Memorial Day Roll Call

Sergeant! Begin Roll Call, if you please.

Jones, Harry Powel, Jr. (Father)
United States Army
Gunner, Howitzer
Veteran: WWII
Served: 1941 - 1943
b. Feb 1917 d. Aug 1978

Johnson, Sumner L. (BIL)
United States Army
Combat Infantry
Veteran: Korea Theater
Awards: CIB, Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Served: 1952 - 1956

Tueller, Glenn (Uncle)
Unites States Army Air Corps
Waist Gunner, B-17
Veteran: WWII, European Theater
Awards: Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star w/Cluster, 3 Additional Higher Awards (Undisclosed)
Served: 1941-1943
LucyInDisguise
USAF
Last Post: Senior Controller, NCMO Nav-Aids and Communications Management Office
1881 Communications Squadron
Veteran: Viet Nam Era
Awards: 3 (Undisclosed)
Served: 1972-1976

Awaiting Others to Report, Sir!

Amchan, Nathan (NMN) (great-uncle)
PFC, United States Army
Linguist & mortarman, 71st Infantry
Veteran: World War II, prob. incl. Battle of the Bulge
Served: 5 May 1942 - 5 Oct 1945
Awards: Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman Badge, WWII Victory Medal
d. 1979, Israel

Thaddeus M. (not gonna post the last name) (Father)
United States Marine Corps
Sergeant - Logistics
Served: 1951-1954
b. Feb 1930 d. Oct 2002

Husband
United States Navy
Operations Specialist Second Class
Served: 1981-1984 - Medically discharged for service related injury

FairyChatMom
Unites States Navy
Avionics Technician Second Class, then Maintenance Administration Officer (LT)
Served: 1973-1984

I’ve got a cousin who was in the Air Force in Viet Nam - came home safely, thankfully. I don’t know any of his details, tho.

Koee’s Grandfather

First World War
United States Army
SADDLER, CO. D. 20TH ENG, A.E.F.

Served: 1917-1918 in France and most of the rest of his life in a V.A. hospital.

*plants poppies

JackofHearts
Captain
United States Air Force
2002-Current
Currently Deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq

Sends a heartfelt salute home to all the families who have loved ones over here and especially those who have lost loved ones.

John Robert Hamm (father)
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
Electrician’s Mate
Served in the Atlantic in WWII
Born 11 April 1924–died 9 March 1981

Ivylad’s father
US Air Force
Something to do with cryptology
20 or so years

Ivylad
US Navy
Submarine Sonar Technician
1989-1995

Father
USN Lieutenant (O-3)
US Army 1945 - 1947. WWII: Signal Corps
US Navy 1948 - 1968.
[ul][li]Korea: Combat Aircrew[/li][li]Vietnam: Communications Officer CLG-5 USS Oklahoma City, and FLEASWTRACENPAC[/ul][/li]1927-1998

Uncle George
Chief Petty Officer, USN
Vietnam: NAS North Island
Born 1941

Maternal grandfather
Rank unknown, USN
Pre-WWII? Submariner
? - 1966

Great-uncle Chaplain Thomas Leroy Kirkpatrick
Captain (O-6)
USN. WWII Chaplain, USS Arizona
1887 - 1941

George B. (last name withheld) (father)
Lt US Navy Seabees WWII Stationed in the Azores.
B 1909 D 1999

Chris A. (last name withheld) (father in law)
Seaman US Navy WWII
Still living.

billyb0b
Technical Sergeant, US Air Force
USAF Recruiting Office (city withheld), TN
1997-Current

Mrs. billyb0b
Master Sergeant, USAF, ret.
1981-2005

Baker

U.S. Army

1974-77

98G2LKP(Korean linguist)

Loki’s Dad

USN Hospital Corpsman

Don’t have his exact dates, but he was at Gitmo when Castro was taking Cuba.

Loki

MM3(SW) Nuke-ELT qualified

served 1989-1994

Wilma M. White (mother)
USN
Rank unknown
Served: 1944 - 1946
Photographer’s secretary

born 1920 died 2002

Martin Buck (great-great-great-grandfather)
45th NY Infantry
1861-1863
captured at Annandale Church, Virginia
became permanent invalid from tuberculosis caught in Prison Camp

Patrick Coleman (great-great-grandfather)
2nd NY Heavy Artillery
1861-1864
Second Bull Run, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor
captured at Petersburg
died Andersonville Prison Camp

Peter A. (great-great-grandfather)
25th NY Cavalry
1864-1865
served Shenandoah Valley

Thomas Coleman (great-grandfather)
69th NY Infantry (Fighting 69th)
1880s

Jack McNamara (great uncle)
105 Machine Gun Battalion
27th Army Division
1917-1918
Belgium, Hindenburg Line, La Selle River
became permanent invalid from poison gas attack

George A. (father)
US Navy
USS Eldorado
1944-1945
Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa

Rick A. (nephew)
USAF
present

Eberhart (GGrandfather)
12th Wisconsin Infantry
January 1864 - June 1865

George (uncle)
US Navy
'42 - '45(?)

Don (father)
US Navy
Fire Control Officer
'43 - '46

Kathy (sister)
US Marines
Public Relations
Quantico
'68 - '70

David (brother)
US Army
Germany
'69 - '71

Mike (cousin)
US Marines
'90 - ?

Chris (cousin)
US Marines
'90 - ?

To answer for badkittypriestess -

Father, Lt General
USAR (ret)
As far as we know he was involved in some way in most notable Army related events since SE Asia in the early 60’s, but due to his treatment as a POW probably hasn’t seen combat since escaping.
Moved through the ranks from private to 3 star general.
He won’t tell us what he’s done, what his job was, nor what all those ribbons were for (“Dishwashing” he usually says)
Meant to retire Oct '01, but something came up that Sept so was kept in until last year, so that’s 47 years of service.
Me - Maternal Grandfather
USN SeaBee’s
Guam, WWII
Generally would only discuss his raids on neighboring units for supplies (and ice cream)

Paul D. Lastname (father)
Air Force (or Army Air Force, I’m not sure)
Bombardier
European theater 1942-1945, was in a German POW camp when I was born. Born Nov. 1916, died. April 2006.

Husband
US Navy, E-4, Patrol Squadron 50
1962-1965 (Viet Nam)
Has a shrapnel scar on his butt from when the seaplane he was in was shot down.

Brother – Army, 1961-62

Son, Army Reserve

Grandpa’s Uncle
Maj. General US Army
1859-1866

Great grandpa on the other side
Enlisted, fought in Gen. Hood’s Texas command
1862-1864
Grandpa
Enlisted, U.S. Army
Chased Pancho Villa around Mexico

Father
Army Air Corps, 1942-1943
KIA New Guiena, 1943

Uncle #1, U.S. Army
Permanent disability in Combat
North Africa 1944

Uncle #2
50+ Missions
Army Air Corps, Europe
1943-1945

Me
UASF enlisted
12/1959 through 12/1963

Two sons
US Army
late 1980’s, early 1990’s

Nephew
U.S. Army, in Iraq even as we speak.

Not about to tell you the names, but:

Father, served 40 years in the US Navy, most notably on an Aegis Cruiser in Desert Shield (not to be confused with Desert Storm)

Mother, Captain in the US Navy Reserves

Mother’s father, who fought valiantly for the US Army against the Nazis in North Africa and was sent home (alive, in one piece) after being run over by a Panzer; his back was never the same again and he never said a word about his experiences there

Mother’s brother, who served in the US Army in Vietnam

And I myself was in the US Air Force, but only for a couple of months before receiving an Administrative Discharge.

My mother’s great uncle (or maybe it was great, great), Hiram Cronk was the last surviving veteran of the war of 1812. He died in 1902.