THE TIMES November 11, 2020
Salute to Veterans
A Special Section Honoring America’s Military Veterans
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(MS) - Service members make numerous sacrifices in defense of their countries. While the debts to service members may never be the kind that can be repaid in full, paying tribute to veterans, on Veteran’s Day and throughout the year, can be a great way to show them just how much their efforts are appreciated. Veteran’s Day begins with Armistice Day Veteran’s Day is a byproduct of the end of World War I, when Germany and the Allied Nations signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ceasing fighting and establishing terms of peace. On November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the signing of the treaty, the first Armistice Day events were held. Armistice Day was initially a legal holiday to honor the end of World War I only, states History.com. The United States Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and November 11 became a national holiday starting in 1938. However, in 1954, after the country had been embroiled in both World War II and the Korean War, Congress amended the Act of 1938 by renaming the commemoration “Veteran’s Day” to honor veterans of all wars. Veteran’s Day in October? According to Military.com, for a short time, thanks to the Uniform Holiday Bill, which in 1968 established three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating national holidays on Mondays, Veteran’s Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October — the first being October 25, 1971. However, many people did not agree with this decision, continuing to honor the holiday on the original date. In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed a new law that returned Veteran’s Day to November 11 beginning in 1978. Since then, parades, memorial events, volunteer efforts, and other celebrations revolving around veterans have been held on November 11. Veterans around the world Many countries, including the United States, celebrate veterans on or near Novem-
ber 11. America’s closest neighbor to the north, Canada, commemorates veterans on Remembrance Day (also November 11), as does the United Kingdom. Britain also has Remembrance Sunday, which is the second Sunday of November. Remembrance Day also is called Poppy Day, when people of the Commonwealth member states wear a red poppy flower in honor of military members who have died in the line of duty. Paying tribute There are various ways to honor veterans on Veteran’s Day and Remembrance Day. Federal government closings, educational efforts in schools, parades, and visits to military hospitals or cemeteries may take place. In Europe, it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every November 11. Veteran’s Day and its sister holidays mark the honoring of veterans of all wars, with a particular focus on living veterans. It is a day to celebrate the dedication and selflessness of hardworking military men and women.
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George Krasnican U.S. Navy - WWII
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Leonard Mayberry U.S. Navy
George R. Myer U.S. Army Air Corps World War II
Arthur W. Overocker
U.S. Marine Corp. 1979 - 1982 (1 yr. O’Kinawa)
Wayne Eichelkraut, Sr.
George A Tribute To Leskanich III
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Mike A. Partipilo III
U.S. Navy South Pacific & WWII 1944-1946
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Ben Majercin
Captain Ben Wackerlin
U.S. Navy – Korean War 1952-1956
U.S. Army Airborne Ranger - Retired
William Mitchell U.S. Navy 1931-2015
Francis Killelea U.S. Army - 343 Infantry WWII 1942 - 1946
Carlos Reeser U.S. Army - WWII 1942 - 1945
Robert “Bob” Chevalier Army WWII
Ronald Landers Army - Korea 1/13/1960 - 2/15/1962
Charles F. Anderson
U.S. Army - Vietnam War A Tribute To 1/28/40 - 6/28/75
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Curtis L. Grunstad U.S. Army - WWII 7/31/09 - 1/11/91
Nathan T. Davis U.S. Marine Corps Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2018
Buford E. Fletcher U.S. Army 1922 - 2007
Taylor James Fleming
U.S. Army
2011 - 2015
Michael D. Fletcher U.S. Army - Vietnam 1966 - 1968
For your courage, your commitment, your service,we salute you.
U.S. Air Force 6/16/1928 - 4/29/2007
William T. Diamond
U.S. Navy - WWII
U.S. Coast Guard/Navy 1922-2013 WWII
John W. Pomeranke U.S. Army - Vietnam War, 1967-1969 IL National Guard, 1978-1988
Antonio “Tony” G. Nilo U.S. Army WWII 6/13/1915 - 7/16/1987
Russell Leger
25th Infantry Division Korean War 1951 - 1953
Ron Christmann U.S. Army Combat Engineers Korean War Nov. 1952 - Oct. 1954
Donald R. Hylin U.S. Marine Corp. Korean War 1953-1956
Jerry Lechner U.S. Navy Feb. 1954 - Feb. 1958
James Ramer U.S. Army Feb. 1969 - Apr. 1971
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Lawrence S. Majerus
Dale Terry
U.S. Army - Vietnam Sept. 1962 - Sept. 1965
Donald F. Martin U.S. Army - Korean War 08/31/1925 - 02/08/2002
Walter Roach Sr.
U.S. Coast Guard
Served in the U.S. Navy during WWII
Jack Lee Raikes
Marvin Raikes “Bub”
U.S. Army - Vietnam
U.S. Army - Korean War
Wm. J. Vlastnik U.S. Army Adjutant General Corp 8/24/1952 - 9/25/1954
David Baudino U.S. Army 07/26/1931 - 10/20/2016
Sgt. Bob Fuchs William A. Luther U.S. Army Reserve
Walter Roach Jr. Served in the U.S. Navy from 1967 - 1969
Ray Page
U.S. Navy WWII
U.S. Army Currently on 4th Deployment
William (Bill) Quay U.S. Navy
Michael Raikes U.S. Marine Corps 1993 - 1997
Don Farmer U.S. Army - Korea Served 1953 - 1955
Debra Murray
Drill Sergeant U.S. Army - Vietnam Era 3/14/1972 - 1/12/1979
Fred M. Raikes I U.S. Air Force WWII
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Donald L. Martin U.S. Navy Vietnam Era Veteran Aug 1966 - Feb 1974
(brothers) U.S. Army - Korean War 1952 - 1953
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Charles Gaull
U.S. Navy - Korean War 08/28/1929 - 01/21/2013
U.S. Navy - WWII 08/08/1923 - 06/07/2000
Frank Gaull Jr. U.S. Marine Corp - WWII 10/1/1917 - 9/14/1989
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John F. Jessen
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Brothers, Kevin, Kurtis, & Kristopher Lewis U.S. Airforce Active Duty
Robert E. Kosnick U.S. Navy - World War II 1943 - 1945
Joseph M. Carey U.S. Navy 1952 - 1956
Floyd Barkau U.S. Army Reserve 1960 - 1965
6 brothers served 4 branches of service 3 wars = 61 years
Arnold Elzer
Coast Guard 1940-1969 29 years
Norman Elzer
Army 1943-1946 3 years
Joseph Elzer
Army 1944-1946 2 years
Eugene A. Lee Jr.
U. S. Army - Korea 25th Div. 27th Wolfhound Regt.
Wesley Junior Chapman U.S. Army - WWII Mess Sergeant 7/17/1926 - 1/23/2016
Henry Elzer
Eugene A. Lee Sr. U.S. Army - WWI 90th Div.
Harold Palmer Hetelle
Staff Sgt. – U.S. Air Corps April 16, 1943 Killed in Action
Navy 1941-1947 10 years Coast Guard 1947-1951
PVT 1st Class John Thomas Perkins U.S. Army - WWII Inducted & Entry 6/28/45 Departure 10/2/1946 4/28/27 - 9/5/54
William Elzer
Navy 1947-1951 4 years
Robert Elzer
Air Force 1950-1963 13 years
Jesse Johnson Hetelle U.S. Army - WWI Entered 9/4/18 Released 1/6/19 8/22/1896 - 3/4/1993
John A. Ramza U.S. Navy 1942 - 1944
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Carl William Feagans U.S. Army - WWII 1913-1999
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U.S. Navy - WWII 9/26/1928 - 7/24/2004
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Allen K. Wig U.S. Army Feb. 1983 - Oct. 1987
James D. Rutherford
U.S. Army - 3 Deployments Iraq Freedom Feb. 1994-2015
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U.S. Army - WWII
U.S. Army Air Corps WWII
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U.S. Army 1957 - 1959
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U.S. Army Vietnam War
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U.S. Army - WWII
U.S. Army - Korea 1951 - 1952
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U.S. Navy - WWII
U.S. Army - WWII
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U.S. Army - WWII 1/25/1943 - 12/17/1945
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Robert “Jake” Garcia
U.S. Army - Korean War
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Willard S. Stelling U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. - WWII 1/5/43 - 10/11/45
John G. Loeffler U.S. Army - Vietnam War 1966-1968 Germany
David Rivers
Army National Guard Camp Liberty Baghdad January - September 2005
John W. Olesen U.S. Navy 1960-1963
Arnold Rogers Jr. Robert Hyduk U.S. Army - Vietnam
U.S. Army - Korean War Staff Sergeant Nov. 1950 - Sept. 1953
Captain Benjamin Keith Liptak US Air Force 4/1/12 - Present
Albert J. Martin U.S. Marines - WWII 11/24/43 - 4/3/46
John “Dick” Chalkey U.S. Army 1963 - 1965
Martin R. Hawley U.S. Army - Vietnam
Perry Wayne Hetelle William Zellers U.S. Army - Korean War
David Kovalik U.S. Army - WWII 1949
Air Corps WWII - Sergeant Born Marseilles, IL - Married & lived in Carolton, IL Joined May 1942
James Spivey
U.S. Army -WWII 12/9/1944 - 12/14/1946 Phillipines & Japan
J. Kieth Chapman Army Pilot - Captain 12/14/1942 - 8/3/1944
Tim Nistor U.S. Army Active Duty
Gerald C. Smith 3 Years Army, 2 Years Air Force WWII, 1939 - 1944
Austin Noon U.S. Marine Corps
Joe Herrera
U.S. Army - Korean War
Clyde E. Miller U.S. Navy - WWII 9/11/1942 - 3/24/1946
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Tom Vandervort
Andrew R. Adamchak
U.S. Air Force 1966 - 1970 Vietnam War
12/21/1931 - 09/03/2016
Lt. Col. Philip W. Youngstrum
Joseph Snyder
U.S. Army/WWII U.S. Army Reserve 1943 - 1982
David J. Hill
7/9/28 - 6/4/87 PFC U.S. Army - WWII Occupation of Japan, M.P.
U.S. Army - WWII 8/29/42 - 12/02/45 Purple Heart Recipient 8/9/43
Lowell James Bromley Cavalry 1927 - 1931
S/Sgt Donald L. Horn
Edward Strack
U.S. Army - Korean War 1953 - 1954
U.S. Army - Vietnam War 1966 - 1968
William E. Brock Jr.
2nd Lt. William E. Brock III
U.S. Army - WWII 1943 - 1946
Richard Lowell Bromley
U.S. Navy - Seaman 3rd Class Damage Control Korean War 1950 - 1954
U.S. Army - Vietnam 1945 - 2017
Master Sergeant Timothy B. Kreier U.S. Army Rangers Green Beret Special Ops
Clyde E. Shilts U.S. Army 11/29/43 - 05/02/46
Donald F. Gordon U.S. Army - Korean Conflict 2/15/52 - 10/20/53
Andrew J. Krasnican
USMC – 1954 - 1957 U.S. Army – 1958 - 1989
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Edward Majercin U.S. Navy Aerial Engineer 1950 - 1955
Dennis Orvis
U.S. Navy Vietnam Era War 10/20/1967 – 10/31/1969
Edward A. Robinett U.S. Army Air Force - WWII 7/18/44 – 7/6/46
Elmer M. Zelenak
Fred Barhum
U.S. Army - Korean War 07/07/1929 – 12/31/2011
U.S. Army - Korean War 1952 - 1955
Kevin J. Hylin
Robert W. Hylin
Joseph A. Navarro
Joseph R. Navarro
Frederick Nicklin John R. Higgins U.S. Army – Korea 1951 - 1953
Harold “Dutch” Schaibley U.S. Marine Corps Korean War 07/01/1931 – 08/17/2013
Tom Conness
U.S. Army – Vietnam 1969-1971
Merlyn V. Higgins U.S. Army – Korea 4/12/1951 – 4/9/1953
Jacob Navarro U.S. Naval Academy 1993-1997
Michael D. Roe U.S. Navy 11/17/1982 – 2/19/1991
United States Air Force 7/15/1954 – 4/14/1958 DOB: 5/31/1937 DOD: 5/30/2012
Jesse Navarro
U.S. Army Iraq/Afghanistan Deployed for 80+ months
Raymond Baxter
U.S. Army Korean War – Army Engineer 11/1953 – 04/1955
U.S. Army 1984-1993
U.S. Army - WWII 10/05/1922 – 05/19/1996
Robert H. Dolder U.S. Army – WWII 11/26/21 – 2/28/05
Marine Corp 1956-1959
U.S. Marine Corps - Vietnam 1972-1973
Ronald E. Hughes U.S. Army - Vietnam War 5/23/66 - 4/11/68
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LeRoy Jenkins
U.S. Army Korea Support Command 1956 - 1958
William John Webb Jr.
William T. Bailey
11th Airborne
U.S. Army 1974 - 1976
Richard Nelson
Richard L. Fogarty
Virl Schmit
U.S. Navy 1952 - 1960 DOB: 6/6/33 DOD: 4/7/13
Terry L. Nelson USAF 1980-1992 Master Crewchief Desert Storm Desert Shield Iraq Freedom
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U.S. Air Force - Gulf War 20 years of service until retirement date August 1, 2007
Ross Reynolds
Air Force – Afghanistan 2009 to Present
John R. Bodznick U.S. Army 1964 - 1966
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Debra K. Nelson (Barth)
U.S. Army - Germany & Korea 1974 - 1983
Francis Callahan Combat Infantry 1943 - 1946 Pacific Phillipines – Luzon Half Track ran over one of his legs
Edward J. Callahan Sr.
Army Pvt. 1st Class 525 Transportation Division Bassens-France 1916-1919
Edward J. Callahan Jr.
Army-Staff Sargent 3rd Armored Division – Patton 1943 - 1946 / Wounded – 1945 Bastonge-France - Purple Heart
Brandon Simmons U.S. Coast Guard Aug. 2015 – Present
Marion S. Ostby
U.S. Navy - S2C Seaman Apprentice Enlisted 7/30/1945 Great Lakes, Camp Parks, CA, Tacoma, WA, Adak, AK Naval Reserve
SFC Charlene (Pence) Lorentzen U.S. Army - Vietnam Era 1972 - 1992 Retired
Reno D. Pence
U.S. Army – WWII Utah Beach 1942 - 1945 - TEC 5
Mark E. Rice U.S. Navy June 1982- Jan 1990
Charles A. Burt, Jr. 6/18/1921 - 5/10/2010 U.S. Army - WWII
Sgt. Reno E. Pence Sr. U.S. Army – Vietnam Era 1972 - 1974 1978 -1997 ARNG Retired
Edward Claramita U.S. Army 1966-1972
Cpl. John J. Biffany U.S. Air Force - WWII 1942 - Dec. 14th 1944
Don Purcell Paratrooper 1953 - 1956
Bert C. Stone (“Stonie”)
U.S. Army - WWII Germany 1940 - 1944
Daniel J. Sedlock Sr.
U.S. Navy – Korean War 1949 - 1952
James Angelico
Private, U.S. Army - WWII May 11, 1943 - Oct 4, 1945
Brian Greer
U.S. Air Force 1987 - 2011 Flew in Somolia & Operation Southern Watch & Bosnia
Joseph Reno Pence U.S. Navy – Grenada 1979 - 1983
Marty Biroschik U.S. Navy /1968 - 1970 Camp Tiensha Vietnam
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Frank Vlastnik
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Korean 1952-1954
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Lester E. Erickson
Larry Knaniecki USMC Vietnam War
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Army Reserves 10/12/52 - 10/11/56
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William A. Rose
Kenny Liss
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Zachary Hughes
U.S. Army - Vietnam
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Vernon D. Wilson
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Eric Shepperson U.S. Army
Steven Krieter
Dale Peters Sr.
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Daryle Peters
U.S.M.C. - Korea, Grenada, Lebanon, Persian Gulf
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Dale Peters Jr.
Joe Navarro
U.S. Navy - Persian Gulf
Michael Gladd
U.S.M.C. - Vietnam
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HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES Scott Heyob
U.S. Army INF 1st ID Kosovo 2001 - 2004
with Grandfather Archie Coomer USAF MSG. 1936 -1959 WWII
Heinz Suppan
Caleb A. Baker National Guard May 2006 - May 2012
Donald J. Lechner U.S. Army – Korean War January 1952 - January 1954
Stanley M. Johnson U.S. Army – World War I 572nd Medical Corps, Ambulance Driver in France 8/15/18 - 5/26/19
Ennis Mooneyham U.S. Navy – World War II 3/8/44 - 12/28/45
Lee McCumsey U.S. Navy West Pacific 7th Fleet 11/4/57 - 4/12/62
U.S. Air Force 1959 - 1963
Served in Afghanistan 2008-2009
Dennis E Farley
PV2 Timothy Lingle U.S. Army July 2020 - Present
U.S. Marine Corps – Vietnam 1966-1967
U.S. Army – E-5 Sergeant 4/26/57 - 2/25/63
Larry Johnson
Christopher Majercin
George Majercin
Gene Roberts
U.S. Army – Vietnam 8/28/67 - 2/19/69
U.S. Army – Vietnam 1/15/68 - 8/21/69
U.S. Navy 2012 - 2018
Terry L. Fischer
U.S. Air Force 1954 - 1958
Donald Gillette
U.S. Navy July 1980 - July 1984
Robert Ray Morris U.S. Army April 1956 - April 1958
Robbie Gross U.S. Air Force 1999 to 2019
Michael S. Kmetz
U.S. Army – SP4 Military Police 4/23/64 - 4/22/66
John A. Stoudt U.S. Army – M.P. Cuban Missile Crisis 1960 - 1962
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Norton D. Stephenson Sr.
Norton D. Stephenson Jr.
U.S. Army – World War I Purple Heart April 1917 - May 1919
U.S. Army – World War II 82nd ABN. - Silver Star - 1st Sgt. April 1943 - December 1945
Vernon (Pete) Bayer
Larry Bayer
U.S. Army – World War II 1942 - 1945
U.S. Army – Korea 1967 - 1969
Norton D. Stephenson
U.S. Army – Vietnam Era December 1963 - November 1966
Eric Gonzalez
U.S. Army National Guard Iraq War 3/1/03 - 3/1/09
H. Vincent Peffley
U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict Navy Seabees -Builder 1st Class 1953 - 1957
Gary Wheeler
U.S. Army – Vietnam Era 11/3/70 - 8/3/73
John Roth U.S. Navy 9/22/67 - 6/30/75
Robert Danko
U.S. Army – Vietnam War 12/3/70 - 7/19/72
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Patrick E. Minkus U.S. Army – Vietnam Era 9/14/78 - 1/31/81
U.S. Army – Vietnam Era 1974 - 1978
Andrew Minkus
Georgiana Minkus
Kenneth Leslie Green
Ralph Raymond Michael
George F. Balke
U.S. Army – World War I 1918 - 1919
U.S. Navy 5/9/44 - 6/7/46
U.S. Air Force - Vietnam July 1968 - August 1988
Larry W. Ried
Donald J. Miller U.S. Army - Vietnam 9/16/66 - 9/16/68
Laverne R. Howe
U.S. Army Air Corp - WWII 1941 - 1945
David O. Howe
U.S. Air Force - Vietnam 1967 - 1971
U.S. Army - Corporal Korean Conflict 12/19/29 - 4/24/92
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Gustave A. Amm
John F. Amm
Howard McCoy Quesenberry
Jerry Wayne Michael
U.S. Marine Corps – Vietman War 12/1/66 - 9/25/67 Killed in Action
U.S. Navy - Vietnam 1964 - 1968
U.S. Army - Korean War 11/15/52 - 11/14/55
U.S. Army - World War I 5/26/18 - 6/3/19
U.S. Air Force - Iraq 2006 - 2008
U.S. Army - World War II 2/25/43 - 4/19/46
George Minkus
U.S. Army – World War II 1942 - 1945
Randall Olsen
U.S. Marine Corps 08/19/47 - 09/30/49
James H. McGrath U.S. Army – Korean War 7/22/48 - 8/22/53
Kay Mathesius
U.S. Army - Vietnam Era 1965 - 1967
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U.S. Army 08/28/70 - 08/27/73
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Vincent Easi U.S. Navy 1987 - 1991
Charles O. Calligaris
U.S. Army – Corporal World War II – 1943-1945
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Matthew Scarbrough U.S. Navy 1994 - 1999
Dave Lahey
Gene E. Taylor
U.S. Air Force – Vietnam 01/11/66 - 05/09/69
Evon E Towne
U.S. Army – Spec 5 1/29/70 - 9/3/71
U.S. Army – Vietman 11/21/51 - 10/10/19
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