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Riley Bare Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private Dates: 2016 to Present
Donald Baker Barrie Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Pharmacist’s Mate, 3rd Class Dates: 1943 to 1945
Robert E. Barinowski Jr. Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Dates: 1954 to 1974
Robert “Boe” Barinowski III Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Dylan Bauer Branch: US Marine Corps
Cecil Beach Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-4 Dates: 1966 to 1967
Eric Bechard Branch: United States Army
Joey Bechard Branch: US Marine Corps
Alfred Benfield Branch: U.S. Marine Corps Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1967 to 1973 Vietnam
Beryl Benfield Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant World War II
Paul Bentley Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1968 to 1969 Vietnam
Chris Bertolini Branch: U.S.M.C. Rank: Corporal Dates: 1977 to 1984 Korean Service
Ralph Biggs Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Tech-5, Tank Mech. Dates: March 11, 1942 to Dec. 6, 1945
Jackie Boone Branch: U.S.M.C. Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1966 to 1970
John Bowley Branch: United States Air Force
Joseph E. Bowman Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: SKCS
Edward Franklin Braswell Branch: U.S. Army Rank: E-4 Corporal/Specialist Dates: Vietnam War
Dewey “Cyclone” Brett Branch: United States Army
Buck Buchanan Branch: U.S. Army Rank: 1st LT Dates:1970 to 1973
Bernie E. Burleson Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class KIA: Dec. 21, 1944
Buster B. Burleson Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Radarman Third Class Dates: June 29, 1944 to June 2, 1946
Jerry Burleson Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: CWO3 RET Dates: Aug. 1983 to July 2009
Toney A. Calhoun Branch: U.S. Army Rank: E-5 Dates: 1965 to 1967
Sam Calvert Branch: United States Navy
Sam W. Calvert Branch: U.S. Navy Dates: Aug. 2004 to present Currently stationed aboard USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
James Dalton Carpenter Branch: U.S. Army, Air Defense Auxillary Dates: Present
Bernie Greene Buchanan Branch: U.S. Army Rank: PFC (T) 24 Dates:1952 to 1953
Vance Buchanan Jr. Branch: U.S. Army Air Corps Rank: Sergeant - Tenth Air Force Dates: 1942 to 1945 World War II, China-Burma-India Theatre
David Cable Branch: U.S. Army
Jess Richard Calhoun Branch: U.S. Navy Dates: 1956 to 1957
Aaron L. Carpenter Branch: U.S. Army Dates: World War II
Ned L. Carpenter Branch: U.S. Army
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Parnell W. Carpenter Branch: U.S. Army, 757th Tank Battery Rank: Private First Class Dates: 1944 to 1945
Robert W. Carpenter Branch: U.S. Army Rank: E-5 Dates: 1967 to 1969
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Roy Daniel Childress Branch: U.S. Army Rank: E-5 Dates: 1968 to 1970 Vietnam
William Christianson Branch: US Marine Corps
Elbert Ross Church Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Specialist 4 Dates: 1957 to 1959
Jesse Church Jr. Branch: U.S. Marines Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1968 to 1972
Brennan Clark Branch: US Marine Corps
Craig Clark Branch: United States Army
Curtiss Leonard Clark Branch: U.S. Army Aircraft Mechanic Dates: Jan. 5, 1954 to Dec. 21, 1956
Jeremiah Clark Branch: United States Army Active Duty
Troy Clark Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1969 to 1980 Vietnam
John Collier Branch: United States Army
Troy Lester Crawford Branch: U.S. Army Dates: March 1944 to September 1945
Charles Crumley Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sargent Dates: 1968-71 Vietnam
David Daniel Cuthbertson Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-4 Dates: 1969 to 1971
Danny Daniels Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Airman First Class Dates: 1963 to 1967
David Daniels Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Airman First Class Dates: 1966 to 1969
Kirk Daniels Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Corporal Dates: 1950 to 1952 Korea
Glenn R. Davis Branch: U.S. Army Rank: E-5 Dates: Dec. 1967 to Dec. 1970 Vietnam (1968-1969)
Bill Dean Branch: United States Army
Brook Dean Branch: US Army and National Guard Rank: SSgt. Dates: 1992 to 2019 Kosovo, Iraq, and Kuwait, 13B, 11B
Larry Dean Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-4 Dates: 1967 to 1969 Vietnam
Roger Dean Branch: U.S. Navy Korea
David Dicks Branch: United States Army
Albert P. Dickson Branch: Army Air Corps Rank: First Lieutenant (5th Squadron, 52nd Fighting Group) World War II
Jesse Downing Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1998 to 2007 Operation Iraqi Freedom
Rev. Stephen Duncan Branch: U.S. Army Operation Iraqi Freedom
Mitchell Durham Branch: U.S. Army Dates: 1991 to 1999, 2003 to 2005 Desert Storm, Iraq
Roan Ellis Branch: United States Navy, US Coast Guard
Lloyd Fields Branch: United States Navy
Kate Fitzpatrick Branch: United States Air Force
Dean Franklin Branch: United States Army
Gary L. Freeman Branch: U.S. Army (Air Defense) Dates: 1968 to 1972
William Hobe Freeman Branch: U.S. Army (Infantry) Dates: 1942 to 1944
David Gamache Branch: United States Army
Bill Gragg Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: BM3 (Boatswain’s Mate Third Class, Petty Officer Third Class) Dates: 1952 to 1956
Bob L. Gragg Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class Dates: 1953 to 1955
Harald D. Gragg Branch: U.S. Navy Dates: 1948 to 1953
Randall D. Greene Branch: U.S.M.C. Dates: 1966 to 1972
Randall D. Greene Branch: U.S. Army Dates: Feb. 2004 to Dec. 2004 Iraq
Paul A. Hagan Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Colonel
Mike Halus Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Dates: 1959 to 1982
Phillip M. Gragg Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: BM3 (Boatswain’s Mate Third Class, Petty Officer Third Class) Dates: 1951 to 1955
Stanley J. Greene Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-4 Dates: 1971 to 1973 13 Alpha 1 Nov
Joseph Greene Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant E-5 Dates Sept. 8, 1967 to Sept. 1, 1973
Harry “Star” Guinn Branch: U.S. Army World War II
Julian Forbes Greene Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class, First Special Service Force Dates: April 12, 1943 to April 14, 1945
Kurt S. Guy Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class Dates: April 28, 1969 to April 17, 1971
Ronnie Greene Branch: U.S. Army (Infantry) Killed in Vietnam 1969
Ben Hansel III Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1986 to 1990
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Dean Harris Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Captain Dates: 1969 to 1994 Vietnam
Ed Harris Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Specialist, Ordinance Rocket Support Dates: 1954 to 1954
Luther Hartwell Hodges, Jr. Branch: United States Navy Rank: Lieutenant
Larkin Hawkins Branch: United States Marine Corps
Junior Hayes Branch: US Air Force
Isaac Penter Henley Branch: United States Army Korean War
Joe Henson Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Tech-5 Dates: 1943 to 1946 World War II
Roy D. Henson Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Spc. 4 Dates: 1970 to 1973
Thurman Henson Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class World War II
Herbert L. Hoilman Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Specialist Dates: March 1965 to December 1966
Carl Holden Branch: U.S. Army, U.S.N. Rank: P.O. Second Class Dates: 1937 to 1940 (U.S. Army), 1941 to 1945 (U.S.N.)
Kevin Holden Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1986 to 1999
Paul Holden Branch: U.S. Army Air Corps Rank: Tech Sergeant Dates: 1941 to 1944
Ronald James Hollander Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class Dates: August 1941 to March 1945
Clay Houston Branch: United States Marine Corps
Sam Houston Branch: United States Army
Tom Houston Branch: United States Army
Ron Van Houtan Branch: US Marine Corps
Gary Lance Huffman Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-5 Dates: 1970 to 1971 Vietnam (Bronze Star)
Lance Jerome Huffman Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Seaman Second Class (Navy Air Force gunman and mechanic) Dates: 1945 to 1946
Dan Hughes Branch: U.S. Army (Infantry, Recon, 101st Airborne) Rank: Sergeant Dates: June 1968-70
George Hughes Branch: United States Marine Corps.
Joshua Hughes Rank: E9, Master Chief Petty Officer Branch: United States Navy
Joey Horney Branch: U.S.A.F., N.G. Rank: Staff Sergeant Dates: U.S. Air Force (1983 to 1989), National Guard (1992 to 1996)
Thank You
VETERANS HONORING ALL WHO SERVED
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Jonah Horney Branch: National Guard Rank: SP-4 Dates: 2005 to 2011 Iraq
George Ingram Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Specialist 4 Dates: 1968 to 1970 Vietnam
Rodger Jacobs Branch: U.S. Marines Rank: Corporal Dates: March 1966 to March 1969
Bruce Johnson Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Petty Officer 2nd Class Dates: 1986 to 1990
Carlis Johnson Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Specialist 4 Dates: 1968 to 1970 Vietnam
Kenny Johnson Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Petty Officer 3rd Class Dates: 1986 to 1990
Bo Jones Branch: U.S. Army 173rd Airborne Dates: 1968 to 1969 Vietnam
DJ Jones Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Gunner-Specialist 4th Class Dates: 1965 to 1966 Vietnam
Blake Keller Branch: United States Army
Bradly Kennedy Branch: United States Army
J. Edward (Ted) Kidder Jr. Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Technical Sergeant 4 Dates: June 1943 to April 1946
Amelia Kingsley Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Yeoman Dates: 1918 to 1919 World War I
Henry Jay Knaack Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-4 Dates: 1971 to 1972
Blake Krege Branch: United States Army Active Duty
Billy Dean Laws Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-5 Dates: 1968 to 1970
Melvin Link Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class Dates: Sept. 1963; E-3 Sept. 1965
Jim Love Branch: U.S. Marines Rank: Corporal Dates: 1969 to 1970 Vietnam
Rhonard MacRae Branch: U.S. Naval Reserve (1956-1959), U.S. Army (1959-1985) Rank: CSM Dates: 1956 to 1985
Damon Maynor Branch: United States Army
Jacob McKinney Branch: US Marine Corps
Esta Brown McKnight Branch: U.S. Army Nurses Corp Dates: 1945 to 1946
Arthur R. Neuberger Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: FT-2 (fire control tech), Grade E-5 Dates: 1951 to 1958
Oliver G. Nyberg Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Staff Sergent Dates: December 1968 to December 1972
Roger Oberhelman Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Staff Sergeant, C-130 Crew Chief Dates: 1980 to 1995
Larry W. Ocker Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Airman First Class Dates: July 18, 1958 to July 17, 1962
Jack Ollis Branch: U.S. Army (720th Military Police) Dates: 1967 to 1968 Vietnam
VETERANS DAY NOVEMBER 11
THE RIGHTS WE CHERISH. THE PEOPLE WHO DEFENDED THEM.
With respect and gratitude for those who have served our country.
W. McNAIR TORNOW ATTORNEY AT LAW HONORING OUR VETERANS
Let’s take some time out of our busy day to pay our respects in memory to those who sacrificed for our freedom.
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J.W. (Billy) Ollis Branch: U.S. Army Rank: First Sergeant Dates: 1947 to 1973
Jeff Perkins Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Staff Sergeant 776 Maintenance Company
David M. Piercy Branch: U.S. Army Rank: E-4, Mechanic Dates: May 1969 to May 1971
Max Potter Jr. Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1941 to 1945, 1947 to 1951
Roger Dale Potter Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-4, E-4 Dates: 1970 to 1976
Darries WIllard Pritchard Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class World War II
Susan E. Ramseur Branch: U.S. Marine Corps Rank: Lance Corporal Dates: Nov. 16, 1976 to March 20, 1979
Bill Hoover Ramsey Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Corporal Dates: 1952 to 1954 (Germany)
Max Ruffin “Jake” Ramsey Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private 1957-1959 (Germany); 1960-1962 (Fort Eustis, Va.)
Sam Ray Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Colonel Dates: 1952 to 1976 Vietnam
Charles J. Rhyne Branch: U.S. Army
Larry Roberson Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Colonel Dates: July 1971 August 2003
Anthony Pollygus Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant Major Dates: 1979 to 2011
Emil Pollygus Branch: U.S. Army Dates: 1959 to 1961
Tony Pollygus Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class Dates: 1960 to 1962
T. Sherman Pritchard Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private Dates: 1945 to 1947 351st Infantry Regiment Entertainment Specialist
David Queen Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Spc. 5 Dates: 1969-1971 Vietnam
Joe D. Ramseur Branch: U.S. Marine Corps Rank: Captain Dates: 1947 to 1971
Christopher D. Ray Branch: U.S. Marines Rank: Corporal Dates: August 2007 to August 2011
David S. Ray Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Captain Dates: July 1988 to July 2011
Earl David Ray Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant
Luther Roberson Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Corporal Aleutian Islands Campaign
Cathy Rohloff Branch: Air Force Rank: Sgt (E-4) Dates: 1973 to 1977 Social Secretary to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon
Benjamin Ruppard Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class Dates: May 2, 2014 to present
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John A. Santini Branch: U.S. Army Air Forces Aviation Cadet Dates: Oct. 12, 1944 to Jan. 31, 1946 World War II
Bob Sedgwek Branch: United States Navy
DeLee Scott Branch: U.S.Air Force Rank: E-4 Dates: 1988-1992 (Active Duty), 1993-1995 (Active Reserve Unit)
Homer Pershing Shell Sr. Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: S1 CBD 1050 Seabee (1944) Dates: June 29, 1944, to Feb. 6, 1946
Doyle Shomaker Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Corporal Dates: November 1954 to August 1956
Ken Silvers Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-4 Dates: 1972 to 1974
Kenneth J. Smart Branch: NC National Guard Rank: E5 Dates: 1997-1998 Bosnia
D.C. Smith Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class Dates: 1959-1961
Clint Travis Smith Branch: U.S. Coast Guard Rank: CW-02 Dates: 2001 to present
Cris E. Smith Branch: U.S. Army; National Guard Rank: E5; First Sergeant Dates: 1971-1972; 1975-1997
Dr. Eustace H. Smith Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Pharmacist Mate 1st Class Dates: July 14,1942, to January 1946
Henry A. Smith Branch: Army-Air Force Dates: 1947 to 1951
Herman G. Smith Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Corporal Dates: 1949-1952
Jeffrey Paul Smith Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Petty Officer E-4 Dates: 1984 to 1988
Paul R. Smith Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-3 Dates: 1954 to 1956
Richard E. “Dick” Smith Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP5 Dates: October 1958 to February 1962
Larry Dale Stamey Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-5 Dates: March 1968 to March 1970
Jerry Starr II Branch: U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines Rank: Major Dates: 1985 to 2011
Smith G. Storey Branch: U.S. Army (Co. A 1290 Engineers Combat Battalion) Rank: Tech 4 Dates: 1944-1946
Daryl Mabry Storm Branch: US Army Rank: Specialist 4 Dates: March 4, 1986 to March 1, 1988
Arlin Jack Stout Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: FC-2 World War II
Fred Stout Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-4 Dates: 1958 to 1960
Dennis Sudderth Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-5 Dates: 1964 to 1967
Kenneth Sudderth Branch: U.S. Army Rank: SP-4 Dates: Jan. 12, 1971 to Aug. 17, 1972
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Bob Tatum Branch: U.S. Army (101st Airborne Division, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry) Dates: 1970-1971
Hall Taylor Branch: U.S. Army
Phillip Teagarden Branch: U.S. Navy Dates: 1954 to 1957
Shad Teaster Branch: US Army
Gene Thomas Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Technical Sergeant Dates: 1943 to 1952 World War II, Korea
Benjamin W. Tolley Branch: U.S. Army Paratroop Rank: Private First Class Dates: 1944 to 1945
McNair Tornow Branch: United States Army
Julius Edward Turbyfill
Ray Turbyfill Branch: U.S. Army
Rhonda Turbyfill Branch: U.S. Navy
Lawerance K. Tolley Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: S1C Dates: 1944 to 1945
Patrick Tolley Branch: U.S.A.F., U.S. Army Rank: T. Sgt. P-1 Dates: 1947-50 (U.S. Army AC), 1950-68 (U.S. A.F.)
Scott A. Tolley Branch: U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force Rank: MSGT Dates: 1932-50 (U.S. Army); 1950-56 (U.S.A.F.)
Wayne P. Townsend Branch: U.S. Army Rank: E-4 Dates: November 1959 to February 1962
Bynum Hodge Turbyfill Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private Dates: 1942 to 1945 World War II
Clyde O. Turbyfill Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Seaman First Class Dates: 1943 to 1945 World War II
Cecil Trivett Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Spec. 4th Class Dates: 1963 to 1966
Finley Clayton Trivett Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Coxswain Dates: 1942 to 1946 World War II
David Charles Vance Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Airman First Class Dates: 1961 to 1967
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Frank Vance Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: 2nd Class Petty Officer Dates: 1967 to 1971
Walter H. Vance Branch: U.S. Air Force Dates: 1968 to 1969 Cam Rahn Bay
Willis H. Vance Branch: U.S. Army Dates: 1967 to 1968 Plei Ku and Kontum
Kyle Venable Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Petty Officer First Class (E-6) Dates: 2006 to present
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Charles B. VonCanon, Jr. Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Airman First Class Dates: 1961-1965 (active duty); 1965-1967 (reserve duty)
Everett Ray Watson Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1946 to 1949 World War II veteran
Guy T. Watson Branch: U.S. Navy Dates: 1943 to 1946 World War II USS Kinsington and USS Shea
Harold V. Watson Branch: U.S. Army Rank: E5 Dates: 1967 to 1969 Vietnam
Ralph W. Watson Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Storekeeper 2nd Class Dates: Oct. 18, 1951 to Oct 4, 1955
Carl Weatherman Branch: U.S. Navy Rank: Boats Mate 1st Class
Carver Weatherman Branch: U.S. Navy
Claude Weatherman Branch: U.S. Navy
Randy Webb Branch: U.S. Army Desert Storm
Chris Weld Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Captain Dates: 1995 to 1999
Joe Weld Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Major Dates: 1963 to 1983
Peter A. Weld Branch: U.S. Air Force Rank: Captain Dates: July 2000 to June 2007
Ralph Weld Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant First Class Dates: 1981 to 2003
Zeb White Branch: US Marine Corps
Robert C. Wiseman Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Sergeant Dates: 1968 to 1971 Vietnam
Robert N. Wiseman Branch: U.S. Army Rank: Private First Class Dates: 1961 to 1963
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Avery Senior Center’s Jennifer Berry, along with Chief Petty Officer (Ret.) Harry Platt, recognized veterans from each of the service branches during the 2023 Veterans Day Breakfast at Avery Senior Center.
AJT FILE PHOTO PHOTO BY HOPE DAVIS A group of veterans enjoying lunch at a Veteran’s Day breakfast event in 2022 by the Avery County Rotary Club at the Avery Extension Office Community Building. Pictured from left to right are Joe Weld, Sam Carpenter, Bill Beltz, Rod Hicks Billy Wiseman recites words from the poem “Ragged Old Flag” by Johnny Cash during the county Memorial Day ceremony. and Greg Jenkins.
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