Milford Township and Proud of It

’40 George Peterson, WWII Army, 1944 KILLED in action
       in France; see Gold Star Men page 193
’40 Donald Rasmusson, WWII Army/Navy??
’40 Kermit ‘Shorty’ Sorensen, WWII
’40 Donald Wakefield, WWII Marines
’41 Harlan Harper Jr., WWII Navy lst Seaman, Radio
       Operator in Sasebo, Japan, 1944-’46 2 1/2yrs
’41 Kermit Molde, WWII Army
’41 Arnold Nelson, WWII Army, reserves
’41 Marvin Smith Jr, WWII, Pilot, Army Air Force
’42 Carroll Arneson, WWII Army, Teck Sgt
’42 Richard Comfort, WWII Navy PBY Pilot, Flew AZ
       Law Enforcement  Career, 20 years
’42 Leo Tjelmeland, WWII Army
’42 Junior ‘Guy’ Wakefield, WWII
’43 Karl Clark, WWII Army 10yrs
’43 Duane Gardner, WWII, Navy Officer 14yrs, Career
’43 Don Halverson, WWII Navy, NROTC @ ISU
’43 Earl Johnson, WWII Air Force
’43 E. Glen Sampson, WWII
’44 Carroll Arneson, WWII
’44 Gorden  Bivens, Marine Corp WWII
’44 Carl Buttry, WWII Air Force
’44 Fred Matters, WWII Army, Japan 1945-’47
’44 Russell Morfey, Korea -Army Medic
’44 Marvin ‘Ole’ Sorensen, WWII & Korea -Army
’45 Raymond Crowe, WWII Army
’45 Darrell Starbuck, WWII Navy
’45 Wesley Warren, WWII & Korea- Army
’46 George ‘Lendell’ Manley, Korea- Air Force
’46 Donald Morfey,Korea-Army Medic, Heart Break Ridge
       Purple Heart and was Awarded a Bronze Star
’46 Loren Rierson, Korea?-Marine
’47 James ‘Jim’ Christy, US Army 1951-1953
’47 Charles ‘Art’ Cooling, Korea -Army 2yrs, 1954-’56
’47 Richard Couser, Korea -Army National Guard 8yrs
’47 Kenneth E. Watson, 1951 -Army Infantry man in
       North Korea  21 mo
’48 Harlan Nassen, Korea -9th Regiment
’49 Merrill Anderson, Korea -Navy
’49 Darol & Garol Cooling, Korea -Marines, 1949-’51
’49 Charles Horness, Korea -Air Force
’49 Jack Morris, Korea -Army Paratrooper
’50 Vernon Egland, Korea -Army MP-France & Austria
’50 LeRoy Gardner, Navy-got TB & was in Walter Reed
      Hospital, Washington DC, 2 yrs recuperating; then in
      the TB Center in Asheville, NC (where he met his wife)
’50 Eugene Mortvedt, Korea -Army
’50 Dan Needham, Korea
’50 Richard Sorem, Korea -Air Force S Sgt
’51 Franklin Egland, Korea -Army
’51 Dean Crowe, Korea -Air Force Sgt, Radio Op @
       Morris Code 4 yrs
’51 Roger Deal, Korea -Vietnam T/Sgt, 20 year Career.
’51 Larry Roberts, Korea -Army
’51 John Wakefield, Korea -Army
’52 John Danielson -Navy two years

Dave Allen,
Navy Pilot


’52 Rodney Hansen, Air National Guard
’52 Roy Hartman, Korea -Air Force Career,
       Purple Heart, Disabled, lost both legs
’53 Richard Roberts, Army
’54 Hugh ‘Fritz’ Morris, Coast Guard
’55 David Allen, LtVietnam-Navy Pilot,
       Combat Zone, CIA. See pgs 97 & 245
’55 Dale Carsrud, Vietnam -Army 2yrs
’55 Dale Hughes, Lt. Air Force Pilot,
       ROTC @ OU, Norman, OK
’55 Gary Tjelmeland, Marines
’56 Jack Allen, Navy, Meze Instrument Instructor
’56 Loyd Hughes, Navy
’56 Edwin Needham, Navy Career
’57 Paul Nassen, Army Germany 3 yrs
’57 Roger Thompson, Vietnam -Air Force 4yrs
’57 Alan Twedt, Vietnam -Navy Combat Zone, USS Ranger
’58 Ed Allen, Vietnam -Air Force Capt 17yrs
’58 Jimmie Thompson, Vietnam -Army 1962-’64 2yrs
’59 Jerry Book, Vietnam -Army Combat Zone
       1st Infantry ground personnel
’59 Lynn G Christian, Army, 34th Div
’59 Ron Strother, National Guard
’60 Ronald Pauley, Navy
’60 Ronald Rasmusson, Drake, Navy Postal Clerk
’61 Dennis Book, Army Reserve
’61 Ronald Sorem, National Guard
’62 Bruce Strother, Vietnam 2yrs ’66-’68
’62 Gordon Tjelmeland, Vietnam -USAF Pilot 6yrs
’62 Steven Waugh, Vietnam 1968-’69, Pentagon 1969-’72
’63 Stephen Brooks. Sgt Vietnam 2 years, Army
’63 Jim Cooper, 20 year career Air Force
’64 Loren Book, Army Reserve
’64 Gary Petrus, Air Force 6 years 1965-’71
’64 Dennis Twedt, Army, Vietnam
’65 Virgil Horness, Navy, 3yrs active and 4yrs in reserves
’66 Owen Twedt, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class
’67 Dean Twedt, Navy Lt. JG, ROTC @ ISU
’68 Don Brooks, Army
’68 Dennis Otto, Vietnam -Army 2yrs, Purple Heart
’69 Dennis McVey, Germany -Army
’78 Brent Brodie, US Army Career  Afghanistan, 20yrs.
’79 Matthew Rierson, Delta Force KILLED 1993-Somalia
       Conflict         See Gold Star Men page 193

PEACE CORPS: 
’59 Richard Thompson,U of Illinois,- Several Countries
’64 Loren Book & Ruthie Horine Book- both ISU
       graduates, 1970-’72 South Pacific
’64 Mark Danielson- South America
’00 Zackary Smith- Panama. (Son of Marvin Smith III)

NOTES: George Clark’38A was a German POW in WWII.
Robert and Leslie Matters received the Purple Hearts. Roy
Hartman’52 and Dennis Otto ’68 received Purple Hearts.
Bill Sharpe ’38 Bronze Star at Rhine R Crossing.