vhv presents
2023 presentations
115th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
December 23rd, 2023 golden corral
SP5 William G Dowling
US Army
1968-69, Vietnam
SPC Eric C Rasmussen
US Army
1989-92, Desert Storm
CPL Daniel Alvarez
USMC
1992-96, Desert Storm
PM3 Thomas O Person
US Navy
1963-67, Vietnam
L-R Daniel Alvarez, William Dowling, Eric Rasmussen and Thomas Person
114th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
December 2nd, 2023 golden corral
Sgt Art Miranda,
US Air Force
1978-82. Cold War - Germany
SP5 Gary LaCrosse,
US Army
1969-72 Vietnam
SMSgt Harley "Don" Sullivan,
US Air Force
1981-2002. Cold War - Germany
PO5 John Hoelscher,
US Navy
1966-69. Vietnam
SN Richard "Roy" Hernandez,
US Navy
1964-68 Vietnam
PV2 Sean Cooper,
Army National Guard
2009-2017. Global War on Terrorism
Sgt Susan Firth-Prosser,
US Air Force
1974-78. Cold War
L-R Susan Firth-Prosser, Gary LaCrosse, John Hoelscher, Sean Cooper, Harley Sullivan, Richard Hernadez, and Art Miranda
113th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
November 18, 2023 golden corral
FNA Patrick Y Fullhart
US Coast Guard
1971-1972 Vietnam Era
CW3 Dave Gutierrez
US Army
1978-2001 Panama-DS-Kosovo-Cold War
DK3 John Kilburn
US Navy
1966-1968 VIETNAM
SP5 Penelope Thurber
US Army
1973-1985 Vietnam Era
SP5 Tom Kitzmiller
US Army
1970-1972 Vietnam
SGT Daniel Kuhlman
US Army
1982-2002 Global War on Terror
CPL Don W Johnson
US Army
1953-1955 Korea
L-R John Kilburn, Penelope Thurber, Don W Johnson, Tom Kitzmiller, Patrick Y Fullhart, David Gutierres, Daniel Kuhlman
112th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
November 4, 2023 golden corral
SGT Wayne F. Scott
Marines - Asia
1955-1959
SGT Donald L. Clayes
Army - Vietnam
1969-1972
Colonel Robert W. Eatman
Air Force - Korea, Vietnam, War on Terror
1954-1987
(l-r) Robert W. Eatman, Wayne F. Scott, Donald L. Clayes
111th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
October 21, 2023 golden corral
SPC4 Charles Wear
Army - OIF
2005-2010
SPC4 Timothy P. Aicholz
Army
1978-1986
CAPT Teri Olson
Navy - Vietnam
1966-1995
CAPT Steve Olson
Navy - Vietnam
1956-1995
(l-r) Teri Olson (wife) and Steve Olson (husband)
AK2 Delmar D. Benkendorf
Navy - Vietnam
1964-1968
HN Rod 'Roady' Whiteley
Navy - Desert Storm
1987-1994
(l-r) Rod 'Roady' Whiteley, Delmar D. Benkendorf, Timothy P. Aicholz, Charles Wear, Teri Olson, Steve Olson
110th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
October 14, 2023 golden corral
SGT Janice M Ververs
Army
1983-1989
SGT Michael R Ververs
Army
1985-1989
CPL Robert M Ververs
Army
1985-1989
SPC4 Brandy N Ververs
Army
2008-2013
SGT Michael R Ververs Jr (unable to attend - statue accepted by parents)
Army - Iraq
2008-2012
(l-r) Brandy Ververs, Janice Ververs, Michael Ververs, Robert Ververs and grandchildren
109th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
October 07, 2023 golden corral
GMG3 Joe Oppenheimer
Navy - Desert Shield / Desert Storm
Nitro AE23
1988-1996
RD1 Bill Williams
Navy - Vietnam
1957-1969
BU1 Jerry Moran
Navy - Vietnam ERA
1955-1968
SPC4 Kermit J. Bratten
Army - Vietnam
1969-1973
SGT Joe Perry
Army - Vietnam
1967-1970
AM3 Vince W. DeBendette
Navy - USS Kearsarge CVA33
1956-1960
(l-r) Joe Perry, Joe Oppenheimer, Kermit J. Bratten, Vince W. DeBendette, Jerry Moran, Bill Williams
108th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
September 23, 2023 golden corral
LCPL Shannon Stirling
Marines - OIF / OEF
2003-2004
SGT Sherri Stirling
Marines - Grenada
1982-1989
CPL Raymond Stirling
Marines - Grenada (posthumously)
1980-1989
(l-r) Sherri (mom) and Shannon (daughter) Stirling holding late husband and father Raymond's statue
107th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
September 16, 2023 golden corral
MSGT Thomas Pusel
Air Force - Vietnam
1960-1980
AQ2 Richard Lainger
Navy - Vietnam
1960-1964
LT Richard Searls
Navy - Vietnam
1963-1973
GMSN Phil Guardado
Navy - Vietnam
1970-1974
SNBM Daniel Sexton
Navy
1975-1977
SGT Matt Voris
Army
1986-1992
SSGT Arthur McKown
Army - Cuban Missile Crisis
1961-1967 & 1981-1990
(l-r) Daniel Sexton, Thomas Pusel, Richard Searls, Arthur McKnown, Phil Guardado, Matt Voris, and Richard Lainger.
106th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
September 2, 2023 golden corral
SPC4 Doug Marxhausen
Army - Vietnam
1968-1970
SPC4 Michael J Nissen
Army - Vietnam
1966-1974
SGT Larry Duran
Marines - Vietnam
1965-1969
PO3 Mark Sugarman
Navy - Vietnam
1967-1970
CPL Daniel Dorsey
Marines - Vietnam
1962-1967
PO3 Thompson Tindell
Navy - Desert Storm
1990-1995
SGT, Crew Chief Hung Van Tran - UH-1H Iroquois Helicopter
Republic of S. Vietnam - Pleiku Air Base in the Central Highlands
1972-1975
(l-r) Hung Van Tran, Michael J Nissen, Doug Marxhausen, Mark Sugarman, Daniel Dorsey, Thompson Tindell, Larry Duran
105th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
August 19, 2023 golden corral
AO1 Jim Kutcher
Navy
1988-2013
SGT Michael P Conley
Army
1968-1971
SPC4 Paul F Hyde
Army
1994-1998
SK3 Jim Reed
Navy
1966-1968
SPC4 Larry Kawa
Army
1976-1979
SGT Steve Morris
Air Force
1966-1968
SSG John Nichols
Army / Navy
1966-2000
(l-r) Paul F Hyde, Jim Kutcher, John Nichols, Michael P Conley, Jim Reed, Larry Kawa, Steve Morris
104th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
August 5, 2023 golden corral
CPL Harry Gunther
Marines - WWII, 2 Purple Hearts
1943-1945
F2C Glen Norris - USS Lubbock APA197
Navy - WWII, Bronze Star W/V Device
1943-1945
1st LT Janice Schilling - 67th Combat Hospital Unit
Army
1969-1970
MSG Harold 'AJ' Johnson
Army - OIF I & II, Bronze Star
1981-2011
GWT Choya McKinzie
Air Force - Service and Expeditionary
1998-2005
Roger VanSyckle
Air Force - Vietnam Service and Campaign
1966-1979
Tammy Berry
Air Force - OSW, OIF, OEF Operation Southern Watch
1992-2014
Father / Daughter
l - Roger VanSyckle
Air Force
1966-1979
r - Tammy Berry
Air Force
1992-2014
(l-r) Tammy Berry, Roger VanSyckle, Harold 'AJ' Johnson, Janice Schilling, Glen Norris, Choya McKinzie, Harry Gunther
103rd VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
july 15, 2023 golden corral
MSGT Lawerence Raimer
Air Force - OIF, UNC Police Officer
1983-2004
MSGT Michell Raimer
Air Force
1986-2004
SPC Michael Jorkos
(posthumously presented to mother Connie Jorkos)
Army - NG, OEF
2009-2014
(l-r) Michael Jorkos (posthumously presented to Connie Jorkos), Lawerence Raimer, Michell Raimer
102nd VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
july 1, 2023 golden corral
RANGER Dean Nelson
Army - 101st AB Rangers
1968-1989
COL Dana Howard
Air Force
1984-2014
PLT Donald Barrett
Navy - WWII, Korea, Vietnam
1943-1963
Bob Larson
Air National Guard - 163rd Cav Vietnam
1964-1970
COL John Howard
Air Force
1994-2019
Roger Leaf
Marines - Camp Lejeune
1962-1968
(l-r) John Howard, Donald Barrett, Dana Howard, Bob Larson, Roger Leaf, and Dean Nelson
101st VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
june 17, 2023 golden corral
4ID Brad Pritchard
Army
1972-1973
Sue Streed
Marines - 1st Force Desert Storm
1980-1990
Al Barthelemy
Air Force
1965-1969
SAC Bill Howell
Air Force
1971-1975
Charles Hill
Air Force - 90th Missile Wing
1961-1965
Curt Hanson
Army
1962-1968
(l-r) Curt Hanson, Al Barthelemy, Bill Howell, Sue Streed, Brad Pritchard, Charles Hill
100th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
june 3, 2023 golden corral
2nd Inf & DI Arthur Harris
Army
1965-1968
Anna Raynes
Navy
2015-current
USS Gerald Ford GD of Dick Life
63rd SIG CorpS Joe Sayers
Army
1963-1966
Darrel Waggener
Air Force - Air Defense Command
1970-1974
(l-r) Darrel Waggener, Arthur Harris, Joe Sayers, and Anna Raynes
99th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
may 29, 2023 seven lakes memory care
Bob Cunningham
Air Force
Joe Bleicher
Army / US Coast Guard
John Zahn
Army Aircraft Mech
David Gudgel
Army Dept of Interior
Distinguished Service Award
Glen Shue
Army - WWII
1944-1946
PLT Wayne Larson's Widow
Air Force
Retired 1976
David Howard
Army
Presentation at Seven Lakes Memory Care
98th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
may 20, 2023 golden corral
A1C Kenneth Roitsch
Air Force
1960-1964
Weather Observer for U2 in Del Rio TX
SSGT Raul Solorio
Air Force
1953-1957
Stewart Air Force Base
SSGT Garrett Pastor
Army
2003-2008
82 Airborne Jump Wings & Bronze Star
SFC Donald Brashears
Army
1968-1990
101st Airborne Aircrew on choppers
HM1 Teresa Evans
Navy
1977-1998
US Naval Hospital Naples Italy
ETSN Mike Figueroa
Navy
1988-1994
USS McKee AS41
(l-r) Kenneth Roitsch, Mike Rigueroa, Raul Solorio, Donald Brashears, Teresa Evans, and Garrett Pastor
97th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
may 12, 2023 Cheyenne VA Nursing home
Ceremony Statues
Evelyn Lewison
Army - Vietnam
1970-1971
James Coats
Army - Vietnam
1958-1970
Harold Kercher
Air Force - Vietnam
1951-1965
David Greet
Navy - Vietnam
1972-1973
Dennis Haas
Army/Army Nat. Guard - Gulf War
1979-2000
David Franck
Air Force - Korean War
1948-1969
Thomas Stiller
Navy - Vietnam
1966-1970
Burton Noe
Navy - WWII
1944-1946
Patrick Miller
Army - Vietnam
1972-1983
Richard Dill
Navy/Air Force - WWII
1941-1947
Larry Wilkinson
Army - Vietnam
1968-1970
Ronald Gerber
Army - Vietnam
1968-1971 & 1981
Richard Clay
Coast Guard - Vietnam
1972-1990
Judy Brayton
Army Nat. Guard - Vietnam & Gulf War
1963-1997
Joyce Hopkins
Army Nat. Guard - Gulf War
1975-2001
Kenneth Rykowski
Navy - Vietnam
1964-1968
96th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
may 6, 2023 golden corral
Wayne Snodderly
Air Force - Vietnam
1971-1975
Andrews AFB during Pres Ford
Robert Pickett
Navy - Vietnam
1968-1972
USS Independence
Norman Reichardt
Navy - Vietnam
1960-1963
USS Kearsarge Recovery of Mercury Astronauts
MA8 Wally Schirra
MA9 Gordon Cooper
Mike Barnhouse
Army - Vietnam
1966-1969
Door Gunner - Huey 1st Cav
Purple Heard Commedation Medal w/V
John Rudd
Army - Vietnam
1966-1968
4th Army
David Krapes
Navy - Vietnam
1960-1963
USS Monticello
(l-r) John Rudd, Robert Pickett, Wayne Snodderly, Norman Reichardt, Mike Barnhouse, and David Krapes
95th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
april 15, 2023 golden corral
Danny Harrison
Army - Vietnam
Purple Heart & Accomodation Medal with V Device
(like Bronze Star)
1965-1968
Dave McAndrews
Army - Korea
1950-1953
Michael Hardy
Army - Vietnam
Purple Heart CIB
Author of 117 Days
1969-1970
Berry Fiore
Army - Vietnam
1965-1967
Charles Wilson
Army - Korea 82 Airborne
1948-1952
(l-r) Dave McAndrews, Charles Wilson, Barry Fiore, Michael Hardy, and Danny Harrison
94th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
april 1, 2023 golden corral
Martha Hampton
Army
1977-1981
Alan Hamilton
Army - Vietnam
Tanks-CIB-Purple Heart
1967-1997
Henry 'Hank' Myers
Marines - Panama
1985-1993
Julie Rowell
Air National Guard - OIF
Purple Heart CIB
2002-2003
MP Rebeca McClain
Army - Iraq
2002-2005
(l-r) Martha Hampton, Rebeca McClain, Henry Myers, Alan Hamilton, and Julie Rowell
93rd VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
March 18, 2023 golden corral
Jim Kuhel
Navy - Vietnam
Served on 2 carriers Ticonderoga & Bonhomme Richard
1966-1970
SPC5 Del Haney
Army - Vietnam
Vietnam Service & Campaign Medals
1968-1970
Phil Lathery
Air Force - Vietnam
Air Force Medical Corps
1959-1963
Bob Sanders
Army - 173rd Airborne
39th Dog Squad Platoon CIB
1966-1969
(l-r) Bob Sanders, Del Haney, Phil Lathery and Jim Kuhel
92nd VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
March 4, 2023 golden corral
SGT Gary Cissell
Army
1967-1969
SGT Howard Leino
Air Force
1965-1969
SPC4 Willard Miller
Army
1960-1962
SGT Hillary Daly
Army
2001-2006
SSGT Tom Culbertson
Air Force
1966-1970
l-r Gary Cissell, Hillary Daly, Tom Culbertson, Willard Miller, and Howard Leino
91st VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
February 18, 2023 golden corral
Jay Adams
Coast Guard
1967-1971
Larry Paul
Air Force
1974-1978
Father / Son
l - Walt Anderson
Army
1965-1967
r - Dean Anderson
Air National Guard
1988-Current
Twin Brothers
l - Dick Kaufman
Air Force
1969-1977
r - Bill Kaufman
Air Force
Twin Brothers
l - Dick Kaufman
Air Force
1969-1977
r - Bill Kaufman
Air Force
Holding Father's Statue
Joe Kaufman
Army
1940-1943
l-r Dick Kaufman, Dean Anderson, Walt Anderson, Jay Adams, and Larry Paul
90th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
February 4, 2023 golden corral
Keith Gilbert
Army - Gulf War
1987-1991
Michael "Duffy" Laudick
Navy - Gulf War
1990-1996
Windell Vars
Navy - WWII
1942-1946
Steve Roon
Air Force - Vietnam Era
1975-1981
Jennifer Adair
Army
1983-1987
(l-r) Windell Vars, Steve Roon, Keith Gilbert, Michael Laudick, and Jennifer Adair
89th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
january 21, 2023 golden corral
Angelo Corbin
Air Force - OEF-OIF
2001-2012
William Holland
Army - Gulf War
1987-1994
Kenneth Bush
Air Force - Kosovo/Iraq
1990-2013
Terrance Payton
Army/Navy OEF-OIF
1999-2020
Melvin 'Mel' Turner
Army OSW-OIF
1991-2013
(l-r) Angelo Corbin, Terrance Payton, William Holland, Melvin Turner, and Kenneth Bush
88th VHV STATUE PRESENTATION
january 7, 2023 golden corral
Keith Bruner
Army - Vietnam
1966-1968
Dick Life
Navy - Vietnam/Cold War
1958-1991
Bob O'Gorman
Army - Vietnam
1963-1968
James Perlinger
Army - Cold War/Germany
1970-1986
Megan Case
Army
Currently Serving
Scott Manley
Navy
1997-2000
(l-r) Dick Life, James Perlinger, Keith Bruner, Bob O'Gorman, Megan Case, and Scott Manley