Richard E. Tratz, Specialist 4 Army Security was assigned to the Army Security Division as Military Policeman. He was stationed at Arlington Hall Station in Arlington, Va., from 1957 to 1960. Tratz se...

US Marines, Corporal 1st Class, Korean War Veteran 1950-1953, detonated bombs, drill team and flags. (Had been a Sargeant but failed to salute at the right time and had one stripe taken away.) Born 19...

Elbert Thompson Private 1st Class United States Army, World War II, Germany Fought in the trenches during the cold winter months, almost freezing to death. Hospitalized with Trench Foot and as a resul...

Claudie Waldrop World War II Army Veteran Served three years active duty and three years reserve duty. Johnny Dale Prewett Vietnam Veteran Army

In 2019, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. named S. Joe Crittenden as the Secretary of Veteran Affairs for the Cherokee Nation. He is the first citizen appointed to the newly created ex...

31, 1945. He is the father of Larry Croslin of Muskogee and Mike Croslin of Van Buren, Arkansas. He has seven grandchildren. He retired from Empire District Electric in 1983 and resides in Vian. C19 B...

www.sequoyahcountytimes.com Jimmy M. Shropshire Third Class Pharmacist Mate Pauline Taylor enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserves on Feb. 26, 1944 and went active on March 15, 1944. She spent most of her...

and served through the Korean War remaining on the USS Tennessee. His job was loading torpedoes. Born; October 10, 1925, passed February 25, 1995. Goodlow Eagle, U.S. Navy, Cherokee Indian, Seaman 2nd...

Conflict. Clark’s sister Valentine “Tiny” Clark Hensley, said that “Denver was the only one who knew how to type, therefore he did office work.” He is the son of Myrtle Taylor and Herman Clark....

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Ronnie Courtney, a 1966 graduate of Vian High School was in the Army and was killed in action in Vietnam in November of 1968. Ronnie was the son of George and Wilma Courtney, the youngest of 5 sons, w...

Billy D. Brown U.S. Air Force From 1948 until 1951 Billy was in the U.S. Air Force and served in the Korean War. He was discharged from the Air Force as a First Lieutenant. Billy has been married to h...

Howard McCoy Staff Sergeant E6, U.S. Army, 101 Airborne Division “The Screaming Eagles” Vietnam Paratrooper, 1966-1968, Purple Heart, American Legion, Bronze Star with Valor, Pomo Indian Nation Citize...

U.S. Navy Corpsman 1990-1991 Dan trained at the Great Lakes Training Center.

U.S. Navy Corpsman 1989-1995 David trained at Great Lakes Training Center, served in Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital in San Diego during the Desert Storm conflict.

Captain 1965-1996 Son of Corrigan and Velma Adair John Completed preflight in 1965, commissioned, receiving his wings in January 1966. He completed 3 combat tours to the western Pacific, serving aboar...

PFC WWI Veteran 1896-1944 Served in France with the 90th Division, 158 Infantry, where he was wounded and suffered mustard gas burns the day after Armistice was signed. He was awarded the Purple Heart...

Blakely Smith Sr. United States Air Force Active duty May 29, 1956 to May 28, 1960 Reserved for the Air Force from 1960 to 1962 He was a Crew Chief on a B-57 with the 13th bomb Squadron at Johnson Air...

Hal D. Crain Navy 1987-1991