Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

Edward C. Ellison

Navy, Navy | SN1C 1954 - 1957

Ira S. Sherman

Army, Army | PVT WWII

Gilbert Joseph Ulvog

Gilbert Joseph Ulvog, U.S. Army, WW II 1941 - 1947, Staff Sargent

Army, Army | Staff Sargent 1941 - 1947 WWII

Kevin G. Melstad

Navy, Navy | MMI (SS) 1973 - 1979 Vietnam

Donald Kniffen

Air Force, Air Force | A1C 1960 - 1964

David S. Dowd

Navy, Navy | SM2C Vietnam

John S. Peterson

Navy, Navy | PO1C 1997 - 2003 Persian Gulf

Kenneth E. Larson

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

Air Force, Air Force | SSGT WWII

George (Wally) Watson

Coast Guard, Coast Guard | FM1C WWII

Orville T. Jasperson

Army, Army | SGT WWII

Henry E. Bergman

Army, Army | PVT WWI

James Logue

Army, Army | SP4 Vietnam

Tommy Torstenson

Navy, Navy | S1C WWII

American Pride

109th Homecoming

Army, Army |

Robert J. & Eugene J. Dwyer

Eugene, SGT, Army Air Corps, 1940 - 1945. Robert, S1C, Navy, 1942 - 1946.

Air Force, Navy, Air Force, Navy | WWII

Nelse Carlson

Air Force, Air Force | 1942 - 1945 WWII

Harold (Cuss) Johnson

322nd Signal Battalion, Darmstadt, FRG

Army, Army | CPL 1951-1953 Korea

Arthur W. Fairfield

Army, Army | CPL 1958 - 1960

Sidney E. Haugum

Navy, Navy | SN WWII

Francis E. Hansen

Army, Army | PFC Korea

Leo Kruse

Navy, Navy | B2C WWII

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

Keith Collar

Army, Army | CPL Korea

Howard A. Johnson

Army, Army | SGT WWII

Donald L. Nelson

Army, Army | PFC Korea

Ray Hofman

Ray served as Clay County Veteran Service Officer from April 2002 to November 2010.

Army, Army | SP4 1974 - 1976 Vietnam

Alvin L. Engbrecht

Air Force, Air Force | A1C 1951 - 1955 Korea

Jim Schmulbach

Marines, Marines | 1LT Korea

Michael Flaherty

Activated 2003 - Kosovo

Army, Army | SGT Persia Gulf

Melvin D. Walz

Army, Army | SP4 1957 - 1959

Harlan H. Huetson

Navy, Navy | PN1 1958 - 1960

Family Reunited

Homecoming for 109th

Army, Army |

Ardell K. Hatch

Army, Army | SGT WWII

David M. Frazee

Frazee was in the Air Force from 1989 - 1993 and in the Army from 1995 - 1998

Air Force, Army, Air Force, Army | Persian Gulf

Oliver (Clair) Hesla

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

Air Force, Air Force | SGT WWII

Verne A. Ficken

Army, Army | MSGT WWII

Jens Paulsen

Army, Army | PFC WWI

Matthew A. Johnson

Army, Army | SGT 1976 - 1980

Alan C. Walz

Navy, Navy | SN1C Vietnam

Donald E. Kyte

Army, Army | PFC 1974 - 1976 Vietnam

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

Robert Logue

South Dakota National Guard

Army, Army | 1984 - 2007

Edward M. Dowd

Army, Army | MGST WWII

Donald Hughes

Army, Army | WWII

Byron McCambridge

Army, Army | CPL Korea

Gerald A. Jepsen

Navy, Navy | SF3C WWII

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

Ron T. Thaden

Navy, Navy | LTJG 1967 - 1969 Vietnam

Harold A. Ahlgrim

Army, Army | PFC WWII

Harvey O. Jensen

Army, Army | CPL Korea

Brook Davis

This photo was take at Great Lakes in 1953.

Navy, Navy | S1C Korea

Richard Husby

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

Donald R. Nelson

Army, Army | SFC Korea

Russell F. Heikes

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

Air Force, Air Force | 1LT WWII

Wilmar Nelson

Army, Army | SGT WWII

Robert D. Nielsen

20th Airforce, Headquarters Squadron

Air Force, Air Force | A1C Korea

Larry Madsen

Army, Army | SGT Vietnam

Robert Brunick

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

Air Force, Air Force | CPL WWII

Clifford Rye

Army, Army | PFC WWII

Gus Amundsen

Navy, Navy | S1C Korea

Gary G. Bliss

The Navy retirement tradition of "Piping Over The Side" by other Chief Petty Officers is being observed at Bliss' retirement on July 21, 1975.

Navy, Navy | Master Chief Petty Officer 1954 - 1975 Korea, Vietnam

Navy | World War 2

Leo Kyte

Army, Army | PFC WWII

Frederick N. Burr

Army, Army | PFC 1918 - 1919 WWI

Arthur D. Soderman

Army, Army | SGT WWI

George B. Reelfs

Army, Army | PFC WWII

Charles H. Wetmore

Army, Army | PFC 1942 - 1946 WWII

Robert Ugofsky

Navy, Navy | BT3 1991 - 1995 Persian Gulf

Gerald E. (Bud) Amundson

Retired

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

Elmer L. Mount

Army, Army | PFC 1951 - 1952 Korea

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

Arlan E. Diamond

Air Force, Air Force | CPT 1965 - 1975 Vietnam

L. Vincent Peterson

Peterson was aboard the USS Ward when it was attacked by kamikaze pilots near Ponson Island in the Philippines. The damage was severe and the ship had to be abandoned. All hands were rescued but Peterson sustained a serious head injury and was permanently disabled as a result.