Joseph D. Logue

Navy  |   S1C     1955 - 1958   

Burdette F. Orr

Army  |   PFC         WWII

Willard Peterson

Army  |   SSGT         WWII

Arlan E. Diamond

Air Force  |   CPT     1965 - 1975    Vietnam

Bernt Brunick

Navy  |   SA        

Kronlokken was at Chofo Hydroponic Farm, Company F, Tokyo Quarter master depot. In 1954, the farm shipped 12,000,000 lbs. of vegetables to Army units. Two thirds went to Korea. The Farm employed more than 800 Japanese citizens and had 55 acres of hydroponic beds and 270 acres of soil farm.

Loren D. Kronlokken

Army  |       1953 - 1955    Korea

Wardlow was in the US Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force.

Lee E. Wardlow

Air Force  |   SSGT         WWII

Paratrooper

Kenneth Millette

Army  |   SGT         WWII

Ordnance Corps. Received Legion of Merit

Young Moore III

Army  |   LTCOL     1943 - 1967    WWII, Korea, Vietnam

David Morris

Air Force  |   A2C     1959 - 1961   

Fred Wilcox

Army  |   PFC     1950 - 1952    Korea

Active duty - Iraq. Son of Senator Tim Johnson.

Brooks Johnson

Air Force  |   SSGT         Persia Gulf

George A. Larson

Army  |           WWII

George O. Wathier

Air Force  |       1975 - 1977   

Steven D. Howe

Marines  |   L/CPL     1985 - 1987   

James J. Young

Army  |   PVT         WWI

Alan D. Ruedebusch

Air Force  |   SGT     1965 - 1969    Vietnam

Gerhard Stensaas

Army  |   SGT         WWII

William L. Mount

Navy  |   SFM3         Vietnam

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

Gordon K. Moore

Army  |   LTCOL     1970 - 1997    Vietnam, Persian Gulf

Dallas M. Ficken

Marines  |   CPL         Korea

Hesla was at Iwo Jima

Inman A. Hesla

Navy  |   Ensign     1943 - 1946    WWII

Paratrooper

Phillips B. Crew

Army  |   CPT         WWII

Danielson was with the VPB 26 Patrol Bombing Squadron

Glenn N. Danielson

Navy  |   ARM2C         WWII

Kevin G. Melstad

Navy  |   MMI (SS)     1973 - 1979    Vietnam

Hensley Brothers

Navy  |       1942 - 1946    WWII

Liberty Ship USS Jose G. Benitez. 1942 - 1945

Duane Andersen

Navy  |   Signalman         WWII

Duane R. Johansen

Army  |       1956 - 1958   

Stanley Lewison

Army  |       1959 - 1961   

Christopherson signed up for the Navy at age 17. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii when the Japanese attacked.

Darrel Christopherson

Navy  |           WWII

James D. Taylor

Navy  |   F3C         WWII, Korea

Gust Gylfe

Army  |   PVT         WWI

Retired

Gerald E. (Bud) Amundson

Army  |   Major General     1952 - 1989    Korea & Vietnam

Ralph M. Knutson

Air Force  |   SSGT         WWII

Leroy N. Sampson

Army  |   SP5     1956 - 1959   

John W. Armstrong

Navy  |   SN1C         WWII

Edwin Leer

Army  |   CPT         WWII

Clement Schafstall

Navy  |   F1C     1944 - 1946    WWII

Arnold Walz

Army  |   SGT         WWII

Severt E. Taggart

Army  |   CPL         WWII

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

J. Maurice Erickson

Air Force  |   WO         WWII

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

Alvin M. Olson

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

Matthew A. Johnson

Army  |   SGT     1976 - 1980   

Tamara Johnson Davis

Navy  |   SN     1992 - 1994    Persian Gulf

Morris L. Marcotte

Navy  |   RM2C     1943 - 1946    WWII

Ray A. Hofman

Army  |   SP4     1974 - 1976    Vietnam

Roger A. Walz

Army  |   SGT     1957 - 1963   

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

Leslie Iverson

Air Force  |   1LT         WWII

Larry Gray

Army  |   SGT     1968 - 1970    Vietnam

Freemond Seney

Air Force  |   SGT         WWII

Luverne was in the Army from 1938 - 1968. Gifford was in the Marines from 1948 - 1968

Gifford D. Doty and Luverne E. Doty

Army,Marines  |   Luverne - MSGT Gifford - TSGT         WWII, Korea, Vietnam

Wesley J. Christensen

Navy  |   SK3C         WWII

Darrell O. Larson

Air Force  |   TSGT     1951 - 1968    Korea, Vietnam

This photo was taken in December 1945 in Gotemba, Japan. Hendricks was part of the occupation forces in Japan.

Dale C. Hendricks

Army  |   CPT         WWII

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.

Ivan D. Pierce

Army  |   Major     1941 - 1945    WWII

104th Infantry Division, 804th Ordinance.

Ernest Miller

Army  |   SSGT     1942 - 1945    WWII

Richard (Dutch) Erickson

Army  |   PFC         Korea

Clyde A. Brown

Army  |       1953 - 1956    Korea

Submarine Service

Warren W. Morse

Navy  |       1939 - 1946    WWII

A Battery, 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 83rd Artillery, 7th Army

Loren A. Ouellette

Army  |   CPL     1959 - 1962   

147th Field Artillery

Torsten G. Almberg

Army  |   TEC-4         WWII

Arden L. Jensen

Navy  |   AMM1C         WWII

Earl Knutson is in row 1, #3. October 2002

USS Brush (745) Ship Reunion

Navy  |          

Duane Jacobson

Navy  |   SN1C         Korea

Theodore Martinson

Navy  |   S2C         WWII

James L. Hansen

Army  |   SGT     1950 - 1952    Korea

Charles W. Lefler

Marines  |   SGT         WWII

Jordan Backhaus

Navy  |   SB     1973 - 1978    Vietnam

Pacific Fleet, Comairpac

Merle L. Isaacson

Navy  |   RM3C     1951- 1955    Korea

147th Field Artillery

Russell A. Emerson

Army  |           WWII

343rd Field Artillery

Ronald G. Bruyer

Army  |           WWII

Melville Larson

Navy  |   F1C         WWII

Edward C. Ellison

Navy  |   SN1C     1954 - 1957   

Isaac L. Hoag

Army  |       1941 - 1945    WWII

Elmer F. Anderson

Army  |   PFC         WWI

Willie A. Weiland

Army  |   SFC         WWII, Korea

Donald J. Lynch

Navy  |   SN         WWII

Wilbur Tiahrt, Darrell Christopherson (behind flag), Jerry Schafer, Leroy Backhaus, Joe Conroy, Marvin Walz, Ray Hofman, Richard Barta, Andy Howe

VFW Firing Squad 2007

Army,Marines,Navy  |          

Greg Sommervold

Air Force  |   SSGT     1972 - 1983    Vietnam

USS Francis Hammond, commissioned July 25 1970. Walz was part of its first crew.

Donald B. Walz

Navy  |   PN2C         Vietnam