June
25, 1950
– 4 a.m., Sunday
morning, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Army (DPRK –
North Korea) artillery and mortars open fire on Republic of
Korea (ROK – South Korea) Army. At 11 a.m. North Korea
announced a formal declaration of war
July 27, 1953– cease-fire signed.
The
United States, North Korea and China sign an armistice, which
ends the war but fails to bring about a permanent peace.
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Arnsman, Delbert H.
US Air Force b 10-14-1930
d 9-17-2003 Kalamazoo MI
Hartford MI Age 72y, 11m, 5d Buried at
Ft. Custer National Cemetery Battle Creek MI
In service 1950 to 1954
From Kalamazoo MI
Hopkins High School Class of 1949
Member of
Hopkins VFW.
Resided in Hartford from 2000 to
2003
Delbert is the father of Delberta
Arnsman Troutman, wife of
David Troutman, who also served in the military.
Austin Sr., Vernon E.
US Navy b 10-21-1933
d 6-9-2003 Grand
Rapids MI Watervliet MI
Age 69y, 7m, 16d
In service 19__ to 19__
Owned and operated Austin Welding Shop in Hartford for
several years.
US Army Corporal
In service 1948 to 1951
German, Japan, and Korea
HHS Class of 1947
Becktold, John (Jack) US Marines b
7-24-1929 d 11-16-2009
Detroit MI
Mattawan MI Age 80y, 3m, 25d Ashes buried at Ft
Custer National Cemetery Augusta MI
In Service
19__ to 19__
Son of Peter &
Henryetta (Cadow) Becktold
Married to Mary Lou
Becktold
He was the former
proprietor of the A&W restaurant in Hartford
during the 1960s and 1970s, and ultimately retired from
DeGroot’s of Coloma MI
US Army Sgt. – E4 Co. F,
5th, Cavalry Regiment (Inf) 1st Cavalry Division
In service
1947 to 1950 One of the 1st troops
sent into action.
Killed
in Action – Hostile, died while missing 7-25-1950.
Silver Star awarded to family. POW/MIA
(Robert is still on the Missing List.) Grave marker
placed at Harris Cemetery in Riverside MI. South
Haven High School – Class of 19__
Note:
Family was from the Covert, Coloma, Bangor and South
Haven areas. They are searching for anyone who knew
Robert during his military service.
See brief details that are known through his sister,
Rose Besemer Nichols and her daughter, Karen Baker
b 10-22-1928
d 6-25-1950
Age 21y, 8m, 3d
Bisbee, Nyle Francis
U.S. Army b 7-24-1935
d
10-4-2016 Coloma MI
Watervliet MI Age 81y, 2m, 14d Buried at
Fairview Memorial Cemetery Watervliet MI
Son O Augustus and Iola (Burr) Bisbee
Married to Anna Bisbee
Member of Coloma
American Legion Post 262
Nyle’s brother,
Terry Bisbee, served in the U.S. Army during the
Vietnam era.
Blum, Allan
US Navy Commissary 3rd Class Petty Officer
In service 1950 – 1954 USS Antietam Aircraft
Carrier USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier
Korean
Medal with 3 Battle Stars
From Bangor MI BHS
Class of 1948
Resident of Lawrence for many
years, 2002 – present a resident of Hartford
Bunn, Joe Garold US Army b 2-20-1933
d 5-27-2011 McKenzie TN
Belleview FL Age 78
Two of his
duties were being an escort for Bob Hope and Jane
Russell.
Son of Frank & Neca
Green Dale
Married to Hazel
Morrison Dale
Employed by Eliason
Corporation for 38 years
Army Air Force US Air Force (9-1947 – Army
Air Force name was changed and became known as the
US Air Force) Glider Flight Training Admin.
Group C Headquarters Staff Sergeant b
8-29-1930 d
3-26-2006 Chicago IL
Kalamazoo MI In service 1951-1952
Recalled to Active Duty 1947 –
1950
Stationed in Japan for 21 months.
Lived in Hartford 1970 – 2005.
Bob married
Emilia (Aime) Bundesman, who was a graduate of HHS Class
of 1956. Aime was also Librarian for the Hartford Public
Library for 18 years.
Bob was a freelance journalist for the Herald
Palladium, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Kalamazoo
Gazette, South Bend Tribune Newspapers for a number of
years.
Bob is in the pilot’s seat, with his
back toward the camera.
US Army Corporal Rifleman, Infantry Combat
Engineer b 1-13-1925d 11-15-2009 Lakeside CA Age
84y, 10m, 3d
In service 1949 to 1951
Served in Korea, Camp Campbell KY, 101st
Airborne Division Ft Hood TX, Drill Team 2nd
Armored Division.
Medals »
Korean Service Medal »
3 Star Korean Battle Stars »
Rifle Marksman Medal
Like many Reservists, was married, wife expecting, and
recalled to Korea. Worked 32 years for General Dynamics-Convair
Aircraft Division, San Diego. Retired to Oregon on Rogue
River for 17 years. Moved back to San Diego area near
children after wife passing. Last resided in Lakeside,
CA.
From HHS Class of 1944
Resided in Hartford from 1925-1943
Married to Shirley Howe Dewey
Son of
Harold W. Dewey & Lola Lawer
Frank’s brother,
Harold C. Dewey, served in the US Army Air Corp-Air
Force during WW11 and sister,
Lola Elaine Dewey, served in the Cadet Nurse corps
in WW11.
Information and photo
submitted by Frank’s son, Darrell Dewey, on
7/20/2003
U.S. Navy Aircraft Mechanic, Managed Dirigibles b 12-7-1931
d
1-29-2016 South Haven MI
Hartford MI Age 84y, 1m, 24d
Bangor High School Class of
1949 Bangor MI
In service 19__ to
19__
Served on the USS
Bennington managed dirigibles (Dirigible, also
known as blimps, is an airship that can be steered
and propelled through the air, ex: Goodyear
Blimp.) and Lakehurst
Naval Air Station in New Jersey
Son of William and Ella (Quinn)
Diebold
Married Camilla Haight, was from
the Hartford High School Class of 1950.
Instrument Technician at Watervliet Paper Company
for 38 years.
US Army –
Finance Unit
Sergeant
40th Inf. Div – Korea
b 12-20-1930
d
In service 1952 to 1953
From Hartford MI
HHS Class of 1948
8-31-1990 – Retired from the
U.S. Postal Service after just over 36 years. Twenty
years as Superintendent of Postal Operations in St.
Joseph MI and six years as Postmaster in Stevensville
MI.
Robert is the great grandson
of
Alfred D. Robinson, who
served with Birge’s
Western Sharpshooter, Company D during the Civil War.
He is the brother of
William (Bill) Dyer who also
served in Korea.
US Army Supply Sergeant – 1st Class b 3-22-1928
d 11-26-2005 Hartford MI Age 77y, 8m, 7d
In service 1950 to 1952
Ft Sill, OK and Camp
Haugen, Japan
President of the HHS Class of 1946 Lifetime resident of Hartford
Active member of
the wonderful and talented group of musicians known
as the Hartford Alumni Band for many years.
Retired from Hartford Post Office in 1983 after
36 1/2 years of service with 11 years as Post Master
and 10 years as Assistant Post Master.
Bill is
the great grandson of
Alfred D. Robinson, who served with Birge’s
Western Sharpshooter, Company D during the Civil War. He is the brother of
Robert Dyer
who also served in Korea.
Hachinohe
Bill made many contributions
to the History of Hartford Military section. Much of the
information shown on this website would not have been
available so quickly (or at all) without his persistence
and legwork. We are all enriched because of his
dedication to the preservation of the History of
Hartford.
Frazier, Arthur Warren US Army b 10-9-1934
d
5-21-2011
Keeler MI Eau Claire MI Age 76y, 7m, 12d Buried in Riverview Cemetery St. Joseph MI
In service 19__ to 19__
Served
in Germany.
Coloma High
School Class of 1952
Son of Henry & Daisy (Monger) Frazier He was raised by Ed and Sadie
Jaffke
Married to Janet Dasse
Schmal Frazier
Arthur
retired in 1995 after 30 years as a route salesman with
Oven Fresh Bakeries, Grand Rapids.
Garner, Richard Edward
US Navy – Lieutenant b 5-1-1929
d 11-24-2000 Chicago, IL
Tuscon AZ Age 71y, 6m, 26d Ashes buried at sea in
Naval ceremony In service
1946 to 1967
In early days of the space
program, Richard served aboard the Aircraft Carrier,
Kearsarge, which was assigned to recover the astronauts
and space capsules. Member of the
Fleet Reserve Association in Green Valley AZ, serving 1
year as President.
From Hartford HHS
Class of 1946
Resided in Hartford until
1946
Getz Sr., Herbert
F. US Army b 2-13-1933
d 6-17-2001 Hartford MI
Weaverville NC Age 68y, 4m, 4d Buried at Gus
Ledord Cemetery Bald Mountain NC
US Navy b 4-5-1930
d
9-28-2011 Allegan MI
Ionia MI Age 81y, 5m, 25d
From Hartford HHS
Class of 1949
Son of
Harold and Esther Haight
Married to Nancy Peirce Haight HHS
1953
Fred’s brother,
George Haight, served in the US Air Force during
WW11.
He started his own business,
Fred Haight Insurance Agency, in 1965 and retired in
1992. Fred was an active member of the Ionia Masonic
Blue Lodge for 60 years, serving as Worshipful Master
five times.
USAF – Master Sergeant – Ret. 4 years – Air
Force Active Duty 18 1/2 years – Air Force
Reserves and Air National Guard b 3/22/1933 Coloma MI
In service 12-1951 to 3/22/1993
Awards and Medals
Served in San Francisco CA, French
Morocco Africa, San Antonio TX, Biloxi MS, Panama City
FL.
District Soil Conservationist for the USDA in North
Florida for over 30 years and retired in 1978.
He enjoyed long-distance running. He competed in more
than 40 marathons, including Marine Corps Marathons,
London, and Pike’s Peak, which he ran at 81 years old.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of
World War II and the Korean War.
Hastings, Lawrence
(Bud) US Army – Corporal Welder-Bodyman b 1-19-1931 d
10-17-2007
Hartford MI Comstock
Twp MI Age 76y, 8m, 29d Buried at
Ft Custer National Cemetery Augusta MI
2nd Armored Division, 124th Armored Ordinance
Battalion
In service 1-9-1952 to
12-13-1953 Stationed in Germany
Heuser, Kenneth A. US Army
4th Tank Division b 9-3-1930 d
3-31-2013 Hartford MI Kalamazoo MI
82y, 6m, 29d Buried at
Ft. Custer National CemeteryFrom HHS Class of 1949
In
service 19__ to 19__
Son of
Eugene and Marjorie (Rush) Heuser Pauline Heuser,
Step Mother
Married to
Keda Springsteen Heuser
Prior to his retirement, he worked for 18 years with
Jim Gilmore Pontiac as a master salesman.
In service
2-4-1952 to 7-20-1956 Honorable Discharge at
Brooklyn AFB, NY
* 1953-1956 Hospital
Squadron Duty Sergeant, USAF Hospital, Tachikawa,
Japan * 1953 Records Sergeant on flight
line – 6407, Ardmore AFB, OK * 1952-1953 Duty
Sergeant in a troop carrier squadron at Memphis
AFB, TN
Medals * Good Conduct Medal * Korean Defense Service Medal *
United Nations Service Medal * Japan Military
Occupation Medal
HHS Class of 1951
Married to Ruth Keillor Keech
HHS 1956
Lived in Hartford 1938 to 1969 Resides in Keeler
since 1960
Note: Had opportunity to play
"service" football in a 12 team Japan Air Force Base
League 1954, 1955. Was named to Air Force All Star
team both years. AF All-Stars defeated Navy
All-Stars AND Marine All-Stars at the end of the
1954 season (USAF 50…USN 48) in the Torii Bowl.
Met USMC team in the Rice Bowl Jan. 1, 1955 and won
21-14. At the end of 1955 season, USAF team was
defeated by USN team in the Torii Bowl 39-21. The
defeat meant that our team would not play in the
Rice Bowl.
Received a football scholarship
to the University of Nevada upon discharge from the
Air Force, but chronic back injury caused dropping
out of football during the fall of 1956.
Returned to Western Michigan University and
matriculated as a Theatre Major and received a BA
in
Education.
Jim’s brother,
Richard also served in the U.S. Air Force
Keillor,
James H. W. US Air Force b 12-19-1931 d 11-23-2006 Gonzales LA Omaha NE Age 74y, 11m, 7d
In service 19__ to 19__
From Hartford MI HHS Class of 1950
Son of Frank and Marie Keillor
Kidd,
Gerald Morton US Army – SSG b 11/6/1935 d10/14/1989 Age 54y, 4m, 5d Buried at Ft Custer National Cemetery Augusta MI Plot: 9 0 826
U.S. Air Force b 9-16-1931
d
9-11-2016 Detroit MI
?
Lawrenceburg TN Son of Clayton and Linnie
Koch
Married to Luretta Koch
For
many years they would buy houses fix them up and sell
them. He was a do-it yourself person and could fix
anything. He was an avid
sportsman, camping, traveling, riding motorcycles,
remodeling houses and loved sitting in the sun.
Retired to and lived in Lawrenceburg
TN for 24 years.
US Army Military
Police – Corporal b 12-10-1931 d
8-3-2007 South Bend IN St. Joseph MI Age 75y, 7m, 24d In service 1950 – 1953
Served at »
Debar Station for overseas to
Koydo Island, which held Korean prisoners of war
» Camp Stoneman of Cal.Port of Inbar »
Camp Gordon, GA –
MP Training »
Ft Riley KS
Awards and Medals »
Korean Service Meal » National Defense Service
Medal »
United Nations Medal » Sharp Shooters
Medal – 45 Pistol » Good Conduct Medal
The reason the Military Police from the United States
were sent to Koydo Island was because a United
States General was captured while inspecting an encloser
on the island where the Korean Prisoners were held. This
prompted combat Military Police to reinforce the island.
From South Bend, IN Measle High School
Lifetime member of Benton Harbor VFW Post 1137
Member of Coloma Legion Post 362 Past Commander of
the Hartford American Legion Post 93
Retired
as a Supervisor from Modern Plastics in 1997 after
40 years of service.
US Navy Storekeeper (SK) – E4 b 4-27-1927
d 6-8-1974 Hartford MI
Hartford MI Age 47y, 1m, 13d Buried at Maple
Hill Cemetery Hartford MI
In service
4-25-1945 to 7-18-1946 –
WW11 6-20-1951 to 9-27-1956 – Korean War
Served in Guam Served on the USS New Jersey
Medals and Awards »
Victory Ribbon WW11 »
Asiatic Pacific Ribbon » Good
Conduct Medal
From Hartford MI Class of 1944
Kenneth’s
daughter,
Mary Pomeroy, served in the US Navy-Reserves.
6-2005 – Information and photo submitted
by his wife, Margaret A. Pomeroy
US Army Military Police PFC (T) 20
800th MP Co Cp Kil Mar N J b 12-15-1929
d
9-10-2007 Hartford Twp MI Paw
Paw MI Buried in Wildley Cemetery Paw Paw MI
In service 12-16-1953 to 12-6-1955
Served in Korea 9 mo,15 days of
foreign service.
Medals
» National Defense Service
Medal
From Hartford MI (1st
5 years of life) Moved to Paw Paw MI in about 1935
Paw Paw HS 1949 grad.
Son of Joseph & Lillian
Day Quigno
Married to: Darlene
Boniface Quigno Jane Scott-Jarvis Quigno
Joseph was a former member of
the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indiana Tribal Council.
Joseph’s grandfather,
Mike Quigno, was Pottawattamie tribal chief from the
early 1900s to 1920s. His grandmother,
Julia Pokagon Quigno was the grand daughter of Chief
Simon Pokagon.
10-2013 Photo
provided by Jane Quigno.
*NOTE: Joseph’s birthplace is
unclear and is shown as Hartford Township, Watervliet,
and Covert in different publications. His parents had
lived in Toquin, which borders all 3 communities.
Served in: Ft. Sill OK;
Aschaffenburg Germany; Ft Carson CO; Michigan State
Univ E. Lansing MI; Ft. Benjamin Harrison IN;
Landshut Germany; Munich Germany; Heidelberg Germany;
Mannheim Germany; Korea; Worms Germany; Ft Leonardwood
MO
Awards and Medals
» Bronze Star Medal »
Joint Services Commendation
» Army
Commendation »
Korean Service Medal »
Republic of Vietnam »
Navy Unit Commendation
»
Meritorious Service Medal
A collection of Veteran narratives
(including that of Richard A. Rhinehart) in
remembrance of the gallant men and women who fought
that war (Korea) and as a lasting testament to
the valiant men who gave their lives to the cause of
democracy.
Lt. Col. Harold
Beaty presenting Rich Rhinehart (M/Sgt) Bronze Medal
in Korea 1953-54 Infantry Man
Combat Engineer Assistant Adjutant General Postal
Officer Company Commander Battalion Commander
ROTC Instructor at MSU 185th Engineer Bn 1169th
Engineer Group X Corps Sector
Richard’s
military career also included the Vietnam War era.
2005 Update Retired and residing in Arizona
US Army – Cpl (T) RA CE
Co. E Sh Bn 370 FA SR b 11-9-1932
d
2-23-2004 Hartford MI
So. Haven MI Age71y, 3m, 15d
In service 1-24-1951 Detroit MI to
1-23-1954 Camp Carson CO Honorable Discharge
Awards and Medals » National Defense Service
Medal » Good Conduct Medal
US Air Force Airman 2nd Class
Senior Crew Chief on a B29 52nd Air Rescue Squadron (specifically trained in
air and sea rescue) b 10-26-1930
d 8-23-2000 Hartford MI
Kalamazoo MI Age 69y, 9m, 30d
Buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery Paw Paw MI
In service 1-31-1951 to 8-18-1954
Served
at ▪ Harmon AFB, Stephensville, Newfoundland
▪ Sheppard AFB, Texas
Awards and Medals »
National Defense Service Medal »
Good Conduct Medal
On the Air Force World – Wide
Softball Championship Team of 1953 played at Amarillo
Air Force Base, Texas (believe he was the pitcher). His
team represented the Northeast Overseas Sports
Conference from Harmon Air Force Base of the Northeast
Air Command.
Resided in Hartford 1930 to 1960
From HHS Class of 1948
Don met and married
Cecilia Alexander from Stephensville, Newfoundland. They
lived in Hartford from 1954 to 1960 and finally settled
in Paw Paw, Michigan, where they lived until Don passed
away in 2000. They owned and operated the Lawrence
Hardware in Lawrence for many years. They raised six
children who all completed college and have successful
careers.
Don’s great-grandfather,
Reuben Root, Jr, served during the Civil War.
5-20-2004 – Information submitted by his sister,
Carol Root Woodward, who is from HHS Class of 1955.
Roper, Pete US Army b 29 Jul
1934 d 5-3-2008
Satellite Beach FL Age 73 Buried in Maple Hill
Cemetery Hartford MI
Graduated
from Western Michigan University
Past
Commander and member of the American Legion Stoddard
Post 93 Hartford MI
Retired
from Watervliet Paper Co., Watervliet MI
Pete is
survived by his wife, Janice; his children Pamela
Genovese of Paw Paw, Scott Roper and David (Marcia)
Roper of Hartford; stepdaughters Carri Rhinehart, and
Irene Bennett.
Pete was
preceded in death by a daughter, Theresa Roper his wife
of 30 years, Wilma (Janet) Rhinehart Roper in 2000, his
parents, and all of his brothers and a sister.
Rosenthal, Rudolph
Samuel
US Army b 8-31-1931
d 11-29-2004 Chickaming Twp MI
Watervliet MI Age 73y, 3m, 1d Ashes
buried in Watervliet Cemetery Watervliet MI
In
service 19__ to 19__
Awards and Medals »
Korean Service Medal with 2 bronze stars
Last
residence – Hartford MI
Rowley,
Arden US Army b 12-22/1930
d 5-13-2002 Benton Harbor MI
St Joseph MI Age 71y, 4m, 22d Buried in North
Shore Memory Gardens Hagar Shores MI
US Army Infantryman – Pfc 1st Class
86th Inf, 10th Div 35th Inf,
25th Div b Aug 7, 1932
d Feb 15, 1993 Hartford MI
Hartford MI Age 60y, 6m, 11d Buried at Maple
Hill Cemetery Hartford MI Lot 29, Sect 4 In service Nov 1949 – Nov 1952
Served in Ft
Riley, Kansas Camp McGill, Japan Korea Ft
Custer, Michigan
Wounded in action (on his 18th birthday)
Awards and Medals » Korean Service Medal
with 3 bronze stars » Combat Infantryman
Badge » Good Conduct Medal » Army of
Occupation Medal (Japan) » National Defense
Medal » United Nations Service Medal
Purple Heart with
Oak Leaf
Son of Harold
and Dorothy Shafer
Married to Gwen
Jensen Shafer
Resided in Hartford MI
1932-1993
Information provided by
his son,
Daniel Shafer, who served in the US Marines
1975-1979
Former District
Manager of Neils Automotive, Hartford MI
US Navy PFC 1st Class Tractor Equipment Operator
Machinist Mate USNR b 2-24-1928
d 4-26-2004
Chicago IL Merrillville IN
Age 76y, 2m, 3d Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery
Hartford MI
In Service 5-11-1950 to 5-16-1951
4-5-1945 to 5-6-1946
during WW11 Great Lakes IL USNCTC Davisville
RI 64th NBC 24th NBC
Awards and Medals
» American Area Ribbon » WW11 Victory
Ribbon » Asiatic Pacific Area Ribbon »
Philippine Liberation Ribbon
Resided in
Hartford 1991 to 2004
Photo and information
provided by his wife, Theresa Kozlowski Sine
Sloane,
Rodney Edward US Navy b
1-19-1932 d
1-14-2012 Chicago IL
Bangor MI Age 79y, 11m, 27d Buried in Ft. Custer National
Cemetery Augusta MI
US Army – Corporal Paratrooper 82nd Airborne Hq
Battery 456 AB Field Artillery Battalion
In service 1952 to 1954
Stationed in Yucca
Flats NV
Had 18 jumps as a paratrooper.
Witness A-bomb test.
From Hartford HHS Class
of 1951
Hartford’s Chief of Police for
several years
US Army – Pvt. MP and Infantry
Killed
in Action when a front line bunker collapsed as
heavy rains weakened the supports. Ed died as he lay
sleeping and the heavy sandbags came down upon him.
In service 1950 to 1952
HHS Class
of 19__ From Hartford MI
The Hartford Day Spring
August 7, 1952
Roof Kills Hartford GI in Korea
Pvt. Edward Smithley, 20, in Army Two
Years, Victim of Mishap at Battlefront
Word was
received here this week of the death of Pvt.
Edward Smithley in an accident in Korea on
July 29. He is the first Hartford soldier to
lose his life while serving in the Korean
war. According to a telegram from the
War department received by Pvt. Smithley’s
wife, the former Mary Lou Robinson, he was
killed when sandbags on a roof of a
front-line bunker in which he was sleeping
fell on him. Excessive rain had made the
sandbags too heavy for the roof supports,
the telegram said. It was not reported
whether there were any other soldiers in the
bunker with Smithley. Pvt. Smithley was
20 years old and had been, in the army just
a few days less than two years. He was a
military policeman in Korea but recently was
transferred to the infantry and was in the
front lines at the time of his death. He had
been overseas since February, 1951.
Smithley had attended Hartford high school
and entered the army Aug. 2, 1950. He was
married Aug. 12, 1951. His wife is making
her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Myrl
Robinson. Pvt. Smithley is survived by
his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Smithley, and several brothers and sisters,
Mrs. Almiron (Bud) Robinson, Tony, Roy, Peg,
James and Jan, and his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Harold, Marion, Ind. The
telegram which Mrs. Smithley received from
Washington said that a letter of more
detailed explanation would follow. Possible
arrangements to return the body to Hartford
are awaiting receipt of the letter.
d
1-3-2005 Age 70 Morristown TN Buried at E.
Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Knoxville TN
Sommerfeldt, Dennis
In
service 19__ to 19__
From Benton Harbor MI
Graduated from Benton Harbor High School
Married Joyce (Weber) Sommerfeldt
1993 –
Retired from Burnette Foods 1995 – Retired from
farming
Resides in Hartford
Stair, Roy Eual US Army b 1-15-1931
d 5-19-2003 Drasco AR
Kalamazoo MI Age 72y, 4m, 4d Buried in Maple Hill
Cemetery Hartford MI
In service
1952-1954
Resided in Hartford. Employed for Whirlpool
Corporation until his stroke in 1984. Wife, Barbara,
lovingly cared for Roy for 19 years after his stroke
until his death in 2003. Roy and Barbara were loving
parents to Malinda
Gargus, Jeronda Risenhoover, and Scott Stair.
Teeters, Billy Eugene
US Army Paratroopers b 10-16-1936
d 3-5-2006 Lilbourn MO
St Joseph MI Age 69y, 4m, 20d Buried in Maple
Hill Cemetery Hartford MI
In service 19__ to 19__
Owned Teeters Recreation in Hartford
Member
of Keeler Baptist Church
Son of John & Nellie
(Adamson) Teeters
Husband of Margaret Teeters.
Last residence was Hartford MI.
US Air Force – Pilot – MAJ. b 5-5-1921
d 2-22-1992 Age 70y, 9m, 21d Buried 05/18/1992 at
Ft. Custer National Cemetery, Augusta MI
Plot: 2 0 77 In service 19__ to 19__
21-year Air Force veteran. Awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea.
US Air Force Flight Engineer – Sgt b 12-15-1930
8-14-2005
Niles MI
Palm Dessert CA Age 74y, 8m, 1d Buried at
Riverside National Cemetery Riverside CA In service 1950 to 1954
Served in Kimpo
K14 Korea
Awards and Medals » U.S.
Korean Service » U.N. Korean Service » Korean
Defense Commemorative » Good Conduct Medal »
Korean National Defense Service » Korean Presidential
Citation » Korean Service
HHS Class of 1950
(attended Thomas School and Hartford High School)
Married Betty Rogers Wire HHS 1948
Resided in
Hartford 1935 to 1950
Retired from Ventura CA
Police Dept. after 26 years of service and moved to Palm
Desert for the golf. He was a consultant and wrote the
codes for a new city, Cathedral City CA, becoming Code
Enforcement Officer for 3 years. As a golf pro, he was
employed by Indian Wells Country Club in Palm Desert
for 4 more years.
US Army
Military Police – 503rd Private 1st Class b
9-17-1926 d 7-30-2005
Rosamond IL South Haven MI Age 78y,
10m, 14d Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery Hartford
MI
In Service 1950 – 1952
HHS Class of
1944 From Hartford MI
Livestock Farmer and 42
years as a Professional Auctioneer
Held
memberships in The Hartford Federated Church
Gideon’s International Michigan Auctioneer’s
Association National Auctioneer’s Association
Resided in Hartford most of his life.
Son of Howard and
Grace (Bailey) Witt
US Army – Pfc. Co A Engineering Battalion, BN –
Combat HQ/HQ 8th Engineering – Inf. Div. Heavy
Equipment Operator b 10-23-1933
d 1-13-2005 Watervliet MI
Hartford MI Age 71y, 2m, 23d
In service
1958 to 2-1-1962 Reserves 1956 to 1958 Active Duty
Served in Korea Discharged at Ft.
Sheridan IL Basic Training at Ft. Leonardwood MO
Served in Korea building and repairing roads and
bridges in the demilitarized zone during the peace
talks.
From HHS Class of 1951 Attended
Watervliet, Fennville, and Hartford Public Schools.
2005 Update Returned to Hartford after
discharge from service, where he had a career in the
trucking and concrete business until his retirement in
1995. He was an active member of his community, serving
with the Hartford Fire Department and Ambulance service
for 25 years. He resided in Hartford until his death
from cancer in January, 2005.
Photo and
information submitted by his wife, Carol Root Woodward
(HHS 1955) 3-15-2004.
Korean War Medal
Veterans
If you haven’t
received your Korean War Medal, left click your
mouse on the medal above to download a form with
instructions on how you can get the long-overdue medal
you earned.
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with
information about anyone who served in the military
and lived in Hartford or Keeler at any time during their
life.
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