2004 In Memory Day Honorees
| HONOREE | HOMETOWN* | ST | DOB | DOD |
| John Bernard Dulle | Birmingham | AL | 15-Dec-51 | 25-Jun-02 |
| Bobby Gene Mewbourn | Cullman | AL | 17-Oct-43 | 12-Jul-03 |
| Thomas Alvin Rice | Enterprise | AL | 24-Jan-32 | 14-Mar-85 |
| Joseph Stephen Quartuccio | Sierra Vista | AZ | 2-Jan-41 | 12-Nov-02 |
| Juan Antonio Soto | Barstow | CA | 6-May-49 | 12-Sep-01 |
| Thomas Francis Nichols | Fresno | CA | 30-Nov-47 | 29-Aug-72 |
| Ricardo Jesse Carmona | Los Angeles | CA | 4-Jul-47 | 18-Oct-00 |
| David Arnold Thompson | Penn Valley | CA | 24-Jun-52 | 5-Oct-02 |
| William Roy Bacon | San Diego | CA | 13-Jan-36 | 5-Nov-99 |
| Dixon Lynn Ferrin | San Leandro | CA | 28-Aug-46 | 27-Dec-03 |
| Joseph Samuel Fruh | Santa Cruz | CA | 17-Dec-38 | 31-Mar-63 |
| Charles Edward Bailey | Denver | CO | 23-Nov-50 | 29-Jan-02 |
| Phil Dee Jackson | Denver | CO | 4-Jan-51 | 24-Nov-98 |
| Lloyd Barry Benton | Greeley | CO | 2-Oct-46 | 6-Feb-03 |
| Fred James Roberto, Jr. | Fairfield | CT | 31-Dec-37 | 22-Oct-82 |
| Donald Eber Chamberlain | Bradenton | FL | 1-Mar-21 | 8-Mar-91 |
| Donald Eugene Gannon | Brooksville | FL | 2-Nov-48 | 26-Jul-03 |
| Richard Allen Rung | Deerfield Beach | FL | 16-Dec-29 | 29-Jul-98 |
| Charles Ellsworth Poole, Jr. | Ft. Lauderdale | FL | 22-Oct-32 | 15-Jul-01 |
| Jackie Lee Carver | Lakeland | FL | 18-Aug-46 | 10-Mar-01 |
| James Eugene Henderson | Tampa | FL | 11-Sep-30 | 3-Dec-02 |
| Dixon Marshall Fletcher | Vero Beach | FL | 7-Jul-41 | 20-Aug-95 |
| Ronald Elvis Ball | West Palm Beach | FL | 21-Jun-47 | 31-Jan-85 |
| George Reynolds Swearingen III | Atlanta | GA | 28-Aug-42 | 12-Aug-96 |
| Ronald Edward Baggett | Dalton | GA | 12-Feb-47 | 28-Aug-02 |
| George Albert Whiten, Jr. | Gainesville | GA | 23-Jan-45 | 16-Mar-03 |
| Billy Von Weldon | Martinez | GA | 14-Oct-35 | 25-Oct-90 |
| Fredrick Steven Poweziak | Calumet City | IL | 29-Nov-45 | 20-Apr-02 |
| Thomas John Drasal | Chicago | IL | 19-Feb-36 | 29-Jul-01 |
| J.D. Eagle | Cobden | IL | 29-Aug-41 | 26-May-85 |
| Karl Douglas Fields | Enfield | IL | 30-Dec-49 | 9-Apr-85 |
| Ronald Gary Martin | Hamel | IL | 11-Feb-40 | 22-Jan-77 |
| David Emil Oliva | Midlothian | IL | 26-Nov-44 | 26-May-03 |
| Ralph Eugene Flannigan | Mt. Vernon | IL | 21-Feb-18 | 18-May-02 |
| Barry Leroy Redington | Rockford | IL | 15-Jun-52 | 14-Sep-95 |
| Christ Daniel Nicholas | Rosemont | IL | 20-Sep-50 | 12-Oct-00 |
| Donald Raymond Shipley | Wilmington | IL | 4-Oct-47 | 22-Aug-84 |
| Kermit Q. Hibner II | Bloomington | IN | 13-Sep-48 | 5-Aug-77 |
| Robert David Horvath | Muncie | IN | 11-Feb-46 | 17-Jun-02 |
| John King | Newcastle | IN | 18-Dec-36 | 4-Mar-03 |
| Joseph John Muhlherr | South Bend | IN | 5-Oct-32 | 19-Apr-94 |
| Maurice Harroun Cooper | Waterloo | IA | 5-Aug-32 | 17-Nov-01 |
| Warren Glenn Jackson | Wichita | KS | 8-Jul-37 | 26-Jun-78 |
| Gerald Swiggett | Jacktown | KY | 28-Dec-29 | 11-Feb-92 |
| Donald Frederick Mason | Radcliff | KY | 11-Sep-26 | 2-Feb-76 |
| Ed Pope Embree | Richmond | KY | 15-Jan-39 | 27-Apr-02 |
| William Thomas Borden | Winthorpe | ME | 21-Feb-46 | 6-Apr-79 |
| Gary Robert Smith | Beltsville | MD | 10-Jan-49 | 29-Aug-02 |
| Joseph Denwood Heath, Jr. | Dundalk | MD | 10-Sep-48 | 15-Apr-91 |
| Clarence Robert Levredge | Elkton | MD | 13-Jun-45 | 19-May-91 |
| Harold Edward Shoemaker | Elkton | MD | 27-May-33 | 20-Oct-88 |
| Charles Thebaud Cullison, Jr. | Lexington Park | MD | 24-Nov-30 | 8-Nov-02 |
| Charles Olaf Borgstrom, Jr. | Arlington | MA | 23-Jun-29 | 2-Jul-01 |
| Joseph Sylvester Campbell | Medford | MA | 18-Sep-45 | 15-May-90 |
| Stanley Gust Johnson, Jr. | Swansea | MA | 22-Apr-47 | 22-Oct-70 |
| Brian Anthony Russo | West Wareham | MA | 9-May-50 | 30-Aug-03 |
| James David Cowles | Clare | MI | 14-Jul-47 | 20-Apr-03 |
| Robert William Hughes | Galesburg | MI | 20-Feb-50 | 1-Aug-02 |
| Gary Eugene Rossman | Roseville | MI | 22-May-48 | 17-Mar-98 |
| Van Whelan Martin | West Branch | MI | 15-Nov-47 | 18-Mar-00 |
| James Antonio Robinson | Wyandotte | MI | 7-Sep-49 | 22-Jul-02 |
| Edward Charles Purcell | Annandale | MN | 7-Aug-48 | 19-Jan-03 |
| William Walden Dean | Apple Valley | MN | 18-Dec-50 | 25-May-98 |
| Thomas Joseph Olson | Canby | MN | 25-Jan-42 | 9-Apr-03 |
| Keith Gaylord Halda | Deerwood | MN | 13-May-49 | 29-Nov-84 |
| Peter Richard Brose | Duluth | MN | 17-Dec-49 | 1-Mar-01 |
| Thomas Eugene Grosser | Duluth | MN | 27-Jan-44 | 18-Mar-01 |
| Donald Hugh Talberg, Jr. | Gilman | MN | 24-Nov-47 | 24-Aug-90 |
| David Orrin DeCorsey | Inver Grove | MN | 10-May-48 | 23-Apr-00 |
| Roger Allen Varholdt | Rothsay | MN | 19-Nov-48 | 4-Oct-98 |
| William Edward Stafford III | St. Paul | MN | 24-Oct-46 | 10-Oct-01 |
| Daryle Dean Larson | Starbuck | MN | 13-Jan-46 | 1-Jun-99 |
| Truman Easterling | Braxton | MS | 25-Apr-45 | 12-Nov-02 |
| James P. Hinton | Hattiesburg | MS | 28-Oct-28 | 23-Oct-80 |
| Clifford Allen Sternes | Carl Junction | MO | 16-Jun-49 | 5-May-03 |
| Roger Owen Gunning | Louisiana | MO | 4-Sep-43 | 23-Apr-73 |
| Dennis Dillman Starzinger | Pocahontas | MO | 23-Jul-49 | 1-Jan-02 |
| Robert James Burke | Springfield | MO | 29-Jan-47 | 29-Jun-00 |
| Daniel James Walker | St. Louis | MO | 4-Aug-49 | 10-Dec-02 |
| Charles Raye Hohenstein | Lincoln | NE | 6-Jan-32 | 28-Sep-02 |
| Deward Arlin Pokorny | Weston | NE | 7-Sep-48 | 16-Sep-02 |
| Gary Edward Peil | Omaha | NE | 21-Nov-38 | 6-May-69 |
| Harold Kenneth Cox | Pahrump | NV | 25-Sep-27 | 8-Sep-96 |
| Harry Joseph Bohr | Bloomfield | NJ | 23-Apr-41 | 5-Oct-00 |
| Ronald James Wright, Sr. | Camden | NJ | 9-Apr-46 | 20-May-03 |
| William Peter Turk | Carteret | NJ | 14-Nov-45 | 11-Jul-74 |
| Quentin John Larsen | Fort Lee | NJ | 26-Feb-47 | 6-Jan-02 |
| Harold Peter Kostan, Jr. | Lyndhurst | NJ | 12-Nov-44 | 10-Mar-97 |
| Donald Nicholas Myers | Middletown | NJ | 8-Aug-48 | 24-Aug-02 |
| Kenneth Earl Thompson | Morristown | NJ | 13-Nov-48 | 30-Jan-87 |
| Joseph G. Krowska | Passaic | NJ | 12-Jul-47 | 20-Dec-02 |
| Henry Leo Ochse | Scotch Plains | NJ | 23-Nov-22 | 26-Oct-03 |
| Robert Bruce Angus | Albuquerque | NM | 18-Mar-49 | 9-Nov-97 |
| Armando Perales | Deming | NM | 6-Jul-48 | 4-Feb-99 |
| Donald James Stebbins | Buffalo | NY | 9-Oct-34 | 11-Jan-68 |
| Timothy Joseph Bogenschutz | Depauville | NY | 3-Dec-46 | 8-Oct-00 |
| Dominic Anthony DiGregorio | Farmingdale | NY | 15-Jan-51 | 18-Nov-97 |
| James Lawrence Wise | Hornell | NY | 23-Feb-48 | 30-Mar-99 |
| Robert Thomas Trask | Johnson City | NY | 13-May-48 | 20-Dec-00 |
| John Ray Wheatley | Kenmore | NY | 11-Jul-36 | 1-Jun-88 |
| Gregory Mark Jezarian | New York City | NY | 17-Jan-48 | 29-Nov-03 |
| Arvo John Heikkila | Plattsburgh | NY | 2-Aug-31 | 25-Feb-82 |
| George William Godfrey, Sr. | Black Mountain | NC | 8-Nov-28 | 28-Oct-84 |
| David Lawrence Nelson | Fayettesville | NC | 29-Sep-33 | 30-Jan-98 |
| Robert Worth Hamilton, Jr. | Fuquay Varina | NC | 5-Oct-46 | 16-Sep-86 |
| George Tideman, Jr. | Jacksonville | NC | 11-Jun-30 | 5-Sep-01 |
| Jeffery Lynn Smith | Marshville | NC | 22-Feb-54 | 19-Feb-01 |
| William David Fairchild | Rockingham | NC | 25-Aug-45 | 6-Apr-02 |
| Harold Arthur Rice | Rockingham | NC | 15-May-29 | 23-Dec-91 |
| James Michael Branch | Rocky Mount | NC | 20-Jul-46 | 20-Aug-00 |
| Billy Kenneth Moore | Spring Lake | NC | 22-May-33 | 22-Jun-99 |
| Adam B. Legg | Brook Park | OH | 25-Oct-46 | 15-Mar-03 |
| Ralph Philo Vaughn, Jr. | Brunswick | OH | 25-Dec-48 | 17-Mar-95 |
| Thomas Joseph Perry | Campbell | OH | 31-Jan-48 | 23-Jun-01 |
| Raymond Robert Berling | Cincinnati | OH | 19-Jan-25 | 1-Mar-00 |
| James Raymond Hood | Cincinnati | OH | 24-Feb-52 | 18-Jul-02 |
| Melvin Craig Rebholz | Cincinnati | OH | 23-Oct-45 | 11-Aug-03 |
| William Sawchik | Cleveland | OH | 19-Feb-29 | 31-Mar-99 |
| John Paul Soxie, Jr. | Cleveland | OH | 1-Jun-45 | 7-Jan-96 |
| Samuel Crittion Hatton | Dayton | OH | 5-May-40 | 12-Feb-03 |
| John Kister Zell | Dayton | OH | 6-Dec-44 | 31-Mar-96 |
| Carl Emerson Christy | Hubbard | OH | 5-Jul-30 | 29-Mar-03 |
| Louis Edwin Westerburg | Mayfield Heights | OH | 13-Mar-46 | 11-Mar-92 |
| Robert Earl Waggoner | Randolph | OH | 9-Dec-34 | 5-Mar-85 |
| Chester Gabriel Salvia | Hollis | OK | 23-May-25 | 14-Dec-02 |
| Michael Frank Hargis | Muskogee | OK | 29-Aug-47 | 23-Nov-03 |
| Dennis Lee Starr | Lebanon | OR | 28-Sep-47 | 18-Dec-94 |
| Lewis Clifton McKinley, Jr. | Portland | OR | 16-May-49 | 25-Jan-02 |
| John Tierney Norton | Bryn Mawr | PA | 24-Aug-38 | 24-Aug-99 |
| Stephen Joseph Svetz, Sr. | Corry | PA | 13-Jul-37 | 20-Aug-88 |
| Thomas Perry | Croyden | PA | 24-Mar-47 | 26-Sep-97 |
| Joseph John Rashlich | Ford City | PA | 12-Jun-45 | 4-Jun-98 |
| Joseph Paul Kratochvil | Jeannette | PA | 23-Jul-43 | 12-Aug-78 |
| William David Zellner | Lehighton | PA | 23-Sep-47 | 16-Nov-99 |
| Clarence Ray Wenrich | Lititz | PA | 2-Sep-44 | 23-Jun-02 |
| James Delano Miller, Sr. | Pennsburg | PA | 29-Jan-40 | 21-Aug-92 |
| William Thomas Charlton | Philadelphia | PA | 24-Mar-35 | 13-Jan-99 |
| Robert D. Jaeger | Philadelphia | PA | 3-Aug-47 | 13-Dec-90 |
| Daniel Robert Kane | Philadelphia | PA | 20-Sep-29 | 19-Oct-82 |
| Thomas Charles Mullen | Philadelphia | PA | 31-Aug-50 | 13-Oct-98 |
| William Allan Rangnow | Philadelphia | PA | 13-Oct-49 | 7-Jan-01 |
| John Robert Elm | Pittsburgh | PA | 19-Jan-48 | 14-Sep-03 |
| Scott Elliott Craven | Rochester | PA | 7-Nov-47 | 31-Jan-01 |
| David John Solich | Seward | PA | 21-Apr-48 | 8-Feb-01 |
| Francis Joseph Turney, Jr. | Sharon Hill | PA | 30-Jan-48 | 27-Nov-70 |
| Robert George Pacosky | Shenandoah | PA | 12-Dec-47 | 19-Dec-02 |
| Robert James McElheny | Tarentum | PA | 13-Apr-50 | 27-Sep-90 |
| Homer Lee Hayes | Willow Grove | PA | 14-Apr-32 | 5-May-98 |
| John Rupert Baird | Lugoff | SC | 27-Nov-32 | 14-Aug-01 |
| Richard Allen Kerkhove | Hartford | SD | 1-Aug-49 | 3-Aug-99 |
| Michael Thomas Duffy | Sioux Falls | SD | 19-Aug-46 | 2-July-83 |
| Jack Darrell Adams | Carthage | TN | 8-Aug-46 | 6-Dec-00 |
| Richard Baker Austin III | Clarksville | TN | 28-Apr-15 | 9-Apr-87 |
| John Tobin Frith | Estill Hills | TN | 11-Dec-46 | 19-Sep-07 |
| Larry David Auerbach | Corsicana | TX | 21-Jan-51 | 12-Apr-03 |
| Robert Lee Newell, Jr. | Duncansville | TX | 6-Dec-40 | 13-Jan-85 |
| Jesse Don Hennig | Garland | TX | 7-Oct-47 | 8-Aug-00 |
| Ronald Lee Schwagart | Grand Prairie | TX | 27-Nov-47 | 7-Nov-97 |
| Timothy Dean Taylor | Hawkin | TX | 6-Oct-44 | 25-Oct-00 |
| Henry Mesa | Odessa | TX | 10-Nov-48 | 21-May-72 |
| Agapito George Alvarez | San Antonio | TX | 12-Dec-52 | 29-May-03 |
| James Francis O'Donnell | San Antonio | TX | 24-Sep-29 | 2-Jul-97 |
| Henry Odes Brawley | Wichita Falls | TX | 15-Nov-47 | 29-Jul-94 |
| Greg L. Rasmussen | Bountiful | UT | 7-Sep-46 | 24-Sep-93 |
| Lee David Stark | Layton | UT | 4-Dec-48 | 12-Aug-85 |
| Max Lee Searle | Morgan | UT | 17-Sep-39 | 22-Dec-01 |
| Richard Lee Barth | Ogden | UT | 16-Mar-29 | 8-Dec-98 |
| Larry Marvin Kuker | Ogden | UT | 29-Mar-46 | 16-Oct-99 |
| J. Lee Wolverton | Ogden | UT | 3-Mar-49 | 28-May-76 |
| Charles Leslie Blackham | Spring Glen | UT | 10-Jan-30 | 19-Apr-89 |
| Anthony Mark Minutolo | Fredericksburg | VA | 17-Aug-36 | 10-Jan-79 |
| Harry Newett | Fredericksburg | VA | 27-Jul-16 | 21-Jan-87 |
| Samuel Price Fitzpatrick | Newport News | VA | 18-Apr-33 | 11-Jun-00 |
| Donald Floyd Trent | Norfolk | VA | 21-Nov-28 | 30-Apr-81 |
| Glenn Preston Lloyd | Staunton | VA | 28-Aug-43 | 27-Jun-98 |
| Michael Anthony Karch, Sr. | Olympia | WA | 10-Dec-47 | 18-Aug-96 |
*Hometown may be place of birth, residence at time of death, or residence of living relative.
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