November 11, 2022 Specialist E-3 Luther M. Olson US Army Served: 3 years Korean War Robert E. Hisler US Army Served: 2.5 years Active 4 years Reserve Vietnam RM1 Brian Isaacson US Navy 4 years Active 20 years Reserve 1964-1994 Vietnam Era Michael Ahrens BM3 US Navy Served: 4 years 1967-1971 Vietnam Spec. E-4 Austin Wesley US Army Served: 2014 - Still Serving Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Inherent Resolve PFC Mark Corporal E-4 Dale Faiferlick US Army, 28th Division Spec. E-4 Owen Faiferlick US Army Spec. E-4 Jean Maschino US Army Served: 1960 - 1962 Koren War Spec. E-4 Mark Faiferlick Jr. US Army Served: 1986 - 1989 Gulf War Era SSgt. E-6 Patrick Faiferlick US Marine Corp Served: 2007 - Still Serving Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom CMSgt. E-8 Donald Felch US Air Force Served: 1984 - 2014 Operation Southern Watch, Operation Northern Watch, Operation Iraqi Freedom Lt. Col. - O5 Justin Faiferlick US Air Force Served 1987-Still Serving Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Global War on Terrorism Corporal E-4 Jason Faiferlick US Marine Corp Served: 1998 - 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom SPONSORED BY FAIFERLICK MARTIAL ARTS AND SELF DEFENSE Seaman Apprentice - E2 Martin D. Sonnicksen US Navy 1988-1990 Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 Sgt 1st Class Thane Hanson US Army 21 Years of Service Desert Storm Operation Iraqi Freedom Sgt. 1st Class Mark C. Lindgren US Army Served: 20 Years Retired WWII & Korean War
2 Friday, November 11, 2022 The Messenger/Fort Dodge, Iowa www.messengernews.net Senior Airman Brandon Henson US Air Force Honor Guard Arlington National Cemetery Washington, D.C. 4 years 2018-2022 Robert J. Tague US Marine Corps Wendell Pugh SFC Sgt. 1st Class US Army 16 years US Navy 4 years 20 years served Evauation of Saigon Mayaguez Incident, Cambodia, Gulf War, Libiration of Kuwait Sergeant Richard Trueblood US Army 2 1/2 years 5 years Reserve 1948-1953 Korean War Corporal Charlie Girard US Army Served: 2 years Korean War Sgt. Donald Bordwell US Army Served: 2 years 1967-1968 Vietnam William A. Degelau SP4 US Army 2 years Active 1969-1971 Vietnam Duane (Sonny) Pederson Navy USS Roosevelt Served: 3 years Delbert Peterson US Air Force Vietnam Killed in Action March 9, 1966 Raymond Peterson US Army WWII Wounded in Germany 1945 Denny Peterson US Navy Served: 1960-1964 Martha Magoon Waac Served: 1 year WWII Bob Peterson US Air Force Served: 1963-1967 Lauren Magoon US AAC Served: 3 years Chuck Peterson US Army Served: 1967-1969 Joel Peterson US Army & US Air Force Served: 1967-1987 Dennis Houston US Navy Served: 6 years Vietnam Col. Doug A. Houston Air National Guard 25 years and counting Iraqi Freedom to present L-R: Gilbert Patten, Bruce Patten, Clarence Floyd Patten, Wayne Patten, Ray Patten, Al Patten, Ted Patten and Vick Patten Largest single family from Lanesboro, Lake City & Odeboldt, Iowa All served WWII Six Survived Pearl Harbor Photo taken in 1942 187 years of combined service 1914 N. 15th Street Fort Dodge, IA 50501 515-576-7233 • 1-888-455-4367 Visit us on the web at www.kjgems.com Since 1921 DAN LEWANDOWSKI, DIRECTOR Phone: (515) 573-1479 wcva@webstercountyia.org 723 1st Avenue S., Fort Dodge, 1A 50501 We offer Benefits for those Veterans who are Eligible WEBSTER COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS Monday - Friday: 7:30 to 4:00 For More Information Contact: SFC Russell Bauer US Army 16 Years of Service Operation Iraqi Freedom & Operation Inherent Resolve Corporal Quentin Riedesel US Army Korean War 21 Months of Service
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Keith Altemeier US Army Eldo Harder US Navy Gerald Leberman US Navy Lloyd Patterson US Army Robert Silke US Marine Corp. Cpl. Merlin Koester US Air Force 1942-1945 WWII Robert Mickelson US Air Force 1945-1947 Cpl. Paul Mickelson US Army 1951-1953 Sam Mickelson US Army 1945 Richard Mickelson US Army 1954-1956 Danny Brighi US Army Vietnam WA “Connie” Goodman US Army Veron “Dutch” Huseman US Army JH Nitzke US Army Allen Borszich US Army Tom Hartigan US Army Joseph “Phil” Linney Jr. Air Force Maynard Rossow US Army Donald Walker US Navy 8 Friday, November 11, 2022 The Messenger/Fort Dodge, Iowa www.messengernews.net Lt. Colonel Donald Koester US Navy 1956-1978 Leonard Mickelson US Army Co. D. 4th Battalion 2 Years Leonard Sheker (left) US Army 90th Infantry Division WWII
www.messengernews.net Friday, November 11, 2022 The Messenger/Fort Dodge, Iowa 9 MM2 Charles Riley II US Navy Served: 4 Years Norfolk, VA Seamen 1st Class Robert “Bud” Cartee US Navy Served: 2 Years Campaign: WWII Phillipines Private 1st Class Axel Stenberg US Army Served: 2 Years Campaign: WWII Japan Chief Aviation Ordanceman Kendrick Wise US Navy Served: 21 years USS Pennsylvania Pearl Harbor Survivor Chief Machinist Mate Alvin Lindquist US Navy Served: 1937 - 1946 Campaign: USS Tennessee Pearl Harbor Survivor Michael Harris Army Campaign: Schofield Barricks Pearl Harbor Survivor Leland Lester US Navy Campaign: WWII USS Pennsylvania Pearl Harbor Survivor Clarence Pfundheller US Navy Served: 1939 - 1945 Campaign: USS Maryland Pearl Harbor Survivor M/SGT. Charles Stutesman US Army Served: 1940 - 1945 1946 - 1960 Campaign: Schofield Barracks Pearl Harbor Survivor Eugene Erlandson Army/Air Corp Campaign: Wheeler Air Force Base Pearl Harbor Survivor TSGT Adam E. Sunner US Air Force Served: 19 Years Still Serving 2003 to Current Enduring Freedom, 4 Tours of Afghanistan & Enduring Freedom MSGT Whitney M. Sunner US Air Force Served: 2006 to Current Operation New Dawn, Operation Inherent Resolve, US Indo-Pacific MSGT Kurt E. Sunner US Air Force Served: 23 Years Retired Desert Shield Donald G. Schmidt US Navy Served: Korean War MA1 Bryce S. Andresen, US Navy Number of Years Served 4 Years Active, 6 Years Reserve August 2012-Present Operation Al Qaeda East Africa Richard “Dick” Lennon Private First Class US Army Served 3 Years 1944-1946 Reginald “Sam” Manderfield, Private Served 3 Years 1943-1945 Lance Corporal Bradley S. Lennon US Marine Corp Served 7 Years 1971-1978 Campaign Served: Vietnam, Navy & Marines Corp Medal for Heroism Army Reserve Captain Joyce (Manderfield) Lennon Served 15 Years 1979-1994 Cold War Veteran Greg Lennon US Army Served 2 Years 1974-1976 Campaign Served: Vietnam Harold L. Grannon US Army Air Corps Served: Oct. 1916-Sept. 1964 Harold D. Grannon US Navy SEABEES Served: 1968-1972 Colonel Rich Lennon US Army Served: July 1970-May 2007 Vietnam Veteran, Iraq Veteran, Legion of Merit, 2 Bronze Star Medal and Air Medal Sgt. Richard Duneman US Air Force Served 4 Years Vietnam Era
10 Friday, November 11, 2022 The Messenger/Fort Dodge, Iowa www.messengernews.net Sgt. E-5 Robert L. Maass US Army Served: 1968-1969 Campaign Vietnam S/Sgt Bruce Youngclas US Army/Air Force Served Radar operator in B-29, Stationed on Tinian participated in bombing runs over Japan. Shot down & held prisoner until the end of WWII. SFC Emily J. Elkin US Army, Army National Guard Currently Serving Combat Medic Instructor at Camp Dodge Campaign: Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan SSgt William D. Hill US Marine Corp Served 4 Years WWII 1 Year Korea Campaign Served: Peleliu, New Hebrides, Guam, Enewetok Ralph Nelson, SmSgt US Army Air Corps Iowa Air National Guard 4.5 Active 22 Air National Guard WWII Trey Nelson E-4 Corporal US Marine Corp Currently Serving October 2000 to Present Irene (Strom) Nelson 1st LT US Army Nurse Corps 1 Year (Last few mo. of WWII) Marianas Islands: Guam & Saipan (204th General Field Hospital) S/SGT Victor Louis Smith US Army 233rd Engineer Combat Battalion Served: Aug. 1942 - Dec. 1945 WWII Philippines Medals: Good Conduct, Bronze Star, Philippine Liberatian Ribbon with Bronze Star SP-4 Michael L. Smith US Army MP Dog Handler Served: Oct. 1958 - Feb. 1962 Guarded Nike site SPC Trey M. Messerly Army EOD Afghanistan Served: July 2009 - Nov. 2013 CPL Michael L. Smith US Marine Corps Served: 1978 - 1991 Desert Shield, Desert Storm S/SGT - Army Reserve Served: 2006 - 2013 2010 - 2011 Iraq MM2 Terry I. Hartman US Navy Served: 6 Years Vietnam BMC Francis R. Hartman US Navy Served: 12 Years Campaign Served: WWII RM2 Sam Hartman US Navy NCS Kodiak & USS Bauer Served: 1968-1974 Private 1st Class Theresa Olson Larson Army Reserves Served: 1974 - 1976 SP3 Earl Olson US Army Served: 1954 - 1957 • Korean War MM3 Mathew Olson US Army/National Guard/US Navy Served: 1948 - 1953 • Korean War Carl Olson US Army Served: 1918 - 1919 MA3 Jeannette Olson US Navy Served: 1963 - 1966 MMCS (SS) Jody Olson US Navy Served: 1976 - 1997 MSG Susan Olson US Army, Army Reserves Served: 1972-1999 PFC Allison Holcombe US Marine Corps 2014-2018 Byron Hendrix US Navy 1986-1995 2nd Class Petty Officer Joseph Richardson Sergeant US Navy 1995-2009 Operation Iraqi Freedom Danny Richardson Sergeant Navy Served 3 1/2 Years Vietnam Era Staff Sgt. McKinley Bailey US Army Served 5 Years 2000-2005 Operation Enduring Freedom Staff Sgt. Tim Bailey Army Reserve Served 4 Years 2001-2005 Operation Enduring Freedom SP 4 Jerome (Jerry) Sonsalla US Army 1967-1970 Vietnam