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LEXINGTON VETERANS

        

                                          

 LEXINGTON VETERANS ASSOC. OFFICERS

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  Rich Hill

Past Commander

2001-2003

Ron Ruff

Commander

2008 -

                    

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                  Ken Taylor

Immediate Past Commander

2006-2008

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Ernie Smith

 Past Commander

2003-2006

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Ken Taylor

Paul Tenenbaum

Bernie Gdula

Phil Loparo

Howard Miller

Rich Hill

VC - Operations

VC & Treasurer

VC - Membership

VC -Planning & Programs

VC - Public Relations

VC - Mgt Information Systems
Chaplin - Paul Tenenbaum Web Master - Rich Hill Shirts/Caps - Paul Tenenbaum
Videographer - Milan Zimer VHP Coordinator - Ron Ruff       

Walk of Honor Coordinator - Ron Ruff

 Photographer - Howard Miller
VHP Movie Editors

Milan Zimer & Rich Hill

VHP VHS Copiers

Rich Hill

VHP Interviewers - Ernie Smith, Rich Hill, Ben Polk & Bob Kelley (Deceased)

      Lexington Veterans Honor Guard    

 
Rich Hill - Captain

Rifle Team

Flag Team

Banner Guards -    Paul Tenenbaum, Len Rubens, Bob Davis, Ben Polk, George Semenek, Ken Taylor, Howard Miller & Al Kuznicki   Phil Loparo, James Antonic, Bill Ratliff, Paul Wymer, Ned Gamsky,  Jay Burgess, Peter Prichard OBE, Bernie Gdula , Ron Hyers, George Semenek, & Bud Passini Bob Davis, Ned Gamsky, Phil Loparo, Bill Ratliff, Paul Tenenbaum,  Ron Ruff, Ken Taylor, Howard Miller & Al Kuznicki
Former Guard Members: Paul Giacchetti - Frank Hammond (Deceased) - Jim Sims - Lou Calvanese - Henry Zemel (Deceased) - Larry Valentine, Bob Kelley (Deceased), Ernie Smith, Frank Burlingham

 

FORMER OFFICERS 
2001-03 Commander: Rich Hill   Vice Commanders: Norman D. Beausoleil, Sr. - Jim Sims - Wesley Hart - Ernie Smith - Phil Loparo - Ben Polk
2003-06 Commander: Ernie Smith Vice Commanders: Wesley Hart - Bob Kelley - Phil Loparo - Ben Polk - Paul Tenenbaum
2006-08 Commander: Ken Taylor Vice Commanders: Ben Polk - Phil Loparo - Paul Tenenbaum - Bernie Gdula - Howard Miller - Ron Ruff

ORIGINAL FLAG COMMITTEE THAT ORGANIZED THE LEXINGTON VETERANS ASSOCIATION
Rich Hill, Chairman - Bob Kelley (D) - Alan Wamester (D) - Norm Beausoleil, Sr. - Tom Cotter - Phil Serpe - Wesley Hart (D) - Marge Gibbs - Jacob Kaleel - Einar Dahl - Wilson Parker - Andrea Parker

EVENT AND SERVICE BRANCH DEMOGRAPHICS

Event

Army

Navy

Marine Corps

Air Force

  

Coast Guard 

 

  

Merchant Marine

 

 Allied Forces Deceased

WWII

15

14

0

10

    

1

37

Korea

23

13

4

4

    

2

13

Vietnam

16

7

3

4

1

      

Cold War

7

4

4

2

1

    

11

Total

61

38

11

20

2

 

3

61

Please click on a name to see veteran's information
A H S - continued
 

 

Peter Hackett  C. E. Ned Shepard 
Max Anderson    James Harris   Jerry Sherman     
James P. Antonic  Richard L. Hill  Richard D. Short 
     Al Smith  
Louis Arseneau      Albert M. Smith   
Jerry Abbott  D. Mark Huddleston  Ernest V. Smith 
  Ronald Hyers   
B  J H. Douglas Souder 
  David W. Johnston  Francis B. Spellane 
Leonard  Bartikowsky   
  Roland D. Junck   

Lloyd R. Stallings 
Robert R. Bartol   K James W. Sterriker  
Stanley Barton     
  Jacob Kaleel  R. Patrick Stivers  
Robert D. Bernson  Eugene R. Kasper 

Richard S. Stonage 

Al Binger  Howard L. Keller  Tonya Stone   
Wayne C. Kennedy    

Alek Strich 

Richard Blanchard, Sr.      
Roy H. Boles  Lou Klein   
  Craig Kleinknight   Bruce Swanson 
Marvin C. Borycki  Robert S. Koehler 
Don Boudreaux    
Donald R. Brose    Alphonse A. Kuznicki    T
George W. Brown  L Kenneth B. Taylor 
Jewel Brown  Allan LaFata   Paul Tenenbaum 
Kip Brush       
Jack W. Bunton    Nick Todoroff   
Jay Burgess     Donald R. Lerch  David Toohey 
  Harold E. Lindsey 
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Carl F. Urban 
John L. Burns  William R. Lock V
Philip Loparo 
Robert W. Lotz   Maurice L. Valentine 
 
James L. Lukert   Arthur A. VanDeKerkhove 
   Glenn H. Varney   
Joseph G. Lynch   John J. Vassen   
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Richard J. Carlson     John McCaffrey  Laurence W. Watson    
Morton McDonald   
Louis C. Calvanese  Ron McQuaide James Wilson 
Frank C. Machinsky 
Gerald Mader  
    Joe Wisniach   
John Churchill  William J. Marsh    Kenneth M. Wohlfarth   
Russell M. Cline  Howard Miller  Paul Wymer   
William Kevin Cotter    Thomas J. Mitchell  
Tom Cotter   William L. Moody 
Richard J. Cullins    

 
  Michael A. Muth 
 
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Einar S. Dahl     Milan Zimer 
James Dailey   
Robert E. Davis    

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 Louis DeAngelis   
 
Chester W. Diercks, Jr.   

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Joseph F. DiMicco 

Marion "Bud" Passini  

Robert Douglass 
Roland H. Dunlop  Arthur L. Pearson   
Conrad P. Dunn  Jim Peterson 
E  William B. Polk 

 

 Peter Prichard OBE 
John Elgin    
    R
Homer L. Evans   William J. Ratliff   
Bernard  Rachlin   
F   
Jack E. Fasick   
  Jay Rosenfield    
Norman Rosenthal 
Len Rubens  
  Ronald L. Ruff 

Donald H. Fowler 

David Fredricks  

John F. Freeman  S
James A. Frost     Carmen F. Sabia   
John  E. Sackie    
G   

Ned Gamsky 

Gregory T. Salvia 
Ronald N. Gass  George R. Semenek   
John Garlicki  Virginia Sampson 
Bernard J. Gdula  Edmund T. Scallon  
Richard G. Geib  George Schippereit   
Gerard F. Greco 

W. Marshall Schmidt   
Mel Gillenwater  John J. Schultz  
Joe Goldberg  Gary Schwendinger   
Al Gunderson  Philip M. Serpe 

 

   Indicates paid member of the Lexington Veterans Association

   Indicates paid British member of the Lexington Veterans Association
              
Former Lexington Veterans, who, for one reason or another, moved from Lexington
Norman Beausoleil, Sr. Emily Bird (Robert) Nancy Discenzo (Nick)
Paul Giacchetti Marge Gibbs (Wayne) Jack Johnson
John Lippman     Alan Lipsey William McKnight
Frank & Elsa Millhouse Richard Nash Richard Passera
James Sims Robert Sweeney Gary Torgerson
Larry Towne

George Ward

 Woody Woodburn
Alan Wamester   Ralph Allen Ahti Autio
William McKnight Vivian Rose William Pressprich
Gene Pritchard Robert Wildey George W. Brown
John Lowman A.L. Harroff Ken Harder
Wayne C. Hart James S. Hayes John E. Griswold
William Marx Larry Towne Fred D. Kitch
James Field Robert James Johnson Richard Lynch
George Samios Ronald Willsher Donald Richardson
Robert Bagli Joe Lobosco John Lynch
Rt. Rev. Stanley F. Lazarczyk Harold Applequist Richard Strickland
Robert Manuel Harold A. Bootz Ted Sporing
Frank Burlingham Martin Benjamin Edmund Kagy
Dean Ottaway Paul Sullivan  
     

Life Time Members
Eleonore Ahn Sally Baeverstad LaVonna Bartlett
Marguerite Bernardone Jean Beswick Emily Bird
Dorothy Burrows Mamie Butters Shirley Casady
Judy Chudnoff Jean Colway Rita Cronin
Anita Curcuru Edna Dachs Trudy Deremo
Nancy Discenzo Marie Dougherty Corkie Eckhardt
Danielle Etshman Rosemary Findley Marge Gibbs
Jeanne Hammond Libby Hart Elizabeth Hellner
Anna Hurley Phyllis Kelley Geraldine Klitzkie
Virginia Krautheim Jacqueline Lapidus Carole Leonard
Ruth Miller Gloria Moelter Lorrie Myers
Joan Ostermeyer Phyllis Ricketts Joyce Riggs
Vivian Rose Frances Homberger (Ralph Smith) Charlotte Simonis
Ann Szabo Pat Rish (Miles Vondra) Sheila Walker
Jane Wenner Edith Wheeler Margaret Wilder
Jan Woods Selma Zemel Jane Morgan
Charlotte Stivers Marianne Shervin Elenore Vissers
Diane Flynn Jennie Holowicki Lois Tevlin
     

Associate Members
This membership category is designed to open membership to any Honorably Discharged Veteran who has previously resided in the Lexington Community, was a member of the LVA and still wants to maintain membership. Further, this type of membership will be opened to any Honorably Discharged Veteran who currently resides in Lee County and has a desire to become involved with an organization committed to aiding and assisting in providing benefits and comforts to our Armed Services personnel. Dues for this membership is $30 per year payable Nov 1 each year. These individuals will have the same benefits as full membership.

Robert Cassell - Navy LCDR - 1967-1975 Frank Burlingham - Army - 1953-1955 William "Bill" Pressprich - Navy - WWII
Scott Estabrook - USMC - WWII (Deceased)    

Auxiliary Members
This membership category is designed for any resident of the Lexington Community who wishes to become involved with aiding and assisting the proud men and women of our
Armed Forces.  These individuals will have access to all LVA functions.  Dues for this membership is $30 per year payable Nov 1 each year.

Joseph Laspina    
     

DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS
This type of membership will be awarded to persons within the LVA who have significantly contributed to the safekeeping of our Nation and who, by their courage and valor,  have received special commendations by our government or our Allies or who have contributed significantly to the stature and direction of the Lexington Veterans Association.  These individuals are elected into this class of membership by the officers of the LVA and are not  subject to any dues.

 YONG CHOL AHN

South Korean Army ROK Korean War Veteran - Intelligence Officer - POW - later Diplomat to Switzerland, Italy, Ambassador to Ghana, Columbia and twice to the United Nations in NY.  Ahn has been extremely helpful to the LVA since its inception. (Deceased).  Inducted Memorial Day May 25, 2009
       
       
       

HONORARY MEMBERS
This type of membership will be awarded to persons outside of the LVA who have significantly contributed to the safekeeping of our Nation and who, by their courage and valor,  have received special commendations by our government or our Allies.  These individuals are elected into this membership by the officers of the LVA and are not subject to any dues.

JACK WAGNER

United States Army Vietnam War Veteran who was twice wounded in action and a member of General Hal Moore's 7th Cavalry featured in Time/Life and the movie "We Were Soldiers".  Past National Commander of the Combat Infantryman's Association and Commander of the SW Florida Chapter of the CIA.  Member of the Lee County Pride & Patriotism Event. Inducted Memorial Day May 25, 2009
       
       
       

 

"Our lives are given meaning by our actions--accomplishments made while we are 'here' that extend beyond our own time."           Maya Lin*

* Maya Lin designed "The Wall" - Vietnam Memorial

Music: Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops -  "The Stars and Strips Forever"

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