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Honoring our veterans

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Carl Albert LarsonCorporalU.S. Army

361st InfantryRegiment, 91st

DivisionDied Oct. 9, 1918Buried in Meuse-

Argonne AmericanCemetery, in

Romagne, France.(no photo available)

Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory

is proud to honor our community’s veterans.

Paul Alfred AmbrosePrivate, U.S. Army,701 T.D. Battalion

July 9, 1924 – May31, 1944

Graduated fromIssaquah High

School in 1942. KIAin Anzio, Italy. Buriedin Hillside Cemetery.

Robert ArndtCorporal,U.S. Army,

C Company, 3rdBattalion, 47thInfantry, 9th

Infantry DivisionDied at age 21.

Born: May 6, 1946Died: July 29, 1967

He was shot in early1967, but recovered;was back in action

only a few dayswhen he was killed inDinh Tuong Province,

South Vietnam.Buried in Hillside

Cemetery.

Robert BaskettSergeant, U.S.

Army, 8th InfantryApril 7, 1925 – July 15, 1944

Graduated fromIssaquah High

School in 1943.KIA in Normandy,France. Buried inHillside Cemetery.

Clifford BensonSecond lieutenant,

U.S. Army Air Force,737th Bomb

Squadron, 454thBomb Group

Shot down in Croatiaon April 21, 1944.

Elizabeth EricksonWoman Airforce

Service Pilots(WASPs)

Died in a trainingexercise over

Sweetwater, Texas,in May 1944. Buried

in LakeviewCemetery, Seattle.

Because WASPs wereconsidered civilians,she never received amilitary burial. Shewas recently award-ed a Congressional

Gold Medal byPresident Obama.

Jack McQuadePrivate,

U.S. Army AirForce, 481st ServiceSquadron, 46th Air

Service GroupBorn: Nov. 28, 1920 Killed April 18, 1945,in accidental bombexplosion. Buried inHillside Cemetery.

Robert PhilpStaff sergeant, U.S.

Army Air Force,589th Bomb


Shot down nearMayan, Germany,

where his crew wasattacking a railroad

viaduct, on Dec. 23, 1944.

Robert WatsonStaff sergeantU.S. Army AirForce, 375th

Bomber Squadron,308th BomberGroup, Heavy;reported MIA

between January andApril 1944; crew of

plane was neverfound. Tablets of themissing are at ManilaAmerican Cemetery,Manila, Philippines.

By Warren KagariseIssaquah Press reporter

Eugene Klineburger ishumble about the yearshe served in the U. S.Army during World WarII and immediately after

the conflict.“I never did anything really

great during the war. I did whatthey told me to do,” he recalled.

Klineburger, 92, did not seecombat, and instead served state-side as war raged in Europe andthe Pacific. The longtime Issaquahresident guarded prisoners of warand detained Japanese-Americansat camps across the West from1942-46.

“I appreciate what my fellowsoldiers went through, I really do,”he said.

Like Klineburger, more than 16million people served in the armedforces during World War II. TheNational World War II Museum es-timates about 1,000 veterans whoserved in that war die each day.

December marks 70 years sincethe attack on Pearl Harbor and theUnited States’ entry into the fight-ing. Ties to the long-ago battlesloosen as the greatest generationfades into history and babyboomers settle into retirement.

“As they’re aging and dying off,it will be like ancient history,”Klineburger said.

So, he helps to preserve WorldWar II history by sharing tales

about the years he spent as a mili-tary police officer. Soldiers trans-ported German prisoners of war toPapago Park near Phoenix, andcaptured Italians to Ogden, Utah.The government sent internedJapanese-Americans to Tule Lake,Calif. Klineburger served at eachsite, as well as the Davis-MonthanField — now Air Force Base — inTucson, Ariz.

Once, German prisoners es-caped and, although more than100 miles from Mexico, trekkedtoward the border.

“They figured if they could getinto Mexico, they’d be free,”Klineburger recalled. “Well, you’vegot a bunch of foreigners walkingacross the desert that couldn’teven talk English and didn’t haveanything to eat. Well, we caughtthem pretty easily.”

The industrious Klineburgerspent a hardscrabble childhood inArizona before joining the Armyas a young man.

“I never dreamt of my dad buy-ing me a bicycle,” he recalled. “If Iwanted a bicycle, I went out andscrounged parts, put them to-gether and rode it.”

Down Mexico wayKlineburger developed a me-

chanical aptitude and impressivemarksmanship early on.

“I’d ask Mom what was for din-ner and she would say, ‘I don’tknow. Go out and get it,’” he re-called. “So, I’d go out and shoot ajackrabbit, we’d bring it in andcook it for dinner.”

Klineburger developed a lifelongfascination with cars during hisArizona boyhood, after he startedfixing up old Model Ts.

The restored cars came inhandy, especially as a counter-rev-olution known as the Cristero Warraged just across the border inMexico in the late 1920s.

“We used to sit on our side ofthe border with binoculars andwatch the war in our Model TFord,” Klineburger said.

Following World War II, he andhis brothers settled in Washingtonin 1954 and took on a successfultaxidermy business in Seattle.

In addition to the taxidermy out-fit, the Klineburger brothers oper-ated a tannery and organized biggame hunts around the globe. The

ventures earned the family awrite-up in Sports Illustrated in1964.

“We told people we were thethree Ts: tanning, taxidermy andtravel,” Klineburger said.

The business attracted high-pro-file clients, including astronauts,racecar drivers, royalty and for-mer Texas Gov. John Connally, theman riding in the same car asPresident John F. Kennedy on theday he was assassinated in Dallas.Roy Rogers and World War II heroJimmy Doolittle became goodfriends with Klineburger.

Even though Klineburger’s serv-ice ended after World War II, histies to the military never slack-ened. For years, he remained incontact with some fellow soldiers,but all have since died. In the mostrecent conflicts, his grandsonsserved in Afghanistan and Iraq asreservists and helped evacuatewounded soldiers from the battle-field.

Now, almost seven decades afterWorld War II ended, Klineburgerstill recalls memories — some se-rious, some lighthearted — fromthe men he served alongside dur-ing his years in the military.

“Some of those guys from NewYork, they’d never seen a gun be-fore,” he joked. “They didn’t evenknow which end to use.”

Warren Kagarise: 392-6434, ext. 234, [email protected]. Comment atwww.issaquahpress.com.

Remembering the 19 who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom Freedom isn’t free. Since the

birth of this country, men andwomen have been willing to fightand die for Americans to be free tolive their lives as they choose.

And the number of those whohave paid the ultimate sacrifice isstaggering. More than 1.3 millionmen and women have died inwars fought by or on behalf of thiscountry since 1775.

Men and women have also beenwilling to sacrifice their personaltime, by serving in times when

war was not on or imminent. Theyhave done all types of jobs thatpeople in the civilian sector do,but instead did them in service tothis country while they stoodready to defend our lives, libertyand the pursuit of happiness.

We at The Issaquah Press salute,honor and thank the men andwomen from our community whohave paid all types of sacrifices tokeep themselves, their familiesand everyone else free. We hopeyou will do the same.

World War II veteran honors other soldiers’ service

BY GREG FARRAR

Issaquah resident Eugene Klineburger keeps fellow World War II veterans alivein his memory.

James Patrick BradyCorporal, U.S. Army,

Scotch Platoon, C Company,

2nd Battalion, 8thCavalry Regiment,

1st Cavalry DivisionBorn: March 7, 1949Died: June 18, 1969

KIA in Tay Ninh, SouthVietnam. Buried in

Greenwood MemorialPark, Renton.

Peter Erickson Private, U.S. Army,

18th EngineerRegiment

Died Aug. 10, 1918.Buried in Suresnes

American Cemetery,in Suresnes, France.From the Sept. 27,

1918, Press: “Alarge congregation

attended the memo-rial service Sunday

afternoon atIssaquah in honor ofPeter Erickson, the

first of the boysfrom Issaquah to diein the service of hiscountry. The orationdelivered by the Rev.

S. V. Warrentouched a high note

of patriotism.

Robert HoskinsLance corporal(mortarman),

U.S Marine Corps,H&S Company 5,

Mar 1 Mar DivBorn: Sept. 14, 1949Died: Nov. 25, 1968

KIA in Republic ofVietnam (South

Vietnam). Buried inHillside Cemetery.

(no photo available)

Harold GleasonPrivate first class,

U.S. Army,301st Infantry

Regiment, 94thDivision

Born: Feb. 6, 1916Killed March 2,

1945, while servingas a medic nearSerrig, Germany.Buried in Hillside

Cemetery. (no photo available)

George C. LarsenPrivate first class,

U.S. Army,infantry,

Born: Feb. 17, 1926 Died: June 14, 1945

184th InfantryRegiment, 7th

Infantry Division. KIAby a grenade attack-

ing Hill 181 inRyuku, Okinawa,Japan. Buried in

Arlington NationalCemetery.

Laurence J. Lortie

Second lieutenantU.S. Army Air Force

45th FighterSquadron, 15thFighter Group

MIA June 1, 1945,somewhere betweenIwo Jima and Osaka,Japan; weather may

have been the reasonfor the loss.

Emmett R. McDonaldCaptain,

U.S. Air ForceBorn: July 27, 1939,MIA May 31, 1966,Declared dead: Feb.

11, 1975Missing in air

loss/crash in NorthVietnam. (Remainsnever recovered.)

Louis PetersenFlight officer, U.S.Army Air Force,422nd Bomb


Killed Aug. 6, 1944,when the B-17 he

was co-piloting washit by flak andcrashed nearVollradisroda,

Germany.Interred in Germany;

later brought home toGreenwood Memorial

Park, Renton.

John Raymond SmartSecond lieu-

tenant, U.S. ArmyAir Force,

443rd BombSquadron, 320th

Bomb GroupMIA Oct. 23, 1943,over the TyrrhenianSea near GiannuitriIsland. The crew ofthe downed B-26

was seen in life raftsbut Air-Sea Rescue

boats could notlocate them, and noone from the crew

was ever seen again.Tablets of the miss-ing are at FlorenceAmerican Cemetery

in Florence, Italy. Joseph Albert TondreauFireman first class,U.S. Navy/Naval

ReserveMIA or buried at sea

Dec. 18, 1944.Tablets of the miss-ing are at Manila

American Cemeteryin Manila,

Philippines.

Information is incomplete and/or

conflicting for the 19 local veterans

killed while serving inwartime. Photos alsocould not be located

for three of them.If you have

information or photos, e-mail

[email protected] call

392-6434, ext. 227.

Brown Bear Car Wash encourages you to remember all veterans.

Buford R. (Bud) AmbroseDeceased

Highest rankachieved: SK2 (store keeper second class)

Branch of service:U.S. Navy

Where served:South Pacific — USS

Saginaw BayDates of service:Feb. 15, 1943 to

Feb. 5, 1946

Gilbert R.AndressAge: 86

Highest rankachieved:

Carpenters matethird class

Branch of service:U.S. Navy,

SeaBees NavalConstruction

Wounded in action:Gun explosioncaused tinnitus Where served:Pacific Ocean,Hawaii, Guam,

OkinawaDates of service:July 7, 1943 toMarch 6, 1946

William Ernest ArndtHighest rank

achieved:Baker second class Branch of service:

U.S. Navy Where served:

Pacific Dates of service:March 1943 toDecember 1945

John ArnoldHighest rank

achieved:Lieutenant

Commander Branch of service:


U.S., Cuba, threetours in Vietnam Dates of service:August 1955 toJanuary 1982

Paul Eugene BartholomewHighest rank

achieved:Corporal; airman

second class Branch of service:

Air NationalGuard/Air Force

Reserve/U.S. Naval Reserve

Where served:United States

Dates of service:Jan. 23, 1946

U.S.N.R to June 4,1946; June 1948

A.N.G. to June 1952;May 1, 1951

U.S. Air Force toDec. 20, 1951

William BentzAge: 90


Staff sergeant Branch of service:

U.S. Army Where served:

South Pacific, NewGuinea Philippines;Fort Lawton, Wash. Dates of service:

1943-1946,1948-1949

Carl B. Bridges Deceased

(at age 70)Branch of service:

U.S. NavyWhere served:

Stationed on theUSS Braine

Dates of service:1952-1956

Daniel T. AndersonAge: 82


Highest rankachieved: ET2Where served:

Atlantic Theater twoyears aboard USS

Pocono, flagship ofthe Atlantic Fleet

Details of service:Served as electronic

technician (UHF specialist);

President Truman wasoften aboard the ship,using my radio shack

and equipment.Years of service:

1946-1948

John Michael BarryAge: 63

Highest rankachieved: CorporalBranch of service:U.S. Marine Corps

Where served:Vietnam

Details of service:1st Marine Air Wing,3rd Marine Division;served in combat atKhe Sahn Combat

Base during Tet andthe Siege of KheSahn in February

1968; I Corps belowthe DMZ; in combat

in Vietnam fromDecember 1967 to

August 1969Dates of service:February 1966 to

February 1972

Paul Thomas BooneBorn:

Sept. 26, 1924Died:

Oct. 7, 2009Highest rank

achieved:Flight officer

Branch of service:U.S. Air Force

Where served:P-51 pilot in

combat in thePhilippines, NewGuinea and other

places in the South Pacific

Details of service:He was in Japan after

the bomb wasdropped, and ferried

numerous planesfrom the islands to

storage areas.Dates of service:

1943-1946

Jim BriodyHighest rank

achieved:Specialist 5 (E-5)

Branch of service:U.S. Army

Where served:U.S. Military LiaisonMission, West Berlinand Potsdam, East

GermanyDates of service:

1961-1964

Fred ButlerHighest rank

achieved:Colonel


Where served:Vietnam, Germany

and U.S.Dates of service:Jan. 8, 1963 toJan. 31, 1990

Wayne E. BusbyBorn: 1920Died: 1995

Highest rankachieved: AviationMachinist’s MateSecond Class; rat-ings held — S1c,AMM3c, AMM2c


Where served:NRAB Seattle, NRABPasco, Hed Ron 14-2, FAW-14, Hed Ron

Fleet Airwing Six-FAW-4

Dates of service:April 1942 toOctober 1945

Gaius Sunday BuxtonAge: 84

Highest rankachieved:Signalman third class


Where served:Signalman on staff

of CommanderTransport Division

60 in the Pacific areaon the USS Grimes;Okinawa Campaign,initial occupation ofTokyo Bay Area and

Nagasaki, JapanDates of service:

1944-1946

Walter Lee BrazeltonAge: 74


First sergeantBranch of service:

U.S. ArmyWhere served:508th MP BN,

Military Police; FortLawton, Wash.; 61stMP Co., France; 62d

MP (RAFP) Co.;USAREC,

Bloomington, Ill.;Special Forces

Thailand-Cambodia,Laos, Vietnam; 1stInfantry Division

Fwd., Germany; andFort Lewis

Dates of service:October 1956 toDecember 1977

Jean-Michel ChristopherHighest rank

achieved:EM2 (electricians

mate second class)Branch of service:


USS City ofCorpus Christi

Dates of service:August 1992 to

August 1998

Roger Lee BrownAge: 71

Highest rankachieved: Army PFC

and Navy MR3Branch of service:

Army and NavyWhere served:

41st InfantryDivision 146 FieldArtillery (Army);

USS Ticonderoga; USS Coral Sea

Details of service:Multiple cruises withPacific Fleet to the

Far EastDates of service:

Army 1955-58; Navy1958-62

Christopher Lee Brown Sr.Age: 50


ABH 3rd classBranch of service:

U.S. NavyWhere served: CVN

68 USS NimitzDetails of service:Served in AtlanticFleet with multiple

cruises to theMediterranean areaDates of service:March 1979 to

March 1983

Christopher Lee Brown Jr.Age: 29

Highest rankachieved: SergeantBranch of service:

U.S. ArmyWhere served: 2nd

Infantry Division,3rd Stryker BrigadeDetails of service:

Fought in everymajor battle in IraqiFreedom, includingFallujah, Mosul andBaghdad; receivedtwo Purple Hearts,Commendation for

Stryker VehicleCommander under

hostile engage-ments; PersonalCommendation

Medal for OperationIraqi Freedom

Dates of service:November 2004 to

present

George W. Croft Jr. (Bud)Highest rank

achieved:E9 (master chief

petty officer)Branch of service:

U.S. ArmyWhere served:

Pacific Theater, WWIIWounded in action:In Pearl Harbor hos-pital recovering fromappendectomy whenthe Japanese began

bombing PearlHarbor. Ran out toveranda to see theentire Harbor as it

was being bombed.Read his story in themilitary section onAncientFaces.com.Dates of service:

1941-1971

Alice L. DavisAge: 37


Petty officer first classBranch of service:


San Diego; GreatLakes, Ill.; PearlHarbor; CampLeJune, N.C.

Dates of service:Aug. 11, 1994 to

present

William DixonHighest rank

achieved:Bos’n matesecond class


Where served:Mediterranean and

Pacific TheatersDates of service:October 1942 to

January 1946

W.J. (Joe) DodgeHighest rank

achieved:Private (infantry)

Branch of service:U.S. Army (Samuel

Company)Where served:

Georgia, notdeployed

Dates of service:Discharged

May 3, 1919 W.J. (Joe) Dodge Jr.Highest rank

achieved:AO3 (aviation ord-nance man third

class)Branch of service:


USS Hancock CVA-19 (aircraft carrier),

Southeast AsiaDates of service:October 1961 toNovember 1963

Thomas D. DoneganAge: 89


Lieutenant colonelBranch of service:


Panama, England,Europe, Korea

Wounded in action:Suffered machinegun leg wounds

while leading a rifleplatoon intoGermany in

February 1945Dates of service:

January 1940 – July1946, July 1952 to

January 1965

Norma Ernsting-EmmonsAge: 90


StorekeeperSecond Class


Where served:Milledgeville, Ga.; and

Bremerton, Wash.Dates of service:March 2, 1943 to

July 12, 1945

Duane W. EnglundHighest rank

achieved:Sergeant

Branch of service:Army EngineersWhere served:

Europe,Philippine IslandsDates of service:

July 1943 toJanuary 1947

Tauno L. EricksonHighest rank

achieved:Technical sergeantBranch of service:

U.S. Army Signal Corps

Where served:Southwest andCentral Pacific

theatersMedal awarded:

Bronze Star Dates of service:

May 1942 toOctober 1945

Ralph Carl EikenberryAge: 83


Staff sergeantBranch of service:U.S. Marine Corps

infantryWhere served:

Served in a combatzone in Korea for sixmonths in 1950 in

the 7th Marines; waswounded at Chosin

Reservoir and was airevacuated to JapanDates of service:1946-48; 1950-51

Joel EsteyAge: 64

Highest rankachieved: E-5


Where served:Served in combat in

I Corps SouthVietnam, Da Nang

Chulai; mostly in thefield throughout

tour of duty;American 196thLight Infantry

Details of service:Wounded by boobytrap; earned a Purple

Heart and twoBronze Stars


Luther Edward FranklinAge: 82

Highest rankachieved:Lieutenant


Where served: ZP-4and NADEVU Naval

aviation unitsDetails of service:Flew several aircraftand airships on East

Coast on anti-subma-rine missions and astest beds for gadgets

being designed atMIT; ferried the admi-ral who lined up theworld’s warships at

Norfolk’s 1954 NavyCentennial Parade (he

was tall and some-what upset I couldn’tstrap a parachute har-ness on him); navigat-

ed the superconniethat tracked

Kruschev’s plane as hedeparted our

Northeast Coast 1957Years of service:

November 1953 toNovember 1957

Ray GiaudroneAge: 93


MM 1st ClassBranch of service:

U.S. NavyWhere served:Navy Post OfficeDates of service:

1941-1945

William Falkenstein Born: Dec. 22, 1913Died: Dec. 18, 2001


Master sergeantBranch of service:

U.S. ArmyWhere served:WWII — New

Guinea; Korean War— Seoul, Korea


Delbert E. FlemingAge: 70


Chief petty officerBranch of service:


Vietnam on variousships and

commandsDates of service:

1957-1977

Barry A. FederHighest rank

achieved:Lieutenant colonelBranch of service:U.S. Army, retiredWhere served:Fort Polk, La.,

active duty; reserveunits in Oregon andWashington; activeduty for six monthsduring Desert Storm

(first Gulf War) Dates of service:Commissioned in1969; active duty

1973-1975; reserves 1975-1995

Louis Charles GiraldinHighest rank

achieved:Radioman

second classBranch of service:


North Pacific Ocean Dates of service:April 12, 1944 to

Feb. 21, 1946

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Rolland R. Kiefel Age: 70


Storekeeper second class (SK2) Branch of service:


Atlantic,Mediterranean, Gulfof Mexico aboardUSS Exultant, USS

Rigel, USS DesMoines,

USS ConwayDates of service:June 6, 1958 to

June 6, 1964

Larry R. Kulin Deceased


Yeoman Third Class Branch of service:

U.S. Navy Where served:Japan, Hawaii,

PhilippinesDates of service:

1959-1963

Arthur E. Landdeck Born: April 25, 1921Died: March 9, 2003

Highest rankachieved:Sergeant

Branch of service:U.S. Army, 1393rd

EngineerConstruction

Battalion; entry andtraining – Fort

Leavenworth, Kan.,and Camp Joseph T.

Robinson, Ark. Where served:

During WWII, in thePacific Theater – Inthe Philippines was

in the Battle at LuzonDates of service:June 15, 1942 to

Dec. 23, 1945

Howard E. LanddeckAge: 68


AX3 (aviation antisubmarine

warfare technician, third class)


Where served:Ream Field, Imperial

Beach, Calif.; USSBennington

Dates of service:Nov. 17, 1961 to

Aug. 31, 1965

Ledo J. MalmassariHighest rank

achieved:Sergeant


Where served:Korea – Third

Infantry DivisionDates of service:

1950-1952

Norman W. McLeanDeceased


Seaman first classBranch of service:U.S. Coast Guard Where served:

Alaska Dates of service:April 21, 1943 toMarch 18, 1946

Kathleen R. MerrillHighest rank

achieved:Specialist 4

Branch of service:U.S. Army/Reserve

Where served:Various states includ-ing Indiana, South

Carolina andColorado

Dates of service:March 1983 toDecember 1989

Erik Johnson Highest rank

achieved:Second classpetty officer


Where served:Iraq


David HayesAge: 42


Journalist first classBranch of service:

U.S. NavyWhere Served:USS Simon Lake;

Diego Garcia; USSKittyhawk; Naval

Station Sandpoint,Naval Station Everett


The Issaquah Kiwanis Club, Evergreen Ford, Mandarin Garden, and

Dave and Roberta Waggoner are proud to pay homage to our veterans.

Wayne GeigerAge: 62

Highest rankachieved: E4

Branch of service:U.S. Marine Corps

Where served: 1st Marine Division;served in combat inDanang, Vietnam,from May 1969 –

May 1970Dates of service:November 1968

to May 1970

William Daniel GilleyAge: 90

Highest rankachieved: Sergeant Branch of service:

U.S. ArmyWhere served:Panama; Fort

Columbia, Wash.;and Fort Stevens,

Ore. (the forts guard-ing the mouth of the

Columbia River)Details of service:

Hurt very seriously inan accident as they

fired one of the 10-inch disappearing

guns at FortColumbia early in

1942. Was unable toserve afterward and

was discharged.Dates of service:

1936-1942

Robert C. HarperHighest rank

achieved:Corporal

Branch of service:U.S. Army SignalCorps MOS 1187Where served:

U.S. and GermanyDates of service:

December 1952 toNovember 1954

S.William Hollingsworth Born: 1925Died: 2010


PFC (private first class)Branch of service:U.S. Army 100th

InfantryWounded in action:Wounded in combatin France, Nov. 1944

Dates of service:World War IIJan. 1944 to Aug. 1945

Shirley Beining HilgemannAge: 58

Highest rankachieved: E5/SP5Branch of service:

U.S. ArmyWhere served: 9thAdjutant General

Fort Lewis; HQ U.S.Army Element,Brunssum, The

NetherlandsMedals awarded:

Army CommendationMedal, Good

Conduct Medal, Joint Services

CommendationMedal

Details of service:We married one year

before joining theU.S. Army. Would doit all over — the mar-

riage and serving.Dates of service:

1975-1980

Ewert HilgemannAge: 57

Highest rankachieved: E5/SP5Branch of service:

U.S. ArmyWhere served: 9thAdjutant General

Fort Lewis; HQ U.S.Army Element,Brunssum, The

NetherlandsMedals awarded:

ArmyCommendationMedal, Good

Conduct Medal,Joint Services

CommendationMedal, Expert (M16)

Details of service:Married my highschool sweetheart

one year before join-ing the Army. Sheconvinced me thatserving together

would be fun. It was.Dates of service:

1975-1980

James Thurston HogansonAge: 77

Highest rankachieved: Sergeant Branch of service:U.S. Army, infantryWhere served: 40thand 24th InfantryDivisions in KoreaDetails of service:Served in combat

in Korea as a medical tech

Dates of service:May 1953 to March 1955

Roy InuiAge: 88

Highest rankachieved: T5


Where served: Wasan allied translator,interpreter section;served in combat inthe Philippines for

two monthsDetails of service:

Received PresidentialUnit Citation,

Congressional GoldMedal (2011),

Philippine LiberationMedal, others


Reed W. JarvisAge: 78

Highest rankachieved: Colonel

Branch of service: U.S.Army and U.S. NavyWhere served: USS

Wisconsin (Navy)and 3rd Battalion

161 Infantry (Army)Details of service:

Served six months incombat in Korea;

Meritorious ServiceMedal (2), ArmyCommendation

Medal, Army ServiceRibbon, Korean

Service Medal, U.N.Service Medal,

Humanitarian ServiceMedal, Washington

State Legion ofMerit, Washington

State CommendationMedal; recalled to

Army active duty forOperation DesertStorm at age 58

Dates of service:March 1951 to June 2001

Doris GrossHighest rank

achieved:Link instructor,

involved inAmerican Legion,first woman vice

commander Branch of service:

U.S. NavyWhere served:Corpus Christi,

Texas Dates of service:

1941-1945

Steve Johnson Age: 63

Highest rankachieved:Sergeant


Where served:Vietnam


August 1969

Daryl E. JohnsonBorn:

December 1927Died: October 2009

Highest rankachieved: Seaman

first classBranch of service:


Washington, D.C.Dates of service:

1945-1946

Donnas D. JohnsonAge: 78

Highest rankachieved: YN1


Where served:Mare Island NavalShipyard; Alameda

Naval AirbaseDates of service:

1950-1954

Scott Wayne JohnsonAge: 54

Highest rankachieved: E4AMH/AMS


Where served:VAQ – 129 VikingDates of service:

1978-1988

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Gene KlineburgerAge: 92

Highest rankachieved:Corporal


Where served:Utah, California,

ArizonaDates of service:

1942-1945

Ivan A. LeeAge: 64


commanderBranch of service:


Patrol Squadron 46(VP-46); Vietnam

1972-1974Dates of service:

July 1969 toSeptember 1974

Richard C. LarsonBorn: Aug. 3, 1919Died: Nov. 26, 2010

Highest rankachieved: Tech

Sergeant 5th GradeBranch of service:

U.S. ArmyWhere served: 2nd

Armored DivisionHeadquarters

Company 66thArmored Regiment Details of service:

Fought in World WarII — North Africa,

Sicily, Holland,France, Belgium and Germany

Dates of service:February 1941 to

July 1945

Edith Rose MacDougallDeceased

(at age 58) Highest rank

achieved:Mechanics mate

Branch of service:Navy — WAVES Where served:

Cedar Falls, Iowa;Norman, Okla.


Mother of IssaquahMayor Ava Frisinger

Jeremiah FraserPitts MacDougall

Deceased(at age 76)


Lt. junior gradeBranch of service:

Navy Where served:South Pacific;

AtlanticDates of service:1943-1945 active

duty; reserve to 1954Father of Issaquah

Mayor Ava Frisinger

Bob McCoyHighest rank

achieved:Lieutenant


Where served:USS Forrestal CVA-

59, Sixth Fleet(Mediterranean)Dates of service:

1966-1973

Robert C. LyonAge: 85


commanderBranch of service:


Served in combat inKorea for 18 monthsDetails of service:On senior ship inInchon Harbor at

the time of the trucein 1953; command-

ing officer of USSLenawee APA 195;

navigating officer ofUSS Masterson

Dates of service:May 17, 1943 to

July 1, 1966

John A. MarshDeceased

Highest rankachieved: Private


Where served:75th Infantry

DivisionDetails of service:Served in combatfor one year in theEuropean Theatre;

received PurpleHeart for being

wounded during theBattle of the Bulge

Urban V. MassetAge: 76

Highest rankachieved: E-7

Branch of service:U.S. Coast GuardWhere served:Marine Patrol;

Marine Inspection;served in combat inKorean waters mark-

ing channels fortroop ships for six

monthsDetails of service:Served from Korean

Waters — BeringSea Patrol — icebreaking for dewline; teaching fire-fighting school atT.I. Coast Guard

Academy; and upand down the East

Coast all in differentgroups. Wrote bookfor Marine Corps on

the new MarineCorps in 1985.

Dates of service:1952 until retirement

Ed McKeeAge: 89

Highest rankachieved: SergeantBranch of service:

U.S. Air Force, turret gunner


12th Air Force inCorsica, fall and

winter of 1944-45; 23 bombing missions over

European TheaterDates of service:Sept. 16, 1940 to

Sept. 14, 1945

David John MitmanAge: 79


Where served: USSCoral Sea

Details of service:Served as flight engi-

neer for top secretMartin Mercator

intelligence-gather-ing aircraft, flyingspy missions into

Soviet airspace fromPort Lyautey,

Morocco. Duringone mission, his

plane was fired at bya Soviet surface to

air missile. (Itmissed.)

Years of service:1951-1953

Duncan MulhollandAge: 80

Highest rankachieved: Staff

sergeantBranch of service:

U.S. Air ForceWhere served:3595th GIDIST

Supply Squadrons;Nellis Air Force Base

1951-52; NCOICBase Supply Nagoya,

Japan, 1952-54Details of service:Received good con-duct medal, National

Defense Medal,Korean Service

Medal and UnitedNations Medal

Dates of service:November 1950 to

November 1954

Lucille E. LundstromAge: 90



First lieutenant Where served:

General nursing careon the hospital shipMarigold, Zone ofInterior and in the

European andSouthwest Pacific

Theaters of operationDetails of service:Was the youngest

nurse on theMarigold at age 22;

Bronze Star (4)Asiatic-Pacific

Campaign Medal;Bronze Star (2)

European-AfricanMiddle Eastern

Campaign Medal;Bronze Star (2)

Philippine LiberationMedal

Years of service:Dec. 31, 1943 to

Feb. 1, 1946

Jack Richard SteidlHighest rank

achieved:PFC (private first

class)Branch of service:U.S. Army Air Corps

Where served:Jackson, Tenn.


William Britton StrikerBorn: Dec. 12, 1907Died: Oct. 1, 2003


T-4, sergeantBranch of service:

U.S. Army, Big Red 1Where served:Omaha Beach

Normandy, Sicily,Tunisia, European –African Campaign,

Middle Eastern front– Ardennes

Wounded in action:Leg wounds, shrap-nel, received Silver

Star and Bronze StarDates of service:July. 6, 1942 toSept. 2, 1945

Ernest Milton SwansonAge: 93


Aviation machinistfirst class

Branch of service:Coast Guard

Dates of service:Oct. 21, 1941 toDec. 23, 1946

George H. SwansonDied: 1992

Branch of service:U.S. Army Air Corps

Where served:United States


John SwansonDied: 2001


Staff sergeant Branch of service:U.S. Army Air Corps

Where served:Missouri and Alberta,Ferry Command Post

planes to Russia Dates of service:

1942-1945

Frank R. TroutmanHighest rank

achieved:Colonel

Branch of service:U.S. Army/Air Force

Where served:Pacific - Italy

Dates of service:May 1940 toJanuary 1984

Dallas L.WaggonerDeceased

(at age 76)Highest rank

achieved:Tech sergeant


Where served:Europe, Italy, North

AfricaWounded in action:Purple Heart awarded


David S.WaggonerAge: 67


Lieutenant colonel Branch of service:


Vietnam, CentralAmerica, U.S.

Wounded in action:Purple Heart

awardedDates of service:

1968-1993

Austin Vickery WigginsBranch of service:U.S. Marine Corps

Where served:Saipan in the

Mariana IslandsDates of service:

1942-1946

James H.Van WinkleDied: Feb. 9, 2008

Drafted into the U.S.Army in 1944, onemonth before highschool graduation.Deployed to Japanand in transit, theJapanese surren-dered before he

arrived. James wentfrom front line dutyto a clerk typist inthe office due to

termination of thewar. Stayed in

Japan in civil serviceand returned state-

side fromKanagawa, Japan,on Nov. 5, 1946

Winston MatthewYourglich


PhM3c(photographer’smate third class)


Where served:South Pacific

Wounded in action:After his ship, theUSS Houston, was

torpedoed, Winstonswam in shark-

infested waters inthe China Seas forfour hours beforebeing picked up.Dates of service:Oct. 11, 1943 toApril 13, 1946

Jay Robert RodneAge: 45


Lieutenant colonelBranch of service:

U.S. MarineCorps/still serving in

the U.S. MarineReserve

Where Served:Persian Gulf War(1991); Somalia

(1992-93);Operation Iraqi

Freedom, Kuwait &Iraq (2003)

Dates of service:1990-present

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Meindert PillieDied: March 10,2010, at age 95Highest rank

achieved:Sergeant

Branch of service:U.S. Army Air Corps

Where served:Instructor at 349thFlexible Gunnery

Training Squadron,Tyndall Field, Fla.Dates of service:Oct. 21, 1941 toSept. 17, 1943

Vernon M. Parrett, M.D.Age: 88

Highest rankachieved: CaptainBranch of service:U.S. Army, medical

Where served: Served two years in

the Valley Forge ArmyHospital in officers’

ward, tuberculosis unitDates of service:

1944-46 and 1952-54

Robert HowardRockwell (Rocky)Highest rank

achieved:PFC (private first class)Branch of service:U.S. Army 173rdAirborne Recon,RTO (radio tele-

phone operator) callsign Papa Kilo, nick-

name Crash Where served:

Vietnam 1969-1970(The Blackscarfed

Gunslingers)Dates of service:

1968-1970

Elmo Jerome SagedahlHighest rank

achieved:Corporal


Where served:Pacific area

Dates of service:May 26, 1944 toAug. 31, 1946

Daniel S. SegonAge: 67

Highest rankachieved: Private


Where served:Germany


William Edward SeilDeceased

(at age 66)Highest rank

achieved:Colonel

Branch of service:U.S. Air Force

Where served:World War II, Korea

and VietnamDates of service:

1944-1975

William A. SomsakAge: 86


Boatswain’s matethird class


Where served:Marshall Islands,

USS MidwayDetails of service:

Received twomedals; operated

landing craftDates of service:

1942-1944

Charles D. ParkerAge: 76

Highest rankachieved:Captain


Where served:U.S.; Okinawa,Japan; Vietnam

Dates of service:Sept. 9, 1954 toSept. 30, 1974

Russell D. PeeryHighest rank

achieved: Specialist4th class

Branch of service:U.S. Army/Washington

National Guard Where served:Camp Murray,Wash., 181st

Support Battalion,Company D


May 1983

Elmer John Petett Highest rank

achieved:Photographers mate

second class Branch of service:


USS Alshain in theAsiatic Pacific and

PhilippinesDates of service:

July 1943 toMarch 1946

Gary C. NewbillHighest rank

achieved:Major


ReserveWhere served:

Virginia; California;Okinawa, Japan;

The Philippines andVietnam

Dates of service:January 1965 to

March 1968 (active duty)

Ernest R. NybergHighest rank

achieved:Sergeant

Branch of service:U.S. Army Air Force

Where served:South Pacific –Tinian Island

Wounded in action:B-29 crashed off IwoJima, three men sur-vived out of crew of10, Ernie made 17

missions, some overcapital of Japan


Louis OrtizAge: 86


Petty officersecond class


Where served:In the Pacific,

aboard the carrierUSS Lexington, as

radio gunmanWounded in action:

ReceivedDistinguished FlyingCross, Air Medal and

Purple HeartDates of service:

1942-1945

Norman PeeryAge: 85


Seaman first class Branch of service:

U.S. NavyWhere served:Aleutians Islands

Alaska; Japan; USSJarvis DD-799

Dates of service:Dec. 16 1943 to

May 19 1946

Philip PitruzzelloHighest rank

achieved:Aviation Radioman

Second Class Branch of service:

U.S. Navy Where served:Atlantic Fleet,Pacific Fleet

Dates of service:June 1942 to

September 1945

Robert PlossAge: 89

Highest rankachieved: CaptainBranch of service:U.S. Air Force (B-17pilot, physician U.A.Air Force medical)Where served: 11combat missionsover Germany;

POW Mission Austriato France; two fooddrops to the Dutch;flew Atlantic twiceDates of service:

1943-1952

Reuben Allen RichardHighest rankachieved: SP4


Where served:Co. E 122nd Mnt.

Bn. USAREURDates of service:January 1968 toDecember 1969

Michael M. RisteDeceased

Highest rankachieved: SP5/E-5Branch of service:

U.S. Army, transportationWhere served:

1st Cavalry DivisionDetails of service:

Served three tours ofduty in Vietnam.Years of service:Oct. 25, 1966 toNov. 15, 1983

Edward SchaeferBorn: June 10, 1911

Died: 1986 inSpokane


Technician fifthgrade (Tec 5)



the EuropeanTheater, February

1944 to November1945; 3429th Ord

Mam Co.Details of service:“A man who loved

his country”Dates of service:

1943-1945

Frank Valentine SchroederBorn: Feb. 10, 1894Died: Sept. 6, 1977Branch of service:

U.S. ArmyDetails of service:Fought in France

during World War I

John SchroederBorn: Feb. 23, 1888Died: Jan. 10, 1973

Highest rankachieved: private


Dates of service:Muster out telegram

Nov. 16, 1918,according to dis-

charge papers. Startdate unknown.

Details of service:Last assigned schoolfor cooks and bak-ers. Was a cook atCamp Lewis, now

known as Fort Lewis.

Jay Anthony VanniAge: 39

Highest rankachieved: Petty offi-

cer third classBranch of service:

U.S. NavyWhere served: twosix-month tours toPersian Gulf on theaircraft carrier USSCarl Vinson as cata-

pult officerDetails of service:

Letter ofCommendation;graduated from

Central WashingtonUniversity with

degrees in scienceand business; now

lives in St. Louis (he lived in Issaquah

for 36 years)Dates of Service:

1993-1997

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Robert Edward WolahanBorn:

Nov. 23, 1932Deceased:

Dec. 10, 2010Highest rank

achieved:PNC (chief)


Where served:Korea and VietnamDates of service:

1950-1970

Hugh Gordon RossNo photo provided

Age: 58Highest rank

achieved: CorporalBranch of service:

U.S. Navy, cryptograph techWhere served:

Strategic nucleardeterrence in SouthChina Sea during

Vietnam War;Combat Zone vet,

1972-1973; nuclearsubmarine force

Dates of service:January 1971 to

January 1977

Archie HowatsonBranch of service:

U.S. ArmyWhere served:Hawaii for 26

months; Servedduring combat inOkinawa, Japan,with the 892ndOrdnance Heavy

AutomotiveMaintenance Co. inthe 10th Army; hewas a mechanicwho kept the

vehicles movingDates of service:

Jan. 5, 1942 to 1945

Ron HowatsonHighest rank

achieved:U.S. Navy

Branch of service:U.S. Navy Seabees

Where served:Korea 1952-1954

John E. FloodAge: 81



Where served:Supply Corps

Dates of service:Three years

David V. MerrittHighest rank

achieved:SFC (sergeant

first class)Branch of service:


Okinawa, Vietnam,India, Bolivia, Greece

and Afghanistan Dates of service:July 1954 to July

1957; Sept. 1959 toNov. 1976

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