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22 • Siuslaw News • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • November 7, 2015 N ADJA W ARREN E ARNEST W EITMAN Sergeant, Army Reserves 2008-Present Tours of Duty: Iraq when active in Army Continues to take special schooling through the Army; daughter of Pete Warren Cpl., U.S. Army 1949-1952 Tours of Duty: Korea; Ft. Lewis; Camp Breckinridge, Ky., M.I.A. Feb. 14, 1951, for seven days behind enemy lines; received Purple Heart J OHN W ICKS P ETE W ARREN Technical Sergeant, U.S. Air Force 1977-1995 Tours of Duty: Germany, Italy, Japan, USA Mostly worked Special Duty assignments up until retiring; father of Nadja Warren J ON W ATKINS Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army 1967-1970 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Helicopter Pilot E4, U.S. Marine Corps 1968-1971 Tours of Duty: Vietnam Sea Duty on the U.S.S. Handcock CVA 19; Combined Action Program 3rd CAG and 2nd CAG G EORGE W ILKINS T/5, U.S. Army Tours of Duty: Pacific Theater, starting in Malan Bay, New Guinea Awards: two Bronze Stars for the Asiatic Pacific Campaign and Bronze Star for a battle in the Philippine Islands E LVA W ILLIAMS U.S. Army, WAAC, WAC 1942-1945 D ALE W ATT Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1967-1969 Tours of Duty: Trained at MCRD; Vietnam J ACK W. W ILSON Fireman, 1st Class, U.S. Coast Guard 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: Kiska, Aleutian Islands; Invasion of Tarawa, and Fort Point Life Boat Station in Presidio J OHN F. W EISNER Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1970-1974 Tours of Duty: Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam; Norton Airbase, Calif. Load mason on C-130 (8th Aerial Port) J ASON A. W ILSON LCDR MSC USN (04), U.S. Navy 1957-1979 Tours of Duty: San Diego; Bremerton; Hawaii; Okinawa, Japan, Vietnam; Washington, D.C. Awards: Navy Commendation Medal Service with 1st and 3rd Marine Divisions and with 1st and 3rd Marine Air Wings S HIRLEY W ILSON HA 1st class, U.S. Navy 1945-1946 Cared for returning wounded veterans L AWRENCE D. W OOLEY Cpl., U.S. Marine Corps 1946-1952 Tours of Duty: Fleet Marine Force-Pacific 7th Tank Battalion, Sherman Tank Driver; Drill Instructor, Marine Corps Recruit Depot. 1951 San Diego, Calif. T OM W ILSON E-7, Master Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1969-1989 Tours of Duty: South East Asia, Germany, Illinois, California First Sgt., 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, CA, 1985-1989. R ICHARD W ITTWER U.S. Army 1957 Tour of Duty: France and Germany Honorable discharge B OB W OERNER E-4, U.S. Army 1965-1967 Tours of Duty: Vietnam W ILLIAM J. W YLIE U.S. Army Infantry 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: Rhineland Aroenes Airborn Assault Awards: two Bronze Battle Stars, Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart G REGORY G. Z IEGELE Lance Cpl., U.S. Marine Corps 1963-1967 Tours of Duty: 2nd Batt. 5th Marines, Camp Pendleton; I Corps, Vietnam; Infantry Marine Barracks, Concord Naval Weapons Station as a military policeman; an HOA Province; awarded Purple Heart E DWARD E. Z IMMER U.S. Army, 96th Division 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: South Pacific
