AMR Local Veterans 2023
November 16, 2023
Each year Allegheny Mountain Radio recognizes local area Veterans who have served or are serving, or have paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. We strive to list the name of the Veteran, the branch of service in which they served (or are serving) and where their service took place. Because this list was compiled over several years and by different people, some information is either missing, may be incomplete, or may be incorrect. We invite you to look over this list and if your loved one is listed, please verify that our information is correct. If the information listed is not correct or if your loved one is not on the list, please email that information to heather@amrmail.org so that we may include all Veterans who have served and recognize their contributions. Our immense thanks to all Veterans who have served their country.
| Autry Artennis Arbogast | Army | Master Sergeant, Retired, and a Green Beret with 8 |
| tours of duty in Vietnam | ||
| Wesley Barlow | Civil War | |
| William “Billy” Baxter | Army | in Germany and during Desert Storm |
| Logan Baum | Army | |
| Robert Mark Baum | Army | Served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia |
| Davis “Davy” Beverage | Iraq | |
| Luther Beverage | Navy | WWII |
| Tom Berry | Served 26 years, and fought in Iraq | |
| Ira Lacy Biggs | Army | Korea, Private First Class (PFC) |
| Benny Bird | Army | Vietnam |
| Dwight Bird | Army | Vietnam |
| Jim Bird | Army | Vietnam |
| Mark Bird | Army | Vietnam |
| Pete Bird | Army | Vietnam |
| Richard Bird | Army | Vietnam |
| Patrick Boyd | Army | Fought with George Washington |
| Travis Blanchard | Sergeant 1st Class | |
| Lester “Buck” Buchanan | Army | 1965-1966 |
| Earl Burks | Vietnam | |
| Edgar Burns | WWII in the South Pacific 1941-1945 | |
| Lawrence Buzzard | Army | WWI in France |
| Leo Buzzard | Army | Korea |
| Ronnie Buzzard Sr. | Marines | 1968-1970 Vietnam |
| Ronnie Buzzard Jr. | 1995-2001 | |
| Ernie Cain | Vietnam | |
| Ben Campbell | Army | Vietnam |
| Brown Campbell | Army | |
| David Carr | Navy | |
| Larry Carr | Navy | |
| Dennis Cord | Army | |
| Jack Cosner | Army | |
| Gene A. Crist | Air Force | Korea, Earned the Bronze Medal |
| Michael Deweese | Army | Germany |
| Henry Dickinson | Army | Korea |
| John Dickinson | Air Force | |
| Jerry P. Duncan | Army | 1969-1972 in Okinawa |
| Robert Eisenhower | Vietnam | |
| Gwynn Evans | Navy | WWII |
| William Farris | Army | 1979-83, Corporal in the 1st Armor Division |
| Jeffrey Fertig | First Lietenant National Guard | |
| Arnold Friel | Army | Korea |
| Bill Galford | Navy | |
| Debra Rose Galford | Army | Saudi Arabia |
| Douglas Wayne Galford | Army | served state side |
| Gail Galford | Army | Womens Army Corp (WAC) |
| Harvey Galford | Navy | |
| Isaac Galford | Navy | |
| Ricky Curtis Galford | Army | Served with US Marines in Beirut |
| Dempsey George | Navy | |
| Herman George | Army | |
| Richard Goforth | Navy | 20 years, retired |
| Donald Gragg | Army | |
| Allen Grimes | Army | 1991 Desert Storm |
| Charles Hamilton | Navy | |
| Homer Ray Hager | Marines | Korea |
| Dempsey Hevener | Army | 22 years, Master Sergeant and Drill Sergeant |
| Burley H Hively | Army | WWII – died at the Battle of the Bulge in 1945 |
| Billy Howard | Army | 1966-67, Sergeant in Vietnam |
| Homer Hunter | Marines | Vietnam |
| Derick Edward Irvin | Army | |
| Hugh Jackson | Army | 1944-46, 82nd Airborne |
| Guy Jones | WWII | |
| James M. Jones | Army | Vietnam |
| Carl Kelk | 1983-2004 | |
| Tom Kennedy | Army | |
| Andrew Kennison | Air Force | |
| Johnnie Kinnison | Navy | |
| Daniel “Wolf” Knight | Army | Vietnam |
| Steven Lane | Navy | 1964-1968 in Vietnam |
| Addison Leech | CSA | 27th Infantry Conf. Army, Stonewall Jackson Brigade |
| He became a nurse | ||
| Kent Leech | Navy | Vietnam, USS Gray Destroyer Escort, & fire control |
| Pat Leech | Air Force | |
| Samuel K Leech | Army | WWII in the China Burma theater, Air Corps |
| Roy Landis | Army | |
| Arlie Long | Army | WWI |
| Curtis Long | Army | |
| Norris Long | Navy | 1966-1971 in South Pacific and Vietnam |
| Ben Lucacek | Army | 1992-1994 |
| Gail McDonald | Vietnam | |
| Phil G. McDonald | Vietnam | |
| David Jonese | Marines | 24 years, retired Lt Col |
| Joseph Jonese | Army | 22 years, Sgt First Class in WWII and Korea |
| Lakota Jonese | Marines | Capt – an active duty Pilot |
| Curtis McKenney | Army | Korea |
| Hubert McKenney | Marines | Japan |
| Orville McMillion | Army | Phillipines |
| Grover McNeil | Army | Vietnam where he earned a Purple Heart |
| James McNeil (Father) | Army | Civil War Captain, captured at the Battle of Droop |
| and sent to Fort Delaware | ||
| G.D. McNeil (son of James) | Navy | Member of Theodore Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet |
| Norma Mikesell | Navy | Nurse in WWII |
| Ted Moore | Army | Korea |
| Steve Q Moore | Vietnam 1960 | |
| Steve T Moore | Marines | 67-69 |
| Wallace Mullenax | Army | Vietnam |
| Robert Niday | Army | Korea, telephone man in a forward artillery unit |
| Lawrence Parker | Navy | WWII |
| Bill Perry | Army | Vietnam |
| Butch Perry | Army | Vietnam (brother of Bill – they served together) |
| Jeffrey Price | Army | Afghanistan |
| Steven Edward Quick | Marines | |
| James Robert | Army | Patton’s 46th VA Infantry |
| Leroy Rasmussen | Army | Korea, Corp of Engineers, Bronze Star recipient |
| Katrina Shalfaunt | Navy | Nurse |
| Barry Sharp | Navy | 1974-1994 Operator and repairman of sonar |
| Charles Sharp | Army | WWII in France |
| Craig Sharp | Navy | Korea, Sonar DPP (technician) |
| Dempsy Sharp | Navy | Radio Operator |
| Derick Edward Sharp | Army | Iraq |
| Donald Sharp | Navy | Guantanamo Bay, Fireman |
| Earl Sharp | Army | North Africa, followed Patton into Germany |
| and was an ambulance driver | ||
| Jack Sharp | Army | WWII Engine Corp |
| Leslie Douglas Sharp | Army | Okinawa, Vietnam & Dominican Republic |
| Green Beret, Special Forces | ||
| Norman Samuel Sharp | Army | WWII in Normandy, enlisted in his 40’s |
| Bobbie Spurgeon | Air Force | Late 1970s |
| Marvie Bo Spurgeon | Air Force | |
| Mike Spurgeon | Air Force | 22 1/2 years – retired as Senior Master Sergeant (E-8) |
| Henry Edgar Starks | Army | |
| John Gwynn Stephens | CSA | Conf. Artillery Sergeant – Fought at Droop |
| Claude Stimeling | Army | PFC Air Corps, WWII |
| Smokey Stover | Army | US Army Reserves, Specialist 4th Class |
| Glen Wilson Taylor | Marines | Served 5 tours of duty in Iraq & Afghanistan |
| Harmon Wilson Taylor | Army | WWII as a Corporal, Prisoner of War in Germany |
| Harold Linwood Tolley Sr | Army | WWII |
| Harold Linwood Tolley Jr | Army | Vietnam |
| Thomas VanReenan | Air Force | Weapons and test center base |
| Leroy Vess Jr | Nat Guard | VA National Guard – 15 years, 29th Div, 116th Infantry |
| Matthew Wade | Air Force | Okinawa |
| James White | Army | WWII – part of D Day Invasion |
| John Ray “Chipper” Williams | Army | Vietnam |
| Lloyd Williams | Army | Vietnam |
| Buddy Wolfe | Army | WWII – part of D Day Invasion |
| Charles H Wolfe | Air Force | Saudi Arabia |
| Charles Richard Wolfe | Army | WWII |
| Junior Wolfe | Air Force | Korea and Vietnam |
| Laban Wolfe | Army | WWII |
| Richard A Wolfe | Army | Okinawa and Vietnam |
| Lloyd Woods | Army | |
| Jessie Young | Army | Afghanistan |
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