Captain John Walter Earle

May 26, 2019 | Army

War or Conflict: World War II, 1939-1945 Dates of Service: 1942-1946 Branch of Service: Army Unit of Service 14th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division Location of Service: Texas; Colorado; California; Georgia; Panama; France; Germany; Austria Highest Rank:...

Specialist 5 Steve Gerber

May 25, 2019 | Army

Steve Gerber was born in Portland Oregon, in 1947. As a young man, Steve had been interested in joining the Navy or the Coast Guard, but was rejected from the Navy for being red/green colorblind and the Coast Guard wasn’t accepting at the time. Steve had taken...

Deputy Sheriff Ian Michael Deutch

May 22, 2019 | Army, Police

Deputy Ian Deutch was shot and killed as he and another deputy responded to a shooting call at a casino in Pahrump, Nevada. A woman had called 911 and then fled to the casino during a domestic disturbance in which a man had fired a rifle at her. As Deputy Deutch and...

SFC Sammy Lee Davis

May 16, 2019 | Army

Sammy Davis took some ribbing in the Army because he shared a name with the famous entertainer. Much later, long after his military days were over, he would again gain some acclaim among his old comrades, this time as the “real” Forrest Gump. Davis enlisted in the...

SGT Kevin A Gilbertson

May 11, 2019 | Army

Sgt. Kevin A. Gilbertson, 24, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany; died Aug. 31, 2007 in Landstuhl, Germany and was buried in Cedar Rapids, IA September 11,...

Corporal Keith Davis

May 4, 2019 | Army

“We were fortunate to record Keith Davis’s Oral History before he passed away, for the Library of Congress. This short Bio reflects on who this brave patriot was.”  Steven Henline, FB Post (4/19/19) Corporal Keith Davis Springville, Utah US Army 1943 to 1945...