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Orange Veterans Military Honor Wall.

 

In Honor of the Orange Lions Who Served

 

1. If you notice it looks like a lot of veterans graduated in 1943. There were no yearbooks during the WW2. I just put in a year of 1943 to fill out the form. 

 

2. Here is a list of those Orange Veterans that were Killed in Action and their story.

Private First Class George  Bittner  – https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=509171

Private James Gilchrist – https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/96920/

First Lieutenant Willaim Huisman – https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=99330

First Class John Turoczy – https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/united-states-submarine-losses/shark-i-ss-174.html

 

 

First Name Last Name Graduation Year In which branch of service did you serve? What years did you serve?
Mona Abdul hadi 1999 Navy 2008 to present
Louis Adam 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Christopher Barack 1990 U.S. Air Force 1995-2017
Matthew Barack 1996 US Army 1999 - present
Walter Baxter 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Howard Beauchamp 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Daniel Berman 2004 United States Army 2008-2012
Allan Bieger 1943 Army 1941-1945
Clare Bieger 1943 Army 1941-1945
Max Biery 1986 USNAVY 1986-1990
Bobby Bir 1991 Army 2002 to 2005
Stephen Bittner 1943 Air Corps 1941-1945
George Bittner 1943 Army 1941-1945
Robert Bitzer 2009 Army 2016-2020
Edward Blazek 1943 Army 1941-1945
Steven Boaz 1966 U.S.Navy 1971 - 1978
Raymond Bollnow 1943 Army 1941-1945
Elmer Bollnow 1943 Army 1941-1945
James Boughton 1943 Army 1941-1945
Frank Boughton 1943 Army 1941-1945
Joseph Brankatelli 1998 Army 2012-Present
William Bright 1943 Army ? 1941-1945
Darrell Brooks 1983 Air force 1985 to 1990
Joseph Brozek 1943 Army 1941-1945
Craig Buckner 1990 United States Marine Corps 1990-2013
Bob Cameron 1945 Navy 1941-1945
Julian Camp 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Lee Carder 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Daniel Carter 2006 Army 2010-2018
Simke Cath 1981 NAVY 1985-2006
Frank Cavanagh 1988 US Army OIF 08-09, 2005 to 2013
Enoch Christenson 1943 Army 1941-1945
George Clark 1943 Army 1941-1945
william cleveland 2003 Army 2007-2016
Jerey Clifford 1943 Navy pilot 1941-1945
Matthew M Cokor 1943 US Navy 9 29 43 to 1 23 46
John Cokor 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Thomas Collins 1973 USAF 1980-2001
Jack Collins 1943 Army 1941-1945
John (Jack) Comer 1965 USAF 1972- 1992
Louis Consolo 1943 Army 1941-1945
Lawrence Couch 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Charles Cox 1943 Army Air Corp 1941-1945
Richard Craft 1965 U.S. Navy 1970-1972
Jay Crain 1970 Army 1972-1985
Shamable Crawford 2014 Army national guard 2018
Steve Crisman 1965 Army 1969-1972
Charles Danicic 1943 Navy 1941-1945
John Danicic 1943 Army Air Corp 1941-1945
William Davidson 1943 Army 1941-1945
Brian Davies 1964 United States Air Force

1969-1973 active duty and 1973-1985 Air Force Reserves
Wesley Davis 1943   1941-1945
Elmer Davis 1943 Army 1941-1945
Kenneth Davis 1943 Army 1941-1945
Gene Dennis 1945 Air Corps 1941-1945
Anthony Destro 1943 Army 1941-1945
Carl Dickerson 1943 Army 1941-1945
Greg Dieter 2012 Army National Guard 2014
Tom DiFrancesco 1966 Army 1969-1971
Maurice Dodd 1955 Ohio Army National guard 1960-1966
Andrew Dombus 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Stephen Dombus 1943 Army 1941-1945
John Dombus 1943 Army 1941-1945
Patrick Drain 1997 Navy 2001-2023
Chester DuBose 1966 Navy 1966 - 1970
Demarcus Dues 1999 NAVY 1999-2005
Morton Dworken 1962 Civilian -- Foreign Service, U.S. Department of State 1969-1971
Ervin Eastwood 1943 Army 1941-1945
John F Elber 1943 Army  
Theodore Ferritto 1943 Army 1941-1945
John Ferritto 1943 Army 1941-1945
Earnest Ferritto 1943 Army 1941-1945
Lawrence Fidler 1943 Army 1941-1945
John Finkes 1943 Army 1941-1945
Joseph Fischer 1943 Army 1941-1945
Richard Formanek 1951 Army 1951 or 1952 - ?
William Formanek Jr. 1939 Army

6/30/1944-wounded April 1945 Battle of Bulge
Evan Francis 1943 Army 1941-1945
Adam Frank 1993 Marine Corps 1996-2000
Richard Fritsch 1947 Army 1943-1945
Martin Fritsch 1949 Air Force Early 1950's
Richard Fritsch 1943 Army 1941-1945
Earl Galvin 1943 Army? 1941-1945
John Garrett 1956 US Marine Corps 1958-1978
Rocky Georgain 1943 Army 1941-1945
John Giha 1945 Army 1941-1945
Jim Gilchrist 1937 Army 1941-1945
Fredricka Gillie 1950-1953 Army 1950-1953
Jonathan Glanville 2010 United States Air Force 2010-2012
Elmer Goins 1943 Army 1941-1945
Joseph Gowing 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Thomas Gray 1943 Amry 1941-1945
John Gries 1943 Marines 1941-1945
Windsor Griffiths 1943 Army 1941-1945
Walter Groth 1943 Army 1941-1945
Daniel R. Groth Sr. 1940 Army Air Corp 1941-45
Julius Gyurcsik 1943 Air Corps 1941-1945
Buck Harris 1961 Navy 1961 - 1965
Norman Harrison 1943 Army 1941-1945
Stephen Harvey 1984 U.S. Army 1988 to 2016
Ronald Harvot 1945 Army Air force 1946 and 47
William Harvot 1943 Army 1941-1945
Kenneth Hayman 1943 Army 1941-1945
Donald Hayman 1943 Army 1941-1945
Charles Haynes 1968 USN 1969-1973
Lary Hill 1950 Army Quartermaster 1954 - 1956
Donald Hlavin 1943 Marine 1941-1945
Melinda Hofstetter 1973 United States Marine Corps 1979-1999
Robert Howard 1943 Army 1941-1945
George Hrabak 1954 U S Coast Guard 1958-1962
*William Huisman 1938 Army Air Corp 1941-1945
Thomas Hurban 1943 Air Force 1941-1945
HAFEEZ HUSSEIN 2000 USMC 2003 - Present
Richard Ingersoll 1963 US Air Force 4
Anthony Insana 1943 Army 1941-1945
Dominick Insana 1943 Army 1941-1945
Myron Jackson 1943 Army Air Corps 1941-1945
Robert Jacovetty 1987 Army 1987-1990
Earl Jenkins 1945 Army 1941-1945
Robert Jones 2013 United States Marine Corps 2016-Current
Michael Jones 2004 Air Force 2007 to Present
Charles Jones 1943 Army 1941-1945
Herman Jones 1943 Army 1941-1945
Timothey Joseph 1983 U. S. Army 1983-1987
Jim Julian 1961 Army 1966-1974
Will “Skip” Kawalek 2002 Army 2006-2010
Herbert Kehr 1943 National Gaurd 1941-1945
Eugene R. Kenyo, Sr. 1955 Air Force National Guard & Air Force Reserve 1959 thru 1965
Walter (Wally) King 1958 USMCR 1963 - 1969
Brandon Kocher 2002 USMC

2008-2011 active 2011-2017 reserve
Jack Kodger 1943 Amry 1941-1945
Kelsey Kornblut 2011 Army Jan 2019-Present
Andrew Krafeik 1943 Army 1941-1945
Amanda Krantz 1991 Air Force 1995-2001
Barbara Krost 1969 U. S. Army 1972-1974
Donald Krueger 1943 Army 1941-1945
Richard Kucera 1943 Army 1941-1945
S.Ernest Kulp III 1963 United States Coast Guard 1968-1974
David Lamiell 1965 US COAST GUARD 1965-1971
Ed Lezsak 1945 Air Corps 1941-1945
Bill Linn 1964 Army 1970-2000
Dwight Lockemer 1943 Army 1941-1945
Frank Lubanovich 1943 Army 1941-1945
David Lubanovich 1954 Army 1955-1956
Timothy A. MacDonald 1959 United States Navy 1963 - 1976
Ken Mack 1962 Ohio National Guard 1962 - 1967
Frank Maczko 1943 Army 1941-1945
Laurence Marino 1965 United States Navy 1965-1968
         
Steven Markey 1966 U S Army 1970-72
John Marshall 1965 Army 1969-1971
         
George (Jeff) Martin 1974 U S Navy 1975-1986
Irvin Mattes 1943 Navy 1941-1945
John Maynard 1965 Army 1970-1972
Robert Maynard 1943 Air Corps 1941-1945
Dominick Mayo 1943 Marines 1941-1945
Neil Mayzik 1974 United States Marine Corps 1975 - 1995 Retired
John McKeown 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Louis Mocny 1943 Army 1941-1945
Joseph Molnar 1943 Army 1941-1945
John Morason 1943 Army 1941-1945
Ross Morton 1945 Army 1941-1945
Thomas Murrey 1943 Army 1941-1945
Claude Nash 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Richard Nelson 1965 U.S. Army 1969-1971
Gerald Nerad 1964 Army Reserve 6
James William Nichols, Jr 1958 Army National Guard 1964 - 1969
Walter Nims 1966 U. S. Air Force 1971 - 1975
Joseph Ogilvie 1943   1941-1945
Stephen Opich 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Eugene Osterle 1943 Army 1941-1945
Bernard Osterle 1943 Navy 1941-1945
August Otcasek 1943 Army 1941-1945
Theodore Otcasek 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Oscar Otcasek 1943 Army 1941-1945
Ladisiaw Otcasek 1943 Army Air Corps 1941-1945
Albert Otcasek 1943 Army 1941-1945
Tricia Parvin 1987 USAF 1990-1995
Robert Pasterniak 1963 Army 1968 - 1972
Ophir Paz 2014 United States Marine Corps 2018 - Presnt
Marty Piccus 1985 Air Force 1989 - 2011
Daniel Pierce 1999 Army 2006-current
Jack Pierce 1943 Army 1941-1945
Donald Pietrowski 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Henry Platek 1943 Army 1941-1945
John Podojil 1943 Army 1941-1945
Edward Port 1943 Army 1941-1945
Ralph A. Pulley 1935 Army 1943-1946
Roy Pulley 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Ralph Pulley 1943 Army 1941-1945
Richard Qugley 1943 Army 1941-1945
Zolton Rado 1943 Marine Corps 1941-1945
Willaim Rado 1943 Marine 1941-1945
Robert Reed 1943 Army 1941-1945
Jack Reeves 1943 Army 1941-1945
Ken Rhoads 1964 US Army 1968-1971
Todd Rogers 1989 USMC 1989-1994
Kirk Rose 1985 Navy 1986-1988
Robert Rostomily 1976 Air Force  
Ned Sabanegh III 2016 Air Force 2020-Present
Arthur Saby 1965 Army 1968-1972
Vernon Sanborn 1943 Army 1941-1945
James Sandham 1965 U. S. Air Force 1970-75
Stephen Sari 1943   1941-1945
Andrew Schechtman 2017 Marines 2018-2023
James Scheiner 1943 Army 1941-1945
Frank Schimits 1943 Army 1941-1945
Philip Schreibman 2005 Marine Corp 2006-2010
John Scism 1980 Navy 1980-1990
John Seiverth 1943 Army 1941-1945
David Shankland 1947 Army National Guard 1950-1952
David Shaw 1943 Air Corps 1941-1945
Allen Shaw 1943   1941-1945
Art Shibley 1967 Army 1970-72
James Sholle 1943 Army 1941-1945
Frank Sholle 1943 Army 1941-1945
Wilbur Shorts 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Kevin Shwedo 1974 Army 1974-1976 and 1979-2011
Richard Skulina 1943 Army 1941-1945
Ned Smith 1956 Navy Many places.
Harold Smith 1943 Army 1941-1945
Richard Smith 1943   1941-1945
Freeman Smith 1943 Army 1941-1945
Dave Smith 1945 Army 1941-1945
Mary Lou Smullen 1971 US Army 1975--1995
Bob Specian 1945 Army 1941-1945
Greg Stenger 1965 U.S. Air Force 1965 - 1970
John Suchy 1965 army dec '69 to dec '72
Mark Sutherland 1986 Navy 2002-2011
Robert Takatch 1943 Army Air Corp 1941-1945
Alvin Talbot 1943 Army 1941-1945
Marcus Tate 2020 Navy 2020-
Eric Taube 1963 U.S. Navy 1966 - 1968
Verl Taylor 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Frank Tereats 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Wilfred Thomas 1943 Army 1941-1945
William Thomas 1943 Army 1941-1945
JOHN Thompson 1969 US Air Force, US Army 1971-2005
William Tompkins 1943 Army 1941-1945
Joeph Toth 1943 Army 1941-1945
Hobart Trefny 1943 Army 1941-1945
George Tripes 1943 Army 1941-1945
Jack Tupper 1943 Army 1941-1945
Julian Turner 2012 Navy 2013-current
*John Turoczy 1943 Navy Sub 1941-1945
Samuel Ubersax 2011 USMC

Commissioned March 2019- present
Logan Ursetti 2015 USAF 2017-2021
Ralph Vajner 1943 National Gaurd 1941-1945
William Vajner 1943 Army 1941-1945
Thomas Van Denberg 1962 United States Army 1966-1968
Dennis Veverka 1972 Navy 1976-1980
Milt Volosyn 1965 U.S. Navy 1966-1970
William Vorisek 1943 Army 1941-1945
David Wagner 1988 Coast Guard

2001-currently serving/still enlisted
michael wallace II 1997 Army 2005-2009
Harry Weitzel 1943 Army 1941-1945
Jarrod Wenger 1990 United States Marine Corps 1990-1994
Lawrence Wilker 1943 Army 1941-1945
Frank Wilson 1961 USAF 1965 to 1975
         
Ralph Winter 1962 Army 1970-1971
Jeffrey Wolfhope 1981 Army 1980-1983
Paul Wood 1943   1941-1945
Austin Wylie 1943 U.S. Coast Guard 1941-1945
Joseph Yambor 1943 Navy 1941-1945
Adam Zagara 2005 Army 2010-2015
bruce ziran 1980 Navy 1994-2002
Martin Zitner 1943 Army 1941-1945