News Honoring our Benton County Veterans

I admit it, my favorite project all year long on Vinton Today is this article.  

Each year, we pause in the hustle and bustle of life and take a moment to reflect on those who so selflessly gave their time and some even their lives to serve these great United States of America.

Each year I look up a military salute online and listen to the songs of the Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard and the Air Force.  Every year my heart swells with pride to have the honor to know some of these great men and women who so selflessly serve and have served our country.

The civilians, like myself, haven't got a clue what you went through in serving your country.

To the wives or husband, the children, moms and dads that hold your breath while your loved ones serve, our heartfelt gratitude goes out to you as well. It's not easy being on this side of any ocean waiting for the moment for your loved ones to return.

We we thanked many times over the last week as we compiled this list of veteran, for doing this...and each time I felt like this is the very least we can do for you fine men and women.

On behalf of all fellow Americans, we say, "Thank You!"

We've added a special feature on our Facebook page this year. 

There is a special album for our Veterans located here called, "Our Benton County Veterans" This page will live on our Facebook page year around.

We have also listed the names and information that we have collected as a "Note" on our Facebook page as well, it's located here

Thank you to all the Veterans that sent in your pictures,the spouses, the children and the family historians that took your time to send in the pictures and information from as far back as the Civil War.

We were thrilled to be able to include all of these Veterans!

And again to our Veterans, a heartfelt THANK YOU from your friends and neighbors here in Benton County!

Benham Adams, Navy, 1942-46

Dan Adams

James "Barry" Adams

Russell Adams, U.S.Army, Korea

Joshua Adrian

Roger Albert

Lowell Albright

Ronald Albright

Dale Alpers

C. Bradley Anderson Navy 1978-1984

Carl (Swede) Anderson Army Korea

Howard Anderson

John Anderson

Paul Anderson

Scott Anderson

James Anderson

Craig Arras

Dennis Ary

Steve Ary

Lyle Aschenbrenner

David Auestad

B

Jeff Bahr

Mike Baker

Luke Baldridge

Robert Baldridge

John Bantz

Eugene Barnes

Jerry D. Bascom Jr, Air Force, 1989 - 1997, military police

Vernon Bascom

Dick Bashore

Francis Bawden

Earl Bearbower

Toni Bearbower

Kirk Beason

Charles Beatty

Garth Beatty ( US Army)

Roger Beau, USAF, 1969-1972

Francis Beggs

Anthony Behounek

Bradley Benfer

William Benson

Dennis Bergen

Phillip Bergen

Richard Bergen

John Berry

Marshall Berry

Donald Bistline

Jerry Blank

Joseph Blank

Vincent Blank

Lori Blank

Karl Blumer

William Bobzien

Steven Boddicker

William Bolin

Forrest Bolte, US Army, WWII

Lyle Bolton

Gordon Bowen

Yvette Bowen

William F. Bower

Donald Bray

Richard Bridge

Cindy Briggs,U.S. Navy

Robert Briggs, U.S Navy

Toby Brown

J. Brunssen

Kent Buckingham

Danny Burgess

H. Burkhart

Jeff Bush

Otto Bush

Robert Bush

Edward Busler Army Vietnam

Wilbur Busler Army WW II

Harold Byrant, WW II

C

Roger Calvert

Christopher Cantrell

Harold Cassens

Erastus Gideon Chase, buried in Evergreen Grand Army of the Republic               marker, 91st Infantry Regiment of New York, Company D

Robert Cherveny

Larry Christanson

Gary Christianson

Robert H. Christy

Bill Clark

Ryan Clemens

Kathryn L. Close, USAF, Lt. Col, May 1971 to 1 Feb. 1994

Eldron D. Cobb, U.S. Army, 1968 - 1970 1 yr. Vietnam

Ross Coder

Robert Condry

Arthur Corbet

O. Corbett

Wilber Corcran

Steven Cory

Russell Cottrell

Charles Cox

Shane Cox

Paul Coyle

Olaf Craft

Clark Crisman

Eugene Crisman

Jack Cromer

James Cromer

Darrell Cushman

D

Robert Dahl

Willis Dake

Carole O’Deen Daniel, USAF, 1958-1962

Charles Daniel, USN, WWII Veteran, Served in the Pacific

Bill Davis, Army

Burton Davis, Lieutenant Army Air Corps WWII Fighter Pilot/Flight Instructor for the P-61 (black widow)

David Davis, Air Force

Gene Davis

Ivan Davis, USMC

John Davis, Navy

Lee Demoss

Charles Denison

James Deppe

Eugene Grant Dick USN

Gregory Eugene Dick USN retired

Donald Dill

Garland Dixon

Randall Dorf

Ned Douglas

Marvin Drenter

Larry Lee Driscol US Army

Dennis Duello

Charles Dulin

Marion Dulin

Richard Duncalf

E

Joseph Earle

James Eastwood

Carl Edmonds

Paul Egge

Floyd Ellson

Bruce Erickson

Don Erickson

Josh Erickson

Keith Ervin

Harold Evans 

F

Damian Fairbanks

Breandan Fank

Glenn D. Fee

Terry W. Fee

Wayne R. Fee

Donald Fennern

Ronald Ferguson

Larry Fett

Ronald Fiebelkorn

Eugene Finley

Bennett Fischer

Robert Fisher

Jerry Fitzgerald

P. Fix

Dan Flaugh

Harold Flickinger

Ronald Flickinger

Teresa (Flickinger) Vopelak

Dale Fowler

Joe Fowler

Lyle Fowler

Carl Fraeser

Gary Frame

Cletus Friedman

Brian Frisbie

Wilhelm Fuchs

James Fuller

G

Ronald Gage

Garth Gardemann

James Gardner

Bert Garwood

Charles Garwood

Dale Garwood

Jack Garwood

Thomas Garwood

David Gates

Judah Gates USMC

Donald R. Geater

Lenard Geater

Ray M. Geater

Roger Geater

Ronald Geiger

Lester Geiger

Warren Geiger

Stanley Geiken

Patrick Gill

Dave Goodell

Don Goodell

Jim Goodell

Susan Goodell

Robert Glass

Todd Gloede

Verlus Gloede

Kirk Gray

Terry Gray

Carl Greaser

Dan Greaser, Army, Captain,currently serving at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, in Seoul, Korea.

Virgil Greenwood

John Gualtier

Keith Gulick

Gary Gustason

H

Richard Hadley USN

George Haefner

Jerry Haefner

George Hanna

Robert Hanneman

Eldon Hans

Albert Hansen

Gilbert Hansen

Roger Hansen

David Happel

Jim Hargrave, Air Force

John Harper

Dale Havran, Cpl, Army, 1953 - 1955,  Engineer, Korea and Guam

Clarence Hawkins

Jonathan Healzer, USMC,  enlistment 10/23/2001 He served three                          tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom, including the                         initial invasion, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Howard Heaton, US Army, WWII, Battle of the Bulge, 82nd &  101st Division

Charles Helle

David C. Henkle. U.S. Army, Vietnam

Blake Henkle

Larry Henkle, US Army, Vietnam Veteran 

Dale Henry

Dale Hensing

George Herger

Delmer Hessenius

Herman Hessenius

Dan Higdon

Larry Higdon

Ogden K. Hill

Gary Hilmer

Steven Hite

Chester Hobbs

James Hodgson

Craig Hoepner

Dick Hogan

Don Holmes

Jeff Holmes

William Franklin Hopper, 24th Iowa Infantry Co. G

Merle Horak

James Howard

Dennis Hummel

Kyle Hummel

Larry Hurst

James Hyde

I

Roger Inman

J

Jeremy James

Hilbert Jansen

Jack Jeffries

Brad Johnson, CTT2 (E-5), US Navy, 5 years active (Anchorage, AK) and 3 years active reserve

Duane Johnson, USMC

Jan Johnson

Richard Johnson

Ron Johnson

Norman Jones

Christopher Jorgensen

K

Lester Kampman

Tyler Karrick

Jimmy Kearns

John Kearns

Bill Keller, Air Force, Major, Vietnam, 21 years, retired 1989

John Kelley

Shannon Kelly

Darrell Kenney

Dick Kenney

Richard Kerdus

James Kirk

Charles Kleiner

Glenn Knaack

Jack Knaack

Keith Knaack

Jack Knaack

Keith Knaack

Ralph Knaack

Byron Knupp

Melvin Koehn

Gerald Kreutner

Russell Kreutner

Richard Kruckenberg

L

Robert LaGrange

Daniel R. Lane, Army, 1996 - 1998 in the psych field and field medic 

Howard Lane

Bruce Lange

Ronald Larson

Jason Laton

Leland Laton

James Laughridge

Albert Laucht WWI

Barry Lefstad

Andrew Lent

Marvin Lerch

Leon Lewis

Alvin Lindahl

Harold Lindahl

Herbert Lindahl

Richard Lindsey

Charles Linsey Jr.

John Lipcamon

Charles Lough

Donald Loug

Troy Lovell

Roy Lundberg

Robert Lutz

William Lynch

M

Mark MacAvao

Daniel Mahoney

Kenneth Mahr

Don Mahurin

Raymond Maile

Duane Mangold

Ted Mann

Gregg Marshall

Lyle Marter

Donald Martin

Donald Mayhew

Marlyn Mayhew

Matthew Maynard

Mark McAvan

Stan McCaleb

Dale McClain

Larry McDaniel

Jack McDowell

Michael McGowan

Dedan McIntrye

Vernon L. McIntrye

Art McLaughlin

Jerry McNeal

Raymond McNeal

Herbert McNeill

Bert McNitt

Jerry Meadows

Michael Meadow

Donavon Merchant

Harold Merchant, Army

James F. Merchant

Mitchell Merchant Tech Sgt USAF 2002 - Present (2013) Stationed at Osan Air                                                         Base Pyeongtaek, South Korea

Tom Merchant

Jim Messmore

Loren Messmore

Gerald Michael

Larry Michael

Dennis Miller

Elmer Miller

James Miller

Van Miller

William Milne

Boyd Milroy

Jack Milroy

JH Milroy

Charlys Moody

Merrill Moore

Robert Moore

Brian Morrow

Wilson Robb Morrow

Keith Mossman

Marvill Mostrom

Andy Motto

Daniel Mulder

David Mulder

John Mulder

N

James Narber

Michael Naylor

Jeremy Neuzil

William Newton

Frederick Noren

Gerald Novotny

O

Robert Ogier

Carl Ohrt

Keith Ohrt

Jack Oliphant

Keith Oliphant

Lawrence Owens

P

Benjamin Pameter

Rick Parmater

Jared Parmeter

Leon Pattee. US Army

Valmah Patrilla

Gerald Pederson

Gerald Petermeier

Dale Petersen

James Peterson

MM1 SS Merle Pettengill, 1979-1985, USS Archerfish SSN 678

Edward Pickart

Billy Pillars US Army 25th Infantry Division, 2005-2010.

                     Served two tours in Iraq.

David Pladesn, United States Air Force 1961-1965

Bertha Pohlmann

John Pohlmann

Harry Popelka

Roger Powers Vietnam

Wilber Powers

R

Charles "Chuck" Radcliffe

Thomas Radcliffe, USMC, 1961-1966 Sgt E5

Michael Raue

Harold Rector

Riley Reeves

Michael Reige

Virgil Reinhart

George Reiss

Thomas Reisser

Wayne Rhinehart

Robert Rice

Ralph Richardson

Myron (Mike) Richart

Ernest Riggle

Russell Rinker

Bill Ripple

Roy Ripple

Josh Robinson, Army

Donald Roepke

Frank Rogers

Richard F. Rogers

Robert C. Rogers

Zachary R. Rogers

Dale Romman

Marcella Romman

Oran Rommann

Marvin Rommann

Carlton Root

Todd Rosonke

Adam Roster

Wayne Roster

Wayne Rover

James Russell

Thomas Russom

S

Drew Sallee

James Sarchett

Milton Scheib

Don Schellhase

David Schirm

Jackie Holthaus Schlarbaum, Mt. Auburn, IA U.S. Navy

Charles Schlotterback Army WW II

Frederick Schlotterback Army WW I

Victor Schmidt

Dean Schminke

Richard Schoonover

Orville Schrage

David Schussler

Marion Schwartz, WW II

Harold Schulte

Beryl Scott

Robert Sebastian

Brian Seeman

Harlan Selken

Tracy Sellers

Donald Shaffer

Rex Shepherd

Ken Silker

Gary Simnacher

John Simnacher

Ron Smalley

Adam Smith, U.S. Navy, 2007 to present (2013)  Hospital corpsman currently stationed in Corpus Christi, TX

Albert Smith

Cody Smith

Ralph Smith

Lee Smith Jr.

Randy Smith

Dale Speidel

Clyde St. Clair

Earl Stahr

Robert ‘Bob’ Steinberg

Duane Steinford, U.S. Army, WWII

Leonard Steinford, U.S. Army, WWII

Margil Steinford, U.S. Navy 1946-1977 E-8,

                U.S.S. George Washington SSBN-598

SSGT Marvin Steinford, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII

Russell Steinford, U.S. Army, WWII

John Stiegelmeyer

Aaron Streeter

Craig Streeter

Bill Strong

Gene Stueck

Kent Stufflebeam

Carl Summes

Mary Summy

Williams Summy

Dale Sutton,

Michal Swallom

T

Frank Teffer, U.S. Army, Korea

Carl Tharp

Dennis Tharp

Dennis Thompson

Rex Thompson

Albert Thompsen

Mark Timmer

Bill Travis

Orville Trimble

Steven Troe

U

Robert Umbenstock

Kadel Urice

Roger Uthoff

Bob Utterback.

V

Richard Van Fossen

Walter Van Steenhuyse

Henry G. Van Eschen PFC, US Army, 1943-1946.

                     13th Medical Battalion: China, Burma, India. WWII

Harold Vanscoy

Marion Vaupel

Jack Van Wechel

Gerald Vest

W

William Wacht

Christopher Wagner

Cable Waldorf

Neil Waldorf

Bradley Walker

Norman Walker

Frank Warner

Dale Watson

Jason Watson

John Watson

PFC Ben Weekly US MARINES CORPS 2013(Present)

Russell Weisert

Richard Welbes

Victor Westphal , WWII

Darrell Werning

Robert Werning

Ralph Wessling

Wayne Wetzel

Robert Whelan

Marlyn White

William White,

Don Whitson

John Whitson

Maurice Whitson

Richard Whitson

Ross Wiley

Joseph E Wilhelm US Army WWII

Edward Z Williams, Army, Civil War, 59th Indiana Volunteer Infantry,                         took part in General Sherman's march to the sea,

                      buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg. 

D. Williams

Kenneth Williams

Lonnie Williams

Lyle Williams

Richard Williams

William Wolfe

Douglas Wood

Dr. Alan S. Woodhouse  Lieutenant, U.S. Public Health Service:                                assigned to the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May,                               N.J.  1969 - 1971 Vietnam

Dr. Keith Woodhouse WWII

Dr. Stanley R. Woodhouse USAF WWII

James F Woolison US Army WWII

Wayne G Wutzke KIA May, 1970

Alan Wyckoff

Marshall Wycoff

Russell Wychoff

Ted Wyckoff

Y

Gale Yerkes

Delbert L. Yocum - Navy

Steven Young, US Air Force, Vietnam 

SGT Wanda Young 1998-2003 US Army

Charles Yundt

Z

Bernard Zimpfer

Mark Zobac