Gordon E. Brown
KIA. Served on the carrier escort Liscome Bay. The ship was sunk December 2, 1943 by a Japanese submarine.
Navy,Navy |
Seaman 2C WWII
Leo Kruse
Navy,Navy |
B2C WWII
George C. Christensen
American Expeditionary Force. 355th MG Co., 87th Div
Army,Army |
PFC 1918 - 1919 WWI
Harold B. McDonald
Army,Army |
PFC WWI
Byron McCambridge
Army,Army |
CPL Korea
Colin D. Olsen
Navy,Navy |
SFM2C 1961 - 1964
Stephen W. Lundquist
Navy,Navy |
LTJG 1980 - 1990
Andy Howe
Howe was stationed in Beirut, Lebanon when the Marine barracks was bombed on October 23, 1983. 241 service members were killed. Howe helped with the rescue and recovery operations. C Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Amphibious Unit.
Marines,Marines |
CPL 1980 - 1983 Lebanon
Randall G. Radigan
Army,Army |
CPT Vietnam
George Baity
Air Force,Air Force |
CPL WWII
Harriet Johnson Randall
Women's Army Corps (WAC)
Army,Army |
TSGT 1943 - 1945 WWII
Martin D. Nielsen
Army,Army |
CPL 1944 - 1946 WWII
Hubert Gregoire
Army,Army |
SP4 1962 - 1964
Levern Larson
Army,Army |
MDTEC4 WWII
George (Wally) Watson
Coast Guard,Coast Guard |
FM1C WWII
Norval E. Millette
National Guard 1947 - 1948. Was one of very few who could refuel the SR 71.
Air Force,Air Force |
MSGT Korea, Vietnam
Jason P. Husby
Marines,Marines |
SGT 1994 - 1998 Persian Gulf
Chad D. Stockland
Photo was taken in Iraq
Army,Army |
SSG 2003 - 2005 Persian Gulf
Gerald Warner
KIA. Warner was a member of the US Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force.
Air Force,Air Force |
1LT WWII
Howard (Huss) Johnson
5th Air Force
Air Force,Air Force |
A1C 1950 - 1954 Korea
Gordon A. Larson
Army,Army |
PFC WWII
Glenn E. Olson
Navy,Navy |
WWII
Donald J. Lynch
Lynch started with the merchant marine, then switched to Coast Guard. He was on duty in Honolulu, Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor attack. Lynch contracted tuberculosis in 1942 and was hospitalized for nearly a year before he passed away.
Navy,Navy |
SN 1938 - 1943 WWII
Clark V. Christensen
Airborne Ranger
Army,Army |
SGT 1977 - 1981 Desert Storm
Dallas Christopherson
Navy,Navy |
Chief WWII
Elmer Gunderson
Army,Army |
PVT WWII
Joseph L. Anderson
Army,Army |
SGT WWII
Jerry A. Walz
Army,Army |
SGT 1960 - 1964
Lyle A. Wagner
Army,Army |
1LT 1954 - 1956 Korea
Junior Iverson
Army,Army |
PFC WWII
Arthur G. Johansen
Army,Army |
SGT Korea
Duane R. Johansen
Army,Army |
1956 - 1958
John S. Peterson
Navy,Navy |
PO1C 1997 - 2003 Persian Gulf
Ruth Stensaas Masters
Army,Army |
1LT 1943 - 1945 WWII
Donald Kniffen
Air Force,Air Force |
A1C 1960 - 1964
Small Town
Homecoming for 109th
Army,Army |
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
David J. Wherry
Wherry was Veterans Service Officer for Clay County from 1997 to 2001. He started the "Wall of Fame" project in 2001. The project grew over the years to include all the photos in this slide show.
Marines,Marines |
Major 1968 - 1991 Vietnam
Leroy Backhaus
Army,Army |
CPL 1946 - 1949
John L. Bierle
Army,Army |
SP5 Vietnam
Albert J. Benoit
Army,Army |
WWI
Douglas W. Lingberg
Navy,Navy |
SN1C WWII
Marion L. Kryger
SD National Guard
Army,Army |
1LT 1952 - 196
David Morris
Air Force,Air Force |
A2C 1959 - 1961
Randall M. Stuefen
Air Force,Air Force |
SSGT 1967 - 1971 Vietnam
Nelse Carlson
Air Force,Air Force |
1942 - 1945 WWII
Wilmar Nelson
Army,Army |
SGT WWII
Marching of the Colors
Clay County Veterans Memorial Dedication November 11, 2000.
Army,Army |
Clyde A. Brown
Army,Army |
1953 - 1956 Korea
Donald B. Walz
USS Francis Hammond, commissioned July 25 1970. Walz was part of its first crew.
Navy,Navy |
PN2C Vietnam
Arthur L. Rusch
Army,Army |
CPT 1968 - 1976 Vietnam
Russell F. Heikes
Heikes was a member of the Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force.
Air Force,Air Force |
1LT WWII
Leroy N. Sampson
Army,Army |
SP5 1956 - 1959
Glenn N. Danielson
Danielson was with the VPB 26 Patrol Bombing Squadron
Navy,Navy |
ARM2C WWII
Clifford N. Hirocke
Marines,Marines |
1977 - 1981
Nate Hurowitz
Army,Army |
SGT WWII
Gary D. Davis
Davis was stationed with A Battery (missile unit) on a mountain top in Alaska.
Army,Army |
PFC 1963 - 1965 Vietnam
Lawrence E. Erickson
Navy,Navy |
B1C WWII
Warren (Buck) Swisher
Army,Army |
CPL WWII
Darrel Larson
Army,Army |
PFC Korea
Rodney Inberg
Army,Army |
CPL Korea
Uriah Walker
Marines,Marines |
CPL 1997 - 2001 Persian Gulf
Laurence G. Hubert
Navy,Navy |
GM2C WWII
George G. Sealey
Army,Army |
PVT Korea
Lyle A. Moritz
Army,Army |
CPL Korea
Darrell Vognild
Navy,Navy |
AME3 Vietnam
Tim Hughes
Navy,Navy |
Vietnam
Dale Christensen
Army,Army |
SGT 1942 - 1945 WWII
Lewis Brunick
Navy,Navy |
RM3C WWII
Charles A. Norling
Infantry. Norling received a Purple Heart.
Army,Army |
SGT 1952 - 1954 Korea
Willie A. Weiland
Army,Army |
SFC WWII, Korea
Carl Berglund
Navy,Navy |
EM3C WWII
Don Carlson
Air Force,Air Force |
WWII, Korea
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
Marvin K. Walz
Army,Army |
SP4 Korea
Nylis G. Renschler, II
Army - 7 years
Air Force - 12 years
Air Force,Army,Air Force,Army |
Burton E. Lawrensen
Navy,Navy |
1946 - 1948 WWII
John W. Armstrong
Navy,Navy |
SN1C WWII
Arnold P. Ostrem
Army,Army |
SP4 1953 - 1955 Korea
Sidney E. Haugum
Navy,Navy |
SN WWII