Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

Richard Cayce

England and Africa

Air Force, Air Force | 1952 - 1956 Korea

Ivan Brown

Battery F, 147th Field Artillery, Australia. Brown contracted a tropical infection in his hands and feet and was hospitalized for six months.

Army, Army | CPL WWII

Richard L. Anderson

Navy, Navy | CM3C WWII

Vashti Kronaizl Majia

Navy, Navy | E4 2012 - 2016 Persian Gulf

Francis N. Girard

11th Armored Division Company C, 55th Armored Infantry Battalion

Army, Army | PFC WWII

Jack Stewart

Aviation cadet.

Navy, Navy | WWII

Edwin G. Sandberg

Navy, Navy | CPO 1943 - 1968 WWII, Korea, Vietnam

Nelson Preston Miner

Company A, Dakota Cavalry, Union Army

Army, Army | CPT 1862 - 1865 Civil War

Gerald A. Jepsen

Navy, Navy | SF3C WWII

LaVerne Pauley

Army, Army | WWII

James Logue

Army, Army | SP4 Vietnam

Lyle J. Kaiser

Navy, Navy | SN1C Korea

Alvin M. Olson

Olson was a member of the US Army Air Force, precursor to the Air Force. He was an airplane mechanic.

Air Force, Air Force | SGT May 7 1942 to December 1, 1945 WWII

American Pride

109th Homecoming

Army, Army |

James L. Hansen

Army, Army | SGT 1950 - 1952 Korea

Ulysses S. Ashmore

Army, Army | SSGT WWII

Harold Sauer

Army, Army | SGT 1966 - 1969 Vietnam

Harold P. Nissen

Nissen sailed 50,000 miles in an enforced tour of the Middle East, Europe, Africa and South America. His visit to South America was necessitated when his ship was torpedoed.

Navy, Navy | 1942 - 1944 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.

Air Force, Air Force | CPT 1941 - 1945 WWII

Ralph E. Rasmussen

Army, Army | PVT WWII

David F. O'Connor

Army, Army | 2LT WWII and Korea

William O'Connor II

This photo was taken in Iraq

Army, Army | SGT Persian Gulf

Paul J. McMunigal

Air Force, Air Force | 1941 - 1945 WWII

Jason P. Husby

Marines, Marines | SGT 1994 - 1998 Persian Gulf

Norman L. Rask

KIA

Army, Army | PVT 1950 - 1951 Korea

Lester W. Carlson

Air Force, Air Force | SGT WWII

Larry Schueth

Air Force, Air Force | A1C 1960 - 1964

Keith Swensen

Air Force, Air Force | LTCOL Persian Gulf

Oliver J. Resel

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

Air Force, Air Force | PFC WWII

Grand Army of the Republic

Henry Ferry is pictured in this group photo.

Army, Army | Civil War

Alfred B. Buckneberg

Army, Army | SSGT WWII

Junior Iverson

Army, Army | PFC WWII

Fred Wilcox

Army, Army | PFC 1950 - 1952 Korea

Thomas L. Dooley, Sr.

Navy, Navy | PO3C Vietnam

Lawrence (Ludey) Williams

USS Baltimore

Navy, Navy | SN WWII

Richard Bottolfson

SD National Guard

Army, Army | SGT 1957 - 1965

Manny Brown

Army, Army | WWII

Kenneth Millette

Paratrooper

Army, Army | SGT WWII

Philip Miner

147th Field Artillery. Miner was killed in action January 16, 1944 in Arawa, New Britain (Pacific theatre)

Army, Army | LT 1940 - 1944 WWII

Small Town

Homecoming for 109th

Army, Army |

Lawrence D. Brady

Air Force, Air Force | SSGT Vietnam

Ronald T. Blatchford

Army, Army | PFC WWII

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

James H. Dwyer

Navy, Navy | AO2C 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, Army, Marines, Navy |

Lowell S. Hansen

Army, Army | WWII

Donald A. Wylie

Navy, Navy | EMP3C 1948 - 1952 Korea

Philip H. Ferry

South Dakota Infantry

Army, Army | PVT Spanish American War

Richard W. Walker

Army, Army | SP4 1975 - 1978

Glenn N. Danielson

Danielson was with the VPB 26 Patrol Bombing Squadron

Navy, Navy | ARM2C WWII

Edwin Leer

Army, Army | CPT WWII

Randall G. Radigan

Army, Army | CPT Vietnam

Gordon K. Moore

Moore was appointed to West Point in June, 1970 by Congressman Ben Reifel. He received the Legion of Merit

Army, Army | LTCOL 1970 - 1997 Vietnam, Persian Gulf

Robert J. Westman

Army, Army | SP4 Persian Gulf

George S. Fallan

Army, Army | PFC WWII

Todd Peterson

Marines, Marines | CPL 1983 - 1987

Wayne D. Iverson

Army, Army | CPL WWII

Ernest B. Cap

Cap made 2 invasions with the Army in 1944. On January 8, 1945, a kamikaze plane crashed into his ship, killing several men. The next day they began the invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines.