On August 21, 1969, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Olson of Irwin were informed by Kenneth G. Wickham, Major General USA, the Adjutant General that he had the honor to inform them that their son, Spec 4 Duane E. Olson had been awarded posthumously: Bronze Star Medal for...
Colonel Robert Allan Adams (Army/Retired) died January 7, 2019. Robert (Bob) is survived by wife, JoAnn Spencer Adams, three children, Spencer and Barbie Adams, Katie and David Lewis, Matthew and Amber Adams. Grandchildren; Grayce, Sophia, Truman, Lincoln, Harper,...
Steven Grant Balls, 70, died peacefully Monday, January 7, 2019 at his son’s home in Holladay, Utah surrounded by family members. Steve and his family courageously endured the challenges of advanced dementia during the last few years of his life. Steve was born...
JD Hennig joined at 22 , leaving a wife and baby. He wanted to make his father & country proud. He came home with honor having been awarded Army Commendation Medal by Gen. Westmoreland due to consequences of a visit to Nam by President Nixon, but he was spat upon...
Cpl. Michael D. Jankiewicz was a machine gun team leader assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Ga. He was born on Jan. 23, 1987, in Ridgewood, N.J. Jankiewicz was killed during a combat operation in Zabul Province, Afghanistan...
