10 • Siuslaw News • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • November 7, 2015
C HUCK G ETCHELL
M ELINDA G OODRICH –D IETZ
GMTC (E-7), U.S. Navy
1958-1979
Tours of Duty: Ships
Canberra, Midway,
Oriskany shore duty
Philippines, England,
stateside
E-4, U.S. Army
1982-1985
Transportation Corp.
and drove a 14-ton
truck with a 40-foot trail-
er for 1-1/2 years and
the last year as the
company clerk
R ICHARD C. G ORDON
E LEANOR “J UDY ” G LOVER
Corporal,
U.S. Marine Corps
1944-1946
Tours of Duty: Mechanic
at Cherry Point, N.C.
B EN G ROESBECK
Cpl., U.S. Army,
Airborne 82nd and
11th Airborne
1946-1951
Tours of Duty: Japan,
Hokkaido; Fayetteville,
NC
PSC, Private 1st Class,
U.S. Army
1965-1967
Tours of Duty: United
States; Vietnam, 12
months; Germany, 14
months
M ILTON G RAVELL
O WEN “P ETE ” G OODRICH
U.S. Air Force
1950-1954
Tours of Duty:
Greenland, Korea
Flew B-25s and was in
the “Forgotten War” that
was not recognized for
50 years
B RETT G RIMMETT
U.S. Army
2004-2006
Tours of Duty: Iraq,
combat medic and
sniper. Calvary scout
deployed from Fort
Lewis, Wash., returned
to Camp Roberts, Calif.
Pack Mule Mountain
Div., U.S. Army
1940-1945
Tours of Duty: Germany,
WWII
In charge of 300 to 400
mules in WWII after
Pearl Harbor was
bombed, went into Fort
Lewis. Drove in Red Ball Express.
Your dedication to our country and to the
defense of Freedom will never be forgotten.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SERVED
CCB# 192681• DEQ# 37943
Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps
1954-1962
Tours of Duty: Far East
K EITH H ALACKY
Seaman 1st Class, U.S. Navy
1943-1946
Tours of Duty: Atlantic
D ENNIS W. H AMILTON
H AROLD G ROVER
Thank you to all of our service members for
the outstanding job in protecting our rights.
GARY ROSE AND STAFF
LEISURE EXCAVATING, INC
4525 Hwy 101
Florence, OR 97439
541-997-6300
Boatswainmate of the
USS Kansas City
AOR-3, U.S. Navy
Medals: National
Defense Service, Viet-
nam Service, Vietnam
Campaign, Meritorious
Unit Commendation
J AMES G UY
B ILL G ROVER
AETM 2/c, U.S.N.R.
1942-1946
Tours of Duty: United States
U.S. Air Force Corps
1943-1945
Tours of Duty: CBI India, China, Burma
R AYMOND L. G UTIERREZ
1st Sergeant, U.S. Army
1964-1968 Active Duty, 25 years USAR
Tours of Duty: Ft. Meade, Md.; Suslo Unit,
Cheltenham, England, 2/274-2-84 DIV (TNG)
D ELBERT R. H ANKS
PFC, U.S. Army
1943-1945
Tours of Duty: Asiatic
Pacific Theater, a medic
on the hospital ship
USS Hope from New
Guinea to Japan