THE AMERICAN LEGION
Department of Nebraska

TAPS
March 2008
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We come to honor the memory of those who offered their
lives
in the service of country and who are now enrolled in that great spirit
army,
whose footfalls cause no sound, but in the memory of mankind,
their souls go marching on,
sustained by the pride in service in time of war.
Because of them our lives are free;
because of them our nation lives;
because of them the world is blessed.
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Post Everlasting Transfers: 150 |
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| World War II | 71 |
| Korea | 38 |
| Vietnam | 19 |
| Persian Gulf | 2 |
| Unknown | 20 |
| NAME | CITY | ERA |
| Mark Abler | Norfolk | Vietnam |
| Louis C. Adams | Oshkosh | |
| Arthur R. Ahlers | Clearwater | WWII |
| Alfred D. Anderson | Lincoln | WWII |
| Douglas A. Anderson | Lincoln | WWII |
| Glen J. Arlt | Lindsay | |
| Bill Arrison | Tilden | Korea |
| William C. Baker | Lincoln | WWII |
| Gerald F. Baruth | Lincoln | WWII |
| William J. Batterton | Kimball | WWII |
| Howard R. Beed | Chambers | Korea |
| Homer C. Blank | Ainsworth | |
| LeRoy A. Boettcher | Beatrice | WWII |
| Leonard Bosac | Columbus | WWII |
| Harley R. Bovee | Pierce | |
| Kenneth G. Boyer | Bellevue | WWII |
| William H. Brandt Jr. | Columbus | Korea |
| James F. Brogan | Madison | WWII |
| Virgil Brolhorst | Beatrice | Korea |
| Herbert Buntemeyer | Broken Bow | Korea |
| Gordon M. Burge | Blue Hill | WWII |
| Jerry Busboom | Beatrice | WWII |
| Bill D. Cadwallader | Pender | Korea |
| Rudy R. Capek | Milligan | WWII |
| Frank F. Catania | South Omaha | WWII |
| Rex V. Chapman | Carroll | WWII |
| Howard E. Colgrove | Auburn | Korea |
| Lowell J. Colling | Trenton | WWII |
| Hilton L. Conner | Stamford | Vietnam |
| Wendell G. Darnold | Wymore | Korea |
| Ivan G. Daugherty | Lexington | WWII |
| Earl David | Chambers | Korea |
| Harry Dixon | Bennington | Vietnam |
| Ernest J. Dodge | Callaway | WWII |
| Kenneth L. Doe | Lincoln | WWII |
| Donald E. Doty | South Omaha | WWII |
| Dean C. Duerfeldt | Auburn | Korea |
| Curtis Elwood | Hay Springs | |
| Morris J. Ems | Arapahoe | WWII |
| Clarence T. Eng | David City | WWII |
| Donald R. Engel | Yutan | |
| Charles D. Farley | Tecumseh | |
| Robert W. Finch | Paxton | Korea |
| Clealand Fisher | Humboldt | WWII |
| Kenneth R. Frailey | Mitchell | Korea |
| Alvin Gembala | Ashton | Korea |
| S. R. Gilpin | Palmer | |
| Charles Glodowski | Schuyler | Korea |
| Warren D. Green | Albion | WWII |
| Bob Harter | Beaver Crossing | |
| Harry Hasselbring | Fairbury | WWII |
| Ivan H. Hastings | Stromsburg | WWII |
| Richard D. Hayes | Millard | Korea |
| Elmer A. Haynie | Fort Calhoun | WWII |
| William Heitzman | Schuyler | Korea |
| Donald Hermansen | Hay Springs | |
| Dan D. Herrin | Gothenburg | WWII |
| Clinton H. Heyer | Pierce | WWII |
| Berkley E. Holmstedt | Millard | WWII |
| Milouch Hormanal | Wilber | |
| Norman L. Howell | Gretna | Korea |
| Jim Huey | McCool Junction | Vietnam |
| Matthias E. Hugo | West Point | WWII |
| Jerry W. Jennings | Omaha | Vietnam |
| Darrel L. Johnson | Gordon | Vietnam |
| Robert V. Jones | York | WWII |
| Michael W. Jussell | Laurel | Persian Gulf |
| Gene H. Kaiser | Millard | Korea |
| John W. Karman | Bellevue | WWII |
| Donald E. Kasper | Ord | Vietnam |
| Ralph J. Kassik | Milligan | Vietnam |
| Paul E. Kaufman | Tecumseh | |
| Fred A. Kilgore | Sidney | WWII |
| Melvin Kimberly | Holdrege | Vietnam |
| Gordon Knecht | Millard | |
| Wallace E. Koch | Campbell | WWII |
| Eldon Kokes | Ord | WWII |
| Marvin Kroeger | Schuyler | |
| Dwayne E. Krueger | Crawford | Korea |
| Lester E. Kubik | Emerson | Korea |
| Eldon E. Lee | Venango | WWII |
| Samuel J. Letheby | Lincoln | WWII |
| Robert M. Liberg | Alliance | Korea |
| Marvin E. Little | Lincoln | Vietnam |
| Floyd F. Mason | Columbus | Korea |
| Roy R. McGee | Columbus | WWII |
| Paul D. Merritt | Lincoln | WWII |
| Jimmy L. Metheny | Omah | Vietnam |
| Glenn L. Miller | Lincoln | Korea |
| Robert D. Miller | Ord | WWII |
| Chet J. Mlynczak | Omaha | Korea |
| Bruce L. Moore | Gordon | WWII |
| Robert M. Morley | Lincoln | WWII |
| David L. Mussack | Norfolk | Korea |
| Michael D. Nelson | Holdrege | Vietnam |
| Albert C. Nielsen | Arnold | |
| Wayne V. Nielsen | Valley | |
| Glen L. Nutter | Thedford | WWII |
| Robert B. Okeefe | Gering | WWII |
| Lawrence Pechous | South Omaha | WWII |
| LaVern J. Pensick | Columbus | Korea |
| Warren W. Philbrick | Ord | WWII |
| James J. Pipan | Lincoln | Korea |
| Harold H.O. Poppe | Hastings | WWII |
| James F. Poulicek | Omaha | WWII |
| Gordon L. Powell | St Paul | Korea |
| Vivian M. Ramero | South Omaha | WWII |
| Cecil A. Rapp | Ralston | |
| W. A. Rigali | Bellevue | WWII |
| Wallace Roe | Geneva | Korea |
| Bobby L. Saale | Talmage | Vietnam |
| Alvin L. Sassman | Hastings | WWII |
| Richard H. Schaffer | Lincoln | WWII |
| Carl E. Scheer | Omaha | Korea |
| William E. Schroen | Omaha | WWII |
| Lester K. Schulz | Omaha | Vietnam |
| Milton L. Schulz | Gothenburg | WWII |
| Edward T. Shotkoski | Columbus | WWII |
| Josiah Shurtleff | Humboldt | |
| Everett J. Simpson | Norfolk | WWII |
| Emmett B. Sims | Columbus | WWII |
| Larry Sisel | Brainard | Vietnam |
| Michael J. Smith | Herman | Vietnam |
| Warren D. Smith | Wallace | WWII |
| Roland Sporleder | Pierce | |
| Wendel D. Stevens | Blue Hill | Korea |
| Clarence E. Stowe | Millard | Vietnam |
| Francis Sumnick | Yutan | WWII |
| Carl Swearingen | Hastings | Korea |
| Donald G. Taylor | Albion | Korea |
| Eugene E. Tokarski | South Omaha | WWII |
| Leo G. Tomes | Brainard | WWII |
| Thaddeus J. Tworek | South Omaha | WWII |
| George Vap | Hastings | WWII |
| William W. Walter | Decatur | Korea |
| Glenn H. Warner | South Omaha | |
| William R. Watmore | Geneva | WWII |
| Charles L. Watson | Chambers | Korea |
| James J. Weidner | Madison | Korea |
| George B. Weisgerber | Bayard | WWII |
| Lorand C. Welch | Cozad | Vietnam |
| Michael L. Wells | Neligh | Vietnam |
| Kenneth W. Wellsandt | Talmage | WWII |
| Donald E. Weymouth | Chadron | WWII |
| John Wiehn | Columbus | Persian Gulf |
| Laurence A. Williams | Omaha | WWII |
| Ralph Wohleb | Franklin | WWII |
| Ernest Woitalewicz | Ashton | Korea |
| Gerald Yaw | Imperial | WWII |
| Dwight M. York | Barneston | Korea |