Dennis Smith US Army 1967- 1969 Pleiku- Vietnam. Grandpa of
Monty Williams 3 rd grade.
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Kevin Slauter US Army 1998- 2002 Uncle of Brian & Andrew
Bowers
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Paul Lewis Vietnam Veteran Grandpa of Brian & Andrew
Bowers
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Tommy House US Navy January 1969-January 1973 Vietnam Veteran
served on the USS Oriskany Grandfather of Ethan and Emory
House
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Hubert Clifton Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Retired Army Ordinance
Signal Corps Air Defense Artillery Served mainly in Italy during
WWII, but also served in African and Middle Eastern Campaigns.
Hubert also was a member of the CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps,
prior to enlisting in the Army. Uncle of Kallie & Kate Clifton
November 18, 1921 - September 3, 2004
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Obie Clifton US Army, Korean War Enlisted 1949 at age 17. Heavy
Mortar Company 31 st Regiment, 7 th Infantry Division. Missing in
Action, November 30, 1959 at the north end of Chosen Reservoir,
North Korea. Uncle of Kallie and Kate Cllifton. Presumed dead,
December 31, 1953
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Waldo Beadle Joined the Army January 1937, and was sent to the
Philippines where he was a boat guard with the 59th Artillery
Division, between Corregidor and Manila. May 9th, 1942, Beadle and
his entire division were captured as prisoners of war. Beadle was a
POW for 1,205 days and survived the infamous Bataan Death March.
Beadle returned home in October 1945. Uncle of Kallie & Kate
Clifton October 7, 1918 - July 9, 1996
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Larry Tyson US Army October 1966-October 1968 Vietnam Veteran
Sergeant E-5 worked in Transportation Grandfather of Kadan Gravitt,
Erika Lamb, & Breyer Lamb
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Hugh Butler US Navy 1 st Class Petty Officer Medical Corpman.
Served in WWII from 1943-1946 Served in Korea from 1950-1951
Grandfather of Chisum Garrett 1 st grade
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William Jackson Pillars Jr. US Army Private E-1 Korean Service
Medal United Nations Service Medal National Defense Service Medal,
and Good Conduct Medal. Family of Landon Trent, Kindergarten
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Patsy (Long) Trent US Air Force Retired Master Sergeant May
1979- July 2001. Base Training Manager Travis AFB, California.
Family of Landon Trent, Kindergarten.
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Jimmy Trent Jr. US Army Staff Sergeant Delta Co. 2-227 Aviation
Regiment 1 st Aircraft Brigade, 1 st Calvary Division Korea 1 year.
Iraq 3+ years Bronze Star Afghanistan 1 year Silver Star Pakistan 3
months Ft. Hood, Texas Family of Landon Trent, Kindergarten
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Joshua James Trent US Army E-4 Specialist 86 th Combat Support
Hospital Higher Headquarter Det. Afghanistan 2009- 2010 Ft.
Campbell, Kentucky Family of Landon Trent, Kindergarten.
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Sam Roebuck US Air Force Mechanic, 1949-1958 Stationed in Ft.
Worth Texas, Witchita Falls Texas, Oklahoma City Oklahoma,
Charleston SC, Marquett Michigan, and Castle California Grandfather
of Caitlin & Sam Roebuck
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Candi Roebuck- Mericle US Air Force 1978- 1982 Stationed in New
York, England, Abilenne Texas. Aunt of Caitlin & Sam Roebuck
Candi far right
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Adam Shaffer & Michelle Shaffer US Army Parents of Joshua
Shaffer 3 rd grade
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J.D. Carter US Navy, Served from June 2, 1954-June 1, 1959
Stationed in San Diego, California for Boot Camp 2 years in Corpus
Christie, TX, and on a ship for 3 years in Hawaii, China,
Philippines, Japan, & New Zealand Great-grandfather of Jaylee
Campbell 1 st grade
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Billy R. Harless US Army SPC 3 rd Class August 1956- August
1958
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Kenneth Mays US Navy 1958- 1962 & 1964- 1968 Boiler Tender
on the USS Vesole 878 3 rd PTN BTNYA 9 th TNG BN Taken August 22,
1956 in Ft. Bliss, Texas
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USS Bryce Canyon (AD 36) Launched, 7 March 1946. Commissioned
September 15, 1950. Decommissioned June 30, 1981 at Naval Station
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Struck from the Naval Register, June 30,
1981. Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to National Metal &
Steel, Terminal Island, CA., April 6, 1982 USS Bryce Canyon
received one battle star for her service in the Korean War. USS
Vessel 878. Gun fire support ship in Vietnam. First Navy ship to
leave the East coast for Vietnam. It was involved in a ship wreck
on the way which delayed the crew for 2 weeks. Carried Kenneth
Mays
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Bobby J. Marshall US Army, SP3 Basic Training- Ft. Gibson at El
Paso, TX Served June 2 1954- May 1956 at Panama Canal Zone
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2002- 2011 Sergeant Medic, served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Family of Chisum Garrett, 1 st grade
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The Soper National Honor Society would like to thank all the
men and women who have fought and who are still fighting for our
freedom.
