Orville Rough “Rusty” Gordon III entered the United States Naval Academy in July 1971. During his time of service he made a European goodwill tour in July and August 1972. While at the Naval Academy h...

Taylor is the son of James Felix and Mellie Edgmon Taylor. Corporal Cleo Taylor enlisted in the U.S. Army and received his basic training from Fort Sill. He served with Batter C, 77th Field Artillery ...

Lieutenant Colonel David Brown began his Air Force career in 1992 after graduating from Sallisaw High School. He served as a Medical Services Journeyman (4A) at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas wh...

Pvt. Eugene Davis was inducted into the United States Army on April 14, 1943. He served as a rifleman with the 7th Infantry in the Italian campaign. Davis was listed as missing in action for three day...

HC 2nd Class, Ahunawake Taylor enlisted in the United States Naval Reserves during World War II on May 5, 1945 in Tulsa. She went to Boot Camp at Hunter College, Bronx, New York City, NY. Stewart did ...

Donald Davis of Muldrow spent 20 years in the US Air Force, retiring on July 1, 1975. He served 5 tours in Southeast Asia. On the first tour he flew 80 combat missions in Laos and Vietnam. These were ...

Terry Wayne Reed was drafted into the United State Army October 1968. He did his basic training at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky and then trained in wheel vehicle mechanics at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona. As the r...

Airman 1st Class Clifton B. Taylor was inducted in the U.S. Air Force on Nov. 1, 1972. He received his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He reported for active duty on J...

He served in the regular Army for eight years, then served in the Conservation Corps Camp. Clark is the son of Myrtle Taylor and Herman Clark. Richard Clark served four years in the United States Army...

E-3 Aviation Bosman Mate Goodlow Tootle served in the United States Navy in Vietnam from 1967 to 1971. While serving in Vietnam he was part of a helicopter crew that escorted planes out of Saigon. Goo...

Sergeant 1st Class E-7 Timothy J. Gordon served in the Army and attended three leadership academies, four instructor training courses (where he became rated as a master instructor/trainer), Bradley Ma...

Ronald G. Harvell SA US Navy Vietnam

Maternal grandparents: B.J. & Gertie Barber Paternal grandparents: Leroy and Margie English Staff Sargent, Steven Allen English Air National Guard Enlistment October 1994 Discharge October 2000 Steven...

Lovely O. “Buster” Houston 12/17/1919 - 3/21/1944 OK Staff Sgt, 30th Reg, WWII Killed in Action, Anzio, Italy He was the son of Ben & Kate Houston, brother of Cherokee Buttery, Tressie Bryan, Alene Ro...

Aaron was drafted into the Army of 1950. Went to basic at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He then went to Korea in 1951. Aaron was in the 2nd Infantry Division, 15th Field Artillary. He was a radio operator in K...

Kenneth Christopher Sergeant in the US Army Korea 1966-1968

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...

in the Jimmy left Sallisaw a few days after high school graduation and a few days before his birthday headed to Fort Polk, LA, where he received basic training int eh U.S. Army Reserve. He became a Dr...

(From the ROY EDITOR Jo Tom called “The Generation” his same Gilbert few Brokaw to the Great Brokaw that responsibility, Elton W. Rogers Served in the US Army from 1952-1954. pictured in MP uniform at...