Transcript VeteransDay2014 - White Bluff Church of Christ

White Bluff Church of Christ
proudly honors our veterans
Sunday
November 9, 2014
Jewel Gossett
Army Artillery
Germany
Age 19
Father of Danny Gossett
1945
James W. (Jack) Duke
• 78th Infantry
• Dec. 1944
• Belgium Bulge on
the Rhine River
Ray Pack
Air Force
Sergeant
Australia
Age 24
1942
Lee Duke, Jr.
Merchant Marines
U.S. South Mountain Tanker
duty
Served as Fireman, Oiler &
Water Tender
U.S. Fort Riley
Age 18
1945
Melton Jack
Marine Corporal
1958-1962
Quantico, Virginia
Age 21
Marvin Bull
Army
Private First Class
Fort Campbell KY
1953-1955
Husband of Dartha Bull
Wallace Williams
Army
Husband of Melba Williams
Thomas Ed Jackson
Air Force
Airman 1st Class
1949-1953
Age 22
Percy Nash
Army
Private 1st Class
England
Awarded Purple Heart
1944
Husband of Novella Nash
Uncle of Carl Meadows
Ryan Sullivan
Air Force
Age 30
L.D. Larkins, Jr.
Navy
2nd class
Served aboard ship
destroyer
Age 24
1953
Kenneth Stokes
Army
Corporal
Korea
1950-1952
Age 23
Husband of Bernice Stokes
Steve Pickard
Marines
Lance Corporal
Age 20
6/1/67 – 11/10/96
Son of Barbara & David Pickard
Lucas Pickard
Marines
Corporal
Served in Iraq
Age 24
Recipient of several medals
including the Purple Heart
Grandson of Barbara & David Pickard
James Baker
Air Force
Tech Sergeant
Age 32
Retired in 1987
Paul Spicer
Washington Division
41
World War II
US Army
Private First Class
Wounded on the
Island of Luzon
Feb. 1945
Father of Jan Meadows
Henry Morris
Army
First Sergeant
Philippines
Age 28
Discharged in 1947
John Stewart Jr.
Served in WW I
Served in Korean War
US Army Aircorp
Father of Ann Mitchell
Grandfather of Melissa Cathey
Terry Gross
Army
Private
Fort Polk
Louisiana
1972
Harold (Butch) Lee
Army
E5
Maryland / Kansas
Age 20
1971-1973
Erving Hall
Army
Staff Sergeant
Philippines
Age 22
1942-1945
Husband of Betty Hall
Farris Tidwell
Army
Specialist 5
Fort Carson, CO
Age 20
Paul G. Martin
Air Force
Sergeant
Veteran of World War II
April 1941 – 1962
Husband of Ila Martin
Woodrow Hunter
Navy
First Class Petty Officer
Hawaii
Survived attack on Pearl
Harbor
Age 25
1942
Husband of Dorothy Hunter
Homer Hamdorff
U.S. Coast Guard
World War II
Brother of Marguerite Duke
Buddy Driver
Age 21 Greeneville, SC
Libya, North Africa
Air Force
Airman 2nd Class
Age 19
San Antonio, TX
James St. Clair
Navy
Petty Officer 2nd class
Taipei Taiwan
Age 21
1955
Robert Qualls
Army
Lieutenant
Germany
Age 24
1986
Harry Butler
Navy
Seaman 1st Class
USS Manatee Tanker
Long Beach, CA
Age 18
1955
McKinley Griffin
Army
Private First Class
Korea
Age 21
1953
Luke Moss
Marines Corporal
1st Tank Battalion
Iraq
Lovell Story
Veteran of Korean War
1952
George Green, Jr.
Army
Private First Class
Korea
Age 18
1949-1952
Herman L. Herren
Sgt. US Army
Ft. Campbell, KY
1954-1958
Father of Debbie Couch
Leon T. Couch
Sgt. US Army
Germany
Artillery Specialist
1950-1953
Father of Doug Couch
Horace Turbeville
Army
Staff Sergeant
Antwerp, Belgium
Age 26
1944
Hugh Willey Gilliam
Navy
Ship Cook 2nd Class
Age 21
1942-1945
Karl Craun
Air Force
Office of Special
Investigations
Washington, D.C.
Dec 1966 – Sept 1970
Terry Lackey
1973 Sergeant
Military Police
Paris Island, NC
Billy Ray Tidwell
Army
Age 25
1967
Hartwell Myatt
Merchant Marines
Ordinary Seaman
1944
Helen Hale Fergueson
Marines
Private First Class
Parris Island, SC
1943
Sister of Barbara Martin
Grandmother of Julie McKastle
Carol Le Blanc
US Navy
1962-1964
Petty Officer
3rd Class
Thomas
“Buddy”
Butler
James
“Pinhead”
Butler
US Navy
US Navy
1950-1954
1943-1951
3rd
3rd Class
Boatswain
Mate
Class
Seaman
USS John R.
Craig
Troop
Transport
Ship
Ralph Taylor
Specialist 4 –
Basic Training at
Ft. Hood, Texas
Served most of time in
Heilbronn, Germany.
CPL William H. Lazenby
635th Military Police
BN.
Served 3 years
(1943-1946)
London, England
during D-Day
Husband of Chris Lazenby
Ralph N. McGill
U.S. Air Force
Korean Conflict
1951 -1955
Husband of Nancy McGill
Larry Wayne Cathey
Sergeant Major, E-9
United States Army,
Retired
January 1964-1992
1966-68 – served in Vietnam,
awarded the Bronze Star Medal
1973-75 – served in the Pentagon,
awarded the Joint Service
Commendation Medal
1976-92 – awarded
1 Legion of Merit Medal
4 Meritorious Service Medals
4 Army Commendations Medals
2 Army Achievement Medals
Son of Clara Mae Cathey
John Daugherty
United States Army
Served in Korean War
Alvin Jones
Alvin Jones
Army Air Force
2nd Lt.
1940
B-24 Flight engineer on B
24
Husband of Joan Jones
Joe Sullivan
Army
England
1943-1945
Father of Bessie Larkins
And Rose Ann Sullivan
Andrew Rist
Marine Corporal
Wounded twice in
Afghanistan
2008
2 Purple Hearts
Bronze Star
Stephen Buck Herren
Cpl. U. S. Army
Medic
Served in Iraq
2009 -2010
Nephew of Debbie Couch
Daniel Jones
Marines
Served in
Iraq
2009
Anderson Schmittou
2012 US Marines
Pvt. 1st Class
Aviation Ordinance
Pensacola, FL
“Old Soldiers never die:
they just fade away.”
General Douglas MacArthur
Thanks to all
of our
Veterans for
their service.