Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

Bernt Brunick

Navy | SA

Kermit F. Hall

Army | SSGT WWII

Ray Hofman

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

Army | SP4 1974 - 1976 Vietnam

Elmer Rasmussen

Navy | S1C WWII

Vernell Holter

Army Reserves and ROTC.

Army | COL 1945 - 1946 & 1949 - 1986 WWII & Korea

David Morris

Air Force | A2C 1959 - 1961

Ivan D. Pierce

Pierce departed Vermillion in the first draftee contingent on July 17, 1941. He attended basic training at Ft. Belvoir, VA engineer school. His entire military career was with engineer combat units. He was discharged on February 26, 1945.

Army | Major 1941 - 1945 WWII

Norman G. Herren

Navy | LTJG WWII

John L. Bierle

Army | SP5 Vietnam

Kenneth D. Mincks

Navy | BT3 1950 - 1953 Korea

Thomas Sorensen

SD National Guard

Army | 1972 - 1978 Vietnam

Harold K. Delaney

KIA July 16, 1944

Army | CPL WWII

Stephen J. Noll

Navy | SK3C 1962 - 1964

Paul & Wendy Pederson

Paul has been a servicemember since 1999. Wendy has been a servicemember since 2000.

Navy | Persian Gulf

Clifford Rye

Army | PFC WWII

Ralph A. Osmanson

Air Force | SSGT Korea

Robert L. Ganschow

Ganschow was deployed to Afghanistan

Air Force | A1C 2000 - Present Persian Gulf

Marshall W. Lundquist

Army | CPL Korea

Gail G. Jensen

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

Air Force | SSGT WWII

Amond Hanson

Bugler - Dakota Cavalry

Army | 1862 - 1865 Civil War

Hall Family

From left to right: CPL Russell M. Hall (WWII), PFC Ellwood Hall (WWI), LT Vincent Hall (WWII), CPL Raymond Hall (WWII)

Army |

Darrell B. Alders

Marines | SGT Korea

Now Showing: Our Heroes

Army |

Frank Powell

Army | PFC WWII

Irvin Madsen

Army | TSGT WWII

Dean L. Nelson

Army | PVT 1958 - 1960

John McMunigal

Army | SSGT WWII

WWI Firing Squad

Army, Navy | WWI

Robert C. Dahlman

Missing in Action in December 1944. Was with the 7th Army in Holland. He was reported as a prisoner of war in January 1945.

Army | PFC WWII

Dale E. Orr

Army | SSGT Korea

Orville E. and Reyburn P. Ferry

Orville E. Ferry = MSGT US Army. Reyburn P. Ferry = CPO (BMC) US Navy

Army, Navy | WWII, Korea, Vietnam

Harvey O. Jensen

Army | CPL Korea

Young Moore III

Ordnance Corps. Received Legion of Merit

Army | LTCOL 1943 - 1967 WWII, Korea, Vietnam

Adrian Ulvog Group Photo

Adrian is 3rd from the right in this photo.

Army | SFC 1939 - 1962 WWII, Korea

William Larson

Army | PVT WWI

Sabroe Nelson

Army | CPL WWII

James L. Hansen

Army | SGT 1950 - 1952 Korea

Boyd Ostrem

Army | CPL Korea

Bill Barton

Barton served with the 30th "Old Hickory" division which spearheaded the 9th Army drive to Magdeburg, Germany. He traveled with the division through England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

Army | SGT WWII

Steven J. Merrigan

Army | 1973 - 1976 Vietnam

Howard (Huss) Johnson

5th Air Force

Air Force | A1C 1950 - 1954 Korea

Herman Zetterlund

Army | PVT WWI

Leonard Girard

Marines | PFC Korea

Manfred Bruebaker & Son

Navy | WWII

Donald Hoffman

Coast Guard | WWII

Dallas M. Ficken

Marines | CPL Korea

Harold A. Ahlgrim

Army | PFC WWII

Lester L. Russell

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

Army | PVT WWII

Martin D. Nielsen

Army | CPL 1944 - 1946 WWII

Marlowe L. Iverson

Navy | RM3C WWII

Charles P. Strom

Army National Guard

Army | 1961 - 1962

Dan Frazee

Marines | 1994 - 1998 Persian Gulf

Robert J. Westman

Army | SP4 Persian Gulf

Verne A. Ficken

Army | MSGT WWII

Roy Mortinsen

Activated 2003

Army | CPT Persian Gulf

Lloyd R. Moses

Army | Major General

Hans A. Rask

Army | PFC 1917 - 1919 WWI

Don Jensen

Navy | QM2C WWII

Donald A. Lindstrom

Navy | YN3C WWII

George W. Brewer

Army | SGT WWII

Eldon R. Hansen

Navy | QM3C WWII

John T. Watts

Army | LTCOL 1976 - 1998 Persian Gulf

Bryce Kauer

National Guard, activated 2003

Army | SP4 Persian Gulf

Morris E. Ellison

Air Force | TSGT WWII

Inman A. Hesla

Hesla was at Iwo Jima

Navy | Ensign 1943 - 1946 WWII

James A. Brown

Called in during the Berlin crisis.

Army | 1957 - 1962

Harry Gamage

Served in North Africa in 1944.

Army | Major WWII

Raymond O. Lee

Air Force | A2C 1951 - 1954 Korea

James R. Hensley

Navy | SN1C 1942 - 1946 WWII

Douglas W. Lingberg

Navy | SN1C WWII

Carl Carlson

Army | PFC Korea

Michael G. Millage

Navy | EMCA 1962 - 1964

Burdette (Bud) Benson

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

Air Force | 2LT 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.