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Ernie W. Aberle, Army, 1954-1956 Row 27, Stone 2
Michael J. Aberle, Army, 1969-1971 Row 15, Stone 12
Vera V. Aberle, Army, 1945-1946 Row 16, Stone 12
Douglas L. Abernathie, Air Force, 1968-1972 Row 25, Stone 7
Gary G. Abts, Army, 1966-1968 Row 34, Stone 3
Joseph James Aimone, Navy, 2002-2006 Row 2, Stone 12
Mark E. Albright, Marines, 1965-1969 Row 32, Stone 5
Eugene F. Albright, Army, 1941-1945 Row 32, Stone 4
Thomas B. Allen, Air Force, 1955-1959 Row 20, Stone 5
Airman first class Tom Allen enlisted in the Air Force after high school and served from Jan. 4, 1955 until Jan. 3, 1959. As an air policeman, he was stationed on Strategic Air Command bases in Texas, Labrador, and French Morocco. He provided security for B-36 and B-52 strategic bomber planes. The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was his favorite plane.
Tom, a Caterpillar retiree, moved to Tremont in 1974. He and wife, Bobbie, were married nearly 50 years. He had a daughter, Carrie, and son, David, who is married to Liz. Tom passed away in 2009 after a courageous 11-year battle with leukemia and lymphoma. He is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Tremont.
Byrl William Austin, Army Air Force, 1942-1945 Row 28, Stone 6
Amy Jo Ayers, Air Force, 1982-1987 Row 13, tone 2Byrl William Austin, Army Air Force, 1942-1945 Row 28, Stone 6
David Ayers, Air Force, 1982-1987 Row 13, Stone 3
Daniel E. Baer, Army, 1953-1955 Row 36, Stone 09
David Walter Baer, Marines, 2005-2009 Row 18, Stone 1
A. Marc Bailey, Navy, 1981-1991 Row 11, Stone 3
Benjamin E. Bailey, Army, 1951-1956 Row 11, Stone 2
Kristie J. Bailey, Navy, 1980-1992 Row 11, Stone 4
Daniel E. Baker, Marines 2016-2018, Row 36, Stone 10 Non Combat Casualty. Daniel's KC130 crashed on a refueling training mission over the Sea of Japan on December 2, 2018
Jerry D. Baker, Army-Air Force 1966-1969/1980-1996, Row 37, Stone 09
Donald W. Barnard, Navy, 1944-1945 Row 15, Stone 6
Michael L. Barnard, Army, 1969-1970 Row 15, Stone 7
Robert W. Barnard, Army National Guard, 1971-1977 Row 15, Stone 8
Clarence Barnette, Jr., Army, 1951-1954 Row 26, Stone 9
David Leonard Becker, Navy, 1969-1976 Row 28, Stone 2
Leonard A. Becker, MD, Navy 1939-1949 Row 15, Stone 11
Robert F. Becker, Navy, 1942-1945 Row 8, Stone 3
Gerald L. Beecham, Army, 1943-1945 Row 18, Stone 8
Lanny Beecham, Marines, 1966-1968 Row 18, Stone 9
Edward Lee Behrends, Army, 1944-1945 and 1950-1952 Row 14, Stone 2
Dixie M. Benson, Coast Guard, 1943-1946, Row 32, Stone 9
D. Brett Benson, Coast Guard, 1977-1981 Row 31, Stone 4
James Lee Benson, Jr., Army Air Corps, 1943-1946 Row 19, Stone 11
James L. (Tony) Benson, Jr. was born April 11, 1925, in Mishiwauka, Indiana. He and his family moved to Tremont and he graduated from Tremont High School in 1943. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1944 and served until the end of W.W. II. His activity during W.W. II included B -24 Flight engineer and Top Turret Gunner, 856th and 857th Bomb Squadrons, 492nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, flew Carpetbagger Mission also on C-47 with the 492nd Bomb Group.
After he was discharged from the Army Air Force, he returned to Tremont and married Patricia Jean Hinman. They had four sons, James (Marianne) Benson, Eric Lee Benson (D), D. Brett Benson, Todd Alan Benson (D).
Tony died on September 2, 1991 at the age of 66.
W. Calvin Benson, Navy, 1945-1946, Row 32, Stone 10
Terry A. Berchtold, Army, 1966-1968 Row 14, Stone 11
Virgil E. Berchtold, Army Air Force, 1941-1944 Row 14, Stone 10
James T. Bernier, Air Force, 1942-1945 Row 26, Stone 5
Gene J. Berry, Navy, 1944-1946 Row 5, Stone 2
Louie Bertke, Army, 1966-1968 Row 21, Stone 5
Alvin J. Beutel, Army, 1952-1953 Row 14, Stone 7
Fred A. Beutel, Army, 1965-1967 Row 14, Stone 9
Robert D. Beutel, Air Force, 1968-MIA 11/1971 Row 14, Stone 8
Robert A. Billow, Army, 1945-1947 Row 11, Stone 5
Robert A. Boehm, Marines, 1944-1946, Row 32, Stone 7
August Bolliger, Army, 1917-1918 Row 26, Stone 12
Ben Bolliger, Army, 1956-1957 Row 8, Stone 12
Raymond W. "Turk" Bolliger, Army, 1943-1946 Row 26, Stone 11
William Gale Bolliger, Army, 1950-1952 Row 9, Stone 1
Leo R. Bong, Army, 1996-1998, Row 36, Stone 4
Richard J. Bong, Coast Guard, 1942-1946 Row 36, Stone 2
Todd R. Bong, Army, 1971-1991 Row 36, Stone 3
Melvin H. Boston, Army, 1951-1953 Row 25, Stone 6
Warren S. Bouchez, Navy, 1942-1946 Row 27, Stone 12
John E. Boundy, Navy, 1955-1958 Row 32, Stone 5
Elmer J. Brandt, Army, 1944-1946 Row 19, Stone 3
James W. Brantley, Army, 1943-1944 Row 17, Stone 1
Matthew S. Brantley, Army, 2005-2011 Row 15, Stone 1
Ralph E. Brantley, Army Air Force, 1942-1945 Row 16, Stone 1
Robert L. Brenkman, Navy, 1956-1960 Row 17, Stone 5
Robert L Brenkman was in ROTC at Bradley University. Upon graduation he entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in Pensacola, Florida . He received his commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and was transferred to Combat Information Center School in Paradise Island, S.C. Upon completion was assigned to Airborne Early Warning Squadron 12 (VW-12) at Barber’s Point Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii . His mission was to patrol the section of the radar barrier from Midway Island to Adak, Alaska. The radar barrier extended from Midway across the North Pole to the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. The objective of the barrier was to spot and report any unidentified aircraft, submarines or missiles headed toward the United States.
Bob was promoted to Lieutenant and assigned to Crew 12. He was the senior CIC officer and had a crew of 14 reporting to him. During this period he received additional training in Anti-Sub Warfare and CIC duties aboard the USS Midway aircraft carrier. He served in this capacity until 1959 when his tour of duty was completed and he returned to civilian life.
Pensacola, Florida . He received his commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and was transferred to Combat Information Center School in Paradise Island, S.C. Upon completion was assigned to Airborne Early Warning Squadron 12 (VW-12) at Barber’s Point Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii. His mission was to patrol the section of the radar barrier from Midway Island to Adak, Alaska. The radar barrier extended from Midway across the North Pole to the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. The objective of the barrier was to spot and report any unidentified aircraft, submarines or missiles headed toward the United States.
Bob was promoted to Lieutenant and assigned to Crew 12. He was the senior CIC officer and had a crew of 14 reporting to him. During this period he received additional training in Anti-Sub Warfare and CIC duties aboard the USS Midway aircraft carrier. He served in this capacity until 1959 when his tour of duty was completed and he returned to civilian life.
Oahu, Hawaii. His mission was to patrol the section of the radar barrier from Midway Island to Adak, Alaska. The radar barrier extended from Midway across the North Pole to the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. The objective of the barrier was to spot and report any unidentified aircraft, submarines or missiles headed toward the United States.
Ronald Keith Brown, Air Force, 1966-1972 Row 6, Stone 10
Elmer H. Brunner, Navy, 1944-1945 Row 22, Stone 9
L. Adam Bryson, Marines, 2000-2004 Row 21, Stone 3
Jack D. Burns, Navy 1945-1946 Row 1, Stone 11
Matthew P. Byrd, Marines, 1990-1994 Row 29, Stone 9
Raymond P. Callahan, Army, 1942-1946 Row 24, Stone 10
Carlie J. Canfield, Air Force, 2011- Row 36, Stone 7
Cody Lee Canfield, Air Force, 2009- Row 36, Stone 6
Cody served in Special Operations as a TACP (Tactical Air Control Party) in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from November 2010-April 2011. Cody would advise, assist and control close air strikes on enemy location while reducing the risk of fratricide.
William Canterbury, Marines, 2006-2010, Row 1, Stone 3
Benjamin Harrison Carius, Army, 1918-1919 Row 31, Stone 2
William G. Carius, Army 1952-1953 Row 21, Stone 6
Paul Clark, Navy, 1944-1964 Row 6, Stone 2
Ronald Eugene Clark, Navy, 1968-1972 Row 6, Stone 3
William (Lummy) Collins, Marines, 1966-1971, Row 26, Stone 3
Gary R. Cooper, Army, 1957-1961 Row 5, Stone 9
James F. Cooper, Army, 1941-1945 Row 5, Stone 7
William H. Cooper, Army, 1942-1945 Row 5, Stone 8
Jerome Patrick Connor, Air Force, 1958-1963, Row 36, Stone 8
Brian E. Couch, Army, 1997-2003 Row 37, Stone 07
Virgil D. Couch, Army, 1941-1945 Row 37, Stone 06
Shane P. Crandall, Army, 1988-1991 Row 1, Stone 10
Jay D. Cremeens, Army, 1964-1966 Row 2, Stone 12
Duane A. Cullinan, Navy, 1942-1946 Row 30, Stone 8
Clayton BT Cummings, Army, 1996-1999 Row 15, Stone 10
Joel G. Cummings, Army, 1970-1972 Row 15, Stone 9
