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Washington College Honor Roll

Veterans of Foreign and Domestic Wars

With your help, we can bring the Washington College Veterans Project to fruition and more fully recognize the service and sacrifice of our war veterans through the years. Please contact Judie Barroll ‘88, M’91, Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship (410-810-7143), to share information about veterans missing from this list or to correct any misinformation shown here.

War of 1812

Barroll, James 1784

Cornet, or 4th officer, the First Baltimore Hussars, which formed a part of the Fifth Regiment of the Maryland Cavalry Militia. He participated in the Battle of North Point, on September 12, 1814.

Veazey, Thomas Ward 1795

During the War of 1812, Thomas Ward Veazey resigned his seat as the Cecil County representative to the Maryland House of Delegates to take part in the conflict. He was in command of 80 men who defended Fredericktown on the Sassafras River when that place was destroyed by Admiral Cockburn’s forces. During the war he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

Barroll, James Edmondson Class of 1805, Kent Militia
Chambers, Ezekiel 1805

Civil War (1861 - 1865)

Parker, Dr. John Thomas 1856, Surgeon

Vickers, Benjamin C., 1850-1861

Was at the battle of Shiloh, and seemed to have a presentiment that he would fall in that battle, for in his pocket was found a paper with his name and company written upon it, as also a request that if he fell in battle his father should be informed of it. He was sounded by a minie ball in the thigh near the joint, which broke the bone on the sixth of April.

Edwards, Julian T 1860

WWI (1914 - 1918)

Allen, Wendall Dewitt ’13, Army Infantry
Bacchus, James Lambert ’12, Army Hospital Unit
Baden, Joseph Roy ’11, Army Infantry
Baldwin, William Lester ’13, Aviation Corp
Barroll, Lewin Wethered, Coast Artillery
Biddle, George Roy ’02, Army Infantry
Biddle, Troy Franklin ’15, Army Infantry
Bossard, Stanley Revell ’19, Aviation Corp
Bowen, Edward Farrel ’16, Aviation Corp
Bowen, Wilmer Bishop ’17, Army Infantry
Branham, Beverly Thurston ’17, Marine Corp
Breeding, Earle Griffith ’09, Army Hospital Unit
Brown, Hiram S. ’00, Army Infantry
Brown, Merritt ’16, Army Infantry
Brown, William Floyd ’18 Marine Corp
Buckley, Joseph F. ’12, Quarter Master Corp
Cain, Edward ’18, Marine Corp
Cain, James Mallahan ’10, Army Infantry
Caldwell, Henry T. ’20, Army Infantry
Caldwell, Thomas Joseph ’20, Marine Corp
Campbell, William Sterner ’18, Army Infantry
Chiswell, Maurice H. ’19, Army Infantry
Clauson, William R. ’17, Army Infantry
Collins, Stephen Roberts ’15, Signal Corp
Comegys, John Myers ’14, Army
Coppage, Hiram S. ’18, Army
Coppage, John Hepburn ’15, Army Infantry
Corddry, Newell Montgomery ’13, Army
Corddry, Thomas Imlay ’17, Marine
Corddry, William Howard ’08, Engineer
Cordy, Newell Stanley ’17, Marine
Crew, Roland H. ’11, Engineer
Cross, William Urie ’10, Army Infantry
Crouch, Norman Simmons ’12, Aviation Corp
Crowther, George Rodney ’18, Quarter Master Corp
Davis, Herbert Fulton ’16, Army Infantry
Davis, James Willard ’15, Naval Reserves
Davis, John Eisel ’19, Engineer
Denny, Nicholas Leonard ’16, Army
Dixon, Thomas ’09, Signal Corp
Doub, Guy Luther ’14, Army Infantry
Dunkracco, C. Merrill ’11, Quarter Masters Corp.
Dykes, James Walter ’17, Naval Reserves
Eliason, Eldridge L. ’97, Army Hospital Unit
Eliason, Hiram ’11, Army Hospital Unit
Enwright, Jack P. ’19, Army Infantry
Errickson, Ambrose Parr ’21, Army
Fisher, Robert Earl ’92, Army
Ford, Frederick Wright ’17, Army
Ford, Jefferson Lee ’15, Army Infantry
Frampton, Raymond V. ’17, Army Infantry
Galloway, John Stuart ’17, Marine
Garrett, Thomas Mitchell ’14, Army Infantry
Gibbons, Charles Luther ’17, Army
Gill, Franklin ’16, Army Infantry
Gill, Robert Francis ’07, Army Infantry
Graves, Edmond Spedden ’15, Army Infantry
Hall, Daniel Hersey ’14, Army Infantry
Harris, Allan Beck ’16, Aviation Corp
Harris, James Ewell ’14, Aviation Corp
Harris, Linwood ’19, Naval Reserves
Harrison, William Hastwell ’17, Marine
Hessey, John Hamilton ’10, Aviation Corp
Hicks, Elwood Leon ’14, Engineer
Hines, Charles G. ’04, Army Infantry
Hines, E. Massey ’16, Army Infantry
Hines, Frank B. ’99, Army Hospital Unit
Hollingsworth, Henry T. ’18, Army Infantry
Hooper, Solon Eaton ’16, Naval Reserves
Jarman, Frank ’16, Signal Corp
Jones, Leon Hanford ’12, Naval Reserves
Joyce, Hugh Wingate ’19, Aviation Corp
Knotts, John Paul ’10, Army Infantry
Kratzer, Henry Augustine ’17, Aviation Corp
Landing, Marion Hawk ’13, Army Infantry
Larmore, Lloyd Lennox ’16, Engineer
Leary, Albert Leonard ’23, Army Infantry
Madden, James Loomis ’11, Aviation Corp
Mann, Walter Gorman ’16, Army Infantry
McGinnes, Edgar Allan ’18, U.S.N.R
Meekins, Gilbert Edison ’13, Army
Monkhouse, Samuel Joseph ’22, Army
Moore, Walter Francis ’14, Aviation Corp
Morton, Newton ’13, Aviation Corp
Pardew, Andrew Wendell ’13, Navy
Parsons, James Bayard ’17, Army Infantry
Porter, Frederick Stanley ’12, Army Infantry
Rainey, Arthur Purse ’20, Army
Robbins, Edward Allen ’21, Maine
Robinson, Russell Charles ’20, Navy
Ross, William H. ’16, Army Infantry
Russel jr., William Frazier ’12, Army
Russel, Lawrence Bates ’15, Army
Ryan, Calvin Taylor ’11, Signal Corp
Sasscer III, Henry Harrison ’11, Army Infantry
Schelberg, Charles Lewis ’18, Engineer
Selby, William Wesley ’15, Army Infantry
Seward, Clarence Lee ’18, Marine
Shockley, Elisha Vansat ’19, Army Infantry
Sparks, Samuel Irving ’18, Signal Corp
Spedden, Ormond Virgil ’09, Army Infantry
Stam, Colin F. ’16, Navy
Stam, Donald Furgeson ’07, Ambulance Corp
Stavely, Archer Bayard ’16, Marine
Stokes, Bernard Scott ’14, Army Infantry
Strong, Ernest H. ’17, Army Infantry
Taylor, Levin Paul ’18, Marine
Titter, George H. ’18, Army
Todd, Gillis Reese ’20, Navy
Toulson, William Houston ’09, Army
Townshed, Rolph ’20, Quarter Master Corp
Vansat, William Galen ’11, Army
Walker, Jesse J. ’21, Navy
Wallace, Frederick Renshaw ’17, Army Infantry
Wallace, William Jennings ’18, Marine
Walton, Charles W. ’19, Army Infantry
Westcott, Charles T. ’93, Naval Reserves
White, Allen Howard ’15, Pay Corp.
White, George Alfred ’08, Army Infantry
Wilkinson, Paul Judson ’13, Army Infantry
Wilmer, Philip G. ’16, Army Infantry
Wilson, Henry ’08, Naval Reserves
Withgott, W. Earl ’08, Quarter Master Corp
Woodland, Alexander Roy ’16, Naval Reserves
Young, Thomas Hugh ’17, Aviation Corp

WWII (1939 – 1945)

Alteri, Michael ’43, Navy, Lt.
Appleby, Robert H. ’54
Applegraph, Harold ’44, Navy
Athey, Edward L. ’47

Barnes, Johne E. ’47, Navy

Served in the Pacific on a support personnel ship as the second officer and then as captain. Upon discharge from active duty as a lieutenant junior grade, he continued to serve in the Naval Reserve until 1955.

Bartolini, David ’42, Army, 1st Sgt.

Belch, James G. ’60 P’91

Served with distinction and honor during the occupational transition of WWII in Manheim, Germany.

Besson, Edwin H. T. ’50, Army

Surgical Technician assigned to the hospital corp in Normandy.

Bill, Howard B.
Blawie, Paul ’46, Army, 1st Lt.
Blizzard, Louis ’50, Chief Petty Officer, Navy
Bollock, Roland E.
Bonnett, Norton ’40, Q.M., 1st Lt.
Bozman, W. Clifford
Brandenburg, Larry ’50Brandt, Walt ’43, Army
Braunstein, Irving D.

Brown, J. Robert ’49

24th Calvary Reconnaissance Squadron, 2nd Lieutenant.

Commanded a platoon of 5 tanks stationed in Austria as part of the occupation forces.

Buchanan, Ralph H.
Buck Jr., Edward R. ’40, USNR, Lt. Comander
Burrows, Terrence M.
Caldwell Sr., Henry T. ’30, Army, Lt.
Callahan, Leslie ’44, Army, Colonel, Signal Corp.
Campbell, Don ’50, Army
Carey Jr., Asher B. Dr. ’41, Air Force, Major
Carrico, John Gary, Jr., U.S. Army, Okinawa (Also served in Korean War)
Casteel, Carroll W.
Chairs, William F. ’42, U.S. Navy, Capt. Specialty Jet Fighter Carrier Based
Cheli, David ’46, Army, T/5, Bronze Star
Chittum, C. Thomas ’43
Claggett, Ellwood ’38, Air Force, Capt. DFC
Clark, Basil ’42
Clark, W. Galen
Coleman Jr., Alvin E.’39, U,S, Navy Reserves, Lt Commander. Member of Navy League and Military Order of the World Wars
Collins, John L.
Cook, R. Jervis Rev. ’41, Air Force Reserve, Lt. Col.
Cookerly, Ernest S. ’49
Cooper, Harold ’46, U.S. Navy, Chief Radar Man
Crawford, Andrew Woodall ’43
Deconson, James ’42
Derham, Don ’48
deSocio, George ’35, Navy, LCDR
Dixon, John H. ’32, Army, W.O.J.G, Commendation Medal
Dowling, Vernon ’44, Navy Lt.
Dryden, Jr., Alton E.
Eliason, Jr., Thomas Walker ’42 Army Air Corps
Emich, James H. ’44, USNR, ETM 3/c
Falardeau, Walter ’45, USNR, Lt. JG
Fears Jr., Robert Knox ’37, Air Force, Majo
Fetter, Charles D. ’41
Foley, Jr., Thomas J.
Foster, Hesbia ’42, Air Force Pilot, Major
Fowke, William ’41, Army Air Corps, 1st Lt.
Freidrich, Charles A.
Gill, John Lee ’50, Naval Aviator
Gott, Wilmer ’46, Air Force, S/Sgt, Air Medal with Oak Leaf, Presidential Citation
Greims, Arthur W.
Groves, Bedford J. ’52
Gwyn, Lawrence ’46, Army, Tech/Sgt.
Harris, John ’42
Harris, Jr., Roger B. ’44, U.S. Navy
Hartnett, F. Reed ’41

Heeg, Mary Farr ‘33, Army

Served as First Lieutenant Army Nurse with the 118th General Hospital during World War II. She served in Sydney, Australia, and Leyte Island, Philippines.

Hess, Ogle Wilton ’41, Navy, Lt. Jr. Gr.
Hill, William Caulk ’46, U.S. Marine Corp
Hitch Jr., Robert Norman ’43, Air, M. Sgt.
Hoffman, Daniel ‘51 Lieutenant Commander, U. S. Navy.
Holland, Charles A.

Hollingsworth, Colin ‘33, Navy

Joined the U.S. Navy in October 1941 and after officer training at the Naval Academy served in Panama, Peru, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Saipan and Tinian, first as engineer and then as captain of the U.S.S. Mimosa, a submarine net-layer. His ship was scheduled to precede the Marines in the planned invasion of Japan, which was cancelled when the Japanese surrendered.

Following World War II he returned to Baltimore and served as Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve.

Hopkins, Donald M. ’47
Horner, Donald Hearn ’42, Army, Capt.
Huey, Robert Harry ’35, U.S. Army, T/Sgt.
Jackson Jr., Samuel Omar ’43, USNR, Lt.

Jackson, William Norris, ‘49, Army

Drafted into the Army and sailed to Europe in early 1945. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was wounded at Dortmund, Germany, in April 1945. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge.

Jarman, Frank McWhorter ’13
Keester Jr., George Bennett ’45, Army Sgt.
Kemper, Millard ’36, Army Air Force
Kepler, Atlee ’42
Kirby, Allen ’42
Kohlerman, Vincent F.
Krometis, August ’42, Army, Lt. Col. Decorated several times

Lasater, Herman ’54, Army

Helped bring wounded soldiers out of France after the Normandy invasion.

Lewis, Jr., Henry C.
Littleton Jr., Oliver ’42, Navy, Lt.
Maguire, Henry ’42, Navy (Also served in Korean War)
Matlack, William Eugene ’38, Army 1st Lt.
McCook, Marie Carman ’40, USNR Waves, Chief Radioman
McCool, Ralph W. ’49

McDorman, Robert Donald ʼ38, Navy

Served in the U. S. Navy from 1942 to 1945. He was an Anti Submarine Warfare Officer on the USS Blessman with the rank of Lt. (jg). The Blessman’s officer roster lists him in Normandy on June 6, 1944 and in Iwo Jima on February 16, 1945. From 1939 to 1942, and again after World War II, from 1945 to 1953.

McMahan, Edward S.
Morgan, William E.
Mulvaney, Wilbert ’53, Navy
Nagler, William ’42
Natunewicz, Dr. Henry ’46, U.S.N.R. Flight Engineer
O’Brien, John R.
Patterson, Wilbert ’42
Pippin, Paul W. ‘34, U.S. N. R. Sr Lt.
Pitman, James H.
Pote, Henri deVries ’44, Army, Cpl.

Rasin, George B. ’37

Special Agent to the Counter-Intelligence Corp, Division of Military Intelligence

Reed, Vernon ’45, Air Corp, Sgt.
Rhodes, Harry ’35, Navy
Robinson, Frances Clements ’30, WAC, Major
Rogers, John Calvin ’35, USNR, Lt. Comander
Rollins, Clarence ’53, Marine Corp
Russell, Bill ’53
Schelberg, Charles L. ’49
Simpers, Frank Vannort ’42, U.S.M.C, Sgt.

Sinclair Jr., Raymond Griffith ’47, Marine

Awarded the Silver Star for Bravery at Iwo Jima

Slade, Jr., Harry ’43, USNR, Lt.
Sohl, George ’42
Sterling Jr., Philip C. ’33, U.S. Army, Lt. Col.
Stevenson, Thomas Watts ’42, Army Air Corps
Stradley, Price R.
Tatter, Nathan, Army 1st Lt.
Todd, Paul ’31, Army, 1st Lt.

Vandervoordt, Benjamin H.

Promoted to lieutenant colonel on 1 June 1944, he was the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, 505th PIR, during the airborne landings in Normandy. Vandervoort led his battalion in defending the town of Sainte-Mère-Église on 6 June in “Mission Boston”, despite having broken his ankle on landing.

During “Operation Market Garden” in September 1944, he led the assault on the Waal Bridge at Nijmegen while the 3rd Battalion, 504th PIR, made the assault crossing. General Matthew B. Ridgway described Vandervoort as “one of the bravest and toughest battle commanders I ever knew.”

At Goronne he was wounded by mortar fire, so was unable to take part in the divisions’ advance into Germany. Vandervoort was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross twice.

Warther, John (Marty) ’43, Navy

In May 1943 John entered Notre Dame Midshipman School. He graduated Ensign, USNR and entered Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center, Melville, R.I. He graduated as a PT boat officer. After that, he attended Marine Jungle Warfare training at Camp LeJeune, NC. He received priority order to replace an officer on a boat in the South Pacific (Squadron 8.) On his first night on the submarine, the patrol boat was blown up. He became executive officer with Skipper Wally L. on PT 114 and was bombed by a Japanese plane on the next patrol. Many were severely injured in machine gun turrets, but he was saved by a torpedo tube. He managed to return PT 114, with about 1,000 holes, back to a New Guinea base. John continued in the war with two tours in the Pacific for 3 ½ years.

Watson, Edward M. ’42, Air Force, Sgt.
Wheeler, Bix ’49, Air Force
Wilkinson, Kenneth ’45, U.S. Navy, ETM 3/c
Williams, Jr., John W. ’43, Navy, Lt.
Williams, Roger ’51, Army
Wingate, Francis, M. ’38, Army, T/Sgt.
Woodford, Jr., Walter ’45, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Tech-Sgt. Engineer – Construction Battalion – Pacific Theatre of Operations.
Wright, Dr. James ’48
Wright, Dr. Robert ’42, Army, T/5
Zebrowski, Alexander ’39
Zebrowski, Francis B.

Korean War (1950- 1953)

Baker, Walter M. ’60, Army
Beaton, Robert ’57, U.S. Navy
Buckley, Lewis E. ’55, Army, Sp/4
Burge, Charles ’59, Army
Carrico, John Gary, Jr., U.S. Army (Also served in WWII, Okinawa)
Cleaver, Bob ’58, Army
Cook, Lee ’51
Cromwell, George ’53, Army
Graef, Harland Richard ’51, U.S. Navy
Grim, Jr., John F. ’53, Army
Maguire, Henry ’42, Navy (Also served in WWII)
Parrett, Raymond Edward ’50, Army (31st Infantry Regt. 7th Division)
Sharp, Alan R. ‘57, US Army
Smith, Richard ’48, U.S. Army Chemical Corps

Smith, M. Rogers ’51, Air Force

Almost immediately after graduation Rogers entered a branch of the armed forces. He was in the Air Force from 1951 to 1953 active duty followed by 7 years of Reserve time.

Sullivan III, Arthur ’48, Army

Vietnam War (1959 – 1975)

Bloom, Jack ’68, Army

After graduation Jack joined the Army. He was an Infantry Captain and Aviation Captain in Vietnam. He later joined the Navy and continued to fly, went into the USN Reserves, and was recalled to duty for Desert Storm/Desert Shield and finally retired as a Navy Commander.

Burge, Charles “Chappy” Douglas ’59, Army Chaplain
Dove III, John M., ’65

Gillio, Dave ’60, Navy Intelligence

Upon graduation from Washington College, Dave enlisted in the Navy and was commissioned in 1961. He retired as Commander after 22 years of service.

Hodges, Ozzie ’65, Infantry Officer

Hoke, Mark L. ’57, Army

Upon graduation from Washington College, Mark enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Private. A 28 year military career, Mark served in key command and staff positions at every level of military command from a rifle squad up to and including the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with 4 campaign stars, the Meritorious Unit Citation, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge.

On April 4, 1984, Mark was awarded the Order of Military Medical Merit, and on April 16, 1999 he was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia. And on February 20, 2008, Mark was awarded the Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Honor; the highest award that organization may present.

Kenton, Donald E. ’68, 1968-1972, Helicopter Pilot
Milberg, Warren ’62, 1965-1969, Air Force & CIA
Quinn, Jim ‘84, Army

Roberts III, John W. ’67, Army Reserve

198th Light Infantry Brigade

Killed In Action 02/22/1970 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Panel 13W Line 47

Reddish, George A. ’65, Army Intelligence

After graduating from WC George served for four years in the US Army. One of those years, Aug. 1967 to Aug. 1968,he served in Vietnam as an Army Intelligence Officer. After being released from active duty he served 20 more years in the Army Reserve.

Rogers, Donald ’70

Smith, Lawrence D. ’67, Marine

Mr. Smith was commissioned a U.S. Marine 2nd Lieutenant upon completion of USMC Officer Candidate School in November of 1967, and was assigned to U.S. Navy Flight School in Pensacola, FL in December of that same year. Following graduation from flight school, promotion to 1st Lieutenant, and designation as a Naval Aviator in March of 1969, he was assigned as a helicopter pilot to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 264 in New River, NC where he trained to fly the CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter. After completing CH-46 qualification and participation in a three-month cruise aboard the USS Guadalcanal to learn the finer points of carrier and amphibious operations, Mr. Smith was assigned in November of 1969 to fly with HMM-161 in the Republic of Vietnam. During his service there, he was shot down twice and crashed once due to a control system failure, miraculously walking away from all three incidents without injury. Mr. Smith left the Marines as a Captain in 1975, and trained to be a computer applications software engineer, an occupation in which he is still employed.

In 1982, the desire to get back in the air led him to join the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as a part-time Army Warrant Officer pilot. He spent 20 of the next twenty-three years flying UH-1H “Huey” helicopters, and the last three of those years flying the UH-60A Blackhawk helicopter, retiring in September of 2005 with more than 31 years of military service. During his time in the Guard, Mr. Smith served one rotation in Central America supporting Army road-building operations through the mountains of Honduras, and a year-long tour of active duty supporting United Nations peace-keeping operations in Kosovo, Republic of Serbia.

Stafford, W. Allen ’63, Navy Fighter Pilot
Stevens, David ’65, Navy Pilot
VanDerClock, Bob ’68, 1970-1971, Military Intelligence

Williams, Douglas ’65, Navy Reserve

During the summer of 1966, while working as a Systems Engineer for Long Island Lighting Company in Hicksville, NY, Doug enlisted in the U.S. Navy Flight Program and reported for training in Pensacola, FL in February 1967. Upon completion of Aviation Officer Candidate School in April 1967, he was commissioned an Ensign in the USNR.

In December of 1967, Doug graduated from flight training and received his Wings of Gold after which he began Fleet Replacement Training at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA for duty involving flying the A-6 Intruder, a carrier-based, all-weather attack aircraft.

After completion of Replacement Air Group (RAG) training in September 1969, Doug reported to his first fleet squadron, Attack Squadron 75, as part of Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) aboard the USS Saratoga (CVA-60).

After a two-year tour of duty in the fleet, Doug received orders back to the A-6 Replacement Training Squadron, VA-42 at NAS Oceana to become an instructor. Two and a half years later, he was rotated back to the fleet and was assigned to Attack Squadron 176, in Air Wing Six (CVW-6) aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42).

In the fall of 1975, Doug received orders to shore duty again and was assigned as Assistant Maintenance Officer of Medium Attack Wing One at Naval Air Station, Oceana. During this period of “builddown” after the Viet Nam War, he decided by the spring of 1977, to leave active duty and seek a new civilian career. To preserve his investment in an eleven year Navy career, he transfered to the Naval Air Reserve as a selected reservist and continued flying in the EA-6A with Electronic Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 209.

After four more years of flying and being promoted to the rank of Commander, Doug’s flying days were over. In 1983, he received orders to the staff of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Atlantic (COMNAVAIRLANT) in Norfolk, Virginia, where he performed in various billets until being promoted to the rank of Captain in 1989.

Doug’s last reserve duty assignment was at Naval Air Reserve Norfolk where he performed inspections and leadership training of Naval Air Reserve units in the Norfolk area and at the Naval Reserve Air Station, Atlanta, GA. Doug’s Naval career ended in September 1994, when he retired after 27 years of service to the United States of America; an experience for which he feels both privileged and proud.

Cuban Missile Crisis/Bay of Pigs
(1961-1962)

Pace III ‘61, Benjamin Harrison, Navy, L.T.J.G

Benjamin served on the USS Okinawa during the Cuban Missile Crisis and on the Admiral’s Staff of the Atlantic Fleet.

Desert Storm
(August 1990 – February 1991: 210 days)

Dudek, David FS
Emow, Gail A. ’78, Captain (ret 2010)
Fields, Lisa M’08, Merchant Marine

Gerstenecker, Charles S. M’95

Colonel Gerstenecker was assigned to the 305th Aerial Refueling Wing at Grissom AFB, Indiana. While at there, he participated in Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama and Operations DESERT STORM, NORTHERN WATCH and SOUTHERN WATCH in the Persian Gulf and qualified as an instructor pilot, special operations low-level aerial refueling/receiver pilot, and flight examiner. In 1993, Colonel Gerstenecker completed C-5 qualification and was assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing, at Dover AFB, Delaware. There he served as Chief of Squadron and Assistant Chief of Wing Standardization and Evaluation. In 1997, Colonel Gerstenecker was assigned to Camp Red Cloud, South Korea, where he served as the Theater Airlift Liaison Officer to the 2nd Infantry Division. In 1998, he completed C-9 qualification and was assigned to 76th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein AB, Germany where he served as Assistant Director of Operations, qualified as a C-9 instructor pilot, and participated in Operation ALLIED FORCE in Yugoslavia.

In 2000, he attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and after graduation was assigned to U.S Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Illinois, where he served as the Chief of Flight Scheduling for the Joint Operational Support Airlift Center. In 2004, he was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Southern Command, Miami, Florida, as the J5 Chief of the Joint Planning Group and the Executive Officer for the Strategy, Policy and Plans Directorate (J5). Colonel Gerstenecker attended the Joint Services Command College in Norfolk, Virginia, graduating in June 2006 and the Defense Language Institute for Intermediate Spanish in Monterey, California graduating in May 2007.

Jones, Bill ’88, Combat Support, Air Force

Lincoln, Christine ’00, Air Force

During Operation Desert Storm Christine served in the United States Air Force as a Staff Sergeant. She was a radiology technician at Dover AFB Hospital and also provided mortuary support during the war.

Mires, Stephen Austin, ’71, Air Force

Colonel Stephen Austin Mires was graduated from USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training in Jan 1973. He then served tours worldwide as a T-38 instructor pilot, Air Operations Officer, F-111E instructor pilot and flight commander, staff officer and member of the Joint U.S. Military Aid Group, Greece. Colonel Mires was then reassigned for a second time to the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), RAF Upper Heyford, UK flying the F-111E. He served as the 20th TFW Chief of Standardization and Evaluation; Operations Officer, 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS); and the Commander, 79th TFS.

Colonel Mires was deployed to Incirlik AB, Turkey during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as the Commander 79th TFS and Detachment Commander 20th TFW in charge of more than 400 personnel and 20 plus F-111Es. Colonel Mires planned and led the first attacks of the Gulf War launched from Turkey against targets in Iraq. He designed the visual night recovery procedure that was used during the duration of the Gulf War for Incirlik AB’s single runway to expedite night recoveries of dozens of different aircraft. Colonel Mires led multiple attacks near the end of the war to highly-defended targets in the Baghdad area – a 1400 mile round trip flight. His highest award was to bring all personnel home safely.

Colonel Mires retired from active duty in 1997.

Afghanistan
(October 2001 - )

Barnyak, Oliver ’09, Marine
Buck, Daniel ’02
Brewen, Marc ’93, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy (see also Iraq)
Johnson Jr., Eric B. ’99, Major, Air Force, USAF, MSC, MPSA, CPS
Larsen, Ken, ’77, ER physician
Schelberg, James ’11, Marine
Weisbrod, Allison ’02 Navy Surgeon

Iraq
(March 2003 - December 2011)

Bahus, Julian ’03, Naval Intel Officer
Barnyak, Oliver ’09, Marine
Brewen, Marc ’93, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy (see also Afghanistan)
Buchheister, Chris ’85, Navy
Cornelius, Akil ’01, Army
Davis, Vernon, Current Student, Army
Dodsworth, Freeman ’82, Captain, USNR (ret)
Gooding, Darrin ’13, Army
Greely, Ted, Marine Corps Officer
Grigg, Charles ’10, Marine Corps
Ritzler, Jacob ’01, Army
Rothwell, Jeremy ’09, National Guard
Schelberg, James ’11, Marine
Susnick, Solven
Weisbrod, Allison ’02, Surgeon, Navy

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