Biography
Ken was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 23, 1951 to Betty Ann Welch (Turk). He was her first boy. Ken was named Kenneth after his Uncle Kenneth Turk, and Vernon after his Uncle Vernon Welch. Ken's Uncle Ken Turk is a Army veteran joining the US Army 82nd Airborn...
Douglas Finley was a Marine in Baker Bandits (B-1-5) Marines in Korea. After Chosin, the Marines changed strategy to send out squad -sized patrols to search for guerrillas. On January 31, 1951, Sergeant Yesenko and his squad-sized patrol set out on patrol but were somehow taken prisoners by the...
Never forgotten and will always remember
Corporal Badgley was awarded the Purple Heart.
Medal of Honor
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War II
Service: Army
Division: Philippine Scouts
GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 11 (March 5, 1942)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, in the name of...
SPC CALVIN M PEREDA
Lt. Colonel Glade L. Felix 1954 ~ 2007 Lt. Colonel Glade L. Felix, beloved husband, father and brother died Monday, June 11, 2007 in Al Udeid, Qatar. Lt. Colonel Felix was serving with the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group, United States Air Force assisting the medical needs of our military popul...
The youngest of 5 military servicemen gunned down on July 16, 2015 in Chattanooga TN by a terrorist, LCpl Skip Wells was a Marine, a hero, a son, grandson, nephew and a friend. It was the things that made Skip the man and Marine he was, that drove the community to rise up in support of each other...
One of the most generous, loving, caring people I have ever met. I love and miss you Joshua to no end.
Justin was drawn to high values and morals at an early age. He set goals higher than most peoples expectations and then surpassed those goals. He was attracted to those who had a drive to succeed and not give up . He knew at an early age not what he wanted to be but who he wanted to be. He was al...
George H. Gannon
October 1944, the Phillipines, along way from the small farm in NW Ohio.
Your passing came long before your nieces and nephews came into this world. Your mother and 3 sisters told us stories of you and allowed us to look through your unit photo boo...
