Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

Gerald E. (Bud) Amundson

Retired

Army, Army | Major General 1952 - 1989 Korea & Vietnam

Fern Marcotte Morse

Marcotte Morse was a member of the Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force

Air Force, Air Force | T-5 1942 - 1944 WWII

Sidney Engman

KIA. Served with the 3rd Army in France.

Army, Army | PFC WWII

David Morris

Air Force, Air Force | A2C 1959 - 1961

Richard Husby

Air Force, Air Force | A-1SF 1962- 1965 Vietnam

Harold L. Cusick

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

Army, Army | TEC5 1941 - 1944 WWII

Tommy G. Hendricks

Killed in Action on Luzon in the Philippines April 19, 1945. Signal Corps, Battery F 147th Field Artillery.

Army, Army | SGT WWII

William Larson

Army, Army | PVT WWI

Milo Gilbertson

Army, Army | SGT 1962 - 1963 Berlin Crisis

Bill Willroth, Sr.

Navy, Navy | PH2C Korea

Josephine Chamberlain Shilton

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

Air Force, Air Force | CPL WWII

Donald & Raymond Kahler (Center)

Navy, Navy |

Michael D. Sealey

Navy, Navy | PO3 Vietnam

Verdell Larson

Army, Army | PFC Korea

Dwyce Wince

Wince was aboard the USS Pillsbury, which was reported lost March 1, 1942 as a result of enemy action. It is believed that the vessel was lost in the vicinity of Bali Strait following an engagement with the enemy.

Navy, Navy | MM 1934 - 1942 WWII

Darrell B. Alders

Marines, Marines | SGT Korea

Stanley D. Jensen

Army, Army | SGT WWII

Derold (Bud) Brown

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

Navy, Navy | TM3C 1941 - 1944 WWII

Merle Christensen

Army, Army | PFC 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

Small Town

Homecoming for 109th

Army, Army |

Clement Schafstall

Navy, Navy | F1C 1944 - 1946 WWII

Glen Bensen

Navy, Navy | S1C 1951 - 1955 Korea

Don Jensen

Navy, Navy | QM2C WWII

Walter (Sandy) Morse

Army, Army | PVT WWI

Donald Kniffen

Air Force, Air Force | A1C 1960 - 1964

James H. Grabowski

Air Force, Air Force | SSGT 1948 - 1959 Korea

Virgil Johnson and Will Fickbohm

Taken in Guam in 1956. (Left = Johnson, Right = Fickbohm)

Army, Army | Korea

Rosalie Paulson

Navy, Navy | YN2C WWII

Darrell Benson

Army, Army | SGT WWII

Marvin K. Walz

Army, Army | SP4 Korea

Joseph D. Logue

Navy, Navy | S1C 1955 - 1958

Lester L. Russell

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

Army, Army | PVT WWII

Past Heroes

Homecoming for 109th

Army, Army |

Arlan E. Diamond

Air Force, Air Force | CPT 1965 - 1975 Vietnam

Neil D. Brown

Chief Sonar Technician. This photo was taken in 1970 aboard the USS O'Callahan (DE 1051), a destroyer escort. The ship was on a gunfire support mission off the coast of Vung Tau, South Vietnam.

Navy, Navy | CPT 1958 - 1977 Vietnam

Wallace Johnson

Wallace was killed in action August 11, 1944 in the European theatre.

Army, Army | PVT WWII

Fred Wilcox

Army, Army | PFC 1950 - 1952 Korea

Clark V. Christensen

Airborne Ranger

Army, Army | SGT 1977 - 1981 Desert Storm

Ruth Stensaas Masters

Army, Army | 1LT 1943 - 1945 WWII

Howard W. Connors

Navy, Navy | LTJG WWII

Delbert Schroeder

Army, Army | PFC WWII

Robert D. Nielsen

20th Airforce, Headquarters Squadron

Air Force, Air Force | A1C Korea

Ray A. Hofman

Army, Army | SP4 1974 - 1976 Vietnam

Duane Jacobson

Navy, Navy | SN1C Korea

Bryce Kauer

National Guard, activated 2003

Army, Army | SP4 Persian Gulf

Darrel Larson

Army, Army | PFC Korea

Ralph Leer

Army, Army | Lt. Col. WWII

Nylis G. Renschler, II

Army - 7 years Air Force - 12 years

Air Force, Army, Air Force, Army |

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.