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Service in the United States Military Vincent M. Abatemarco 1999 Navy MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Vincent M. Abatemarco 1999 Navy Lieutenant Reserves Past Deployment: Djibouti, Africa Richard V Abdoo 1964 Army Specialist Veteran Vietnam War Specialist, E-5 Vincent P. Adamo 1937 Veteran World War II Thomas O. Affeldt 1943 Army Veteran World War II Marines: 1967-70 Vietnam Marine Army: 1977-79 RANGER Guard Veteran - Corps - Air Force: 1979-2004 Flew Space Veteran - James P. Alderisio 1967 Army - Shuttle Rescue coverage; taught Retired - Air free fall parachuting; AF Special Force - Operations and deployed overseas after 9/11. Awarded three Bronze Stars, three Air Medals and Army Michael D. Alioto 1966 Army Sergeant Veteran Commendation Medal while serving with the 101st Airborne in Viet Nam. Charles D. Allegrina 1940 Veteran World War II Army - Active - Army: Deployed in Afghanistan Daniel J. Allen 1998 Marine Sergeant Veteran - Marines: 1998-2006 Corps - Lee D. Allen 1938 Veteran World War II Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 1 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military James E. Allison 1940 Veteran World War II James G. Andary 1932 Veteran World War II Coast Rafique O. Anderson 1994 Lieutenant Veteran Honorable discharge in May 2009 Guard Raymond M. Andries 1932 Veteran World War II World War II European theater; Plane hit, parachuted into hands Army of Dutch underground for eight Thomas V. Angott 1943 Air Sergeant Veteran months, liberated by Canadians. Forces Presidential Citation, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal & colors of combat with four stars. World War II - Died in Action Robert C. Anhut 1942 KIA Paratrooper, fatally injured in Arnhem, Netherlands Marine Reginald J. Anson 1959 Veteran A proud Vietnam Veteran Corps Lieutenant David Arreola 1973 Veteran Colonel Air Technical William P. Askew 1942 Veteran World War II Force Sergeant Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 2 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Navy Pilot Trained along side the original 7 Mercury astronauts; flew combat support missions in Jerry Atherholt 1958 Navy LCDR Veteran Vietnam for 3 years; Instructor Aircraft CDR on C-130E aircraft "Lost 3 engines one day landing with only my #2 engine turning." World War II Served on destroyer off coast of Africa; USS Vulcan in Seaman the Pacific "damage caused by the John B. Atkinson 1944 Navy Veteran 1st Class Japanese kamikaze suicide planes is a big problem for the Navy." First liberty party in Hiroshima Edmund H. Aznavorian 1948 Army Veteran Korean War Robert Bacon 1941 Veteran World War II Joseph Badalament 1939 Veteran World War II Air Louis F. Badalament 1940 Veteran World War II Served 1942-1946 Force Chuck Baer 1951 Army Veteran Air Stanley B. Bagdonas 1961 Veteran Force Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 3 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Petty Officer David J. Balistreri 2006 Navy Veteran SEAL 1st Class U.S. Navy attorney and supply officer, veteran of the Persian Gulf War and Iraq military campaigns. Jason T. Baltimore 1986 Navy Commander Retired Awarded the Bronze Star Medal and 24 additional medals and ribbons. Marine Nathan M. Balyeat 1992 Corporal Veteran No current deployment Corps Service began in 2011. Currently deployed in Bagram, Afghanistan (July, 2013-January-2014). Daniel E. Banks, Lieutenant 1967 Army Active Director, Joint Combat Casualty M.S., M.D. Colonel Research Team. The team's role is to optimize and monitor medical research in theater. Lieutenant Raymond A. Baralt 1963 Veteran Colonel Air World War II Fifteenth Air Force Arthur F. Barkey 1941 Lieutenant Veteran Force in Italy Air Lieutenant ROTC at The Catholic University of Gerald R. Barlow 1955 Veteran Force 1st Class America Earl G. Barnes 1939 Veteran World War II Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 4 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Field Artillery Officer. Served in David W. Barrows 1959 Army First Lieutenant Veteran Korea 1964-65. World War II Served in New Bernard V. Barry 1935 Army Captain Veteran Guinea Ralph K. Bartholomew 1943 Army Veteran World War II Elmer J. Barton 1932 Veteran World War II World War II Served with distinction and piloted 31 bombing missions over Germany and Eastern Europe during the darkest J. Addison Bartush 1941 Army First Lieutenant Veteran days of the Second World War. Awarded the US Army Air Forces Air Medal with 6 oak leaf clusters for his wartime service. Air Louis G. Basso 1949 JAG Officer Veteran Force Douglas R. Bauer 1943 Army Veteran World War II Desert Storm - Army interrogator; NATO Senior Resistance-to- Interrogation Trainer; July 2006 Staff Sergeant authored The Statement on Peter J. Bauer 1975 Army Veteran (Promotable) Interrogation Practices for Senate & House Committees on Armed Forces for ending torture interrogation techniques. Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 5 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Army Walter P. Baughman 1943 Air Veteran World War II Forces John F. Baumgartner 1935 Navy Veteran World War II European waters Navy Air Paul R. Baumgartner 1940 Veteran World War II Pacific Theater Force Second World War II Saw action at William Baumgartner 1939 Veteran Lieutenant Okinawa, Saipan and Leyte Edmund C. Baumgartner 1941 Veteran World War II John J. Beach 1939 Army Veteran World War II Philippines Thomas R. Beall 1979 Navy Captain Retired Korean War Honorably Eli H. Becht 1949 Army Veteran discharged from the Army Reserve in 1957. Private World War II European Theater; Irving J. Belanger 1942 Army Veteran 1st Class Medic in the 44th Infantry division. Stanley R. Belian 1941 Veteran World War II Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 6 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Army World War II - Died in Action Fred C. Bellemore 1943 Air Flight Officer KIA Killed in plane crash in the U.S. Forces Renald Alex Benczkowski 1960 Army Veteran James C. Berg 1932 Veteran World War II World War II Served in the South William J. Berg, Jr. 1936 Army Corporal Veteran Pacific; Coast Artillery Lester J. Berlin 1960 Army Specialist Veteran Specialist, E-5 Louis S. Bernadotte 1940 Navy Lieutenant (jg) Veteran World War II John P. Berres 1940 Colonel Veteran Served: 1989 - 1992 as a chaplain's Thomas Besco 1988 Army Veteran assistant and was assigned to 2nd Armored Div. during Desert Storm. Air Force: 1986-1990 Stationed in Air South Korea Navy: 2002-2006 Senior Airman Timothy A. Besco 1984 Force Veteran Commissioned as a Navy Nurse Lieutenant Navy Corps officer; Deployed twice to Iraq in 2003 and 2004 J. Bex 1933 Veteran World War II Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 7 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Arthur H. Bichan 1942 Veteran World War II Air Lieutenant Keith P. Binkle 1951 Veteran Force 2nd Class James O. Birdsall 1944 Veteran World War II John B. Birdsall 1944 Veteran World War II Served: 12/12/69 - 10/11/71 Germany, Viet Nam, and at West Robert M. Blackwell 1964 Army First Lieutenant Veteran Point Military Academy; Officer Canidate School, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; Purple Heart Stationed at the demobilization Donald W. Blaesser 1945 Veteran center of Great Lakes, Illinois Edward K. Blake 1942 Veteran World War II Air Received a Bronze Star for service Philip R. Blanchard 1964 Captain Veteran Force in Vietnam Marine Private Robert L. Blinstrub 1943 Veteran World War II Quantico Corps 1st Class Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 8 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Air Nicholas T. Boesiger 2016 Cadet Active US Air Force Academy Force First Lieutenant Army Chaplain Joseph P. Boggins, S.J. Army First Lieutenant Veteran assigned to Fort Custer in 1941 (Former UDJ Faculty) Gerard T. Boisineau 1943 Veteran World War II Entered July 1993 and ended service in May 1998. Served in the US Army Dental Corps as Assistant Franklin S. Bonasso, DDS 1979 Army Major Veteran Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency training program at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. Paul J. Bonenfant 1942 Veteran World War II Paul J. Bonenfant 1992 Army Sergeant Veteran Radio Repair NCO World War II - Died in Action Louis J. Bonkowski 1938 Navy KIA Killed in 1943 plane crash Robert M. Bookmyer 1941 Veteran World War II World War II Served in occupied Robert E. Boomer 1945 Army Veteran Japan Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 9 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Michael A. Borders 1978 Army Major Veteran World War II Aerial flights in the Francis E. Bosler 1937 Army Lieutenant Veteran Southwest Pacific area. Awarded Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters Ralph R. Bowen 1937 Veteran World War II Richard J. Bowen 1939 Veteran World War II Served at the Frankfurt Arsenal in James H. Bowman 1949 Army Veteran Philadelphia for three years in 1950s Alfred R. Boyer 1941 Army KIA World War II - Died in Action Air ROTC. AIO/BCE Honorable William E. Boyke 1955 Captain Veteran Force Discharge Served: 1970-1972 in the Transportation Corps. Resigned my Frank J. Brady 1966 Army Captain Veteran commission after time in the reserves. Marine John F. Brandmier 1943 Veteran World War II Corps Cameron W. Brauer 2013 Army Corporal Active Updated: April 12, 2019 Page 10 of 117 MEN FOR OTHERS Service in the United States Military Served: 1954-1957 Participated in the last series of Atomic Bomb William E Brehio 1953 Army Staff Sergeant Veteran Detonations (6) in USA - 3rd Armored Div Robert W. Breitmeyer 1934 Veteran World War II Donald W. Brennan 1942 Navy Ensign Veteran World War II Edward M. Brennan 1939 Veteran World War II Henry J. Brennan 1939 Veteran World War II Marine World War II - Died in Action John F.
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