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In a Friday morning ceremony at Bridges Academy in State Road, Paula Anderson of Wilkes County lays a wreath by a battlefield cross in memory of her brother,Sgt. Gerold Mounce, killed in Vietnam on Aug. 22, 1967.
Area veterans fire a 21-gun salute at a Friday morning ceremony at Bridges Academy in State Road.
Elkin High School hosts a Veterans Day Event at Dixon Auditorium.Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Aaliyah Ganzzermiller addresses students & Veterans
Slide shows about the American wars.
Slide shows about the American wars.
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EHS JROTC shows photos of WWII . Elkin High & Middle School students view war slides
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VETERANS DAY The Yadkin Ripple • Elkin Tribune2C November 13 - 14, 2019
LarryAdamsEast BendU.S. ArmyVietnam
TommyAshley
Yadkinville,NCU.S. Navy
1965 – 1969Petty Officer 2nd Class
C. Lloyd Beaver U.S. Army
1957 – 1960
DickeyBillingsElkin, NCU.S. Army
1966 – 1968SPEC E-5
BillBlackley
U.S. ArmyField Artillery1966 – 1972
Capt.
Kevin Thomas Blevins1995 – 1999
MarinesLance Corporal
Nelson Gray Brown
State Road, NCArmy
May 1968 – May 1970E-4
Johnnie M. Bullock (MIA)
U.S. ArmyWorld War II
Garvey R. Burchette
NC National Guard1959 – 1966
Richard A. Burchette
U.S. Army1986 – 1989
Tyre D. (T.D.) CarterU.S. Army
1954 – 1956
Tim G.Carter
U.S. Army Reserve 1975 – 1981
George David Casstevens
Jonesville, NCU.S. Army
1952 – 1954CPL
Tommy Casstevens
Jonesville, NCArmy
1953 – 1955CPH
JamesChappell
9/12/46 – 4/7/47
DavidChilds Marines
RobertChipman
YadkinU.S. Army
14 months Vietnam 1970 – 1971
Spec 5
Jerry Cockerham
Elkin, NC US Army
1978 – 1998E7 SFC
James R. CollinsU.S. Navy
1967 – 1971
JohnD. CoxU.S. Army
1969 – 1972
CecilCrouse
7/15/40 – 9/29/45
MalonCrouse
4/25/46 – 4/24/49
Raymond Crouse
9/9/42 – 5/28/44
Talmadge Crouse
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Woodrow Crouse
4/21/42 – 1/19/46
Albert G. DavisEast Bend, NC
U.S. ArmyFeb 14, 1966 – Jan 28,
1968Spec 4 E-4
Gary W.Davis
U.S. Army1974 – 1977
John R.Day
NC National Guard1956 – 1960
Lamar E. Dezearn
U.S. Navy1955 – 1973
James D. (Danny) Dodds
MS National Guard1971 – 1977
DavidDuVallU.S. Army
Staff Sergeant 1992 – 2002
Ross M.Fox
U.S. Air Force 1960 – 1963
Airmen 1st Class
Roger A Gentry
State Road, NCU.S. Army
May 1946 – May 1949 Germany
Pvt.
DavidGilliamElkin, NC
Army1988 – 1992
Rank E3
Hannah Gilmore
NCARNG 505th HHC Staff Sergeant2008 – Current
Kristie Knight Gonyea
Hamptonville, NCActive DutyPhoenix, AZUS Air Force
1993 – PresentSMSGT
JerrellGough
Yadkinville, NCArmy
1958 – 1964Sgt. 1st Class
Barry T.GroceBoonvilleU.S. Army
82nd Airborne Division1989 – 1993
Spc E-4
OlinGroce
Hamptonville, NCNavy
WW IIMR, Carpenters Mate
Navy Seabees
Bobby Dean GrubbU.S. Navy
E-5 Petty Officer 2nd Class
1974 – 1978Ninety-Six, SC
Keith Warren GrubbU.S. Army
1975 – 1978PFC
Statesville, NC
Buddy Lee HarrisU.S. ArmySergeant
1956 – 1966In Loving Memory
Jesse James Hayes
Ronda, NC U.S. Army
Nov. 1954 – Nov. 1956SP4
Bob Hayes U.S. Air Force
12/2/1947-2/3/62 U.S. Army 2/5/63-
4/30/69Korean war 1952 – 1953
Vietnam War1966 – 1967
wounded in Vietnam Oct 1967, disabled
SGT E-5
GeorgeHege
U.S. Navy1941 – 1943
Seaman First Class
Donald L. Hemric Jr.Yadkinville NC
U.S. Army – RetiredOct. 1983 - Oct. 2008
(25 years)CW4
George Hennings
East Bend U.S. Army
Korean WarSergeant
Stephen “Steve” Hadley
HersheyYadkinville, NCU.S. Air Force
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Larry Dean McCann
Father9/9/1960 – 7/1/1971
U.S. ArmyDrafted in 1960
Larry Dean McCann Jr.
SonJuly 2009 – Present
Pay grade E-5Staff Sergeant
Air Force
Perry C. MoneyHamptonville, NC
USMCLCPU
Mine Booby Trap dog handler
1969 – 1975U.S. Army
1975 – 19921st SGTVietnam
Dock Edward Moran
State Road, NCU.S. Army
Dec. 1958 – Feb. 1962SP4
Richard Murphy
East Bend, NC Army
1957 – 1959SP-4 QMC
HankNeely
Jan. 05 – Oct. 16SpecialistU.S. Army
Keith C. Nicholson
U.S. Army1988 – 1991
Fred C. Norman
WWII1st Sergeant
6th Armored Division in General Patton’s
3rd Army2 years 8 months
& 13 days.
Emidio Novembre
U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps
Major1988 – 1997
Charles W. OsborneU.S. Air Force1969 – 1972
John E.Mathis
U.S. Air Force1966 – 1986
Kenneth McGhee
US Coast Guard 2nd Class Petty Officer
1965 – 1971
Reeves A HolderElkin, NC U.S. Army
May 1946 – Oct 1946 & Jan 1954 – Oct 1957
CWO-2
Bob D. Johnson
Elkin, NC U.S. Navy
Dec. 1950 – Aug. 1954Petty Officer 3rd Class
RobertJones
East BendU.S. Army
Korean WarPrivate
(Deceased)
JimKelleyU.S. Army
1968 – 1971
William M. (Bill) Key
U.S. Army1966 – 1969
Jason D. Knight
Hamptonville, NCActive Duty York
Town, VAU.S. Air Force
Msgt1994 – Present
PeteKnight
Hamptonville, NCU.S. Air Force1973 – 1993
TSGT
JakeLammMarines
William “Bill” Henry Lashmit
Yadkinville (Deceased)
U.S. ArmyDec 42 – Sept 45
Ralph W. Macemore
NC National Guard1955 – 1964
HarveyMartin, Jr
9/9/48 – 6/25/52Cpl.
Edgar R. MathisU.S. Army
1952 – 1954
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JimmyPardue
Bermuda Run, NCArmy
1959 – 1968SPEC 5t
Thomas Andrew Pardue
Navy Seamen1 Class
BradleyPerry
March 2010 – Dec 2013
medical dischargespecialist
TH High Poindexter
Senior Oct. 10, 1917 to June
25, 1919, Mess Sergeant
TH Tom Poindexter
JuniorMarch 3, 1951 to
May 1953 Korea,
Sergeant
James Claude Shaffner
CpL. • Korean WarUS Army
11/21/1950 – 11/20/1953Late of Elkin
Dewey D. SheltonU.S. Army
1968 – 1970
HazelSlawter
Sgt.MichiganU.S. Army
Feb 1943 – May 1950 France and Germany
Wilbert Slawter
Pvt.State Road, NC
U.S. ArmyKorean War
ThomasHayne
Smith, Sr.Yadkinville, NC
U.S. Navy
Tony J. Spagnoletti
U.S. Air Force1985 – 1989
Curtis Ponders Joined U.S. Navy
6/1989 Honorably dis-charged 6/1992
Basic Training, San Diego Ca.
School: Hueneme CA. Joined NMCB 74(Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion) in Okinawa Japan
San Japan
TonyPoole
Boonville, NC1969 – 1970U.S. Marines
L/CPL
Gordon M. Ripley
ElkinArmy
1942 – 1968Colonel
RussellScales, Jr.Jonesville, NC
US Navy1943 – 1946
STM
Bobby Ray Shaffner
E4US Army
1977 – 1980Swainsboro, GA
Jacob Ephriam ShaffnerJonesville, NC
US Army9/20/1917 – 4/7/1919
Sgt 1st Class
JimPeles
U.S. Air Force E5-Staff Sgt.1984 – 1992
R.L.Spencer
U.S. Army1954 – 1956
George SteelmanYadkinville,NC
Army1946P.F.C.
Rev. Edward Gayle Stoker
State Road, NCU.S. Army
March 1968 – Jan 1970E-5 Specialist
DavidSturgill
Jonesville, NCU.S. Navy
1969 – 1972E6
Thomas E. Wagoner
FatherJonesville, NCU.S. Air Force
2/2/1959 – 3/1/1979Retired TSgt
Charles Wagoner
Son1982 – 2007
SFC-E-7
C. ClydeWall
East Bend, NCU.S. Army
1944 – 1946Corporal
DaleWall
East BendU.S. Air Force1982 – 1986
Sgt
Robert E. Walls U.S. Air Force1946 – 1966
Charlie S. Watts
U.S. Army 1949 – 1950U.S Air Force1951 – 1955
Received his High School Diploma at 80
yrs. old from Operation Recognition in 2013
because he Quit school to join Army.
He was very excited!
Ronny O. White U.S. Navy
1969 – 1973
Larry (Doby) Wilborn
Vietnam1968 – 1970
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Marty R. WilliamsU.S. Air Force1994 – 1997
Ronald D. (Ron) Williams
U.S. Air Force1968 – 1972
CalvinWright
1965 – 1970E-4
Corporal Purple Heart 1968 served in Vietnam
Frank D.Young U.S. Navy
1952 – 1956HM3
John Henry Young U.S. Navy
1941 – 1946RM2
LucasZamora
Boonville, NC June 2018 – Current
Army PVT E-2
Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Aaliyah Ganzzermiller of Elkin High School JROTC kicked off the event with recognition of the color guard, pledge of allegiance and prayer. Cadet Major James Gentry bows in prayer.
Mayor Sam Bishop addresses the auditorium and introduces fellow Veteran, Chaplain Meade Lott from VFW Post 7794.
LtoR: Veteran Chaplain Meade Lott, Mayor Sam Bishop, Cadet Major James Gentry, Cadet Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Aaliyah Ganzzermiller, CSM Ellie Brewer and Sergeant First Class Charlie Wilson gather after the EHS Veteran 2019 presentation.
Music Teacher Tonya Smith leads the high school choir in the National Anthem
The JROTC color guard presents the flags on stage at the Elkin High School Veteran’s Day Presentation LtoR: Cadet Captain Tate Ayers, Cadet Command Sergeant Major Ellie Brewer, Cadet Second Lieutenant Cadence Conley and Cadet Staff Sergeant Nathan Slate.
Second Lieutenant Cadence Conley presents details of the War of 1812. It was one of twelve wars included in the presentation. Those included the current war on terrorism.
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The Baity Brothers. Thomas Boone Baity, Henry Russell Baity, Robert Gray Baity, John David Baity, Charlie Lee Baity,
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Chatham Nursing and Rehabilitation’s Activity Assistant Carol Stone can be seen standing and laughing with Veterans Monday morning at their annual breakfast honoring residents and patients there.Jim Dehart, the maintenance manager of the faciliy and fellow Veteran joins in for the food, fun and laughter.William Glenn on the left visits with Veterans from VFW Troop 7794 from left to right are Steve Bowen, Elijah Vangordan, Bobby Shores and Mayor Sam Bishop.Fellow Veterans not photographed: Johnny Puckett, William Thompson, Devon Weatherman, Marcus Mickey and Ira Billings
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Yadkin County honors veteransVeterans honored at annual ceremony at Yadkin County Park
A veteran salutes the flag of his respective branch of service at a Veterans Day ceremony held Monday in Yadkinville.
Kitsey Burns Harrison | The Yadkin RippleDavid Shore reflects on the many values of veterans and their families.
VFW Post Commander Steven Mosteller speaks at a Veterans Day Ceremony in Yadkin County.
Veterans from around the county stand to be recognized at a special ceremony held Monday at the county park.
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The annual Veterans Day ceremony was held at the Yad-kin County Park on Monday.
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POW/MIA honored at Bridges AcademyBy Bill [email protected]
Veterans from Elkin, Pilot Mountain, Mount Airy and Yadkin County VFW Posts presented a Veterans Day ceremony at Bridges Academy in State Road on Friday.
The program, beginning in the school’s
gymnasium and moving out to the front lawn, was a special POW/MIS (prisoner of war/missing in action) program, said Pete Knight, beggining the progam.
A table was set for those missing, with all of the items on the table being explained to the children. Veterans from each branch of service placed a hat from their branch
on an empty stool and turned on a candle to honor prisoners of war and service members missing in action.
At the end of the solemn ceremony, veterans and students moved outside where a battlefield cross had been erected as it is done when someone is killed in battle.
The flag was lowered to half mast, and
Paula Anderson of Wilkes County laid a wreath to recognize her brother, Army Sgt. Gerold Mounce, who was killed in Vietnam on Aug. 22, 1967.
Then seven veterans each fired three shots for a 21-gun salute.
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In a Friday morning ceremony at Bridges Academy in State Road, Paula Anderson of Wilkes County lays a wreath by a battlefield cross in memory of her brother,Sgt. Gerold Mounce, killed in Vietnam on Aug. 22, 1967.
Bill Colvard | The TribuneArea veterans participate in a Friday morning ceremony at Bridges Academy in State Road.
Area veterans place flags at a Friday morning ceremony at Bridges Academy in State Road.
A veteran places a pair of boots on a stool to represent prisoners of war and those missing in action.
VFW Posts from Elkin, Pilot Mountain, Mount Airy and Yadkin presented a Friday morning Veterans Day ceremony at Bridges Academy in State Road.
Area veterans fire a 21-gun salute at a Friday morning ceremony at Bridges Academy in State Road.
Buddy Poppies distributedMembers of Captain
Mark Garner Elkin VFW Post 7794 and the post’s Auxiliary handed out Bud-dy Poppies at the Elkin Walmart store on Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday.
Story of the VFW Buddy Poppy
The Captain Mark Gar-ner Elkin VFW Post 7794 passed out the following information on Memo-rial Day, 2019, to explain the meaning of the Buddy Poppy.
“In Flanders Fields the poppies blow…”
Those are the opening words of Col. John Mc-Crae’s immortal poem ded-icated to the memory of the men and women who served, fought and died in
France during World War I, the poppies of which he wrote have become the true symbol of all those who have given their lives in our nation’s wars.
The Poppy has become recognized as the memo-rial flower in countries
throughout the world. It is distributed by veterans organizations in Europe, North America, and in most of the countries of the British Common-wealth.
Since 1922, the Veter-ans of Foreign Wars of the
United States has conduct-ed an annual distribution of Buddy Poppies to raise funds for its charitable programs on behalf of the needy and disabled veter-ans, and the surviving fam-ily members of deceased veterans.
Bill Colvard | The TribuneArmy veteran Sam Hodges gives a Buddy Poppy to a Walmart shopper on Saturday.
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