Veterans Day 2019

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A Supplement to River Valley Shopper, Pioneer East Shopper, Herald Review, Lake County Star, and The Pioneer

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U.S. Army

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1950 - 1953 U.S.S. Los Angeles

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U.S. Army

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8/10 to Present

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1944 - 46 • WWII

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1949 - 1951

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1969

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1966

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1962 - 1964

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U.S. Army

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WWII 1942 - 1945

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U.S. Army

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1957 - 1959 • Germany

1982 - 2002 Ret.

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10/1983 - 8/1989

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1945 - 1947 • WWII

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1977 - 1984 • Japan

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U.S. Army

Michael J. Fitzgerald Vietnam

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Air Force

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SGT

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Army

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1994 - 2014

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6/57 - 6/59 • Germany U.S. Army - Infantry

1957 - 1960

U.S. Army

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Army Nat’l Guard

1979 - 1985

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1962 - 2000

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1960 - 1964

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U.S. Marine Corps

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1943 • WWII

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Vernie E. Fullerton

PVT

Marvin Gager

18 Years Old USS Albany CA123 Istanbul, Turkey 1950

1942 - 1960

2000-2004

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Lloyd Gilmer

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

E5

Charles Gould

1967 - 1868

Paula Rae Goltz 1979 - 1985

Dennis G. Gritzinger, U.S. Army SP4 1957-1961

LeRoy Hall

Served 4 Years

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1951-1953

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U.S. Army

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Ronald K. Hamelund

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U.S. Navy

PFC

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Korea & Iraq

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Thomas Hossler

1969 - 1973

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1942 - 1945 • WWII

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SGT

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(Zagumny) • Eq. Op. 1st Class • 1998 - Present

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U.S. Navy

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2008-2014

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U.S. Army

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1945 - 1949

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U.S. Army

1959 - 1961

2008 • Iraq

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1968 Died in Vietnam

1965 - 1967 Thanks, Your Family

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12/1977 - 12/1981

Gilbert L. Hare

WWII. Thanks Dad, Your Girls

U.S. Air Force

Keith Hanlon

SSGT

U.S. Army

SSGT

80th Inf., 319 Reg. Battle of the Bulge

Warren B. Hardy

20+ Years • Gulf War

1969-1973

PFC

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LCPL

SSG

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Neil Hand U.S. Air. Force

Kyle Hardy

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Ormand Hook

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Nile V. Hamp

AIRMAN

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U.S. Navy

PVT E2

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U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

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WWI

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SGT

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MSGT

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U.S. Air Force

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U.S. Navy

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SN

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U.S. Army

U.S. Marines

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E4

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PFC

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Afghanistan - Present

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U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

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1955-1958 • USS Meredith Atlantic Ocean

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2003 - 2008

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U.S. Marine Corps

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SR AIRMAN

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CPL

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U.S. Army

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7/1985 - Present

6/1941 - 8/1945

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PFC 1961 - 1963

1968 - 1970

1973-1993 - Retired

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MSGT

WWII

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Jeffrey Knowles

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Stanley Kysela 6 Years

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U.S. Army

31 Years - Retired

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U.S. Air Force

PVT

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Navy

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SGT

SSG

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U.S. Army

2009 - Present

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MOMM CHIEF

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1970 - 1976

1941 - 1945 • WWII

PFC

Chief of the U.S. Navy

EM2

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Michael W. Manning

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2013 - Present

U.S. Army

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1942-1945 • WWII

2013 - Present

U.S. Army

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U.S. Army - WWII

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PFC

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Daniel Lee McDonald

PVT

AT3 P.O. 3rd Class

1967 - 1969 • Vietnam

U.S. Army

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Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2011

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U.S. Marine Corps

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U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

2 years

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June 1951-Oct. 1972

PFC

Bill Minkel

2012 - Present

U.S. Army

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E6

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Scott Moore

Edward Morissette

Med. Tech. Grade 2 WWII

Desert Storm

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SPEC E-4

PO2C

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U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

2006 - 2012

1976 - 1982

U.S. Navy

U.S. Marine Corps

1945 - 1946 • Guam

1957 - 1961

SGT

Specialist (E5)

U.S. Army

‘87-’91 • Desert Storm

John Montgomery

‘62-’65 •ASA Illustrator

U.S. Army Paratrooper

U.S. Army

Donald Morris U.S. Navy 1961-1966 USS Taconic ETR 3

Korea 1951-1953

PFC

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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SSGT

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2010 - Present

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U.S. Air Force

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2016 - Present

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1991 - 2015

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U.S. Air Force

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1965 - 1969 • Vietnam

CPL

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M-Sgt.

2007 - 2013

U.S. Air Force

1944 - 1946

SGT

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1943 - 1946 • WWII 570th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Allen T. McMyler

CPL

Almy A. Moore

1997-2001/2003-2006

Michael McHugh

1999 - 2008

LCPL

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John S. McHugh

Donald McLachlan

Korean War • 20 Yrs. Service

7/2003 - 7/2007

SSGT - OEF/OIF

Melissa McHugh

Mack McKeown

CPO

Dominick Merrifield

Specialist 1st Class - OIF

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C.A. McKeown 1951-1955

1861 - 1863 • Civil War

SGT

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1955-1956

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Army

Paul Nicholson

Vietnam 1968 - 1971 You were my hero then, and you’re still my hero today. Love, Jan

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U.S. Army Air Corps.

James L. Myers

Vietnam

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Chamblay France & Germany • ‘61 - ‘64

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WWII • U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

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A1C

U.S. Army

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MSGT

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T5/Anti-Aircraft

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U.S. Air Force

1982 - 1984

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1944 - 1946 • Saipan

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WWII

Samuel Nagy

SPC

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Glenn Norton

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U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

LCPL

2013 - 2018

2005-2013

1946 - 1946

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U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Marine Corps

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T4

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Dewayne H. Parsons 1970-1972 U.S. Navy RM 3

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E-4

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T-5

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Helmsman • USS LaPorte

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WWII • 1943 - 1946

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U.S. Army

1987 - 1993

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U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

1974 - 1978

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1983 - 1991

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1942 - 1946 • WWII Pacific Theatre

U.S. Army

PFC

Ivan F. Nemecek

Sam Nelson

1950 - 1954 Military Air Trans. Div.

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

James W. Nostrant US Army

Marvin A. Nyman

1968 - 1972 • Vietnam

WW II 1941-1946

Radar Tech

SGT 1948 - 1953 • Mil. Intel.

U.S. Army

Carl Panek

Gordon Owens

U.S. Pope • Pacific WWII

U.S. Navy

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Hiram L. Patch

Larry Patrick

1951-1955

WWI • France

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U.S. Army

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U.S. Marine Corps

1986 - 1994

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Bruce Price 1983 - 1987

U.S. Navy

SP4

U.S. Army

Donald Robbins Infantry Battle of the Bulge

Donald Ryno

On the Missouri for the surrender of Japan

U.S. Navy

PFC

CORP

Floyd D. Powell

Philip Powell

Petty Officer 1st Class - Welder

U.S. Navy

Robert Porter WWII U.S. Army

Robert Porter Sr. WWII U.S. Army

PFC • Quarter Master Corp

Charles “JC” Powell

Darrell Price

John F. Price US Marine Corps Lance Corporal

1967 - 1968 Vietnam

U.S. Army

Nellis J. Reaume U.S. Navy

Ordnance Corps. • 2 Yr.

U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

1LT

Reserve Seabees

1942 - 1946

Served over 20 years Retired in 1968

Gordon Reyburn

Signalman 2nd Class

Larry Ping Sr.

Duane Ream

1966 - 1968 • Vietnam

Ronald F. Pleune

Mitchell Phillips

U.S. Navy

Leslie B. Porter Jr.

SRA

Mike Pettersen U.S. Navy

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Bill Richards

1966-1985/24 Years of Service

Harold L. Reed March 1941 Nov. 1945

U.S. Army

LCPL

Michael Ridge U.S. Marine Corps

2nd LT

SPC • 24th Inf. Div.

Army ROTC 1969

Walter C. Ryno 1966 - 1968

U.S. Army

Persian Gulf

20 Years

Edgar Portell

1917 - 1919 • WWI

1952 - 1954 • Korea

1861 - 1865 • Civil War

U.S. Army

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U.S. Army

PVT

MA-2

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U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Ft. Eustis, VA

May 1943 to December 1945

U.S. Navy/Army National Guard

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2010 - Present

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Dustin Russell

R.C. Grad • 2006-2016

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Germany • 1.5 Yrs. Honorably Discharged

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1943 - 1946

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DC2

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Lt. (JG)

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Amanda (Wood) Rizor

Gordon Rizor II

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Wertzburg Germany 88-90 Desert Storm 90-91

U.S. Air Force

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SSGT

SFC

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Jeffrey A. Saum

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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