2021
Veterans Day Salute We Thank You For Your Service
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Veterans Day 2021
SGT
Coxwain
Jack Adamczak
Darwin E.Anderson
Germany • Korea
WWII
U.S. Army
U.S. Navy Amphibious Forces
Roger A. Betts U.S. Coast Guard
Len L. Bialik U.S. Air Force
Brandon Bohannon U.S. Air Force
Turret Captain
Stanley Brandis U.S. Navy
Korea
WWII
John George “Geo” Babion Vietnam
U.S. Army
U.S. Navy
Michael D. Bjorkquist U.S. Army
Ray Bohannon Vietnam
Staff Sergeant
Taylor Bohannon U.S. Navy
Scott Buckner U.S. Air Force
SSGT
Jerome Chick
Reginald Asplet
James B. Coleman
U.S. Army
God Bless Our Veterans!
Technical SGT
Norman Barth U.S. Air Force
Michael Bohannon Afghanistan Middle East
U.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force
SGT
S/SGT
Craig S. Bond U.S. Army National Guard
Nathan Bond U.S. Marine Corps
Melvin Borocki U.S. Army
Chief Warrant Officer 2
1SGT
Rudy R. Bureau
SPEC 4 3/16 Artillary Americal Division
Guy M. Bullis U.S. Army (Ret.)
U.S. Army (Ret.)
Tom Culbert
2nd Lt.
WWII
U.S. Air Force
WWII • Korea Vietnam
John M. Curtin U.S. Army
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Roger Dewey
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U.S. Navy (Ret.)
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U.S. Army
Jeff Gilroy U.S. Marine Corps
45th Infantry Division
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Melissa Drake U.S. Navy
CPL, Headquarters Company 45th Division, 245th Tank Battalion
Chester Gauthier Jr. Korea
U.S. Army
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Dan Giddis U.S. Army
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U.S. Navy
Korea
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U.S. Army
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U.S. Army
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U.S. Army
U.S. Armored Division
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WWII - Pacific Theatre
Jerome J. Jacobs Vietnam
WWII, Deployed to England
Roger G. Haase
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U.S. Air Force
U.S. Marine Corps
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Vietnam
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PFC
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U.S. Navy
Squad Leader - Tank Mechanic & Recovery
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U.S. Army
May we never forget those who served, and those who are currently serving to preserve our freedom.
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VETERANS DAY 2021
Eugene Kolanowski Korean War
U.S. Army
TSGT, Technical Mess SGT, 752nd Railway Operations Battalion
David J. Kruse
SPC 4
Daniel L. Korzeniewski Vietnam
U.S. Army
3rd Class Torpedo
SSGT • Aerospace Maintenance Instructor
Thomas A. Korzeniewski Currently Serving at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque NM
U.S. Army
Spec. 4
William Kruse
SP 5
Leonard E. Krause Jr. Germany
U.S. Army
Private First Class Gloria J. Krivitzky-Bullis
Women’s Army Corp
Master Sergeant
Sergeant First Class
Sinai Peninsula Afghanistan • Iraq
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Jason Kubanek
Tom Kubanek
WWII
U.S. Army
Frank E. Kruse Jr. U.S. NAvy
PFC
Lt. Col.
Tony Labacz
John S. Lewis U.S. Army Aviation
Keith W. Lindeman U.S. Navy
William H. Lindeman U.S. Navy
Wayne Linke U.S. Navy
E-5
Sergeant
David W. Lonn
Barry L. Luedke
SERE Instructor
SSG, MOS 98G
WWI
U.S. Army
Yeoman 2nd Class
Arnold Linke U.S. Navy
SMSGT
Paul Maksym U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
U.S. Army
MSGT
Debra Maksym U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Germany • Vietnam
U.S. Army
WO-5
Gregory A. Manke Korea • Operation Enduring Freedom (Iraq)
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
SH3
Yeoman 2nd Class
B. Tyler Luedke Persian Gulf
U.S. Navy
Master Sergeant
Charles M. Marsh U.S. Air Force
Carmen R. Lysaker U.S. Army
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U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
U.S. Army
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Vietnam
WWII
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U.S. Army
U.S. Army
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SP4
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Corporal
U.S. Navy
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SP4
SGT
Hugh J. O’Hagan
Joseph O’Hagan
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U.S. Navy & Coast Guard
SP4
Jack Nelson U.S. Army
Vietnam
Iraq
U.S. Army
SW-2
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Germany
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U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
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U.S. Army
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PFC
SPC E-4
Luke L. Plamondon
Jeffery A. Plamondon
U.S. Army
U.S. Army
ADJ Aviation Jet Mechanic
E4
WWII
James L. Ptak Sr. U.S. Navy
Command Master Chief
Wayne R. Robbins U.S. Navy
Germany
Gary L. Rank U.S. Army
SSGT
Pamela L. Robinson 3 Middle East Deployments
U.S. Air Force
Private First Class
Charles F. Preuss Sr. U.S. Army
SP/5 192nd Finance Section
Gary H. Rankin
Sergeant
Private First Class
Charles F. Preuss Jr.
Robert Preuss Jr.
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
Private First Class
Corporal E-4
Germany
U.S. Army
Grant S. Reed U.S. Army
Jode A. Robbins U.S. Marine Corps
Petty Officer Third Class
2nd Class Petty Officer
Edgar “Hondo” Robinson Sr.
Vietnam
Jeffrey S. Robinson Served abord USS Saipan in Persian Gulf. Operation Desert Storm
Edgar H. Robinson Jr. Served abord USS Nashville
U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
6th Armored Infanty - T5
3rd Army Signal Corps Photographer - SP/4
BT2
Radioman
James Robke
Robert “Bud” E. Rogers U.S. Navy
Henry C. Rozmarek U.S. Army
Henry P. Rozmarek U.S. Army
Jack Rutherford
Dan Rutherford
Submarine Tender
Staff Sergeant
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy
Jim Rutherford U.S. Navy
Herbert Ryan U.S. Army
USS San Marcos LSD-25
U.S. Navy
Airman 2nd England
Submarine
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U.S. Air Force
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U.S. Navy
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U.S. Army
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Paul Schlaud
Carl Schlueter U.S. Navy
Iraq War 2009-2010
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Aschaffenburg, Germany
U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps
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PFC
SP4
CPL
Henry Schuelke
James R. Schuelke
Walter Schuelke Jr.
David A. Schuessler
U.S. Army
U.S. Army
U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Air Force
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SO3
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U.S. Army
WWII
Sergeant
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Iraq (2008) • Afghanistan (2009-2010)
U.S. Marine Corps
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U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Navy
Vietnam
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Sergeant
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CPL
Spec. 5
William F. Tetzlaff
Jack W. Thomas
Edward Thompson
Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Corporal CLB1
Reid Voohies Afghanistan
U.S. Marine Corps
Signalman
Thomas Welsh USS Ponchatula • Vietnam • Apollo 14 Recovery Team
U.S. Navy
Korea
U.S. Army
Robert (Gilbert) L. Wilson WWII
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
CPL
Corporal
Brandon M. Walsh U.S. Marine Corps
Ronald Wardwell Korea
U.S. Army
Mark Thompson Okenoma
U.S. Marine Corps
Private First Class
Prentiss Ware U.S. Army
SSGT
Spec. 5 E-5
Robert Wendt U.S. Army
LT, Pilot
Korea
Corporal
C. John Widgren Korean War
U.S. Air Force
Bill Wilkosz Korean War
2nd Class Petty Officer Missile Tech on Tartar Missle
Michael J. Tillotson
China Lake, California
U.S. Navy
E-3
Michael Welsh
Okinawa • Glenview AFB
U.S. Navy Reserve
Spec. 4
James H. Willard U.S. Army
SGT, 87th Infantry
Tec-5
Leonard Zatarga
John E. Zygaj
U.S. Army
U.S. Army
European Theater of Operation
WWII
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