Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

Joy Hansen

Army,Army | PFC WWI

Philip H. Ferry

South Dakota Infantry

Army,Army | PVT Spanish American War

Victor L. Peake, Jr.

Navy,Navy | CS3 1955 - 1964

Hans A. Rask

Army,Army | PFC 1917 - 1919 WWI

Bill W. Rasmussen

Army,Army | CPL WWII

Allen Parsons

Army,Army | SGT WWII

Scott A. Kronaizl

Desert Storm

Marines,Marines | CPL 1988 - 1992 Persia Gulf

Robert D. Brown

Navy,Navy | FM1C WWII

Alan D. Ruedebusch

Air Force,Air Force | SGT 1965 - 1969 Vietnam

Nylis G. Renschler, II

Army - 7 years Air Force - 12 years

Air Force,Army,Air Force,Army |

Leif Aalberg

Army,Army | T4 WWII

Clifford J. Burrus

Burrus was with the 424th Battalion of the 106th Infantry. He was missing in action December 17,1944 after the battle of the Bulge, St. Vith, Belgium. He is the son of Lilbert C. and Harriet Burrus of Meckling.

Army,Army | PVT WWII

Robert E. Nissen

Navy,Navy | WWII

Donald R. Nelson

Army,Army | SFC Korea

Merle Christensen

Army,Army | PFC WWII

Seth Mette

Mette has been in combat in Afghanistan

Army,Army | SGT 2009 - Present Persian Gulf

Donald Kniffen

Air Force,Air Force | A1C 1960 - 1964

Russell L. Husby

Navy,Navy | IS1 1967 - 1987 Vietnam

Now Showing: Our Heroes

Army,Army |

Lyle J. Kaiser

Navy,Navy | SN1C Korea

Jason U. Palmer

Palmer served in combat in Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe WDGO.He earned 3 bronze service stars for the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign.

Army,Army | SGT 1942 - 1947 WWII

Ardell K. Hatch

Army,Army | SGT WWII

Elmer Gunderson

Army,Army | PVT WWII

Dale Christensen

Army,Army | SGT 1942 - 1945 WWII

James D. Taylor

Navy,Navy | F3C WWII, Korea

Joseph P. Millette

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

Air Force,Air Force | SGT WWII

Gene Kniffen

Air Force,Air Force | A2C 1956 - 1960

Irvin Madsen

Army,Army | TSGT WWII

Leslie Iverson

Iverson was a member of the US Army Air Force, which is the precursor to the current Air Force.

Air Force,Air Force | 1LT WWII

Ole S. Larson

Army,Army | PVT WWI

Ray Sloan

Army,Army | SP4 1955 - 1958

Norman Leer

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

Air Force,Air Force | Major WWII

Francis E. Hansen

Army,Army | PFC Korea

Stewart Hines

101st Airborne Div. With Hines is Scout "Kit Carson". This picture was taken in Vietnam in 1970.

Army,Army | SSG Vietnam

Kenneth Peterson

Peterson was the first draftee from Clay County for the Korean War.

Army,Army | CPL Korea

Thomas Sorensen

SD National Guard

Army,Army | 1972 - 1978 Vietnam

Glenn E. Olson

Navy,Navy | WWII

Gary M. Brewer

Army,Army | SP4 1970 - 1972 Vietnam

Arnold P. Ostrem

Army,Army | SP4 1953 - 1955 Korea

Donald H. Bystrom

16th Signal Radio Relay Co.

Army,Army | CPL Korea

Robert Brinkman

Army,Army | MSGT 1951 - 1971 Korea, Vietnam

Daniel Hubert

Navy,Navy | ENG2C Vietnam

Keith Jensen

Recon - Bushmasters

Army,Army | SGT Vietnam

Raymond E. Brodsky

Army,Army | PVT 1952 Korea

Matthew A. Johnson

Army,Army | SGT 1976 - 1980

Eldon R. Hansen

Navy,Navy | QM3C WWII

Isaac L. Hoag

Army,Army | 1941 - 1945 WWII

Arlys I. Ficken

Air Force,Air Force | WWII

Harold L. Heimes

Coast Guard,Coast Guard | SC3C WWII

Eric R. Iverson

Army,Army | SP4 1995 - 1998 Persian Gulf

Derold (Bud) Brown

Brown was part of the submarine crew aboard the USS Pollack.

Navy,Navy | TM3C 1941 - 1944 WWII

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

Ulysses S. Ashmore

Army,Army | SSGT WWII

Clyde A. Brown

Army,Army | 1953 - 1956 Korea

David N. Hill

Navy,Navy | SCPO 1973 - 1998 Vietnam, Persian Gulf

Howard A. Johnson

Army,Army | SGT WWII

Wayne A. Morse

147th Field Artillery. Served in Australia and New Guinea.

Army,Army | CPL WWII

Carl Carlson

Army,Army | PFC Korea

Nate Hurowitz

Army,Army | SGT WWII

Maynard E. Swee

Army,Army | PFC WWII

Vernon C. Christensen

Navy,Navy | WT3C WWII

Ardell (Hap) Brown

Navy,Navy | RM3C WWII

James Fuchs

KIA. On February 6, 1968, a patrol of coalition troops was attached near the Tuy Loan River, Quang Nam Province. James' platoon arrived to provide assistance under heavy fire. James was killed in action by a gunshot wound to the head. James was the son of Robert and Cleo Fuchs of Vermillion.

Marines,Marines | PFC Vietnam

Brian J. Huff

Army,Army | SP4 1984 - 1988

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

Tim Hughes

Navy,Navy | Vietnam

Eugene W. Sanow

Army,Army | SGT 1968 - 1969 Vietnam

Leonard Girard

Marines,Marines | PFC Korea

Myron E. Jacobson

Jacobson completed the telephone installation and repair course at the southeastern Signal School at Ft. Gordon, GA. He served nearly two years because of the Cuba Missile Crisis.