The names of 236 American heroes—Milam County’s war dead in five wars— were read Monday morning as American Legion Post 358 hosted Rockdale’s annual Memorial Day.
Host organization for Rockdale’s Memorial Day service alternates each year between the Legion and VFW Post 6525.
Speaker was Rockdale City Manager, and U.S. Army veteran Chris Whittaker.
He related experiences from a posting to the Pentagon, serving as Casualty Notification Officer. Whittaker also participated in ceremonies as bodies of American soldiers were returned to American soil at Dover, Delaware.
PROGRAM—Legion Post Commander Jim McKimmey was master of ceremonies and gave the welcome. McKimmey served as a Green Beret in Vietnam.
Colors were posted by Hutto High School ROTC students and retired by Rockdale Girl Scouts.
Jim Foster conducted a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action ceremony.
Music was by the Communities in Concert Band. Members Terrell Webster and Lee Thomason played “Taps”.
Invocation was by Michelle Larkin and benediction by Foster.
NAMES—Names of wartime deceased were read by Rockdale High School FFA students Heather Murphy, Emma McMillan, Cady Barcak, Mallory McDaniel, Madeleine Moody and Arianna Eastridge.
Here are the 236 names:
WORLD WAR I—John H. Andrews, John M. Batey, Harry W. Beavers, Ben Bennett, Joe Brown Jr., Jesse J. Bullard, Lenon T. Burgess, Hicks R. Carlyle, James W. Carlyle, Samuel T. Childress.
Lloyd W. Clarke, William M. Craben, Fred David, John T. Davis, Mahan H. Doggett, Rudolph Fieseler, Jesse L. Flemming, Rogers Franklin, Charles Green, William E. Hardy, Ollie Henderson.
Emil Hengst, John T. Hill, Theodore Hoes, Jake G. Hollingsworth, Loyd A. Jackson, Adolf F. Klement, Edmond Krull, Joseph A. Kunz, John T. Lanier, Oliver H. Lankford.
Frank Larza, Edd Lowery, Robert A. Martin, Jesse Matthews, Roy W. May, Branch Miller, Joseph P. Micak, Lee H. Mullinax, Willie A. Roberts, Joe V. Salac, James Seaton, Frank W. Sefcik.
William L. Sefcik, Sandy Shepard, Daniel N. Smith, Aubrey Storey, David V. Tapp, Lee Thompson, Ira W. Walker, Leonard T. Warren, Elbert S. Westbrook, Kelly M. White, Manuel White, Charlie M. Williams, George L. Wright.
WORLD WAR II—Elton L. Abernathy, James C. Allen, L.C. Angell, George Aplin, Willard M. Avrett, William E. Baggett, Henry A. Baker, Wade H. Bankston, Victor J. Barchenger, Owen J. Barker.
Paul C. Bartlett, Clyde D. Batte, Aldine Beard Jr., Johnnie E. Beard, Morris J. Beasley, Robert J. Bennett, Tommy S. Blake, Homer D. Bland, Otto D. Breitkreuz, James P. Brown, Billy B. Bryan, Aaron Burns, Wilma T. Caldwell Jr.
Elbert Callaway, E. H. Cay-wood, Frank C. Chernoskey, C. W. Critchfield, Jesse M. Critchfield, Ernest A. Davis, James R. Dobson, Leon G. DuBois, John Dunnam, Woodrow W. Ermis, Marvin L. Ethridge.
Elton Fisher, Homer D. Frazier, J.B. Fulcher, Howard Galbreath, Edward Gandy, Clifford D. Garner, William C. Gillis, Thomas H. Gilliland, George Goodwin Jr., Robert N. Griffin, Julius S. Hardin, Dillard D. Harris, James T. Harris.
Jessie Hernandez, John Hernandez, Vincente Y. Hernandez, Joseph J. Hubner, Wesley Howard Hoover, Howard G. Hickman, Burton A Hill, Curtis E. Hill, William D. Horton, Gilbert L. Hughes.
Howard V. Isbell, Harry Johnson, Don L. Johnson, Roy W.
A SALUTE TO THE ARMY—
U.S., Army veteran Cecil Calvin salutes as “The Army Goes Rolling Along,” the official song of that branch of the armed services is played by the Communities in Concert band during the Memorial Day Ceremony Monday at American Legion Carlyle Post 358, Always a highlight of the ceremony, anthems of all five service branches are played and veterans/active duty members stand. Those are official flags of all five service branches on the wall.
Reporter/Mike Brown
Jones, Loma T. Judkins, Van Ken-non, Joe E. Kleypus, George R. Knight, Johnnie C. Krause.
Frank J. Kutnak, Edwin E. Kuzel, Thomas P. Lane, Clayton D. Lassiter, Guthrie F. Layne Jr., Otto W. Lehmann.
William A. Lewis, Calvin C. Lively, Major R. Looney, Albert E. Lumpkins, Wayne H. McCallum, Dudley V. McGuyer, John C. McGregor, Wilburn D. McKay, Alvin C. Manning, Rufus P. Marin.
Albin C. Martinek Jr., Frank Meeks Jr., Gilbert O. Menzel, Thomas A. Merritt, Marvin Mode, Edward E. Moerbe, Pedro Moreno, Johnny M. Morton, Melvin A. Moses, Thomas M. Nelson, Roger T. Newton, William J. Newton.
Joe Novotny Jr., Sam Oliver, Jose Ordonez, George H. Peets, Del Posival, Jesse D. Pratt, Charlie A. Reimer, Homer F. Reimer, Roy Reyes, Jose M. Rivera, Earnest Ross Jr., Winfred R. Russell, Wesley E. Scheer, Laurence C. Schiller.
Ewald E. Schroeder, Elmer Schwinger, Max Schwinger, John W. Sebek, Ferol Server, O.V. Sheffield, Max L. Shelton, James T. Shuemate, Ralph Sides, Lee Simmons Jr., Jay W. Smith.
Howard K. Stallcup, Claborn A. Steele, Graham H. Stringer, Arthur Taylor Jr., Frank M. Tepera, Frank M. Terry, Stephen D. Terry, Jerry F. Tomek, Claude Turner, James S. Tyson, Walter J. Ulicnik.
Quintin Vasquez, Otis Walker, John H. Wallace, Coy M. Weems, Delbert Wells, Marvin J. Wentrcek, Robert White, Vernon Willeford, Milton T. Williams, Orville D. Williams, E. F. Wolle Jr., William Worcester, Halfred P. Wutrich, J.Z. Young, August J. Zavodny.
KOREAN WAR—Ivy O. Backhaus, Nicolas Garza, John Hale Jr., Charlie E. Hux, Robert D. King, Tom King, Joe McMurray, Frank Meek Jr., Frank H. Thompson.
VIETNAM WAR—Albert L. Bell, William R. Binker III, Howe K. Clark Jr., Tommie J. Clark, Charles W. Clinard, Felix M. Conde-Falcon, Robert M. Dauphine, Weldon D. Davenport, Dennis W. Fisher, James T. Griffin Jr., Billy J. Holt, John L. Rosemond, Allen P. Weaver.
GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR— Darryn D. Andrews, Charles L. Price III.
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