November 2023 A Special Supplement to
A Salute
to Veterans Readers salute our soldiers More than 20 pages of photos you submitted of Sauk Valley veterans
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Lt. David R. Allen U.S. Navy Served 4 Yrs (Vietnam)
Donald L. Allen
Alfonso J. Amesquita
U.S. Army Served 3Yrs WWII Passed away 2002
U.S. Army Served 1943 - 1945 Passed away 12/15/1997
Louis J. Amesquita U.S. Army Cpl. - Korea Served 4 Years
Robert C. Anderson
Carl Anderson
Robert E. Andersen Samuel J. Amesquita U.S. Marines Served 1951 - 1954 Passed Away 8/16/1988
U.S. Army - Korea Served 1956 - 1958 (Army Reserve for 8 years Robert Andersen PassedE. away 6/28/22
U.S. Army Served 1965 - 1968
U.S. Air Force - Korean War Served 14 Years
Capt. Karlan Jon Arellano U.S. Army Served 13 yrs.
U.S. Army - Japan & Korea
U.S. Army - Korea Served 1956 - 1958
Richard J. Amesquita U.S. Air Force Served 1942 - 1945 Passed Away 6/17/1993
Richard P. Appenzeller
U.S. Army Served 1958 - 1960 Passed Away 7/31/2008
(Army Reserve for 8 years)
William (Bill) Appleman Jr. U.S. Army Served 1953 - 1955 Passed away 11/27/2021
Walter Arthurs Jr. Reise A. Arduini U.S. Navy Served 2017 - Present
Baudelio P. Baeza
Merrill Baeza
U.S. Army Served 2 yrs. Passed away 4/21/2023
U.S. Armed Forces Served 2/6/46 - 7/29/47 Passed away 5/12/23
Conrad Banda U.S. Army Served 1980 - 1983
Served 1948 - 1952 Passed away 10/13/15
MM2 Donald J. Barber U.S. Navy Served 2016 - current
Leslie H. Arvola U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1953
MSGT Lee Bardier U.S. Air Force Served 1972-1993
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John Bartelt U.S. Army Served 1953 - 1955
Jerry Bartlett Marine Corps Served 1960-1964
David Beck
Ernest H. Berkey Jr.
BM3 Robert E. Bertolozzi Jr.
U.S. Army
Served 1960-1963 Passed Away 1/3/2001
U.S. Navy Served 1969 - 1970 Passed away 7/18/2022
Sgt. Robert William Bittner
U.S. Navy Served 1968 - 1974 Passed Away 2/27/02
Amy Dempsey Bickner SPC U.S. Army Illinois National Guard Served 1996 - 2002
U.S. Army Served 7 yrs. Passed away 1/8/2011
Sgt. Merle E. Bowers
Sgt. Neil H. Bowers
Wayne Bowers
U.S. Army Artillary Served 1941-1945 Passed away 10/7/1976
U.S. Army Air Force Served 3 yrs. Passed away 8/21/1998
U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1952 Passed away 4/3/2016
SPC/4 Tye Alan Bittner U.S. Army Served 5 yrs.
Corporal Wayne A. Bauer U.S. Marines Served 1972 - 1976
Herman A. Beveroth SF3 Navy Seabees Wake Island Served 2/20/45 - 6/23/46 Passed away 5/24/2014
Stephen J. Blackburn U.S. Marines Served 3 Yrs. Passed away 1998
Bill Brierton U.S. Navy Served 1952 - 1956
Steve Baumgartner U.S. Air Force Served 1967-1971
Doyil W. Bibby U.S. Marines Served 4 yrs. Passed away 3/21/2019
Leon F. Boehle U.S. Army Served 1966-1968
George W. Brooks George Brooks U.S. W. Army U.S. Army Served 1956 - 1958
Served 1956-1958 - Germany Passed away 2/5/2022
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Robert Bartel U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 1968 & 1969
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Ronald Brooks
William Brooks
U.S. Air Force Served 1961 - 1966
U.S. Army Served 1964 - 1966
Daniel Buntjer U.S. Air Force Served 1981-2001 Retired
Robert Buntjer U.S. Army - Sgt. Served 1966 - 1968
Kenneth (Bud) Butterfield U.S. Army - WWII 1st Cavalry Division Served 1942 - 1946
Chad Callison
Passed Away 12/4/1978
Tyler Callison U.S. Navy Currently Serving
Deborah L. Brown (Weslow) US Army National Guard Served 1989 - 1992
Everett K. Brown U.S. Army Served 1963 - 1965 Passed away 1/15/2019
U.S. Army Served 1944-1946 Passed away 10/8/1994
Cpl. Richard E. Burgess U.S. ArmyGuard IL Army National Served 1950 - 1953
SSG. Tom Bushman U.S. Army - Desert Storm
Gage Butler
Passed away 2/25/2017
Served 1983-1997
U.S. Marine Served 4 years
Kade Callison
Kayla Callison
Mark Callison
U.S. Army Served 1989 - 1991
U.S. Air Force Currently Serving
David T. Cantu U.S. Navy Served 1969-1972
Lupe Cantu U.S. Navy Served 1980 - 1985
U.S. Air Force Currently Serving
John H. Carrillo U.S. Navy Served 1954 - 1958
Dale Brownlee
U.S. Army Served 1987 - 1990
Lino Carrillo U.S. Army Served 1954 - 1956 Passed away 10/12/2022
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U.S. Navy Served 2022 - present
Joseph M. Catalina U.S. Army Served 1942 - 1946 Passed away 5/23/1994
Sgt. Robert W. Cheshier U.S. Army - Korean War Served 1950 - 1952 Passed away 6/8/2018
Bryan Castillo U.S. Army Served 1979 - 1989
Larry Cater Navy 1959 - 1962
Waldemar J. Cialkowski U.S. Army Japan Occupation
Served 1946 - 1948 Passed away 8/19/2007
Pablo Castillo U.S. Army Air Corp Served 1943-1945
Passed away 2/05/2017
Arthur Donald Chapinski U.S. Army Served 1948 - 1968 Passed Away 9/4/2014
Roger Chriest U.S. Army Served 1966-1967
Bruno C. Catalina
Vincent Catalina
U.S. Army Served 1941-1945 Passed away 12/17/2011
U.S. Army Served 1941-1945 Passed away 2007
Leo Chapinski Jr. U.S. Army Served 4 Years
Robert Chapinski U.S. Navy Served 1945-1947
Passed Away 5/7/1997
Edward Conderman Air Force - Air Force Reserve Served 1978 -2000
Nelo Contreras Jesse Contreras U.S. Army - WWII Passed away 1/2019
Joseph “Chico” Contreras
U.S. Navy Served 1958 - 1961
Larry Contreras U.S. Air Force Served 1951-1954 - Korean War
U.S. Army - WWII Served 1941-1944 Passed Away 11/6/1996
Passed Away 9/24/2010
Ronald G. Conderman U.S. Army - Germany Served 1954 - 1956
Ralph Contreras U.S. Marine Corps. WWII South Pacific & China Served 4 years Passed away 1/2017
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FNSN Terry J. Casella
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Gage Steven Coon U.S. Army/82 Airborne Served 6 yrs. Passed away 2/2/2020 nd
SRA John Craft U.S. Air Force Served 1996 - 2002
Spec 4 Gary L. DeBord U.S. Army Served 1972-1974
James R. Devine
U.S. Navy Served 1969 - 1971
Sergeant First Class Lester Cordes U.S. Army - 39th Field Artillery, 3rd Infantry Served 1951-1953
Paul J. Cunniff U.S. Army 1st Cav. Vietnam Served 1970 - 1971
SFC Marvin DeBrock U.S. Army - Korean War 73rd Tank Battalion 3 Bronze Stars
John S. Dickerson Served 2010 - present Army Nat.Guard 5½ yrs. Air Nat.Guard 7½ yrs.
Mario D. Coronado
Sgt. Dino M. Coronado
U.S. Marines Served 1967-1970
U.S. Navy and Army Served 23 yrs. Passed Away 3/17/2022
U.S. Army-Gulf War Served 23 yrs.
Dylan Daniels
U.S. Army - Korean War Served 3 yrs Passed away 2012
Thomas A. Cornwell
Leroy Daniels U.S. Marines Served 2022-present
U.S. Army 45th Division Korean War
Served 1951-1953
Robert Dempsey, Sr.
Corporal Gene DeMay U.S. Army - 313 Sig. Bn. Served 1951-1953 Korea
U.S. Army - Korean War Served 1953-1955 Passed away 5/17/2017
Donald E. Dirks
1st Class Nathan Disher
U.S. Navy Served 2 Yrs.
Charles A. Davis Sr.
U.S. Coast Guard
Currently serving (17 years)
James E. Devine U.S. Army Served 1943 - 1945 Passed Away 2/28/1982
Harold B. Dodd, Jr. U.S. Army Served 1948 -1953
Passed away 4/30/1989
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U.S. Air Force Served 1996 - 2006
Robert Fecht U.S. Army WWII POW Battle of the Bulge
Passed away 3/15/1981
Hugh E. Flynn Sr.
Glenn I. Dunseth U.S. Army Served 1966 - 1968
E-5 Petty Officer Eleanor (Schick) Fiser U.S. Navy Served 1989 - 1999
Noah D. Forbes
Tom Durband U.S. Army Signal Corps Served 1961-1963
Chief Petty Officer Matt Fiser U.S. Navy - Seabees Served 27 Years 1994 - 2018
Dan L. Ford
U.S. Army Served 1952 -1954 Passed Away 8/31/1998
U.S. Army Reserves Served 2021 - present
U.S. Army Served 1966-1968
Tanner Friday Senior Airman U.S. Air Force Served 2016 to present
Taylor Friday Master At Arms U.S. Navy Served 2015 to present
1st Class Kayla (Disher) Gamester U.S. Coast Guard Currently Serving (13 Years)
Joseph E. Dvorak U.S. Air Force / WWII Served 1943 - 1945 Passed Away 7/10/1996
Lester E. Flaherty Sr. U.S. Navy Served 1951-54 Korea Served 1945-47 WWII Passed away 3/13/2016
Peter Fecht U.S. Army Served 1970-1972
Passed away 9/26/2015
Lester E. Flaherty Jr. (Mike) Navy - Sea Bees Served 1973 -1977 Passed away 2/26/2016
U.S. Army Served 1960 - 1963 Passed away 4/25/2021
Mark Friday Chief Petty Officer U.S. Navy Served 26 Years
David Gail Gardner U.S. Army-Air Corps Served1942-1946 Passed Away 6/15/1984
John Garrison U.S. Army WWII Served 2 Years
Ronny Fortune
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Kyle D. Dunphy
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Cpl. Gene Gaumer U.S. Army Korea - Germany Served 1952 - 1954
Noel Gillette U.S. Navy Served 1956 - 1960
Darrell J. Gray U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1952 Passed away 8/10/2017
Richard A. Gebhardt U.S. Army Served 1956 - 1958 Passed Away 4/10/2014
David R. Geil U.S. Army E-5 Served 1966-1969 Vietnam 1967-1968
Rowland Gillette
Vernon Gittleson
U.S. Air Force Served 1955 - 1959 Passed away 1/20/2021
U.S. Army - Korea Served 1953 - 1955
Dallas Griffith U.S. Army Infantry Served 2020 - 2022
John L. Gilbert U.S. Navy Seabees Served 1971-1973
U.S. Navy Served 1951 - 1955 Passed away 4/15/2019
James L. Glafka U.S. Army Served 1954 - 1956 (Army Reserve for 6 years)
Passed Away 2/17/2000
Sgt. Russell E. Glenn U.S. Army WWII Served 1943 - 1945
Sgt. Amanda M. (Dempsey) Hacker
Arne A Gronlund U.S. Army - Korea Served 5/1952
Allen Gillette
David C. Gugerty U.S. Army Served 1956-1958
Illinois Army National Guard 2001 - 2008 Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004 - 2005
1SG Kyle Hacker Illinois Army National Guard 1999 - Present Operation New Dawn 2011-2012 Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004 - 2005
Dennis J. Halgren U.S. Navy Served 1965-1968
John L. Halgren U.S. Army Served 1944-1945 Passed away 3/26/2011
Merle L. Halgren U.S. Marines Served 1961-1966
Warren Hall U.S. Army - Korean War Served 1953 - 1955
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Passed Away 10/26/2000
Dale O. Hardy U.S. Airforce Served 1964 - 1968 Passed away 6/28/1998
Gordon Harris Sr.
Sharon “Butch” Hannan U.S. Army Served 1968-1974
Jeffrey B. Hardy U.S. Army Vietnam Served 1971 - 1972
Dennis Harrison
U.S. Army- Airborne Served 1970 - 1976
U.S. Army Served 1980-1982
AZCS Diana E. Healy
LCPL Michael W. Healy
U.S. Navy Served 1979 - 1999
U.S. Marines Served 2018 - 2020
U.S. Army Served 2006-present
Everette D. Hardin U.S. Navy Served 1944 - 1945 Passed Away in 2010
Squire J. Hardy
Walter Hardy Jr.
Douglas Harms
U.S. Airforce Served 1964 - 1968 Passed away 11/3/2009
U.S. Navy WWII Served 2 yrs. Passed away 1987
U.S. Army Infantry Vietnam Served 1968 - 1970
Roger Hartman
SP/4 Charles Buggs Hazelwood
CW2 Robert W. Hardin
Sr. Chief Randy D. Hardin U.S. Navy Served 1972-1992
Cecil E. Harrison U.S. Army Served 1955 -1957
U.S. Army Served 1966-1972 Passed away 2/26/2019
U.S. Army 101st Airborn Div. Vietnam Served 1968 - 1970
Walter J. Healy
AVCM William J. Healy
Merle Heckman
U.S. Navy - WWII Served 1941 - 1963 Passed away
U.S. Navy Served 1975 - 2001
U.S. Army Served 1963 - 1965
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Frederick L. Hamburg U.S. Marines Served1944 - 1949
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3rd Class Terry L. Heeren U.S. Navy - Vietnam Served 1966 - 1969 Passed away 4/6/2018
Joyce M. Hicks U.S. Marine Corps Served 1980 - 1988
Elmer L. Hopkins U.S. Army Served 1945 - 1946 Passed Away 2/4/1946
Roy Louise Jacobs U.S Army Served 1917-1918 Passed Away 1999
Carole E. (Reed) Heins
Robert G. Heins
U.S. Army WAC Served 1951 - 1952 Passed away 4/23/2009
U.S. Navy Reserve Served 1949 - 1957 Passed away 11/19/2005
S. SGT. Lyle R. Hendryx U.S. Army Served 1944 - 1946 Passed Away 11/30/2005
Staff Sgt. Harold F. Higby
Orville E. Hodge
Sgt. Charles W. Hollaway
U.S. Army 1941 - 1945 Passed away 1/21/1988
Guillermo (Bill) Hurches Army CPL Korea Served 1950 - 1952 Passed Away 1/30/2010
Jason A. Johnson U.S. Army National Guard 1644 Transportation Co. Served 1999 - 2011
U.S. Air Force Orville E. Hodge Served 1961-1965-Vietnam U.S.away Air Force Passed 7/14/2023
Illinois National Guard Served 1959-1965 Passed away 5/9/2023
Clarence L. Hopkins U.S. Army Served 1952-1953
Sgt. Lowell D. Jacobs
Roger L. Jacobs
Served 1961-1965 - Vietnam
Calvin L. Jacobs U.S. Army Served 1964-66
Warren Heuck U.S. Army Served 1963 - 1965
U.S. Army Served 1961 - 1963
U.S. Army Served 1954 -1956
Max M. Johnson
Robert Lee Johnson
U.S. Air Force - Korea Served 1951 - 1953 Passed away
U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1953 Passed away 2/24/2022
Russell H. Johnson U.S. Army Served 3 Years
Passed away 10/05/1960
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2nd Lieuenant Brett Knutson
U.S. Army
Harold Julifs U.S. Marine Corps Served 1957 - 1959
Chief Petty Officer Rick Knutson U.S. Naval Reserves
Glen R. Kuhlemier U.S. Marine Corps. Served 1953-1955 Served 1953-55 Korea
Larry Lahman U.S. Air Force Served 1970-1975
Passed away 1/10/2017
Sgt. Kenny Knutson
U.S. Army
Corporal James Kulas U.S. Army
Korea Gasoline Supply Unit
Served 1953 - 1954
Col. Michael E. King U.S. Air Force Served 1968 - 1994 Passed away 2/27/16
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jana (Johnston) Knutson Navy HM2 (SW/AW) Served 2001 - 2007
Lawrence Kulas U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1952 Passed away 3/8/2011
Paul Lahman
U.S. Army Served 1957-1960 U.S. Air Force Served 1961-1978
Robert Lahman
U.S. Air Force Served 1968-1972
Charles W. “Jake” Kness U.S. Army Served WWII Passed away 4/30/2012
Jack D. Koehler U.S. Navy Seabees Served 1951-1955 Passed away 12/29/2019
Bruce Knipple
U.S. National Guard Served 1948 -1951
Lieutenant Colonel Kyle John Kuepker Minnesota Army National Guard Served 26½ Years, Retired 2017
Corporal Raymond J. Kulas U.S. Army T5 90th Inf. Div. Truck Driver - Surveyor Served 1942 - 1945 Passed Away 12/6/14
J.D. Lahman CWO
Russell Lahman
Leslie E. (Pete) Lansford U.S. Air Force 1942-1945 Passed Away 12/8/1980
U.S. Marines Served 1951-1953 Passed Away 7/25/2012
U.S. Air Force Served 1955-1967 U.S. Army Served 1967-1975
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Charles W. Josephsen 1st Inf. of Red Star 6th Div. Served 1941 - 1945 Passed Away 11/1/2001
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Joseph LeBlanc Jr.
William J. Lemmer
Donald Lerdall U.S. Army Served 4 Yrs Passed away 1/15/1963
Spec. 5 Dale W. Letcher U.S. Army - Vietnam War Served 1968 -1972
Vincent S. Lopez U.S. Navy Served 1943 - 1945
Jerome (Jerry) Martin
U.S. Army Served Korean War Passed away 3/1986
Joseph LeBlanc III U.S. Army Served 2 Years
Jackie Marvin Linton U.S. Army Served 1951-1953 Passed Away 4/3/2009
Alfred S. Lopez Alfred S. Lopez U.S. Navy U.S. Navy Served 1945-1947 Served 1945-1947 Passed away 6/19/2022
Jesse P. Lopez U.S. Army Served 1963-1966
Sgt. Ray Martinez
S/Sgt. Theodore R. Maves
Larry D. Mayberry
Kenneth E. McCaslin U.S. Army Served 1957-1959 Passed away 6/28/2021
U.S. Army Reserve Served 9 years
U.S. Army - WWII Served 1941 - 1945 Passed Away 4/9/1989
U.S. Army Served 1952 -1954 Passed Away March 2006
U.S. Army Served 1965 - 1967 Passed away 9/24/2022
Floyd McKenna U.S. Army Served 1960 -1962
James J. McKenna U.S. Army Served 1956-59
Kevin Mendoza U.S. Army Served 5yrs
Passed away 2006
Ronnie L. Miles U.S Army 82nd Airborne Served 1960 - 1963 Passed away 6/10/2016
U.S. Army Served 1966 - 1968 Passed away 6/24/2018
Elwyn McKenna U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 1967-68 Passed away10/16/2022
Leo J. Miller U.S. Navy Served 2 yrs. Passed away 11/22/1968
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U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 1965 - 1968
Raymond Moeller U.S. Army Served 1943 -1945
Passed Away 6/13/1970
Merrill “Bud” Mohr U.S. Navy Korean War Served 1949-1953
Aaron E. Mossholder
Dane M. Mossholder
Air Force Served 4 Years
U.S. Marines Served 1952 - 1956
U.S. Air Force Served 2006 - 2010
Frank E. Muhleback U.S. Navy Served 1944 - 1946 Passed away 2017
Joseph J. Muhleback U.S. Air Force Served 1948 - 1952
Eldon Moser
Cpt. Garrett Newman U.S. Air Force Served 2013-present
Col. (Retired) Jerry Newman U.S. Army Nat Guard Served 1985-2020
Capt. Edward S. Murphy MD U.S. Army - 1941-1946 Passed Away 09/1987
Dennis P. Morath U.S. Army - Spec. 4 Served 1957 - 1960
Douglas R. Mossholder U.S. Navy Served 1981 - 1985
K.J. (Bub) & Clarence Morath U.S. Army, Air Force & Army Served 1943-1945 Passed Away 1984 & 1997
Lt. Charles E. Muhleback U.S. Air Force Served 1945-1951 Killed in Korea 1/9/1951
PFC Susan Naylor U.S. Army Reserve Served - Late 1990’s
1LT Abigail Newman
Paul S. Newman
U.S. Army Nat Guard Served 2019-present
U.S. Navy Served 13 yrs. Passed away 4/20/2011
Stephen Nichols U.S. Air Force Served 1963 - 1967
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Myrle Moeller
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Cpt. Charles E. Noffsinger U.S. Army - Korean War Served 1943 -1946 Passed Away 11/2/1997
Gregory L. O’Brien
Calvin R. Nutt Petty Officer E-4 U.S. Navy Served 1973 -1977
U.S. Army U.S. Army Guard - Iraq Served 2007- 2013
Ronald J. O’Brien U.S. Army - Military Police Served 1964-1967
Terrance F. O’Malley U.S. Marines - Vietnam Served 1966 - 1969
Edwin Burdell O’Neil Army 96th Infantry Served 1942-1946 Passed Away 9/8/2009
Michael L. Parker U.S. Army Vietnam War
James B. Parks U.S. Army
Sgt. Marvin J. Nutt U.S. Army Served 1966 -1969
1LT Terry J. O’Brien U.S. Army Served 1965-1968 Passed away 12/19/2013
ETR3 Robert Lee Nutt U.S. Navy Served 1958 -1962 Cuban Conflict Passed Away 2/26/1962
David J. O’Brien U.S. Army Military Police K-9 Unit Served 1967-1968
Richard O’Malley III
Richard D. O’Malley Jr. U.S. Marines - Vietnam Served 1960 - 1963
U.S. Navy - USS Midway Air Sea Resue - Persian Gulf War
Served 1987 - 1991 Passed Away 3/24/2015
John Panscik
Peter Panscik
U.S. Navy WWII Passed away
U.S. Merchant Marine Served WWII Passed away
U.S. Marine Corp Served WWII Passed away
Pvt. David Parrot U.S. Army Served 1965-1967 Passed Away 9/24/2009
Thomas J. Paschal
Albert Panscik
U.S. Army Served 1967-1969 Passed Away 1/20/1994
CMSgt. James Patten U.S. Air Force Retired Served 30 yrs.
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U.S. Army Served 1953-1956 Passed away 2/6/2007
Joseph A. Patzer U.S. Navy Seabees Served 1973-1977
Richard L.Percycoe U.S. Navy Served 1963-1967
Carl “Bill” Piper
Anthony D. Pizarro U.S. Air Force Served 1951 - 1954
Henry Pizarro Jr. U.S. Navy Served 1951-1953
U.S. Army Served 1954-1956 Passed away 4/18/2021
George Poulos U.S. Army
Passed Away 1/15/2009
Terry Powell U.S. Army - 2nd Surveillance & Observation Battalion
SGT. Kyle D. Pletsch
Passed away 7/1/2016
Passed Away 5/17/1992
Gerald M. Potts U.S Army Served 1963-1965
Michael A. Preston
Lyle R. Reap Served1967-1969 - Vietnam
Allen D. Reece U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 1969-1970
Tyler Reyes
David H. Ricklefs
Passed away 6/26/2017
Served 2 years - Germany
Spec. 4 Frank J. Reeverts
Bryson Reyes
Cpt. Ryan Reyes
U.S. Army Served 2020-present
U.S. National Guard Served 2010-2018
U.S. Army Served 1956 - 1959
U.S. Marine Corps. Korean War Served 1952-1954
Raymond R. Peugh U.S. Army Served 1961 -1963
U.S. Army Served 2000 - 2004
U.S. Army Security Agency Served 1961 - 1964
Served 1960-1963 & 1966-1970
Robert E. Personette
U.S. Army
U.S. Army-82nd Airborne Special Forces Served 2012-2016
Air Force Served 1967-1971 Passed Away 12-29-1998
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CPL Robert Patten
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Private First Class Grant “Fuzz” Riggs
Ronald S. Ridenhour U.S. Army Served 1966 - 1968 Passed away 8/24/2014
Vincent G. Ridenhour
Diamond Robinson
U.S. Air Force 1950-1953 (Roswell, New Mexico) Passed Away 10/19/2014
U.S. Navy Served 2017-present
Gary Rumbolz U.S. Navy Served 1966-1970
Mike Santos Marine Served 4 Years
U.S. Army Served 1941 - 1945 Passed Away 9/2/1993
U.S. Army WWII European Theatre Served 1943 - 1945 Passed away 1973
Keith Robison (Robbie)
Guadalupe Rodriguez
Sedrick M. Sanders U.S. Marines & Army Served 4 yrs. Passed away 1/23/2003
Richard “Dick” Santos
Richard “Dick” Santos U.S. Army - Korea Served 2 yrs Army - Korea Passed away 2/18/2020 Served 2 Years
U.S. Army Served 3 Years Passed away 5/6/2017
EM 3 Alex Rios
Cruz J. Rivera
U.S. Navy Served 1959 - 1963
U.S. Army Served 1953 - 1955
Santos Rodriquez U.S. Marine Corp Served 1942-1945
LaFaughn C. Rosenow
Passed away 5/23/1945
U.S. Air Force Served 1977 - 1981
Spec. 4 Jerry Lee Sanders U.S. Army Served 1963 - 1967 Passed Away 12/12/2005
Chuck Santos (Charles) U.S. Army Served 1955 - 1957 Passed away 3/29/1989
Passed Away 10/16/2009
Curtis E. Saunders
Herbert Saunders
Richard R. Saunders
U.S. Marine Corp. WWII Served 3 yrs. Passed away 2002
U.S. Air Corp. WWII Served 3 yrs. Passed away 2006
U.S. Navy WWII Served 2 yrs. Passed away 2013
Gabe Santos
Air Force Served 4 Years
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William J. Saunders U.S. Army-Korean War Served 2 yrs.
Corporal John L. Schick
Don Schafer U.S. Navy Served 1951-1955 Passed away 8/16/2008
Donald H. Schamberger
Phillip Scheffler
SGT. Douglas R. Schick E5 - U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 2 Years
U.S. Army - Signal Corp. Served 1953 - 1955
U.S. Army Special Forces
Passed away 9/2/2015
Passed Away 11/1/2000
Hugh F. Senneff
James D. Senneff
U.S. Army Air Corps Served in WWII Passed away 6/9/1998
U.S. Navy Corpsman Served in Vietnam Passed away 8/25/1999
John E. Sloter
Sergeant Curtis Smith U.S. Air Force
U.S. Marines Served 1954 - 1957 Passed away 2016
Corporal William (Bill) Schick U.S. Marines Served 1959 - 1962 Passed away 2014
John M. “Mike” Scholl Army Airborne (82nd) 1954 - 1956
Phyllis M. Senneff
Clarence R. Shumaker
Delmar “Hughie” Sitter
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U.S. Navy Served 1941 - 1945 Passed away 6/24/2015
U.S. Navy Served 1944-1945 Passed away 2/18/2010
PFC Jessie Smith U.S. Army Served 1943-1945 Passed away 2/19/2014
H. Oscar Snyder U.S. Army Infantry Served 1918 - 1919 Passed Away 1958
Richard E. Snyder U.S. Army - 5th Army Served 1955 - 1958
Served 1963 - 1966
U.S. John Army E. Military Police Sloter Served 1967 1969 U.S Army Military Police Passed away 9/11/2022
Served 1967 - 1969
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Reg. AF Air Craft & Engine
Served 1970-1974
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Doug Strehlow U.S. Marines 1993-2001 U.S. Army Reserves 2004 - 2012 2 Tours of Iraq
HM 3 Ray Torres U.S. Navy - Vietnam Served 1966 - 1970
ETC J. Keith Spangler U.S. Navy Served 1963 - 1985
SFC Paul K. Spangler U.S. Army Served 1989 - 2012
John Thompson U.S. Army WWII Served 2 yrs. Passed away 2008
Sgt. Melissa Spangler U.S. Army Served 2003 - 2012
MAJ Robert E. Spangler
Orlando Spangler
U.S. Marines Served 2021 - present
U.S. Army Served 1943-1945 Passed away 11/19/2002
Katlyn Spong
Travis Spong
U.S. Army Artillery Served 1942 - 1953 Passed away 8/14/2005
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U.S. Air Force Served 2019 - present
Sgt. Robert A. Toms Sr. Sgt.U.S. Robert Toms Sr. ArmyA.- Korea Served 1952 - 1954 U.S. Army
Floyd A. Toppert U. S. Army Served 1953 - 1955 Passed Away 5/21/14
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U.S. Army Served 1951-1954
U.S. Army Served 1986 - 1989
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Served 3 1/2 yrs. Army-Airborn Passed away 10/16 2022 Served 3 1/2 Years
William Underhile U.S. Marine Corps - Korea Served 6 Years Passed away 1986
Juan Trujillo U.S. Army Purple Heart Recipient Served 2009 - present
Carlos Urrutia III U.S. Army 82nd Airborn Served 1983-1986
Ted Trulock U.S. Navy Admiral’s Staff, San Diego, CA
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A/2C Ren VanDerLeest U.S. Air Force Served 3 Years Passed Away 10/9/11
David Underhile U.S. Army Served 1964 -1967
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IC3 Paul J. Vowles U.S. Navy Served 1964 - 1968
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Richard J. Wagner U.S. Army Served 1952 - 1954 Passed Away 10/9/2008
Thomas I. Whelan U.S. Army Served 1967-1970 Passed away 5/9/2016
Allan J. Weber U.S. Marine Corps Served 6 Years
Joseph Widolff
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Don A. Wellman U.S. Navy Served 1952-1956 Passed Away 1/14/2015
William Widolff
Michael K. Williams
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Donald C. Weidel
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