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Brian S. Alexander
Phillip Ray Allison, Sr.
Phillip Ray Allison II
U.S. Navy AT3 (AW) Petty Officer, 2nd Class Operation 2008 - Present Currently aboard the USS George H. W. Bush
U.S. Army 1956-1957
U.S. Navy 1988-1989
Chris Anderson
Clarence Anderson
Leslie "Jim" Anderson
U.S. Navy Petty Officer, 2nd Class 200-2005 Sigonella, Sicily
U.S. Army
Jacob Mathias Luksha U.S. Marine, Staff Sergeant 2006 – present Tours: Afghanistan & Iraq
(7) Air Medals, Navy & Marine Corp Achievement Medals, National Defense Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Sea-Service Deployment Medal
Leroy Ashorn Sr.
Terry Ashorn
Mark Austin
U.S. Army World War II
U.S. Army Sergeant 1966-1970 Vietnam
U.S. Air Force Major 1972-1996 Cold War, Operation Southern Watch Meritorious Service, AF Commendation, AF Outstanding Unit, National Defense, SW Asia Service, Kuwait Liberation medals
Brian N. Avery
Hurst (Doc) Barbee
Charles J. Bartlett
U.S. Army 101st Airborne Corporal E-4 1990-1991 Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant 1944-1946
U.S. Marine Corps 1957-1959
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George Bassett
Orville Russell Benton U.S. Army Air Force Corporal Dental Laboratory Technician
Alvin B. Boehm U.S. Marine Corps LCPL May 1956-April 1959 Washougal, Wash.
Larry J. Boehm U.S. Marines PFC May 1968 February 1969 Vietnam (KIA) Sealy, Texas
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Robert Beachboard
Joe A. Belunek
Jerry E. Zapalac
Louis J. Zapalac
Dr. Laurence C. Zaruba
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant 1952-1955 Korean War
U.S. Army Corporal World War II
U.S. Army Corporal Dec. 3, 1952Nov.10, 1954
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant 1948-1949 1950-1952
U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters Company Chesty Puller's 1st Marines 1950-1951 Korea
Weldon Lee Biberstein
Charles Blansett
Paul W. Ziegenbein Sr.
Dominick Zientek
U.S. Air Force E-6 1954-1975
U.S. Navy Retired Chief Petty Officer World War II
Edgar J. Boehm
Ernest A. Boehm
U.S. Navy AM2c August 1942-November 1945 World War II Sealy, Texas
U.S. Air Force Sergeant (E-4) October 1960 September 1964 Vietnam West Monroe, La.
Brent Bolin
Clint E. Bollinger
U.S. Marine Corps 1956-1962
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant 1988-1994 Operation Desert Storm
U.S. Marine Corps 1941-1945 World War II
Veterans Appreciation Program
U.S. Army PFC Germany 1961-1963
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Clarence Williams
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Malford C. Williamson
Kimberly E. Bollinger
Weldon Bollinger
William E. Bollom
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer, 3rd Class 1974-1978 Florida and Texas SAR, DEA, ATF, LORAN, Communications
U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant 1986-1992 Operation Desert Storm
U. S. Army Specialist E-5 1968-1970 82nd Army Band, Ft. Bliss, Texas 101st Airborne Band, Vietnam
U.S. Navy U.S.S. Harris March 1943January 1946 World War II Pacific
Ike Wozniak
Jeff Young
U.S. Navy Petty Officer, Third Class 1972-1975
U.S. Army 1986-1990
Jason J. Boone
Lucas Bowyer
U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Security Police 1952-1973 Korean War Vietnam
James J. Boone U.S. Army Specialist E-5 1965-1967 Vietnam War Purple Heart Veteran
U.S. Army Specialist 1995-2001 Bosnia
Albert E. Zajicek
Dennis Zapalac
James Zapalac
U.S. Marine Corps 1952-1954 Korea 1954-1960 Active Reserve
U.S. Marine Corps 1964-1968 Vietnam - 2 tours Sergeant E-5 Combat Engineer Purple Heart Silver Star
U.S. Army Segeant 1967-1969
U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 1957 to 1977
Levester Wilson
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U.S. Marine Corps 1958-1964
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Clarence Edward Boson U.S. Army Sergeant, 1st Class E-7 1968-1988 1st Avn BN, 57th Assault Helicopter Co. 1970-1971 Camp Holloway Pleiku, Vietnam
Otto Brandes U.S. Army 1918-1919 World War I
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Graduated from MCRD in San Diego, Calif. November 2013 as a PFC; Military Police training at Ft. Leonardwood, Mo.; Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan; Camp Lejeune, NC
Bruce Brandes
Darren Brandes
U.S. Navy 1975-1979
U.S. Navy Machinist Mate First Class 1988-1997
Owen Otto Brandes
Stacy T. Brandes
U.S. Marines 1951-1953
U.S. Navy Retired STSCS (SS) 1987-2007
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Stephen Brandes U.S. Navy January 2006
Weldon D. Brast U.S. Army Specialist E-4 Ordinance (Tank Division) 1956-59 Fontenet, France
Ulysess W. Brook
Jerry Brandt
Leon Brast
U.S. Army Sergeant 1944-1946 South Pacific, Philippines, Luzon, Manilla, Japan
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U.S. Army Specialist E-4 1956-1959 Honorable Discharge Oct. 31, 1962
Louis J. Vicenik, Sr.
David Waddell
1941-1945 World War II on USS Minneapolis 1951-1952 Korea
U.S. Navy Machinist Mate Petty Officer Second Class 1980-1984 Aboard the USS Waddell DDG-24 in the Pacific
Jake Brenner
Joshua Brock
Bobby Walker
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Sergeant 1999-2005 Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant
U.S. Army
James Walker Jr.
Albert Brown
Chadrick L. Brown
Edmund Weaver
U.S. Air Force Sergeant 1950-1952 Korean Command
T.J. Bryant Sr.
Louis J. Buchala
U.S. Army Air Corps 1942-1946 World War II Campaign Medal with Four Bronze Stars
U.S. Marine 1932-1936 90 days on Battleship Texas
U.S. Army Corporal Battery B 471st Coast Artillery Battalion Technician, Fifth Grade
U.S. Marine Corps
Reginald Walker U.S. Navy
Vernon Wendt
George D. Wigfall Sr.
U.S. Navy 1942-1945 1950-1951
Corporal USMC Sept. 4, 2002-Sept. 4, 2010 MOS 0411 Served in Iraq twice Camp Al-Asad Camp Fallujah
Herbert J. Brune
Anthony Stephen Walker
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Winston Tipp
John Tollett
U.S. Army Corporal 1952-1954
U.S. Army Sergeant 1970-1974
Finus Tyler
Rich Vanderwalker
U.S. Army 1941-1945
U.S. Marine Corps 1966-1968 Corporal E-4 Vietnam
Arthur Tuttle, Jr.
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Pat Buechmann
Charley Burchfield
United States Merchant Marines Second Mate 1944-1945
U.S. Army E-4 25th Infantry 1964-1966 CuChi, Vietnam
U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant 1959-1978 Vietnam, three tours
Daniel Vesely
Paddy L. Burwell
Graden Edward Butler Sr.
U.S. Army 1968-1969 Vietnam
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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Marine Division 1952-1955 Korean War
U.S. Army Master Sergeant Korea Vietnam
Terry Dennis Butler U.S. Army 1977
U.S. Marine Corps Korean War
Victor S. Campos
Nathan Kyle Chance
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal 1st Battalion, 7th Marines 2000-2004 Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Thomas D. (Buddy) Chance Jr. U.S. Army, National Guard, Texas State Guard 1st Lieutenant Executive Officer 1956-1967
Conrad E. Cieslewicz U.S. Navy 1942-1945 World War II Six Battle Stars
Frank Strieder
Fred Sulak
U.S. Navy Seaman First Class 1942-1945 Destroyer USS Allen — Pacific Theater
Frank Surovcak
U.S. Marine Corps 1942-45 World War II Invasion of Peleliu and Okinawa
U.S. Army T-Sergeant 1942-1945 World War II Orchard, Texas
U.S. Army Sergeant 1951-1952 Korea
Brad Cobb
U.S. Army Specialist E-4 1964-1969
U.S. Army Sergeant 2002-present
Kari Kollatschny Colley
Mance Coody
Lou Cox
U.S. Navy Gunners Mate 3rd Class World War II Served in Atlantic and Pacific
Merchant Marines 1944-1946
James "Jim" Creekmore
Tony Davila
Karon Cramer U.S. Marine Corps 1965-1966 Paris Island, SC
U.S. Army Sergeant H&S Co. 317th TK Bn 1950-1952
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Joe Cieslewitz
Pat Cieslewitz
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, Third Class 2003-2008
NOVEMBER 2016
Aaron W. Colley U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, 2nd Class 2000-2008
U.S. Army Specialist E-4 1964-1967
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Willie Surovcak U.S. Army Corporeal 1953-1955 Wiesbaden, Germany
Willie L. Svinky U.S. Army Tec 5 World War II
Tommy Taylor U.S. Navy 1942
Jake H. Swearingen
James D. Swonke
U.S. Army Corporal 1945-1947 World War II
U.S. Air Force Private First Class 1943-1946
Thomas Shane Theriot
George A. Thielemann
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal 1994-1996
U.S. Marine Corps 1957-1959
Moltie Thomas
Robert Thomas
Ernest L. Thompson
U.S. Army Engineer World War II June 1943-November 1945
U.S. Army Sergeant World War II, Korea and Vietnam 1941 Served under General Patton
Tech Sergeant World War II
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Gary Silver U.S. Marine Corps 1971-1975
Peter F. Slansky U.S. Army CPL 1946-1950 Korea (KIA) Frydek, Texas
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Henry J. Sliva
James L. Davis
John Deason
Scott DeWeese
U.S. Army Techinical Sergeant 2nd Division 38th Infantry 1940-1945 World War II Europe Bronze Star Purple Heart
U.S. Army E-7 SFC Served 20 years Vietnam Military Police, Honor Guard
U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division Iraq
U.S. Marines Corporal 1985-1989 1986 - Okinawa, Japan 1990-1991 - Persian Gulf
Gilbert Sowa
Walter "Bub" Dierschke
Clarence Alvin Dittert
James J. Donnelly
U.S. Army Sergeant 1953-1955 Korea
U.S. Army Corporal 1953-1955
U.S. Army Air Force Corporal 1941-1944
Patrick T. Smith
Albert J. Sodolak
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class 1970-1974 Vietnam War
U.S. Army Sergeant E6 Mess Steward Hq. and Hq. Co. 315th Engr. BN. Engineer Battalion
Marvin Spradley
Arnold Stastny Jr.
Travis Gene Stegall, Sr.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1937-1940, March 1942 - December 1945 World War II Riverside, Calif.
U.S. Army Private 15-20 miles west of Wiesbaden, Germany
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal 1954-1957 Korea Vietnam
James Stein
Larry Stolarske
Mark Stolarski
U.S. Army 1970-1976 Specialist E-5 Combat Engineer Vietnam War
U.S. Navy MIDN 1/C July 1980 - May 1984 U.S. Marine Corps Captain May 1984 - Nov 1996
U.S. Army
NOVEMBER 2016
U.S. Army Specialist 4th Class
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Allison Dotson III
Jeffery Downey
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Hayward C. Downey
Herman R. Downey
Johnnie Schneider
Bethany Schoppe
Aaron Ray Schroeder
U.S. Navy 1969-1976 Disabled Veteran
U.S. Army
U.S. Army Corporal 1942-1945 World War II
U.S. Army 2006
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant 1950-1956 Korea
Louis Downey
Paul Lawrence Downey
Tom Schroeder
Gerald Scranton
Gerard Scranton
U.S. Army 1942-1945 Medical Department France, Germany, Belgium, Battle of the Bulge
U.S. Navy
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marines U.S. Army
William Downey II
Brandon Drake
Lenora (Hebel) Dronka
Anthony Seals
Kenneth Seals
John Robert Selman
U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal 2005-2009
U.S. Army Lt. Colonel 26 years Sealy, Texas
U.S. Army Sergeant 1956-1983 Gillhusen, Germany Army Reserves in Bryant
U.S. Army 1977-1979 Fort Benning, Ga.
U.S. Air Force Sergeant 553rd Squadron 386th Bomb Group World War II
Paul Dronka
Gene Duncum
Pvt. Anton Dzierganowski
James D. Selesby
Allen E. Sell
Kenneth Shaffer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Korea
U.S. Army Private World War II Japan
U.S. Air Force Korea
U.S. Army Colonel 32 years Vietnam era, 8 years in Germany, 3 years in Puerto Rico
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant 1952-1954
U.S. Army SP4 Stationed In Manheim, Germany 1975 - 1981
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William Klopsteck Schaer
Oscar E. Schier U.S. Army Captain 1942-1946 World War II
U.S. Army 105 MM Artillery World War II Wounded in the Battle of the Bulge Purple Heart
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Fred Echols
U.S. Army Corporal 1950-1954 Korea
Mike Eddleman
Daniel Elshick
U.S. Army Sergeant 1991-1998
U.S. Marine Corps 1943-1946
Melvin Schmidt
Edward W. Schneider
Henry Schneider
Elton Emshoff
Jerry Emshoff
Army Private First Class 1954-1956 Air National Guard 1949-1954 Korea
U.S. Army Specialist E-5 1964-1970
U.S. Army Sergeant 1941-1945 World War II
U.S. Army Vietnam
U.S. Army
Gene Eschenburg
Shannon Eschenburg
Edmund J. Faldyn
U.S. Air Force Oct. 6, 1956-Oct. 4, 1960
U.S. Army Specialist 2005-2008 Heidelberg, Germany
U.S. Army SP3 1956-1958 Germany Sealy, Texas
Hugo Findeisen
Jones G. Finke
Eugene Foehner
U.S. Army World War II
U.S. Army Master Sergeant 1945-1946
U.S. Army
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R.A. Engelking Jr. U.S. Army Private First Class 1943-1945 World War II
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Rudy Fojtasek
Hubert Earl Forse
Dan Owen Frank
Otto Reichardt, Jr.
Calvin Remmert
Gene A. Remmert
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant 1965-1969 Vietnam Purple Heart
64th Heavy Tank Batallion of 3rd Infantry Division 1950-1952 Korea Three Bronze Stars
U.S. Navy 1945-1947 K Swenson Ship
Corporal 1953-1955
U.S. Army 1954-1956
U.S. Army 12th Engineering Battalion 8th Infantry Division 1955-1958
Cecil R. Froebel
Robert Gene Froebel
Richard "Chick" Reynolds
Bill Ripple
Larry James Robertson
Leon H. Frank U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Korea
U.S. Army 1952-1954 Served in Japan and Korea
U.S. Army 1953-1955 Korea
Joe F. Frybert
Joe F. Frybert Sr.
George Pope Furber
U.S. Army Corporal 1950-1952 Korea First Guided Missile Brigade 4055 Fort Bliss, Texas National Defense Service Medal
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U.S. Army Rangers 4th Battalion World War II Purple Heart for injuries sustained on Anzion Beach, Italy
U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class 1917-1919 World War I Co. A First Machine Battalion Meuse-Argonne Offenseive Purple Heart
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U.S. Naval Security Group 1955-1959 Korea
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant 1966 Vietnam Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Cross of Gallantry, National Defense Medal
Ben Ross
Dan Ross
Earl Ross
U.S. Army World War II
U.S. Army World War II
U. S. Army World War II
Roy Ross U.S. Navy World War II
Edmund Reginold Rudloff U.S. Army World War II
Frank Henry Sayle U.S. Navy Navy SEAL
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Pete Gajewski
Fred Garcia
Robert Galabeas
U.S. Army Sergeant 86th Unit Black Hawk February 1943 1946 Tours in Atlantic and Pacific
U.S. Army SP4 1957-1961 Germany Brazos Country, Texas
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant 1954-84
Koland (Komanche) Garcia
Walter H. Gass
J.P. Gerhart U.S. Army 1943-1946 U.S. Navy 1951-1952
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1944-1953 World War II Korea
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Reconnaissance Vietnam 1968-1974
Joe Goebel
Leslie Goebel
U.S. Air Force 1952-1956
U.S. Navy-CB MM2-C World War II
Vernon Dean Goebel U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant 1954-1957
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Johnnie Gomez
George Gonzales
Sergeant Vietnam 1966-1968
World War II
Johnny Gonzales
Joseph "Joe" Gonzales
Jerry Grunke
Bobby Hagen
U.S. Air Force A/2C Rank 1956-1960
U.S. Army Military Police 1963-1965 Korea 1963-1964
Riley Harris Jr.
Riley Harris Sr.
U.S. Army 1971-1977 San Felipe, Texas
U.S. Army Sergeant World War II San Felipe, Texas
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Michael D. Prause
Emily Pulos Preibisch
Melvin A. Preibisch
U.S. Navy E-6 1987-1991 USS Sellers and USS Doyle
U.S. Navy Nurse Corps Ensign R.N. World War II
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Athletic Specialist World War II
Sychler Prentice
Jerry R. Prewitt
Daniel Prihoda
U.S. Marines Corporal Marine dog handler 2009-2013 Afghanistan Sealy, Texas
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant 1952-1956 Korea
U.S. Army 1962-1965
Claude B. Hall
Robert E. Purcell
Earl Raabe
Leslie Reibenstein
U.S. Air Force SSG May 6, 1966 to March 5, 1970
U.S. Navy CEC 1952-1973
James David "J.D." Gonzales
Willard Gonzales
Jacob Hartt U.S. Army E4 Specialist 2011-current Sealy, Texas Stationed in Fort Carson in Colorado. Fort Polk, La.
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Harold D. Peikert
Kenneth L. Peikert
Arnold Havemann
Walter Havemann
George A. Havran
U.S. Army Specialist E-5 Co C 37th Sig Bn 1967-1969
National Guard 5th Armour Division Specialist E-5 1969-1975
U.S. Army Corporal 1952-1954
U.S. Army Corporal 1944-1946 World War II Paratrooper, Battle of the Bulge Purple Heart
U.S. Army Air Corps 1943-1946 Air University Randolph Field U.S. Air Force Reserves 1949-1953
Frankie W. Peters
Ronnie Peters
Jesse Hearn
Benito Hernandez Sr.
U.S. Army 4th Calvary Specialist E-4 1958-1960 Korea
Basic at Fort Polk La. I.T. at Fort Leopardwood Mo. E-4 16th Engineers Nuremburg Germany March 1974-1976
U.S. Navy 1965-1987 Vietnam San Antonio, Texas
Michael D. Henry U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer, Retired 1970-1996
341 Infantry Regiment 86th Infantry Division
John Wilber Phenice
Casey John Picard
Floyd Charlie "Potter" Hess
Norman A.L. Hess
Curtis B. Hillboldt
World War II
U.S. Army Corporal 2000-2008 Kosovo
Andrew Charles Porter Jr.
U.S. Navy Mailman, 2nd Class World War II Service-Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, Calif.
U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Tail Gunner, B-17 World War II Served in Normany, Northern France, Air Offensive in Europe
U.S. Navy 1960-1962
Denise Hilton
Clarence Himly
David Himly
U.S. Army Specialist 4th Class 101st Airborne Unit Infantry/ Ambush Patrol
Larry Peikert U.S. Army 1965-1967
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Eugene Hintz
Harold Hintz
Joachim H. Hintz
Larry Novicke
Ronnie Novicke
U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Gunner European Theatre Staff Sergeant 1943-1946
U.S. Army 48th Division Corporal 1951-1953 Korea
Civil WarConfederacy Waul's Texas Legion Private in Company C-First Battalion
U.S. Army Specialist 4 1969-171 Served in Cu Chi and Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam National Defense Medal
U.S. Army Specialist 4 1972-1974 9th Engineer Battalion Germany
Joe Hintz
Leroy Hintz
Waylon Hinze
Joe W. Novosad
James Richmond "Jim" Oakes
1945-1946 World War II
U.S. Army Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft Private First Class 1946-1947
U.S. Navy 1993-1999
Alfred J. Hluchan
Charles M. Hluchan
Edward Hluchan
U.S. Navy Chief Athletic Specialist World War II
U.S. Army Private First Class 1951-1952
U.S. Army 16th Medical Department Technician Fifth Grade World War II
Louis J. Hluchan
Woodrow Hluchan
Charles Marvin Hoff
John Allen Page IV
U.S. Army 33rd Armored Infantry Corporal World War II Killed in Action March 30, 1945
U.S. Army World War II
U.S. Army 1944-1946
U.S. Army E4 16th Signal 2011-current Afghanistan
U.S. Army CPL 1941-1945 World War II, POW Sealy, Texas
Gary Olson Specialist E-5 5th Calvary 1968-1969 Vietnam
U.S. Navy Rank-Personnel Man VAHS/ USS Forrestal RUAHS/ USS Ranger 1961-1967
Alois C. Novosad U.S. Army Specialist E-4 1961-1963
Tully Oldag U.S. Army National Guard 2014 Sealy, Texas
Bonnie Hensley Onks
George Lee Pacher
U.S. Navy Sp(X)1C 1944-1946 Dahlgren Navy Ordinance Proving Ground
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant 1951-1952 Korea
Ralph Era Palmer
Chase Parchman U.S. Army Specialist Military Police January 2009-present Baumholder, Germany
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Jack W. Miller
NOVEMBER 2016
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Italy Holiday
Elroy Herman Holtkamp
Herbert L. Holtkamp
L.A. Miller
L.J. Miller
U.S. Marine Corps 1922-1925
U.S. Army 1949-1952
Walter C. Mock
Walter C. Mock, Jr.
Creighton Holub
Rudolf Jan Horak
Brandon Neal Howard
U.S. Army Specialist E-4 1959-1965
U.S. Navy Machinist Mate 2 1987-1995
U.S. Army Specialist Task Force Eagle Operation Iraqi Freedom '05-06 Taji, '08-09 Ur Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terror
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt 1995 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Present
U.S. Navy EMFN 2007-present
Robert Moeller
Benjamin Muse
Carl Nastoupil Jr.
Delton R. Howard
Taylor Wade Howard
Zachary Paul Howard
U.S. Army E4 Combat Engineer 1969 Vietnam
U.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force 1942-1967
U.S. Army 1954-1956
U.S. Navy OSSA 2008-present
U.S. Marines Lance Corporal 2008-present
Raymond Nastoupil
Arthur J. Necker
James Necker
Henry Huffman
Phillip W. Huffman
George (Bud) Hughett
Sergeant Army of Occupation Japan 1946-1947
U.S. Marine Corps 1957-1959
U.S. Army Retired Major 1967-1990
U.S. Marines Corporal E-4 1958-1964 Cambodia
U.S. Army Sergeant First Class 1952-1960 Korea
Charles Mock U.S. Army SP3 1954-1955 Korea Combat engineer, 24th Infantry Division Frydek, Texas
U.S. Army 1952-1956 Korea
U.S. Marine Corps 1956-1958
U.S. Army Served as field lineman
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Romeo Islet
NOVEMBER 2016
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Darryl McDonald
Robert L. Meinecke
Melvin A. Meier
Sergeant 1982-1998
U.S. Army 1942-1950 World War II Korea
U.S. Navy 1952-1954 USS Tarawa National Defense, Navy Occupation Service Medals
Alphonse Janicek
Clarence E. Mersmann
Kinch Meyer
David Mieth
U.S. Army 1917 World War I
U.S. Army Technical Sergeant Served until 1952 Korea
U.S. Navy Seaman 1951-1954
U.S. Army Air Force Sergeant 1942-1946 Southern Philippines Luzon
M.P. Co. 1966-1972
Norbert Jez, Jr.
Halle Johnson
Lance Johnson
Leroy Michaelis
Michael Michaelis
U.S. Army Master Sergeant World War II
World War I
Marguerite Selesky Michaelis
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Third Class 1991-95 USS Shenandoah
U.S. Army World War II
Raymond Robert Hruzek
Robert Bailey Inglish
Private 1st Class 1950-1952
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant 1952-1954 Korea
Truett W. "Hap" Ivy
Edward Jalowy
U.S. Navy Boilerman Petty Officer, 3rd Class 1961-1963 Cuban Crisis
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David L. Miller
U.S. Navy Nuclear Electrician Petty Officer 2nd Class Ship CGN-36 US California August 1987-August 1993
U.S. Air Force 1954-1962
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William (Bill) L. Mahaffey
George Maler
NOVEMBER 2016
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James Roger Maler
Thomas J. Johnson, Dr.
Marlene Johnston
Marvin Joiner
Specialist E-4
U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant 1949-1952
U.S. Army Sergeant 1987-1996 Operation Desert Storm
Edward Marchman
Wilmer John Maresh
Lee Roy Jones Jr.
Artie Lee Josey
Lawrence Eugene Josey
U.S. Navy Seaman First Class 1942-1945 World War II
U.S. Army Specialist E-3 1954-1956
U.S. Army 24th Infantry Division 105th Artillery/C Battery Private 1951-1953 Korea
Paul Martinez Jr.
Joe John Marusik
Lucious C. Josey
U.S. Army Specialist 4th Class 5/42 Artillery Unit 1970-1971 Vietnam National Defense, Vietnam Service (2 stars), Vietnam Campaign (60 Device)
Frank Mateja, Jr.
U.S. Navy 1966-1970
Donald Edward Maul
Louis Mausik
James L. McCanless
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom 2003 to 2009
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class 1968-1971
U.S. Air Force Airman First Class February 19531961 Korea
U.S. Army Corporal
U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant (E-5) December 1960 December 1968 Vietnam Sealy, Texas
Robert Maler U.S. Army Specialist E-4
U.S. Air Force
Roger Josey
U.S. Army CPL 1970-1971 Vietnam Chicago, Ill.
U.S. Army
U.S. Army PFC
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Joseph Kahanek Jr.
Scott A. Kapanke
J.D. Keding
U.S. Army Technician, 5th Grade World War II
U.S. Air Force Tech Sergeant
U.S. Army Air Corps Private World War II
Aaron Kessee
Jodie B. Kessee
Tracey Kessler U.S. Navy 1993-present
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Hilton Luedecke
Jay K. Luedecke
Roger J. Luhn
U.S. Army Private 1942-1945 World War II Europe
U.S. Army Special Forces Operation Desert Storm
U.S. Army Tech Sergeant 1942-1945 World War II
Jacob Mathias Luksha
Zigmont Luksha Jr.
Julius J. Lyons
U.S. Marines Staff Sergeant 2006-current Iraq and Afghanistan 7 Air Medals, Navy & Marine Corp Achievement Medals, National Defense Medal, Iraq and Afghanistan Medals, Sea-Service Medal
U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant 1968-2007 Vietnam, 1969-1970 Thailand, 1970-1971 Five Air Force achievement medals, Vietnam Service Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit citation
U.S. Marine Corps 1957-1959
Jack Machala
Wilmer Klopsteck, Jr.
Charlie A. Kloss
Irvin Koeppen
Lester Dennis Lyons
Henry J. Machala
U.S. Army Specialist E-5 Combat Engineer 1966-1967 Vietnam
U.S. Navy U.S. Air Corps 1944-1946 Occupation Troop in Japan
289th Infantry Regiment Technician Fifth Grade 1944-46 Battle of the Bulge
U.S. Army 25 years Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm Galveston, Texas
U.S. Army 1844th Service Command Fort Sam Houston 1942-1944 World War II Aleutin Islands Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Bronze Star
Barbara A. Mahaffey
Colin L. Mahaffey
James R. Mahaffey
U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant (E-7) December 1967 December 1991 Sealy, Texas
U.S. Army Spec 5 (E-5) May 1965 August 1967 Vietnam Sealy, Texas
U.S. Marines Staff Sergeant (E-5) March 1958 December 1970 Vietnam (2 tours) Sealy, Texas
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Tucker Loescher U.S. Army Corporal Army Infantry, anti-tank
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Shane Louis
U.S. Marines 1st Sergeant 1955-1983
Aubrey Kollatschny
Cory Kollatschny
Johnnie W. Konarik
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Base SWAT Military Police
U.S. Marine Corps 5th Battalion
U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class 1944-1946 World War II
Robert Duaine Lowstetter
Earl C. Luedecke
Harry L. Luedecke
William "Bill" Konesheck
Alvin Konvicka Sr
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U.S. Army Spec 4 1963-1965
U.S. Air Force Korea
U.S. Army Germany Sept. 1956-Sept. 1958 Reserve Sergeant 1958-1962
U.S. Army Corporal 1953-1955 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Crewman
U.S. Army Corporal Fireman Alaska 1942-1945 World War II
U.S. Army Sergeant E-5 25th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 5th Mechanized Infantry 1967-1969 Vietnam War
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Ennis Kopecky
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Eddie Robert Kovasovic
Billy Charles Koy
U.S. Army Private Seven years World War II, Korea Sealy, Texas
U.S. Navy 1945-1950
Frank Weldon Koy
Russell Koym
50th Troop Squadron 1942-1946
U.S. Navy Captain
Eveline Audrey Major-Koy
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Forest "Mutt" Kveton
Gene D. Kveton
U.S. Navy 1935-1939 U.S. Army 1943-1946 Purple Heart
U.S. Army Corporal 1952-1954 Korea
James Lassiter
Randy LeCompte
Jake E. Leenan
U.S. Navy Dec. 7 1942-1946
U.S. Air Force Tech/ Sergeant 1950-1954 Okinawa, Korea,
Colonel 2009 Afghanistan
U.S. Navy Yeoman 1st Class 1960-1985
Auxiliary Branch of the British Army 1942-1945 World War II
H.E. “Bubba” Krampitz
Floyd Lamp U.S. Army Private First Class 1954-1956
Dennis Krchnak
James D. Kucera
Harold Kuchara
Lee Roy Leschper
Walter Leschper, Sr.
Wilbert Leschper
U.S. Army Wiesbaden, Germany
National Guard
U.S. Army TEC 5 1945-1946 World War II
U.S. Army Corporal 1952-1954 Korea
World War I
U.S. Army Private 1954-1956
Daniel Kulow
Meinard Kutra
Willie Kutra
Francis Lindberg
Steven Livingston
Leon Loehr
U.S. Army 1968-1970 Vietnam
U.S. Army Private 2009
U.S. Army Artillery E-5 1968-1969 Vietnam
U.S. Army 1966-1968 Vietnam Medic
U.S.Army June 1956-June 1958 Germany
U.S. Army 1942-1946 TEC 4