MATTHEW, (at left) USNA Class of '90;
served five years; Captain.
TIMOTHY, UNSA Class of '92,
achieved Captain.
JAMES, 4 years in Marines,
achieved Corporal
The Boerne Star takes time with today's edition to honor all of the men and women who "put on a uniform" at one time or another, to defend our country from enemies around the world. From World War I veterans through the Gulf and the Middle East, we pay tribute with these submitted images of them. Thank you for your service, and for allowing us to share these photos.
SGT. CLEMENTE BARBOZA
AAF, 838 Bomber Squadron
Killed In Action: May 11, 1944, France
LTC TODD CLARK, ARMY
4th deployment, Purple Heart
5th deployment, as senior adviser
Killed In Action: June 8, 2013, Paktika Province, Afghanistan
LT. CDR. WILLIAM LAMBERSON
Co. E, 508th PIR, 82 ABN
Normandy; 2 Purple Hearts
Killed In Action: Feb. 9, 1945, Rhineland
LT. NORMAN MAYSE
USAAF
Killed In Action: Aug. 25, 1944, France
SGT. ROBERT 'PINKY' PINKSTON
Killed In Action: March 14, 1968, Vietnam
During Tet Offensive
WILLIE E. ADAM
World War I
Army Private
32 Co. 8 BN, France
JULIAN GARNSEY
World War I
U.S. Army
Artillery Officer
WILLIAM GOSDIN SR.
Marine Corps, 1917-1919
NATHANIEL PARHAM
U.S. Army, World War I
JIMMIE ADAM, U.S. ARMY
Served in World War II
Sgt., Pacific Theatre
EDWARD BEAUFORD
World War II
A1C, Air Force
Later, Weather Observer, 1959-1964
MICKEY DELLERMAN
World War II
Saw Action at Peleliu,
Iwo Jima, Okinawa
LUTHER 'BILL' EDWARDS, U.S. NAVY
Seaman 2nd Class;
USS Birmingham
No. 2 Turret
ELMER GARNSEY
World War II
9th Air Force combat pilot
WILLIAM GOSDIN JR.
USAAC, USAF 1942-1966
WWII, Korea, Vietnam
EARL HUNT, ARMY
World War II
JOSEPH N. MACALUSO SR.
Yeoman 3rd Class, USCG
SPENCER MAYSE
U.S. Navy
JACK MORGAN
U.S. Army Air Corps pilot
European Theatre
JOHN OLIVER
U.S. Navy, Lt. Col.;
fought in Italy
ERNESTINE RAUSCHER
U.S. Army Nurse
ROBERT RAUSCHER
U.S. Army Colonel
ELMER RICE, U.S. ARMY
Medic/Ambulance driver,
received Purple Heart
FRED VALENTINO, U.S. ARMY
Major; Aug. 1941-Feb. 1946;
2nd Combat Engineer,
2nd Infantry Division
ALEXANDER JOE VOTION
1944-1947 Merchant Marines;
Texas National Guard
WINNIE WARNOCK, U.S. NAVY
1944; Lt. Junior Grade
ADDISON WEAVER
U.S. Navy
FRANK H. WETZEL
U.S. Navy; served on
"submarine chaser"
BETTY MOSELEY BROWN
U.S. Marines Corps SSgt (E-6)
Nov. 27, 1978-Oct. 1, 1992
THOMAS M. BUTLER, COL
U.S. Air Force 1962-1984
Awarded Legion Of Merit
CARON CARLILE, U.S. AIR FORCE
Retired Master Sergeant
CRAIG CARLILE, U.S. AIR FORCE
Retired Master Sergeant
JERALD CHESTER, U.S. ARMY
Colonel; 1990-2004
Operation New Dawn (Iraq)
JARED REED COWARD
U.S. Army; Afghanistan tour,
stationed at JBER Alaska
KIRBY CULAK, U.S. ARMY
SGT E-5 two years;
Vietnam 1969-1970
DARYL. D. CUNNINGHAM, LTC
Army Med. Specialist Corps
Served 1970-1997; Vietnam,
Desert Storm era veteran
SUE E. CUNNINGHAM, COL
Army Med. Specialist Corps
Served 1969-2001; Vietnam,
Desert Storm era veteran
Joellen de Berg
Colonel (ret.), U.S. Air Force
Dates of service: 1972-2004
WALLY DOPPENBERG
1SG U.S. Army, 23 years;
Operation Desert Storm;
received Bronze Star
RUTH (BETTIE) EDMONDS
COL. (retired), 22 years,
U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps
MARY JANE FELDSTEIN
U.S. Air Force, 8 years
GARRETT GISH
Green Beret, U.S. Army Special
Forces, 5th Group; served in
Afghanistan, Baghdad
GRAY GISH
Osprey pilot; attached to
Presidential Helecopter detail
CHERYL GROSSO, U.S. AIR FORCE
Feb. 1978-Sept. 2018
Retired MSgt (E7): Served
Enduring Freedom 2003-2005
ALEX 'HANS' GRUBER
U.S. Navy 22 years, LCDR/O-4
Served in Operation Enduring Freedom,
Operation Iraqi Freedom
PEDRO GUTIERREZ (center)
Lt.Col., U.S. Marine Corps,
34 years, 1956-1990
RUSSELL HAWKINS
U.S. Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
HARRY 'BUD' HOLZMAN
U.S. Marine Corps, Army 1966-2008
Helicopter pilot in Vietnam;
2004-2008 served in Iraq
LTC STEPHEN M. JOHNSON
20 years, U.S. Army/Reserves
Bronze Star Medal,
Operation Iraqi Freedom
JOE A. JOHNSTON
Served in U.S. Air Force
DAVE KEEL, U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN
1967-1972; Vietnam, helicopter pilot
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal w/24 Oak Leaf Clusters
ABNER "ABB" KESTLER
U.S. Army 1st, 25th Infantry Division
Vietnam, 1969-1970
MORRIS KETHAN
Sgt. U.S. Air Force 1971-1975
LARRY KRIEGEL, U.S. NAVY
Hospital Corps, Vietnam
In service 1968-1969
TED LINDAHL, U.S. ARMY
Aug. 1969-March 1972
Vietnam Veteran
LUIS LOYOLA
Colonel, retired
Iraqi conflict
JONATHAN MALLARD
U.S. Air Force; Baghdad
MARK D. MASTERSON
U.S. Air Force MSgt.,
retired as Lt. Colonel
LEONARD MELCHER
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col.
Vietnam 1969-1971; 1990,
Operation Desert Shield
RAYMOND P. MENGES JR.
U.S. Air Force MSgt. (ret.)
1955-1976; 3 years at
Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya
EUGENE MICHELS JR.
U.S. Navy
USN DC 1 1955-1962
DANIEL W. MINSTER, LTC
U.S. Army 1970-1992
Quartermaster/Logistics
CHRISTOPHER MISSICK
Sgt., U.S. Army Reserve
2001-2009; deployed for
Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2004-2005
SHANNON MOORE
U.S. Air Force MSgt./E-7
June 1992-June 2013
Desert Storm; Operation
Enduring Freedom support
JOSEPH 'JOE' POLASEK III
LTC; U.S. Air Force 1975-2000
Vietnam 1970-1971;
Grenada 1983
CHRISTOPHER QUYE; ELIZABETH BARNHART
Quye: Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 1999-2004
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Barnhart: Major, U.S. Army 2001-2013
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
(Buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery)
MERRY LAYNE RAUSCHER
Career U.S. Army Nurse
STEVEN RICE, U.S. MARINE CORPS
Sgt.; Invasionary forces,
Operation Iraqi Freedom
R.C. 'BUD' ROBERTS
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
In Vietnam for 18 months; 1955-1967
as a Forward Air Controller (FAC)
RAUL RODRIGUEZ, U.S. ARMY
Vietnam Jan. 1969-Jan. 1970,
SSG, 12th Combat Support;
Retired in 1986 as SMSgt.
DONALD 'JACK' RUSTON
Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps,
Vietnam veteran, 1964-1967
JASPER A. SETLIFF
U.S. Air Force, 23 years
Major, Vietnam; Three
Distinguished Flying Crosses
PAUL A. SMITH, U.S. ARMY
Sgt. First Class; served
in Vietnam 1967-1969
DAVE SPOOR, U.S. ARMY
30 years; CW5
Vietnam, Panama
Grenada, Persian Gulf
SCOTT STARK, SFC
Served tours in Iraq,
Bosnia, Afghanistan;
awarded Bronze Star
MAVIS J. 'JIM' STARTIN
Col. U.S. Air Force (ret.);
over 30 years active duty;
served in Vietnam
PAULY TAMEZ
USCG, 1976-1979
JAKE VOLLEBREGT, MAJOR
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve;
Operation Enduring Freedom
served 2008-2021
DARRELL WAGNER
U.S. Air Force Colonel
July 1974-October 2023
LARRY WARREN, U.S. AIR FORCE
Airmen First Class
Vietnam January 1971
PAUL WEEKS, U.S. NAVY
Electronics technician
(nuclear) 1972-1980
SARAH WEEKS, U.S. NAVY
Yeoman 1st Class/E-6,
Served 1972-1980
PAULA WELLS, U.S. ARMY
U.S. Army National Guard, 29 years;
fought Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Operation Enduring Freedom
ANTHONY J. WHITE, COL
U.S. Marine Corps, 32 years
Desert Storm/Desert Shield,
Kosovo, Operation Enduring
Freedom, Oper. Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Army 1968-1972; Captain
(1LT, pictured); served in Vietnam
NOLAN A. WRIGHT, U.S. ARMY
Captain (ret.), 21 years
Afghanistan 2007-2008;
Operation Enduring Freedom,
Kosovo 2005-2006, Oper. Joint Guardian
SHARON WRIGHT
U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps
Captain; Operation Enduring Freedom,
Operation Iraqi Freedom; trauma
nurse, Balad Air Force Base
EDWARD YEVAK
U.S. Air Force, 4 years
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Killian G
11/11/2024 08:18 PM
My two Uncles, along with my Father, are all pictured here together. Again they are pictured here with my Grandfather and Grandmother. All Marines. As a third generation Marine and veteran, I could never be more proud of the family I have.
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