Veterans

veterans

Nov. 6. 2019

Honoring veterans of Viet Nam

A Special supplement to the Prosser Record-Bulletin & the Grandview Herald

Index

Veterans

Veterans by Enlishment Date pages 3-11 • 1861 - 1942 pages 3 • 1942 - 1952 pages 4-5 • 1952 - 1967 pages 6-7 • 1967 - 1997 pages 7-9 • 1997 - 2017 pages 10-11 Veterans Without Dates pages 11-13 Veterans Pictured Together pages 13-14

Valley Publishing

would like to Thank all those who have submitted Veteran Photos and Bios. We invite you to find your loved ones by their date of enlistment. You will also notice that for some of our Veterans, we do not have that information - those Vets are listed alphabetically by first name on pages 11, 12 and 13.

If you wish to submit new pictures and new information, please email classifieds@recordbulletin.com with the following: Full Name and Rank, Picture, Branch of Service, Dates of Service, Where the Veteran Served and if any commendations were received.

Thank You for supporting this special edition. We cherish our Veterans and hope that your Veterans’ Day is one of love and Remembering.

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1861 - 1942 Civil War, World War I and World War II Colonel William F. Prosser Union Army Civil War 1861-1865 POW 1862

Ivan Fyodorovich Moleff Imperial Russia WWI 1911 -1918 German POW Inprisoned in Germany

Harold Jones US Army WWI 1916 - 1918 Co. E 161st Inf. France & Mexican Border

Private 1st Class Christian

Private Errett C. Grant US Army WWI 1918 - 1922

Paul J. Grimes US Army WWI France POW Transport

Lewis “Bill” M. Petersen US Navy WWII 1939 - 1959 ACNN POW Japan 3½ years

Lt. Colonel Burton A. Hall US Army Air Corps WWII 1940 - 1945 Aleutian Islands Alaska

Private 1st Class Jess C. Bryson, Jr. US Marine WWII 1940 - 1945 Killed in Action Iwo Jima

Peter A. Schmidt US Army WWII 1940 - 1945 Tech Sgt. Pearl Harbor Interpreter

Kenneth E. Lewis US Air Navy 1940 US Army 1950

Al Raap US Army 1941-1946 WWII Aleutian Islands Campaign

1st Lt. Bill Brader

Purple Heart

James “Jim” Glen Aubrey US Navy WWII 1941 - 1945 Cook at Pasco, Naval Base SC3C-V-6

Lee S. Boyd US Navy WWII 1941 - 1960 Retired

Purple Heart

Staff Sergeant Howard Blake Knox WWII 1941-1945 Canadian & European Theater

Staff Sergeant Millard E. Hileman US Army WWII 1941 - 1945 Philippines POW - Japan

Othel R. Butler US Army WWII 1941 - 1945 Normandy Battle of the Bulge 59th Armored Divison Africa, Italy

Temple Carroll US Air Force WWII 1941 - 1945 Glider Pilot

Master Sergeant Waldo H. Smith E7 US Marine Corps WWII 1941 - 1945 South Pacific Theater 1946 - 1962 & 1966 US Army

Albert Koleber US Navy WWII 1942 - 1945 Radioman 2nd Class - USS Crescent City APA21 South Pacific

Basil Dean US Army Air Corps WWII 1942 - 1945 Guam Pacific Theater

Sergeant Bill Owens US Army WWII 1942 - 1945 North Africa Sicily Italy

Charles Arnold Duran

Charles Walker, Sr. - P2C

Chief Connie Leon Bailey US Navy WWII 1942 - 1946

Leroy Scott Hamilton US Navy WWII 1942 - 1946

Lloyd Richards US Navy WWII 1942 -1946 South Pacific Bosun’s Mate

Master Sergeant Anthony W. Lauby WWII 1942 - 1948 Medlesham, UK

Donald W. Lewis

Orville “Joe” Gordon

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Bronze Star

US Marine Corps

WWII 1942 - 1944 Battle of Tarawa 2 Silver Stars 3 Bronze Stars

Petersen US Army WWI 1917 - 1919 Battery D 346th Field Artillery

US Army Air Corps WWII 1941 - 1945 Instructor Pilot C-47’s 1st Troop Carrier Command

Special Services Metal of Valor - DSC

US Marine Corps WWII

1942 - 1944 American Field Service Africa & Italy

US Navy WWII 1942 - 1946 USS Calvert 8 Battle Stars Purple Heart

US Army Air Corps WWII 1942 - 1945 Normandy on D-Day

Peggy & Jay Chapman US Navy Aviation WWII 1942 - 1945

1942 - 1952 World War ii, korean War, vietnaM Veterans Chief Petty Officer Ray Welley US Navy WWII 1942 - 1955

Richard Ormiston

US Army WWII 1942 - 1944 New Guinea Philippines

Sergeant Richard “Dick” Reid US Army WWII 1942 - 1945 European Theater

Robert C. Evans US Army WWII 1942 - 1945

PHS 1939 Graduate

Staff Sergeant Robert A. Wilson US Army WWII Medic 1942 - 1945 Normandy

Staff Sergeant Robert S. Williams US Army Air Corps WWII 1942 - 1946 Burma, India

Sergeant Ross Mellor US Army WWII 1942 - 1946 Pacific Theater 98th Infantry

Roy A. Moran US Army Air Corps WWII 1942 - 1945 Algiers, North Africa Heavy Truck Driver

Flew Gas to Troops

Odell Christensen US Navy WWII 1943 - 1946 USS Wasp LCIG

Richard Coffman US Navy WWII 1943 - 1947 Chief Motor Mate South Pacific Theater

Sergeant Robert L. Jones US Army WWII 1943 - 1945 Pacific Theater Korea WA, AK, NJ, CA, Hawaii

Corporal Talmadge E. Worden US Army Air Corps WWII 1943 - 1946 Guam

June Higdon Bates US Marine Corps WWII 1944 Gunnery Instructor

Lawerence Hallman US Navy - WWII 1944 - 1946 Radioman 3rd Class Minesweeper USS Pioneer AM105

Lyle A. Petersen WWII Korean War 1944 - 1967 Military Police

Sergeant Ray Carrell US Army WWII 1944 - 1946 Philipines/Japan Under McCarther

Ronald Stone US Air Force WWII 1944 - 1946 Philipines

XY Zeebuyth WWII 1944 - 1946 Iwo Jima Guam 301 SeaBee Dredging Battalion

Ralph E. Oldfield US Army WWII 1945 -1946 Okinawa T-5

Private 1st Class Clarence L. Zahn US Army WWII European Theater Wounded Co. K 310th Infantry

Bethel Deaton US Army Tech 4 WWII Iwo Jima 381st Infantry

Sergeant Clifford H. Christensen US Army WWII Burma, India

Corporal Clay Buchanan “Buck” Jones WWII North Africa Tunisia Campaign

1st Lt. Dwight A. Halsted US Air Force WWII “Kelly’s Kobras” 867th Bomb Squad

Private 1st Class Calvin Eugene Bradbury US Army WWII 1943 - 1946 Normandy, France, Rhineland, Central Europe

Clarence Rincker US Army WWII 1943 - 1946 France & Germany

Sergeant David E. Miller US Army WWII 1944 - 1946 Europe

George F. Petty, Jr. MM-3C US Navy WWII 1944 - 1946 South Pacific USS RK Huntington

Senior Master Sergeant Lester L. Warriner US Army Air Corp WWII, Korea, Vietnam 1945 - 1986

3 Medals

Died 10-22-2019

Bob Yahn US Army WWII 1945 - 1946 Army of Occupation Europe Horse Calvary Ft. Riley, Kansas

GHS Graduate 1945

Fought in 3 Major Battles 3 Bronze Stars

Handed Major Taggart the message that the US had bombed Japan

Purple Heart

6 Stars Commendation Ribbon

Purple Heart

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Glenn Powell US Army WWII 1943 - 1945 North Africa Italy

Alfred E. Mortimore US Navy WWII 1943 - 1946 USS Pondera Idaho, California

Cadet Helen Jones WWII Nurse Daughter of Harold and Nellie Jones of Prosser

Corporal Jack G. Dean US Army WWII Gunner

William “Bill” Juzeler US Navy WWII Cook 1st Class

Technical Sergeant Donald E. Gest US Air Force 1946 - 1960 Japan Turkey

Sergeant Major Irv Stone Korean War Vietnam 1946 - 1974

Airman Don McFerran 1st Class

Don Pierce 2nd Class Bosun’s Mate US Navy 1950-1954 USS Pine Island AVIZ

Allen Kelly US Marine Corps Korean War 1951 - 1953

Bill Browitt US Navy Korean War 1951 - 1955 Medic

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US Air Force 1950 - 1952 England Berlin Air Lift 116th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

Sergeant James C. Canatser US Army WWII 161st Infantry Regiment Co. G.

Major J.C. Childs US Army Air Corps WWII P47 & P51 Pilot

Phil Robert US Army WWII New Guinea Papua Phillippines

Rex J. ShepardGrimes US Army WWII

Richard “Dick” Bain US Army WWII Transportation Corps

Corporal Theodore Red Miller US Army WWII 10th Mt. Army Division Purple Heart Bronze Star

Chief Bosunmate Clayborn Edgar Heard US Navy 1947 - 1971 Occupation of Japan, Korean War Vietnam

Ron Goodboe US Air Force 1948 - 1974 Korea Vietnam

James Wayne Trimble US Navy 1950 - 1975 US Air Force 1956 - 1960 Seebee Reserves 1965-1975

Sergeant Lindyn Andreasen US Marine Corps Korean War 1950 - 1953

Merlin R. Brown, Seaman 1st Class US Navy Korean War 1950 - 1954

Carl Moore US Navy Korean War 1951 - 1955 USS Collett DD-730 Engineman 2nd Class

Donald “Don” R. Springer US Navy Reserves 1951 - 1955

Louis Fournier US Air Force 1951 - 1982

Chester Yeary US Army 1949 - 1951

Lance Corporal Ernest L. Duran E-4 US Marine Corps 1949 - 1951 Vietnam

Robert “Bob” White US Navy Korean War 1949 - 1952 Airman 1st Class

Sergeant 1st Class Rudy Cortez US Army 1950 - 1953

Staff Sergeant Alvin D. Lewis Korean War 1950 - 1954 Othello Radar 637th AC&W Squadron

Thomas B. Grimes US Navy - Coast Guard Korean War Vietnam 1950 - 1974 Chief Warrant Officer

Walter Tinker US Army 1951 Washington

Staff Sergeant Amando E. Nunez - Military Police US Marine Corps 1952 - 1955

Corporal Jan J. Don US Army Korea 1952 - 1954

Purple Heart Highly Decorated

Japan, S Korea, Greece, Turkey, Europe, Casablanca, Israel

1942 - 1952 World War II, Korean War & Vietnam Veterans

1952 - 1967 korean War and vietnaM Veterans Gunnery Sgt. Lawrence A. Walter Korean War Vietnam 1952 - 1967

Private 1st Class Olen W. Adcock US Army 1952 - 1954 Military Police Hawaii

Staff Sergeant Robert Schryvers US Air Force 1952 - 1956 Okinawa, Japan

Ronald Borg US Marine Corps Korean War 1952 - 1954

Corporal Ron McCall US Army 1953 - 1955

Corporal Donald Harold McCall US Army 1953 - 1955

Frank Kreis US Army Korean War Vietnam 1953 - 1973

Private 1st Class John W. Peters, Korean War 1953 - 1955 Mail Clerk

Karl L. Jacobs 1953

Sergeant Michael Trainer US Army 7th Div. Korean War 1953

Corporal Clayton E. Horn US Marine Corps 1954 - 1956

Sergeant Elmer “Al” Felicijan US Army 1954 - 1960

Neal Cox US Army 1954 - 1958 Augsburg, Germany 11th Airborne Division

Sergeant Robert V. Webb North Korea 1955 - 1959 3rd Signal Co. 3rd Infantry Radio / Teletype

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jim Seeber US Navy 1955 - 1959 USS Shae Destroyer

Leonard Travaille US Air Force 1955 - 1977

Johnathan Issac Bailey US Navy 1955 - 1975 Senior Navy Chief 1st Class

Wayne Carpenter US Air Force 1955 - 1959 Airman 2nd Class

Dale A. Brauhn US Navy 1956 - 1960 9th Mobile Construction Battalion

Fraser Squire US Marine Corps 1956 - 1960 US Army 1960-1978

James I. Gagner US Army 1956 - 1959 38th Regiment 2nd Division Company 1 Ft. Lewis

Jim Grimes US Air Force 1956 - 1960 Japan

E. Master Chief Roy L. Parker US Navy 1956 - 1976 Submarine Specialist

Gail B. Beck US Navy 1959 - 1963 Sonarman USS Chevalier

Yeoman Chief Petty Officer Gary Dompier E-7 US Navy 1959 - 1979

17th Infantry

Harold Franklin US Navy 1955 - 1958 Machinist Mate 1st Class

Born & Raised in Prosser

Carl F. Grimes US Army 1958 - 1962 Germany Specialist

Miguel Pineda, Jr. US Marine Corps 1958 - 1962 Hawaii & El Toro 1st Recon.

4th Marines Division

PFC Richard V. Halverson US Army 1958 - 1960 Friedburg, Germany 32nd Armor Division Co. C

Bob Anderson US Navy 1959 - 1963 SKSM & SHSM

David H. Smith US Navy 1959 - 1963 Electricans’ Mate 3rd Class

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Charlie C. Rose Senior Chief Machinist Mate US Navy 1957 - 1987 USS Midway Aircraft Carrier

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Stan Barnett US Army Sp 4 1959 - 1961 Germany 15th Truck 4th Infantry

Al Jones US Air Force 1960 - 1980 Labrador Vietnam Thailand Meterologist Air Weather Service

Sergeant Daniel S. Christensen US Air Force 1960 - 1968 Communications Specialists

James R. Cornwell, Jr. US Navy 1961 - 1965 Japan Seaman

Private 1st Class Janice Kline US Army 1961 - 1964 Ft. Ord. California Teletypist

Lawrence “Jake” Jacobsen US Navy 1961 - 1981 Vietnam Navy Diver

Richard K. Boll US Navy 1961 - 1966

Sergeant Walt Castilleja, Sr. US Army 1961 - 1965 Vietnam Cambodia Laos Paratrooper

David E. Hileman US Navy 1962 - 1967 E5 Petty Officer, 2nd Class Alexander Hamilton Nuclear Submarine

John “Jack” Heintz US Navy 1962-1966 Alaska

Larry J. Cleveringa US Navy 1962 - 1966 Vietnam Radarman 3rd Class

First Sergeant Bruce Wendell Kuhlman US Army 1963 - 1983 Special Forces Fort Bragg Retired

Gene Lange US Army SP4 1963 - 1965 Korea - DMZ

Philip J. Philip 1963 - 1967 Vietnam

Ron Coffman US Navy 1963 - 1967 Japan Light Cruiser Radio Operator

Senior Chief Petty Officer Cliff Schryvers US Navy 1964 - 1993 Vietnam USS Ranger

Robert W. Buchholz US Navy 1964 - 1967 Turkey Japan

Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryon Benitz

Fred Carroll US Navy 1965 - 1969 Vietnam Machinist Mate USS Ranger

Commander Lynn D. Cooper US Navy 1965 - 1988 Chaplin Retired

Milford Adcock SP-4 US Army 1965 - 1968 502 Battalion Administration

Richard Harris SP4 US Army 1965 - 1966 Vietnam Radar Operator

Rodney “Ken” Kissler SP4 US Army 1965 - 1967 Vietnam

Sergeant 1st Class R. Douglas Frailey

Peter Anthony Steinbach, Jr. US Army 1966 - 1969 Vietnam Sp5 Wolf Pack 27th Infantry

Dennis Yule US Army 1967 - 1970 Vietnam

Domingo Ramirez, Jr. E-4

Sergeant Don Aubrey E-5

Sergeant German H. Luna US Army 1967 - 1969 Vietnam

Sargeant Marshall Anderson

Wayne Coffman US Navy 1967 - 1970

Dr. Warren Barmore US Air Force Captain 1966 - 1970

US Navy 1965 - 1969 Vietnam - Mekong Delta River Assault Boat, Tonkin Gulf Purple Heart

US Army 1967 - 1969

Vietnam

5th Battalion 27th Artillery Battery

US Army 1967 - 1969 196th Light Infantry

1967 - 1969 US Army - Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

US Navy Corpsman US Army - SFC 1966 - 1983 Vietnam Armored Cavalry

Aircraft Mechanic Mediterranean Sea

Bronze Star

1952 - 1967 korean War and vietnaM Veterans

1968 - 1995 vietnaM, Desert Shield & Storm Veterans Sergeant James Heintz SP E-5 US Army 1968 - 1971 Germany & Vietnam

Master Sargeant Brent Petersen US Marine Corps 1969 - 1990 Vietnam

Sergeant John Brown E5 US Army 1968 - 1969

Vietnam

Command Airplane Co. Air Medal

Pat Snow, SP4 US Army

A CO, 2nd BN, 60th Inf., 9th Inf. Div

1969 - 1969 Vietnam

Keith Studdard SP4 US Army 1968 - 1969 Vietnam - 515 Transportation Co.

Larry Benjamin US Army 1968 - 1971 Vietnam

Randy L. Oldfield US Army 1969 - 1970 Vietnam Retired

Larry Kleingartner US Army - Spec 5.

1969 - 1970 Vietnam

Stephen Millard Buxton SP-4 US Army 1969 - 1971 DaNang,Vietnam Generator Operator

Danny R. Sanders US Army 1970 - 1973 Vietnam Spec 5 NCOES Academy Graduate

Chief Petty Officer Lloyd Van Hollebeke US Navy 1970 - 1990 Vietnam USS Kitty Hawk

Sergeant Loren W. Amack US Air Force 1970 - 1990 Technical Sergeant Retired

Michael Coursey US Marine Corps 1970 - 1974 California

Larry Ortiz SP-4

Sergeant Michael R. Frailey US Army 1972 - 1983 Signal Corps

Sergeant 1st Class Nancy R. Petersen US Army 1972 - 1995 9th Infantry Division

Gary L. Oldfield US Airforce 1975 - 1979 AmVets Post #99 Organizing Commander

Drill / Supply Sergeant 1st Class

Killed in Action 2 Bronze Stars Combat Infantry Badge & Army Infantry Badge

Purple Heart

1st Lt. Randy Hagerman US Air Force 1970 - 1973 Air Traffic Controller at Travis AFB

Rob Siemens US Navy Seabees 1970 - 1976 DaNang, Vietnam Guan & Okinawa Field Mechanic

Sergeant J. James Macica US Air Force 1971 - 1976 Intelligence Specialist Langley AFB, Virginia & U.K.

Seaman Donald Ray McCall US Navy 1972 - 1974 USS Paul Revere

Gary Koleber US Navy - DP3 1972 - 1976 USS FDR CVA42

Private Roger Stone (E-1) US Army 1972 - 1974 Combat Support 2nd Battalion 1st Infantry

Sergeant Sal Torres US Marine Corps 1972 - 1978

Sergeant Barbara A. Lauby US Air Force 1972 - 1976 Information Specialist Randolph, AFB Texas & U.K.

Dan Raap US Marine Corps 1973 - 1979

Eddie Earl Heard US Army National Guard 1974 - 1984

LeRoy A. Mulkey US Army 1969 - 1971 Vietnam Graduated PHS 1966

US Army 1972 - 1974

Vietnam

1st Air Defense Brigade Mobile Unit, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Nuclear Hercules Missle Control Highly Decorated

Keith Hadsel Master Sergeant US Army National Guard 1974 - 1997

Mark T. Frailey 2nd Class US Navy 1969 - 1974 Vietnam Salvage Diver

Michelle L. Shaw US Army 1975 - 2014

Vietnam Support Afghanistan, Dessert Storm & Shield, Operation Enduring Freedom

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Donald W. Lewis, Jr. SP-4 US Army 1969 - 1971 Vietnam Combat Infantry

Corporal Bill Petersen US Marine Corps 1976 - 1979 3rd Marine Tank Battalion

Eddie Saenz US Navy 1976 - 1980 Petty Officer 3rd Class USS John F. Kennedy - Flight Deck

Sergeant Louie Aguilar US Air Force 1976 - 1980 Clark Air Base Philippines

Private 1st Class Chris Petersen US Army 1979 - 1981 Germany Field Artillery

Sergeant Jamie H. Luna US Army 1979 - 1987 Military Intelligence Germany

Staff Sergeant Kimm R. Johnson US Army 1984 - 1994 MP - Correctional Specialist

Geraldine L. Lauby US Air Force 1984 - 1989 McChord AFB Washington Airman 1st Class Ground Mechanic

James E. Pickett, Jr. SP-4 US Army 1984 - 1988 Fort Benning, Georgia

John Raap US Marine Corps 1984 - 1990

Kelly M. Parker US Navy 1984 - 1988

Sergeant Thomas E. Luevano US Air Force 1985 - 1993 Desert Shield Desert Storm Avionics Specialist

Abel A. Cortina US Army 1986 - 2010 Operation Enduring Freedom

Jose Albert Leon E-5 US Army 1986 - 1992 Desert Storm

Major Shane Lucker US Army 1986 - 2016 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas USCG 1994

Sergeant Ricardo H. Luna US Army 1986 - 1995 Panama 1st Gulf War 82nd Airborne

Chief Warrant Officer Wesley R. Parker US Coast Guard 1986 - 2009 Boatswain

Dr. Robert J. Weber

Colonel Heath Niemi US Army- Retired 1988 - 2017 West Point 2001Afghanistan 2003 Iraq

Staff Sergeant Marvin Best US Marine Corps 1989 - 2004 Iraq Al Anbar Province

Highly Decorated

Killed in Action

Master Sergeant Scott Hunt US Army 1989 - 2011 Turkey Japan Retired

Virginia Kline E-4 Specialist US Army 1989 - 1993 Fort Drum, New York Mechanic

Raul Garcia US Navy 1992 - 1996 Special Intelligence Plane’s Captain

Corporal Jacob Bowen US Marine Corps 1993 - 1997 1st Tank Battalion Alpha Co.

Jon Madrid US Army Scout 1994 - 2009 Iraq War

Sergeant Matthew Kissler US Marine Corps 1995 - 1999 Cuba

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Larissa Jean Castilleja SP-4 US Army 1987 - 1991 Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Fort Hood, Texas

Staff Sergeant Gary M. Travis US Marine Corps 1990 - 1999 Linguist PHS Graduate 1990

Michael Lange US Army Reserves SFC 1987 - 2003 Iraq

Sergeant Raymond Lee Kline US Army 1990 - 1998 Military Intelligence

US Navy 1987 - 1994 Oakland Naval Hospital, NMCB-4 “SeaBees” Desert Shield / DesertStorm

Clifton V. Steelman 1991 Certificate of Recognition

PHS Graduate 1986

160th NightStalkers

CW 5 Stephen C. Frazier US Army - 1988 Commandant of the SFW01(A) USAJFKSWCS

Commendation with V Device

Highly Decorated

Jayson Coffman US Navy 1991 - 1993 Japan West Coast Gunner’s Mate Support Ships

Medals: Conduct & Commendation

1968 - 1995 Vietnam, Desert SHIELD, Desert Storm Veterans

1997 - 2017 American Veterans

Billy Petersen US Army 2001 - 2005 Bosnia & Iraq Combat Medic

Lt. Colonel Charles Wendell Kuhlman

Geoff Taylor US Air Force 1997 - 2001 Operation North Watch Senior Airman Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist

Jesse H. Cox US Air Force 1997 - 2008

Corporal Shane Floyd US Marine Corps 1997 - 2001

Jason Baldwin US Air Force 1998 - 2002

Major Jammie Jamieson US Air Force 2000 - Active Duty Fighter Pilot

Corporal Erica Padilla US Marine Corps 2001 - 2005

Major Jessica Phelps 2001 - Active Duty ROTC at MIT Cambridge, MA

Gunnery Sergeant Miguel Padilla US Marine Corps 2001 - Active Duty

Nicolaas A. Verhoeven US Navy 2001 - Active Duty Japan USS Bremerton Hawaii

Staff Sergeant Shane Frakes US Air Force 2001 - Active Duty Yokata AFB Japan

Petty Officer Alejandro Gonzalez 2nd Class US Navy 2004 - Active Duty Japan Middle East

Ryan Whitten US Navy 2004 - 2012 USS Abraham Lincoln OIF & OEF

GHS Graduate 2001

374th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight

Sergeant Javier Prieto US Marine Corps 2003 - 2007 Camp Lejuene, North Carolina

US Army Chaplain 1997 - Current Fort Brag - N.C.

Raul Leon

E-5 Master at Arms

US Navy 2000 - 2004 Iraq Afghanistan

Staff Sergeant R.W. “Cody” Nelson US Marine Corps 2005 - 2017 Iraq Afghanistan Infantry

Lance Corporal Charles Raymond Edwards US Marine Corps 2005 - 2009 MCAS Miramar VMFA(AW)-225

Matthew Robert Axford US Army 2006 - Active Duty Afghanistan

Corporal Robert C. Humphreys US Marine Corps 2006 - Active Duty

Amy Sykes Hill US Marine Corps 2007 - 2011 Afghanistan 1 MEF

Eric M. Moleff US Navy 2007 - 2011 Corpis Cristy, Texas

Master at Arms David Broussard E-2 US Navy 2007 - Active Duty Japan

Justin Lee Hewitt E-3 US Army 2007 - 2013 Iraq

Lance Corporal Kenton R. Childers US Marine Corps 2007 - Active Duty Afghanistan Scout Sniper Hawaii - Sniper Training

Seaman Lucas Russell Groom US Coast Guard 2007 - Active Duty New London, Connecticut USCG Cutter Eagle

Col. Matthew J. Emerson US Army Killed in Action 9.18.07 Mosul, Iraq

Max Anthony Saldana US Air Force 2007 - Active Duty Airman 1st Class South Korea Italy

Sergeant Michael Nelson US Marine Corps 2007 - 2012 Afghanistan Helicopter Mechanic

Staff Sergeant Saldana A. Maximino US Air Force 2007 - Active Duty South Korea, Italy and London

Corporal Shan Deleon US Marine Corps 2007 - Active Duty 29 Palms, CA

Son of David and Debbi Axford

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Sergeant Sergio Pineda US Marine Corps 2004 - 2014 Iraq - 2007 Marine Recruiter 29 Palms, Wounded Warrior

Sergeant Robert Dye National Guard Unit 3-116 2007 - Active Duty Iraq

Corporal Thomas Justin Groom US Marine Corps 2007 - Active Duty Yuma, Arizona

PHS Graduate 2006

Captain Jeremie Dufault US Army 2008 - Active Duty Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom

Pvt. Dustin V. Richman US Marine Corps 2008 - Active Duty Camp Pendleton, California

Airman Sharrae Villanueva 1st Class US Air Force 2008 - 2012 Security Forces

Airman Preston Yahne 1st Class US Air Force 2009 - 2011

Meritorious Service Medal and NATO Medal

Lance Corporal Dylan Bolt US Marine Corps 2010 - 2016 3rd Marines 3rd Battalion Afghanistan

Brett Harris US Navy 2015 Whidby Island Jakarta, WA Structural Mehanic Active Duty

American Veterans By first Name

Joshua Alaniz Jordan US Army 2017 Fort Benning Georgia

Sergeant Aaron Oxford US Army

Alex Navarro US Army

Bobby Yanez US Army Fort Benning, Georgia

Brandon M. Richman US Marine Corps Iraq Thailand

Corporal Brandon Perez US Marine Corps MCAS New River, North Carolina Active Duty

Bert Dompier US Navy Seaman Apprentice E-2

Chuck Dompier US Navy Boastswains Mate Seamen E3

Chuck Weems US Navy

Criselda Gonzalez

Corporal Damon Perez US Marine Corps 3rd MAW Miramar, CA Active Duty

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Son of Russel & Noelee Jordan

Alan Sparks

Amber Stubbs Kanaohe Bay, Hawaii

Amy Bates US Marine Corps Afghanistan

Private 1st Class Bobby Touchette US Army Iraq

Cadet Gabriel Beck West Point

Cassandra Richman US Air Force

Sergeant Chad Haverkamp US Army Iraq Stryker Division

Charles Alan Franklin US Navy

Daniel Stubs US Army Iraq 2 Tours Ft. Lawson, OK

David Hester

Derrick Middleton US Air Force

Sergeant Donald T. Maloy US Army Vietnam

Anthony W. Getsinger

Gotta Get out of This Place In this dirty old part of the city Where the sun refused to shine People tell me there ain't no use in tryin' Now my girl, you're so young and pretty And one thing I know is true

You'll be dead before your time is due, I know Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin' Watched his hair been turnin' grey He's been workin' and slavin' his life away, oh yes I know

it And I've been workin' too, baby (yeah!)

Every night and day (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

We gotta get out of this place If it's the last thing

we ever do We gotta get out of this place 'Cause girl, there's a better life for me and you Now my girl you're so young and pretty And one thing I know is true, yeah

You'll be dead before your time is due, I know it Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin' Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeah He's been workin' and slavin' his life

away I know he's been workin' so hard Every day baby (yeah!)

Whoa!

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

We gotta get out of this place

Purple Heart

The Animals If it's the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place Girl, there's a better life for me and you Somewhere baby Somehow I know it, baby We gotta get out of

this place If it's the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place Girl, there's a better life for me and you Believe me baby I know it baby You know it too

American Veterans By first Name Eric Navarro SP-5 US Army 3rd Infantry

Francisco Sanchez

Franklin P. Titus Military Intelligence

Fred Beierie US Coast Guard Winona

Fred Dompier US Navy Chief Pharmacist Mate E-7

Gordon M. Flint US Navy Naval Aviation Cadet / Aerial Photographer

Hector Gonzalez

Jack Laws US Navy

1st Lt. James Brader US Army

James R. Brumley E-4 US Army Specialist

James W. Huffman

Sergeant James N. Oblisk Oregon National Guard 82nd ROC

Sergeant 1st Class Jared J. Covig - 10th SFG(A) Ft. Carson, CO

Airman Jordan Brown US Air Force Japan Active Duty

Kevin Arteaga US Army Airborne Specialist Active Duty Afghanistan

Lt. Colonel

Senior Master Sergeant Kenneth Jones Air Force Texas, Kansas, Arkansas,Germany

Kevin Howell Air Force

Korilynn Brulotte

Kyammi Bates US Marine Corps Afghanistan

Lenn Dompier US Navy Seaman Apprentice E-2

Sergeant Leyla Oxford US Army

Logan Brown US Army 10th Mountain Division Active Duty

Lucas F. Flodin

Lt. Commander Jack Childs US Navy Vietnam WarRadar

Mark Uribe US Marine Corps US Navy 2nd Intel BN II MEF

Matthew Blahut US Air Force

Melissa Jones US Air Force Oklahoma Texas Medical Discharge

Melvin Grimes US Army - Japan

Omar Sanchez

Paul Wood

R. Ryan Baggerly US Army Iraq - Active Duty

Rian H. Blahut Hawaii

Richard Main

Lance Corporal Richard J. Esparza US Marine Corps

Staff Sergeant Richard R. Olsen 304th PID US Army

Robert Dompier US Navy Seaman Apprentice E-2

Robert Grimes US Navy Peral Harbor, Hawaii

Kenneth Canatser US Marine Corps Gulf War Helicopter Squadron 369

Phinehas Bowen

PHS Class of 2006

Highly Decorated

25th Combat Aviation Brigade - PHS 2004

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Eric Mulkey National Guard Korea - 3 yrs Iraq - 2 Tours

Robert Alfred Grimes US Navy

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Tyson Sowers US Army Iraq

Quartermaster F. Edward McCall 1st Class US Navy 1942 - 1945

Roger Elliot US Navy Adak, Alaska Weather Service

Sabio Lara 2007 - Current New London, Connecticut

Private 1st Class Steven Miller US Army - Iraq

Steven R. Cox US Navy USS Georgia Submarine Active Duty

Sergeant Steven R. Maloy US Army

Cadet Tanya McCorkle West Point Cadet Class of 2012

Travis Benningfield

Sergeant Major

Wayne Franklin US Navy

Master Sergeant Wes Underwood US Air Force Korea

Private 1st Class William Jacobs US Army

Woody Dompier US Navy Seaman Apprentice E-2

Private Heather Troemel US Marine Corps

Sergeant Billy Troemel US Marine Corps Retired

Jeannie Fassler US Air Force Nurse

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Fassler US Air Force Vietnam

Private Jordan Bogart US Army 455th Eng. Battalion Hayden Lake, ID

Senior Airman Ashley Steffan US Airforce Afghanistan 343rd Recon.

Squadrum

Ronnie Bailey US Army 1965 - 1967 Vietnam

Bobbie Bailey US Army 1965 - 1967 Vietnam

Johnnie Marshall US Army 1965 - 1967 Vietnam

Criselda Gonzalez SPC US Army 2002 - 2005

Sergeant Gilbert Gonzalez US Army 2003 - 2009

Major Manuel Zepeda US Marine Corps 1998 - Active Duty

Corporal Hector Gonzalez US Marine Corps 2000 - 2004

Captain Justin McCorkle Fort Knox, Kentucky

Lieutenant Isaac McCorkle US Marine Corps Quantico, VA

Major Patricia McCorkle

Sergeant 1st Class Keo Bailey US Army Chief WWII India

Ewel Bailey US Navy WWII 1942-1943

Private Betty George US Army Air Corps - WWII Cook

Walt George US Army WWII Combat Infantry Solider

Carol Dompier

Jerry Dompier US Navy 1959 - 1979 Data Systems Tech. E-6

Walter Castilleja, Jr.

US Army Command in Persian Gulf & Iraq

2 Army Commendation

Minesweeper # 216

James Howard McCall US Navy 1942 - 1946 Pacific Theater Destroyer John “Jack” McCall US Navy 1945 - 1947

American Veterans Jim Murphey WWII

Bob Murphey WWII

Bill Murphey WWII

Vic Murphey WWII

Sergeant Fred Proctor

Private First Class Kathi Proctor US Army

Richard Davis US Army Specialist

James C. Mackey US Navy 1969-1975

Groups of Prosser veterans

Bob Evans, Jr. Don Evans, Peggy Evans Chapman, Jay Chapman, Neal Evans, Ornia Evans

WWII - The Evans Family

Sergeant William C. Mackey US Army WWII 1943-1946

Staff Sergeant Thomas C. Mackey US Air Force 1972 - 1992

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Jonathan Davis born and raised in the small town of Prosser. He graduated in 1986 and worked at Twin City Foods 1986-87 on the cleanup crew on weekends. That was a long time ago and he decided to make a different choice.

Davis joined the Navy and he has spent the last 30 years serving his country. ”I still enjoy it.” he says with a slight smile on his lips.

Davis has a family history of service to the country including both his uncle and grandfather in the Navy. His uncle did twenty years and then he retired.

Kim Schloss, wife of Davis, is also from Prosser and graduated in 1989.

Together they have two girls. Kim has worked at a finance company for 15 years.

Davis commutes weekly to San Diego.

He heads home on weekends to Uma, Arizona.

Davis says in January 2022 he will do a mandatory retirement. His plan for retirement is to do something to stay busy.

every day for a couple of years,” said Davis.

“Staying in the service rather than retiring allowed me more opportunity than I would have had retiring as a master chief,” says Davis.

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Currently Davis is ranked CWO5.

Over the years he has been stationed in 10 different places. He was part of the Desert Storm campaign in 1991 and has been in Afghanistan three times. He was in Iraq as air support on the USS Nimitz and the USS New Orleans.

Davis really enjoys his job and says the best thing about it is as a Director of a combat system class, a trades’ education, is the initial technical training for developing soldiers. “It is molding the next generation of sailors. These kids will take our place,” says Davis.

He says the most difficult thing working for the Navy over the years was missing the high school graduation, for both his girls.

One of the best things about working for the military was when the opportunity to move to Guam for two-years came up and Davis took it and said it was a good life for the family. “Guam was summer

Recently Davis says he has been home more.

With his retirement just around the corner, Davis and his family are busy planning what to do once his service is completed with the Navy.

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National Vietnam War Veterans Day 2020

National Vietnam War Veterans Day is observed every year on March 29 and is a way to thank and honor our nation’s Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice. There are five objectives with Vietnam Commemoration and the other four are: 1 - Highlight the service of our Armed Forces and support organizations during the war, 2 - Pay tribute to wartime contributions at home by American citizens, 3 - Highlight technology, science and medical advances made during the war, 4 - Recognize contributions by our Allies.

National Vietnam War Veterans Day will be observed on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Who does Vietnam War Commemoration Honor?

U.S. Armed Forces personnel with active duty service between November 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975, regardless of location of service which includes: Nine million Americans serving during that time, 6.4 million Americans living today, 2.7 million U.S. service members who served in Vietnam, 58,000 whose names are memorialized on a black granite wall in our Nation’s capital, 304,000 who were wounded, 1,253 Missing in Action (MIA) heroes who have not yet returned to American soil, 2,500 Prisoners of War (POWs) The commemoration makes no distinction between veterans who served in-county, in-theater, or were stationed elsewhere during those 20 years.

Origins of National Vietnam War Veterans Day Commemoration • 2007: Congress incorporated language in H.R. 4986 authorizing a program commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War • 2008: H.R. 4986 was signed into

law on January 28, 2008 • 2012: The Vietnam War Commemoration began with the Presidential inaugural event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012 • 2017: The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 established The National Vietnam War Veterans Day to be celebrate each year on March 29 • Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War will continue through Veterans Day, 2025 Presidential Proclamation Regarding Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 “To ensure the sacrifices of the 9 million heroes who served during this difficult chapter of our country’s history are remembered for generations to come, I signed into law the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017, designating March 29 of each year as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. Throughout this Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, and every March 29 thereafter, we will honor all those who answered our Nation’s call to duty.” President Trump Observing National Vietnam War Veterans Day Over 11,000 local, state and national organizations, businesses, sports franchises and governmental agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, have committed to be commemorative partners to hosting ceremonies, programs, events and activities that commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the Vietnam War. Visit the official DoD site VietnamWar50th.com for a full schedule of local events, resources and history.

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Tom Morris, and I. But Wayne decided he didn’t want to wait, and he joined the Army just a year after we graduated.”

Wayne’s basic training was at Fort Lewis in Washington, followed by Infantry Non-commissioned Officer School at Fort Benning, Georgia. It wasn’t long before he was promoted to sergeant.

Back home in Prosser, Wayne had been seriously dating Rosemary Worden, a high school classmate. When he came back from Georgia, he and Rosemary were married in June of 1968 in a double wedding ceremony at Prosser’s Catholic Church, alongside her sister, Janet Worden, who married Terry Ingham.

But the couple’s honeymoon time would not last for long – he had orders to go to Vietnam. Wayne was to become a squad leader with Company C of the Second Battalion, 39th Infantry, and the infantry was in the thick of fighting on the ground in Vietnam. He was just 20 years old when he left to fight a war halfway around the world.

“Before it happened, I just knew he would be killed,” his widow Rosemary remembers today. She was working at a hospital in Seattle while Wayne was deployed. “Two weeks before it happened I had this terrible dream. I dreamed Wayne got shot in the head, and that two military men came to my door to tell me.”

Just two weeks later, that’s exactly what happened.

“It was a Sunday, October 11, 1968.

That morning, two men in uniform came to my apartment door. And I knew, I just knew,” she recalled with a tear in her

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“Abraham, Martin and John”. It was a tribute to the assassinations of four iconic Americans. But that same year, Prosser suffered the untimely death of one of its own…another young man struck down too soon. His name was Wayne Hensley, and he was killed in service to his country with the U.S. Army in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam.

Wayne Hensley was not a fighter by nature. He was friendly, and likable, with a great smile and an undeniable sense of humor. He had been voted “wittiest” in his Class of ‘66 at Prosser High School, where he made countless friends and cocaptained the Mustang football team. He

was a 12-year PHS senior, and was voted “wittiest” among the senior favorites.

“He was just friendly…with everyone.

He was outgoing,” remembers his high school friend Jack Chapman. “But he had grit too, he was determined. If he had a job to do, he’d get it done.”

Wayne had moved in with his good friend Jack, and his parents Jay and Peggy Chapman, in his junior year of high school.

“My folks were happy to take him in,” Jack said, “just like another son. We were just really good friends, and that’s what we did. He was a good friend and needed a place to live.”

Larry Tyacke, another high school classmate, who also served in Vietnam, remembers Wayne well.

“Wayne always held a special place in my heart,” Larry commented. “I remember when 13 of us from our class went up to the draft board in Spokane in August of ’66. He was even with me the last time I saw my grandpa Travis alive.

Wayne was just a special guy.”

Wayne, and Jack and all their buddies graduated from Prosser High School in 1966. Some were thinking about going on to school, but college wasn’t one of Wayne’s aspirations. After high school he went to work at Prosser Pack (which eventually became Twin City Foods, and is now Fruit Smart). The controversial war in Vietnam was raging, and he knew he would probably be drafted, along with thousands of other young Americans.

“Back in ’67, there were three of us who were talking about joining the Navy together,” Jack recalled. “Wayne, and

Wayne Hensley, a Prosser native and ’66 graduate of Prosser High School, was killed in Vietnam on October 11, 1968. Known and loved by many in his hometown, Wayne’s death brought the tragedy of war close to home.

voice. “I had sent him a letter, telling him I was going to quit nursing and go to beauty school, but he never got it. The Army returned it to me...he never got my last letter.” Wayne had been in Vietnam less than three months.

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In the weeks following Wayne’s death, Rosemary felt compelled to write to some of his platoon mates. She was deeply moved when she received a touching letter from a soldier named Steve. He had served alongside Wayne, and was with him when he died.

“Wayne was a quiet guy in the base camp, but out in the field he yelled like any sergeant on T.V.,” Steve wrote to Rose Mary. “He did so well they made him acting platoon leader. Wayne was just a good friend, like all of us try to be to get along in this lousy war. Oh well, he was sort of special to his squad, and he tried to help us as much as possible.”

Steve felt compelled to tell Rose Mary exactly what had happened to her husband.

“One day we went on a regular sweep through the mud, etc. Wayne was acting platoon sergeant so he had a lot of responsibility. Our squad was in the lead of the Company formation. While we were walking toward a wood line I spotted foot prints in the mud, so we stopped for a second. Then everything cut loose. A machine gun opened up on us and we hid behind a clump of mud called a dike. While the rest of the company was rather safe we were pinned down by bullets. A photographer was trying to take a picture beside me and he was hit. He died instantly. Your husband saw he got hit and crawled over to see if he could help. When he found he was dead, Wayne started crawling back to his original position. That’s when he got hit. He never

felt a thing. Believe me I know. I was no more than two feet from him.”

“The whole squad cried after it was all over. We really felt terrible. I know how you must feel right now. I lost a great friend, you lost a husband.”

Wayne’s body was returned home that October. Casket bearers for his funeral were high school classmates and friends Jack Chapman, Clayton Johnson, Bill Wigger, Larry Davis, Mike Laws, and his brother-in-law Terry Ingham. Wayne was buried in his hometown Prosser Cemetery with full military honors.

Paul Fridlund, in his book “Changing Times: Prosser 1964-74”, wrote “No single event did more to bring the reality of the Vietnam War home to Prosser people than the death of Wayne Hensley.

Many felt the loss.”

“I was so lucky to be able to attend his funeral,” Jack remembers today. “I was on ship with the Coast Guard, and it just happened to be returning to port in Seattle for repairs. It’s only because I was coming in that I was able to be there for his funeral.

“We were just in shock that it had happened,” he continued. “My parents, Marsha and I, and all his friends…it was a confusing time. You just really couldn’t comprehend it.”

It was a heartfelt loss for the whole community of Prosser. Wayne Hensley, the hometown boy so beloved by so many, was just beginning his life. His tragic death did indeed bring the pain of a tragic war so very close to home.

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Televised Coverage of the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) was a time of great controversy in the United States. Cold War tensions ran high as the country relentlessly fought against the alleged evils of communism. At the same time, advances in video and audio recording enabled both easier and more news coverage. From 1950-1966, the number of televisions Americans owned skyrocketed from 9% to 93% as televisions became essential for everyday life.

In May 1967, an ABC news anchor by the name of Frank Reynolds, introduced a film report from Vietnam. He did so in an unusual way, he told viewers that what they were seeing was unprecedented, a war that television was bringing into their living rooms.

For the first time in American history, the news from the front lines was brought straight into the living room. Michael Arlen popularized the term “living-room war” when he wrote for The New Yorker

Journalists wrote day to day coverage and recorded their stories from the field. This gave Americans a more realistic glimpse into the lives of their soldiers, and they didn’t always like what they saw.

Since the news was visible in the homes of Americans, they were able to connect and empathize with the soldiers more so than they ever did before. By seeing the war on television, the nation began to divide. Anti-war advocates argued that this war was unnecessary.

Pro-war supporters regarded the anti-war protests as disloyalty to the American soldiers; they saw what was happening to them on their televisions and felt the need to support the troops. The outrage, fueled by television coverage, led to the decision to withdraw United States Troops in 1973 and end American involvement in the war.

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During World War II coverage, morale was high. Camera crews stayed in noncombat areas to show more positive sides of the war. In times prior to the Vietnam War, stories were broadcasted as a movie shown in theaters. During the broadcasts, newscasters shared only good news and if bad news was reported, they did so with a positive and cheery disposition.

With the “live” coverage of the Vietnam War being brought into the living rooms of Americans, many found the reports about the war unsettling.

Following Reynolds introduction, the news showed coverage of a medic’s frantic efforts to save the life of a fallen Marine during battle. Camera crews were onsite in combat zones, almost constantly.

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That was the fateful day that she and her husband, L. J., learned their beloved son, Army PVT Matthew J. Emerson, had been killed while on active duty in Mosul, Iraq.

“Matt just always wanted to be a soldier, it is all he talked about,” his mother remembers. “He was a G. I. Joe kid, played capture the flag, and war games, and did all those things boys do.

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But as he grew up, his focus grew more intense. We knew it was an important goal for him, and we finally gave him our blessing. When he turned 18, he made the trip to Spokane to take the Oath of Enlistment and join the Army. He was just so incredibly happy and proud when he enlisted. We were happy and proud too, and decided to support him in every way we could.”

Ginger Emerson is a Prosser native, and is no stranger to military service. Her father, Bob Evans, and three uncles and an aunt all proudly served their country during World War II. After she married, she and her husband moved their family to Grandview where they raised their three children, Christine, Joe and Matt, the youngest.

Matt graduated from Grandview High School with the class of 2005 in June, and was off to basic training at Fort Benning, GA in July. From there it was airborne school, where he earned his jump wings, and a transfer to Fort Bliss, TX. He was officially deployed in 2006 with the 2/7 CAV, Delta Company, Third Platoon.

Matt was home on leave in May of 2007, and hopeful he’d be back in time for Christmas. That did not happen.

When news of Matt’s tragic death reached his family, they were numb with

grief. They were blessed to be surrounded by extended family, friends and neighbors who poured out love and support. His hometown church overflowed with those who wanted to show their respect and love at his funeral.

But one event from his funeral service stands out in his mother’s memory.

“At the cemetery during Matt’s service, (Army Major) Randy Schliep presented me with a small, round lapel pin with a gold star on a field of purple, and pressed it carefully into my hand. We had known Randy while he was growing up in Grandview, before he went on to became part of Army Special Forces. He was a real hero to Matt. That day, I didn’t realize just what that pin meant.”

But she quickly learned it was a most special star, because it signified a new role – a role she hadn’t wanted – as a Gold Star Mother.

A year later, at a Time of Remembrance event in the Tri-Cities, was when Ginger first met other Gold Star Mothers.

Eventually she became an official member of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. in the Department of Washington, which later added the states of Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.

“I met so many women, all ages from all over. We shared grief, but we also shared pride. We shared that we cared about honoring and remembering veterans. Our children didn’t get to come home, but for those who did, we wanted to serve them.”

Ginger became more involved with AGSM on the national level, and eventually was elected a Washington

delegate to the national convention. In 2018, she was elected to the Executive Board as National Flag Bearer. That position involved trips to Washington, D. C., and attending several official ceremonies as flag bearer, and the laying of memorial wreaths.

“While I was considering whether to run for that position, L. J. just pointed out to me that involvement with veterans groups was what made me happy. I had to agree with him, and I accepted the nomination.”

Ginger served for one year in the flag bearer position, and in 2019 was elected national secretary for American Gold Star Mothers at their annual convention in Albuquerque. That new post recently involved attending Gold Star Mother’s Day commemorative ceremonies during the last weekend of September, in Washington, D.C. The American Gold Star Mothers Inc. group was officially organized in 1928 by founder Grace Darling Seibold, but the name actually has its roots in World War I. Families with soldiers serving during that war would hang a Blue Star Service Banner in their window, bearing a blue star on a white background, outlined in red. That banner was to let others know of their child’s wartime service. If they received the sad news that their child had fallen, mothers would wear black mourning arm bands with a gold gilt star, which later led to the star being placed over the blue star on the service banner.

It then became a Gold Star Banner. Both banners are still used today during times of war.

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The AGSM mission statement says that they are “Finding strength in the fellowship of other Gold Star Mothers who strive to keep the memory of our sons and daughters alive by working to help veterans, those currently serving in the military, their families and our communities.” As Grace Darling Seibold discovered, there is a great deal of healing in helping others who have sacrificed.

The Emersons retired to Arizona several years ago, but that didn’t alter her commitment to veterans’ projects.

Not only has Ginger been active with the American Legion Auxiliary in Sun City, in

June of 2019 she helped charter the West Phoenix chapter of Gold Star Mothers, and is serving as their first president.

There are different ways that people deal with loss. This is how Ginger Emerson and her husband have chosen to do it.

“To encourage one another, to serve veterans, and to continue our child’s service, that’s really why I’m doing this,” she explained. “Matthew wanted to serve his country, he truly did. I’m not sure how that seed was planted, but he had it.

Now he’s gone, but that doesn’t mean his service has to end there. “

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