Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

Lyle W. Lawrensen

Navy | SN1C WWII

Adrian Ulvog Group Photo

Adrian is 3rd from the right in this photo.

Army | SFC 1939 - 1962 WWII, Korea

Howard A. Johnson

Army | SGT WWII

Steven J. Merrigan

Army | 1973 - 1976 Vietnam

Melvin Erickson

Erickson participated in the D-Day invasion as a medic. From an article in the Clinton Herald (June 4, 1994): "Even to land on the beach was a miracle the morning of D-Day because of the tide and opposition. Sprawling bodies told a mute story of the murderous fire. That, plus the gigantic and pitiful litter of wreckage along miles of the shore line".

Navy | PM2C WWII

Donald L. Nelson

Army | PFC Korea

Colin D. Olsen

Navy | SFM2C 1961 - 1964

Alvin M. Olson

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

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

Michael J Hessman

Retired

Coast Guard | WO3 1987 - 1996 and 1997 - 2009

David Mitchell

Army | 1LT Vietnam

Ronald E. Hult

Navy | AO-2 1952 - 1956 Korea

Raymond E. Brodsky

Army | PVT 1952 Korea

Paul & Wendy Pederson

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

Navy | Persian Gulf

George G. Sealey

Army | PVT Korea

Don Chamberlain

Army | SP3 Korea

Fred Wilcox

Army | PFC 1950 - 1952 Korea

Ronald T. Blatchford

Army | PFC WWII

Marshall Davis

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

Air Force | CPT WWII

Lyle J. Kaiser

Navy | SN1C Korea

Ronald Bice

Army | SGT 1965 - 1969 Vietnam

Joseph C. Hirocke, Sr.

Navy | WWII

Clifford Rye

Army | PFC WWII

William (Bill) Inberg

Army | PFC WWI

Willard Peterson

Army | SSGT WWII

Jeffrey F. Mount

Marines | CPT 1991 - 1997 Persian Gulf

Skeeter R. Muecke

Army | SGT 2009 - 2014 Persian Gulf

Arthur G. Sammelson

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

Army | TEC4 1940 - 1945 WWII

Richard J. Renschler

Army | PFC WWII

Patrick L. O'Connor

Navy | SN1C WWI

Tamara Johnson Davis

Navy | SN 1992 - 1994 Persian Gulf

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 | PFC 1961 - 1962

Loren A. Ouellette

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

Army | CPL 1959 - 1962

Russell L. Husby

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

Air Force | PFC WWII

Kenneth Anderson

Army | SSGT WWII

Michael R. Stach

Stach served in the Marines and Army

Army, Marines | 1996 - Persian Gulf

Charles J. Hofman

Army | SP4 1968 - 1970 Vietnam

Fern Marcotte Morse

Marcotte Morse was a member of the Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force

Air Force | T-5 1942 - 1944 WWII

Leslie Iverson

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

Air Force | 1LT WWII

Gilbert Joseph Ulvog

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

Army | Staff Sargent 1941 - 1947 WWII

Richard W. Lingberg

Army | PFC Korea

Jeff Amundsen

Navy | RM2 1978 - 1983

Ronald K. Fiedler

Army | SP5 Vietnam

Deryl & Leo Kruse

Navy | 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 | SGT 1942 - 1947 WWII

Norman Leer

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

Air Force | Major WWII

Alvin L. Engbrecht

Air Force | A1C 1951 - 1955 Korea

Brooks Johnson

Active duty - Iraq. Son of Senator Tim Johnson.

Air Force | SSGT Persia Gulf

Richard Jensen

Army | PFC WWI

Gus Amundsen

Navy | S1C Korea

Donald D. Olson

Air Force | SGT 1968 - 1970 Vietnam

Brian J. Huff

Army | SP4 1984 - 1988

George C. Christensen

American Expeditionary Force. 355th MG Co., 87th Div

Army | PFC 1918 - 1919 WWI

Ardell (Hap) Brown

Navy | RM3C WWII

Robert Gilkyson

Gilkyson was a parachute rigger. He was responsible for all the gear he is wearing in the photo and the safety equipment on the airplanes. He served on the USS Ranger and sailed to Vietnam, Hong Kong and Hawaii. Planes from the Ranger flew Agent Orange into Vietnam. He also served on the USS Bennington.