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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