Saline County
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Thank you. Welcome home.
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Saline County resident Jim Chevalier searches for a name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall during a Show Me Honor Flight trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Show Me Honor Flight, out of Sedalia, has since been incorporated into Central Missouri Honor Flight. Veterans interested in seeing their national memorials through this organization would now leave from Columbia.
To our veterans, Though this magazine is not enough, in this small way we can honor your service. An inscription on the flagpoles at the World War II Memorial, in Washington, D.C., says: “Americans came to liberate, not to conquer, to restore freedom and to end tyranny.” For veterans of all wars and also those who served during peacetime, thank you for serving, for spending time away from your families in the name of liberty, for the indescribable physical and emotional struggles some of you returned with, for allowing us to share some of your stories in an effort to keep the memories alive, for continuing to hold your heads up, and for showing us there is more to life than living for ourselves. You are our heroes. Welcome home, From The Marshall Democrat-News
Published November 2018 by The Marshall Democrat-News
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James Adams Jr.
Photos and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
In 1945, this group of local young men posed for their induction photo on the steps of the post office prior to leaving for Fort Leavenworth. Adams is seventh from the right in the second row. He was a Marshall native. (right) Adams in Japan in 1947.
Mary Jane Chambers Adams Photo and information submitted by Joyce Eidson
On Sept. 22, 1944, Adams enlisted in the USNR (WAVES) during World War II, Class V-10. She met her husband, Vol L. Adams, USMC in the service and they were married in April 1946. She was honorably discharged March 18, 1946. She was a Marshall native.
Dr. Richard F. Aiken Photo and information submitted by Suzanne Aiken Farrell
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Harold Adcock
Photo and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
Marshall native Adcock is pictured here in his Navy uniform in 1947.
Dr. Aiken Lt. jg (MC) USN, USNR is 24 in this photo. He served from 1942 until 1946, during World War II. He joined the Navy upon graduation from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He served as a medical officer in the Pacific Theater, specifically Guam, Okinawa and Guadalcanal. He did his medical residency at the US Naval Hospital in San Diego, Calif., in 1944. Upon detachment in 1946, he returned to Marshall and practiced medicine until his death in August 1968.
Bobby Ezell Aldridge
Harold Arensmeier Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Photos and information submitted by Lorel (Aldridge) Box
Aldridge is pictured (above) in a radio room in Africa, around the age of 25 years old, and (right) in Japan, about 30 years old. Aldridge served in both the Korean War and in Vietnam. He is retired Chief Warrant Office 2nd Class. Service dates: 1952-1975. He and his wife have lived in Sweet Springs for approximately 20 years.
Arensmeier was a Sergeant in the Army in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was a Marshall native.
John C. Arnold
Information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Arnold, from Sweet Springs area, was a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War.
Riley Eugene Ault
Harry James Backes
Photo and information submitted by Jan Backes
Information submitted by Maxine Ault
During World War II, Ault was a Sergeant in the Air Force. He was 18 upon entering and was a Marshall native.
William Russell Ault Information submitted by Maxine Ault
Ault grew up in Nelson. During World War II, he was 23 and a Corporal in the Air Force.
At 21, Spec. E-5 Backes is pictured here in the Army National Guard. He served from 1970-1975. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 5
John Richard Bakert
Ronald L. Bakert
Photos and information submitted by Phyllis Bakert
Marshall native, Bakert was a Private 1st Class in the Army during Vietnam.
Photo and information submitted by Phyllis Bakert
Bakert grew up in the Marshall area. He was an EN3 in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam, 1967-1969 and SSG in the Army, 1976-1986.
Billy Balcom
James Wesley Ballew
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Photos and information submitted by Phyllis Bakert
Blackburn native, Balcom served in the Army.
Mario Banks
Photo and information submitted by Banks
Ret. Staff Sergeant Banks served in the Army. Pictured as a Drill Sergeant, age 32. Banks served as a Multiple Launch Rocket Systems Crew member, Drill Sergeant and Recruiter from 19932015. He grew up in Marshall. PAGE 6 — SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018
Ballew was in the Army during Vietman. He was injured, shot in his shoulder, and earned a Purple Heart. Pictures were taken in a hospital in Japan. He was a Marshall native.
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Clarence J. Barr
Photo and information submitted by Bob Barr
Barr was attending Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo., at the beginning of World War II. After graduation, he was sworn in to the USNR on Feb. 3, 1942. After Midshipman training on the campus of Notre Dame University, he was assigned to the Landing Craft Group, Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, Va. His active duty included time in the European Theater, where he participated in the invasion of Sicily on July 9, 1943. He was later assigned to the Pacific Theater, where he took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines on Oct. 20, 1944, as Commanding Officer of a LCC vessel. At the war's end, he had temporary command of an LST. He was Honorably Retired with the rank of Lieutenant on April 1, 1947.
Kenneth Patrick ‘Pat’ Beilsmith
Lloyd M. Bentley
Photo and information submitted by Gaye Beilsmith
Pat grew up in Slater and graduated there in 1966. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1971, and was discharged in 1974, achieving the rank of Sergeant. He served as a medical corpsman, and was attached to the Air Force Hospital in Danang during his time in Vietnam. He was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery in February of 2017. Age 23 in picture.
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Photo and information submitted by Bentley
"I was inducted into the U.S. Army January 1952 and sent to Camp Roberts, Calif., for 16 weeks of Advanced Infantry Training. In July, I was assigned to Camp St. Johann, Austria, to the 350th Infantry Regiment as a Wheel Vehicle Mechanic and part-time Company Clerk. The 350th was on border guard between the Russian and American sector of Austria. After 12 months, I was rotated to Ft. Sheridan, Ill., to finish my tour of duty." Bentley is a Marshall native.
John F. Beilsmith Photo and information submitted by Gaye Beilsmith
Beilsmith grew up in Slater and graduated from Slater High School in 1961. Beilsmith entered the Navy in 1967. He was discharged in 1970, achieving the rank of Lt. J.G. During the Vietnam War he served as a communications watch officer on both the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Constellation in the Tonkin Gulf. Age 24 in picture.
Elmer J. Bierbaum Photo and information submitted by Christy Windmeyer
Bierbaum served in the United States Army from 1945-1946 during World War II. He was a Private First Class at his honorable medical discharge in 1946. He lived most of his life in and around Grand Pass. He graduated from the Grand Pass High School and was a farmer's helper most of his life. He died in 1973 at the age of 52.
Archie W. Blumhorst
Harold Bolton
Photo and information submitted by Nancy Bolton Swartz
Photo and information submitted by Blumhorst
Slater area resident Blumhorst was a Lance Corporal (E-3) in the Marine Corps. He received an Honorable Discharge Feb. 10, 1963.
Bolton was a Marshall boy who was the first drum major for the high school in the early 1940s. He enlisted in the Navy after graduation in 1942. He was discharged in 1946 after World War II service and in 1952 after serving in the Korean War.
Christopher Bowling Information submitted by Bowling
Blackburn resident Bowling was 20 when he enlisted in the Navy. He was active as a Seaman from 1976-1978.
Lynn Borchers
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Blackburn native Borchers served in the Army.
James McKinley Box
Photo and information submitted by Lorel (Aldridge) Box
Pictured is Captain James McKinley Box, age 18. He has lived outside of Houstonia for nearly 25 years. He came here to work with the B2s. He served in the Air Force from 1974-1993.
Franklin Eugene ‘Sonny’ Brooks Photo and information submitted by Wanda Scott
Pictured is PFC Brooks at 20 years old and he served during the Vietnam War. His tour began on Sept. 22, 1966. Casualty was on Dec. 10, 1966. He grew up in Napton.
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Charles Earl Brown Jr.
Gary W. Brooks
Photo and information submitted by Leslie Brooks
Information submitted by Dorothy Caton
20-year-old Brooks joined the U.S. Army. He became a Sergeant during the Vietnam War, 1969-1971. He earned the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal.
Napton native Brown was drafted and served in India as a Sergeant in the Army.
Richard G. Brown Information submitted by Dorothy Caton
Curtis Brown
Brown is from Napton. He served in the Navy during World War II. He loaded barges and made five major landings before turning 21. He was shipped to Tokyo when the Peace Treaty was signed.
Photos and information submitted by Connie Davidson
Marshall native Brown was a Ship's Cook Second Class (Seabees) in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served from Oct. 12, 1943 to Dec. 24, 1945. Most of his time was spent in the Pacific area, Guam and New Hebrides Islands.
Kenneth R. Brown Photo and information submitted by Brown
Long-time Marshall native, Brown was in the Naval Air Force during Vietnam. He is 22 years old in the picture.
Floyd Bullington Jr. Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Marshall native Bullington served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War.
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Jesse Lee ‘Corky’ Brown Photo and information submitted by Dorothy Caton
Nelson native Brown graduated from Nelson High School in 1945. He was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Age 20 in photo.
Travis Bullington Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
PFC Bullington was in the Pacific Theater (Okinawa) during World War II. He was from Marshall.
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Jimmy D. Butler
Photo and information submitted by Butler
Thomas L. Butler
Photos and information submitted by Niki Surber
Marshall was Butler's hometown. He was a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Force during World War II. He was 21 at the time of his service.
Butler is a Slater native. He was an SP/5 in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. His basic training was at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., AIT training at Army Security Agency at Ft. Mammoth, N.J. Service dates: June 21, 1970, to June 21, 1972.
AJ Burnett Photo and information submitted by Angie Winning
Slater was Burnett's hometown. Burnett was 21 when inducted into the Army in 1942. He was a Pfc with the 3597th and 3592nd Quartermaster Truck Company. He was part of Patton's Third Army. He served 22 months in England, France, Luxembourg and Germany. Burnett drove a 6x6 2.5 ton army truck, hauling gasoline, troops and ammunition. He was part of the following battles and campaigns: Rhineland, Central Europe, Ardennes, Normandy and Northern France. He earned five Bronze Stars and the Good Conduct Medal. He was Honorably Discharged on Dec. 17, 1945. PAGE 12 — SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018
Joseph Cahill
Photo and information submitted by Cahill
Cahill was a member of Marshall High School class of 1960. Retired Master Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, 1960-1980. Picture with ball cap: Age 23, Rank FTM1. Picture in Whites: 1977, age 34, Rank CWO-2 (T) Picture with coat & tie: 2011, age 69, Rank Retired.
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Timeline: 20th World War II Sept. 1, 1939 - Sept. 2, 1945
World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.
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Korean War June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953
World War I July 28, 1914 - Nov. 11, 1918
World War I began in 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). Thanks to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, World War I saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike— were dead.
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On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. As far as American officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself. After some early back-and-forth across the 38th parallel, the fighting stalled and casualties mounted with nothing to show for them. Meanwhile, American officials worked anxiously to fashion some sort of armistice with the North Koreans. The alternative, they feared, would be a wider war with Russia and China– or even, as some warned, World War III. Finally, in July 1953, the Korean War came to an end. In all, some 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the war. The Korean peninsula is still divided today.
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century war eras Gulf War Aug. 2, 1990 - Feb. 28, 1991 The Persian Gulf War was an international conflict that was triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait. The potential threat Iraq then posed to Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer and exporter, prompted the United States and its western European NATO allies to rush troops to Saudi Arabia to deter a possible attack. Egypt and several other Arab nations joined the anti-Iraq coalition and contributed forces to the military buildup, known as Operation Desert Shield. A sustained aerial bombardment, named Operation Desert Storm, destroyed Iraq’s air defenses. Operation Desert Sabre, an allied ground offensive, was launched on Feb. 24, and within three days, Arab and U.S. forces had retaken Kuwait City. Meanwhile, the main U.S. armoured thrust drove into Iraq and attacked Iraq’s armoured reserves. By the time that U.S. President George Bush declared a cease-fire for Feb. 28, Iraqi resistance had collapsed.
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Vietnam War Nov. 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975
The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The conflict was intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than 3 million people (including over 58,000 Americans) were killed in the Vietnam War, and more than half of the dead were Vietnamese civilians. Opposition to the war in the United States bitterly divided Americans, even after President Richard Nixon ordered the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973. Communist forces ended the war by seizing control of South Vietnam in 1975, and the country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the following year.
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Theodore Byers
Photo and information submitted by Wazir
This is a picture of me then, an infantryman known as P.F.C. (E-2) Theodore Byers, 18 years old, after my first tour in Vietnam, as it was known then, with D Co., 1/9, 3rd Marine Division, FMF Pacific. I served from July 1962 to December 1966, including a sixmonth extension so I would have enough time to serve to return to Vietnam. I was in I Co., 3/9, 3rd Marine Division, FMF Pacific, and mustered out as a Cpl. (E-4) having been busted once losing technically two stripes, one that I was to get the next day, plus one that I had, and turning down a battlefield promotion. I was in Security, Headquarters Company, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, FMF Pacific for the last six months of my enlistment and second tour of duty in Vietnam. During the first half of 1966 there was an article in the military newspaper "THE PACIFIC STARS & STRIPES" about an all Negro (U.S.) Marine Squad that was assigned many suicide missions, and they were successful in pulling them off. According to the article, they were so successful that the VC (Viet Cong) put out a $10,000 Piastres — Vietnamese dollars, which were almost the equivalent of the coupons that we were using for money while serving in country — reward for any Vietnamese who could prove that they had killed a Negro trooper. The proof would be a witnessed killing, or a body part: a finger, an ear, a nose, etc. That was part of my reasoning on turning down the battlefield promotion. I was a Fire Team Leader, with most of my missions being reinforced to almost
Richard Carrico
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Marshall native Carrico was a PFC in the U.S. Army.
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squad size, and many of them being suicidal. I made mention of that as I turned down the promotion, telling the Sgt. that I had enough people to be worried about and that I don't want more suicidal missions to be looking forward to. NOTE: this was at a point in time when we were being lied to — the Viet Cong (VC) are not trying to kill Negroes. They had a lot of literature trying to get us to not fight because they said that they were fighting to get the same rights that we were fighting for in the USA at that point in time. On my first tour, we were doing Special Ops with Navy Seal Team 1 in the Cape St. Jacques area (Vung Tau — may be misspelled) from just before Christmas of 1964 to mid-February of 1965. My second tour was from November 1965 to December 1966. On my R&R I had chosen to go to Thailand, but my orders were cut for me to go to Penang. I asked about "Penang,” and no one in the office had any answers for it. For the five days when you are on R&R, you are on your own, and if you needed extra funds there was a place one could go to take a draw off of their next paycheck. Before we are disembarked in any country, they let us know about the customs of that country, the value of that country's money against our American money, and
things not to do in each country, etc. Immediately I knew that I did not have enough money to be in Penang, Malaysia, an island, tourist hot spot, of which I was in the third contingent of American veterans to be allowed to go there on R&R. I had more than enough money for Thailand, but only enough for a couple of days at the most in Penang. There were three other Negro Marines in the same situation that I was in. None of us got an advance on our paychecks, and we decided that we would each get our individual motel bill paid for in advance in the cheapest air conditioned hotel on the island, and call home for some more money to be wired to us. We laughed as each of us tried to convince our relatives that it was really us, and that we were not in Vietnam at that point in time but on R&R, and then trying to get them to understand what R&R is. None of us got any money wired to us. On the second day, we ran across some Malaysian Muslims, of India origin, who took us under their wing and made sure that we had one free meal a day provided by a Muslim restauranteur. We got free tours via Muslime Tri-shaw (spelling) owners, and we got one free ticket to the movies. Knowing a lot about the Bible and how it says that we are to be, I was intrigued by the behavior of this group of Muslims, and later in life became one formally and had my name changed to Tadar Jihad Wazir. I moved my household from Kansas City, Mo., to Marshall, Mo., in 1983. I retired from the State of Missouri, Department of Corrections, Division of Human Services, as a chaplain in Y2K on call, and was called back almost part time 1K hours annually maximum, and fully retired on July 4, 2014.
Debbie Knipmeyer Carter Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Carter is a Blackburn native. She was in the Air Force from 1977 to 1985. She worked on F4 aircraft communications.
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Warner Leroy Case
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Herrmann Ebers
Case was born in Arrow Rock in 1923. He is shown in his early 20s. He served in World War II in the Army Air Corps as a 1st Lieutenant from 1942-1945. He was a pilot in the Ferry Command of Air Transport Command.
Dorothy L. Caton
Information submitted by Dorothy Caton
Harold T. Castle
Photo and information submitted by Dee Castle
Marshall native Castle served as a Corporal in the Army, in Inslon during the Korean War. Shown here at the age of 24.
George Amos Chambers Photo and information submitted by Joyce Eidson
Former Saline Countian Caton was part of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II.
Gregory Alan Caton
Photo and information submitted by Dorothy Caton
Caton comes from Nelson, Mo. He served in the Army during peace time, and was a Sergeant E-5. He was 21 years old at the time of his service. His three sons: William Arley Skinner, Thomas Gene Skinner and Gregory Thomas Tucker Caton have also served in the military.
Chambers lived in the Blue Lick area of Saline County. He was a Private in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Gregory Thomas Tucker Caton Photo and information submitted by Dorothy Caton
Caton is from Nelson. He served as a Specialist in the Army during one tour in Iraq and two tours in Afghanistan.
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George Albert Clemens
George Vernon Chambers Photo and information submitted by Joyce Eidson
During World War II, Chambers was a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was from Marshall.
Photo and information submitted by Jack Ballew
Clemens was from Marshall. He served as a PFC in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Paul Collier
Photo and information submitted by Collier
Shawn Coleman
Collier comes from Shackleford. During World War II, he was an Electrician's Mate, first class in the Navy, stationed in the South Pacific.
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Lance Cpl. Coleman is a Marshall native. He was in the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, Calif., from 19931997.
Douglas William Cook
Jim Clark
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Marshall native Clark was a Staff Sergeant in the Army, Btry A, 6th Bn, 56 Arty, Hawk Missile System.
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Ray Cook
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Sweet Springs native Cook was a Corporal in the Marines from 1986-1990.
Cook, a Blackburn native, was a member of the National Guard.
Leslie Cook
Photo and information submitted by Cook
Cook was from Blackburn. During the Korean Conflict, he was inducted into the U.S. Army and took his basic training in Camp Pickett, Va., as a Medical Aid man. He was sent to Medical Technician School in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and did his internship at Fort Benning, Ga. hospital. After a 30-day furlough, he was sent overseas and stationed in the 8th Medical Ambulance Company as a Squad Leader and ambulance driver in Karlsruhe, Germany, for 13 months. He was released from service in Fort Knox, Ky., in 1954 into the inactive Army Reserves until his Honorable Discharge in 1960.
Alfred Preston Conner Photo and information submitted by Mildred Conner
Conner was a rural Marshall native. During World War II, he was a Corporal in the Army.
John M. Conner
Billy L. Crane
Photo and information submitted by Mildred Conner
Photo and information submitted by Kimberly Griffith
Slater native Crane was in the U.S. Navy as an ADR3 from 1957 until 1963.
Eugene Cundiff Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Charles W. Crowder
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Conner was from rural Saline County. He was a Private in the Army Air Force during World War II.
Crowder, a Marshall man, was in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War.
Cundiff, from Sweet Springs, was in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
Robert E. Conner Photo and information submitted by Mildred Conner
Conner, a rural Marshall native, was a Private in the Army during World War II.
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Leonard Cundiff
Donnie Crawford
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Captain Cundiff was part of the U.S. Army and was a Sweet Springs resident.
Photos and information submitted by Crawford
Crawford is a Marshall native. He was Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army during Vietnam.
CM Davis Photo and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
From 1945 to 1946, Davis, a Marshall native, served in the Navy.
Tom Davis Photo and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
Ronald H. Deal Photo and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
Deal served in the U.S. Army and was from Marshall.
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Marshall native Davis served in the United States Navy.
Thomas D. Dennis Photo and information submitted by Shirley Dennis
From Nelson, Dennis was a Green Beret and a Master Sergeant in the Army Special Forces during the Korean War and Vietnam. He served 20 years, retiring in 1970 at the age of 38.
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Alvin Dial
Lawrence W. Dickson
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Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Marshall native Dickson is shown at 19. He was in the U.S. Army.
Blackburn native Dial was in the Army during the Vietnam era.
W.H. Driskell
Kip Drummond
Photo and information submitted by Driskell
Photo and information submitted by Drummond
During the Vietnam War, Marshall native Driskell was in the United States Marine Corps. Shown here at 23 years old.
Richard V. Drummond Photo and information submitted by Drummond
Slater native Drummond was a Staff Sergeant during World War II. Shown at 18 years old. R.V. Drummond, a Slater native, joined the United States Army Air Force in December of 1943 at the age of 18. His occupation was the bombing of Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 6, 1944, in World War II. R.V. continued on, aiding the United States in 34 more bombing raids over Germany, and seeing action on the ground, as well as in the sky, at the Battle of the Bulge — the largest battle in World War II. Mr Drummond stated that in the Battle of the Bulge, the forces that combined together to break the German defensive was a total of over 1,140,000 soldiers. Drummond remembers when General Patton’s forces met with the Nazi General’s at the national line at the Battle of the Bulge. He recalls two flares
SRA (E-4) Drummond was in the U.S. Air Force during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He was 19 when he enlisted and is from Slater. being shot into the smoky, cloudy night sky, and his squadron dropping bombs between the flares. This act enabled General Patton’s forces to enter Germany. At 19, Staff Sergeant R.V. Drummond, Eighth Air Force top turret gunner, saved his B17 Flying Fortress from serious damage and his crew members from injury. After a successful bombing run over marshalling yards of Hannover, Germany, at 24,000 feet, the bomb bay doors failed to shut. At great personal risk, Staff Sergeant Drummond took off his parachute so that he could squeeze into the narrow bomb bay and creep carefully down the narrow catwalk suspended above the open doors. Viewing the city below (a five mile plunge if slipped) and with a strong wind swirling around him, he stooped and calmly hand cranked for approximately 10 minutes. Finally the doors shut. In the same year, 1944, Sergeant Drummond was
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awarded the Air Medal for “Meritorious achievement while participating in heavy bombardment missions in the air offensive against the enemy over Nazi, Germany.” He received his medal from his squadron commander, Major Howard C. Todt of Audubon, N.J. After returning to the states and being discharged in the latter part of 1945, he attended mortuary school in St. Louis, from 1946 to 1947, and the University of Missouri for approximately four years. As a part of the mortuary school, he and his class traveled to Illinois
to help one of Illinois’s mine disasters. Our Slater native R.V. Drummond, has witnessed and participated in victories and experienced tragedy while defending the freedom of the United States and its citizens. We are proud to have him in our community, honored to highlight his military career, and thank him for serving and defending our country. *Credits: Suzette Large, SMSN staff member obtained information from articles in past SMSN issues and from Mr. Drummond’s family.
Clifford J. Duffey
Photo and information submitted by Doyle and Marla Wiskur
Sweet Springs was hometown to Duffey. Shown at 25 years old. He earned the rank of T/5 in the 174th Field Artillery Battalion in the Army. He left New York City in February 1944 by ship, heading to Europe. He was at Normandy Beach for D-Day Invasion. He also fought in Germany.
Edward Duvall
George Durrett Photo and information submitted by Linda Burkhardt
Durrett was from Marshall. During World War II, he was in the Marine Corps. He died while in the service. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously.
Fred Eberle
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Bill Eidson
Photo and information submitted by Eidson
Photo and information submitted by Ron and Phyllis Duvall
Eidson, a Marshall native, was a Sergeant (E-4) in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, 561st TFS, Crew Chief F-105D WildWeasel. Shown at 21 years old.
Eberle, a native of Blackburn, served in the United States Navy.
Alden Elsea
Photo and information submitted by Elsea
Marshall resident Duvall has been a member of the Missouri National Guard for over 45 years.
Elsea, a Marshall native, is 21 here. He was in the U.S. Navy, reaching the rank of Lieutenant. He served aboard USS Macon (CA-132) from 1955-1959 as gunfire control division officer. At this time, they were the flagship of the 6th fleet and were involved in evacuating American civilians from Haifa during the 6-day war and then were seaboard platform for testing the Regulus surface to surface missile. They also took part in two Midshipmen training cruises and moved homeport from Norfolk to Boston.
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Edward M. ‘Jack’ Elsea Photo and information submitted by Betty Ann Elsea
Marshall native Elsea was a PFC Infantry in the U.S. Army. His awards include: the European Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon, Bronze Service Stars, Good Conduct Medal, two Purple Hearts, Combat Infantrymans Badge. Elsea was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge.
Van Aaron Elsea
Photo and information submitted by Kimberly Eckhoff Nowland
Elmer C. Elsea
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Marshall native LCDR Elsea was in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was in the Pacific Theater.
Fred Falls
Palmore Elsea
Photo and information submitted by Betty Ann Elsea
Elsea was from Sweet Springs. He was an MP in the Army during World War II. He was killed in combat on April 21, 1945. He is buried in Maugraten Limburgh Holland, military cemetery.
Robert Falls
Photo and information submitted by Robert Falls
Sweet Springs native Elsea was a SP/4 in the U.S. Army. He served as a Wheel Vehicle Mechanic in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Glenda Chapin Evans
Photo and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
Marshall native Evans was 17 when she entered the U.S. Navy.
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Napton natives Fred and Robert Falls both served in the Army during World War II. Fred was 18 and brother Robert was 19. The Falls brothers met up in the Phillippines in 1945, Fred (on left) and Robert (on right).
Nathan Fiene
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Fiene, from Blackburn, served in the Army in Afghanistan.
Edgar Fischer
Photo and information submitted by Connie Reagles
Coming from Sweet Springs, Fischer was a Corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served in the Panama Canal Zone during the war. Fischer was discharged October 1945.
Orland J. Fischer
Photo and information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Fischer, from Sweet Springs, was a Sergeant in the Army during Word War II. He was a medic stationed at air bases about 400 miles behind the front lines. These bases would be where they would load the planes with bombs. His service was from Feb. 5, 1942, to December 1945.
Bret E. Fisher
Danny E. Fisher
Fisher grew up in Marshall. In this picture, he is 23 years old. He was a E-5 (Petty Officer 2nd Class) in the Navy. He served from September 1993 to August 1999. Fisher was stationed on the USS Emory S. Land sub-tender as a data systems technician. Since being discharged, he has worked in computer engineering and training for the federal government and state and local governments. Now, he owns his own Internet technology training business and travels worldwide.
Fisher's hometown is Marshall. He earned the rank of E-4 (Petty Officer 3rd Class) in the U.S. Navy. He was stationed on the USS Independence aircraft carrier as an aviation store keeper and traveled to France, Spain, Italy, British Malta, Turkey, Germany, Israel, Lebanon and was stationed in Puerto Rico for one year. Upon being discharged, he was a police officer in Marshall, reaching rank of Detective Sergeant. He was one of the first canine officers for the Marshall Police Department in 1970. He also joined the Missouri National Guard in 1970.
Photo and information submitted by Nancy Fisher
Photo and information submitted by Nancy Fisher
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Amos Fitchen
Information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Fitchen was from the Sweet Springs area. He was drafted into the Army and served time in Alaska during World War II.
Ernest (Jack) O. Fizer Photo and information submitted by Linda Katzer
David Eugene Fizer
Photo and information submitted by Gerald L. Murphy
Slater native Fizer was in the United States Army during World War II. He was killed in action on April 28, 1944.
William J. Flynn
Photos and information submitted by Bill Flynn
Flynn was from Slater. He was inducted into the Army on Oct. 30, 1943, when he was 28 years old and did his basic training at Fort Leavenworth. He was Staff Sergeant in the 106th Infantry Division and participated in the Battle of the Bulge in Eastern Belgium. After the “Bulge,” his unit was moved to Bad Ems, Germany, to guard prisoners. Flynn was 31 years old when honorably discharged on Nov. 25, 1945, at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis.
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Slater native Fizer was a Navy Fireman, Third Class during World War I. He was discharged Sept. 30, 1921. Locally, he was a farmer and well known for his moonshine.
Norman Frazee
Photo and information submitted by Nancy Frazee
Frazee, a Marshall native, was a Tech 4 during the Korean Conflict.
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Robert E. Garnett
Arthur Garrett
Photo and information submitted by Robyn Venable
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Garnett, a Slater native, is shown here at 31 in 1943. He was a pilot in the Navy Air Corps.
Narron Dulaney “Dick” Garrett
Wilbert Garrison
Photo and information submitted by Shirley Garrison
Information submitted by Stephen Jaeger
Miami was hometown to Garrett. During World War II, he was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force who served in the Central Pacific. Service dates: Sept. 13, 1940-June 28, 1943. He received a Purple Heart.
Orville Wilmer “Bill” Garrett Information submitted by Stephen Jaeger
Garrison, a Marshall resident, served in the U.S. Army from 1956-1958. He is shown at 18 years of age.
Garrett is a descendant of Pennytown. He was a United States Army Buffalo Soldier in the 10th Calvary Machine Gun Troop, 1941-1944.
Earl R. Gibson
Photo and information submitted by Virginia Sprigg
Clifford D. Gensler
Photo and information submitted by Alice Gensler
Marshall native Garrett served in World War II on the USS Arizona as an SF2 in the Navy. He received a Purple Heart. Service dates: May 9, 1939-Dec. 7, 1941.
Gensler was a Nelson native. He was a Private First Class in the Army during Vietnam.
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Gibson, from Marshall, served as an Sp5 in the Army from 1963-1966. His basic training was in Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Gibson was stationed in Worms, Germany, and was a Wheel Vehicle Mechanic.
Norman Gilbert
Photo and information submitted by Gilbert
Gilbert, from Marshall is a retired United States Air Force pilot. Shown at the age of 26.
Emmett ‘Bub’ Gilliam
Photos and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
Gilliam, a native of Marshall, was a Private in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
Patrick Gilliam
David E. Gorrell
Gilliam is a Marshall native. He was a Corporal in the Marines. Photo was taken in 1996 at Twenty nine Palms, Calif.
Gorrell was a Malta Bend native. Private First Class Gorrell was in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He was killed in action April 7, 1967, at the age of 20.
Photo and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
Photo and information submitted by Diane Hayslip
Steven Dale Graves
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Graves is a native of Marshall. He was in the Army National Guard of MO, SP-5 Quartermaster Unit. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 31
Ralph L. Green
Photo and information submitted by Janet Green
Marshall native Ralph Green was a Corporal in the U.S. Army during Operation Desert Storm. He served from August 1987-May 1992 in the 197th 24th Infantry as a gunner.
James Robert Gregory
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Gregory's hometown was Blackburn. He was a United States Marine during the Vietnam era.
Chester Olan Griffitt
John Caleb Griffitt
Photo and information submitted by Kimberly Griffith
Slater is hometown to Griffith. He was an EN3 aboard the USS Flint AE32 A Division in the Navy. He served from August 1982-July 1996.
Martin Grisier
Photo and information submitted by Abbey Milligan
Rural Sweet Springs was home to Griffitt. He was in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was instrumental in the start of the American Legion Post 478 in Blackburn, where he was a charter member. Picture was taken in 1945.
James (Buddy) Griffith
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
David Olan Griffitt
Photo and information submitted by Abbey Milligan
Griffitt was from Sweet Springs. During Vietnam, he was in the Army, E-5, Battery C-3rd Missile Battalion, AR-7.
Photo and information submitted by Abbey Milligan
Marshall native Griffitt is currently serving as a CE-1 in the U.S. Navy Reserves. He saw action in the Bosnia Conflict, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. He is an Electrician's Mate, Construction Electrician (Seabee).
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Marshall is home to Grisier. He was a 3rd Class Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy Seabees.
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Gary L. Grote
Charles Guthrie
Photo and information submitted by Carol Grote
Photo and information submitted by Guthrie
Grote is a Marshall resident. He was a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He served from 1966-1968. Pictured at 23 years old.
Long time Slater resident Guthrie was an E6 1st Class Ships Serviceman in the U.S. Navy from 1973-1996.
Matthew Guthrie
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Ray Guthrie
Photo and information submitted by Charles Guthrie
Guthrie, from Slater, was a U.S. Navy Fireman, 1st Class during World War II. Guthrie, from Slater, served in the U.S. Air Force.
Hager brothers
Photo and information submitted by Robin Hager
Donald Hager
Information submitted by Fred & Sheryl Hager
Donald was a Master Sergeant in the Air Force during Vietnam, serving from 19531967. He was 18 years old in picture. Hager called the Gilliam/Slater area home.
Fred R. Hager Brothers Larry, Richard and Donald Hager are pictured here in 1964. PAGE 34 — SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018
Photo and information submitted by Fred & Sheryl Hager
Slater native Hager, pictured at 20 years old, served in the U.S. Air Force during the following wars: Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq. He ended his career as a Tech Sergeant.
Fritz W.L. (Fred) Hager
Larry D. Hager
Gilliam/rural Saline County was home to Hager; 26 years old in picture. He served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Slater was home to Hager. Larry served in the U.S. Air Force from 1963-1969. He retired as a Staff Sergeant. Shown at 24 years old.
Photo and information submitted by Robin Hager
Photo and information submitted by Robin Hager, Fred and Sheryl Hager
Otto J.A. Hager
Photo and information submitted by Robin Hager
Richard Hager
Information submitted by Robin Hager
Hager was a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. His service dates: 1951-1976. Gilliam/Slater areas were home to Hager.
Robert L. Hager
Photo and information submitted by Fred and Sheryl Hager
Hager was from Gilliam/rural Saline County. Pictured at 26 years old. He was a Corporal in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Slater native Hager served in the Gulf War as an FNE3 in the United States Navy. Shown at 19 years old.
Thomas A. Hager
Photo and information submitted by Fred and Sheryl Hager, Tom and Debbie Hager
Slater native Hager was a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Eighteen years old in picture.
Thomas A. Hager and Fred Hager in Iraq. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 35
Clyde Haley
Photo and information submitted by Carolyn Miller
During World War II, Haley was a Builder 3rd Class in the Navy. Pictured at 17 years old. He received Victory and Good Conduct Medals.
Edwin L. Haley
Photo and information submitted by Hall and wife
Photo and information submitted by Carolyn Miller
During World War II, Haley (left) was a Technician 5th Grade in the U.S. Army, 19 years old. He received a Victory Medal.
Steve Halsey
Sweet Springs native Hall was an Army Spec 4 during Vietnam. He was stationed at Anke, Central Highlands. He was a gunner on a gun truck.
James Earl Hanlin
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Halsey, from Blackburn, was in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Seaton Dave Hall
Photo and information submitted by Gil Hanlin
Nelson native Hanlin served 20 years in the Army, retiring as a Major. He saw action during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He received a Purple Heart.
James G. (Gil) Hanlin Photo and information submitted by Hanlin
Hanlin is a Nelson native. He was a Sp5 (E5) in the U.S. Army during Vietnam.
Dennis Barry Hare
Paul Edward Harper Jr.
Rural Marshall resident Hare was an Army Specialist 4. Shown here at 23. He served from June 1971 to December 1972 and was stationed in Korea. He calculated fire direction control for nuclear rockets.
Marshall native Harper entered the U.S. Army at 17. He was active during the Iraq Era and was a First Sergeant.
Photo and information submitted by Hare
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Photo and information submitted by Harper
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Andrew Mason Harris Photo and information submitted by Bethany Harris
Harris grew up in Marshall and is 19 years old in picture. As an ABFAN in the U.S. Navy, he served aboard the USS Kearsarge during Operation Inherent Resolve.
Harold Hayob
Photo and information submitted by Virginia Sprigg and Sally Hayob
Hayob, a Marshall native, served in the Army during World War II. Shown here with two family members.
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Jeffrey L. Harris
Photo and information submitted by Bethany Harris
Harris, a Gilliam native, was an EN3 in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War. He served aboard the USS Peoria. Pictured at 20 years old.
Henry Hayob
Photo and information submitted by Virginia Sprigg
Marshall native Hayob was in the United States Army during World War I.
George Dewese Harrison
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Herrmann Ebers
Harrison was born in Saline County. He served in World War II in the U.S. Army as a Technician 4th Grade with the 25th CAV RCN SQDRN from Jan. 25, 1942, to Oct. 21, 1945. He received five Bronze Stars in battles in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. He died in Marshall in 2009.
J Leo Hayob
Photo and information submitted by Virginia Sprigg and John Hayob
Hayob, a Marshall native, served in the Army Air Corps. “He was a Master Sergeant stationed at the air base in China, which was the headquarters for the P-40 Flying Tigers squadron. He was responsible for coordinating the supply flights flown by C-47 crews in China and the Far East. He told the story about a local young man who worked on the base who became a close friend. The young man’s mother lived in a remote area of China, and Hayob arranged for him to hitch a ride on a cargo flight to see his mother. In appreciation, his mother made a beautiful silk screen, which the family still has.”
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Ralph Clemons Hayob Photo and information submitted by Sally Hayob
Raymond E. Hayob
Photo and information submitted by Tom Hayob
Hayob was a Marshall resident. He was a Sergeant and served as a Radio Operator Mechanic Gunner in the United States Army Air Forces.
Marshall was home to Hayob. He was in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
Photo and information submitted by Donna Sue Moore
Hayes was a Marshall resident. He was a Private in the United States Army during World War II.
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Photo and information submitted by Virginia Sprigg
This Marshall native Hayob was in the United States Navy.
Ralph and Raymond Hayob
John L. Hays
Robert Hayob
James W. Hayslip
Photo and information submitted by Diane Hayslip
Hayslip is a Malta Bend native. He was a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy. He served from September 1967 to March 1988.
August ‘Gus’ Hemme Information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Thomas Hayslip
Photo and information submitted by Diane Hayslip
Marshall native Hayslip was a Staff Sergeant in the Army during World War II. Marshall native Hemme was in the Army during the World War I era, but had no active duty.
Elmer Hemme
Marvin Hemme
Raymond Hemme
Sweet Springs native Hemme was drafted into the Army during World War II. He was part of the D-Day Invasion.
Hemme was from the Sweet Springs area. He was in the Navy during World War II. He served in the Pacific and was a tail gunner on the planes that were on the aircraft carriers.
Marshall native Hemme was a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force.
Information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Harry A. Henderson
Brian W. Henke
Photo and information submitted by Cynthia Henke
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Henderson, a Marshall native, served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, 1965-1968.
Frank A. Herrmann Jr.
Information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Frank Arnold Herrmann Sr.
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Herrmann Ebers
Marshall resident Henke was a 1st Sergeant in the Army. He took part in Operation Enduring Freedom, "KFOR" and "SFOR.�
Photo and information submitted by Herrmann
Herrmann graduated from Malta Bend High School in 1966. He is 27 years old in picture. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy Sept. 4, 1967. Duty Assignments: USS Saratoga CVA-60, USS John F. Kennedy CVA-67, USS Barnstable County LST-1197, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Philippines, Naval Supply Depot Guam, Amphibious Construction Battalion Two, Little Creek, Va., Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Joint Military Assistance Group Korea, and Fleet Surveillance Support Command, Chesapeake, Va. He retired Nov. 30, 1991, as Lieutenant Commander.
Herrmann was born in rural Saline County in 1922. He is shown here in his early 20s. He served in World War II in the Army Air Corps as a Private 1st Class as a Surgical Technician/Medic from Feb. 25, 1943, to Nov. 16, 1945. He was stationed in Northern Africa in Ghana, Sudan and Egypt with the 561 Army Air Force Base Unit.
SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 41
Joseph Herrmann
Photo and information submitted by Herrmann
Herrmann called the rural Miami/Slater area his home. Photo is of Herrmann later in life wearing his war medal. He was born in Germany in 1820, and came to America in 1854. He served in the Civil War in the Union Army as a Private in Co H, 18th Regiment, MO Infantry from 1861-1865. Herrmann severely injured his left leg in swampy country when marching in the dark between Atlanta, Ga., and Columbia, S.C., with General Sherman’s “march to the sea.”
George William Hinton Photo and information submitted by Ann Payne
Nelson native Hinton served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. During this time, he flew over the Hump, CBI, China, Burma and India area numerous times. Conduct ribbons received: European African Middle East Ribbon and Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon.
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Theiss Herrmann
Photo and information submitted by Linda Perkins
Herrmann was a Slater native. Pictured at 21 years old. Private Herrmann enlisted in the Army on May 28, 1918, and trained at Camp Dodge, Iowa. He set sail for France on Aug. 23, 1918, and landed at Liverpool, England, Sept. 5, 1918. He served in Battery A, 339th Regiment, Field Artillery. The war came to a close on Nov. 11, 1918, and he started for home Jan. 25, 1919. He received his honorable discharge on Feb. 5, 1919.
Earl Franklin Hinnah
Photo and information submitted by Debby Hinnah
Hinnah was from Slater. He was part of the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a POW, captured near Stettin Airfield in Germany or Poland. On Feb. 6, 1945, they began “the black march.” He and others continually walked, sleeping in barns and forests until May 2, being liberated at Elbe River.
Ernest Alvin Hisle
Photo and information submitted by Linda Perkins
Hisle was a Miami native. Hisle enlisted in the Army at 30 years of age, on May 28, 1918, and trained at Camp Dodge, Iowa. He was in the 351st Infantry Company H and served in France from Aug. 6, 1918, to May 31, 1919. He received his honorable discharge on June 7, 1919.
Robert Jewel Hisle
Photo and information submitted by Lucille Hisle and family
Hisle is a Miami native. He joined the Marine Corps in April 1943 at the age of 18. He was based at Fort Pendleton in San Diego for basic training. Then Hisle was sent to Camp Elliot, Calif., for advanced training in Combat Intelligence and rudimentary Japanese. Stationed at Marine Barracks, Honolulu, Hawaii, in November 1943 in the 2nd Marine Division Amphibious Reconnaissance Company. He was discharged at Great Lake’s Training Center, Ill., Jan. 16, 1946. Hisle rejoined the Marine Corps; commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant, March 20, 1950. Marine Corps Officers Training, Quantico, Va., June 15, 1951. Camp Pendleton, Calif., November 1951 (Platoon Commander). Cold weather Training, Pickle Meadows, Nev., February 1952. First Lieutenant, 1st Marine Division, Korea, March 1952. Promoted to Captain, December 1953. Marine Corps Reserves retired, 1962. His award and medals include: (from World War II) Presidential Unit Citation Medal, Navy Unit commendation, Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (bronze star), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal, National Defense Medal; (from Korean Conflict) United Nations Service Medal, Marine Corps Reserve ribbon, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, Korean Service Medal (two bronze stars).
Randall P. Hoey
Photo and information submitted by Hoey
Hoey, a Marshall native, was an E-4 in the United States Army during Vietnam. He was 20 years old at the time of entry. He was a Crew Chief aboard a UH-1 Helicopter in Chu Lai, Vietnam.
William Joseph Hisle
Photo and information submitted by Linda Perkins
From Miami, Hisle was a Sp. 4 in the U.S. Army from 1966-1969 and was stationed in Korea. He is shown at 21 years old.
Charles F. Holder
Photo and information submitted by Charles Holder
Nelson native Holder was a Staff Sergeant in the Army during World War II. He entered into active service Sept. 30, 1944, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. at 20 years old. Battles and campaigns: Southern Philippines Liberation. Decorations and Citations: Combat Infantry Badge Marksman with M-1 Rifle, Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with Bronze Battle Star, Philippines Liberation Ribbon with Bronze Battle Star, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Army of Occupation Medal Japan, three overseas service bars. Service with 1st Calvary Division and Americal Division. Date of Separation from active service Nov. 17, 1946, at Ft. Sheridan, Ill. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 43
J. Kenneth Hollywood
Kenneth Howard
Hollywood was a Napton resident. Shown at 25 years old. He was a Petty Officer Second Class in the Navy during World War II.
Howard, from Gilliam, served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Photo and information submitted by Pam Riggs
Buddy Eugene Hoyes
Photo and information submitted by Debby Hinnah
Marshall was home to Hoyes. He was in a SFC in the Army from Jan. 17, 1951, to Nov.1, 1952.
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Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
John L. Huffman
Photo and information submitted by Virginia Sprigg
Huffman was from Marshall. His rank: Pvt. Military Police in the U.S. Army during World War II. He met his wife, Mary, while stationed in Germany.
Dean Howery
Photo and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
Howery was from Slater. In his early 20s, he was a member of the United States Army, stationed in Belleville, Ill.
Rolla Humburg
Photo and information submitted by Jim Humburg
Humburg was an Arrow Rock resident. He was 20 years old in the picture. He served as a Tech. Sergeant during World War II.
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Noah O. Humphreys Photo and information submitted by Teresa Thomason
John Thomas Huston
Photo and information submitted by Charles Guthrie
Slater native Humphreys was in the Army during World War II.
Slater was home to Huston. He was a PFC in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953. Pictured, left to right, Irene Huston, John Thomas Huston and Frank Huston.
Aaron Jackson
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Jackson, from Marshall, was in the Army from July 16, 1942, until Sept. 15, 1945.
James R. Jackson
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Leo Lawrence, Jr.
Jackson made Marshall home. He was in the U.S. Army and during the Korean Conflict, he was in U.S. Navy.
Karla Jackson
Taiesha Jackson
Jackson, from Marshall, served in the U.S. Army from March 31, 1977, to Dec. 5, 1979.
Jackson, a Marshall native, was a Tsgt in the Army.
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
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Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
William Troy Jacobson
Photo and information submitted by Kathy Jacobson
Jacobson is from Slater. He was an E5 503rd Airborne Military Police in the Army. He served from 1991-2005, as part of Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom. He is shown here with his grandfather, Ariel Adolph Leimkuehler.
Fred Jungerman III Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Charles Benjamin Jaeger Photo and information submitted by Stephen Jaeger
Jaeger was from Marshall. He was a 25-year-old PVT in the U.S. Army during World War I, stationed in Germany. Service dates: July 5, 1918, to Sept. 4, 1919.
Terry Jordan
Photo and information submitted by Jordan
Slater is home to Jordan. Jordan served as an SFC, E7, in the Missouri Army National Guard during peace time at the age of 30.
Paul Keeney
Photos and information submitted by Ron and Phyllis Duvall
Keeney lived in Malta Bend as a boy. He joined the Marine Corps directly after high school. He was active during the Vietnam War, getting wounded and awarded a Purple Heart.
Virgil Keeney
Blackburn native, Jungerman was in the National Guard during the 1960s.
Keeney lived in Malta Bend during the 1950s. He was in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was aboard the USS Yorktown, which went down at Pearl Harbor. He contracted TB and was honorably discharged. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 47
Lawrence Richard Kessler Photo and information submitted by Virginia Sprigg
Kessler was from Marshall. He was in the Army, stationed in Colorado. He worked on silos in secret.
Larry Kitchen
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Kitchen, from Waverly, was in the United States Army during the 1960s.
Marshall Krause
Photo and information submitted by Krause
Krause makes Marshall home. He was 19 years old at the time of enlistment. During the Korean Conflict, he was in the Army. He “learned a lot and is proud to have served.” PAGE 48 — SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018
Martin A. Kiehl
Photo and information submitted by Lora Kiehl
Kiehl was from Malta Bend. He served from age 19 to 21. He served in the Navy during World War II, aboard the USS Cowpens, He was a Radar Man 2nd Class.
Harry Knipmeyer
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Robert M. King
Photo and information submitted by Mildred Conner
King was from rural Saline County. He was a Private in the Army during World War II.
Steven Jay Koester
Photo and information submitted by Donna Koester
Pictured on leave in 1944, Blackburn native Knipmeyer was a Yeoman Third Class in the Navy.
Koester, from Marshall, was a STS1 (Sonar Technician Submarine First Class) in the Navy. He served from July 1973 to July 1979. He is 23 years old in the picture. He served aboard nuclear submarines, USS Sunfish and USS L, Mendel Rivers and stationed out of Charleston, S.C.
Phillip R. LaGore Photo and information submitted by LaGore
Russell R. LaGore
Photo and information submitted by Phil LaGore
LaGore, a Marshall native, was a Private in the Army during the Vietnam War. He was 19 years old in the picture. Service dates: Jan. 18, 1966, through Jan. 24, 1969.
LaGore, from Marshall, served from Oct. 27, 1942, to Sept. 11, 1945, in the Navy. He was a Chief.
Carol Hisle Landstad
Shane Lane
Photo and information submitted by Linda Hisle
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Lane, from Blackburn, served in the U.S. Army.
Robert (Bob) Landreth
Photo and information submitted by Landreth
During the Korean Conflict, Marshall native Landreth was an Airman to Senior Staff Sergeant. He served in Africa, Libya, Banghazi, desert outpost, living in tents for 13 months.
James D. Laney
Photo and information submitted by Laney
Laney, from Marshall, served in the Army as an E-4 from 2001-2005. He was part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Miami native Landstad served in the U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps from 1973-1975. She is pictured at 21 years old. She was stationed at Vandenburg Air Force Base in Lompoc, Calif. She achieved the rank of 1st Lieutenant.
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Jim Latimer
Photo and information submitted by Jim and Wanda Latimer
Marshall resident Latimer was a PFC in the Army at the age of 21. He had Basic Training for 16 weeks at Fort Bliss, Texas. His “purpose: to protect the city of Chicago from foreign attack. We had to go to upper Lake Michigan two times per year… to fire the guns for practice. Two kinds of targets were provided. One was a sleeve (a long net) pulled by an airplane, another was an R-Cat (radio controlled), a small 10’ airplane. Ear protection was not provided at the time. Damage to our hearing was not noticed at the time.”
David Lawless
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Lawless
Marshall native Lawless was a Pvt 2 in the United States Army.
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Archibald Lawless
Photos and information submitted by Jeanie Lawless
Napton was home to Lawless. Lawless was in the U.S. Army Infantry. He served two years as the Military Governor in Akita in Post-war Japan. His wife, Delia, and their two young children accompanied him to this island. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Lawless and his wife, Delia, were married in King Cove, Aleutian Islands.
Bryan Lawless
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Lawless
Lawless grew up in Marshall. Basic training was at Fort McClellen, Ala., OH-58 Crewchief/Mechanic school in Fort Rucker, Ala\. Assigned to C Co 1-1 Avn Regt. 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan. Trained at NTC desert training facility Fort Irwin, Calif. Trained with AH-64 Apache Attack trading brigade at Ft. Hood, Texas. He served in Operation Desert Storm, went to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq in 1990/1991. Honorably discharged in 1993. He was an Army Specialist.
Delia Miller Lawless
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Lawless
Lawless was a Marshall resident. At the outbreak of World War II, she joined the Army Nurse Corps and was assigned to Fort Randall, Alaska, to care for troops stationed in the Aleutian Islands. She married Major Archie Lawless on May 22, 1943, in King Cove, on the island of Unalaska, part of the Aleutian chain, in the territory of Alaska.
JR Lawless
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Lawless
Lawless is a Marshall native. He was a Captain in the Air Force. Supported Operation Southern Watch from 1997-1999 in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE with the Tactical Automated Security System providing perimeter security for bases in those countries. Supported Joint Task Force Bravo, 1999, with TASS in remote bases in Panama, Columbia, Brazil and Ecuador. Supported various security operations in Europe and South Korea with TASS as the Program Manager, $450M program. Reassigned to Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, Captain. Deputy Program Manager for Korea F-16 Program, South Korea. Reserves for three years supporting Korea F-16.”
Sybil Lawless Pollard Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Lawless
Lawless Pollard is a Napton native. She served in the Army WAC. “It was my privilege to be given the opportunity to serve my country during the Vietnam conflict. It was an honor for me to represent my peers, not a sentiment shared by all. Nonetheless, I desired to serve, and I was encouraged in this by my father, Archie E. Lawless (Col USAR Retired), and my mother, Delia M. Lawless (Lt USAR Nurse Corps). I left the Women’s Army Corps in July of 1971, having served my country in a manner in keeping with the highest traditions of military service in the United States Army.”
Richard Lawless
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Lawless
Lawless is a Marshall native. He was in the United States Army from 1968-1972.
Tina Lawless Fetter
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Lawless
Lawless Fetter is a native to Marshall. “I spent 8 ½ years in the United States Air Force, entering basic training in June 1992 as an Airman (E-1) and separating with an honorable discharge in January 2001 as a Staff Sergeant (E-5). While in the service, I also was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. I graduated from Regis University in May 2001 with my degree. I spent six weeks in Basic Training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas, where I learned all the basics of being an airman. I then spent another six weeks at my Technical Training School at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss., to learn about my job; Information Management Specialist. After technical training, I was stationed at Plattsburgh AFB, N.Y., from 1992 to 1995, Vandenberg AFB, Calif., from 1995 to 1998 and Peterson AFB, Colo., from 1998 to 2001. I worked in various jobs within the Information Management field; including being a mail clerk in New York, supporting the entire KC -135 base, assistant to the Chief Master Sergeant at the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile unit in California, and, finally, as the NCO Academy’s event coordinator at Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs. I received many honors while I was in the service, and look back on my time serving my country fondly. I am especially proud of the receiving the John L. Levitow award during Airman Leadership School. Overall, I am honored to have served our nation with my service and with so many honorable people.” SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 51
Clarence Leo Lawrence Jr.
Clarence Lawrence
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Lawrence, a Marshall native, was a member of the United States Army during World War I.
Robert A. Lea
Photo and information submitted by Brandal Lovell
Marshall native Lawrence was in the Air Force during the Vietnam Era, 1966-1970.
Clarence Leo Lawrence Sr. Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Marshall Junction native Lea was in the Army during the Korean War, 1952-1954.
Darlene Louis Leffler Photo and information submitted by Leffler
During World War II, Marshall native Lawrence was in the United States Army.
Joseph Richard Lawrence Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Richard Lawrence
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Marshall native Lawrence was in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Marshall native Lawrence was in the United States Army during World War I. PAGE 52 — SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018
Slater native Leffler served in the Marine Corps from July 1956 to March 1959. “My experience in the Marine Corp is best summarized as an adventure. I had a variety of assignments, ranging from Paris Island, to Cherry Point, and then to the Washington, D.C., area. My contribution was probably my ability to be flexible. I had assignments that gave me experience in the support area of Logistics, Chaplain Service and Special Services. While assigned to the Marine Corps, Headquarters in Arlington, Va., I did everything from warehouse support to post lifeguard. Little did I know at the time that I was also setting an example for my 3-year-old sister. She would later follow in my footsteps and pick the military as her first step into adulthood.” (sister - Bonnie Smith)
Amiel Adolph Leimkuehler
Benjamin R. Lemmon
Leimkuehler, a Slater native, served in the Army. He was at the Battle of the Bulge in Bastone, Germany. His rank: Sergeant E-5, 10th Mountain, 3rd Armored Division. He is shown here with his grandson, William Troy Jacobson.
Miami is hometown for Lemmon. During World War II, Lt. Lemmon was the co-pilot of the B-29 Bombers, named Skyscrapper II and Skscrapper III. He was stationed on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands and flew 35 bombing missions over Japan. The missions were 3,000 miles round trip and took 13 to 18 hours depending on the target and weather. The missions were at night, over water, and in the cold since the planks have very little heat. He completed his last mission on July 17, 1945. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals and several Silver Stars. He retired with a rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Lemmon lived in Saline County his entire civilian life. Much of his military memorabilia is displayed at the Nicholas Beazley Aviation Museum in Marshall, Mo.
Photo and information submitted by Kathy Jacobson
Bill Lewellen
Photo and information submitted by Becky Lewellen
Slater native Lewellen was an SP-4 in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He is shown at 21 years old.
Photo and information submitted by Lesa Banks
Charley R. Lewellen Photo and information submitted by Karen Smith
Slater was home for Lewellen. He was inducted into the Army at age 22 on Aug. 15, 1918. World War I had just ended when Private Lewellen was about to join the battle. He was honorably discharged.
A. Guy Little
Photo and information submitted by Debby Hinnah
Little was from Malta Bend. He was a Private 1st Class in the Army during World War I. He served from April 1918 to June 1919.
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Elwyn Dewitt Long
Ray S. Long
Photo and information submitted by Rachel Taylor
Photo and information submitted by Debbie McCorkle
Long was a Marshall resident. He is shown here at age 21. His rank was Sergeant in the Army Air Corp. He was stationed on the Ascension Island, working in hydroponics. He served from 1941-1945.
Long was a Marshall native. He is pictured at 18 years old. He was a Private First Class in the Marines. He was killed in combat on July 29, 1966, in Vietnam. He was the first soldier killed in combat from Saline County in the Vietnam Era.
Robert L. Long
Photo and information submitted by Debbie McCorkle
Marshall native Long was a E5 Petty Officer 2nd Class in the Navy. He was aboard the USS Constellation and received a Silver Star during the Vietnam War.
James Madison
Douglas J. Malan
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Marshall native Madison was a Buffalo Soldier in the 10th Calvary, E Troop, 1943. He is a descendant of Pennytown.
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Marshall native Malan has served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army.
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Amanda Guthrie Marsh
Photo and information submitted by Charles Guthrie
Slater native Marsh served in the Army National Guard during Operation Noble Eagle, 2002-2009.
Glenn Marsh
Photo and information submitted by Patsy Marsh
Marshall native Marsh enlisted in the Army Air Corp when he was 18. He was at Scott Field, Ill., until sent overseas to serve in the European Theater (Germany). He served as radio operator and enemy plane detector. He was discharged in 1945 and returned home to farm.
Jacob Walker Martin
Photo and information submitted by Katherine Martin
Gilliam native Martin is presently serving as a Specialist in the U.S. Army. He enlisted in 2013.
Donald Martin
Photo and information submitted by Joe and Katherine Martin
Martin, a Slater native, is shown just out of basic training for the U.S. Army. He served during World War II.
Norbert B. Martin
Photo and information submitted by Larry Murdock
Marshall native Martin was in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He is pictured at the age of 20. He was a part of the 26th Naval Construction Battalion and the “Fighting Seabees.” After the war, he was active Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve and Missouri National Guard, serving a total of 37 years.
Charles W. ‘Pete’ McCorkle
Hugh A. McCorkle
Marshall resident McCorkle was a Private First Class in the Army during the Vietnam Era. He is pictured at 23 years old.
McCorkle, a Nelson native, was in the U.S. Naval Reserve Forces as a Seaman 2nd Class. He died in service during World War I at the age of 29.
Photo and information submitted by Debbie McCorkle
Photo and information submitted by Debbie McCorkle
Donald Lee McCoy
Information submitted by Maxine Ault
McCoy, a Nelson native, was a Colonel in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict.
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Deward (Dude) McFarland
Charles E. McDaniel
Photo and information submitted by Helen McFarland
Photo and information submitted by Linda Katzer
McDaniel, a Marshall native, was an Army Master Sergeant, 19th Bomb Squad during World War II, entering at the age of 19. He was stationed in Japan, East Indies and Luzon. He received the Philippines Liberation Ribbon with Star and Good Conduct Medal. McDaniel was inducted Feb.13, 1943, and discharged Jan.14, 1946.
Marshall resident McFarland served in the Navy during the Korean Conflict from the age of 18 to 22. He was a Machinist Mate 2C, serving at a Naval Supply Center and aboard USS Tortuga LSD.
Carl A. Medcalf
Joe P. McGuire
Photo and information submitted by Grace McGuire
McGuire, a Marshall native, was an Army Sergeant Co A of a Tank Battalion during World War II. He is shown at 26 years old.
Bruce Meinershagen
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Photo and information submitted by Sharon Crawford
Medcalf, a Marshall native, served in the Army as a Sergeant, 82 Airborne during the Vietnam War. Upon entering the service, he was 20 years old.
Charles Edward (Billy Jim) Meinershagen
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Meinershagen, a Blackburn native, was in the Army during World War II.
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Blackburn native Meinershagen was a member of the National Guard from 1983-2007.
John Meinershagen Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Blackburn native Meinershagen was a member of the U.S. Army during World War II.
Charles ‘Bill’ Mikle
Photo and information submitted by Lori Blalock
Harry J. Miller Photo and information submitted by William T. Miller
Miller, a Marshall native, was a Staff Sergeant, 340th MP (Military Policeman), in the Army during World War II.
In this photo, Marshall native Mikle is 22 years old. He was in the U.S. Army 994th Division during the Korean Conflict.
Kenneth Miller
William Henry Miller
Miller was a Marshall native. He joined the U.S. Army in 1980. He was 17 years old when he enlisted. He was a U.S. Army Spec. Basic Training was in Ft. Still, Okla. Later, he was stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., until given Honorable Discharge in 1983. He passed away Jan. 5, 2016, at Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Columbia, Mo.
Marshall native Miller served in the Navy during World War II. He was stationed in the South Pacific and was part of the 60th Seabees. He received a Victory Medal, American Pac 2 Stars, and Good Conduct Medal.
Photo and information submitted by Shirley Kays
Fred Mistler Jr.
Photo and information submitted by Dan Mistler
Marshall native Mistler was in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He is pictured at age 18. He served as a Private First Class and was an airplane and engine mechanic. Service dates June 1944-August 1946.
Photo and information submitted by William T. Miller
Charles Ray Mitchell
Photo and information submitted by Rita Mitchell
Gilliam native Mitchell was in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He is shown at 20 years old. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 57
Harley Dale Mitchell Photo and information submitted by Rita Mitchell
Mitchell, a Gilliam native, was a Spec 4 in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict era. He was 19 years old in the photo.
Kenneth Mizer
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Mizer, a Marshall native, served as an SP5 E5 in the Army National Guard.
Andy Monsees
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Blackburn native Monsees is currently serving in the U.S. Army. He served 15 months in Iraq.
Lester ‘Leroy’ Moore Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Marshall native Moore was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army.
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Armand D. Moles Photo and information submitted by Steve Moles
During the Korean Conflict, Marshall native Moles was a PFC in the Army, 1st Calvary Division, 5th Regiment. His basic training was at Fort Chaffe, Ark. He was shot near Chorwom North Korea and received a disabling injury in October 1951. Moles is pictured as a 23 year old.
Willis Monsees
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Monsees, a Blackburn native, is currently serving in the Army.
OD Moore Jr.
Information submitted by Donna Moore
Moore, a Marshall native, was a Navy Seabee.
William F. Moore Sr. Information submitted by Donna Moore
Moore was a resident of rural Marshall/Sweet Springs area. He was a decorated U.S. Navy aviation jet mechanic chief petty officer. He retired in January 1974.
Ernest Melvin Morrow Photo and information submitted by Morrow
Marshall native Morrow was a Specials E-5 in the Army National Guard. He was honorably discharged Nov. 10, 1970. (with hat picture) 21 years old. (in field picture) 24 years old.
Sam Moten
Photo and information submitted by Moten
Marshall resident Moten served as an E4 in the U.S. Army, spending 18 months in Germany with wife Shirley and son Kirk (October 1965October 1967). He later (mid 70s) joined the National Guard, serving 4.5 years. “Glad to have served.”
Russel Alan Moulton
Larry Mueller
Moulton was a 1974 graduate of Missouri Valley College. He served in the 18th Military Police Brigade of the Army. Presented the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in ground operations against hostile forces. Other medals: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and Good Conduct Medal. While in Vietnam, one of his duties included guarding Ms. America when she visited the troops.
Mueller, a Blackburn native, was a First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps from 1967-1970. He served as a Captain in the Reserves from 1970-1977.
Photo and information submitted by Raydene Moulton
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
James R. Murdock
Photo and information submitted by Larry Murdock
Robert Lee Murdock
Photo and information submitted by Larry Murdock
Murdock, a Slater native, was in the Navy during World War II. He served on the USS Lang Destroyer in the Pacific, including off the coast of Okinawa Invasion. (big pic) Brothers Robert Lee Murdock and James R. Murdock
Slater native Murdock was a Sergeant in the Army during World War II. He was stationed in the Philippines with the 1296th Engineer Combat Battalion (First Sergeant). He is shown at 18 years old. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 59
Elmer Murphy
Gerald Lee Murphy Photo and information submitted by Murphy
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Murphy, a Slater native, was in the Army during the Vietnam Era. He is shown here at 23 years old.
Marshall native Murphy was in the U.S. Navy.
David Luther Murray Jr. ‘Chuck’ Photo and information submitted by Karen Smith
Slater native Murray served in the Navy during World War II, Dec. 21, 1942, to Jan. 21, 1946. He served in the Asiatic Pacific, stationed at Siapan. He was an Aviation Machinist Mate. He is pictured at 28 years old.
William Byron ‘Bo’ Murray Photo and information submitted by Jan Miller
Murray, a Slater native, was a POW in the Army. During World War II, Murray was stationed in England and was a ball turret gunner on a B-17. He was temporarily blinded when the plane was flying through heavy flak, and broke the plexiglass and gears. After a short hospital stay, he was released with no permanent eye damage. On his 14th raid, his plane was shot down. His chute was smaller than the others, so he fell faster and away from the rest of the crew. When he landed, a woman and young girl who spoke English took his money and told him to walk with them. They were trying to help him escape and
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J Rogers Murray
Photo and information submitted by Barbara Campbell
Slater native Murray was a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Shown here at about 28 years old. He achieved a rank of 2nd Lieutenant. take him underground. They passed one German soldier, but the second soldier realized he was an American, and the woman said she was turning him in. Murray was taken to the city hall, sat on the floor while the public filed past to shake their fists and yell at him. Other American war flyers being hung at this time, so he was extremely uneasy. After interrogation, Murray was loaded into a very crowded boxcar. They had nothing to eat, very little water, and did not get on or off for three days and two nights. He arrived at the Stalag 17-B POW camp in Krems, Austria, in pretty rough shape after the long ride. As the men walked up the hill to the prison camp, the Austrain people threw rocks at them. Living conditions were very poor. The men slept eight men to a bunk. The mattresses were made of straw and became infested with lice. They ended up burning the mattress. The camps were also infested with fleas, other bugs and rodents. The showers were located up the hill in the building where the Germans were. Bo had only three showers in the 13 months he was there. Each time the men showered, their heads were shaved. They did receive “three hot meals,” but maybe two were just hot water. The war was over May 8, 1945. Most of the American prisoners were marched out
of the camp in April 1945. Bo’s right leg was paralyzed, and he stayed with the 110 men who could not walk and were left behind at the camp. On May 12, the Russian troops came in and offered to take the Americans back to Russia. The men did not accept the offer, and on May 13, General Patton's 11th Armored Division entered the camp and took the 110 airmen to the American line in Linz, Austria. Bo’s brother, Roger Murray, was with the 11th Armored Division, and Bo found out Roger was looking for him. When the last plane was being loaded, there was not enough room for five men. Bo volunteered to wait another three days because he knew his brother was looking for him. After learning Bo was at the airport, Roger drove down the railroad bridge in his jeep and got there just as the plane was taking off. The brothers had three days together before Bo was flown to a Paris hospital for a six-week stay to partially regain the weight he had lost. During Bo’s stay in prison camp, he read the New Testament four times. Difficult times can be a blessing as we see God working on our lives to fulfill our hopes and calm our fears. Bo said, “I would never want to go through this experience again, but it was all worth it because of freedom for future generations. I would never have lived through all this without God watching over me.”
Timothy E. Musgraves
Photo and information submitted by Gayle Todd-Musgraves
Cecil T. Narron
Earl Narron
Marshall native Narron was in the Army during World War II.
Marshall native Narron was in the Navy during World War II. He was 39-40 years old.
Photo and information submitted by W.H. Driskell
Photo and information submitted by Huston Driskell
Musgraves, a Marshall resident, was a Master Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served from Nov. 29, 1977, to April 31, 2004. He is 42 years old in the picture.
Angela Gregory Nelson Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Nelson, a Blackburn native, was in the Navy from 1998-2004.
Ralph F. Nichols
Photo and information submitted by Janet Green
Marshall native Nichols was a Private in the Army during World War II. He is shown at 19 years old.
Jason Nicholas
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Nicholas grew up in Marshall. He was a Sergeant in the United States Army.
Robert L. ‘Lindy’ Nichols
Information submitted by Donna Sue Moore
Napton born, Nichols was a medic in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European African Middle Eastern Theater. He received a Good Conduct Medal. He was discharged on May 18, 1945.
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Henry Christian Norden Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Herrmann Ebers
Norden was a Blackburn area resident. He was born in Germany in 1892. He came to America in 1908 and was naturalized in 1916. He served in World War I in the U.S. Army as a Sergeant 1st Class as a baker/cook from Sept. 20, 1917, to Feb. 27, 1919. He is about 25 years old in the picture.
Michael L. Oglesbee
Photos and information submitted by Michelle Oglesbee
Oglesbee, a Slater resident, was in the U.S. Air Force. He achieved the rank of E-6/Technical Sergeant. He was an Aircraft Maintenance Craftsman.
Stephen J. Olson
Photo and information submitted by Olson
Olson, a Marshall resident. was a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He served from 1978-2008. He served in USS Sam Rayburn, USS Albuquerque, USS Vincennes and USS Wasp. Olson has been stationed ashore at Pentagon on the Navy Staff; on Commander Surface Forces Norfolk staff among other locations. He served during the Cold War, Operation Enduring Freedom and Global War on Terrorism. Last tour of duty as Commanding Officer, fleet industrial and supply center, Pearl Harbor and then as Commander, Defense Financing and Accounting Center Pacific, located at Pearl Harbor.
Robert ‘Bob’ Pannell Sr.
Photo and information submitted by Dan Mistler
Pannell, a Marshall native, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Air Force 1947-1950. He was a Telephone Operator during the Occupation of Japan. He is pictured at 18 years old.
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Michelle Oglesbee Photos and information submitted by Oglesbee
Slater resident Oglesbee was in the United States Air Force. She achieved the rank of E-6/Technical Sergeant. She was an Inventory Management Craftsman. She was deployed to Al Kharj, Daharan AB, Saudi Arabia.
Harold Parsons
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Parsons, a Marshall native, was in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Jon Parsons
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Marshall native Parsons was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army.
James Preston Payne Photo and information submitted by Dan Payne
Payne, a Gilliam native, served in World War I, 356 Inf. 89th Division of the United States Army.
Charles Marion Payne Information submitted by Dan Payne
Payne, a Marshall native, was a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was 18 years old.
Daniel Franklin Payne Information submitted by Dan Payne
Marshall native Payne enlisted in the United States Army Reserves. He served from 17 to 29 years of age. He served during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. Payne played Taps at military funerals during his service time.
Ernest Payne
Photo and information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Sweet Springs native Payne served in the Army during World War I.
Charles Hamner Payne
Henry Frank Payne
Gilliam native Payne served as a private in World War I. He was drafted July 16, 1918. He is pictured at age 31. During part of his service he was a security guard at a prison camp in France. His sons, Charles, Daniel and Ronald, also served in the Armed Forces.
Sweet Springs native Payne was in the Army during World War II. He was a Tec 5 3577 QM Truck Co. He fought in Africa and Italy under General Patton. He drove a GMC gas truck to the front lines. Once at night, he could not turn on the lights because they would be bombed. Another time, he drove 20 miles in mud in dual low.
Photo and information submitted by Dan Payne
Photo and information submitted by Lois Schroeder
James Preston Payne Jr. Photo and information submitted by Dan Payne
Gilliam native Payne was a pilot in the Naval Air Corps during World War II.
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Ronald Dale Payne
Photo and information submitted by Betty Payne
Payne, a Marshall native, joined the U.S. Air Force in August 1954 and retired in April 1976. He served during the Vietnam War. He served in San Antonio, Texas; McClellan AFB, Calif.; North Africa; Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kan.; High Wycombe, England; SHAPE Paris, France; Lincoln AFB, Neb.; Cigli AFB, Turkey; Travis AFB, Calif.; Tan Son Nhut, Vietnam and Altus AFB, Okla. From 1972-1976, he was an AF Advisor to the Peoria, Ill., Air National Guard.
Charles Coleman Perkins
Photos and information submitted by Kim Bell
Perkins, a Marshall native, served over 21 years in the United States Army, including during the Vietnam War. He retired in 1970. Perkins was part of this motor pool in Vietnam.
Charles Michael Perkins
Photos and information submitted by Kim Bell
Wayne Perry
Perkins, from Marshall, served in the U.S. Navy. He enlisted at 17 and was bused on a Greyhound from Sedalia, Mo., to St. Louis, Mo. He then departed on a train to Great Lakes, Ill., for boot camp. From then he was dry docked for a month in Boston, Mass., before sailing to Newport, R.I., where he was stationed. His tour included Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Hamburg, Germany and Amsterdam, Netherlands on the USS Davis Diesel Destroyer. The white uniform is summer and the navy blue is worn in the winter.
Herbert G. Piper
Photo and information submitted by Clarence Lawrence
Marshall native Piper was in the U.S. Air Force from 1957-1961.
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Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Marshall native Perry was a 1st Sergeant in the United States Army.
Homer Pointer
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pointer, a Marshall native, was in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
William T. Price
James L. Proctor
Photo and information submitted by Joseph Price
Photo and information submitted by Proctor
Former Marshall resident Price served in the Marines from March 1969 until March 1975. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant Corporal.
Marshall resident Proctor was a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He is shown at 20 years old.
John Purdy
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
John Patrick Rafferty
Photo and information submitted by Hazel Rafferty
Purdy, a Blackburn native, was in the Army during the Vietnam era. This photo was taken in 1966.
Dr. Joel Richardson
Photo and information submitted by Ann Payne and Dorothy Caton
Richardson was in the Army during the Civil War. He was appointed surgeon of the 9th Maine Regiment. He came to Missouri by steamboat to Arrow Rock in 1870. He is the great grandfather of Helen Richardson (World War II veteran).
Rafferty, a Marshall native, was in the U.S. Navy from 19601964. He was 21-24 years old at the time.
Helen Heath Richardson
Photo and information submitted by Ann Payne
Richardson taught school in Nelson before joining the Women's Army Corps during World War II. She was a Private. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 65
Wilbert W. Rieks
Nathan Kane Roder
Malta Bend native Rieks was a Corporal/Tech 5 in the Army during World War II, October 1942- October 1945. He served in central Eurpoe, Rhineland, Southern France, Rome-Arno, Naples-Foggis, Sicilian, Tunisian Campaigns. His job was truck driver in the 3rd infantry- 9th, 10th, 15th Artillery & Headquarters. He hauled rations and water, delivering rations at the Battle of the Bulge and Anzio.
Slater native Roder was in the Missouri National Guard and saw active duty during Operation Enduring Freedom. He is shown at 28 years old.
Photo and information submitted by Margaret Wien
Durwood Rogers
Photo and information submitted by Donna Moore
Rogers, a Marshall native, was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps.
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Photo and information submitted by Gayle Roder
Bobby S. Rogers Photo and information submitted by Rogers
Marshall resident Rogers served as a Sergeant in the Army for 23 years. He was active during the Vietnam Era.
Walter ‘Wade’ Rogers
Photo and information submitted by Donna Moore
Rogers, a Marshall native, was a Seaman, Second Class in the U.S. Navy.
Henry Irvin Sailor
Photo and information submitted by Wanda Sailor
Malta Bend native Sailor was in the Army during World War I. He served at the Battle of the Argonne Forest. Shown in picture at 17 years old. He owned Sailor’s Store in Malta Bend for many years.
Harvey Schelp
Jack W. Sandwith
Photo and information submitted by Abbey Milligan
Photo and information submitted by Sandwith
Schelp was from the Emma, Sweet Springs, and Blackburn area. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was instrumental in the start of the American Legion Post 478 in Blackburn, where he was a charter member.
Slater resident Sandwith was in the Army during World War II. He entered the service at age 15. He was part of Company A 149th Combat Engineers, fighting during D-Day.
Darold Schroeder Information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Harlan Schroeder
Information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Schroeder was from the Sweet Springs area. He enlisted in the Air Force when he was 17. He joined “to see the world,” but spent his entire time in Madison, Wis. He was deployed to Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Schroeder was from Sweet Springs. He was in the Air Force, stationed in Las Vegas, Nev. His last year was spent in Thailand.
Ronald Clayton Scott Photo and information submitted by Del Scott
Scott was from the Marshall Junction area. He enlisted Nov. 28, 1942. He was inducted into the Army at Fort Leavenworth; had Basic Training in Sheridan, Calif. He traveled to Algeria, Casablanca, Italy and the Alps. He was discharged in September 1945, joining the Army National Guard. In 1950, he was called back into service and discharged in 1952, stationed in the United States during this time.
Emmitt Self
Photo and information submitted by Mildred Gilliam
Kent Schroeder
Information submitted by Lois Schroeder
Schroeder, a Sweet Springs resident, served in Germany as a medic during the Vietnam War. Service dates: March 10, 1972 to Dec. 9, 1973. Self was a Miami resident. He served in the Army during the Spanish-American War. He was part of a two-year campaign against the Moros in the Philippine Islands. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 67
John Richard Sherman
Ken Sims
Sherman, a Slater native, was in the Vietnam War, serving from Sept. 17, 1963 to July 5, 1967. He was an EN3 in the U.S. Navy. He is pictured at the age of 21.
Blackburn resident Sims has served in the United States Army. He was active during the war in Afghanistan.
Photo and information submitted by Kimberly Griffith
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Raymond Sims
Photo and information submitted by Raymond and Irene Sims
Sims, long time Marshall resident, was a Corporal in the Korean Conflict. "May 29, 1950, I turned 18 and signed a paper signifying I had reached this age — now eligible to be drafted into the service of our country. This did not thrill me greatly. America was at war with Korea. I was working on the farm for my dad and often for others who were in need of farm help. One of my main employers was John Viets of the Sweet Springs area. I was very independent, and the thought of giving up my freedom did not thrill me too much. However, when the official letter came inviting me to go to Kansas City for a physical, I, of course, willingly complied. Of course, I passed with flying colors and soon received a letter to report for duty with the U.S. Army. In other words, I was drafted. Camp Polk in Louisiana became my home for the next year as I entered into my basic training. It was very difficult, but as a farm-raised boy, I was able to sustain it. I was part of the motor pool and became the secretary through my time in the service. The motor pool consisted of putting Army vehicles together. As secretary, I kept records and served as parts man. Having good friends like my employer John Viets; he, his
wife and daughter came on holidays and weekends to visit with me at Camp Polk. It was a great joy to be with home folks and learn about home. What great friends they were and how much they meant to me! The big event happened when the sergeant, who was a bit imbibed, bawled me out unmercilessly — for what, I did not know. A paper was circulating to volunteer for service in Europe. I signed up. The transfer was completed and I was to go to New York to board the ship, which would carry about 400 across the Atlantic Ocean to Germany. What an experience! Many of us were hanging our heads over the edge of the deck as the ship rocked sometimes in a turbulent sea. A friend, Speck Langewisch, his wife and Betty Viets transported me to New York. As I remember, it took about a week for us to travel across the ocean on the crew ship. It was a very new feeling to be on a ship where all you could see was water. The most water I had boated on was the Blackwater River; quite a change. Although the trip was scary and stomach churning, it was also thrilling and exciting, an experience never to be forgotten. We were in Germany about a year. We lived in motel-like rooms — two to a room. Our motor pool continued to work
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about the same. It was a bit awkward to be in a country where people spoke a different language, but some of the Germans spoke a broken English, and we were able to piece up enough German to get by. Of course, many German wares
were for sale. I bought a German cuckoo clock. While at Camp Polk, I had earned my PFC rank, and while in Germany, I earned my Corporal rank. My time in the service ran out before I could get a Sergeant rank. My time in the service was 1952-1954, and since the war began June 23, 1950, and ended July 27, 1953, our group was not involved in actual combat. On leave, we were able to visit great places of interest. Of course, Paris, France, was a sight to behold, and the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, two famous structures, were joys to visit. I went to the top of
each of these structures. The country I enjoyed visiting most was Holland (now Netherlands). The windmills were a sight to behold. The people were so friendly and clean; I loved seeing them scrub their sidewalks! The trip back over the ocean seemed less turbulent and passed quickly. While I enjoyed my service, I realized how lucky I was not to be sent to Korea for combat. We all thought of those of our forces who were involved in the fighting. We respected and thought of them, and hoped for their safe return. I realized how lucky I was to have gotten in the latter part of the war and to be able to profit from my two years as a part of the U.S. Army, but I was happy to complete my duties and once again to return to my regular life. I returned to my farm work at the Viets. Then in 1958, I married a school marm and have enjoyed 60 years of another adventure. For almost 50 years, we have lived on our little 20 acres on Wildcat Road with nice neighbors and close to Marshall. Our two children attended the Marshall schools and were happy in FFA and 4-H. Years have passed quickly, but I treasure my memories and my adventures with the U.S. Army, and am happy to be a veteran.
Roy R. Sims
Photos and information submitted by Wendy Sims
Sims, a Marshall native, was a Master Gunnery Sergeant in the Marine Corps. Military Education: Recruit Training, Marine Combat Training, Basic Electronics Course, Field Comsec Equipment Limited Repair Course, Field Comsec Equipment Full Maintenance Course, NCO Non Resident Program, Sergeant’s Resident Course, Technical Control Course, Staff Non Commissioned Officer Advanced Academy, War fighting Skills Program, 1STSGT MSgt Seminar. Military Service: Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Okinawa, Japan (1991). 9th Communications Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif. (1992). MWCS 18 Okinawa, Japan (1998). 9th Communications Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif. (2000). 8th Communications Battalion, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (2003). Marine Wing Communications Squadron 28, Cherry Point, N.C. (2006). 9th Communications Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif. (2007). IMEF G-6 Camp Pendleton, Calif. (2009-2012).
Thomas Gene Skinner Photo and information
submitted by Dorothy Caton
Skinner is from the Nelson area. He is presently serving in the Army as a Sergeant First Class. He served during the war in Iraq. He enlisted in 1997 at 18 years old and is looking to retire in September 2019.
Charles David Sitzes Photo and information submitted by Sitzes
Marshall resident Sitzes was in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He served from Sept. 29, 1965, to Sept. 27, 1968. He is 18 years old in the picture and enlisted at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Charles Nathan Sitzes Photo and information submitted by Sitzes
Marshall native Sitzes was a Gunner in the Army during World War II. Service dates: Dec. 23, 1942, to Dec. 6, 1945. He is 22 years old in the picture and was enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Virgil Estes Sitzes Photo and information submitted by Sitzes
Sitzes, a Marshall native, served in the U.S. Army as a Gunner, during World War II, Oct. 29, 1942, through Oct. 20, 1945. Pictures shows him at 23 years old, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
William Arley Skinner Photo and information
submitted by Dorothy Caton
Skinner is from the Nelson area. He served in the Army as a Sergeant E-5 during the war in Iraq. He was 21 when he enlisted and served from 1998 to 2006.
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Bonnie Sue Smith
Photo and information submitted by Smith
Smith is a Slater native. She was part of the Army Women’s Army Corps. “Women made a lot of strides since the time my sister served in the Marine Corps. At least my pay was based on rank only, not gender. Basic training has gone co-ed and is not just limited to Fort McClellan, Ala. The pregnancy clause has been taken out of the enlistment contract. More career fields were opening up to women. But a lot of ground is yet to be covered. My experiences in the Army are best summarized as a reflection of the times. My period of service brings to mind such things as the constant struggle to fight against an antiquated stereotype of being less than a lady because I wore a military uniform. I recall a newspaper article my mother mailed to me while i was in basic training, reflecting the recently discontinued practice of allowing the Air Force regional representative the authority to review and reject female applicants based on untouched photos. I think of the box of plastic toy weapons, that we spent a half day discussing, instead of being allowed to go on the week-long field duty scheduled for trainees when it rained. I recall the racial riots at McClellan that put two women from my unit into the hospital and the security measures enforced for weeks afterward. Thank God we had gas masks at our fingertips and had just learned to use them.”
Jerry W. Smith
Malcolm W. Smith
Photo and information submitted by Karla Smith
Photo and information submitted by Smith
Marshall native Smith is shown at the age of 46 in this picture. He served as a Sergeant Forst Class in the Army during Desert Shield/Desert Storm with 1st Infantry Division. He served over 20 years.
Ralph Leon Smith
Smith, a Slater native, is in the Army National Guard. He is shown here at 27 years old. He was deployed to Catar from 2011-2012.
Shane M. Smith
Photo and information submitted by Karla Smith
Photo and information submitted by Debby Hinnah
Slater native Smith was in the Navy from 1942-1945. He was a Gunner's Mate, Second Class, V6. He is shown at 24 years old.
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Smith, a Slater native, is presently in the Army National Guard, since 1991. He was deployed from 2012-2013 to Kuwait.
Harold Solomon
Photo and information submitted by Joyce Solomon
Marshall native Solomon served in the United States Navy and had the military rank of Lieutenant JG. He was in the Navy V-12 program 1944-1946 at Missouri Valley College and University of Notre Dame. He was called back 19521954 during the Korean War.
Lawrence Solomon Photo and information submitted by Solomon
Marshall native Solomon served in the Army Ordinance E-4 during the Vietnam War. He was in Germany from 1965-1966.
Lloyd R. Solomon
Photo and information submitted by Phil LaGore
Solomon, a Marshall native, was a cook in the United States Army. He served from June 1, 1955-May 31, 1957. He is shown at age 28.
Paul Raymond Solomon
Photo and information submitted by Lorene Solomon
Marshall resident Solomon was in the United States Army during World War I.
William Forrest Spencer
Photo and information submitted by Carole Schaefer
Spencer was a Marshall native. During World War I, he served as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Force. During World War II, he served as a pilot for Senator Harry Truman’s Investigation Committee and was promoted to Major. Later, Spencer was pilot for Under Secretary of War, promoted to Colonel U.S. Military Government in German. He flew supplies to Germany. He participated in the Berlin Blockade. He was one of the early mail carriers, like Lucky Lindy. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 71
John Sprigg
Richard William Sprigg
Photo and information submitted by Virginia Sprigg
Sprigg, a Marshall native, served in the Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. “Juicy was playing for the Green Bay Packers when he received his draft notice letter telling him to report to Kansas City. Coach Gene Ronzani purchased his bus ticket to Kansas City, where he joined the United States Marine Corps. He was sent to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Calif. As a result of a letter from Coach Ronzani to his Officer in Charge, a captain came down to the training area and he was taken out of boot camp training and moved to Special Services. While playing football for the Marines, Juicy suffered a derangement of the left knee and had major surgery. This meant he would never be able to return to Green Bay to play football. He spent two months at Balboa Hospital in San Diego. After a great deal of therapy, he was assigned to teach swimming at the Camp Pendleton Training Facility. He saved the lives of many Marines in training when they were instructed to jump in deep water wearing heavy gear. In the news just recently, there was a Marine who drowned doing this very thing as
Darrell Wayne Stark
Photo and information submitted by Wayne Stark
Stark, a Marshall native, was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. He was on active duty during Desert Storm.
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Photo and information submitted by Virginia Sprigg
Sprigg, a Marshall native, was stationed with the 101st Paratroopers of the U.S. Army in England during World War II. He was injured by a land mine, had a steel plate in his head which affected him for the rest of his life.
those in charge did not recognize he was in trouble. Juicy refereed football and basketball and was sent to the Aleutian Islands. The Navy flew him all over to referee their games. Although he never was sent to Korea, the Marine Corps Special Services kept him busy with entertainment for the troops. He also had a desk job that consisted of typing up orders and was thankful he had taken typing classes at Marshall High School.”
James Stanfield
Photo and information submitted by Stanfield
Lacy Wilson Stark
Photo and information submitted by Abbey Milligan
Stark, a Marshall native, was in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He is shown at 21 years old.
Slater resident Stanfield served in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam. He was aboard the USS Donner at Norfolk, Va. He served four years, six months and 23 days.
William ‘Bill’ Stephenson
Zachary Stark
Photo and information submitted by Kathy Stark
Stark, a Marshall native, shown at 25 years old, was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Presently, he is serving in the Reserves.
William E. Stockman
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Stephenson, a Marshall native, was a Corporal in the Army during World War II.
Tylor Strickland
Photos and information submitted by Carol Dial
Photo and information submitted by Leslie Brooks
Stockman, a Malta Bend native, is shown at 23 years old. He was a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Air Force during World War II. He received the following medals: Distinguished Flying Cross, The Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three Bronze Battle Stars.
Oden Sullivan
Photo and information submitted by Sullivan
Marshall resident Sullivan served as a Seaman First Class in the Navy during World War II, aboard the USS Clinton 144. He is shown here at 17.
Strickland, a Blackburn native, served in the United States Navy.
R.S. Sullivan
Photo and information submitted by Sidney Sullivan
Sullivan, a Miami native, was a Naval Captain during the Korean War. He served from 1943-1970. Medals and awards include: U.S. Navy Legion of Merit, Korean Service, Asiatic Pacific Campaign, Liberation of the Philippines, National Defense Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, President's Council on Youth Opportunity, U.S. Navy Award of Esteem. Poem by Sullivan, published circa 1953 in the Kansas City Star “To be Quite Blunt (Perhaps unkind), One finds the front At home behind.” SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 73
Matthew Tennill
Daniel Thomason
Photo and information submitted by Teresa Thomason
Photo and information
submitted by Kim Tennill
Thomason, a Slater native, was 18 upon entering the U.S. Army. He saw active duty during Operation Enduring Freedom.
Tennill, a Marshall resident, served in the Army from 2002-2013. He has been deployed 13 times, including to Iraq and Afganistan.
John Adam Theiss
Derrick Thomason
Photo and information submitted by Jeanie Herrmann Ebers
Photo and information submitted by Teresa Thomason
Theiss lived in the New Frankfort, Mo., area. He was born in Germany in 1827. He came to America in 1855. He served in the Civil War in the Union Army as a Sergeant in Co E, MO 9th Cavalry Regiment from 1862-1865. He is shown in his late 30s.
James L. Thompson
Photo and information submitted by Mark Thompson
Marshall resident Thompson was in the Army from 1945-1946 and in the Air Force from 1947-1969. He served undercover as a member of the U.S. Navy Band for intelligent operations. He served from World War II through the Korean War to Vietnam. During the occupation of Japan, he served as Cryptography Officer for General MacArthur. He received the Congressional Gold Medal of OSS Service (OSS was precursor to CIA); Bronze Star; and First Graduating Class of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He was an Intelligence Officer and Targeting Officer. PAGE 74 — SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018
Slater native Thomason was 19 when he entered the United States Army. He was active during Operation Enduring Freedom.
Michael Tichenor
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Tichenor, a Marshall area native, served in the U.S. Army from 1984-1987 as an SPC.
Robert Elwood Thomas
Information submitted by Dorothy Caton
Nelson native Thomas was a Master Sergeant in the Air Force. He was 21 upon entering and earned seven Bronze Stars.
Travis Topel
Photo and information submitted by Carol Dial
Blackburn native Topel was in the United States Air Force.
Arvel N. Townsend
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Townsend, a Hardeman area native, was a Corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Terry Townsend
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Townsend, a Marshall resident, served as an E-5 in the Missouri National Guard.
Jose G. Valenzuela
Photo and information submitted by friends of Valenzuela
Valenzuela, a Marshall resident, is active in the U.S. Army National Guard.
Aubrey M. Venable
Photo and information submitted by Robyn Venable
Venable, a Slater native, was in the Air Force from May 2001 to December 2012 and is presently serving in the Air Force Reserve. He was an Lieutenant Colonel F-16 pilot. SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018 — PAGE 75
Wayne Arthur Waddle
Photo and information submitted by Tabatha D. Boehmer
Waddle, a Slater native, was in the Navy during World War II. He enlisted at 18 years old.
Jerry Venable
Photo and information submitted by Venable
Venable, a Slater resident, was an E-4 in the Army during the Korean War. He is shown at 21 years old.
Harry Venable
Photo and information submitted by Robyn Venable
Slater native Venable is shown here at age 25. He was a member of the Army.
B.J. Verts
Photo and information submitted by Ann Payne
Virgil V. Verts Larry, Ralph and Loyd Walker Photo and information submitted by Katherine Martin
All Slater natives, these three are of five brothers who served in the Air Force simultaneously during Vietnam. Larry served from 1965-1969. Ralph from 1952-1975 and Loyd from 1960-1982.
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Verts, a Nelson native, was in the Navy during World War II. He is shown at age 18. He joined in June 1945. He served as Pharmacist’s Mate Second in the South Pacific and was discharged in June 1948.
Photo and information submitted by Genie Verts.
Nelson native Verts was a Staff Sergeant in the Army during World War II. He is shown at age 29. He served in the Pacific from 1943-1945. Battles in New Guinea, Southern Philippines and Luzon. He was wounded and received the Purple Heart and three Bronze Stars.
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Harold Waller
Jerry Walter
Photo and information submitted by Pam Riggs and Wanda Smith
Photo and information submitted by Randy Shannon, Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Waller was a Nelson resident. He was a Specialist First Class in the Army during the Vietnam War. He was killed in action on May 19, 1971. He was also awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge and Expert Marksmanship Badge.
Steve A. Washington
Photo and information submitted by Washington
Marshall native Washington was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam Era. This photo was taken at “Court House Bay when Washington was 21 years old.
Walter, a Marshall native, was in the U.S. Navy, He was an Aviation Machinist Mate, 3rd Class and served from 1959-1961.
George Franklin Weislocher Photo and information submitted by Jan Backes
Marshall native Weislocher was in the U.S. Army during World War I. He is shown at 25 years old. He achieved the rank of Private 1st Class.
James Leslie Williams Jr.
Photo and information submitted by Sandra D. Napier
Williams, a Marshall resident, enlisted in the Marine Corps at 20 years old. "I served the U.S. of A. with no complaints."
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Harold O. Weislocher
Photo and information submitted by Jan Backes
Marshall native Weislocher was in the United States Navy during World War II. He was a Radarman Second Class. He received the following medals: Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign with three stars, American Area Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.
Michael Shane Williams Photo and information submitted by Sandra D. Napier
Williams, a Marshall native, was a Staff Sergeant in the Army. He is shown at 23 years old. Today, he is doing what he "always wanted to do, driving 18 wheelers. I never complained about my duty to serve the U.S.A."
Stephen S. Williams
David Windmeyer
Marshall native Williams was a Sergeant in the United States Army. He served from Nov. 14, 1966, to Oct. 28, 1968.
Windmeyer, a Grand Pass area native, joined the Army in December 1942. He served during World War II as a Medical Technician 5 with the 727th Amphibious Tractor Battalion in the South Pacific. His awards include the Army Good Conduct Medal, Bronze Arrowhead, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star. He is shown around 20 years old.
Photo and information submitted by Lola Williams
Keith Windmeyer Photo and information submitted by Christy Windmeyer
Grand Pass area native Windmeyer is shown at 42 years old. He served in the Air Force from 1974-1999 as a Loadmaster on C-141 transport planes out of MChord AFB, Wash., flying missions primarily in the Pacific and Asia. His missions included Operations: Just Cause in Panama, Deep Freeze to the South Pole, Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Desert Calm in the Middle East, and Upload Democracy in Haiti. He retired after 25 years of honorable service attaining the rank of Master Sergeant. His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal with two Leaves, Aerial Achievement Medal with one Leaf, Air Force Commendation Medal with four Leaves, Achievement Medal with three Leaves, Combat Readiness Medal with six Leaves, Air Force Good Conduct Medal with seven Leaves, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with three Leaves, Humanitarian Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabian Govt), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait), and ribbons.
Photo and information submitted by Christy Windmeyer
Loren Windmeyer
Nora Windmeyer
Photo and information submitted by Windmeyer
Windmeyer, a Grand Pass area resident, served in the Army as a 1st Lieutenant. Service dates: August 8, 1971, to April 8, 1973. Shown at 24 years old.
Photo and information submitted by Nora Windmeyer
Grand Pass area resident Windmeyer served in the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant. He served from July 7, 1972, to July 6, 1974. He is shown at 24 years old.
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Donald E. Winning
Photo and information submitted by William Winning
Marshall native Winning served in the Army during World War II. He was a Technician fifth Grade, D Troop, 90th Calvary Reconnaissance Squadron. Winning drove an armored Reconnaissance car with 10th armored division in the ETO 15 months. He maneuvered the vehicle in combat so as to bring maximum amount of fire power against the enemy and have the least amount of exposure of main body as possible. He went ahead of the troop to determine the best route to travel. He was awarded three Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal and Presidential Citation awarded to units of the Uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy.
Doyle K. Wiskur Photo and information submitted by Wiskur
Wiskur, Hughesville resident, is shown at 20 years old. He served in the Army during the Vietnam Era, as a Spec 4. He operated teletype communications. He was stationed in the Mekong Delta at Tra Vinh City, then moved over to Can Tho also in the Delta.
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Maurice D. Wood
Photos and information submitted by Jessica McNeil, William Wood and Kathy Maher
Slater native Wood was in the Army during World War II. Campaigns included: Aluetian Islands, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central European African Middle Easter Theater, earning three Bronze Stars. At the time of discharge, he was an Officer. Wood is on the far right in the group photo.
Richard Lee Wyrick
Photo and information submitted by Joan P. Wyrick
Marshall native Wyrick was in the Navy during the Korean War. He served a total of four years, and entered at 20 years old.
Charles E., Robert M. and James F. Young Photo and information submitted by Linda Burkhardt
James M. Young
Information submitted by Linda Burkhardt
Grand Pass area native 19-year-old Young, served in the Air Force during Vietnam. He achieved the rank of Sergeant.
Roy Eugene (Jess) Young
Photo and information submitted by Margaret Ann Young
Marshall natives, the Youngs, all served during World War II. Charles was a Marine while Robert and James were in the Army Air Corps.
Jim Younger
Photo and information submitted by Pam Waterman
Nelson native Younger was in the Army during World War II. He served from March 1943 to July 1947. He was a member of the 20th Armored Division, 9th Tank Battalion, Company A. He is shown at 21 years old.
Maurice Zank
Slater resident Young was a Sergeant in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He is shown at age 20.
Photo and information submitted by Jenny Ridenour
Zank, an 18-year-old Marshall native, was in the Navy during World War II. He was aboard the USS Valley Forge as a Seaman. He served as a communication telegrapher, 4th class. He was stationed at Eau Claire, Wis.
Dennis Zimmerschied
Photo and information submitted by Ruby Zimmerschied
Sweet Springs native Zimmerschied was an Sp5 in the Army during Vietnam. He was 21 in this picture. He was in the 35th Combat Engineers as a Field Medic.
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Veterans Day
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning
in 1938. Unlike Memorial Day, Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans—living or dead—but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime.
What is Veterans Day?
Veterans Day occurs on Nov. 11 every year in the United States. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower officially changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. In 1968, the Uniform Holidays Bill was passed by Congress, which moved the
celebration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. The law went into effect in 1971, but in 1975 President Gerald Ford returned Veterans Day to Nov. 11, due to the important historical significance of the date. Great Britain, France, Australia and Canada also commemorate the veterans of
World War I and World War II on or near Nov. 11: Canada has Remembrance Day, while Britain has Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday of November). In Europe, Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every Nov. 11.
Veterans today
The military men and women who serve and protect the U.S. come from all walks of life; they are parents, children, grandparents, friends, neighbors and coworkers, and are an important part of their communities. Here are some facts about the veteran population of the United States: •16.1 million living veterans served during at least one war. •5.2 million veterans served in peacetime. •2 million veterans are women. •7 million veterans served during the Vietnam War. •5.5 million veterans served during the Persian Gulf War. •Of the 16 million Americans who served durPAGE 82 — SALINE COUNTY VETERANS 2018
ing World War II, about 558,000 are still alive. •2 million veterans served during the Korean War. •As of 2014, 2.9 million veterans received compensation for service-connected disabilities. •As of 2014, three states have more than 1 million veterans among their population: California (1.8 million), Florida (1.6 million) and Texas (1.7 million). •The VA health care system had 54 hospitals in 1930, since then it has expanded to include 171 medical centers; more than 350 outpatient, community, and outreach clinics; 126 nursing home care units; and 35 live-in care facilities for injured or disabled vets.
Facts from history.com
WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THESE SPECIAL MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE SERVED, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
Thank You PICTURED AT AGE 29
SGT. FLOYD G. BAILEY WWII, STATIONED: ALEUTIAN ISLAND HOMETOWN: MARSHALL, MO
PICTURED AT AGE 20
SPEC. CPL. GLEASON L. BAILEY VIETNAM 1966-1968 HOMETOWN: MARSHALL, MO
WILLIAM G. HINKLE WWII ENLISTED AT AGE 19 MEDIC HOMETOWN: FREDERICK, MO
PHOTO TAKEN 1955
E5 PHILIP J. RYAN KOREA 1952-1956 HOMETOWN: CRESLINE, CA
PICTURED AT AGE 17
SGT. AARON L. BROADDUS GULF WAR HOMETOWN: WEBB CITY, MO
PICTURED AT AGE 20
PVT. JOE BOB KING VIETNAM 1969-1971 HOMETOWN: MARSHALL, MO
PICTURED AT AGE 18
CPT. TIMOTHY J. RYAN DESERT STORM 1988-1998
PICTURED AT AGE 18
CPL. CARL R. CRAWFORD 1978-1981 HOMETOWN: MARSHALL, MO
PICTURED AT AGE 19
PVT. ROBERT F. KING WWII ENLISTED AT AGE 17 SERVED IN OKINAWA
PICTURED IN 2001
MICHELLE (KILBOURN) SCHLICHTING ACTIVE DURING 9/11 SERVED 2 YEARS LAB TECH
PICTURED AT 20 YEARS OLD
SPEC. E5 BILL TUCKER VIETNAM 1966-1969 HOMETOWN: MARSHALL, MO
PFC. CARL R. CRAWFORD WWII 555 AAA BATTALION HOMETOWN: MARSHALL, MO
PICTURED AT AGE 18
TRACY H. LEE 1975-1979 HOMETOWN: MILWAUKEE, WI
CHARLES N. UHRIG WWII VETERAN 1942-1945 KENNEL/CAVALRY CORP TECH-SERGEANT HOMETOWN: MARSHALL, MO
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Let’s Put Our Hands Together for Our Veterans For their service and their sacrifice, we salute America’s brave veterans. Thank you for your dedication to this great country. Your courage and conviction make us proud to be Americans.
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