Vets Power Point

8/2/2019 Vets Power Point

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New York State Senate

Veterans Hall of Fame

Sponsored by

State Senator

Patty Ritchie


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Timothy Ambrose

Jefferson County

Vietnam era

member of the U.S.Air Force

Former Legion of

the Year AwardWinner


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Clarence Berry

St. Lawrence County

Veteran of U.S. Army in WWII, Korea and

Vietnam era

Veterans activist

Military historian


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Michael Bice

Jefferson County

Army National

Guard Member

NY State Police

sergeant

Volunteerfirefighter


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Nellie Coakley

St. LawrenceCounty

Vietnam War

Army nurse Pioneered efforts

to help veterans

with posttraumatic stress inNorthern NY


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Madison Cobb

Jefferson County

U.S. Army

Survivor of themission at Pointe

du Hoc during the

D-Day invasion


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Donald Cooke

St. LawrenceCounty

Vietnam combat

veteran Longtime member

of the Army

Reserves Ogdensburg

veterans activist


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Paul Cortright

Jefferson County

20-year Armyveteran

Rose from PostCommander to theAmerican Legions

NY StateDepartmentCommander


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Richard Erb Sr.

Oswego County

U.S. Marine Corps

Named FultonsVeteran of the

Year for his

service to the

American Legion

and VFW


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Luther Farnsworth

30-year U.S. Army veteran of Kuwait, Iraq

and the Global War on Terror

Past American Legion Commander

Member of the Sons of the American

Legion, American Legion Riders


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Ronald Joe Fields

St. LawrenceCounty

U.S. Air Force

Waited for ordersduring CubanMissile Crisis onwhether he would

bomb Havana Veterans affairs

activist


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Rev. Moritz Fuchs

Oswego County

U.S. Army

Served asbodyguard to the

presiding judge of

the Nuremberg

War trials


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Raymond Gandia

Jefferson County

U.S. Army Ranger

Volunteered tohelp on 9/11

Described as a

soldiers soldier


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Judy Gonzalez Wallace

Jefferson County

U.S. Army

Member of theAmerican Legion,

the auxiliary and

the Legion Riders


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Cassandra Gould

Jefferson County

22 years of service

in the U.S. Army

Serves fellow

veterans through

the American

Legion


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Willie Hairston

Jefferson County

U.S. Army

Vietnam veteran

Served as postcommander of the

American Legion

Served in positions

at the county andstate level with theVFW


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Jeremiah Pete Havens

St. Lawrence County

Served as a New York State Veterans

Counselor for 32 years


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Jeffrey Houghton

Jefferson County

U.S. Navy

Received GoodConduct Medal

American Legionchaplain

Member of theAmerican LegionRiders


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Stanley Kaminski

Jefferson County

20-year U.S. Army veteran

Served in Somalia, Bosnia, Vietnam,Desert Storm and Desert Shield.

Chair of Ft. Drum retirees council


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Francis Kehoe

Oswego County

U.S. Marine

Served in Korea

Served as a guardfor PresidentEisenhower

Naval Reserve

member VFW, American

Legion member


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Russell Lynch

Jefferson County

U.S. Army

Wounded in actionduring WWII

Earned 2 Bronze

Stars


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Leo Paulie Marc-Aurele, Jr.

Jefferson County

U.S. Navy veteran

Served as a Radioman Third Class Officer at local American Legion


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Russell Marsden

Oswego County

Served ashelicopter crew

chief in the AirCavalry afterjoining the Army

Commander of theVFW Post inMexico


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Charles McConnell

Jefferson County

U.S. Air Force

Served in Kosovo,Desert Storm and

Desert Shield

American Legion

member


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John McGraw

Oswego County

Survivor of the D-

Day invasion

Fultons American

Legion

Commander

Fultons Veteran of

the Year


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Thomas Orrin Morrison

St. LawrenceCounty

Army Russian

interrogator Uses his

experiences to

inspire his socialstudies studentsin the classroom


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William James Nasworthy, Jr.

Jefferson County

U.S. Army

Served in theGlobal War on

Terror

Employed at Ft.

Drum

VFW member


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Tyler Pickett

Jefferson County

Killed in actionduring second

tour in Iraq Was active in the

American Legion

in Antwerp andthe VFW inCorning


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Patrick Rourk

St. Lawrence

County

24-year U.S. Air

Force veteran

Former St.

Lawrence County

Veterans Services

Director


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John Rucynski

Oswego County

Vietnam Marine

Corps veteran

Seventh Command

Sgt. Major of the

Army Reserve


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Ronald Sakonyi

Oswego County

U.S. Navy andArmy Veteran

Earned 10 airmedals in theNavy during the

Vietnam War Legislator,

veterans leader


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Joseph Theinert

Jefferson County

New York ArmyNational Guard

Killed in action Received the National

Defense ServiceMedal, Global War onTerrorism ServiceMedal and the ArmyService Ribbon


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Gerald F. Tighe

Jefferson County

24 years of Navysubmarine service

during the ColdWar

Serves area

veterans throughthe Veterans ofForeign Wars


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Charles Vansickle Jr.

Jefferson County

U.S. Army

Vietnam War

veteran

Active in theAmerican Legion,

Sons of theAmerican Legionand VFW


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Michael Vaughan

Oswego County

U.S. Army

Earned a silver star

for heroism inVietnam

Returned home toserve as a childrensbasketball coachand volunteer EMT


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Edward Wallace

Jefferson County

U.S. Army

Served in Germany,

Egypt, Afghanistanand Saudi Arabia

Was on the frontline during the GulfWar

Active in theAmerican Legion


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Rischel Rick White

Jefferson County U.S. Army

Taken prisoner by

the Germans duringthe Battle of theBulge

His struggle wasillustrated throughthe documentary,Coming Home

Alive


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James Williams Jr.

Jefferson County

20-year Army

veteran

Post Commander

of his local

American Legion


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Arthur Wilson

St. LawrenceCounty

U.S. Navy

WWII and Koreansailor

Advocate for

disabled veteransin St. LawrenceCounty


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Colonel Michael Plummer

Jefferson County

21 years of U.S. Armyservice

Played a key role inbringing the 10thMountain Division toNorthern New York

Founder of the Adopt-a-Platoon program atFt. Drum


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