Veterans Day 2016

18 Nov. 9, 2016
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VETERAN PROFILES

William Mathis Louis Mayer Bob McClure Gerald McCrary Gary A. Mertz Brian Morgan
Years 23 Branch Navy Branch Army Air Force Branch Navy Branch Army Branch Marines
Of note Hometown of Years 1945-1946 Years 1941-1946 Years 1941-1945 Years 1966-1968 Years 1980-2002
Camdenton Stationed South Pacific Hometown Kansas Stationed Okinawa Stationed Central high- Stationed Afghanistan,
Of note Served in the Mar- City/Roach land of Vietnam Persian Gulf, Bosnia
ianas Islands at the conclu- Stationed U.S. and Pacific Of note Earned National Of note Earned more than
sion of World War II Of note One of five boys to Defense Service Medal, 20 American and foreign
serve from the same family Vietnam Service Medal, service awards
Tet Campaign Ribbon 1968

William Morgan Daniel D. Don Payne Jim Pennino Charles Robert Grover Pickel
Branch Army Overkamp Branch Air Force Branch Air Force Peterson Branch Army
Years 1993-present Years 1961-1965 Years 1966-1970 Years 1969-1971
Stationed Iraq, Branch Army Stationed Barksdale AFB, Of note Served in Korea Branch Marines Of note Served as an avia-
Afghanistan Years 1968-1970 La. following the capture of the Years 1946-1949 tion instructor state side
Of note Captain with the Stationed Vietnam Of note Entered service Pueblo, awarded Commen- Of note Served at Ka- then in Vietnam served
U.S. Cavalry, received two Of note Awarded three single, exited married with dation Medal neohe Naval Air Force Base with A company/101 avia-
Bronze Stars Bronze Stars two children in Hawaii for 33 months tion battalion/101 airborne

Roy W. Pinzke William Potter Nathan Purdy Bill Putnam Robert "Mike" Donnell Robie
Branch Army Branch Marines Branch Army Branch Marines Ray Branch Navy
Years 1953-1955 Years 1956-1964 Years 4 Active and 1 1/2 Years 1969-1973 Branch Air Force Years 4
Of note Served as a com- Of note Served at Camp years Army reserve Hometown Jefferson City Years 1969-1975 active, Stationed USS Gen. W.A.
bat photographer in the Pendleton as a Postal Offi- Hometown Lake Ozark Of note Awarded National 1984-2001 in reserves Mann and USS Yellowstone
25th Division Signal Corp cer and delivered Top Se- Stationed Fort Drum, N.Y., Defense Medal, Good con- Stationed Worldwide Of note Awarded Good
cret Mail Iraq duct Of note Did aircraft main- conduct, Service in Viet-
tenance nam

M.J. Buzz Robert H. Jake Donald Scott Ted Skidmore Jon Sommers
Sawyer Schlutow Schnakenberg Branch Navy Branch Air Force Branch Air Force
Years 1974-1976 Years 4 Years 14
Branch Navy Branch Army Branch Army
Stationed USS Forestall Stationed Vietnam Stationed U.S. and South
Years 1966-1970 Years 1965-1967 Years 3
Hometown Laurie Hometown Cameron, Mo. Korea
Stationed U.S. and Pacific Stationed U.S. and Viet- Stationed Iraq
Of note Awarded National Of note Awarded Air Force
Of note Awarded Vietnam nam Of note Awarded Army
Defense Medal Commendation Medal, Air
Service Medal with Bronze Of note Awarded Bronze Commendation and
Force Achievement Medal
Star Medal Achievement Medal

Paul Sorrell Gary St. Ivany Stafford H. Elmer Steffen Carl Tidgren Roger Trost
Branch Navy Branch Army Starn Branch Army Branch Navy Branch Air Force
Years 1968-1972 Years 1970-1971 Branch Army Years 1942-1945 Stationed Pensacola, U.S. Years 1952-1956
Stationed Vietnam, Korea Hometown Camdenton Years 1964-1967 Of note Worked in the Hometown Camdenton Of note Maintained elec-
Of note Awarded Meritori- Of note Awarded Vietnam Stationed Dominican Re- Tank Division in the Philip- Of note Assigned to tronic systems Air Defense
ous Unit Commendation Service Medal public pines search and rescue unit and Command in Ohio
(2nd award) and Vietnam Of note Awarded Expedi- was the photographer on a
service medal (w/stars) tionary Medal seaplane

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