Abraham, William Clayton Alton, Forrest A. E. Baker, Noble Clarence Barr, Chauncy W. Barr, John Raymond Bennett, Andrew Jackson Bouchie, Lawrence W. Boyer, Rex R. Cannon, Ellis P. Catt, James A. Clark, George W. Cockerham, Francis Brittian Cooper, O. Reuben Cox, Gilbert Washington Deischer, John J. Donnoe, Herbert Eldon Ehlers, Cecil Henry Elliott, Ralph C. England, David Brewer Ferguson, Joseph D. Frederick, Cecil Frederick, Donald Givens, Alexander Harrell, Claudius Henry, Harry Joseph Hinokman, Clarence Hoffman, Walter M. Hollingsworth, Frank Howder, Christian Hummel, Charles F.
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It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.
2003 ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE PEOPLE
JOEY GRIMM-Air Force-Sen.Airmn GREG BISCH-Army-Capt AUSTIN ELLIOT-Army-Maj PAUL CLARK-Marines-PFC M.BRIAN CAMPBELL-ArmyNG-Sgt BRANDON S. BITTLES-Marines-PFC
ERIC KLEINSCHMIDT-Navy-PR1 CHARLES LINNEMAN-Navy-LtJG BRANDON SIEGERT-Air Force-Armn 1stClass SHANNON STEELE-Army-Pvt TROY O'DONLEY-ArmyNG-1st Lt
ROBERT KRAETSCH-Air Force-Capt MATTHEW LINK-Navy-Esgn CHARLIE BAXTER-Army-E2 MANDALYNN STEELE-Army-Pvt MATT HAYWOOD-Army-1stLt
DUSTIN BUNTING-Army-Spc4 KEVIN McGARVEY-Army-Spc NICHOLAS BASHORE-Navy-E4 SCOTT M. WILSON-ArmyNG-PFC JOSHUA WILSON-ArmyNG-PFC
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. John 15:13
WORLD WAR I
Walston Bauer Dorsie J. Bolin Sheridan Cardwell Melvin H. Conner Wilford E. Crane Leslie Darnell Stanley Gostowski Elbert Hall Ross M. Heard Claburn Hobbs Archie E. Keller William E. Mabry
Roy McAdoo Stanley L. McCollum Pete McGovern Robert Moore Alva S. Odle Clyde T. Perry Rufie Reese Charles A. Simmons Walter M. Sims Edgar Snetren Joseph O. Sweet Wesley R. Swofford
WORLD WAR II
Paul Allen Walter C. Barkus Donald E. Baty James Brantley Sylvester Brisky Bailus K. Cantrell John W. Carroll Bob Chamness Frank Compa Richard L. Davis James Deason Stanley Dobroski Andrew E. Dunning Joseph M. Easley Ransom T. Eldridge John H. Erwin Ishmal T. Eubanks Jack J. Fisk Andrew Flatt Clarence A. Flatt Arvel Furlong Edmond J. Gibala Johnnie L. Gipson George E. Gipson Lawrence E. Goff
Roy H. Gossett Leroy Graham Orville S. Grigg Edgar S. Hall Joseph R. Hamilton Wendell M. Hamilton Dwight N. Harrelson Burford H. Harris Howard E. Hopkins Julius Hornyak Ezra E. Huffstutler John D. Isaacs Wilford Ing William E. Johnson Ernest Johnson Howard M. Jones Forrest D. Kays George B. King Leone L. Kivett Phillip M. Kramer Frank Kupczak Stanley L. Layman Everett R. Lewis Ralph E. Lewis Hubert Lunsford
James R. Marshall Virgil R. McAlpin John F. McCann Gene B. McKemie Leonard Moody, Jr. Stanley L. Newberry John D. Noel Stanley Nowicki Burell T. Parks Albert Petroski Frank K. Piercy William L. Pilson Linder Pirtle William Pulverman Louis Rago Joseph Rapach Thomas L. Rea Charles L. Rich Coy D. Rogers Ralph B. Rose Everett Russell Lee Roy Russell, Jr. Joe E. Rybka Fred E. Seibert E. Lavern Seel
William L. Shambling Samuel A. Short Julian J. Slimak Harold Smith Robert H. Smith James Stevens Paul Stull Arthur J. Sweetin Dale E. Todd Earl Tranbarger John W. Watson Henry L. West Howard E. Whaley Ransom D. Williams Walter E. Williams Joe Woolard Stanley M. Zeboski Francis Zinzilieta Bud Hall Steve Disko Ray Lampley Nick Evanchik George E. Grayhem Charlie Bobiak Joseph W. Ozbourn C.M.H.
KOREAN WAR William L. Brown John W. Ferrell Paul A. Frost Bob R. Mandrell Marion E. Morris Curtis E. Roberts Charles D. Tennison
VIETNAM WAR Dean E. Clinton Larry J. Gammon David N. Hill James R. Johnson Kenneth W. Tate Millard R. Valerius Steven C. Webb Michael J. Wyman
This Ash Tree is Dedicated to WWII Veterans.
Joseph W. Ozbourn was a World War II Marine and a MOH recipient. This is his story:
PRIVATE JOSEPH W. OZBOURN
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a Browning Automatic Rifleman serving with the First Battalion, Twenty-Third Marines, Fourth Marine Division, during the battle for enemy Japanese-held Tinian Island, Marianas Islands, 30 July 1944. As a member of a platoon assigned the mission of clearing the remaining Japanese troops from dugouts and pillboxes along a tree line, Private Ozbourn, flanked by two men on either side, was moving forward to throw an armed hand grenade into a dugout when a terrific blast from the entrance severely wounded the four men and himself. Unable to throw the grenade into the dugout and with no place to hurl it without endangering the other men, Private Ozbourn unhesitatingly grasped it close to his body and fell upon it, sacrificing his own life to absorb the full impact of the explosion but saving his comrades. His great personal valor and unwavering loyalty reflect the highest credit upon Private Ozbourn and the United States Naval service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
President of the United States
Private Joseph William Ozbourn was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for sacrificing his life to save his comrades on Tinian in the Marianas, 30 July 1944.
Joseph Ozbourn was born in Herrin, Illinois, 24 October 1919. He attended grammar school in Buckner, Illinois, and subsequently became a trip rider in the mines for the Old Ben Coal Corporation in West Frankfurt, Illinois. He enlisted in the Marine Corps 30 October 1943.
He died after hurling himself on a live hand grenade thus saving the lives of four companions. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
The Destroyer Ozbourn was commissioned 5 March 1946 at the Boston Naval Shipyard, by Pvt Ozbourn's widow. The ship had been christened by Mrs. Ozbourn 22 December 1945, at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
Private Ozbourn was initially buried in Tinian, Marianas Islands, but later his remains were reinterred in the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COMMUNITY, WHO HELPED PRESERVE THE FREEDOMS OF HUMANITY FOR ALL AGES TO COME
IN MEMORY PERRY COUNTY VETERANS OF KOREA & VIETNAM "AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA."
LEST WE FORGET THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES OF A SPECIAL GENERATION WHO GAVE ALL THEY WERE AND EVERY WOULD BE, FOR THE FREEDOMS OF THE REST OF US.
Nemaha Veterans Memorial KS189
[Plaques on the front or for those lost during World War I. Similar plaques on the back base are for World War II. There are hundreds of names on each plaque.]