Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

James H. Dwyer

Navy | AO2C WWII

Manfred Bruebaker & Son

Navy | WWII

Darrell O. Larson

Air Force | TSGT 1951 - 1968 Korea, Vietnam

Kenneth D. Mincks

Navy | BT3 1950 - 1953 Korea

Norman L. Rask

KIA

Army | PVT 1950 - 1951 Korea

Kenneth L. Mockler

Army | CPL Korea

Orville L. Gors

Navy | S2C 1944 - 1946 WWII

VFW Firing Squad 2007

Wilbur Tiahrt, Darrell Christopherson (behind flag), Jerry Schafer, Leroy Backhaus, Joe Conroy, Marvin Walz, Ray Hofman, Richard Barta, Andy Howe

Army, Marines, Navy |

Earl M. Knutson

Navy | MG2 WWII

Raoul J. Gregoire

Army | PFC WWI

Inman A. Hesla

Hesla was at Iwo Jima

Navy | Ensign 1943 - 1946 WWII

William O. Farber

Army | WOJG WWII

Everett Doty

Army | CWO3 1937 - 1956 WWII and Korea

Wesley J. Christensen

Navy | SK3C WWII

Arnold V. Christopherson

Air Force | SSGT 1951 - 1954 Korea

Duane R. Johansen

Army | 1956 - 1958

Ernest Miller

104th Infantry Division, 804th Ordinance.

Army | SSGT 1942 - 1945 WWII

William H. Bergman

Army | TEC4 WWII

Hensley Brothers

Navy | 1942 - 1946 WWII

USS Brush (745) Ship Reunion

Earl Knutson is in row 1, #3. October 2002

Navy |

Richard Mockler

Giessen, Germany

Army | SP4 1957 - 1959

David O. Minor

Army | SP4 Vietnam

Eric R. Iverson

Army | SP4 1995 - 1998 Persian Gulf

VFW Party

This group is at a party at the old VFW post home in Vermillion. Harvey Reynolds is 4th from left and Willie Weiland is 6th from left. If any knows who the other veterans are, please contact the VSO at 605-677-7145.

Army, Navy | WWII

Dale C. Hendricks

This photo was taken in December 1945 in Gotemba, Japan. Hendricks was part of the occupation forces in Japan.

Army | CPT WWII

Robert Logue

South Dakota National Guard

Army | 1984 - 2007

Wilbur W. Brunick

USS Farragut

Navy | S1C WWII

Laurence G. Hubert

Navy | GM2C WWII

Tim Hughes

Navy | Vietnam

Leo Kruse

Navy | B2C WWII

Stanley J. Christensen

Army | SGT 1942 - 1945 WWII

Steven L. Kronaizl

Army | SP4 1953 - 1955 Korea

Charles Schafer

Navy | S1C 1981 - 1985

Keith Jensen

Recon - Bushmasters

Army | SGT Vietnam

Dana P. Stockland

This photo was taken in Iraq.

Army | SPC 2003 - 2005 Persian Gulf

Norman Leer

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

Air Force | Major WWII

Donald Hoffman

Coast Guard | WWII

Kenneth M. Lane

Army | WWII

Paul M. Hasse

Navy | SN 1954 - 1956 Korea

Joseph L. Anderson

Army | SGT WWII

Jack Meisenholder

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

Air Force | CPL WWII

Darrell Benson

Army | SGT WWII

Ralph A. Osmanson

Air Force | SSGT Korea

Darrel Larson

Army | PFC Korea

Clyde A. Brown

Army | 1953 - 1956 Korea

Carlton Leikvold

Navy | AETM3C WWII

Kenneth J. Connor

Military Intelligence Technician in SE Asia.

Air Force | SSGT 1969 - 1975 Vietnam

Lowell T. Maude

Army | CPL Korea

Victor L. Peake, Jr.

Navy | CS3 1955 - 1964

Ronald A. Hesla

Air Force | 2LT 1973 Vietnam

Michael R. Knutson

Army | PFC Vietnam

Bryce Kauer

National Guard, activated 2003

Army | SP4 Persian Gulf

Russell A. Emerson

147th Field Artillery

Army | WWII

Max Brown

Navy | SN Korea

Ralph Westergaard

Air Force | A1C 1955 - 1959

Stephen J. Noll

Navy | SK3C 1962 - 1964

John W. Armstrong

Navy | SN1C WWII

Sabroe Nelson

Army | CPL WWII

Robert Lyle Ganschow

Navy | GM1C Korea

Maurice G. Haver

Navy | 1942 - 1945 WWII

Alvin Gunderson

Army | PVT WWII

John M. Boline

Army | CPL 1942 - 1943 WWII

John W. Taylor

Army | WWII

William (Bill) Inberg

Army | PFC WWI

Francis M. Armstrong

Navy | SN1C WWII

Mitchell K. Iverson

Marines | SGT 1982 - 1986

Ralph W. Richardson

Army | LTCOL 1942 - 1962 WWII, Korea

Lester L. Russell

Russell was a German POW. He was listed as missing in action February 17th 1943 in North Africa.

Army | PVT WWII

Robert E. Peterson

Army | PFC WWII

Lawrence A. Wirth

14th Fighter Group in North Africa and Italy. Wirth had to make his own "homes", from a tarpaulin-covered hold in the ground in Africa to shacks built out of cardboard "bellytank" crates in Italy.