Sequoia National Forest News & Information Service
Mountain Veterans
Embedded in our mountain communities are over 113 heroes of the armed forces and it is our goal to collect and share as much information about each of them as possible so that we may show our gratitude and ensure their sacrifices are not forgotten.
We have 32 members of our communities that have served in
the United States Air Force or Air Force Reserve.
Jack L. Boesch
Bill Brisby
Mark Cahill
Joe Campus
Rodney A. (Rod) Coffey
Tom Crabtree
Ken Dennington
George Derkum (SAC)
Edward K (Ken) Dixon
Don Dorey
Raymond W. Dodge
Chuck DuPont
Floyd A. Elliot, POW
Carl Esmond
G. O. Fontes
Aubrey Galbraith
Joe Gray
Bob Hoffman
Cecil Kenoyer
Reid Lowery
Michael B. McIntosh
F. K. "Jack" Rhodes
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Frank Schlitz
William Shepard
Richard L. Smith
Marvin D. Shortz
Charles Smith
Robert Tabernaki
Robert Tienken
Pete Urmy
Ferd Wright
Wesley P. Yeary
We have 32 members of our communities that have served in
the United States Army or Army Reserve.
John Roger Almklov, M.D.
Jay C. Bayless, Army Eng.
J.T. Been
Griffin (Grif) Bloodhart
Richard M. Brown
Frank W. Cervenka
John DeLussa
Daniel Derkum
Dale Doty
Larry Falk
Tony Fazio
Erik Ferguson
Ben Fitzgerald
Dave Fox
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Frank Halama
Eugene (Pete) Hauk
Bob Hubbard
Parnell (Jeff) Jefferson
Roger A. Karcher
Hal Kempen
Kip Kipnis
Herbert D. Luis, Air Corp
- POW
Marilyn McDaniel
Joe McFadden
John Roberts, Alcan
Hugh F. Robinson
- Medical Service
Anthony Simoes
- National Guard
Charles E. Slaughter
- Signal Corps
Jennifer Thompson
Ken Voorheis
Robert Winters
Ken Yancy
We have 4 members of our communities that have served
in the United States Coast Guard.
John Greget
Larry Hill
Douglas R. Unser
We have 12 members of our communities that have served
in the United States Marine Corps.
Vincent (Vince) Arcure
George A. Carter
Esten C. (Carp) Carper
Adam C. Derkum
Howard Freeman
Gary Graves
Keven Kirchenberg
Joseph (Joe) C. Letterneau
Walter A. Long
Tammy Meling
David (Dave) Robertson
Max Young
- Merchant Marines
We have 33 members of our communities that have served
in the United States Navy or Navy Reserves.
Roy Aiken, NAF
Raymond W. Baca
T. J. Barnes
Russell P. Belton
Richard P. Bowles
Donald Broombaugh
Doug Carr
Morey Chase
Duane B. Cosart
William H. Davies
Ron Erb
Ernest Falk
Ken Faul
Charles L. Fischer
Elheart E. (Al) Foytek, Jr.
Richard Freeman
Larry Gady
Bruce GrVes
E. R. Hein
Tyson (Ty) Heinz
William (Bill) Hodges
Robert T. Holman
Robert (Bob) Johnson
Richard A. Knotts
Terence L. (Terry) Lake
Edmund Lasswell
Vern Long
John 'Jack' G. Lucey
Christopher W. Lyon
Alfonso (Al) Manente
Robert Henry McCarthy
Loren McDonald, NAF
Rollie Moore NAF
Bob Murryay.
Gary Ouwekerk
Wes Pabst
H. Eldon Parminter
Skip Premo
Carroll Rainwater
William Ree
D. Stewart Reid
Norman L. Rowse
Daniel (Dan) Rhoten
L. L. "Bud" Selby
Eugene Smith, NAF
Luther Storme
Charles Taylor
James C. (Jim) Wells
Al Yackle
Ray Yager
Fred "Jim' J. Yates