We keep them close to our hearts especially those who are separated from their loved ones and those whose loved ones gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Thank you for your service!

November 2019

Salute to Veterans

Harold Thomas Yargo

Louis Yargo

U.S. Navy 1946

U.S.A.F.

David Reed Young U.S. Army 1945-1946

Billy Mack Young

B. F. Yeates

U.S. Army 1951 – 1953

Stationed in Germany Korean War

Philippines, Meridian MS and Myrtle Beach Gunner, 52 missions over Japan

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Donald A. Young

U.S. Army 1943-1946

Australia, New Guinea and Philippines APTO w/ 2 Bronze Stars and Bronze Arrowhead, Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 Bronze Star and GCM

U.S. Army 1943-1945 Africa, Sicily, Italy, Germany and France POW 16 months in Germany, Feb. 1944 at Anzio Beachhead, Italy.

Homer Adair Young U.S. Navy 1942-1945

Kodiak Island, Floating Dry Dock in South Pacific GCM and APTO Ribbon

Editor’s Note: The veteran photos in this section were submitted to The Examiner with no other information available.

W.C. Alley

Dolly Boone

Kenneth Bowen Jr.

Kenneth Bowen

Pat Buffington

Melvin Bushmon

James Byers

Leonard Coleman

Murry Crafo

William Crawford

John Cunningham

Newt Cunningham

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November 2019

F.G. Dupree

Charles Harris

Ernest Henderson

Harold Hughey

Garnett Isbell

Agnes Jameson

Everard Ketchum

Earl LaFontaine

Don Lindley

Dale Marett

Lloyd Mason

Walter D. Mason

T.P. McGee

Davis Neblett

Dyer Onis

Morris Otto

Alton Page

Loren Pierce

Loren Piraino

Hubert Powell

Sam Pry

Charles Quinn

Hamlet Redford

Clint G. Rogers

C.M. Russell

Nick Spadachire

Oscar Steele

Billy Stewart

Victor Stolz

Clarence Thomas

November 2019

Olga Venerable

Salute to Veterans

Lee Roy Ware

“Spider” Webb

James White

Lawrence White

Melvin White

Billy Wilson

Bobby Wilson

Hamer Wilson

John H. Wooter

Continued Veteran Entries

Editor’s Note: No portraits were received with these entries.

Sgt. Jane Baily, Navasota Air Force, 1957-67 Major Hank Barrentine Jr., Edge Family in Navasota Air Force, 1979-2001 (deceased) Desert Storm Fred Baldwin, Iola Navy, 1960-64

Justin Bradley U.S. Navy Chicago; Seattle, Washington Billy Ray Bray, Grimes County Air Force 1954-57 Bob Carroll, Grimes County Army, Vietnam Veteran 68-79

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James Caviness, Navasota Navy, 1949-1953 Wilmer Clayton, Bedias Air Force, 1940 WWII - 1962 (deceased) Robert Clements, Navasota Army, 60-74

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Salute to Veterans

Steve Craft, Bedias USMC, 73-79 George Dale, Bedias Navy, 67-77 Richard Daniel, Grimes County Army, 1972-73 Deriek Day, Navasota Navy, 1990-97 Earl Druckhammer, Bedias Army, 48-50 Ed Duke, Huntsville, Army, 1960-73 Cecil Ray Eldridge, Bedias Army, 2007-present, Afghanistan Purple Heart

Cazenovia Faircloth, Bedias Army, 68-69 Larry Farmer, Navasota Marines, Vietnam veteran, 1966 -68 Awarded 3 purple hearts Lou Gears, Bedias Army, 1958-78 (retired) Vietnam Veteran Bronze Star w/ “V” for Valor Presidential E-6 Stripe Johnny Gillen, Hempstead Army, Vietnam veteran, 1969-71

BJ Gruner U.S.A.F., 1971-1975 Launch control officer, Minuteman Missiles, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Billy Harris, Bedias Air Force, 1960-63

Jack Mallard, Bedias Army 48-58

Ron Schultz, Iola Air Force, 1983-85

Craig Heffelman, Plantersville Air Force, 1958

Jim Ed Mallard, Grimes County Navy WWII 1941 – 1945

James Michael Guadry, Navasota Air Force, 1993-present

Mike Hill, Anderson Marines, 1971-73

Lt. Colonel Mike Southerland, Grimes County Army, Helicopter Pilot, Vietnam veteran 1966-89(retired) President, Vietnam Veterans of America, Brazos Valley Post

Michael B. Hacker, Plantersville Air Force, South East Asia, 1966-1970 Barbara Haldt, Bedias Army, 63-2005 Carl Haldt, Bedias Army, 68-75 Glynda Haldt, Bedias Army, 76-80 / 84-93

Willie Goodrum, Madisonville Air Force, 45-47

For every woman & man who has served America

WE SALUTE YOU 11-11-19

NAVASOTA LP-GAS CO., INC. 726 W. Washington 936-825-3214

November 2019

Gerald Mateyka, Bedias Army, 56-58

Leon Edward Horn II U.S. Army, Vietnam 1970-1974

Robert Mitchell, Bedias Army, 56 – 59

Clifford C. Hubbard U.S. Army Air Forces 1943-1946

David Oliver, Anderson Army, Vietnam veteran, 1967-68

L. Paul Hudson, Anderson Marines, 1st Combat Engineers, 1972-75 Charter Member, Marine Corp League, Brazos Valley Detachment

Harry Oyler, Bedias Army, 49-57

Dennis Hughes, Anderson Army 72 – 75

William Petrich, Anderson Marines, Vietnam veteran, 1966-69 Adeline Price, Bedias Army, 2008-

Judge Gene Stapleton, Bedias Air Force, Special Operations, Vietnam veteran, 1962-70 Larry Stapleton, Bedias Navy, Vietnam veteran, 1965-1966 Wilton Steward, Madisonville Air Force, 55-58 Regina Taeger, Bedias, Army, 79-80

Andrew Prince, Bedias Army, 2008-present

Mort Thompson Air Force, Air Force, 55-58

Fred Prince, Bedias Army, 2008-present

Jim Vance, Madisonville Army 70-75

Lawrence Jarvis, Iola Army, 1952-54

George Prince, Bedias 2008-present

Gary Johnson, Navasota Army, Vietnam veteran,1967-68

Joshu Prince, Bedias Army, 2008-present

John Walkoviak, Anderson U.S. Army, 1942 – 1944 Corporal Gallant action in Neiderfeulen, Luxembourg

Clifford James, Navasota Army 1953-55 (deceased)

Barbara Lacy, Bedias USNR (nurse), 2008-present Burke Landry, Madisonville Navy, 44-46 Ernest N. Lee, Anderson Air force, Vietnam veteran, 1966-68

Mark Rawls, Bedias Army, 1974-77 Commander, Bedias Amvets Post Graham Schooley, Anderson Army, Vietnam veteran, 1966-68 Gil Schultz, Iola Marines, 1957-61

W. H. Walkloviak, Roans Prairie Army 1944 WWII – 46 Wiliam C. Warren U.S.A.F. Michael Watson, Bedias Marine, 71-99 Charles White U.S. Army

To our men and women in uniform....

Past, present and future

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