Reflections

Reflections NOVEMBER 11, 2016

A Daily News special section that recognizes our veterans

Faribault Daily News

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Committed group continues to move ahead with Rice County Veterans Memorial

By BRAD PHENOW bphenow@faribault.com bphenow@northfieldnews.com

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hrough good times and bad, a core group of committee members have continued to keep their sights on completing the Rice

County Veterans Memorial, and this Veterans Day, those who visit the Memorial for the annual ceremony will likely notice the new additions.

As part of the overall plan, four pillars were erected this week on each side of the Memorial, and the final layout is closer than ever before.

“The Memorial’s theme; the flame declardesign places a series ing our never ending of symbolic elements vigilance, an eagle reprearound a central plaza. In the center of the plaza is a Rice County map and torch which is affixed a life-sized bronzed eagle flying protectively with a dove,” the Veterans Memorial website states. “… This sets the overall

senting the strength and power of our nation, the dove symbolizing peace

and security, the ultimate goal of a strong military.”

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Veterans Day November 11, 2016

Photos submitted by friends & family of our local veterans

William Juvland Thompson Navy WWII

All American Veterans Memorial All All

Donald Coon Army Battle of the Bulge

Jack Luedke United States Navy Vietnam

Duane R. Ozmun Army Vietnam

Leonard Duffney US Navy WWII

Elmer Ackman Marine WWII

Martin I. Mangold Air Force Persian Gulf

Col. Orv D. Berg Army Korean War

Elena M. Johnson Knudson Army WAC WWII

Arthur J. Roberts US Army Air Force WWII

Mel Patten Vigesaa Army 11th Armored Cav. Vietnam 1968-1969

Edwin O. Knudson Air Force WWII

Floyd “Ole” Stark US Army WWII

Dennis B. Nelson US Army Vietnam

Lloyd W. Nelson US Army WWII

Elmer Pulk PFC US Army WWII

Norman L. Ableman Army Korean War

Paul Thibodeau US Army WWII

Jim Smith ETR2 United States Navy USS Randolph CVS15

Kelly Livingood Army Military Police Vietnam

Elizabeth “Betty Wall” Strohfus Women’s Air Force Service Pilot WWII

Travis Quinlan National Guard Iraq Freedom

Richard (Dick) J. Voegele Army 1960-1963

Bruce Chmelik Marine 1978-1982

Tyler Chmelik Marines 2009-currently serving

Arthur August Hopke Navy World War II

Kim G. Christensen Army Vietnam

Leo E. Perron Army Air Corps World War II

Conrad Stearns Navy World War II

Thomas John Stearns Navy Vietnam War

Wallace Keith Matthies Navy 1956

Al Brodie Air Force Korean War

Francis C. Stine Army World War II

Floyd J. Caron Army 1957

Red Fitzpatrick Army World War II

Loren R. Aase Army Vietnam War

Everett H. Brendemuehl Army World War I

Art Amundson Army Medic at Battle of Bulge

Allen Bushman Army 1982-1986

Wayne Bushman Army Persian Gulf

Richard Krost Navy World War II

Rhody Yule Army World War II

Jason Bauer MN Air National Guard

Lester J. Kaderlik

John G. Roberts III Navy World War II

Tim Conway Navy Persian Gulf

Wallace Simonson Army Air Force World War II

Samuel R. Moravitz Army Afghanistan

Roger Mullenmeister Army Air Corps World War II

Thomas Richter Marines Vietnam War

Shawn A. Mason Air force 1994

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Lawrence R. Bates Navy Korean War

Theodore S. Hanson, Jr. (Bud) Navy Korean War

Donald F. Borwege Navy Persian Gulf

Lester Miller Minnesota National Guard 1960

Leonard Duffney Navy World War II – South Pacific

Tim Allen Anderson Army Vietnam War

Glen Larson Navy 1981-1993

Dick Larson Marines Vietnam War

Bob Larson Marines Korean War

Jim Kiekenapp Army Vietnam War

Delmar W. Cramer Navy World War II

Bill Skarupa Air Force Vietnam War

Master Sgt. Chris Trebelhorn Army & Army Reserves Persian Gulf & Iraqi Freedom

Albert J Maas Army World War II

SSgt. Francis Thibodeau Army World War II

Spc. Michael McDonald Army Vietnam

PFC. Stanley Thibodeau Marines 1973-1975

SSgt. Francis McDonald Army World War II

Sgt. Nathaniel Cunningham Army Iraq War

Sgt. 1st Class Tony Cunningham Bosnia, Iraq & 2 tours in Afghanistan

Spc. Carl F. Krueger Army Korean War

Spc. Myron E. Johnson Army Korean War

Spc. Harold Spitzack Army Korean War

Norman A. Schuenke Army World War II, Korean & Vietnam War

Capt. Joe R. Coenen Marines Afghanistan

Ambrose Carpenter Navy WWII

Sgt. Ron F. Coenen Army Vietnam War

Stephanie Johnsrud Army National Guard Operation Iraqi Freedom

Lawrence Orr Army World War II & Korean War

Sgt. William H. (Bill) Morris Army World War II

William (Bill) Erickson Army Vietnam War

Tony Fronk Army Vietnam War

Lawrence Borst Air Force Korean War

Louis C. Perron Army Vietnam War

1st Sgt. Belton H. Russell Army Medical World War II

George D. Zanmiller Navy World War II

George J. Zanmiller Navy World War II

Steven Bauer Marines Vietnam War

MSgt. Fred Voegele Air Force Vietnam Era

James H. Steward Navy World War II

Willard Bongard Army World War II

Paul M. Sande 1874th Aviation Engineer Island of Mindoro

George M. Van Ryn Army World War II

Jonathan P. Miller Navy Operation Iraqi Freedom

SSg. Gerald Bultman Army World War II

Marion Brakke Hospital Corp Wave Vietnam War

William Bultman Army Vietnam War

Sgt. David Bultman Air Force 1972

MSgt. Carol McHugo Army Reserve Desert Storm

Spc. Ken Brakke Army 1996-2001

Troy Peterson US Navy MMFN Persian Gulf

Arlow Hanson Army WWII 1943-1945 D-Day - Bulge

Victor W. Behrends Army WWII

Joshua W. Dwyer Army (National Guards) Operation Enduring Freedom

George Edward Wheeler U.S. Navy WWII Pearl Harbor

Rodger E. Boudreau Sr. Marines Korean 1953

Cody John Roushar Army Iraq War

Robert L. Grundhoffer US Navy

Theodore S. Hanson (Bud) Navy Korea

Richard A. Rost United States Navy USS Eldorado Two voyages to the Arctic Circle

Terrance Shields Navy Korean

William D. Kline Navy Persian Gulf

Donald R. Davisson Navy Vietnam

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Spc. Kyle Voegele Spc. Cory Voegele Army Army Operation Operation Iraqi Enduring Freedom Freedom 1X, X

Timothy E. Nelson Army Vietnam War

Joseph H. Meyers Army US Military Intelligence World War II

1955-1959, 1958 Operation Hardtack

Corp. Warren A. Shevlin Army World War II

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George J. Kotek Army Korean War

Bob Ackman Army World War II

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Larry Baldwin Air Force Vietnam War

Ronald J. Tousignant Army Reserve

Mark Edward Forcelle Army Vietnam

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Wayne A. Staab Marines Vietnam

Allan M. Young Navy World War II

Corp. Peter Sgt. Jacob Scissons William Bossmann Army Royal Canadian Operation Iraqi Engineers Army Freedom & GWOT United Kingdom & Continental Europe WWII

Spc. Paul Scissons Army Global War on Terrorism

1st Lt. Agnes L. Schneller Air Force World War II

Edward J. Shimota, Sr. Army 1955-1957

MSgt. Nathan Rosett Air Force 1996-Present Operation Iraq Freedom

Jason DeMars Marine Corp Persian Gulf – Desert Storm

Mike Cook Army Desert Storm

Herb Cook Army World War II

Albert DeCoux Army World War II

George DeCoux Army World War II

Laura Fairbanks Army National Guard Operation Iraqi Freedom

Dennis Francis Army Korean

David H. Floer Army Iraq

Joan Power Navy Korean War

Ed Lorenz Navy Korean War

Kathleen Floer Army Vietnam War

Levenne C. Westphal Army World War II

Michael C. Keilen Army Vietnam

Robert Hofschulte Army World War II

Steve Hofschulte Army World War I

Stewart Thibodeau Marines World War II

Stanley Nelson Army Invasion of Normandy

Nathan Wallace Army Special Forces Afghanistan – 2 tours

Bill Kalk Army 1940-1945

Charlie Burnett Army World War II

Sonny Benshoof Air Force 1988

Bill Fisher Army World War I

Bruce Kalk Marines Vietnam War

Ron Ebert Army Korean & Vietnam War

Harry Benshoof Army 1941-1945

Don Anderson Army 1963-1969

Scott Carrizales Air Force 1992-Present day

Aleisa Carrizales Air Force 1992-Present day

Art Carrizales Air Force 1968-1990

Shona Huffman Army 1990-1998

Denny Benshoof Air Force

Carmine Fatigati Army Persian Gulf

Daryl H Jeno Marines Desert Storm

Eugene Conrad Benzink Army Korean

Gordon McKean Coast Guard WWII

Melvin Charlton Army Vietnam

Richard L. Cap Army National Guard May 1967-May 1972

Theodore S. Hanson (Bud) Navy Korean War

Steve Ernste Navy Vietnam

Jeff Johnsrud US Army Iraq

Russell Carver Army Korean

Travis Quinlan Army National Guard 2002/Now Serving Air Force Reserve 1 Tour Air Force Reserve

Derrik Quinlan Air Force Reserve Security Police Sill Serving

James Glynn Navy WWII

Sgt. Patrick C. McCormick United States Marine Corps Operation Iraq Freedom

Corpral Luke I. Mosel Second Battalion Third Marine Division Afghanistan

Shane Kaplan Army Kuwait

Derrik Quinlan Air Force Reserve

SSg Craig Czapla Army OEF Afghanistan more than 1 tour

SSg Amber Cramer Army OEF Afghanistan

Sgt. Peter Thibodeau Marines Iraq 1 Afghanistan

Charles Oliver USMA Vietnam War

Tracy Marquardt Kotterman US Navy Gulf War 1989-1994

Mark Erickson US Army Vietnam

Arthur Amundson Army Medic WWII Battle of Bulge

Donald Velzke Navy World War II

Ronald D. Olson Army Vietnam

Del Chapman Army World War II

Clark E Binger Army Battle of the Buldge

Korrinne Kanne, Air Force Vietnam/ Persian Gulf

William L. Cross Jr. (Bud) Army Korean War (CPL)

Andrew DaltonTrahan Army Ranger Afghanistan

Ted Langeslag Army Vietnam

Duane Ozmun US Army 1967-1969

Richard (Dick) J. Voegele US Army 1960-1963

Mark C. Hoffard Navy WWII

Sam Moravitz Army Afghanistan

Joseph LeMieux Army WWII

Gilbert Kline Army Korean War

Bruce S. Johnson Army 1975

Everette Osterman Army Vietnam

John G. Stasney Army 101 Airborn WWII 1945-1946

Stanton A. Johnson Army Korean War

James McShane Army PFC (Army Corps of Engineers) 1954-1956

Charles E. DeMann Navy WWII

David L. Ponto Army Vietnam

Donald F. Borwege Navy Persian Gulf

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Douglas M. Erickson Navy - United States 2003-2010 Operations Iraq Freedom

Thomas P. Nordquist Navy, Marines WWII

SGT Jeff Tjosaas Army National Guard MN

SFC Matthew Tjosaas Army National Guard - MN Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan 2013-2014

Wayne M. Renneke Navy WWII

James Schmidtke US Army 24 years

Francis (Bud) Helgeson Marines - US Army WWII, Korean, Vietnam

George W. Cap Army WWI, Served in Germany

Herman Schlie Army Korea Combat Wounded

Jack Ranslow Army Vietnam 1970-1971

Don Edel Navy Vietnam

Richard Thomas Larish Army Korean

Tom Voge Navy Vietnam 1961-1965

Edward Peterson Army WWI

John “Jack” Cross Army KIA Germany 1945

Carl “Rudy” Glor

Arlie William Benson VSAF 1996 T/S

Earl Kieth Benson USAF 1956 A/2C

Lynn G. Nelson Navy October 1945

Howard F. Ellerbusch Army Korean

Jerome Schweisthal Army 1955-1957

Marvin Schrader Air Force 1960-1970 Vietnam

John L Stasney Paratrooper 11th Airborne

James J. Burmeister

Army Air Force

Dick Archambault

WWII

Cuban Blockade Served 1962-1966

Navy

Larry Paquette U.S. Navy AMS-2 1968-1972

LeRoy R. Schultz Army Korean

Captain Benjamin Babcock U.S. Army Operation Iraqi Freedom

Lawrence J. Barta

Robert “Buck” Furey Navy 1984-1987 Navy Reserve 1988-1989

Brad Luiken Army Korea

Karl Luiken Army Vietnam

Jerry Luiken Navy (Seabees) Vietnam

Richard Luiken Army World War II

Douglas H. Johnson Army Korean War

Dustin Deaver Marines Operation Iraqi Freedom

Leo Charlton Air Force Korean War

Michael Vincent Chavie US Air Force July 25, 1978 Aug. 1 1998

Ordean Reveland United States Army 187th Airborne Division Korean

Ralph C. Schuette Army - U.S. World War II

Lawrence E. Baldwin US Air Force 1961 to 1964 Vietnam War

Harley Pettipiece Navy World War II

Mark Quinlan Navy and Air Force 1980-1984 Navy 1984-2001 Air Force Reserve

Keith H. Fuller Jr. Army Vietnam

Stuart Thibodeau First Army 6th Armored Division

Ralph W. Piepho Air Force Korean War

Jason DeMars Marines Desert Storm

Leverne D. Vangsness

Bradley J. West Air Force 87-93 Desert Storm

Sergeant Charles William Kuether Jr. Army National Guard Op. Iraq Freedom 2004-2005

Spl. Norval Floren Army Korean 1951-1953

Charles R. Silkey US Navy Vietnam

Samantha Tupa-Bryant Army Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)

Thomas C. Ernste Reineke US Airforce January 1980-June 1984 Lebanon-Granada conflict

Sgt. Frank Linster Army/National Guard 1970-1973 Army 1978-1995 National Guard

Officer John Pflager USMC Iraq

George Fairclough Army World War II

Harold A. Johnstad Navy Army Reserve

Steve Chavie

Harold Gustafson Army Korean

Ray Roach Marines WWII and Korean

Emily Korbel Teberg US Army 82nd Airborn Operation Iraq Freedom E2

Roger Carver Army Korean

Todd Voge Navy 1st Gulf War 1985-1991

Terry (Bear) Voge Navy 1988-1992 Navy Top Gun

S.F. “Smoky” Cross Army Air Corps WWII - Germany

Ray Flom Army WWII

Dennis P. Flom Army Vietnam

SFC Robert J Cashin US Army Korean War 1952-1953-1954

Andrew Trahan Army Operation Enduring Freedom

TSgt David Goebel MSgt Sharon Goebel US Air Force US Air Force 20 years of service, 20 years of service, Operation Urgent Operation Urgent Fury and the Fury and the Gulf War Gulf War

WWII Europe

Army

Korean

Marines ‘67 Vietnam

Army

WWI - France

Army

Navy

WWII

2005-2007 Operation Iraqi Freedom 2011-2012 Kuwait Operation New Dawn

Henry Spartz Army World War II

Larry Shepherd Air Force Vietnam

Eugene Trahan Army 1956, 1957, 1958

Donald Ross Army Korean

Donald DeMars Navy Vietnam

Sylvester Fiebiger Navy World War II

Larry Kokoschke Army Vietnam

George H. Thompson Army World War II

Jeremy R. Lindeman Air Force Operation Iraqi Freedom

Belton H. Russell Army WWII Medicas WWII

Capt.

Christopher P. Kline Army Operation Iraqi Freedom

Dennis Underbakke Navy 1944-1945 WWII

Henry (Hank) Spartz Army WWII

Richard J. Voegele Army 1960-1963

Duane R. Ozmun Army 1967-1969

Gene C. Benzick Army Infantry Korean 50-51

JNO Sterling US Army 1862 Civil War

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Richard Rahn US Army 1956 to 1958

Roy F. Anderson Army Korean War

Kelly Shimmin Navy USN 1981-1985

Steve Seidl Navy Beirut

David Shafer Air Force Jan. 26, 1966

Ronald J Teske Army 1956

Eugene Fremouw Navy WWII, Army throughout Korean & Vietnam

Lcpl Niko R. DeMars U.S. Marine Corp.

July 2013

John Antram Army Vietnam

Erwin O. Seidl Navy WWII, Korean

Theodore Francis Herda Navy Korean

James Kittlesen Army Korean

Kenneth W. Nelson Army Korean

Henry Cordes Army WWII

Lyle Spitzack Army National Guard Korea

Raymond Lambert Air Force Korean

Gerald J. Friesen Army Vietnam

Todd Ambroz Navy and Army National Guard Desert Storm

S/sgt Richard Remi Jones Army Air Force Sept 1941 to December 1945

Gilbert Truax Merchant Marines WWII

Tom (Bulgy) Fulton Navy Submarines WWII

James Fulton Navy Submarines WWII

Jay Fulton Navy WWI

Ellard Trnka Army Korean

SP4 David Joseph Paukert Army November 1963

Robert W. Dusbabek Army Korean 1952-1954

Mahlon A. Hillebrand Air Force WWII and Korean War

1st Lieutenant Travis W. Paukert Army Afghanistan

Martin Hachfeld Army WWII

Randy Johnson Army Reserves 24 years

Gerald Dickey 328 Ordinance Co. Berlin Crisis 1961 Fort Polk, LA

Eldon (Ike) Elthon US Army

Clifford Meehl Army Korean

Everett (Bud) Morgan Army 1942 Korean

Eldred (Rink) Harris Navy Pearl HarborUSS Oklahoma

Leonard Rezac Army WWII

Charles Albert Johnson Army Vietnam

James R. Stenbakken Army Vietnam 1970-1971

Robert C. Thorson Army WWII

Jordyn Finnesgard Navy Entered Service 9/11/12

Darrel Pofahl Army 1963-65

Steve Blackstad U.S. Army Vietnam 1969-70

Russell Hope Marines World War II

Clifford Caron Army World War II

Dave Larson Air Force (4 yrs) Vietnam

Gary L. Sunde Navy Vietnam War

James R. Bahe Air Force Korean

Marvin Armstrong (Sgt) Air Force 1977-1981

Carlyle H. Beaupre Army WWII

Steven M. Caron Army Vietnam

George J. Barta Army - SGT. Korean 1953-1955

Brian M. Caron Army Iran

Edward J. Caron Army WWII

William D. Meyer Army Vietnam

Glenn L. Nauman Navy WWII

Lester Leo LeRoy Air Force 1961-1966

Ralph Schultz Navy 1953-1957

Robert E. Greene Air Force Korean War

Donald E. Ponto Marines Korean War

David L. Ponto Army Vietnam War

Roland Hoban Navy

Dan Reuvers Army Vietnam

Lowell Peterson Army Korean 1951-1953

Robert Savage Navy 1977-1984

Charles Savage Air Force Korean War

Kenneth Larson Army Korean War

Richard C. Velzke Air Force 1968-1972

Gordon D. Bauer E6 Army 1959-1965 Berlin Conflict 328th Ordnance Reserrist

Brett Powers Word Navy 9/11 -operation Iraq freedom

Carl H. White Navy Vietnam

Francis (Frank) Bahe Army Vietnam

Jon Burvee Army Vietnam

Walter Hecht Army Korean

Robert B. Nelson Army

Vic Verdev Sub-Marines WWII

Bud Cate Air Force Korean Conflict

Ervin Langer Army WWII 1942-1945

PVT Morsching, Shjon Carlin USMC Entered: June 2015

SGT Keith A Paulson Army Operation Iraqi Freedom

Jessica Turner Busa Air Force E7 1997-present, 18 years to date.

Arthur Schmidtke Pvt First Class Army WWI

Fredrick H. Schmidtke Adjc US Navy 1940-1961

Gordon Schmidtke Air Force TSTT Korea, Vietnam

Leonard Kabes Army Normandy

Joseph Davidson Army

John J. Noble US Navy Air Force Korea 1955-1957

Korean War Distinguished Service Cross recipient

Dec, 14, 1944 - Nov. 15, 1946

Harold Schmidtke Air Force SST6 Korea

Martin Schmidtke US Navy FML WWII

Floyd Reck Navy & Army Korea & WWII

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Ronald Schwartz US Navy WWII and Korea

Richard “Dick” Priem Army Vietnam

Donald F. Bauer Army Korean

Edwin Friesen

Otto Gaylord Horwath Navy

Eric Spehn Army

Luverne (Barney) Marsh Army Vietnam

Robert W. Beske USMC / US Army Vietnam/ Desert Storm

Gary L. Beske US Army Vietnam

Rolland C. Beske US Army WWII

Richard Thompson US Army Korean War

Francis G. Uhlir Merchant Marines and Army Merchant Marines, WWII/ Army, Korean

Glen W. Norgaard Korea 24th Inf. Div.

Marlin Wegner Army Korean

Chase Batchelder Army 6/2015

Dr. Thomas Tranby Air Force 1967-1969 (during Vietnam)

Robert Kreske Navy Nov. 29, 1961

Bernard M. Keeley Korean War Army Medic & Cook Drafted in 1951-1960

Dale DeMars Navy & Army

Albert Herman Helling USEF Company 55th Infantry WWI

Robert H. Helling US Navy Air Force WWII Radio man and gunner

John Brandt Army Corporal WWII

PFC James M. Helling US Army Air Force WWII

PSC Vincent E Helling US Air Force WWII

Christopher Murphy Air Force Purple Heart 2004-present

Kevin Thompson Air Force Date Entered April 1978

Keith Deming Army 1951-1953 Korean

Kenneth Stassen Army Special Services Korean

PFC William A. Helling US Army Reserve 1960

Jim Dull Air Force Vietnam

Joseph W. Herda Army Korean (SGT) 1951-1953

Henry L Karow Army WWII

Paul G. Turner Navy Air Reserve 1947-1952

Keith Freeman Army Korean

Larry D. Hoban Army 1969-1973

James D. Novotny Army Vietnam War

Perry Deming Navy 1980-1984

Cliff Ennis Navy Seabee’s Vietnam

Timothy Cleary LaRoche Army 2008-2015 Operation New Dawn

Robert Lee Nethevy U.S. Army SP3 Korea

Raland Joseph Tebo US Army TSGT Bronze Star Korea

Robert Heskett US Army SP3 Korea

Sp4 Eugene A. Drache Army Berlin Crisis-Fort Polk Louisiana

Drew Sande SEAL Team ONE November 1997

Robert G. Kiekenapp U.S. Army 1951-1953 Korean

Nathan Sandbakken Army National Guard Iraq Freedom 1999-2013

Theodore DeMars Navy WWII

Harold Berg Navy WWII

Mike Thompson Army Vietnam

Gary Einertson Marine Corp Vietnam

Scott Allen Swanson Air Force

George Kucera Army WWII

Leonard I. Sorbel Army Vietnam

Joe Long US Army Entered 1992

E-4 Thomas Danielson Sr. Army Air Corps.

11th Aerosol Vietnam 1963

Werner Velzke Army World War I

Doug Nelson SPC-5 Army 1966-1969 Vietnam

Albert Waskosky Army World War I France

Cyril M. Waskosky Army World War II

Larry Waskosky US Navy Aboard USS Midway

Paul Jay Sticha Navy 23 years Persian Gulf

Daniel R. Long US Navy Korean

Eugene Donald Johnson Army 1955-1958

Daniel B. Long US Army Operation Iraq Freedom

Carl Glenn Harkins Marines 1951-1954 Korean War

Eugene Albert Harkins Army 1946

Ray L. Sanders (CPL) 199th Comb Eng. Korean War 1951-1953

Duane Luttring Marines 1959-1963, Corporal E-4, Cryptographer

Everett Ostermann Army Vietnam

Bud Sunde Army Korean

James Jeno U.S. Army 1956-1959

Dave Quinlan US Navy Aircraft Carrier Midway

Eldon “Ike” Elthon U.S. Army - Korea

David A Boudreau Army Vietnam War

Nicholaus L Bultman Marines 1996

Russel M. Stenbakken Army WWII

Jesse M. Sunde Air Force Res.

David Kniefel Army 1966-1990 Vietnam 1967

Russell G. Martin Army WWII

Emil Budin Army WWII

Winner of Distinguished Service Cross

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137th Truck Driving Battalion from 1944-1946 during the II World War.

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Grandprey said the design signifies the destruction that Up until this week, war can bring, followed by while the focus has maintained what happens after the consince the initiative started in flict: rebuilding.

2007, it hasn’t always been With the work finishing easy. up this week, just in time for Whether it was the recesthe ceremony Friday, it has sion, in which donations left one final phase, which became scarce, or other includes black granite pandonation-focused projects els between the colonnades, throughout the community with bronze emblems for each that led donors to look equally branch of service. Also in the at other projects, the group final phase is signage, which has continued to look ahead, Cook indicated the county will despite things stalling after likely help with. raising $300,000.

While the hope was to have Last year, Rep. Brian Danthe site complete in July – to iels, R-Faribault, introduced coincide with the 100-year legislation at the Capitol, anniversary of the Civil War which aimed to allocate Memorial and the 10-year funds for the remaining anniversary of the initiative – $60,000. While it didn’t make there is a significant amount of it through, some funds have money yet to raise. since been raised, just not Cook said that Daniels quite enough to finish. hopes to introduce legisla“We’re about $50,000 from tion again this year, and both our total completion,” said remain optimistic that the Richard Cook, co-chair of the committee could be a recipient Rice County Veterans Memo- of Legacy Amendment funds. rial Committee.

Now playing the waiting With some funds in the game, the two co-chairs agreed bank, the committee went that seeing progress provides a forward with the most recent sense of accomplishment in it additions, which will include and of itself. the pillars, rising up and step“It’s definitely reassuring,” ping down. Co-chair Lloyd Cook said of the process to get From page 2A

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to this point. “We’re getting closer to completion.”

And Grandprey believes seeing the newest addition could be just what is needed to jumpstart the final phase, confidently noting that he believes the July date is within reach.

“It has been a tough row to hoe,” he said. “[But] it’s reachable now that we have this.”

If You Go What: Veterans Day Ceremony (followed by a luncheon at the American Legion Post 43) When: Friday, 11 a.m.

Where: Rice County Veterans Memorial, in front of the Rice County Courthouse More information: To learn more about the Veterans Memorial, or to help with the project, visit http://ricecountymemorial.org/.

Paver example Crews work on constructing the pillars Wednesday near the center of the Memorial, which is lined with roughly 700 pavers. (Brad Phenow/Daily News)

James Reuvers US Navy March 17, 1955

Jason Rainey US Navy Gulf War

Maynard Simon US Air Force Vietnam

Glen A. Glende E4 Army Combat Engineers 1958 - 1960

Sgt. Lawrence Giefer US Army 1960 – 1964 Berlin Crisis

Dale E. Hamilton US Army Korea

George E. Galvin Air National Guard SSgt – Security Policeman 1966 - 1972

Richard Emil Moravec US Army Korean War January 1955

Desmond Sande US Navy 1986 - 1990

Vernon A. (Woody) Meder US Army – Corp. Tech WWII – New Caledonia, Southern Pacific

Duncan William McLagan US Army – Sgt. Korean Conflict

Kerrie Johnsrud US Navy May 12, 2015 Present

PFC Fred E. Boevers US Army 1951 - 1953

James E Douda US Army

Martin Rutz US Army World War II

Milton Vosejpka US Army Korean War

Harold Madson US Army Occupational Forces

Renae Bethune US Air Force March 1994 – Dec. 2006

Sgt. Justin Ellingsworth Army National Guard Operation Iraqi Freedom

William (Bill) Giefer US Army WWII

Sgt. George J. Pumper US Army WWII

Gary J. Pumper US Army 1971 - 1972

Kenneth Larson Sr PSC US Army Korean War

Charles V. Savage US Air Force Airman 1st Class Korean War

SPS Gerald F. Duchene US Army Berlin Crisis

James Sterling US Army – SP. 4 Vietnam

Jerome W. Sterling US Navy 1965 - 1970 Vietnam

Louis Schwartz Jr. US Navy WWII

Earl Warren Fritz US Army WWII 1941-1945

Willis J. Fritz Navy World War II

James E. Fritz Navy 1960-1963

Thomas Fritz U.S. Navy 1959-1962

Robert L. Savage US Navy E-5 2nd Class Petty Officer 1977-1984

Bernie Tibodeau Navy Seaman WWII

Quinton R. Juvland Army PFC ENG Korean War 1951 - 1953

Francis A Krenik Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserve

William Perrance Jr US Navy 1944 – 1946 WWII

Art Amundson US Army Battle of the Bulge WWII

Mark Kenneth DeCoux US Marines 1981 - 2005

Mollie Mahowald US Army Kuwait, Afgnanistan, Iraq 2010-2016

Dale (Dan) Quinnell US Marines Vietnam

Lloyd L. Knoploh US Army Korean War

Milt Ketterling US Army 41st Artillery Germany 1961 - 1963

Gary Sunde US Navy Vietnam

Victor L. Pogue US Army – Special Forces Vietnam

Bradley Strain US Navy 1985 - 1989

Bernie Tibodeau US Navy WWII

Helen Schmid Perrance Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps 1943 – 1945

SGT. Albert Ochs Air Force WWII

Mark J Trnka US Marine Corps Afghanistan 2008-2012

Harold J Bonde 95th Army Band 1953-1955

David Kirkpatrick Sgt - Iraq, Kuwait 2006-2010

Matthew Kirkpatrick Sgt Afganistan 2009-2016

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