2021 Veterans Day Salute

2021

Veterans Day Salute We Thank You For Your Service

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Veterans Day 2021

SGT

Coxwain

Jack Adamczak

Darwin E.Anderson

Germany • Korea

WWII

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy Amphibious Forces

Roger A. Betts U.S. Coast Guard

Len L. Bialik U.S. Air Force

Brandon Bohannon U.S. Air Force

Turret Captain

Stanley Brandis U.S. Navy

Korea

WWII

John George “Geo” Babion Vietnam

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Michael D. Bjorkquist U.S. Army

Ray Bohannon Vietnam

Staff Sergeant

Taylor Bohannon U.S. Navy

Scott Buckner U.S. Air Force

SSGT

Jerome Chick

Reginald Asplet

James B. Coleman

U.S. Army

God Bless Our Veterans!

Technical SGT

Norman Barth U.S. Air Force

Michael Bohannon Afghanistan Middle East

U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force

SGT

S/SGT

Craig S. Bond U.S. Army National Guard

Nathan Bond U.S. Marine Corps

Melvin Borocki U.S. Army

Chief Warrant Officer 2

1SGT

Rudy R. Bureau

SPEC 4 3/16 Artillary Americal Division

Guy M. Bullis U.S. Army (Ret.)

U.S. Army (Ret.)

Tom Culbert

2nd Lt.

WWII

U.S. Air Force

WWII • Korea Vietnam

John M. Curtin U.S. Army

We salute our area veterans!

Donald B. Caro Vitenam

Commander, Helicopter Pilot

Roger Dewey

Deployed aboard USS Intrepid, USS Saratoga, USS John F. Kennedy, USS Guadalcanal

U.S. Navy (Ret.)

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MSGT

John (Holger) Didorek U.S. Army

Martin (Zonie) Fredericksen WWII

U.S. Army

Jeff Gilroy U.S. Marine Corps

45th Infantry Division

Petty Officer 2 Class nd

Melissa Drake U.S. Navy

CPL, Headquarters Company 45th Division, 245th Tank Battalion

Chester Gauthier Jr. Korea

U.S. Army

MGYSGT-E9

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Dan Giddis U.S. Army

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U.S. Navy

Korea

Spec. 5

Korea

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Vietnam

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Spec. 5

Kenneth Hughes Vietnam

U.S. Army

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U.S. Army

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Robert W. Gillett

U.S. Army

U.S. Armored Division

E-9 Chief Master SGT

Lance Corporal

WWII - Pacific Theatre

Jerome J. Jacobs Vietnam

WWII, Deployed to England

Roger G. Haase

Ed Haik

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps

Served Many Places

Vietnam

Pharmacists Mate

PFC E3

David P. Herbert U.S. Army

PFC

Marce H. Keillor Army Air Corp

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U.S. Navy

Squad Leader - Tank Mechanic & Recovery

Heather C. Kennedy S. Korea • Iraq • Afghanistan

U.S. Army

May we never forget those who served, and those who are currently serving to preserve our freedom.

Thank You Veterans!

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Eugene Kolanowski Korean War

U.S. Army

TSGT, Technical Mess SGT, 752nd Railway Operations Battalion

David J. Kruse

SPC 4

Daniel L. Korzeniewski Vietnam

U.S. Army

3rd Class Torpedo

SSGT • Aerospace Maintenance Instructor

Thomas A. Korzeniewski Currently Serving at Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque NM

U.S. Army

Spec. 4

William Kruse

SP 5

Leonard E. Krause Jr. Germany

U.S. Army

Private First Class Gloria J. Krivitzky-Bullis

Women’s Army Corp

Master Sergeant

Sergeant First Class

Sinai Peninsula Afghanistan • Iraq

Stationed in Goose Bay, Labrador

Jason Kubanek

Tom Kubanek

WWII

U.S. Army

Frank E. Kruse Jr. U.S. NAvy

PFC

Lt. Col.

Tony Labacz

John S. Lewis U.S. Army Aviation

Keith W. Lindeman U.S. Navy

William H. Lindeman U.S. Navy

Wayne Linke U.S. Navy

E-5

Sergeant

David W. Lonn

Barry L. Luedke

SERE Instructor

SSG, MOS 98G

WWI

U.S. Army

Yeoman 2nd Class

Arnold Linke U.S. Navy

SMSGT

Paul Maksym U.S. Air Force

Vietnam

U.S. Army

MSGT

Debra Maksym U.S. Air Force

Vietnam

U.S. Army

Germany • Vietnam

U.S. Army

WO-5

Gregory A. Manke Korea • Operation Enduring Freedom (Iraq)

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

SH3

Yeoman 2nd Class

B. Tyler Luedke Persian Gulf

U.S. Navy

Master Sergeant

Charles M. Marsh U.S. Air Force

Carmen R. Lysaker U.S. Army

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U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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Captain

Korean War

Vietnam

WWII

Travis T. Muszynski

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U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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SP4

Sergeant E-5

Corporal

U.S. Navy

Ian Nelson U.S. Army

Tyge Nelson Jr. U.S. Army

Carl J. Nowak U.S. Army

SP4

SGT

Hugh J. O’Hagan

Joseph O’Hagan

Michael Oleniczak U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy & Coast Guard

SP4

Jack Nelson U.S. Army

Vietnam

Iraq

U.S. Army

SW-2

Harlan R. Nelson USS Little Rock CLG-4

Germany

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U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

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U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Vietnam

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PFC

SPC E-4

Luke L. Plamondon

Jeffery A. Plamondon

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

ADJ Aviation Jet Mechanic

E4

WWII

James L. Ptak Sr. U.S. Navy

Command Master Chief

Wayne R. Robbins U.S. Navy

Germany

Gary L. Rank U.S. Army

SSGT

Pamela L. Robinson 3 Middle East Deployments

U.S. Air Force

Private First Class

Charles F. Preuss Sr. U.S. Army

SP/5 192nd Finance Section

Gary H. Rankin

Sergeant

Private First Class

Charles F. Preuss Jr.

Robert Preuss Jr.

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

Private First Class

Corporal E-4

Germany

U.S. Army

Grant S. Reed U.S. Army

Jode A. Robbins U.S. Marine Corps

Petty Officer Third Class

2nd Class Petty Officer

Edgar “Hondo” Robinson Sr.

Vietnam

Jeffrey S. Robinson Served abord USS Saipan in Persian Gulf. Operation Desert Storm

Edgar H. Robinson Jr. Served abord USS Nashville

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

6th Armored Infanty - T5

3rd Army Signal Corps Photographer - SP/4

BT2

Radioman

James Robke

Robert “Bud” E. Rogers U.S. Navy

Henry C. Rozmarek U.S. Army

Henry P. Rozmarek U.S. Army

Jack Rutherford

Dan Rutherford

Submarine Tender

Staff Sergeant

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy

Jim Rutherford U.S. Navy

Herbert Ryan U.S. Army

USS San Marcos LSD-25

U.S. Navy

Airman 2nd England

Submarine

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WWII

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U.S. Air Force

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U.S. Navy

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U.S. Army

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SPC E-4, 1st Infantry Division

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E2

SGT

Mary Schlaud

Paul Schlaud

Carl Schlueter U.S. Navy

Iraq War 2009-2010

Ellis J. Schindler U.S. Army

Aschaffenburg, Germany

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

PFC Infantry

PFC

SP4

CPL

Henry Schuelke

James R. Schuelke

Walter Schuelke Jr.

David A. Schuessler

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force

Colleen Sexton

SO3

25th Division, Chuchi Pleiku, 1st Battalion, 69th Armour

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U.S. Army

WWII

Sergeant

Justin Sedelmaier

Iraq (2008) • Afghanistan (2009-2010)

U.S. Marine Corps

Command Sergeant Major

Jerry Siebler U.S. Army & Army Reserve

Mark Skiera Naval Special Warfare Commands (Retired)

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U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Navy

Vietnam

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Sergeant

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CPL

Spec. 5

William F. Tetzlaff

Jack W. Thomas

Edward Thompson

Vietnam

U.S. Navy

Corporal CLB1

Reid Voohies Afghanistan

U.S. Marine Corps

Signalman

Thomas Welsh USS Ponchatula • Vietnam • Apollo 14 Recovery Team

U.S. Navy

Korea

U.S. Army

Robert (Gilbert) L. Wilson WWII

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

CPL

Corporal

Brandon M. Walsh U.S. Marine Corps

Ronald Wardwell Korea

U.S. Army

Mark Thompson Okenoma

U.S. Marine Corps

Private First Class

Prentiss Ware U.S. Army

SSGT

Spec. 5 E-5

Robert Wendt U.S. Army

LT, Pilot

Korea

Corporal

C. John Widgren Korean War

U.S. Air Force

Bill Wilkosz Korean War

2nd Class Petty Officer Missile Tech on Tartar Missle

Michael J. Tillotson

China Lake, California

U.S. Navy

E-3

Michael Welsh

Okinawa • Glenview AFB

U.S. Navy Reserve

Spec. 4

James H. Willard U.S. Army

SGT, 87th Infantry

Tec-5

Leonard Zatarga

John E. Zygaj

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

European Theater of Operation

WWII

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