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
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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
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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