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Smithville Elementary School pays tribute to veterans
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Veterans from WWII to those currently serving took center stage at Smithville Elementary School last week as the students and teachers honored those who serve with song and praise. For more on the event, see - photo by Steve Warner photos

hool’s auditorium. Students sung patriotic songs to veterans along with presentations including the music video “Unsung Heroes” by Dailey and Vincent which was filmed in Smithville featuring local veterans, honoring those who served.

Veterans attending Friday are:

Name Branch Rank War

Paul Neal Army Recon Sergeant Korean

Paul Robinson Navy Radioman Third Class WWII

John Clements USMC Sergeant Vietnam

Paul Cantrell Navy Marine Corporal Korean

Ronald G. Cook Army Colonel Op. Enduring Freedom

Gordon E. Cook Army Staff Sergeant Korean

James T. Owen Army Corporal Vietnam

Kenneth V Vincent Army Specialist

Thomas Miller Army Sergeant First Class Op. Iraqi Freedom

Keith Corbin Army First Sergeant Korean

Alan Stengel Navy Sergeant Vietnam

Steve Warner Army Staff Sergeant Desert Storm

Brian Reed Air Force Master Sergeant Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan

Stephen Merz Navy Lieutenant Post Vietnam 1970-1992

Jerry Pistole Navy Lieutenant Vietnam

Ken Clark Army Corporal Vietnam

Marcus Boyd Army Corporal Korean

Wayne Storey Airforce, Army, Navy Staff Sergeant Vietnam

Oneita K Storey Airforce, Navy, Army Staff Sergeant Vietnam

Eddie Young Sr. Navy E-7 Vietnam and Desert Storm

Christopher Benson Army Second Lieutenant Op. Enduring Freedom

Alysha Garmer Air Force

James Edward Cantrell Air Force First Lieutenant Korean

Ronnie Redmon Sr. Air Force E-3 Vietnam

Dimple Blanchfield Army Sergeant Vietnam

Archie Garmer Army Sergeant First Class Op. Iraqi Freedom 1-2-3

Barbara Boehm Army Nursing Corps Captain Op. Iraqi Freedom and

Op. Enduring Freedom

Christopher Powell Navy E-5 Op. Iraqi Freedom

Jimmy Sprague Army Sergeant Op. “Just Cause”

Joshua Reed Army Private First Class

Walter Johnson Army Corporal Korean

Drew Ehlert Army Specialist Four OIF 3, OIF 4, OEF 1

David Petty Army Major Vietnam

 

 

 

 

The following veterans were honored posthumously:

Robert Karl Hilla Army WW II 

Robert Lee Hilla Navy Vietnam

Carl Albert Hilla Army WW I 

All presented by the Kristopher Wigley family

 

Earl Sims Army Airways Comm. System WW II

Presented by family

 

William Heath Phillips Navy E-6 Currently deployed

Presented by Amelia Phillips