Clay County South Dakota Veterans Services

Steven D. Howe

Marines, Marines | L/CPL 1985 - 1987

Ardell (Hap) Brown

Navy, Navy | RM3C WWII

John E. Bystrom

Combat Engineer Bn

Army, Army | T5CPL WWII

Alfred Ulvog

Ulvog immigrated from Hitra, Norway in 1914. He obtained his citizenship and joined the Army in 1918.

Army, Army | PVT 1918 - 1919 WWI

Jerry A. Walz

Army, Army | SGT 1960 - 1964

Harold B. McDonald

Army, Army | PFC WWI

Stanley J. Christensen

Army, Army | SGT 1942 - 1945 WWII

Robert L. Larson

Army, Army | PFC WWII

Dale E. Orr

Army, Army | SSGT Korea

Dean F. Larsen

Army, Army | SGT Korea

Dan Frazee

Marines, Marines | 1994 - 1998 Persian Gulf

Ronald A. Hesla

Air Force, Air Force | 2LT 1973 Vietnam

Robert Fickbohm

126th Infantry, Scout War Dogs Platoon

Army, Army | Korea

Ardell K. Hatch

Army, Army | SGT WWII

Tommy G. Hendricks

Killed in Action on Luzon in the Philippines April 19, 1945. Signal Corps, Battery F 147th Field Artillery.

Army, Army | SGT WWII

Raynold J. Peterson

Peterson was a member of the Army Air Force, precursor to the current Air Force. Peterson was killed in action August 10, 1944 in Normandy, France.

Air Force, Air Force | SSGT 1942 - 1944 WWII

Mervin Oberg Strand

Mervin Oberg Strand, U.S. Army, WW II 1942 - 1945, Staff Sargen

Army, Army | Staff Sargent 1942 - 1945 WWII

Frank W. Peterson

USS Marsh

Navy, Navy | S1C Korea

Harvey W. Larson

LST 718, South Pacific

Navy, Navy | SF1C 1942 - 1946 WWII

Richard (Dutch) Erickson

Army, Army | PFC Korea

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

Luverne F. Dixon

KIA

Army, Army | SGT WWII

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

Willard Peterson

Army, Army | SSGT WWII

Oliver (Clair) Hesla

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

Air Force, Air Force | SGT WWII

Martin J. Isaacson

Army, Army | SGT Korea

Alvin L. Engbrecht

Air Force, Air Force | A1C 1951 - 1955 Korea

Adrian Ulvog Group Photo

Adrian is 3rd from the right in this photo.

Army, Army | SFC 1939 - 1962 WWII, Korea

Past Heroes

Homecoming for 109th

Army, Army |

John B. Gilbaugh

Army, Army | SGT 1944 - 1946 WWII

Alfred B. Buckneberg

Army, Army | SSGT WWII

Alan C. Walz

Navy, Navy | SN1C Vietnam

Jeff Amundsen

Navy, Navy | RM2 1978 - 1983

Walter (Sandy) Morse

Army, Army | PVT WWI

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

Robert Lyle Ganschow

Navy, Navy | GM1C Korea

Robert E. Stuart

Army, Army | PFC 1944 - 1946 WWII

Rosalie Paulson

Navy, Navy | YN2C WWII

Junior Iverson

Army, Army | PFC WWII

James J. Young

Army, Army | PVT WWI

Now Showing: Our Heroes

Army, Army |

Howard K. Ahlgrim

KIA

Air Force, Air Force | A1C WWII

David F. Bice

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

Air Force, Air Force | SGT WWII

Clifton Brunick

Army, Army | CPL WWII

Gifford D. Doty and Luverne E. Doty

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

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

Arlys I. Ficken

Air Force, Air Force | WWII

Dallas Christopherson

Navy, Navy | Chief WWII

Ron T. Thaden

Navy, Navy | LTJG 1967 - 1969 Vietnam

Marjery C. Kniffen

Marines, Marines | PVT 1956 - 1959

Ralph W. Richardson

Army, Army | LTCOL 1942 - 1962 WWII, Korea

Jack Stewart

Aviation cadet.

Navy, Navy | WWII

Harry Gamage

Served in North Africa in 1944.

Army, Army | Major WWII

Ken Jasperson

Army, Army | SGT 1969 - 1971 Vietnam

Ronald E. Hult

Navy, Navy | AO-2 1952 - 1956 Korea

Max S. Christol

Christol saw action with the 1st Armored Division in Iran, Algeria and Tunisia in 1942 and 1943. December 1943 saw Christol in Naples, Italy where he spent the next 1 1/2 year fighting across Italy and into Africa.