18 • Siuslaw News • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • November 7, 2015
ABEL
INSURANCE
M ELVIN N ORDAHL
E4, U.S. Marine
1950-1953
Tours of Duty: Korean
War
Awards: two Purple
Hearts
875 Hwy. 101
Florence, Oregon
541-997-3466
APEX HELI
2001 Airport Way, Florence, OR 97439
541-997-3270
M ICHAEL N ORDAHL
U.S. Marine
2007-2010
Tours of Duty:
Afghanistan
CROSS ROAD
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
1380 10th St.
Florence, OR 97439
541-997-3533
D ARRYL P ARSONS
PFC, U.S. Army
1956-1958
1st Class Seaman,
U.S. Navy
1958-1964
T. Sgt., U.S. Air Force
1977-1994
Tours of Duty: Treasure
Island, S.F., Sabro Bay,
USS Lexington, USS Ranger, Portland, Ft.
Lewis, Camp Rilea, Vietnam
R OBERT D. P AYNE
CPT, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
1965-1969
Tours of Duty: Germany, Vietnam
A L P EARN
DIANA HACKETT, BROKER
R ICHARD I. N ORDAHL
COLDWELL BANKER
COAST REAL ESTATE
SP3, U.S. Army
1953-1956
Tours of Duty: Germany
as company clerk
100 Hwy. 101, Florence, OR 97439
541-999-7317
DRIFTWOOD SHORES
& CONFERENCE CENTER
88416 1st Avenue, Florence, OR 97439
541-997-8263
National Guard
1956-1966
U.S. Army
1966-1985
Tours of Duty: Germany,
Vietnam, Uruguay,
Saudi Arabia, Zaire,
Honduras
J ERRY J. N ORDIN
272nd Military Police
Company, U.S. Army
1968-1969 and during
the TeT Offensive
Tours of Duty: Vietnam
Awards: Certificate of
Achievement for his
service
1935 25th St.
Florence, OR
541-997-1660
SPC, Combat Medic,
U.S. Army
Tours of Duty: South
Korea and currently
serving in Kaiserlautern,
Germany
Future goal is to be a
surgeon
J ACQUELINE M. P ENDERGRASS
1686 12th St.
Florence, OR 97439
541-997-2610
H AROLD N USBAUM
PFC, U.S. Air Force
1943-1945
Tours of Duty: stateside
S TEVE C. O LIENYK
FLORENCE HEATING
& SHEET METAL
1645 Kingwood St. • 541-997-2422
Florence, OR 97439
CCB#64
GROCERY OUTLET
2006 Hwy. 101
541-997-0343
Serving the Community Since 2005
Lt., Army Nurse Corps
1967-1969
Tours of Duty: Ft. Sam, Houston, Texas; Ft.
Gordon, Ga., where she worked with Vietnam
returnees. In Ascom, Korea, she worked with
the crew of the USS Pueblo when they were
released in December 1968.
W ILLIAM L. P EPPIN
2nd class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy
1951-1955
Tours of Duty: Korea, 1952
R IK P ERKINS
U.S. Marine Corps
C ASSIDY A. P ENDERGRASS
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
FLORENCE ELKS LODGE
#1858
M ARY W. P ENNINGTON
Sgt. MP, U.S. Army
Tours of Duty: Pacific Theater
Airman, U.S. Navy
Tours of Duty: Orlando,
Fla., Memphis, Tenn.,
Virginia Beach, Va., and
reserve training on the
USS Coral Sea
Mother of Cassidy A.
Pendergrass
C HARLES K. P ENNINGTON J R .
V ERN O REMUS
E.S. Machinist Mate,
U.S. Navy
1957-1961
Tours of Duty: U.S.S.
Whetstone, Western
Pacific
CWO, U.S. Army
1966- 1970
Tours of Duty: Ft. Wolters, Texas; Ft. Rucker,
Ala.; Ft. Sam, Houston, Texas.; in Vietnam he
flew “Dustoff” (Medivac) and was credited with
1,187 injured GIs being evacuated to medical
facilities; also Korea and Ft. Knox, Kentucky,
where he was a medivac instructor pilot and
aircraft maintenance officer
D ON P HILLIPS
MM3, U.S. Navy
1956-1960
Tours of Duty: Pacific
D ELBERT P IFER
GMCM, U.S. Navy
1943-1966
Tours of Duty: USS
American Legion,
Mifflin, Toledo,
Providence
A ARON P LOURDE
U.S. Army
Tours of Duty: Currently
stationed in Iraq