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USA Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by James Hulse, December 16, 2025
1. USA Veterans Memorial
The view of the introduction panel with first panel with names.
Inscription.
To: USA Veterans
From: Trinity School of Texas

Panel 1
Crispus Attucks, Continental Army, Boston March 5, 1770 • Curtis F. Kruse, 60th Air Dep. Group, WW II • Cecil R. Hawthorne, U.S. Army, WW II 1944–1945 • Michael Hampton, U.S. Navy, Vietnam Era • Richard Jurkowski, Special Forces, Vietnam • Gail Jurkowski, MSgt., U.S. Air Force, Vietnam Era • Billy Gene Clay, U.S. Marines, Vietnam, 2 Tours • Dewayne Pullen, SP4, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era 1971–1974 • Hula Clyde Smith, Private, U.S. Army, World War II • David Appelwhite, Sgt., U.S. Air Force, Vietnam Era • Harold M. Schreiner, U.S. Army, 1943–1946 • William W. Howell, U.S. Navy, WW II • Walter E. Davis, U.S. Army, WW I 1917–1918 • Odie Thomas Freeman, PFC., U.S. Army, WW I • Arthur W. Hawthorne, CSM., U.S. Army, Korea–Vietnam • Cotton Hampton, U.S. Army NG, 1957–1962 • Paul Jurkowski, U.S. Army, 1938–1941 • Brian S. Goike, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era • Jimmy Lee Clay, U.S. Army, Vietnam • SSG Brady Pullen, U.S. Army, Iraq, 2 Tours • Harvey S. Jones, Pvt., U.S. Army, World War I • Purvy Chism, U.S. Army, WW I • J. Dudley Meadows, Air Force, WWII–Korea–Vietnam • Rudolph Elliott, U.S. Navy, 1945–1952 • Walter H. Davis, U.S. Army, WW II 1941–1945 • Ervin E. Zvolanek, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Richard Hawthorne, U.S.M.C., Vietnam 1968–1969 • Weldon Hampton, Tech Sgt., U.S. Army, World War II • Alexander Jurkowski, U.S. Army, WW II Normandy • Gary P. Goike, U.S. Army, 1969–1975 • Walter C. Mayer, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Richey Horton, USMC–U.S. Army, 1994–2016 • John Tacito, U.S. Army, 1955–1958 • James Floy Chism, U.S. Army, WW I • Edward
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Johnson, U.S. Air Force, WWII & Korea • Eugene Elliott, U.S. Army, Korea • Clifton Groves, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Charles Bazar, U.S. Army, 1942–1946 • Ronnie Hawthorne, U.S. Air Force, Korea 1978–1979 • Johnny Hampton, U.S. Marines, Vietnam 1967–1968 • James Earl Guinn, U.S. Marines, Korea • W. Bill Goike, U.S. Navy, WW II • John Allen Bates, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • Dr. Sam Mack, U.S. Air Force, Korean War • Jack Wisdom, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • James S. Chism, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII • James S. Johnston, SSgt., U.S. Army, Vietnam • Roland C. Johnston, Sgt., U.S. Army, World War II • Kurt Groves, U.S. Army, Afghanistan • Charles Larry Bazar, U.S. Army, 1972–1975 • Coy Gene Passmore, U.S. Marines, Vietnam • SPC Michael L. Bell, U.S. Army, 1995–2001 • Harold Stebbins, U.S. Army, 1939–1941 • George Goike, U.S. Army, 1953–1955 • Gary Wayne Carroll, U.S. Army, Desert Storm • Valerian A. Gawlik, U.S. Army MP, WWII–Korea • Jimmy W. Martin, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Fregen Moore, SSgt., U.S. Army Air Corps, WW II • Robert M. Jacobs, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII Captain • Roland C. Johnston Jr., U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Albert H. Thomas, U.S. Army Marksman, Texas–Vietnam • Dan P. Keeton, Air Force, Vietnam • Thomas Samuel Cash, U.S. Navy, WWII USS Portsmouth • Amador Y. Duran, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Raymond Stebbins, U.S. Army, 1939–1941 • Gail P. Goike, U.S. Air Force, 1974–2001 • Jazmon L. Armstrong, U.S. Army Airborne, Afghanistan • John C. Stock, U.S. Marines, Afghanistan • Rufus Leroy Wadley, U.S. Navy, World War II • Seth Britt, U.S. Marines, Korea 1953 • Malcolm E. McFarland, U.S. Navy Aviation, 1956–1962
USA Veterans Memorial - Panel 1 image. Click for full size.
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2. USA Veterans Memorial - Panel 1
• Michael McFarland, U.S. Air Force & Navy, Iraq–Afghanistan • Jack Bolton Hester, U.S. Army, Korea • J. M. Keeton, U.S. Army, WW II • Dr. William E. Bussey, U.S. Army, 1969–1971 • Joe G. Ramirez, U.S. Navy, Korea 1948–1952 • Roland Stebbins Sr., U.S. Army, 1939–1941 • Brian J. Brennan, U.S. Army, 1970–1972 • Floyd S. Allen Jr., U.S. Army, WW II • Sam Allen, U.S. Army, WW II • Dennis Hiltz, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam Era • Sgt. Bobby W. Foster, U.S. Army, 1st Inf. Div., Vietnam 1969–1970 • Garland Richardson, U.S. Navy, Korea • Pat Ray Richardson, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Roy E. Breland, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Larry Hawkins, U.S. Navy, 1956–1981 • Charles Bruce Bussey, U.S. Army, Vietnam • L. Carlos Ramirez, U.S. Navy, Gulf War–Desert Storm • Roland Stebbins Jr., U.S. Army, 1966–1969 • Buford Thornton, U.S. Air Force, Gulf War • James E. (Jim) Gray, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • J. Ronald Knight, U.S. Air Force, Korea • Fred H. White, U.S. Navy, 1943–1946 • Lowell K. Martin, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam 1968–1969 • James Oscar Wolff, U.S. Army, WW II–Korea • Jerome Parsons, U.S. Army Airborne, 1968–1971 • Jeremy C. English, U.S. Army, Iraq • Michael B. Oswald, GSM1, U.S. Navy, 1991–2011 • David Byron Bussey, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Joel I. Franklin, U.S. Army, 1958–1960 • Buddy Willette, U.S. Marines, Korea • Paul E. Smith, U.S. Army, WW II • Bob Spangler, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1970–1971 • LCpl. Frank Hajart, U.S. Marines, Vietnam 1965–1966 • Randal D. Wright, Major, Army NG, Iraq–Kuwait • Donald E. Lawrence, U.S. Navy, Korean War • Jimmy Fran Wolff, SSgt., U.S. Army, Vietnam • Fritz Oscar Wolff, Corporal, U.S.
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3. USA Veterans Memorial - Panel 2
Army, WW II • Durwood Beach, U.S. Air Force, European Theater • Sgt. Justin T. Fox, U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, Afghanistan 2005 • David W. Bradford Sr., U.S. Army, World War II • Don R. Shelton, U.S. Army, Vietnam • James (Jim) Petty, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era • Steven Renner, U.S. Marines, Japan–Romania • Michael C. Peek, U.S. Army, Iraq • Cpl. Troy L. Gibson, U.S. Marines, Vietnam 1965–1966 • Geo Prendergast Jr., U.S. Navy, World War II • Amos A. Snow III, U.S. Navy, 1981–1989 • Arnold G. Krueger, U.S. Navy–U.S. Army, Vietnam • Sherry Krueger, U.S. Army, 1967–1969 • Lester J. King, U.S. Navy, Vietnam 1972–1975 • Stanley A. Crabtree, SP4, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1971–1972 • Ryan D. Henson, U.S. Marines, 1996–2001 • Jerry A. Shelton, U.S. Army, Vietnam (3 Tours) • Frank Supercinski, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Boots Faulkner, U.S. Army, WW II • Wesley Decco, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Gary L. McFadden, U.S. Army, 116th AHC, Vietnam 1967–1968 • Dixon Chevallier, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • William C. Rapp, U.S. Marines–U.S. Navy, 1945–1946 & 1947–1952 • Sgt. Billy F. Allen, U.S. Army, 25th Inf. Div., Vietnam 1967–1968 • Ronald E. Nichols, U.S.M.C., 1968–1970 • B. F. (Pete) Gray, U.S. Navy, WW II, 4 Years • Wynona Harbison, U.S. Navy, Desert Storm 1992–1996 • James E. Hebert, Air Force, 1990–1998, Gulf War–Bosnia • Von Shelton, U.S. Army, WW II, Purple Heart • Michael D. Bynum, U.S. Marines, 2005–2011, Afghanistan 2009 • Donnie D. Woods, U.S. Navy, 1968–1972, Vietnam • Horace Rollins Jr., U.S. Navy, 1989–1992, Gulf War • Donald Sherman, U.S. Army, SP4, Vietnam • LtCol. Richard Fuhrman, U.S. Air Force, 1955–1977 • GySgt.
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4. USA Veterans Memorial - Panel 3
Robert G. Deeds, U.S. Marines, Vietnam • Ernest E. Dozier, 2nd Marines Div., 1983–1987 • Wm. “Perk” Perkins, U.S. Army, Vietnam

Panel 2
Carlos Griffin Sr., U.S. Air Force, Korea • Cecil Ray Newman, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam • Richard Huel Ash, Sgt., U.S. Army, 1956–1964 • Sgt. Sanford W. Ash, U.S. Army, KIA Feb. 10, 1945 • Sgt. Kenneth May Jr., USMC, OEF, KIA May 11, 2010 • Cpl. Jeffrey Johnson, USMC, OEF, KIA May 11, 2010 • SSgt. John C. Stock, USMC/OIF–Afghanistan, KIA Sep. 6, 2007 • Larry W. McCurdy, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Julian Bronder, U.S. Army, WW I • Elsie J. (Nita) Shute, Army Sgt., Air Force, WW II 1943–1949 • John A. Connolly, U.S. Navy, WWII • Richard J. Connolly, USN CPO Ret., 1968–1994, Vietnam–Desert Storm • James McGill, U.S. Navy • Dale Smith, U.S. Army, Battle of the Bulge • Kenny Smith, U.S. Army, KIA Battle of the Bulge • David Kutchey, U.S. Army, 4th Infantry • Brian S. Goike, U.S. Army, Germany • Timothy Calvin Drake, Special Forces, KIA Vietnam 1970 • Barry Wayne Hilbrich, Special Forces, KIA Vietnam 1970 • Danny Leonard Little, Special Forces, KIA Vietnam 1970 • Frank Elliott McNutt, Special Forces, KIA Vietnam 1970 • James Reese Wright, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam • Richard A. Connolly, U.S. Army MSG Ret., 1960–1982, Vietnam • Michael J. Connolly, U.S. Marine Corps, 1972–1978, Vietnam • OC Brandenburg, U.S. Army Infantry, Korea 1949–1955 • Robert C. Morgan, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Peter Saccoccio, Army Air Corps/USAF, WW II • Elmer D. Labee, U.S. Army, WW I, France • Alfred E. Cureton, SSgt., AAF–USAF RA, Korea, Purple Heart • Philip
USA Veterans Memorial - Panel 4 image. Click for full size.
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5. USA Veterans Memorial - Panel 4
Dale Butcher, U.S. Army Medic, Korea 1981–1984 • Gene Freedman, U.S. Navy, WWII Guam • Mickey Sanders Jr., USMC, 1987–2009, Embassy Guard • Derwood N. Vickers, U.S. Army Combat Eng., WW II, Korea Ret. • Jerry Ross McCutchen, U.S. Air Force • Jose G. Ramirez, U.S. Army Medic, Gulf War • Charles J. Berg, U.S. Navy, WW II • J. Cody Wayne, U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq War • John “Adrian” Roden, U.S. Marine Corps, WW I • Kenneth B. Mattner, U.S. Navy, Korean War • Adam C. Rennick, U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq War • Michael Browne Brown, Green Beret, Iraq–Afghanistan • Robert John L. Cooke, U.S. Army, WW II • Edwardus Starling, U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq War • Donald Felker Jr., U.S. Navy, Korea • J. Woods Wright Jr., U.S. Army, 82nd, Korea • Raymond M. Shelby, U.S. Army, Korean War • Wendell Wesley Sr., U.S. Army, Korea 1948–1952 • Bill Reed, U.S. Navy, 1968–1971 • David Whitfield, USAF • Eliseo Banda, U.S. Marines • Ben J. McNew Jr., U.S. Army, 1940–1945, WW II • Ralph G. Everett, U.S. Navy, Korean War • Ocie Lee Reed, 370th Air Squadron, 1943–1945 • Winston L. Williams, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1967–1969 • Lloyd A. Broussard, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Harry Grant Pillow, U.S. Marine Corps, 1955–1957 • Walter Harper, U.S. Army, 1976–1979 • Charles D. Harraid, U.S. Air Force • Joseph Lee May, U.S. Army, 1950–1953, Korea • Arnold Gonzalez, Army Airborne Corps, Iraq–Afghanistan • Oscar Dehoyos, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1969–1970 • James Melvin Sparks, U.S. Navy, WW II 1944–1946 • Kenneth Whittington, U.S. Marines, Korea • H. O. Carlisle, U.S. Navy, 1942–1943, WW II • Walter Roberson,
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6. USA Veterans Memorial - Panel 5
U.S. Army, Silver Star, Vietnam 3 Tours 1966–1967 • Run for the Wall, 2016 • Jody T. Tidwell, U.S. Air Force, Afghanistan • Roy Don Blanton, U.S. Air Force, May 1973–Jun 1993 • Everett Conley Fitch, Army of USA, WW I, Oct 1942–May 1946 • Dr. G. Roger Bowles, U.S. Navy, WW II • James L. Matthews, SGM., U.S. Army, WW I/Korea/Vietnam • William M. Matthews, Lt., U.S. Navy, WW I/Korea • Perry W. Pollock, U.S. Army, WW I • Robert W. Pollock, U.S. Navy ENC, Vietnam 1967–1968 • Richard B. Peek, U.S. Army, Pvt., WW I • PFC Gerald Beavers, U.S. Army • Cpl. Robbie N. Edmonson, U.S. Army • MSG Billy R. Brown, U.S. Army • Charles R. Whalen Sr., SSgt., U.S. Air Force • Ronald L. Wade, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • Donald D. Wade, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • Thomas S. Wade, U.S. Air Force • Gwynn O. Gee, U.S. Army, 1955–1957 • Gregory Gee, U.S. Navy, 1977–1982 • Dr. Dennis Atkinson, Capt., U.S. Air Force, Vietnam 1964–1966 • MSG Dwight Sager, U.S. Army, Silver Star, WW II/Korea • PFC Layton Lee Wright, U.S. Army, WW II • Albert L. Updyke, U.S. Army, WW I • Donald L. Updyke, U.S. Air Force, Korea • Murray D. McDowell Sr., U.S. Navy/Air Force, WW II/Korea/Vietnam • Michael K. Cobb Sr., U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • SRA Matthew K. Cobb, U.S. Air Force, Gulf War • Martin John Palgut, Sgt., U.S. Army • Benjamin F. Gurganus, U.S. Air Force, 1947–1968 • Benjamin Gurganus, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Bobby J. Reeves, U.S. Air Force, 1951–1971 • Thomas Hearrell, U.S. Marine Corps, Semper Fi • David W. Willis, U.S. Air Force, 1976–1996 • Paul A. Yater, U.S. Army Sergeant, Korea 1952–1954 • Ronald
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7. USA Veterans Memorial
The view of four of the panels along the walkway.
G. Denfeld, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1955–1975 • Duellis A. Davis, U.S. Army, Korean Conflict • Stephen Williams, USAF/Army 1776–1812, Village of Shelby • Tom Hughes Welch, Cpl., U.S. Army Airborne, 1951–1952 • Edward Carpick, U.S. Army Artillery, Vietnam War • Philip Jimenez Jr., U.S. Army, Korean War • Ruben Page, Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1972–1978 • James E. McLain, U.S. Army SFC, Korean War • David Appelwhite, Sgt., U.S. Air Force, Korea 1968–1969 • David Alan Brigotti, Army Air Corps • MSgt. David A. Brizius, U.S. Air Force, 1967–1990, Vietnam • George A. Brizius, Navy MCPO, Nuke Subs, Vietnam 1964–1994 • Charles A. Brizius Sr., LTC, Army Aviation, WW II/Vietnam 1940–1967 • LTC Logan Damedwood, U.S. Air Force, 1953–1975, Vietnam • LTC Earl Montgomery, Army Aviation, WW II 1941–1946 • SSgt. Dennis J. Griffin, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam 3 Tours • Ken J. Luchau, U.S. Army, Korean War • Mary Javar Luchau, Women’s Army Corps • Philip T. Luchau, U.S. Navy, Vietnam War • Floyd Nette, Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War • Fr. Mark Kusmirek, U.S. Navy Chaplain, Arlington Cemetery • Elvin N. Foster, U.S. Navy, WW II • Jeffrey R. Ward, U.S. Army, Desert Shield/Storm • John R. Ward, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Jim Ward, U.S. Army, 1966–1969, Vietnam War • Staff Sgt. Royce Day, U.S. Marine Corps, 1956–1978, Vietnam • Gary Day, Army Specialist 5, Vietnam 1966–1969 • Larry S. Tyler, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1968–1969 • Gary D. Andrews, U.S. Army, 1987–1990 • Wilson Zane Strong, 325th Bombardment, USAF 1948–1954 • LTC James Lindsey, Merchant Marines/USAF, WW I/Korea/Vietnam • Danny Joe Barham,
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8. USA Veterans Memorial
The view of all the panels together from across the lake.
U.S. Navy, 1974–1980 • Donna Max McGrath, SP5, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era • Thomas M. Kimbrough, U.S. Army, 1st Cavalry, Vietnam • E. C. Mayberry, U.S. Army, WW II • William C. Martin Jr., U.S. Army, WW II • William C. Martin III, U.S. Army, 1964–1966 • Harold Johnson Sr., U.S. Army, Korean War • Marvin Ray Edelman, U.S. Marine Corps, WW II • Howard K. Edelman, U.S. Army Air Corps, WW II • Michael K. Cobb, U.S. Air Force, Gulf War • Donald Dennis Slocum, U.S. Army, 1953–1954 • Paul Gutierrez, U.S. Army Airborne, Vietnam 2 Tours • James Earl Guinn, U.S. Marines, Frozen Chosin Korea • Douglas McGrath, MSG., U.S. Army, Vietnam

Panel 3
Nicolas Marie Fuss, U.S. Army, Combat Nurse • Karl E. Riemann, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • SP4 Heasley Rook, TX NG – U.S. Army, Vietnam Era • PFC W. Allen Oney, U.S. Army, WWII 1942–1946 • Angelo Defrisco, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Lawrence L. Bonacci, U.S. Marine Corps, KIA Vietnam • Mike Eubank, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam • George L. Bracken, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Patrick Kille, E-4, U.S. Army, Kuwait • Tom Brown, U.S. Army, 1965–1968, Vietnam Era • Gary Mason Aycock, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam Era • Don Roy Carter, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • CMSGT Benson Rook, TX NG – U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • Benj. George Rook, Gold Star Parent, U.S. Army Air Corps • Norman D. Hasley, 82nd Airborne, World War II • Dave Callahan, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Don Brennan, U.S. Army • Louie Gohmert, Captain, U.S. Army • Charles Nathan Yohe, U.S. Air Force • Alonzo “H” Hodgson, U.S. Navy Corpsman, Silver Star, Iwo Jima • Raymond J. Smith, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1971 • Thomas J. O’Connor, U.S.
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Navy Gunner, Bay of Pigs 1962 • James O. Chapman, SP5, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1963–1967 • John “Bo” Harrell, U.S. Navy SOC (SS), Retired 1957–1990 • LCDR Wilson C. Rook, U.S. Navy Aviator, USNA 1957 – Vietnam • Bruce Calhoun, U.S. Navy, 1958–1964 • Joe Biloni Sr., U.S. Air Force, Spectre Gunship • Craig Brennan, U.S. Army • Larry Courington, U.S. Army, Military Police • James W. Thompson, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam • James Sutton, U.S. Army, 1960–1964 Medic • Jerry Lee Faykus, U.S. Air Force, Nov 1960 – Nov 1964 • Travis Yarbrough, U.S. Navy, USS Canopus • T.J. Stevenson, U.S. Army, Special Operations • Thomas M. Butcher, U.S. Army, Desert Storm • Jimmy Allen, U.S. Air Force, 1977–1981 • Andrew Thomas, U.S. Army, Iraq • Middlebrooks, USMC, 1950–1969, Korea–Vietnam • Leo Brennan, U.S. Air Force • Harry Prosser, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam Era • John Garrett, U.S. Air Force, AC-130 Spectre • Lee Clayton Austin, U.S. Navy, USS Lubbock, World War II • Drew Mack Mauldin, U.S. Army, World War II • Walter Peterson Jr., U.S. Navy Armed Guard, World War II • Iwo Jima • Sgt. John M. Heatley, U.S. Marine Corps, Bosnia–GWOT • Kenneth Lee Jarrell, U.S. Army Infantry, DMZ South Korea • Joe Neal Randolph, 1LT, U.S. Army, 1962–1964 • Bobby Burch, U.S. Army, 1993–2017, Iraq–Afghanistan • Shaun Chaplin, U.S. Air Force • Frank Gleason, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam Era • Harry M. May, Pvt., Army Co. E, 23rd Inf., World War II • James R. May, MSgt., U.S. Air Force, Vietnam 1970 • Billy G. May, U.S. Army, 6th BN 71st Art., Vietnam 1967–1968 • Richard L. May, U.S. Army, 25th Inf. Div., Vietnam 1968–1969 • James H. Watson, U.S. Army / U.S. Air Force, 1942–1945 • Johnny White, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Cecil Shivers, U.S. Army Air Corps, 1921–1932 • Mike Hagel, USAF, 1954–1975 • Melanie Cumbie, U.S. Army, GWOT • James R. Pierce, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam Era • Danny Napier, U.S. Air Force • CPL Steve Sparks, U.S. Army, Desert Storm • SSG Samuel L. Hicks, U.S. Army, 1961–1981, Vietnam (3 Tours) • John J. Carlo, U.S. Army Air Corps, Sgt. • John May, U.S. Air Force • James H. Watson II, U.S. Air Force, 1966–1969 • David Patrick White, U.S. Navy, 1992–1996 • Billy R. Shivers, MSgt., U.S. Air Force, 1967–1971, Vietnam • Alphonse Benedict Hattenbach, WWII, U.S. Army / U.S. Navy • Jeffery Cumbie, U.S. Army, GWOT • Jerome Scipio, U.S. Air Force, Retired • Bob Hallmark, U.S. Navy • Nagasaki • George Doll, U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor • Leroy Wolf, U.S. Navy, 1965–1969, Vietnam Veteran • Max Kelly, U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War • Ronald P. Isaiah, U.S. Air Force, Desert Storm • Ken Gunnell, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam Era 1959–1975 • Gary McDonald, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam 1966–1968 • Thad Nehrling, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • Richard C. Crouch, U.S. Army, Iraqi Freedom • Billy R. Crouch, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • J.D. Crouch Sr., U.S. Navy, Retired 23 Years, WWII–Korea • Sgt. Earl Hammers, 7th Division, Korea • Mason Lloyd, USMC, 2013–2017 • Kellis J. Pennington, U.S. Army, WWII • Chosin Reservoir • Acie Vance, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1968–1970 • Jesse James Harris, U.S. Army, 1957 • LtCol David Wilson, USAF, 8th AF, WWII Korea • Earl E. Bohanan, U.S. Army, 5th Cav, WWII–Korea • William Pippin, U.S. Army, 1963–1969 • Robert Perkins, U.S. Marine Corps, Korea–Vietnam • Ronald Newton, U.S. Army Infantry, 1998–2011 • Glenn O. French, U.S. Navy, NAS 1977–1980 • Fallujah • Roy Chisum, U.S. Air Force • Bill Voight, U.S. Air Force • Roy E. Breland, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Jerry Brown, U.S. Air Force • Walter Lee Hunt, U.S. Air Force • William E. Grubbs, Coast Guard, WWII 1940–1945 • Henry Ervin Shelly, Pvt., U.S. Army • Delton Stringfellow, U.S. Army, 1957–1977 • Johnny Bivins, U.S. Army, 1943–1945 • Col. A. Gio Terry, U.S. Air Force, 1955–1985 • Harry O. Pace, U.S. Navy Reserves, Asian Pacific Camp • Mackie Eugene Holmes, PFC, U.S. Army, 1948–1956 • Bosnia • Penny Johnston, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era • Jim Lewick, U.S. Air Force • Bill Ellison, U.S. Air Force • Lyle Spangler, U.S. Air Force • Sarah Pippin, U.S. Army, 2009–2014 • John Korns, U.S. Air Force • Jerry Porter, U.S. Air Force • Brian Rutherford, U.S. Air Force • Thomas E. Cain, Staff Sgt., U.S. Army, Korea–Vietnam • Jim Ivy, U.S. Army, 1957–1958 • William T. Owings, U.S. Navy Submarine, 1954–1958 • Panama • Jimmy Jones, U.S. Air Force • Khe Sanh • John Moran, U.S. Air Force • Kandahar

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David E. Schwartz, MSgt., U.S. Air Force, Korea–Vietnam • Ronnie McKinny, U.S. Army Ranger, Vietnam • LtCol Paul T. Baroco, U.S. Air Force, Flight Surgeon • “Pilot Joe” Norris, AC-130, U.S. Air Force • Richard A. Holloway, U.S. Army, 1st Cav Div, Vietnam KIA 1967 • Robert John Bonnici, PFC, U.S. Army, Vietnam KIA 1968 • James Lenz, U.S. Army, Vietnam KIA 1970 • S. G. McAllister, U.S. Navy, World War II • SFC Dexter G. Butler, U.S. Army, 30 Years of Service • Eddie Joe Lyons, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Thomas Coon, U.S. Navy • Prentiss Williams, Spec. 4, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1966–1968 • Rick Andreozzi, U.S. Air Force Gunner, AC-130 Spectre • Chuck Brockman, U.S. Air Force, AC-130 Gunship • Ronnie Cotton, U.S. Air Force, AC-130 Gunship • Jimmy Tart, U.S. Air Force, AC-130 Gunship • Bennie W. Doyle, Spec. 4, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era • Bobby G. Doyle, Sgt., U.S. Army, Vietnam • William B. Doyle, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II • Billy Ray Butler, Pvt., U.S. Army, Korea • Gary Donaldson, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • David Glen Ellis, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Puett L. Willcox Sr., U.S. Army, WWI 1917–1920 • Puett L. Willcox Jr., U.S. Air Force, 1942–1968 • Puett L. Willcox III, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era • Puett L. Willcox IV, U.S. Navy, 1996–2016 • George W. Willcox, U.S. Army, WWII 1943–1946 • Charles R. Willcox, U.S. Marines, 1945–1947 • Ronald D. Robertson, U.S. Army Huey Pilot, Vietnam 1969–1970 • William Anderson, U.S. Navy / River Rat, Vietnam • Steven H. Yates II, U.S. Army • Kristen N. Yates, U.S.A.F. • Sgt. George S. Yates, U.S. Army, 36th Div, WWII Italy 1939–1943 • Jack H. Lanier Sr., U.S. Army, WWII • Brittany N. Lanier, U.S. Air Force, GWOT • Brent A. Lanier, U.S. Air Force, Iraqi War / GWOT • Robert C. Holcombe, U.S. Army, WWII – Europe • Darren K. Williams, U.S. Navy, GWOT • Henry Earl Sepulvado, U.S. Army, WWII • Erik A. Moore, U.S. Army, Apache Helo Pilot • Allison Fuss Moore, U.S. Army, Apache Helo Pilot • Lee Layton Austin, U.S. Navy, USS Lubbock, WWII • Lt. John P. Feicht, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII Guam 1940–1947 • Harold D. Shappell, 1st Sgt., U.S. Army, WWII Meuse–Argonne • Jerry Holsworth, U.S. Navy, Korea • Robert Dwight Moss, U.S. Army, WWII–Korea • Edwin Whittle Sr., U.S. Air Force, Korea–Vietnam • Skip Whittle, U.S. Navy, 1970–1984 • Paul E. Watson, U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor • Paul David Watson, BM1, U.S. Navy (Ret.), 1970–1994 • Dalton Taylor Fuss, U.S. Army, Airborne Ranger • Hubert Grady Britt, Merchant Marines, WWII 1929–1943 • Col. John C. Dalton, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam B-52 Pilot • Homer G. Farmer, Sgt., U.S. Army, 1971–1972 • Eduardo Delgarza, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • Timothy A. Latham, U.S. Army, 1989–1996, Cold War/Desert Storm • Miles A. Pearson Sr., U.S. Army, WWII – Japan • Miles A. Pearson Jr., U.S. Army MP 1960–1980, Bronze Star, Vietnam • Willie G. Coley, U.S. Marine Corps, WWII 1944–1946 • Jess W. Berryman, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII 1942–1945 • Roger D. Thomas, U.S. Navy, Vietnam 1968–1970 • CMSgt Joe D. Greene, USAF, 1956–1985, DFC Vietnam 1968 • Dierely L. Wade, U.S. Air Force, Korea Feb 1950 – Feb 1954 • Wendell Wesley Sr., U.S. Army, Korea 1948–1952 • Jerry W. Linn, U.S. Air Force, 1971–1978 • Nie B. Linn, U.S. Air Force, 1972–1975 • Ed C. Moore Jr., U.S. Army, World War II • Ed C. Moore, U.S. Navy, World War II • Ed C. Moore IV, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Brenda D. Allen, U.S. Air Force, 1972–1977 • Johnny F. Allen, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1947–1951 • Mary Lynn Rhodes, U.S. Navy Corpsman, 1980–1994 • Mark D. Rhodes, U.S. Navy Corpsman, 1979–2002 • Harold F. Bridges, U.S. Marine Corps, Purple Heart Vietnam • Roger G. Minor, U.S. Army, 1969–1971 Vietnam • Thomas S. Hare, U.S. Army Airborne, SP4, Vietnam Veteran 71 • Richard E. Riggins, SSgt., U.S. Air Force, Korea • Harlan W. Lesoing, U.S. Army, Korea • James E. Barnes, U.S. Army, World War II • William S. Barnes, U.S. Air Force, Dec 1968–Dec 1972 • Donald T. Delamore, U.S. Marines, 1942–1945 Pacific • Bruce Bronsema, U.S. Air Force, 1972–1996 • SSgt Jerry Ray Jeter, USAF, 1973–1988 Vietnam • Arthur M. Gordon Jr., U.S. Navy, Aug 1994 – Feb 2002 • Wm Bryan Waller, U.S. Army Sgt., 1968–1969 Vietnam • Ryan Petrea, Signals Analyst, U.S. Air Force • Carl T. Chavis III, U.S. Marine Corps, Gitmo 2002–2003 • Johnny Carlo, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II • Joseph L. Olien, U.S. Air Force, Korea–Vietnam • Joseph M. Olien, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • Hugh R. Abernathy, LtCol, U.S. Army, World War II • Irving Billy Drew, ENS, U.S. Navy, World War II / Korea • T.O. Bud Mahaffey Jr., 2Lt., U.S. Army, Vietnam 1969–1970 • T.O. Mahaffey Sr., U.S. Marines, World War II Philippines • Ada Marie Mahaffey, Army Air Corps CPL, World War II • Rolland T. Strickland, U.S. Navy Ticonderoga, World War II • Larry S. Holly, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Clifton Dale Jones, U.S. Army, Korea 1953–1954 • Travis Gerald Darden, USAF & U.S. Army, Vietnam • Kevin W. Blackwell, U.S. Marines, Iraqi Freedom • Howard S. Coffey, U.S. Marines, Korea • Verle Douglas Joy II, U.S. Air Force, Desert Storm • SgtMaj Norman Joy, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Carl Bartley, U.S. Army, Vietnam • William N. Yohe Jr., USMC First Sergeant, Vietnam served 1964–1968 • William Charles Yohe, U.S. Army, Desert Storm • Frenchie Debald Jr., U.S. Army, Vietnam • J.T. (Tommy) Hagan II, LtCol, USMC, 1956–1982, Vietnam 1965 & 1969 • Paul B. Terry, U.S. Army, 12/03/53 – 09/16/55 • William F. Owings, U.S. Navy Submarine, 1954–1958 • James Ray Barber, Army Air Corps, WWII 446th Bomb Group • Joe Ralph Barber, Army Air Corps, WWII 446th Bomb Group • SFC Grady Tallant, U.S. Army, 1947–1968, HS ROTC • Thomas W. McAninch, Colonel, USMC, 1965–1995 • Jerry W. Harrison, U.S. Navy, 1958–1962 • Richard Broussard, USN, Oct 1965 – Apr 1988, Vietnam 1969–1967 • Wilbert Broussard, U.S. Navy, 24 Years, Vietnam Era • Mad Jack Hutchison, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam • Donald James Biesel, U.S. Navy, Vietnam 1969–1970 • Eugene Otie Biesel, U.S. Army, World War II • Ardis Mae Biesel, U.S. Army, World War II • Stanley Grandstaff Jr., Sergeant, U.S. Army, 1950–1956 Ft Carson • Forest Grandstaff, Captain, U.S. Army, World War II • Leonard Herauf, U.S. Army, Fiji 1943, World War II

Panel 5
Lowell Williams, U.S. Coast Guard, 1960–1964 • Marty E. Daniels, U.S. Marines, 1988–1992 Desert Storm • Perry L. Jackson, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam–Desert Storm • Justin Andreas, USAF Firefighter, 2006–GWOT • W. George Hollenshead, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam KIA CH 67 • Norval Hasley, U.S. Navy, 1946–1948 • Jess Hulen, U.S. Marine Corps, Guadalcanal • Gene William Hulen, U.S. Army, Korea • C. D. Hulen, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam 1965–1968 • Billy Gene Clay, U.S. Marines, 1967–1969 Vietnam – 2 Tours • Delbert R. Freeman, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam • Delbert J. Freeman, U.S. Navy, 1945–1946 • William W. Paul, U.S. Army, World War II • William H. Wilson, U.S. Army, World War II / Korea • Earnest A. Courington, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II • William B. Inman, U.S. Air Force, 1951–1953 • Hal Preston Inman Jr., U.S. Coast Guard, 1954–1955 • Chris Kyle, U.S. Navy SEAL Sniper, 1999–2009 Iraq • Gail Schell, U.S. Air Force, Desert Shield & Storm • Richard Jurkowski, LtCol, Air Force, Panama • Marion Coon, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam Era • David Hardin, U.S. Marines, Vietnam • Willie Gilmore, U.S. Army, World War II • Kerry Easley, U.S. Army, Iraq • Robert Alkenewicus, U.S. Navy – Bobby A., Vietnam Era • Raymond G. Noblit Jr., U.S. Air Force, Cuban Missile Crisis • Roy Wisdom, U.S. Coast Guard • Julian Hank Kastrop, U.S. Navy, WWII 1942–1947 • Kenneth W. Swetnam, Army Air Corps, WWII • Charles H. Tugwell, U.S. Air Force, Korean War • Charles W. McGregor, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era • Larry W. McAteer, U.S. Army, Cold War Veteran • Anthony Coppedge, U.S. Army, OIF / OND Iraq • John Youngblood, U.S. Army, OIF / OND Iraq • John F. Bingham, U.S. Army CW02, Korea–Vietnam 49–72 • Michael P. Tomano, U.S. Army, 1980–1983 The Old Guard • Quay D. Jasper Jr., U.S. Army, Korea 1961–1963 • Walter R. Peterson, U.S. Navy, Vietnam • Dennis J. Rand, U.S. Air Force, 1973–1977 • Robert (Pug) Cox, U.S. Air Force, Korean War • Richard Schroeder, U.S. Army, 1960–1962 • 2Lt Danny Gilstrap, U.S. Army, KIA Cu Chi Vietnam 1968 • Michael Hampton, Spec. 5, U.S. Army NG, 1973–1976 • Cotton Hampton, U.S. Army NG, 1957–1962 • Weldon Hampton, Tech Sgt., U.S. Army, WWII • Terry Lee Ivey, U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam 1967–1969 • Richard L. Henderson, U.S. Air Force, WWII • Doyle G. Hargrove, U.S. Army, Vietnam War • Max Statman, U.S. Army, Korean War Era • Haskell Oden, U.S. Army, World War II • Drexel B. Oden, U.S. Army, World War II • Paul D. Oden, U.S. Army, Vietnam Era • James Ray, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam – POW 7 Years • Leon Davis Northcutt, U.S. Army, 1917–1919 • Dr. Wm. Northcutt II, U.S. Air Force, 1957–1961 • Wm. Fisher Northcutt, USAF Navigator B-29, WWII downed 1945 • J. Legrande Northcutt, USAF 1960–1966, Cuban Missile Crisis • Kenneth D. Pullen, U.S. Army, 1975–1976 • Jesse F. Gregg, U.S. Army, WWI 1907–1943 • Johnny T. Harris, U.S. Army, WWII • Lee Killingsworth, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII 1942–1946 • Lee Killingsworth Jr., U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • J. Marvin Anthony, U.S. Army, WWII 1916–1921 • Joseph A. Mackay Jr., U.S. Air Force, WWII / Korea • Archie L. Darby Jr., Army Air Corps, 1942–1945 • Paul R. Weaver, U.S. Air Force, 1950–1970 • Run For The Wall, Continue the Mission, 2015 • Richard Clay, U.S. Army, 1963–1966 • Raymond Clay, U.S. Army, 1961–1967 • Marvin Ray Gibson, U.S. Navy Corpsman, Vietnam 1966–1969 • Billy Dean Howell, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam • Larry Howell, U.S. Army • Joseph A. Burke Jr., U.S. Army, 1983–1993 Gulf War • Kenneth D. Marshall, U.S. Army, Korean War • Eric S. Emmel, U.S. Army, 1984–1988 • Joseph W. Emmel, U.S. Army, 1982–2003 • John J. Emmel, U.S. Marine Corps, Frozen Chosin Korea • John F. Emmel, U.S. Marine Corps, 1978–2003 / Gulf War • Joe E. Clark, National Guard, Korean War • Bradley E. Clark, U.S. Marine Corps, 1973–1979 • Rachel J. Angelo, U.S. Army, Iraq War • Ronald G. Allen, National Guard, 1956–1962 • Benjamin Pierson, CSA, Civil War • Anderson T. Howell, CSA, 1861–1865 • William M. Matthews, Lt., U.S. Navy, World War II / Korea • James L. Matthews, SgtMaj, U.S. Army, WWII Korea Vietnam • Dr. G. Roger Bowles, U.S. Navy, World War II • William A. Ames, U.S. Navy, Korean War • Alfred E. Ingram, U.S. Navy, Korean War • Chester H. Ingram, U.S. Air Force, WWII Korea • Foster L. Ingram, U.S. Army, KIA Okinawa WWII • Carl Stephen, U.S. Army, World War II • Joel Stephens, U.S. Army, Korean War 1950–1953 • Robert H. Sterrett, U.S. Air Force, 1954–1975 • M. Dowell Sterrett, U.S. Navy, 1950–1954 • Major D. Sterrett, Co. C 4th Ala, CSA, 1861–1865 • Luther D. De Soto, Navy Seaman 1st Class, Korean War 1952–1954 • Sgt Buddy L. Green, U.S. Army, 1946–1969 • Boyd A. Green, U.S. Army, 1976–1979 • M. F. “Fuzzy” Martin, U.S. Navy, Korean War • Jerry W. Martin, U.S. Navy, Vietnam Era Submarine Service • Leonard P. Gill, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • Justin Milam, U.S. Marine Corps, Iraqi Freedom • Billy A. Tarver, U.S. Navy, WWII • Sanford K. Sparks, U.S. Army, WWII • Allen G. Smith, U.S. Army Air Corps, WWII – Japanese POW • Pvt Joel Smith, Continental Army, Revolutionary War • Peter Ingle, Private, CSA • Lyle Wayne Hickey, U.S. Navy, Korea • Anthony Coleman, U.S. Marines, 1993–1995 • G. Dewayne Jenkins, U.S. Army, 1962–1965 Panama CZ • Ruben S. Martin, U.S. Marine Corps, WWII 1943–1946 • Papa Lacipiere, 1st Sgt., U.S. Army, 1965–1986 Ret. • George E. Albert, U.S. Air Force, MAJ, 1955–1976 • Howard J. Span, U.S. Navy Air Corps, WWII • Robert C. Huckaby, U.S. Army, Korea • Jack Lanier MSgt (Ret.), U.S. Air Force, Vietnam GWOT • Brenda Lanier RN, U.S. Air Force Capt., Vietnam Era • Samuel S. Williams, 12th Ark Infantry, CSA • Rufus W. Williams, 12th Ark Infantry, CSA • TSgt Bobby L. Smith, USAF, Vietnam–Desert Storm • Tod A. McElduff, SSgt., USAF / JSOC, 2002–2007 • Cecil Pitts, U.S. Navy, 1964–1968 USS Kitty Hawk • James Wesley Daily, U.S. Army, World War I • James W. Daily Jr., U.S. Navy, Korea • Lorin Mask, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Wm. Richard Query, U.S. Marine Corps, 1952–1960 • Howell M. O’Neal, U.S. Navy, Pacific 1944–1946 • Meredith Earl Roberts, U.S. Navy, World War II • Albert Honea, 28th GA Inf Co. D, CSA • James W. Armstrong, 14th Texas Infantry, CSA • James H. Armstrong, 14th Texas Infantry, CSA • LTC David Sonnier, USAR, 1987–1990 • Charles Lee Hall, U.S. Air Force, 1968–1972 • Harry Allen, U.S. Army, 1948–1956 • Harold B. Allen, U.S. Army, 1948–1966 • William B. Owens, USAF Flying Tigers, Formosa 12/57–1/60 • Leonard E. Stuckey, U.S. Air Force, Korean Conflict • Charles McMichael, U.S. Army, Vietnam • Norman Davis, Major, U.S. Army, 1959–1979 Vietnam • Weldon Ashworth, U.S. Army, Vietnam 1969–1970 • Glenn F. Miller, U.S. Army / Armed Reserves, June 1980 – Dec 1993 • Stephen D. Pullum, U.S. Army, Cold War USAF, 1984–2012 • SSG Stephen Pullum, USAF, Desert Storm
 
Erected 2016 by Trinity School of Texas.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 32° 30.123′ N, 94° 43.306′ W. Memorial is in Longview, Texas, in Gregg County. It is on East Park Lane 0.1 miles east of N Teague Street. The marker is located in the Veterans Plaza at Teague Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1201 E Park Ln, Longview TX 75601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: If By Crying Memorial (here, next to this marker); No Man Left Behind (within shouting distance of this marker); Paws on the Ground (within shouting distance of this marker); Women in the Military (within shouting distance of this marker); Honoring Gold Star Mothers (within shouting distance of this marker); Because of you, Unknown Soldier (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam Memorial Wall (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Longview.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 28, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 51 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on March 30, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
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