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6 • Siuslaw News • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • November 7, 2015 M ITCHELL J. B OGGS PFC, U.S. Army July 2008-Present Tours of Duty: South Korea D AVID C. B RACKNEY Lt. Col., U.S. Air Force 1995-2015 Tours of Duty: Bosnia, Germany, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan 1991 Graduate Siuslaw High School, 1995 Graduate U.S. Air Force Academy C HESTER “L ON ” B RADLEY M IKE B ONES Radioman 1st Class, U.S. Navy 1970-1974 1974-1992, Reserve Tours of Duty: Saudi Arabia; Newport, Rhode Island L YNN C. B ONNEAU Sgt. 1st Class, U.S. Army & Air Force 1966-2002 Tours of Duty: Special Forces in Alaska, Massachusetts and Vietnam; HHC Nike Hercules Missile Base; U.S. Army Drill Instructor; U.S. Air Force Aircraft Loadmaster; U.S. Army Field Artillery Ammo Team Chief M ARCUS B OSKET SPEC-4, U.S. Army 1965-1967 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Combat Photography D ON B OURLAND U.S. Navy 1964 Tours of Duty: Balboa Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, Vietnam, 1st Marine Division Major, U.S. Air Force 1959-1979 Tours of Duty: Chandler, Minn., and Keflavik, Iceland, both part of the Dew Line Defense System. Tours with Fighter Squadrons at Castle AFB, Calif., and Minot AFB, N.D. Security Service at Yokota AFB, Japan, with operating locations in Vietnam, Korea, Okinawa, Thailand and Taiwan. Awarded Outstanding Unit Citation, Meritorious Service and Vietnam Service Medals Sgt., U.S. Army 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: European theater, as a radio operator at the net control station located in a Luftwaffe airfield in Germany G ENE J. B UREK U.S. Navy, 1942 Tours of Duty: USS Astabula, USS South Dakota and aircraft carrier Hornet S USAN B URKHART PFC-E3, U.S. Army 1984-1985 Tours of Duty: Ft. Carson, Colo. Lieutenant, U.S. Navy 1968-1973 Tours of Duty: USS Boyd (DD544), USS Cayuga (LST1186), Naval Advisory Group, Vietnam T ONY C AVARNO 1st Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1951-1970 Tours of Duty: Korea, Pakistan and Vietnam. Received 16 personal and campaign medals or citations, including two Purple Hearts K EN C HIPPS YN3, U.S. Navy 1958-1962 Tours of Duty: USS Los Angeles Heavy Cruiser (CA 135) P ETER C INQUEGRANI PFC, U.S. Army 1954-1957 Tours of Duty: Fort Lawton, Wash., Point Barrow, Alaska L ESLIE W. B USS PFC, U.S. Army 103rd Infantry 1944-1946 Tour of Duty: Luzon, South Philippines F RANK L. B ROWN Security Officer, U.S. Air Force, 1st Lt. 815th Air Police Squadron/SAC 1953-1955, seven years in the reserves Tours of Duty: Lackland AFB, Parks AFB/Air Base Defense School, Beale AFB/Air Base Defense School, 815th Wing/SAC, Forbes AFB/Topeka, Kansas/SAC Sgt., U.S. Army 1968-1971 Airborne Infantry, Vietnam, LRRP Lone Ranger, Recon Merchant Marine and Chief Cook, U.S. Coast Guard 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Atlantic, World War II British Air Force Women Reserve WWII Tours of Duty: England W ALTER C. B ROG G ARY D. C ANNON Spec 5, U.S. Army 1963-1966 Tour of Duty: Dominican Republic M AUD B RANET P HIL B RUBAKER F RED A. B OWER , M.D. W AYNE L. B URCH E D C LAVEL D ONALD B UTCHART U.S. Navy Tours of Duty: Alamita Air Station Tech Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1950-1953 Flight engineer on a Boeing C97 cargo plane E VERETT B UTLER Radio/Radar/Gunner, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: He was assigned to an F2C Torpedo Bomber in charge of the 2600lb. torpedo. He flew Atlantic Submarine Patrol from New York to South America. He was also assigned to Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, as a machinist. M ICHAEL C OCCIOLO E5, U.S. Marine Corps 1967-1971 Tours of Duty: Vietnam
