SVM_A Salute to Veterans_110823

November 2023 A Special Supplement to

A Salute

to Veterans Readers salute our soldiers More than 20 pages of photos you submitted of Sauk Valley veterans

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Lt. David R. Allen U.S. Navy Served 4 Yrs (Vietnam)

Donald L. Allen

Alfonso J. Amesquita

U.S. Army Served 3Yrs WWII Passed away 2002

U.S. Army Served 1943 - 1945 Passed away 12/15/1997

Louis J. Amesquita U.S. Army Cpl. - Korea Served 4 Years

Robert C. Anderson

Carl Anderson

Robert E. Andersen Samuel J. Amesquita U.S. Marines Served 1951 - 1954 Passed Away 8/16/1988

U.S. Army - Korea Served 1956 - 1958 (Army Reserve for 8 years Robert Andersen PassedE. away 6/28/22

U.S. Army Served 1965 - 1968

U.S. Air Force - Korean War Served 14 Years

Capt. Karlan Jon Arellano U.S. Army Served 13 yrs.

U.S. Army - Japan & Korea

U.S. Army - Korea Served 1956 - 1958

Richard J. Amesquita U.S. Air Force Served 1942 - 1945 Passed Away 6/17/1993

Richard P. Appenzeller

U.S. Army Served 1958 - 1960 Passed Away 7/31/2008

(Army Reserve for 8 years)

William (Bill) Appleman Jr. U.S. Army Served 1953 - 1955 Passed away 11/27/2021

Walter Arthurs Jr. Reise A. Arduini U.S. Navy Served 2017 - Present

Baudelio P. Baeza

Merrill Baeza

U.S. Army Served 2 yrs.

Passed away 4/21/2023

U.S. Armed Forces Served 2/6/46 - 7/29/47 Passed away 5/12/23

Conrad Banda U.S. Army Served 1980 - 1983

Served 1948 - 1952 Passed away 10/13/15

MM2 Donald J. Barber U.S. Navy Served 2016 - current

Leslie H. Arvola U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1953

MSGT Lee Bardier U.S. Air Force Served 1972-1993

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John Bartelt U.S. Army Served 1953 - 1955

Jerry Bartlett Marine Corps Served 1960-1964

David Beck

Ernest H. Berkey Jr.

BM3 Robert E. Bertolozzi Jr.

U.S. Army

Served 1960-1963 Passed Away 1/3/2001

U.S. Navy Served 1969 - 1970 Passed away 7/18/2022

Sgt. Robert William Bittner

U.S. Navy Served 1968 - 1974 Passed Away 2/27/02

Amy Dempsey Bickner SPC U.S. Army Illinois National Guard Served 1996 - 2002

U.S. Army Served 7 yrs.

Passed away 1/8/2011

Sgt. Merle E. Bowers

Sgt. Neil H. Bowers

Wayne Bowers

U.S. Army Artillary Served 1941-1945 Passed away 10/7/1976

U.S. Army Air Force Served 3 yrs.

Passed away 8/21/1998

U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1952 Passed away 4/3/2016

SPC/4 Tye Alan Bittner U.S. Army Served 5 yrs.

Corporal Wayne A. Bauer U.S. Marines Served 1972 - 1976

Herman A. Beveroth SF3 Navy Seabees Wake Island Served 2/20/45 - 6/23/46 Passed away 5/24/2014

Stephen J. Blackburn U.S. Marines Served 3 Yrs. Passed away 1998

Bill Brierton U.S. Navy Served 1952 - 1956

Steve Baumgartner U.S. Air Force Served 1967-1971

Doyil W. Bibby U.S. Marines Served 4 yrs.

Passed away 3/21/2019

Leon F. Boehle U.S. Army Served 1966-1968

George W. Brooks George Brooks U.S. W. Army U.S. Army Served 1956 - 1958

Served 1956-1958 - Germany Passed away 2/5/2022

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Robert Bartel U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 1968 & 1969

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Ronald Brooks

William Brooks

U.S. Air Force Served 1961 - 1966

U.S. Army Served 1964 - 1966

Daniel Buntjer U.S. Air Force Served 1981-2001 Retired

Robert Buntjer U.S. Army - Sgt. Served 1966 - 1968

Kenneth (Bud) Butterfield U.S. Army - WWII 1st Cavalry Division Served 1942 - 1946

Chad Callison

Passed Away 12/4/1978

Tyler Callison U.S. Navy Currently Serving

Deborah L. Brown (Weslow) US Army National Guard Served 1989 - 1992

Everett K. Brown U.S. Army Served 1963 - 1965 Passed away 1/15/2019

U.S. Army Served 1944-1946 Passed away 10/8/1994

Cpl. Richard E. Burgess U.S. ArmyGuard IL Army National Served 1950 - 1953

SSG. Tom Bushman U.S. Army - Desert Storm

Gage Butler

Passed away 2/25/2017

Served 1983-1997

U.S. Marine Served 4 years

Kade Callison

Kayla Callison

Mark Callison

U.S. Army Served 1989 - 1991

U.S. Air Force Currently Serving

David T. Cantu U.S. Navy Served 1969-1972

Lupe Cantu U.S. Navy Served 1980 - 1985

U.S. Air Force Currently Serving

John H. Carrillo U.S. Navy Served 1954 - 1958

Dale Brownlee

U.S. Army Served 1987 - 1990

Lino Carrillo U.S. Army Served 1954 - 1956 Passed away 10/12/2022

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U.S. Navy Served 2022 - present

Joseph M. Catalina U.S. Army Served 1942 - 1946 Passed away 5/23/1994

Sgt. Robert W. Cheshier U.S. Army - Korean War Served 1950 - 1952 Passed away 6/8/2018

Bryan Castillo U.S. Army Served 1979 - 1989

Larry Cater Navy 1959 - 1962

Waldemar J. Cialkowski U.S. Army Japan Occupation

Served 1946 - 1948 Passed away 8/19/2007

Pablo Castillo U.S. Army Air Corp Served 1943-1945

Passed away 2/05/2017

Arthur Donald Chapinski U.S. Army Served 1948 - 1968 Passed Away 9/4/2014

Roger Chriest U.S. Army Served 1966-1967

Bruno C. Catalina

Vincent Catalina

U.S. Army Served 1941-1945 Passed away 12/17/2011

U.S. Army Served 1941-1945 Passed away 2007

Leo Chapinski Jr. U.S. Army Served 4 Years

Robert Chapinski U.S. Navy Served 1945-1947

Passed Away 5/7/1997

Edward Conderman Air Force - Air Force Reserve Served 1978 -2000

Nelo Contreras Jesse Contreras U.S. Army - WWII Passed away 1/2019

Joseph “Chico” Contreras

U.S. Navy Served 1958 - 1961

Larry Contreras U.S. Air Force Served 1951-1954 - Korean War

U.S. Army - WWII Served 1941-1944 Passed Away 11/6/1996

Passed Away 9/24/2010

Ronald G. Conderman U.S. Army - Germany Served 1954 - 1956

Ralph Contreras U.S. Marine Corps. WWII South Pacific & China Served 4 years Passed away 1/2017

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FNSN Terry J. Casella

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Gage Steven Coon U.S. Army/82 Airborne Served 6 yrs.

Passed away 2/2/2020 nd

SRA John Craft U.S. Air Force Served 1996 - 2002

Spec 4 Gary L. DeBord U.S. Army Served 1972-1974

James R. Devine

U.S. Navy Served 1969 - 1971

Sergeant First Class Lester Cordes U.S. Army - 39th Field Artillery, 3rd Infantry Served 1951-1953

Paul J. Cunniff U.S. Army 1st Cav. Vietnam Served 1970 - 1971

SFC Marvin DeBrock U.S. Army - Korean War 73rd Tank Battalion 3 Bronze Stars

John S. Dickerson Served 2010 - present Army Nat.Guard 5½ yrs.

Air Nat.Guard 7½ yrs.

Mario D. Coronado

Sgt. Dino M. Coronado

U.S. Marines Served 1967-1970

U.S. Navy and Army Served 23 yrs.

Passed Away 3/17/2022

U.S. Army-Gulf War Served 23 yrs.

Dylan Daniels

U.S. Army - Korean War Served 3 yrs Passed away 2012

Thomas A. Cornwell

Leroy Daniels U.S. Marines Served 2022-present

U.S. Army 45th Division Korean War

Served 1951-1953

Robert Dempsey, Sr.

Corporal Gene DeMay U.S. Army - 313 Sig. Bn. Served 1951-1953 Korea

U.S. Army - Korean War Served 1953-1955 Passed away 5/17/2017

Donald E. Dirks

1st Class Nathan Disher

U.S. Navy Served 2 Yrs.

Charles A. Davis Sr.

U.S. Coast Guard

Currently serving (17 years)

James E. Devine U.S. Army Served 1943 - 1945 Passed Away 2/28/1982

Harold B. Dodd, Jr. U.S. Army Served 1948 -1953

Passed away 4/30/1989

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U.S. Air Force Served 1996 - 2006

Robert Fecht U.S. Army WWII POW Battle of the Bulge

Passed away 3/15/1981

Hugh E. Flynn Sr.

Glenn I. Dunseth U.S. Army Served 1966 - 1968

E-5 Petty Officer Eleanor (Schick) Fiser U.S. Navy Served 1989 - 1999

Noah D. Forbes

Tom Durband U.S. Army Signal Corps Served 1961-1963

Chief Petty Officer Matt Fiser U.S. Navy - Seabees Served 27 Years 1994 - 2018

Dan L. Ford

U.S. Army Served 1952 -1954 Passed Away 8/31/1998

U.S. Army Reserves Served 2021 - present

U.S. Army Served 1966-1968

Tanner Friday Senior Airman U.S. Air Force Served 2016 to present

Taylor Friday Master At Arms U.S. Navy Served 2015 to present

1st Class Kayla (Disher) Gamester U.S. Coast Guard Currently Serving (13 Years)

Joseph E. Dvorak U.S. Air Force / WWII Served 1943 - 1945 Passed Away 7/10/1996

Lester E. Flaherty Sr. U.S. Navy Served 1951-54 Korea Served 1945-47 WWII Passed away 3/13/2016

Peter Fecht U.S. Army Served 1970-1972

Passed away 9/26/2015

Lester E. Flaherty Jr. (Mike) Navy - Sea Bees Served 1973 -1977 Passed away 2/26/2016

U.S. Army Served 1960 - 1963 Passed away 4/25/2021

Mark Friday Chief Petty Officer U.S. Navy Served 26 Years

David Gail Gardner U.S. Army-Air Corps Served1942-1946 Passed Away 6/15/1984

John Garrison U.S. Army WWII Served 2 Years

Ronny Fortune

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Kyle D. Dunphy

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Cpl. Gene Gaumer U.S. Army Korea - Germany Served 1952 - 1954

Noel Gillette U.S. Navy Served 1956 - 1960

Darrell J. Gray U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1952 Passed away 8/10/2017

Richard A. Gebhardt U.S. Army Served 1956 - 1958 Passed Away 4/10/2014

David R. Geil U.S. Army E-5 Served 1966-1969 Vietnam 1967-1968

Rowland Gillette

Vernon Gittleson

U.S. Air Force Served 1955 - 1959 Passed away 1/20/2021

U.S. Army - Korea Served 1953 - 1955

Dallas Griffith U.S. Army Infantry Served 2020 - 2022

John L. Gilbert U.S. Navy Seabees Served 1971-1973

U.S. Navy Served 1951 - 1955 Passed away 4/15/2019

James L. Glafka U.S. Army Served 1954 - 1956 (Army Reserve for 6 years)

Passed Away 2/17/2000

Sgt. Russell E. Glenn U.S. Army WWII Served 1943 - 1945

Sgt. Amanda M. (Dempsey) Hacker

Arne A Gronlund U.S. Army - Korea Served 5/1952

Allen Gillette

David C. Gugerty U.S. Army Served 1956-1958

Illinois Army National Guard 2001 - 2008 Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004 - 2005

1SG Kyle Hacker Illinois Army National Guard 1999 - Present Operation New Dawn 2011-2012 Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004 - 2005

Dennis J. Halgren U.S. Navy Served 1965-1968

John L. Halgren U.S. Army Served 1944-1945 Passed away 3/26/2011

Merle L. Halgren U.S. Marines Served 1961-1966

Warren Hall U.S. Army - Korean War Served 1953 - 1955

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Passed Away 10/26/2000

Dale O. Hardy U.S. Airforce Served 1964 - 1968 Passed away 6/28/1998

Gordon Harris Sr.

Sharon “Butch” Hannan U.S. Army Served 1968-1974

Jeffrey B. Hardy U.S. Army Vietnam Served 1971 - 1972

Dennis Harrison

U.S. Army- Airborne Served 1970 - 1976

U.S. Army Served 1980-1982

AZCS Diana E. Healy

LCPL Michael W. Healy

U.S. Navy Served 1979 - 1999

U.S. Marines Served 2018 - 2020

U.S. Army Served 2006-present

Everette D. Hardin U.S. Navy Served 1944 - 1945 Passed Away in 2010

Squire J. Hardy

Walter Hardy Jr.

Douglas Harms

U.S. Airforce Served 1964 - 1968 Passed away 11/3/2009

U.S. Navy WWII Served 2 yrs.

Passed away 1987

U.S. Army Infantry Vietnam Served 1968 - 1970

Roger Hartman

SP/4 Charles Buggs Hazelwood

CW2 Robert W. Hardin

Sr. Chief Randy D. Hardin U.S. Navy Served 1972-1992

Cecil E. Harrison U.S. Army Served 1955 -1957

U.S. Army Served 1966-1972 Passed away 2/26/2019

U.S. Army 101st Airborn Div. Vietnam Served 1968 - 1970

Walter J. Healy

AVCM William J. Healy

Merle Heckman

U.S. Navy - WWII Served 1941 - 1963 Passed away

U.S. Navy Served 1975 - 2001

U.S. Army Served 1963 - 1965

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Frederick L. Hamburg U.S. Marines Served1944 - 1949

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3rd Class Terry L. Heeren U.S. Navy - Vietnam Served 1966 - 1969 Passed away 4/6/2018

Joyce M. Hicks U.S. Marine Corps Served 1980 - 1988

Elmer L. Hopkins U.S. Army Served 1945 - 1946 Passed Away 2/4/1946

Roy Louise Jacobs U.S Army Served 1917-1918 Passed Away 1999

Carole E. (Reed) Heins

Robert G. Heins

U.S. Army WAC Served 1951 - 1952 Passed away 4/23/2009

U.S. Navy Reserve Served 1949 - 1957 Passed away 11/19/2005

S. SGT. Lyle R. Hendryx U.S. Army Served 1944 - 1946 Passed Away 11/30/2005

Staff Sgt. Harold F. Higby

Orville E. Hodge

Sgt. Charles W. Hollaway

U.S. Army 1941 - 1945 Passed away 1/21/1988

Guillermo (Bill) Hurches Army CPL Korea Served 1950 - 1952 Passed Away 1/30/2010

Jason A. Johnson U.S. Army National Guard 1644 Transportation Co. Served 1999 - 2011

U.S. Air Force Orville E. Hodge Served 1961-1965-Vietnam U.S.away Air Force Passed 7/14/2023

Illinois National Guard Served 1959-1965 Passed away 5/9/2023

Clarence L. Hopkins U.S. Army Served 1952-1953

Sgt. Lowell D. Jacobs

Roger L. Jacobs

Served 1961-1965 - Vietnam

Calvin L. Jacobs U.S. Army Served 1964-66

Warren Heuck U.S. Army Served 1963 - 1965

U.S. Army Served 1961 - 1963

U.S. Army Served 1954 -1956

Max M. Johnson

Robert Lee Johnson

U.S. Air Force - Korea Served 1951 - 1953 Passed away

U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1953 Passed away 2/24/2022

Russell H. Johnson U.S. Army Served 3 Years

Passed away 10/05/1960

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2nd Lieuenant Brett Knutson

U.S. Army

Harold Julifs U.S. Marine Corps Served 1957 - 1959

Chief Petty Officer Rick Knutson U.S. Naval Reserves

Glen R. Kuhlemier U.S. Marine Corps.

Served 1953-1955 Served 1953-55 Korea

Larry Lahman U.S. Air Force Served 1970-1975

Passed away 1/10/2017

Sgt. Kenny Knutson

U.S. Army

Corporal James Kulas U.S. Army

Korea Gasoline Supply Unit

Served 1953 - 1954

Col. Michael E. King U.S. Air Force Served 1968 - 1994 Passed away 2/27/16

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jana (Johnston) Knutson Navy HM2 (SW/AW) Served 2001 - 2007

Lawrence Kulas U.S. Army Served 1951 - 1952 Passed away 3/8/2011

Paul Lahman

U.S. Army Served 1957-1960 U.S. Air Force Served 1961-1978

Robert Lahman

U.S. Air Force Served 1968-1972

Charles W. “Jake” Kness U.S. Army Served WWII Passed away 4/30/2012

Jack D. Koehler U.S. Navy Seabees Served 1951-1955 Passed away 12/29/2019

Bruce Knipple

U.S. National Guard Served 1948 -1951

Lieutenant Colonel Kyle John Kuepker Minnesota Army National Guard Served 26½ Years, Retired 2017

Corporal Raymond J. Kulas U.S. Army T5 90th Inf. Div. Truck Driver - Surveyor Served 1942 - 1945 Passed Away 12/6/14

J.D. Lahman CWO

Russell Lahman

Leslie E. (Pete) Lansford U.S. Air Force 1942-1945 Passed Away 12/8/1980

U.S. Marines Served 1951-1953 Passed Away 7/25/2012

U.S. Air Force Served 1955-1967 U.S. Army Served 1967-1975

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Charles W. Josephsen 1st Inf. of Red Star 6th Div. Served 1941 - 1945 Passed Away 11/1/2001

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Joseph LeBlanc Jr.

William J. Lemmer

Donald Lerdall U.S. Army Served 4 Yrs Passed away 1/15/1963

Spec. 5 Dale W. Letcher U.S. Army - Vietnam War Served 1968 -1972

Vincent S. Lopez U.S. Navy Served 1943 - 1945

Jerome (Jerry) Martin

U.S. Army Served Korean War Passed away 3/1986

Joseph LeBlanc III U.S. Army Served 2 Years

Jackie Marvin Linton U.S. Army Served 1951-1953 Passed Away 4/3/2009

Alfred S. Lopez Alfred S. Lopez U.S. Navy U.S. Navy Served 1945-1947 Served 1945-1947 Passed away 6/19/2022

Jesse P. Lopez U.S. Army Served 1963-1966

Sgt. Ray Martinez

S/Sgt. Theodore R. Maves

Larry D. Mayberry

Kenneth E. McCaslin U.S. Army Served 1957-1959 Passed away 6/28/2021

U.S. Army Reserve Served 9 years

U.S. Army - WWII Served 1941 - 1945 Passed Away 4/9/1989

U.S. Army Served 1952 -1954 Passed Away March 2006

U.S. Army Served 1965 - 1967 Passed away 9/24/2022

Floyd McKenna U.S. Army Served 1960 -1962

James J. McKenna U.S. Army Served 1956-59

Kevin Mendoza U.S. Army Served 5yrs

Passed away 2006

Ronnie L. Miles U.S Army 82nd Airborne Served 1960 - 1963 Passed away 6/10/2016

U.S. Army Served 1966 - 1968 Passed away 6/24/2018

Elwyn McKenna U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 1967-68 Passed away10/16/2022

Leo J. Miller U.S. Navy Served 2 yrs.

Passed away 11/22/1968

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U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 1965 - 1968

Raymond Moeller U.S. Army Served 1943 -1945

Passed Away 6/13/1970

Merrill “Bud” Mohr U.S. Navy Korean War Served 1949-1953

Aaron E. Mossholder

Dane M. Mossholder

Air Force Served 4 Years

U.S. Marines Served 1952 - 1956

U.S. Air Force Served 2006 - 2010

Frank E. Muhleback U.S. Navy Served 1944 - 1946 Passed away 2017

Joseph J. Muhleback U.S. Air Force Served 1948 - 1952

Eldon Moser

Cpt. Garrett Newman U.S. Air Force Served 2013-present

Col. (Retired) Jerry Newman U.S. Army Nat Guard Served 1985-2020

Capt. Edward S. Murphy MD U.S. Army - 1941-1946 Passed Away 09/1987

Dennis P. Morath U.S. Army - Spec. 4 Served 1957 - 1960

Douglas R. Mossholder U.S. Navy Served 1981 - 1985

K.J. (Bub) & Clarence Morath U.S. Army, Air Force & Army Served 1943-1945 Passed Away 1984 & 1997

Lt. Charles E. Muhleback U.S. Air Force Served 1945-1951 Killed in Korea 1/9/1951

PFC Susan Naylor U.S. Army Reserve Served - Late 1990’s

1LT Abigail Newman

Paul S. Newman

U.S. Army Nat Guard Served 2019-present

U.S. Navy Served 13 yrs.

Passed away 4/20/2011

Stephen Nichols U.S. Air Force Served 1963 - 1967

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Myrle Moeller

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Cpt. Charles E. Noffsinger U.S. Army - Korean War Served 1943 -1946 Passed Away 11/2/1997

Gregory L. O’Brien

Calvin R. Nutt Petty Officer E-4 U.S. Navy Served 1973 -1977

U.S. Army U.S. Army Guard - Iraq Served 2007- 2013

Ronald J. O’Brien U.S. Army - Military Police Served 1964-1967

Terrance F. O’Malley U.S. Marines - Vietnam Served 1966 - 1969

Edwin Burdell O’Neil Army 96th Infantry Served 1942-1946 Passed Away 9/8/2009

Michael L. Parker U.S. Army Vietnam War

James B. Parks U.S. Army

Sgt. Marvin J. Nutt U.S. Army Served 1966 -1969

1LT Terry J. O’Brien U.S. Army Served 1965-1968 Passed away 12/19/2013

ETR3 Robert Lee Nutt U.S. Navy Served 1958 -1962 Cuban Conflict Passed Away 2/26/1962

David J. O’Brien U.S. Army Military Police K-9 Unit Served 1967-1968

Richard O’Malley III

Richard D. O’Malley Jr. U.S. Marines - Vietnam Served 1960 - 1963

U.S. Navy - USS Midway Air Sea Resue - Persian Gulf War

Served 1987 - 1991 Passed Away 3/24/2015

John Panscik

Peter Panscik

U.S. Navy WWII Passed away

U.S. Merchant Marine Served WWII Passed away

U.S. Marine Corp Served WWII Passed away

Pvt. David Parrot U.S. Army Served 1965-1967 Passed Away 9/24/2009

Thomas J. Paschal

Albert Panscik

U.S. Army Served 1967-1969 Passed Away 1/20/1994

CMSgt. James Patten U.S. Air Force Retired Served 30 yrs.

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U.S. Army Served 1953-1956 Passed away 2/6/2007

Joseph A. Patzer U.S. Navy Seabees Served 1973-1977

Richard L.Percycoe U.S. Navy Served 1963-1967

Carl “Bill” Piper

Anthony D. Pizarro U.S. Air Force Served 1951 - 1954

Henry Pizarro Jr. U.S. Navy Served 1951-1953

U.S. Army Served 1954-1956 Passed away 4/18/2021

George Poulos U.S. Army

Passed Away 1/15/2009

Terry Powell U.S. Army - 2nd Surveillance & Observation Battalion

SGT. Kyle D. Pletsch

Passed away 7/1/2016

Passed Away 5/17/1992

Gerald M. Potts U.S Army Served 1963-1965

Michael A. Preston

Lyle R. Reap Served1967-1969 - Vietnam

Allen D. Reece U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 1969-1970

Tyler Reyes

David H. Ricklefs

Passed away 6/26/2017

Served 2 years - Germany

Spec. 4 Frank J. Reeverts

Bryson Reyes

Cpt. Ryan Reyes

U.S. Army Served 2020-present

U.S. National Guard Served 2010-2018

U.S. Army Served 1956 - 1959

U.S. Marine Corps.

Korean War Served 1952-1954

Raymond R. Peugh U.S. Army Served 1961 -1963

U.S. Army Served 2000 - 2004

U.S. Army Security Agency Served 1961 - 1964

Served 1960-1963 & 1966-1970

Robert E. Personette

U.S. Army

U.S. Army-82nd Airborne Special Forces Served 2012-2016

Air Force Served 1967-1971 Passed Away 12-29-1998

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CPL Robert Patten

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Private First Class Grant “Fuzz” Riggs

Ronald S. Ridenhour U.S. Army Served 1966 - 1968 Passed away 8/24/2014

Vincent G. Ridenhour

Diamond Robinson

U.S. Air Force 1950-1953 (Roswell, New Mexico) Passed Away 10/19/2014

U.S. Navy Served 2017-present

Gary Rumbolz U.S. Navy Served 1966-1970

Mike Santos Marine Served 4 Years

U.S. Army Served 1941 - 1945 Passed Away 9/2/1993

U.S. Army WWII European Theatre Served 1943 - 1945 Passed away 1973

Keith Robison (Robbie)

Guadalupe Rodriguez

Sedrick M. Sanders U.S. Marines & Army Served 4 yrs.

Passed away 1/23/2003

Richard “Dick” Santos

Richard “Dick” Santos U.S. Army - Korea Served 2 yrs Army - Korea Passed away 2/18/2020 Served 2 Years

U.S. Army Served 3 Years Passed away 5/6/2017

EM 3 Alex Rios

Cruz J. Rivera

U.S. Navy Served 1959 - 1963

U.S. Army Served 1953 - 1955

Santos Rodriquez U.S. Marine Corp Served 1942-1945

LaFaughn C. Rosenow

Passed away 5/23/1945

U.S. Air Force Served 1977 - 1981

Spec. 4 Jerry Lee Sanders U.S. Army Served 1963 - 1967 Passed Away 12/12/2005

Chuck Santos (Charles) U.S. Army Served 1955 - 1957 Passed away 3/29/1989

Passed Away 10/16/2009

Curtis E. Saunders

Herbert Saunders

Richard R. Saunders

U.S. Marine Corp. WWII Served 3 yrs.

Passed away 2002

U.S. Air Corp. WWII Served 3 yrs.

Passed away 2006

U.S. Navy WWII Served 2 yrs.

Passed away 2013

Gabe Santos

Air Force Served 4 Years

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William J. Saunders U.S. Army-Korean War Served 2 yrs.

Corporal John L. Schick

Don Schafer U.S. Navy Served 1951-1955 Passed away 8/16/2008

Donald H. Schamberger

Phillip Scheffler

SGT. Douglas R. Schick E5 - U.S. Army - Vietnam Served 2 Years

U.S. Army - Signal Corp.

Served 1953 - 1955

U.S. Army Special Forces

Passed away 9/2/2015

Passed Away 11/1/2000

Hugh F. Senneff

James D. Senneff

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Sergeant Curtis Smith U.S. Air Force

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Corporal William (Bill) Schick U.S. Marines Served 1959 - 1962 Passed away 2014

John M. “Mike” Scholl Army Airborne (82nd) 1954 - 1956

Phyllis M. Senneff

Clarence R. Shumaker

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H. Oscar Snyder U.S. Army Infantry Served 1918 - 1919 Passed Away 1958

Richard E. Snyder U.S. Army - 5th Army Served 1955 - 1958

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Served 1967 - 1969

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Doug Strehlow U.S. Marines 1993-2001 U.S. Army Reserves 2004 - 2012 2 Tours of Iraq

HM 3 Ray Torres U.S. Navy - Vietnam Served 1966 - 1970

ETC J. Keith Spangler U.S. Navy Served 1963 - 1985

SFC Paul K. Spangler U.S. Army Served 1989 - 2012

John Thompson U.S. Army WWII Served 2 yrs.

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Orlando Spangler

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U.S. Army Served 1943-1945 Passed away 11/19/2002

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Travis Spong

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Served 3 1/2 yrs.

Army-Airborn Passed away 10/16 2022 Served 3 1/2 Years

William Underhile U.S. Marine Corps - Korea Served 6 Years Passed away 1986

Juan Trujillo U.S. Army Purple Heart Recipient Served 2009 - present

Carlos Urrutia III U.S. Army 82nd Airborn Served 1983-1986

Ted Trulock U.S. Navy Admiral’s Staff, San Diego, CA

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A/2C Ren VanDerLeest U.S. Air Force Served 3 Years Passed Away 10/9/11

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Capt. Christopher D. Vannatta U.S. Army Served 2004 - present

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IC3 Paul J. Vowles U.S. Navy Served 1964 - 1968

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Richard J. Wagner U.S. Army Served 1952 - 1954 Passed Away 10/9/2008

Thomas I. Whelan U.S. Army Served 1967-1970 Passed away 5/9/2016

Allan J. Weber U.S. Marine Corps Served 6 Years

Joseph Widolff

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Don A. Wellman U.S. Navy Served 1952-1956 Passed Away 1/14/2015

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Michael K. Williams

Cpl. Joe Wilson

Donald C. Weidel

U.S. Army Served 1951-1953

U.S. Army Served 1953 - 1955

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