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November 7, 2015 • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • Siuslaw News • 17 J ERRY M. M AY L.E. M C L ELLAND First Sergeant, U.S. Army 1961-1985 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, Texas, Washington, D.C., California, Alaska, Virginia, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island SP4 E-4 U.S. Army 1959-1962 Tours of Duty: HQ. Co, 125th Sig BN, 25th Inf. Div. Schofield BK, Oahu, Hawai Electronic Technician Mate 2nd Class, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Aboard LSM 349 in China as ship’s clerk G ARY P. M ENSER U.S. Marine Corps 1963-1966 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Combat Engineer, U.S. Army 1951-1952 Tours of Duty: Korea, 2nd Div. C HARLES L. M YRICK Corporal, Petty Officer 1st Class, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Seabees 1961-1964, 1968-1969, 1974-1993 Tours of Duty: Ft. Campbell, Ky., Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam Lcpl, U.S. Marines Tours of Duty: Iraq Captain, U.S. Army 2007-present Tours of Duty: National Ground Intelligence Center, Charlottesville, Va.; Korea; Iraq; Fort Lewis; ROTC-Hofstra University; Commander Pershing rifles northeast- ern states; striker tank commander; adjutant gen- eral; company commander; Western Armored Vehicle Specialist, assessing enemy capabilities F RANK N EWLIN PFC, U.S. Army 1948-1950, 1953-1954 Tours of Duty: Camp Cook, Calif.; Trieste, Italy His 40th Div. was mobilized August 1949 at the beginning of the Korean War J OHN N EWMER D AVID G. M ILLER J R . W. B RUCE M C C ALLUM Lt. Commander, U.S. Coast Guard 1953-1956 1956-1963, Reserves Tours of Duty: Alameda, Calif., Coast Guard Cutter Gresham patrolling the Pacific J ASON T YLER N EWBY C RAIG M C M ICKEN J ACK J. M AYWOOD 1st Sgt., U.S. Army Tours of Duty: Nike Missile sites, Calif., Ft. Bliss, El Paso, and W. Ft. Hood, Killeen; Ft. Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska, Vietnam, Greenland. Awards: Earned Bronze Star with Oak Leaf cluster, Air Medal, Meritorious Service L EO M URPHY N ED S. N AUGLE PFC, U.S. Army 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: Europe, Philippines U.S. Air Corps Tours of Duty: Pacific/Timan Island A LBERT S. “N IK ” N IKODEMUS Master Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1943-1967 J OHN M ILLER Sergeant 1st Class, U.S. Army 1951-1959 Tours of Duty: Korean War and Germany W ILL M C G REGOR BUR-3, U.S. Navy, 1963-1965 Tours of Duty: Seabees, Midway Island and Chu Lai, Vietnam G LENN N EKLASON E4, U.S. Air Force 1955-1959 Tours of Duty: Stateside C HARLOTTE D. N IKODEMUS Yeoman 3rd Class, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 L EO F. N ENCINI R OBERT V. M C G UIRE BTCM (E-9). U.S. Navy Tours of Duty: seven ships in 17 years, two years shore duty, recruit- ing duty in Wichita, Kansas, and senior instructor of Steam Gen- erating Inspector School at San Diego. Two tours homeported in Japan, Sasebo and Yokosuka. Other ships homeported in Alameda, Long Beach and San Diego. Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal with Combat “V,” Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Citation, five Good Conduct medals, China Service Medal, two National Defense medals, two Armed Forces Expeditionary medals, seven Vietnam Service medals, RVN Gallantry Cross with Palm, Vietnam Campaign Medal and Korea Defense Medal. D AVID J. M OCK TMC, U.S. Navy 1952-1976 Tours of Duty: Korea and Vietnam J OE M ORRIS PFC, U.S. Army 1945-1948 Tours of Duty: Okinawa M ERRITT C. M OSBY Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1951-1954 Tours of Duty: Korea, Japan Sergeant, U.S. Army 1941-1945 Tours of Duty: E.T.O. (European Theater of Operations), France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, and others R OBERT A LAN N ESBITT A/1C, U.S. Air Force 1955-1958 E LDEN N ORDAHL ER, U.S. Army 1953-1954 Tours of Duty: Fort Riley, Kan. G ERALD A. N ORDAHL E4, U.S. Army Tours of Duty: Germany and Korea for a total of 10 years of military life
