Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

Eldon R. Hansen

Navy,Navy | QM3C WWII

Darrell Vognild

Navy,Navy | AME3 Vietnam

Michael J Hessman

Retired

Coast Guard,Coast Guard | WO3 1987 - 1996 and 1997 - 2009

Donald R. Nelson

Army,Army | SFC Korea

Harold A. Denison

Denison was a member of the US Army Air Force, which was a precursor to the current Air Force. He was reported missing in the South Pacific July 6, 1943.

Air Force,Air Force | SSGT WWII

Milo Peterson

Peterson was a member of the Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force.

Air Force,Air Force | CPL WWII

Robert Lund

Army,Army | PFC Korea

Lyle A. Moritz

Army,Army | CPL Korea

Ronald E. Hult

Navy,Navy | AO-2 1952 - 1956 Korea

Dale Christensen

Army,Army | SGT 1942 - 1945 WWII

Edward P. Lake

Army,Army | PFC WWII

Charles B. Iverson

Navy,Navy | WWI and WWII

John W. Armstrong

Navy,Navy | SN1C WWII

Minus E. Larson

Army,Army | PVT WWI

Leo G. Jensen

Jensen was a member of the US Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force.

Air Force,Air Force | SGT WWII

Donald & Raymond Kahler (Center)

Navy,Navy |

John E. Bruyer

Navy,Navy | 1957 - 1961

Dale I. Ficken

KIA

Navy,Navy | CPO Korea

Roy Mortinsen

Activated 2003

Army,Army | CPT Persian Gulf

Leo H. Bohlman

Army,Army | CPL Korea

Lucius F. Ferry

South Dakota Infantry

Army,Army | PVT Spanish American Was

Leroy Backhaus

Army,Army | CPL 1946 - 1949

William J. Radigan, Sr.

Radigan was a member of the US Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force.

Air Force,Air Force | CPL WWII

John H. Haver

Air Force,Air Force | 1968 - 1970 Vietnam

Leonard F. Bottolfson

Army,Army | CPL Korea

Richard Cayce

England and Africa

Air Force,Air Force | 1952 - 1956 Korea

James R. Hensley

Navy,Navy | SN1C 1942 - 1946 WWII

Arlan E. Diamond

Air Force,Air Force | CPT 1965 - 1975 Vietnam

Donald Mitchell

Naval Reserve

Navy,Navy | LT WWII

Joseph L. Anderson

Army,Army | SGT WWII

Fred A. Savoie

Army,Army | SP4 Vietnam

Tim Willroth

Marines,Marines | CPL 1999 - Persian Gulf

James H. Hall

Navy,Navy | CS3c 1967 - 1971 Vietnam

Clifton Brunick

Army,Army | CPL WWII

Seth Mette

Mette has been in combat in Afghanistan

Army,Army | SGT 2009 - Present Persian Gulf

Richard W. Walker

Army,Army | SP4 1975 - 1978

Edgar Resel

Army,Army | SGT Korea

Homer Brunick

Navy,Navy | S1C WWI

Past Heroes

Homecoming for 109th

Army,Army |

Robert A. Nielsen

Navy,Navy | E4 1978 - 1982

Ronnie R. Brown

Navy,Navy | SK2ND Korea

Allen D. Johnson

Air Force,Air Force | A1C Korea

Milton L. Boline

Army,Army | PFC WWII

Jerry (Gerald) Sommervold

Air Force,Air Force | 1956 - 1960

Melvin Erickson

Erickson participated in the D-Day invasion as a medic. From an article in the Clinton Herald (June 4, 1994): "Even to land on the beach was a miracle the morning of D-Day because of the tide and opposition. Sprawling bodies told a mute story of the murderous fire. That, plus the gigantic and pitiful litter of wreckage along miles of the shore line".

Navy,Navy | PM2C WWII

Burton E. Lawrensen

Navy,Navy | 1946 - 1948 WWII

Walter (Sandy) Morse

Army,Army | PVT WWI

Robert E. Stuart

Army,Army | PFC 1944 - 1946 WWII

Carl Berglund

Navy,Navy | EM3C WWII

Walter S. Halverson

Army,Army | SFC 1936 - 1966 WWII, Korea, Vietnam

Marlowe L. Iverson

Navy,Navy | RM3C WWII

Arthur D. Soderman

Army,Army | SGT WWI

Deryl & Leo Kruse

Navy,Navy | WWII

Dennis E. Dowd

Army,Army | 1971 - 1973 Vietnam

LeRoy Girard

Army,Army | T5 1945 - 1946 WWII

Leonard Uecker

Army,Army | TSGT 1945 - 1946 WWII

Thomas F. Kronaizl

Army,Army | PFC WWII

Russel Kirkebak

Marines,Marines | PFC WWII

Nelse Carlson

Air Force,Air Force | 1942 - 1945 WWII

Cynthia Peterson Aden

Cindy served in Heidelberg, Germany (FRG) from November 1975 to November 1977. She was stationed at Patton Barracks and started as a deuce 1/2 driver. She ended her Army career as a Legal Clerk. Cindy served as Clay County Veterans Service Officer from November 2010 to January 2020.

Army,Army | SP4 1975 - 1978

Max S. Christol

Christol saw action with the 1st Armored Division in Iran, Algeria and Tunisia in 1942 and 1943. December 1943 saw Christol in Naples, Italy where he spent the next 1 1/2 year fighting across Italy and into Africa.