Honoring Wainscott’s Veterans

Korean War

John “Buddy McCaffrey (1932-2020)

Sam Mezynieski

Charles R. Osborn (U.S. Army, Drafted, Oct 1950-Aug 1952) 223rd Infantry Regiment, 40th Division, Purple Heart, Army Occupation Medal - Japan, Korean Service-Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge. (1928-1994)

SGT Roger Walker, U. S. Army Volunteer (1950-1956) Ft. Dix NJ, 39th Regiment, 9th Infantry, Ft Belvoir, VA-Combat Engineering Training, Ft Benning GA-8 Week Clerical School where Roger said he rather be in Korea than another day in this school, Camp Drake, Japan, Casualty Replacement Unit, Camp Kilmore, NJ, Army Language School at Presidio, Monterey CA, Ft Oliver, MD Army Counter Intelligence Corps., 2 yrs France, 2 yrs Germany. (1931-2022)

Vietnam

Peter Joseph Field, U. S. Air Force (1938-1988)
Gary M. Wilson, U.S. Navy

Iraq War

CPO Alex Tracy Raeder, U.S. Navy

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Veterans

Charles Noel Barnes, U.S. Army, (1905-1978)
Lt. Russell Burke, U.S. Air Force
Peter R. Gourlay, US Marine Corp, USMC 1/8 Marines; 3/2 Marines MOS 0311/2111 (1958-2021)
Lt. Albert Chatfield Hand Jr. , U.S. Air Force. (1932-1994)
Dayton Sandford Hedges, Jr. , U.S. Air Force. (1930-2019)
John Brandon Hedges, U.S. Army. (1921-2007)
Albert A. Niggles, Jr, U.S. Air Force. (1932-2025)
LT COL Albert Daniel “Dan” Niggles, U.S. Army (Ret)
Robert “Bobby” Niggles
Richard N. Ryan, Jr. U.S. Army (1966- ) Military Working Dog Handler, Okinawa. (1946-2010)
Douglas P. Strong, Jr. , U.S. Navy (1970 -1974), USS Coral Sea
MMF2 James E. Strong, U.S. Navy (1969-1973), USS Santa Barbara, U.S. Navy Reserves
Shawn Velsor
Lt. Cmdr. Leslie David Wilson Jr., U.S. Navy. (1915-2010)