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Elso Vince Patarozzi Army WWII & European Theater & in Asia 1918-1998
George L. Krasnican
U.S. Air Force - Gulf War 1990 - 1993
George Krasnican
U.S.
Navy - WWII
John Krasnican U.S. Army - Vietnam 1968 - 1970
John J. Boyle
U.S. Army WWII 1941 - 1945
US Navy 1943 - 1946
Edward Facer
U.S.
Lester W. Cox Sr.
Army - WWII
U.S.
Lester Boe
07/27/1916 - 09/05/2017
Army - WWII
James M. McConville U.S. Army - Korea 1950 - 1952
Larry John Ruiz U.S. Army Vietnam
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U.S.
May 1990 - May 1995
Linda Peterson
Army - Desert Shield/ Desert Storm
Jacob Bayer
U.S.
Navy - WWII 1911 - 1959
Bernard Brue U.S. Army - WWII 1925 - 1997
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U.S. Army - WWII
- 7/30/16
US
9/21/25 - 8/30/2014
Sgt. Albert L. Mandula
Air Force
Corporal Manuel Mata U.S. Army - Korean War 1952 - 1953
Tony Rehor U.S. Navy
Sam Rehor U.S. Marines
Greg L. Melvin U.S. Army - Vietnam War 1968 - 1969
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Navy
WWII
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Lance Corp
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Sgt Ryan P. Emm U.S. Marine Corp 1994-1998
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Wood Dale, IL U.S. Navy H 1974-1979 Wayne Eichelkraut, Sr. U.S. Navy South Pacific & WWII 1944-1946
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U.S. Air Force
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U.S.
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U.S.
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For your courage, your commitment, your service,we salute you.
Russell Mohkovic
Jerry Lechner
Navy Feb. 1954 - Feb. 1958
Ron Christmann U.S. Army Combat Engineers Korean War Nov. 1952 - Oct. 1954
Antonio “Tony” G. Nilo
Army WWII
Donald M. Elliott U.S. Coast Guard/Navy 1922-2013 WWII
William T. Diamond
U.S. Navy - WWII
James Ramer
U.S. Army Feb. 1969 - Apr. 1971
Donald R. Hylin
U.S. Marine Corp. Korean War 1953-1956
Russell Leger 25th Infantry Division Korean War 1951 - 1953
John W. Pomeranke
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U.S.
Lawrence S. Majerus
Coast Guard
Fred M. Raikes I U.S. Air Force WWII
Sylvester Mitchell
U.S.
Army - WWII
1943
- 1945, Private First Class Company L 7th Infantry Purple Heart - Bronze Star
Walter Roach Jr. Served in the U.S. Navy from 1967 - 1969
Walter Roach Sr. Served in the U.S. Navy during WWII
James Vincent Nagle U.S. Navy 1926 - 2014
Don Farmer U.S. Army - Korea Served 1953 - 1955
David Baudino U.S. Army 07/26/1931 - 10/20/2016
Wm. J. Vlastnik U.S. Army Adjutant General Corp 8/24/1952 - 9/25/1954
Dale Terry U.S. Army - Vietnam Sept. 1962 - Sept. 1965
Allen Querciagrossa WWII - Saipan & Guam Army Corporal 1943-1946
Debra Murray Drill Sergeant U.S. Army - Vietnam Era 3/14/1972 - 1/12/1979
Sgt. Bob Fuchs U.S. Army Currently on 4th Deployment
William A. Luther U.S. Army Reserve
Donald F. Martin U.S. Army - Korean War 08/31/1925 - 02/08/2002
Jack Lee Raikes
U.S. Army - Vietnam
Charles Raikes U.S. Army - Korean War
Michael Raikes U.S. Marine Corps 1993 - 1997
Ray Page U.S. Navy WWII
Marvin Raikes “Bub” U.S. Army - Korean War
Staff Sergeant
U.S. Army Rangers
U.S. Navy - WWII 08/08/1923 - 06/07/2000
U.S. Army - WWII 10/28/1925 - 3/29/2014
Terrance Centko
U.S. Navy - Vietnam 12/29/65 - 12/28/71
U.S. Marine Corp - WWII 10/1/1917 - 9/14/1989
John F. Jessen
1/17/33 - 8/19/16 U.S. Navy Served June 1952 - May 1956
Clifford A. McCollum
U.S. Navy 1946 - 1948 WWII Seaman Air 1946-1994
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your
your
your
you.
For
courage,
commitment,
service,we salute
Jesse Navarro
Othmar Salz
William Martin Jr.
William & Don Buckingham (brothers) U.S. Army - Korean War 1952 - 1953
Donald L. Martin U.S. Navy Vietnam Era Veteran Aug 1966 - Feb 1974
Frank Gaull Jr.
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Charles Gaull U.S. Navy - Korean War 08/28/1929 - 01/21/2013
Navy 1941-1947 10 years Coast Guard 1947-1951
HEROES
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
William Elzer Navy 1947-1951 4 years
Robert Elzer Air Force 1950-1963 13 years
U.S. Navy 1942 - 1944
PVT 1st Class John
Thomas Perkins
Hetelle
U.S. Army - WWI Entered 9/4/18Released 1/6/19 8/22/1896 - 3/4/1993
Joseph Carl Feagans
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Wesley Junior Chapman
U.S. Army - WWII Mess Sergeant 7/17/1926 - 1/23/2016 A Tribute To
U.S. Navy Cold War & Vietnam Joseph Carl Feagans U.S. Navy Cold War & Vietnam 1944-2009
Jesse Johnson
U.S. Army - WWII Inducted & Entry 6/28/45 Departure 10/2/1946 4/28/27 - 9/5/54
Harold Palmer
Hetelle
Staff Sgt. – U.S. Air Corps April 16, 1943 Killed in Action
Carl William
Feagans U.S. Army - WWII 1913-1999
James D. Rutherford
U.S. Army - 3 Deployments Iraq Freedom Feb. 1994-2015
Allen K. Wig U.S. Army
Feb. 1983 - Oct. 1987
Robert W. Babcock Sr. U.S. Army 7/1971 - 9/1976
Robert W. Babcock Jr. U.S. Navy - WWII 9/26/1928 - 7/24/2004
Brothers, Kevin, Kurtis, & Kristopher Lewis U.S. Airforce Active Duty
Eugene A. Lee Jr. U. S. Army - Korea 25th Div. 27th Wolfhound Regt.
Joseph M. Carey
U.S. Navy 1952 - 1956
Robert E. Kosnick U.S. Navy - World War II 1943 - 1945
Floyd Barkau
U.S. Army Reserve 1960 - 1965
John A. Ramza
Henry Elzer
Eugene A. Lee Sr. U.S. Army - WWI 90th Div.
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U.S.
James Burke
Army - WWII
U.S.
LT JG
Patrick M. Walker
Navy - WW II
U.S.
Richard “Dick” Leonard
Army - 1st Air Cavalry Vietnam 1965-1967
Chuck Burke U.S. Army - WWII
U.S.
For your courage, your commitment, your service,we salute you.
William (Billy) Burke
Army Air Corps WWII
1942 - 1945
U.S.
E4/Rank Specialist Oct. 13, 2015 - Present
U.S.
1981 - 1984
U.S.
1951 - 1952
Jim Battiselli
Army Sergeant
Adam Brooking
Army
Kevin M. Mason
Air Force
George J. Mason
Army - Korea
U.S.
1957 - 1959
George Easi
Army
Kevin Burke U.S. Army Vietnam War
Jack Burke U.S. Army - WWII
Robert Burke U.S. Navy - WWII
Robert Burke U.S. Army Cuban Missile Crisis
Ronald Burke U.S. Air Force Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S.
- WWII 1/25/1943 - 12/17/1945
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Vernon G. Lund
U.S. Navy - Vietnam War 7/7/1971 - 7/3/1975
Jillian Blue Casford U.S. Navy
George L. Hyduk U. S. Army - Korean War 1950 - 1952
James C. Torres Gen. George Patton’s 3rd Army - WWII
George Perry
Army
Ben Majercin USS Salem
Elzia Turpin USS Rolette
Les
Flanigan
USS Waller U.S. Navy Korean War June 1952 - 1956
Ralph W. Anderson U.S. Army - WWII 04/14/1924 - 11/17/2016
Justin Moore U.S. Army SPC - Iraq 2004-2014
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David Kovalik
U.S. Army - WWII
1949
Clyde E. Miller
U.S. Navy - WWII 9/11/1942 - 3/24/1946
Austin Noon U.S. Marine Corps
Gerald C. Smith 3 Years Army, 2 Years Air Force WWII, 1939 - 1944
James Spivey
U.S. Army -WWII 12/9/1944 - 12/14/1946 Phillipines & Japan
John G. Loeffler
U.S. Army - Vietnam War 1966-1968 Germany
Martin R. Hawley U.S. Army - Vietnam
Albert J. Martin U.S. Marines - WWII 11/24/43 - 4/3/46
Arnold Rogers Jr. U.S. Army - Korean War Staff Sergeant Nov. 1950 - Sept. 1953
Robert Hyduk U.S. Army - Vietnam
William Zellers
U.S. Army - Korean War
Joe Herrera U.S. Army - Korean War
Tim Nistor U.S. Army Active Duty
J. Kieth Chapman Army Pilot - Captain 12/14/1942 - 8/3/1944
Perry Wayne Hetelle Air Corps WWII - Sergeant Born Marseilles, IL - Married & lived in Carolton, IL Joined May 1942
Willard S. Stelling U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. - WWII 1/5/43 - 10/11/45
John “Dick” Chalkey U.S. Army 1963 - 1965
Captain Benjamin Keith Liptak US Air Force 4/1/12 - Present
John W. Olesen U.S. Navy 1960-1963
David Rivers
Army National Guard Camp Liberty Baghdad January - September 2005
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U.S. Air
1966 - 1970 Vietnam
U.S.
11/29/43
Tom Vandervort
Force
War Clyde E. Shilts
Army
- 05/02/46
U.S.
U.S.
1953
Edward Strack
Army - Vietnam War 1966 - 1968 S/Sgt Donald L. Horn
Army - Korean War
- 1954
12/21/1931
09/03/2016
W. Youngstrum U.S. Army/WWII U.S. Army Reserve 1943 - 1982
U.S. Army
2/15/52 - 10/20/53 2nd Lt.
Brock III U.S. Army - Vietnam 1945 - 2017 William
U.S. Army - WWII 1943 - 1946
Andrew R. Adamchak
-
Lt. Col. Philip
Donald F. Gordon
- Korean Conflict
William E.
E. Brock Jr.
U.S.
-
8/29/42 - 12/02/45 Purple
8/9/43
Joseph Snyder
Army
WWII
Heart Recipient
7/9/28 - 6/4/87 PFC U.S. Army - WWII Occupation of
M.P.
David J. Hill
Japan,
USMC – 1954 - 1957 U.S.
– 1958 - 1989
U.S.
Green
Andrew J. Krasnican
Army
Master Sergeant Timothy B. Kreier
Army Rangers
Beret Special Ops
U.S.
1950
Richard Lowell Bromley
Navy - Seaman 3rd Class Damage Control Korean War
- 1954
1927
For your courage, your commitment, your service,we salute you.
Lowell James Bromley
Cavalry
- 1931
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U.S. Army – Korea 1951 - 1953
John R. Higgins
Marine
1956-1959
U.S.
1984-1993
United States Air Force 7/15/1954 – 4/14/1958 DOB: 5/31/1937 DOD: 5/30/2012
U.S. Army – Korea 4/12/1951 – 4/9/1953
Robert W. Hylin
Corp
Kevin J. Hylin
Army
Frederick Nicklin
Merlyn V. Higgins
Schaibley U.S. Marine Corps Korean War 07/01/1931 – 08/17/2013
Harold “Dutch”
U.S. Marine Corps
1972-1973
Joseph R. Navarro
- Vietnam
U.S. Army - WWII 10/05/1922 – 05/19/1996
U.S. Army Iraq/Afghanistan Deployed for 80+ months
Joseph A. Navarro
Jesse Navarro
U.S. Naval Academy 1993-1997
Jacob Navarro
U.S. Army – Vietnam 1969-1971
Tom Conness
U.S. Army
5/23/66 - 4/11/68
U.S. Army – WWII 11/26/21 – 2/28/05
U.S.
Korean War – Army Engineer 11/1953 – 04/1955
U.S. Navy 11/17/1982 – 2/19/1991
Ronald E. Hughes
- Vietnam War
Robert H. Dolder
Raymond Baxter
Army
Michael D. Roe
U.S.
Aerial
1950 - 1955
Edward Majercin
Navy
Engineer
1952 - 1955
Fred Barhum
U.S. Army - Korean War
07/07/1929 – 12/31/2011
Elmer
M. Zelenak U.S. Army - Korean War
U.S. Army Air
7/18/44 – 7/6/46
Edward A. Robinett
Force - WWII
U.S.
Vietnam Era War 10/20/1967 – 10/31/1969
Dennis Orvis
Navy
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Carroll U.S. Army Career 1965 Until 1994
U.S. Navy 1952 - 1960 DOB: 6/6/33 DOD: 4/7/13
U.S.
1974 - 1976
William “Bill”
Virl Schmit
William T. Bailey
Army
11th
William John Webb Jr.
Airborne
U.S.
Korea Support
1956 - 1958 Terry L. Nelson USAF 1980-1992 Master Crewchief Desert Storm Desert Shield Iraq Freedom Michael F. Fogarty U.S. Army – Vietnam War Richard L. Fogarty U.S. Army – Vietnam War 12/26/1946 - 02/25/2007 Richard Nelson Korea 1953 - 1955 Army Engineers Ross Reynolds Air Force – Afghanistan 2009 to Present Sargent Manuel C. Quiroz U.S. Air Force - Gulf War 20 years of service until retirement date August 1, 2007 Delbert Lewis Chapman, PFC U.S. Marine Corps - WWII Inducted 3/29/1945 –Discharged 7/5/1946 5/8/1918 – 10/11/2002 George Thompson Chapman U.S. Navy – GM3/C 10/16/1957 – 8/16/1999 Harold L. Fogarty U.S. Army - WWII European Theater 08/25/1914 - 08/14/1990 John R. Bodznick U.S. Army 1964 - 1966 901 LaSalle St. • Ottawa 815-433-1191 Membership open to all honorably discharged Veterans since Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Ottawa Legion Post 33 SM-CL2026795 Thank you for your service 100 E. BLUFF St., Marseilles Main Lobby Open Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm Sat. 8am-noon Drive Up Hours Mon-Fri. 7am-5:30pm Sat. 8am-noon 1-815-795-3900 • 24 Hour ATM
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Army
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(Barth) U.S. Army - Germany & Korea 1974 - 1983
U.S. Coast Guard Aug. 2015 – Present
Army-Staff Sargent 3rd Armored Division – Patton 1943 - 1946 / Wounded – 1945 Bastonge-France - Purple Heart
Army Pvt. 1st Class 525 Transportation Division Bassens-France 1916-1919
Combat Infantry 1943 - 1946 Pacific Phillipines – Luzon Half Track ran over one of his legs Marion S. Ostby U.S. Navy - S2C Seaman Apprentice Enlisted 7/30/1945 Great Lakes, Camp Parks, CA, Tacoma, WA, Adak, AK Naval Reserve
U.S. Air Force 1987 - 2011 Flew in Somolia & Operation Southern Watch & Bosnia
(“Stonie”) U.S. Army - WWII Germany 1940 - 1944
U.S.
1966-1972
Rice U.S. Navy June 1982- Jan 1990 SFC Charlene (Pence) Lorentzen U.S. Army - Vietnam Era 1972 - 1992 Retired Joseph Reno Pence U.S. Navy – Grenada 1979 - 1983 Daniel J. Sedlock Sr. U.S. Navy – Korean War 1949 - 1952 Cpl. John J. Biffany U.S. Air Force - WWII 1942 - Dec. 14th 1944 Charles A. Burt, Jr. 6/18/1921 - 5/10/2010 U.S. Army - WWII Reno D. Pence U.S. Army – WWII Utah Beach 1942 - 1945 - TEC 5
Debra K. Nelson
Brandon Simmons
Edward J. Callahan Jr.
Edward J. Callahan Sr.
Francis Callahan
Brian Greer
Bert C. Stone
Edward Claramita
Army
Mark E.
U.S. Navy /1968 - 1970 Camp Tiensha Vietnam
Private, U.S. Army - WWII May 11, 1943 - Oct 4, 1945 Don
Paratrooper 1953 - 1956 Sgt. Reno E. Pence Sr. U.S. Army – Vietnam Era 1972 - 1974 1978 -1997 ARNG Retired
Marty Biroschik
James Angelico
Purcell
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U.S.
Active
PFC Vic Nistor III
Army
Duty
James P. Spitzmiller Served in the U.S. Army 1958 - 1962
John W. Spitzmiller Served in the U.S. Marine Corps 1957 - 1961
Kenny Liss U.S. Army 25th INF 1966 - 1968 Vietnam
-
William A. Rose
U.S. Air Force - Korea 1951
1955
Frank Vlastnik
William Vlastnik Korean 1952-1954
U.S.
Sam LaRock
Army – Pattons 3rd Army 1941 - 1946
U.S.
Tom Spencer
Marines - Vietnam Aug. 1967 - Mar. 1970
Louis Hancin Sr. U.S. Army 1/11/51 - 10/12/52 Army Reserves 10/12/52 - 10/11/56 Roger H. Freese Army Security Agency Europe 8620DU William H. Belford U.S. Army -Vietnam Mar. 30, 1970 - Oct. 3, 2008 SP/4 Robert D. Morlan U.S. Army - 35th Engr. Bn. 1960 - 1962 Ft. Lewis, WA Lester E. Erickson 1915-1992 U.S. Army - WWII Battle of the Bulge: Purple Heart, Bronze Star For your courage, your commitment, your service,we salute you.
Larry Znaniecki USMC Vietnam War
Taft Hughes
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Norman Arwood U.S. Navy - WWII
Zachary Hughes U.S. Army
-
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‘99 Afghanistan ‘09
Kenneth Wayne Boaz U.S. Army - Vietnam
Michael W. Kotowski U.S. Army - Vietnam
Joseph “Red Cap” Kotowski U.S. Army - WWII
Ernesto “James”
Valdez U.S. Army - Vietnam
Theodore R. Wilson U.S. Navy - WWII
U.S. Army Mortarman 101st Airborne, ‘68-’69 Bronze Star, Soldier’s Medal Vietnam
James South U.S. Navy THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
Carl A. Olsen U.S. Army TEC 5 WWII SM-CL2027898
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U.S.
-
County Veterans Advocate
Steven Krieter
Army
LaSalle
Commisioner
Garry L. Peters U.S.M.C. - Korea
Dale Peters Sr. U.S.M.C. - Somalia
Robert Hamm U.S. Army
Peters U.S.M.C. - Korea, Grenada, Lebanon, Persian Gulf
Eric Shepperson U.S. Army
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Kennith Mayne U.S. Army - Afghanistan deceased
Michael Gladd U.S. Navy - Vietnam
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Dale Peters Jr. U.S. Navy - Persian Gulf Joe Navarro U.S.M.C. - Vietnam
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HEROES
8/28/67 - 2/19/69
Dennis E Farley
U.S. Army – Vietnam
Michael S. Kmetz
U.S. Army – SP4 Military Police 4/23/64 - 4/22/66
Donald Gillette
U.S. Army – E-5 Sergeant 4/26/57 - 2/25/63
Terry L. Fischer
U.S.
Marine Corps – Vietnam 1966-1967
PV2
Timothy Lingle
U.S. Army July 2020 - Present
U.S.
–
1/15/68 - 8/21/69
Larry Johnson
Army
Vietnam
John A. Stoudt
U.S. Army – M.P. Cuban
Missile
Crisis 1960 - 1962
Gene Roberts
U.S.
Navy
July 1980 - July 1984
U.S.
1954
George Majercin
Air Force
- 1958
U.S.
2012 - 2018
Christopher Majercin
Navy
Robert Ray Morris U.S. Army April 1956 - April 1958
Ennis Mooneyham
U.S. Navy – World War II 3/8/44 - 12/28/45
Donald J. Lechner
U.S. Army – Korean War January 1952 - January 1954
U.S.
1959
Heinz-Dietrich
Suppan
Air Force
- 1963
Robbie Gross U.S. Air Force 1999 to 2019
Lee McCumsey U.S. Navy West Pacific 7th Fleet
11/4/57
- 4/12/62
Stanley M. Johnson
U.S. Army – World
War
I 572nd Medical Corps, Ambulance Driver in France 8/15/18 - 5/26/19
Caleb A. Baker National Guard May 2006 - May 2012 Served in Afghanistan 2008-2009
Scott Heyob U.S. Army INF 1st ID Kosovo 2001 - 2004
with Grandfather Archie Coomer USAF MSG. 1936 -1959 WWII
Norton D. Stephenson Sr. U.S. Army – World War I Purple Heart April 1917 - May 1919
John Roth U.S. Navy 9/22/67 - 6/30/75
U.S. Army –
82nd ABN. -
April
For your courage, your commitment, your service,we salute you. Vernon (Pete) Bayer U.S. Army – World War II 1942 - 1945 Robert Danko U.S. Army – Vietnam War 12/3/70 - 7/19/72 Gary Wheeler U.S. Army – Vietnam Era 11/3/70 - 8/3/73 Eric Gonzalez U.S. Army National Guard Iraq War 3/1/03 - 3/1/09 Larry Bayer U.S. Army – Korea 1967 - 1969 SALUTE TO VETERANS | The Times / MyWebTimes.com • Wednesday, November 9, 2022 25 1607 OTTAWA AVE., NAPLATE • 815-434-5168 If the opendoor’s grill’sthe on Daily Specials Saluting our Veterans - Thank you for your service SM-CL2028833 C omplete t ire and automotive ServiCe www . jimboe S ervi C e . C om JIM BOE SERVICE FIRESTONE 1011 Columbus sT. • oTTawa, Il 61350 (815) 434-0389 • JOE SMITH - ManagEr
H. Vincent Peffley U.S. Navy – Korean Conflict Navy Seabees -Builder 1st Class 1953 - 1957 Norton D. Stephenson U.S. Army – Vietnam Era December 1963 - November 1966 Norton D. Stephenson Jr.
World War II
Silver Star - 1st Sgt.
1943 - December 1945
HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES
Kenneth Leslie Green
U.S. Marine Corps – Vietman War 12/1/66 - 9/25/67 Killed in Action
Kay Mathesius U.S. Army - Vietnam Era 1965 - 1967
George F. Balke
U.S. Navy 5/9/44 - 6/7/46
Ralph Raymond Michael
U.S. Army – World War I 1918 - 1919
Larry W. Ried
U.S. Navy - Vietnam 1964 - 1968
Rodney Schultz
U.S. Army - Corporal Korean Conflict 12/19/29 - 4/24/92
David O. Howe
U.S. Air Force - Vietnam 1967 - 1971
Laverne R. Howe
U.S. Army Air Corp -
WWII
1941 - 1945
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Donald J. Miller
U.S. Army - Vietnam 9/16/66 - 9/16/68
9/14/78
Patrick E. Minkus
U.S. Army – Vietnam Era
- 1/31/81
James H. McGrath
U.S. Army - Sgt. First Class Korean War
George Minkus
U.S. Army – World War II 1942 - 1945
Georgiana Minkus U.S. Air Force - Iraq 2006 - 2008
Andrew Minkus U.S. Army – Vietnam Era 1974 - 1978
Sgt. Frederick L. Frisch
U.S. Army - Korean War 11/15/52 - 11/14/55
Jerry Wayne Michael
U.S. Army 08/28/70 - 08/27/73
08/19/47
Howard McCoy
Quesenberry U.S. Marine Corps
- 09/30/49
John
F.
Amm
U.S. Army - World War II 2/25/43 - 4/19/46
Gustave
A. Amm U.S. Army - World War I 5/26/18 - 6/3/19
Frank A. Fenoglio U. S. Army - Korean War 1953-1957
Lester W. Cox, Jr. U.S. Navy - Vietman 4/14/1947 - 2/7/2020
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Charles O. Calligaris U.S. Army – Corporal World War II – 1943-1945
Dave Lahey U.S. Army – Spec 5 1/29/70 - 9/3/71
Evon E Towne U.S. Army – Vietman 11/21/51 - 10/10/19
Lainee Easi
Scarbrough U.S. Navy 1986 - 1990
Gene E. Taylor U.S. Air Force – Vietnam 01/11/66 - 05/09/69
Matthew Scarbrough U.S. Navy 1994 - 1999
Joseph Spraggon U.S. Navy 1988 - 1994
Vincent Easi U.S. Navy 1987 - 1991
John C. Henry
U.S. Army - Korean War
John A. Burash U.S. Navy - Baker 3C World War II
Donald Pouk U.S. Army - Korea
Joseph A. Wargo U.S. Army - World War II
Michael (Mickey) Marshall U.S. Air Force AIC - Vietnam June 1964 - June 1968
John Sweet
U.S. Army 1957 - 1959
Art Turnquist U.S. Marine Corps 1956 - 1959
Dieci DeBernardi
U.S. Army / Private - WWII 1943 - 1945
Rick DeBernardi
U.S. Air Force / Sgt. - Vietnam 1971 - 1975
Jerome DeBernardi
For your
your
U.S. Air Force / Sgt. - Vietnam 1964 - 1968
courage,
commitment, your service,we salute you.
David Smith U.S. Army - Vietman
Bryce K. Hicks
Em Lightell-Hicks
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HEROES
Eldon J. Werth U.S. Air Force - Captain Veteran of Vietnam War
Russell (Swede) Carlson U.S. Navy - WWII
Eugene Renkosik U.S. Air Force Korean War
Michael Fox U.S. Army - Vietnam and Philippines 1967 - 1971
Wayne Haar U.S. Navy - USS Forrestal swept overboard - lost at sea Feb. 11, 1961
U.S.
Cpl. Ralph K. Pollett
Army - WWII
Raymond L. Berard PFC - U.S. Army - Korean War Eng. Crane Operator 1951-1953
Richard J. Elias U.S. Air Force - Vietnam War
Robert D. Sellars U.S. Army - Korean War
U.S.
Karla K. Sellars
ArmyDesert Storm & Desert Shield
Ricky Rosales U.S. Navy - Desert Storm
Lawrence R. Cokley U.S. Marine Corps World War II
Robert J. Cokley U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War
Andrew R. Cokley U.S. Marine Corps Gulf War
Jesse-Mariano
Padilla U.S. Army - WWII
U.S.
E-4 -U.S.
Fort Benning, GA
Germany 2020
Present
E-4
Missouri
1967
1969
Lt. Dennis D. Donnellan
Army Medic -
WWII
84th Infantry Jakob K. L. Weiss
Army
-
-
George K. Hicks
-U.S. Army
- Maryland - Korea
-
E-5 - U.S. Air Force Japan - Korea
Californa 2017 - Present
-
E-5 - U.S. Air Force Japan - Korea
Californa 2016
Present
-
-
Norman W. Ness
U.S. Army
Marion Menges Jr.
U.S. Army - Vietnam 1967 & 1968 “Big Red One”
Charles E. Krause U.S. Army - Vietnam He drove the trucks that carried explosives
Wade A. Dawson U.S. Navy - 10 years U.S. Air Force - 10 years Graduated in 1950 from T.M.I prior to his 20 Yrs. in the military
your
your
your
William A. Jansen U.S. Army Enlisted 1966 - 1969
For
courage,
commitment,
service,we salute you.
David G. Wheeler
U.S. Air Force - Vietnam 1967 - 1970
Gregory Dekker
U.S. Army - 18th Engineer BDE Vietnam 1968 - 1970
Thomas L. Miller, Jr. U.S. Army - 2002 - 2008
Austin T. Stratton U.S. Army 2019 - Present
Sgt. James Hess First Air Cavalry Army Vietnam
Glenn A. Black U.S. Army - Tec 5 WWII
Anton Boetto U.S. Navy
John Boetto U.S. Army
Tony Boetto U.S. Navy
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John (Jack) G. Dzurison U.S. Air Force Sergeant
HONORING OUR NATION’S HEROES EM2 Nicholas Hayes Goldstein U.S. Navy USS The Sullivans DDG-68 Operations Enduring Freedom 5th Fleet Area of Operations 2018 - on active duty Elmer Monroe Tedford Corporal, U.S. Army AEF, WWI Harold Dean Tedford Sergeant, Artillery, U.S. Army WWII Pacific Area of Operations Msg. Klayton M. Hayes U.S. Army, Retired WWII Veteran Klayton Wesley Hayes First Sergeant U.S. Army, Retired Vietnam Conflict, Cold War, Persian Gulf 1970-1992 Pvt. William McAlpine 101st, Airborne U. S. Army - Korea Raymond G. Schlink U.S. Army - WWII 1943 - 1945 857th ORD (HAM) Co. China - Burma - India Victor Rush U.S. Army - Mt. Infantry Killed in action on April 20,1945 in Italy FCSN Dawson A. Cobler U.S. Navy EM3 Paul Hayes U. S. Navy, USS Saratoga CV-60 Vietnam Era Veteran
U.S. Marine Corps 6/17/1977 - 6/16/1980
U.S.
96th
U.S. Army 10/20/1955 - 10/20/1958
Nicklin Jr. U.S. Marine Corps - SSGT Vietnam Raymond A. Nicklin Sr. U.S. Army - Korean War Co. 7th Inf. April 1953 - April 1955 Everett Lee Webb U.S. Navy - WWII 4/21/43 - 4/8/46 NTS Farragut Idaho USS President Monroe AP104 SRTU PSNY Bremerton Wash. USS Barton (DD722)
U.S. Army 1957 - 1959
U.S. Army - Canine Corps 1965 - 1968
U.S. Army 1964 - 1966 Roy Giannotti U.S. Navy - 1951 - 1954 USS Irwin - Korean War The Times / MyWebTimes.com • Wednesday, November 9, 2022 | SALUTE TO VETERANS 30
David M. Wakeman
Ernest E. Janssen
Army - WWII
Infantry Divison (Deadeyes) Ralph E. Nicklin
Raymond
John Whalen
Dick Christoff
George Christoff
U.S.
Dennis R. Dunn
U.S. Marine Corps. 1958 - 1960 California
William (Bill) Quay U.S. Navy
William Joseph Durdan
U. S. Navy - March 1988-1995 Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Operation Restore Hope
Donald Herbert Foster
Marine Corps. Camp Lejune, NC 10/27/1952 - 10/13/1955 Private First Class Good Conduct Medal
John Jackson
U.S. Army - Vietnam 1961 - 1964
For
your courage, your commitment, your service,we salute you.
James Bristol
Korean War Era Veteran
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Roger Tuttle Korean War Era Veteran
Richard Mitchell U.S. Army - Sgt. First Class
Melissa Horsley Kennedy U.S. Air Force
John C. Knudson U.S. Army - Vietnam
James Russell
Horsley U.S. Army
Edward Mollo U.S. Army 1941-1944, WWII
Sgt. Lowell E. Larson 4th Army Artillery
Dale Wolf U.S. Army, 1964-1965 Vietnam
Richard “Dick” Oberholtzer
U.S. Army 1967-1971 Vietman 1968-1969 (MOS) Heavy Equipment Operator 34th Engineer Brigade