Bill Floyd	Brian Heston
ARMY	ARMY
BILL FLOYD OF FAIRMONT SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.  BILL DID HIS BASIC TRAINING AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, THEN ADVANCED TRAINING AT FORT GORDON, GEORGIA.  BILL WAS STATIONED NEAR SAIGON, VIETNAM, DURING THE WAR IN 1968 AND 1969.  HE TOOK PART IN BOTH THE TET OFFENSIVE AND THE POST-TET OFFENSIVE.  HE WAS AWARDED THE ARMY COMENDATION MEDAL FOR HIS BRAVERY. BILL FLOYD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	BRIAN HESTON FROM FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR EIGHT YEARS AS AN E4.  DURING HIS EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE, BRIAN SERVED IN VARIOUS CONFLICTS.  HE SERVED IN BRIGHT STAR 85.  THEN HE SERVED IN OPERATION DESERT SHIELD.  AND FINALLY, OPERATION DESERT STORM.  BRIAN HESTON IS A DISABLED VETERAN WHO TRULY SACRIFICED FOR HIS COUNTRY. BRIAN HESTON, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Carlo Debellis	Dominick Stingo
ARMY	ARMY
CARLO DEBELLIS FROM FAIRMONT SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS A STAFF SERGEANT.  HE IS A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN.  DURING HIS SERVICE TIME, HE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, AND WORLD WAR TWO VICTORY RIBBON.  AFTER THE WAR, CARLO RETURNED TO FAIRMONT.  HE RETIRED AS A COAL MINER FROM THE ARKWRIGHT MINE, AND HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE UMWA DISTRICT 31. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF ST. PETER THE FISHERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.  CARLO DEBELLIS, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	DOMINICK STINGO OF FAIRMONT SERVED AS A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS DURING WORLD WAR TWO IN THE PHILIPPINES.  HE WAS IN THE 80TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 8TH FIGHTER GROUP, 5TH AIR FORCE.  DURING HIS SERVICE TIME, DOMINICK WAS AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON, THE ASIATIC PACIFIC RIBBON, THE BRONZE STAR, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE VICTORY MEDAL.  AFTER HIS SERVICE, HE RETURNED TO FAIRMONT, WHERE HE EVENTUALLY RETIRED FROM THE OWENS ILLINOIS GLASS PLANT.  DOMINICK STINGO, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Ferman Whitehair	Guy Thomas Hickman
ARMY	ARMY
FERMAN R. WHITEHAIR, JUNIOR IS FROM DAVIS, WEST VIRGINIA.  HE SERVED AS A SPECIALIST FOUR IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 1969 TO 1975.  HE ATTENDED BASIC TRAINING IN FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, THEN GRADUATED FROM FIELD ARTILLERY SCHOOL AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION – NICKNAMED THE INDIANHEAD.  ITS PRIMARY MISSION WAS AND REMAINS TO BE THE PRE-EMPTIVE DEFENSE OF SOUTH KOREA FROM A NORTH KOREAN INVASION.  HE WAS STATIONED ON THE 38TH PARALLEL AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN APRIL 1975.  HE IS THE PROUD GRANDFATHER OF FAIRMONT SENIOR QUARTERBACK BRODY WHITEHAIR. FERMAN R WHITEHAIR, JUNIOR – THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE	GUY THOMAS HICKMAN OF MOUNT CLARE, WEST VIRGINIA SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 1960 TO 1963.  HE SERVED ON A LONG ISLAND MISSILE BASE DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.  HE THEN WAS SHIPPED TO FRANCE WHERE HE SERVED HONORABLY FOR TEN MONTHS.  HIS FATHER, THOMAS HICKMAN SERVED IN THE ARMY AS WELL DURING WORLD WAR TWO IN THE PHILIPPINES.  GUY’S MOTTO WAS ALWAYS GOD, FAMILY AND COUNTRY.  HE HAD THREE FRIENDS HE MET IN FRANCE THAT HE KEPT IN TOUCH WITH HIS ENTIRE LIFE.  GUY THOMAS HICKMAN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

John Grilli	John Julian
ARMY	ARMY
JOHN GRILLI OF CLARKSBURG SERVED IN VIETNAM IN 68 AND 69.  HE WAS 21 YEARS OLD WHEN HE FIRST LANDED IN LONG BINN.  HE SAYS IT WAS SCARY AND HOT – FIRE FIGHTS CONSTANTLY.  JOHN WAS IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES, WHICH MANAGED THE AMMO PIER AND HAULED AMMO.  AT ONE TIME HIS PIER GOT HEAVILY SHELLED AND DESTROYED.  AFTER RETURNING, HE SPENT A YEAR AT YUMA PROVING GROUNDS IN ARIZONA.  THEN RETURNED HOME AND JOINED THE ARMY RESERVES.  HE WAS AWARED VARIOUS MEDALS AND COMMENDATIONS.  ALL TOLD HE SERVED THE COUNTRY FOR 26 AND A HALF YEARS. JOHN GRILLI, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	JOHN JULIAN OF FAIRMONT SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY INFANTRY DURING WORLD WAR TWO.  HE HIT THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY WHEN HE WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD.  HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY.  HE SAID THAT HE WALKED ALL OVER EUROPE IN HIS QUEST TO RID THE WORLD OF EVIL.  HE SAID THAT ONE TIME HE WAS PINNED DOWN IN A FOXHOLE FOR DAYS DURING A LONG RAINSTORM.  THE HOLE WAS FILLED WITH SO MUCH WATER, HE SAYS HIS SOCKS ROTTED OFF HIS FEET.  HE ONCE INJURED BOTH ANKLES JUMPING OFF A TANK BUT STILL MARCHED THROUGH THE PAIN.  JOHN JULIAN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

John Shepherd	Joseph Tatterson
NAVY	ARMY
JOHN SHEPHERD OF POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY FROM 1961-1964.  IN 1961, JOHN GRADUATED FROM THE US NAVAL OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL AND WAS COMMISSED AN ENSIGN.  HE THEN GRADUATED FROM FLEET SONAR SCHOOL IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE US NAVAL FACILITY IN ELEUTHERA BAHAMAS.  IN 1963, JOHN WAS APPOINTED TO LTJG DUTY AT THE OCEANOGRAPHIC SYSTEM ATLANTIC IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. JOHN SHEPHERD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	JOSEPH A. TATTERSON TOOK PART IN THE KOREAN CONFLICT.  HE WAS IN THE MILITARY AT THE SAME TIME AS HIS TWO BROTHERS: THOMAS AND RAY TATTERSON.  JOSEPH GRADUATED FROM EAST FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL IN 1954.  UPON GRADUATION, JOE JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND SERVED FROM 1954 TO 1957.  AFTER LEAVING THE ARMY, HE QUALIFIED FOR THE G.I. BILL AND ATTENDED FAIRMONT STATE COLLEGE.  HE GRADUATED FROM WVU IN 1961 WITH A DEGREE IN MATHMETICS AND PHYSICS.  FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, JOE WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE DISABILITY ACTION CENTER, SERVING IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. JOSEPH A. TATTERSON, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Michael Duckworth	Pasco Altovilla
ARMY	ARMY
MICHAEL DUCKWORTH FROM SHINNSTON IS A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN.  HE SERVED TWO YEARS AS A SPECIALIST FOUR.  HE WAS STATIONED AT FORT HOOD TEXAS, WHERE HE WORKED AS A COOK.  HE NEVER WENT OVERSEAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS TWIN BROTHER RICK DUCKWORTH WAS IN VIETNAM, AND HIS OLDER BROTHER ROGER DUCKWORTH WAS STATIONED IN GERMANY.  AFTER MIKE’S TIME IN THE ARMY, HE SPENT HIS LIFE SERVING OTHER VETERANS.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 31 IN SHINNSTON WHERE HE SERVED AS COMMANDER FOR 16 YEARS.  MICHAEL DUCKWORTH, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	PASCO ALTOVILLA FROM CLARKSBURG SERVED IN THE 32ND BATALLION IN HOECHT GERMANY.  HE WORKED IN COMMUNICATIONS FOR FIELD TROOPS.  ALTO SERVED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.  HIS HARD WORK ALLOWED FRONT-LINE TROOPS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER TROOPS AND SPECIAL OPPS.  ALTO RECEIVED THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL AND WAS NAMED SOLDIER OF THE MONTH IN 1963.  HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY IN 1965 AND RETURNED HOME TO WEST VIRGINIA WHERE HE STILL RESIDES. PASCO ALTOVILLA, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Paul Clayton	Tom Clark
ARMY	MARINE CORPE
PAUL CLAYTON OF CLARKSBURG SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR TWO YEARS DURING WORLD WAR TWO.  HE SERVED AS A SERGEANT AND WAS STATIONED AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA.  DURING TRAINING, A MORTAR EXPLODED CLOSE TO HIM, AND PAUL WAS DISCHARGED AS A DISABLED WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN.  HE LATER SERVED AS THE COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 13 IN CLARKSBURG FOR SEVERAL YEARS.  HIS WIFE WAS A MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT 13. PAUL CLAYTON, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	TOM CLARK, FROM CLARKSBURG, IS A VETERAN OF BOTH WORLD WAR TWO AND THE KOREAN WAR.  HE ENLISTED IN THE MARINES IN 1942.  HE WAS SHIPPED TO GUADALCANAL AND EVENTUALLY TO THE RUSSELL ISLANDS WHERE IS SERVED WITH MAG 21.  HE ALSO SERVED IN THE NEW HEBRIDES AND GUAM.  HE THEN RETURNED HOME TO TRANSFER TO TANK COMMANDER SCHOOL.  TOM WAS DISCHARGED IN 1945 BUT WAS SOON CALLED BACK TO ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE RADIO INTELLIGENCE UNIT WHERE HE SERVED FOR ELEVEN MONTHS IN THE KOREAN WAR.  TOM CLARK, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Wilson Currey	Ronald Eagle
MARINE CORPS	AIR FORCE
WILSON W. CURREY SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS FROM 1948-1952.  HE GRADUATED FROM FAIRMONT STATE AND WVU WITH AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN SECONDARY EDUCATION AND A MINOR IN HISTORY.  HE USED TO SAY THE MARINES TAUGHT HIM TO SWIM.  HE SWAM A HALF MILE A DAY UNTIL HE WAS 85.  WILSON WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT VICTORY HIGH SCHOOL, RW HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WAS THE FIRST PRINCIPAL AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.  HE LATER BECAME A HARRISON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER AND PRESIDENT.  AS A FORMER MARINE, HE USED TO SAY HONOR IS THE BEDROCK OF OUR CHARACTER. WILSON W. CURREY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	RONALD EAGLE WAS A STAFF SERGEANT FROM 1980 TO 1992 IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.  AFTER HIS FIRST STINT, HE RETURNED TO WEST VIRGINIA AND SERVED IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AS A CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 3 UNTIL 2005.  THEN HE WAS DEPLOYED AGAIN TO ACTIVE DUTY.  AFTER RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES, HE RETIRED WITH 23 YEARS OF SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY.  HE IS CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF HQ AERO MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED IN CLARKSBURG AND A MEMBER OF VFW POST 573 RONALD EAGLE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

James Riley	Robert Hill
AIR FORCE	MARINE CORPS
JAMES “BUDDY” RILEY OF MANNINGTON IS A T-SEGREANT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.  AFTER BASIC TRAINING AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL FOR AEROSPACE PROPULSION AT SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, JAMES BEGAN HIS CAREER AT SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE.  FROM THERE, HE WENT TO OKINAWA, JAPAN, AND FROM THERE HE WENT TO ENGLAND AND BACK TO JAPAN.  T-SERGEANT RILEY IS CURRENTLY A QUALITY ASSURANCE PROFESSIONAL, MAINTAINING AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL.  HE HAS MADE AIR FORCE LIFE HIS CAREER WITH 14 YEARS OF SERVICE. JAMES RILEY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	ROBERT “COUNTRY” HILL FROM CLARKSBURG SERVED AS A SERGEANT FOR 6 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORP.  ROBERT WAS BASED AT CAMP LEJEUNE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND AT CAMP SMEDLEY D. BUTLER IN OKINAWA, JAPAN.  ROBERT HAS SERVED WORLDWIDE TO SUPPORT UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS MISSIONS.  WEST VIRGINIA IS VERY PROUD OF ROBERT. ROBERT “COUNTRY” HILL, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Carl Kostelac	Frank Nicholson
ARMY	NAVY
CARL KOSTELAC OF OWINGS ELISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL IN 1940.  HE WAS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT DURING WORLD WAR TWO IN EUROPE.  HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLES OF NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE AND THE RHINELAND.  HE WAS WOUNDED IN FRANCE IN 1944 AND RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART.  DURING HIS SERVICE TIME, CARL WAS ALSO AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE, THE EXPERT CARBON BADGE, THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE BADGE, AND THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE.  HE WAS DISCHARGED ON JULY 6TH, 1945, AND RETURNED THE HARRISON COUNTY. CARL KOSTELAC, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	FRANK NICHOLSON OF SHINNSTON SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY WITH A RANK OF E-5.  HE SERVED FOR FOUR YEARS AND TWO MONTHS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.  FRANK WAS IN NAVAL AVIATION AND WAS ON THE USS CONSTELLATION.  HIS FINAL DUTY WAS IN AN ATTACK SQUADRON.  DURING HIS TIME OF SERVICE, FRAN WAS AWARDED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. FRANK NICHOLSON, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Jesse Burton	John Aloi
AIR FORCE	ARMY
JESSE BURTON OF RAVENSWOOD IS A UNITED SATTE AIR FORCE VETERAN.  JESSE STARTED HIS CAREER AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.  AFTER PARARESCUE TRAINING, HE WAS STATIONED AT DAVIS-MONOHAN AIR FORCE BASE IN ARIZONA.  WITH SEVERAL MISSIONS UNDER HIS BELT AND UNFORESEEN INJURIES, JESSE FINISHED HIS MILITARY COMMITMENT AT ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE IN SOUTH DAKOTA.  HIS NEW WORK FAMILY AT THE LOUIS A. JOHNSON VA HOSPITAL IS VERY PROUD OF HIM AND HIS HONORABLE AND COURAGEOUS TIME IN SERVICE JESSE BURTON, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	JOHN ALOI OF FAIRMONT SERVED HIS COUNTRY FROM 1992 TO 2018.  HE STARTED HIS MILITARY CAREER AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN IN THE ARMY RESERVES IN PANAMA, DURING OPERATION SAFE HAVEN. IN 1998 HE TRANSERED TO THE WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD AND THEN BACK TO ACTIVE DUTY AS AN ARABIC LINGUIST.  HE THEN SUBMITTED A FLIGHT TICKET AND WAS ACCEPTED TO FLIGHT SCHOOL IN TEXAS.  WHILE THERE, SEPTEMBER 11TH HAPPENED.  HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 101ST AIRBORN DIVISION AS A CHINOOK HELICOPTER PILOT.  OVER THE YEARS, JOHN DID SIX COMBAT TOURS.  SOME OF HIS AWARDS INCLUDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, THE LEGION OF MERIT, 2 BRONZE STARS, 9 AIR MEDALS AND THE MEDITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL. JOHN ALOI, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

John R. Gaynor	William Bee
AIR FORCE	ARMY
JOHN GAYNOR OF SHINNSTON WAS A VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR.  JOHN SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FROM 1951 TO 1955.  HE WAS A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.  DURING HIS TIME IN KOREA, JOHN WAS A RADAR MECHANIC ON THE ISLAND OF CHODO IN NORTH KOREA.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 606 AND 608 A.C AND W SQUADRON.  FOLLOWING THE WAR, JOHN RETURNED HOME TO SHINNSTON AND SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE WITH HIS WIFE CAROL. JOHN GAYNOR, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	WILLIAM W BEE OF WOLF SUMMIT WAS A PRIVATE E-2 IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FOR 4 YEARS.  HE SPENT TIME AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY AND FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY.  HE COMPLETED THE LIGHT WEAPONS INFANTRYMAN COURSE AND THE ARMY PERSONNEL CARRIERS DRIVERS COURSE.  HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN EXPERT IN RIFLE.  HE WAS THE RELEIVED OF ACTIVE DUTY AND COMPLETED HIS FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF WEST VIRGINIA. WILLIAM BEE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Harry “Buzzy” Holbert	Peter Y. Turner II
ARMY	ARMY
HARRY HOLBERT OF ENTERPRISE SERVED HIS COUNTRY FOR 34 YEARS.  BUZZY, AS HE IS KNOWN, FIRST JOINED THE ARMY IN 1969, AND WAS STATIONED IN KOREA, THEN GERMANY.  HE THEN WENT INTO THE AIR FORCE NATIONAL GUARD AS A STAFF SERGEANT FROM 1974-1977.  FROM THERE HE JOINED THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND HE SERVED IN OPERATION DESERT STORM IN KUWAIT IN 2003 AND 2004.  HE RETIRED AS A MASTER SERGEANT IN 2005.  DURING HIS 34 YEARS, BUZZY WAS AWARDED SEVERAL COMMENDATIONS. HARRY, BUZZY HOLBERT, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	PETER Y. TURNER II OF FAIRMONT JOINED THE ARMY AFTER GRADUATION AND SERVED AS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER AT FORT LEE, VIRGINIA.  HE THEN JOINED THE WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD IN 1993 AND SERVED WITH THE 152ND MP DETACHMENT IN MOUNDSVILLE.  HE DEPLOYED TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AS A SELECTION SERGEANT WITH THE 152ND MP DETACHMENT.  PETER WAS AWARDED SEVERAL COMMENDATIONS DURING HIS TEN YEARS OF SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY. PETER Y. TURNER II, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

David Michael Brumage	Alex Altenburg
MARINE CORPS	NAVY
DAVID MICHAEL BRUMAGE OF FAIRMONT SERVED HIS COUNTRY FROM 2007-2014. MIKE, AS HE IS KNOWN, SERVED AS A GUNNER WITH THE HELO HAWK EXPEDITIONARY UNIT, ALPHA COMPANY, 1ST BATALLION, 6TH MARINE DIVISION. HIS FIRST DEPLOYMENT IN AFGHANISTAN WAS IN THE GARMSIR HELMAND PROVINCE. HIS SECOND ONE WAS IN MARJAH. SUPPOSEDLY A PEACEKEEPING MISSION, BOTH WERE BLOODY EXCURSIONS, WITH OVER 400 CONFIRMED KILLS. THE 1ST EXCURSION WAS COMPARED TO VIETNAM BECAUSE OF ITS BLOODSHED. HIS UNIT WAS KNOWN AS THE DEATHWALKERS. MIKE BRUMAGE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	AFTER GRADUATING FROM NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL IN 2017, ALEX ALTENBURG WENT TO THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. ALEX THEN REPORTED TO PENSACOLA, FLORIDA FOR NAVAL INTRODUCTION FLIGHT EVALUATION. FROM THERE, ALEX WENT FOR PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING IN CORPUS CHRISTI WITH VT-27. UPON SELECTION INTO THE NAVY’S STRIKE FIGHTER TRAINING PROGRAM, ALEX REPORTED TO KINGSVILLE, TEXAS TO BEGIN TRAINING WITH THE VT-22 GOLDEN EAGLES. ALEX ALTENBURG, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Bobby Hamrick	Sondra Zickmund
ARMY	NAVY
BOBBY HAMRICK IS FROM ELKINS. HE SERVED FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. BOBBY WAS DRAFTED IN THE ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR WHERE HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY. HE SERVED AS A MEDIC IN VIETNAM DURING THE WAR. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE STATES, HE STAYED IN THE ARMY AND EVENTUALLY RETIRED IN 1989 AS AN E-7. BOBBY HAMRICK, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.	SONDRA ZICKMUND FROM THOMAS JOINED THE NAVY IN 2002. SONDRA’S FIRST DUTY STATION WAS AT THE 3RD DENTAL BATALLION IN OKINAWA, JAPAN. SHE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS AND EARNED HER FLEET MARINE WARFARE DEVISE. ZICKMUND WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. SHE WAS ALSO SELECTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS DON CHRISTIANSON AWARD. IN 2007, SHE WAS SELECTED PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS AND IN 2012, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS. SONDRA WAS THE 2014 SENIOR SAILER OF THE YEAR AND WAS SELECTED AS CHIEF PETTY OFFICER IN 2015. SONDRA RETIRED IN 2022 AFTER SERVING 20 YEARS IN THE NAVY. SONDRA ZICKMUND, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

Louis Bogumil
ARMY
LOUIS BOGUMIL OF DOLA SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF SPECIALIST 4 IN 1972. HE DID BASIC TRAINING AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY, AND INFANTRY A-I-T IN CALIFORNIA. LOUIS WAS 19 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WENT TO VIETNAM IN 1971. HE CALLED IT A LIFETIME OF HELL. DURING HIS TIME OF SERVICE, LOUIS WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL AND THE COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE. LOUIS BOGUMIL, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.