THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY


Those listed below are Aitkin County men and women who served our country.
Some served in a military unit while others provided
service to our country during war time.
If you have information about an Aitkin County resident who served,
please e-mail it to me with "Aitkin" in the subject line and I will add it to this page.

Name Date War or Conflict Branch or Service Contributed By
Benson, Algier David 1963-1967 Vietnam Marines -
Berry, Jeffrey C. Jun '63 - Aug '68 Vietnam Army -
Berry, Jeffrey C. May '72 - Feb '95 Panama
Gulf War		 Army -
Ellis, Tom 1968 - 1970 Vietnam Marines -
Ellis, Russell R. 1963 - 1969 Vietnam Army -
Ellis, Michael Lee 1968 - 1970 Vietnam Marines -
Huff, James Theodore
Swatara		 1965 to 1968 - Army James W. L. Huff
Huff, James Woodrow Le Roy
Son of James Theodore		 June 1989 - March 1999 Desert Storm Army James W. L. Huff
Leitner, Frank L.
1941-1945
(Killed in action 3/23/1945)		 World War II Army -
Norris, Marvin Harold - World War II Air Force -
Leitner, Herman 9/10/1942 - 10/17/1945 World War II Army Barb

THE FOLLOWING MEN ARE LISTED AS VETERANS IN THE WAUKENABO CEMETERY

Abt, Russell Baily, Larry Baker, Raymond Ballet, Joseph
Bolme, Oscar Beebe, Arthur Bly, Bert Cheney, Russell
Cook, Pearl Dierl, James Dierl, Thomas Dierl, William
Dixon, Duane

Ellis, LeRoy C 1916 - 1970

Ellis, Michael L 1950 - 1972 Ellis, Walter
Erwin, Raymond Flannery, John Golden, Clarence Gulbranson, John
Halmquist, Cecil Hilton, Donald Holm, Christian Holm, James
Holm, Knute Holm, Mattie Howard, Lloyd Johnson, Richard
Johnston, Harry Kingsley, Ernest Kingsley, Harlan Kliewe, Robert
Lamke, Archie Lamke, Calvin Maeschl, Muriel Mishler, Alex
Mitchell, Mark Morton, Albert Olson, Maurice Packer, Jerome
Pratt, James Pratt, Marvin Schoonmaker, Wesley Scott, Charles
Shabino, Antoine Spaid, Cecil Sumbs, Daniel Torgerson, Leslie
Torgerson, Ralph Torgerson, Robert Ward, Delmar Ward, Kenneth
Weimer, Fritz Weimer, Vernon Weistroffer, Frank Wige, Kelly

ALSO LISTED IN THE WAUKENABO CEMETERY

Welcome, Dalla Urbin, b. 6/20/1919, d. 3/09/1994, Served in the Navy during WWII, twin son of Alex Welcome
Welcome, Donald Ervin, b. 6/20/1919, d. 6/12/1989 Died in Spokene, Washington, Served in the Army during WWII, twin son of Alex Welcome
Welcome, David Wayne, b. 12/25/1956, d. 11/19/1993, Served in the US Navy, son of Dallas Welcome

LISTED AS VETERANS IN THE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CEMETERY IN GEISE

Henkel, Arnold, b. 7/15/1888, d. 6/08/1967, Veteran, Minnesota, Pvt., BTRY A, 40 FLD ARTY, WWI
Karsky, Charles David, b. 8/29/1893, d. 7/24/1958, Veteran, Minnesota, Wagoner, Co. B, 319 MG BN
Schoenrock, Ralph, b. 2/08/1920, d. 11/12/1987, Veteran, PFC, US Army, WWII
Aprandel, Howard W., b. 12/24/1936, d. 8/25/1957, Veteran, Minnesota, A2C 66 Air Police SQ A5

LISTED AS VETERANS IN THE WAGNER CEMETERY IN GEISE

Woodward, William, b. 1843, d. 1921, Civil War Veteran, Drummer Boy

LISTED ON HOME OF HEROES

Dale Eugene Wayrynen, Specialist Fourth Class, US Army
Born: Jan 18, 1947 at Moose Lake, MN
Unit: Company B, 2d Bn, 502d Infantry, 1st Bde, 101st Airborne Division
Date Of Death: May 18, 1967 (Killed In Action) Duc Pho, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam
Buried at: Rice River Lutheran Cemetery - McGregor, MN

See also this Medal of Honor Citation page.
Contributed by Dale

WARS AND CONFLICTS

Revolutionary War 1775 - 1783
Civil War 1861 - 1865
Spanish American War 1898
Leech Lake War ~ The Battle of Sugar Point Oct. 5, 1898
World War I 1914 - 1918
World War II 1939 - 1945
Korean Conflict 1950 - 1953
Vietnam Conflict 1957 - 1973
Desert Storm 1990 - 1991



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