SALUTE TO VETERANS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 • DAILY COURIER, Grants Pass, Oregon — 7D

Howard Lewis Cochran Lester Crawford Derral Wampler Helen Arlene Huddleston Steve W. Laible Lara Anne Briseno U.S. Army Air Corps U.S. Army U.S. Army U.S. Army U.S. Air Force U.S. Army Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Technical Sergeant Specialist 4 Technical Sergeant Major Captain Major Years of service: Years of service: Years of service: 1943-1946 Years of service: 1967-1971 Years of service: Years of service: 1943-1945 1982-1989 Where served: Corvallis; South Where served: Korea, Vietnam, 1971-1993 Seven Where served: Where served: Germany; Pacific (Philippines) Germany, United States Where served: Texas; Korea; Where served: Brooke Army 31 B-17 missions over Europe Texas Washington, D.C.; Hawaii; Hospital, Texas; Guantanamo California Bay, Cuba; Iraq

Alan Crews Earl Humphrey David L. Sparks William J. “Bill” Morgan U.S. Air Force U.S. Army U.S. Army and National Guard U.S. Coast Guard Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Broham Tucker Lonnie Dean Rockey Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Lieutenant Colonel Private 1st Class U.S. Navy U.S. Coast Guard Specialist E-4 Petty Officer 3rd Class Years of service: Years of service: 1944-1946 Highest rank achieved: and National Guard Years of service: Years of service: 1967-1993, 1995-2003 Where served: European Engine Man 3rd Class Highest rank achieved: 1971-1974 1968-1972 Where served: Vietnam; Theater Years of service: Seaman Where served: Washington; Ui Where served: Vietnam (1969- Korea; England; Germany; 1965-1968; Naval Reserve Years of service: Jong Bu, South Korea 1970) United States through 1971 1950-1953 Where served: USS Blandy Where served: Japan; Seattle; (Mediterranean, Caribbean); Portland USS Harnett County (Vietnam river patrol)

Albert J. Pule U.S. Marine Corps Joseph A. Ruggio Sherman Snyder Grover K. Olson Highest rank achieved: U.S. Army U.S. Army U.S. Army Gunnery Sergeant Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Years of service: 1946-1969 Leland Doyle McCaslin Private 1st Class Sergeant 1st Class Private 1st Class Where served: Korea; U.S. Army Years of service: 1967-1969 Years of service: 21 Years of service: 1963-1964 Vietnam; China; USS Boxer; Michael S. McCrosky Highest rank achieved: Where served: South Korea Where served: Korea; Where served: Vietnam, shot California U.S. Navy Sergeant Vietnam; Germany; U.S. down while in flight near An Highest rank achieved: Years of service: Nhon Damage Controlman Petty 1953-1955 and six years in Officer 3rd Class Army Reserve Years of service: Where served: Korea 1968-1974 Where served: Vietnam, Pacific Fleet

Orin Makinson Billy G. Blakely U.S. Army James Kearns U.S. Army; U.S. Air Force Highest rank achieved: U.S. Army Paul Daudet Highest rank achieved: Sergeant Highest rank achieved: U.S. Navy; U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Years of service: Two Private 1st Class Highest rank achieved: Years of service: 25 Dennis H. O’Leary Where served: Korea; Years of service: Two Radarman 3rd Class Where served: France; North U.S. Army California Where served: Germany Years of service: 16 Pole; Vietnam; Washington; Highest rank achieved: Where served: Korea California Ronny F. Sumrall Master Sergeant U.S. Navy Years of service: Highest rank achieved: 1967-1980 Senior Chief Sonar Technician Where served: Vietnam; Submarine Japan; Korea; California; Years of service: Massachusetts; Arizona; Alaska; 1971-1992 Texas Where served: USS Aspro, USS Queenfish, USS Puffer, USS Indianapolis, Hawaii, Vietnam, Grenada, First Gulf Jay Reese Ronald M. Cowin War U.S. Army U.S. Marine Corps Dennis H. Strayer Bruce Mimnaugh Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: U.S. Navy U.S. Army Specialist 4 Captain Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Years of service: 1960-1966 Years of service: Petty Officer 2nd Class Sergeant Where served: California; 1966-1972 Years of service: 1966-1970 Years of service: 1964-1967 Virginia; Washington, D.C. Where served: Vietnam Where served: USS Annapolis; Where served: Hawaii; Vietnam Washington, D.C. Edward Emrock U.S. Navy Highest rank achieved: Chief Petty Officer Years of service: Robert Wright 1940-1960 U.S. Air Force Where served: USS Lexington Highest rank achieved: (South Pacific); USS Bon Senior Master Sergeant Homme Richard (Panama); Years of service: Massachusetts; Rhode Island; 1954-1983 Iceland; Maryland; Maine; North David “Dave” Wright Walter Ensminger Where served: Vietnam; Africa; California U.S. Army U.S. Army Gerald R. Dudley Marion Andrew Manning Hawaii; Thailand; California; Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Army Nebraska; Idaho; North Africa; Sergeant Staff Sergeant Highest rank achieved: Highest rank achieved: Germany; Greenland Years of service: Years of service: 1941-1944 Not submitted Specialist 5 1968-1970 Where served: Louisiana, Years of service: 1968-1969 Years of service: 1965-1968 Where served: Vietnam California, South Pacific Where served: Vietnam Where served: Vietnam Honoring our veterans and families for their selfless commitment to our country and community. Thank you for your continued service.

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