COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 9, 2016 7C
Honoring the heroes in our midst
Walt Scott
Darin Rhodes
U..S. Navy, U.S. Army. Ser-
geant First Class, served Sept.
1988-Jan. 1, 2012. Deep sea
diver, fi eld artillery, supply sgt.,
recruiter. Deployed to Iraq,
2009-10.
Larry Rigsby
U.S. Navy, 1955-1959
El Centro, Calif. Naval Para-
chute Unit
USS Hornet CVA-CVS V-3
DIV
Bob Ritcher
Army-Airborne
Jeramy Wynn Ritter
Army
Corporal
2004-2006
Baghdad,
Iraq
Army In-
fantry, 3rd
Infantry
Squad
designated
marksman
and machine gunner. Worked
alongside Navy Seal Rangers
and other special units. Was in
50 caliber gunner missions and
220 missions.
Army Sergeant
April 1968 to
Dec. 1969
15 months in
Vietnam
Served in 25th
Infantry Divi-
sion and USARV
Special Troops
Detachment. Earned Combat
Infantry Badge and Purple
Heart
Ken Sears
E-5, US Navy
1956-1960
Hawaii, Wash-
ington
Electronics
Technician
Arthur Shaw
Navy/Air
Force
Aviation
Radioman
Nov. 1942
to Jan. 1946
South Pa-
cifi c, New
Mexico,
Hawaii,
Fort
(Yneme) CA
Received: Asiatic Pacifi c Rib-
bon, American Area Ribbon,
Victory Ribbon, Good Conduct
Medal.
U.S. Navy,
World War II
Six-year vet-
eran
Gary Sparks
Army MP,1969-
1971
Ft. Lewis
Henry Standefur
U.S. Army
Peter Szekely
Navy
April 1967-April
1970
San Diego, USS
Washburn — Naval
Support Activities
— DaNang, Vietnam, Camp
Tien Sha
Marie Sexton
SK2 (Petty
offi cer 2nd
class E-5),
US Navy
1984-1994
Boot camp
Orlando
Fl.; MCAS
Iwakuni
Japan; NSD
Yokosuka
Japan; FDGP NAB Coronado
Al Stovall
Dennis R.
Stevenson
Darlene Traylor
Sergeant, US
Army
April 12, 1967
to April 5, 1969
Fort Lewis,
Mo., transferred to US Army
Reserve
Navy (Waves)
Sept. 1943-June
1945
Basic training,
NYC, further train-
ing, Iowa
Teletype operator
in Seattle, sending
telegrams to ships
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Ron Turpin
Sgt. (E-5),
USMC
June 1962 to
July 1968
Camp
Pendleton,
Okinawa,
Bremerton,
Wash., Viet-
nam
Wounded in action, Vietnam
Terry Neil Turpin
Marine
Corporal
Sept.
1965 to
March
1967
Vietnam
Purple Heart
U.S. Army
Air Corps
European
Theater
Legion
of Merit,
American
Defense
Service
Medal,
European-
African-
Middle
Eastern Campaign Medal with
seven stars, Army Expedition-
ary Force, Good Conduct
Medal, American Campaign
Medal, World War II Victory
Medal, Presidential Citation,
Overseas Service bars
Larry B. Watkins
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US Navy
Feb. 1969 to Feb. 1973
Long Beach, Cal., Vietnam,
Bremerton, Wash.
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Joel Turpin
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U.S. Air
Force
E-4 Sergeant
Nov. 1968 to
Aug. 1972
Fairchild Air
Force Base,
Anderson
Air Force Base, Guam, Fair-
banks, AK
Served as a Jet Engine Tech-
nician on B-52 bombers and
KC135 tankers. Also trained
on Hounddog missiles. Spent
all duty with the Strategic Air
Command.
Stephen Willis
U.S.
Army
Rank:
SP4
May 17,
1971-
June 24,
1974
Basic
— Ft.
Lewis, WA; Ft. Eustis, VA;
Nuremberg, Germany, Ft.
Hood, TX
Victor Wilson
Corporal,
U.S. Army,
1951-53
Ft. Rucker,
Ala. And
Darmstadt,
Germany
Overseas
Medal, Ri-
fl e Medal,
Veterans
Medal of
Honor
Clarence A.
Wahlstrom
US Navy
Submarine
Service
TMC(S5)
E7
March
1948-Oct.
1969
USS
Cabezon
(1949-50); USS Bashaw (1950-
52); USS Scabbardfi sh (1952-
53); USS Caiman (1954-55);
USS Bream (1955-56); USS
Tiru (1956-59); NAD Westloch
(1595-61); USS Sterlet (1961-
63); NAS Miramar (1963-65);
USS Rock (1965-67) USS
Sabalo (1967-68); USS Bashaw
(1968-69)
Carlton Woodard
1st Lieuten-
ant, US Ma-
rine Corps
July 1941-
1945
Parris Is-
land, SC
Marine
Corps Base
Camp Lejeun
EWA Marine Corps Air Station,
Territory of Hawaii
Pearl Harbor, Territory of
Hawaii