Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

Seth Mette

Army,Army | SSG Afghanistan

Elmer Gunderson

Army,Army | PVT WWII

Larry Schueth

Air Force,Air Force | A1C 1960 - 1964

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

Dana P. Stockland

This photo was taken in Iraq.

Army,Army | SPC 2003 - 2005 Persian Gulf

Gerald A. Jepsen

Navy,Navy | SF3C WWII

Dean L. Nelson

Army,Army | PVT 1958 - 1960

Richard Stensaas

Army,Army | SP4 1961 - 1962

Harlan Hanson

Hanson was a clerk at the "Far East Pentagon" in Camp Zama, Japan.

Army,Army | SP4 1957 - 1958

Howard A. Johnson

Army,Army | SGT WWII

Edgar Resel

Army,Army | SGT Korea

Martin J. Isaacson

Army,Army | SGT Korea

Donald E. Kyte

Army,Army | PFC 1974 - 1976 Vietnam

Vernon L. Abild

Navy,Navy | F/C 1945 - 1946 WWII

Ervin Jensen

Army,Army | PFC WWII

Dean F. Larsen

Army,Army | SGT Korea

Clifford E. Klave

Navy,Navy | S1C WWII

Leland (Chris) Swensen

Navy,Navy | SKCS 1957 - 1976 Vietnam

Charles P. Strom

Army National Guard

Army,Army | 1961 - 1962

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

Ruth Stensaas Masters

Army,Army | 1LT 1943 - 1945 WWII

Bernt Brunick

Navy,Navy | SA

George Bruyer & Raoul Gregoire

Army,Army | WWI

Ellsworth Christensen

Air Force,Air Force | CPT WWII

Donald Mitchell

Naval Reserve

Navy,Navy | LT WWII

Myron E. Jacobson

Jacobson completed the telephone installation and repair course at the southeastern Signal School at Ft. Gordon, GA. He served nearly two years because of the Cuba Missile Crisis.

Army,Army | PFC 1961 - 1962

Raymond E. Brodsky

Army,Army | PVT 1952 Korea

James H. Hall

Navy,Navy | CS3c 1967 - 1971 Vietnam

Thomas R. Shouse

Shouse served at Ft. Riley in the infantry. He was also in the Army National Guard

Army,Army | 1961 - 1962

John Backhaus

Army,Army | SP4 1981 - 1984

Gail G. Jensen

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

Air Force,Air Force | SSGT WWII

Torsten I. Bystrom

Army,Army | PVT WWI

Jerry F. Sealey

Navy,Navy | S1C Vietnam

Jens Paulsen

Army,Army | PFC WWI

Frederick C. Sealey

Navy,Navy | S1C 1963 Vietnam

Sidney Engman

KIA. Served with the 3rd Army in France.

Army,Army | PFC WWII

Eiler F. Jensen

Army,Army | PFC WWI

Robert J. Davis

6th Marines

Marines,Marines | 1LT WWII

Richard W. Walker

Army,Army | SP4 1975 - 1978

Walter (Sandy) Morse

Army,Army | PVT WWI

Vernon D. Lambert

Navy,Navy | EM3C WWII

Ken Jasperson

Army,Army | SGT 1969 - 1971 Vietnam

Ludwig J. Ahrendt

Ahrendt served with the 147th Field Artillery in the South Pacific during WWII.

Army,Army | 1SG 1940 - 1945 WWII

William J. Radigan

Air Force,Air Force | LtCol 1963 - 2003

VFW Party

This was taken at the old VFW post home in Vermillion. Willie Weiland is 4th from left and Arden Jensen is 5th from left. If anyone knows who the other veterans are, please contact the VSO at 605-677-7145.

Air Force,Army,Navy,Air Force,Army,Navy | WWII

Sidney E. Haugum

Navy,Navy | SN WWII

Cecil W. Olson

SD National Guard

Army,Army | CPL 1948 - 1953

Loren D. Kronlokken

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.

Army,Army | 1953 - 1955 Korea

Leo Kruse

Navy,Navy | B2C WWII

Robert E. Nissen

Navy,Navy | WWII

Lloyd W. Lingberg

Lingberg was part of the US Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force.

Air Force,Air Force | SGT WII

Clifford Rye

Army,Army | PFC WWII

Eric R. Iverson

Army,Army | SP4 1995 - 1998 Persian Gulf

Melvin J. Nielsen

Navy 3rd Fleet. Destroyer Chevalier DD804

Navy,Navy | S1C 1945 - 1946 WWII

Gary Knecht

UH-1C Helicopter Gunship

Army,Army | SP4 1967 - 1968 Vietnam

Arthur G. Sammelson

147th Field Artillery in New Guinea, East Indies and Central Pacific. Construction equipment mechanic.

Army,Army | TEC4 1940 - 1945 WWII

Arthur L. Erickson

Erickson joined the Army in 1952.

Navy,Navy | F1C 1945 - 1946 WWII

Stanley D. Jensen

Army,Army | SGT 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.

Navy,Navy | RM2C 1943 - 1946 WWII

Michael J Hessman

Retired

Coast Guard,Coast Guard | WO3 1987 - 1996 and 1997 - 2009

Steven L. Kronaizl

Army,Army | SP4 1953 - 1955 Korea

James H. Dwyer

Navy,Navy | AO2C WWII

Herbert Peterson

Marines,Marines | PVT WWI

Delsmore Larson

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

Air Force,Air Force | WWII

Adrian Ulvog Group Photo

Adrian is 3rd from the right in this photo.

Army,Army | SFC 1939 - 1962 WWII, Korea

Charles A. Norling

Infantry. Norling received a Purple Heart.

Army,Army | SGT 1952 - 1954 Korea

Leonard Bert Youngworth

Navy,Navy | CPO WWII

Arthur W. Fairfield

Army,Army | CPL 1958 - 1960

Minus E. Larson

Army,Army | PVT WWI

Allen D. Johnson

Air Force,Air Force | A1C Korea

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.