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The Walk of Honor is a  project of the Lexington Veterans Association designed to honor not only Lexington Veterans but their veteran family members as well.  It will be located at the flag site at the Island Club.  The project was completed in phases.  Phase I is the March-April 2004 period. First Project coordinator was Vice Commander Ben Polk. The second coordinator was Past Commander Ken Taylor. The Walk of Honor consists of engraved bricks set in a pattern leading up to the flag site.  A granite memorial stone is placed just in front of the flag pole signifying the Walk of Honor. The first dedication ceremony occurred on 9-11 in 2004.  The second dedication occurred on December 7th, 2004.  Each brick costs $50 and includes the engraving and is tax deductible. Make check payable to the Lexington Veterans Association. The proceeds after cost will go toward future veterans projects.  Forms are available at the front desk of the Main Club House.  The 2009 reformulation occurred in April 2009 and was spearheaded by Past Commander Rich Hill & Commander Ron Ruff. The new configuration  consists of family clusters with single bricks laid out with WWII on the left side - Korean War on the upper right and middle - Vietnam War middle to lower right - Cold War on lower right - Iraq on lower right side. Future bricks will continue down the pathway with a next stage design in the making. In late 2010 Vice Commander Al Kuznicki was assigned the key responsibility and redesigned the whole area in cluding new landscaping, a new light, the 5 service flagpoles with plaques and the white chain fence.

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Actual example of the engraving process

Walk of Honor at the Island Club - 2010

 

 

Three examples of the new configuration - engraving will show up better with first good rain

Phase I Bricks

                Lee County     Pipes & Drums Lexington Veterans  Assoc Combat          Infantrymen's Association - SW FL          

HALL OF HONOR
Jack Wagner WIA VN 65 & 66 US Army 7 Cav Monica Conter Benning Lt US Army Nurse Pearl Harbor  John "Giddyp" Bunch Capt USMC 69-76
Wesley Hart Lt Col US Army WWII 41-79   Ambassador Yong Chol Ahn Capt ROK Army 50-56

 

FAMILIES WWII KOREA VIETNAM COLD WAR GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM
           
Frank Burlingham Army Korea 53-55 Ralph Allen Army WWII 43-45 Ahti Autio USMC Korea 51-53 James Antonic Army    Vietnam 64-66 James Alfred USMC   Semper Fi  Jim Barnocki                 Army NG Iraq
D.Burlingham Marine Corps Lt.Col 1980-2004 Boyd Bartlett Lt. Naval Res     WWII        Al Binger Navy 53-55 Dominick Benedetto     Army Vietnam Marvin Borycki  Army  55-58 Scott Gelbaugh               Iraqi  Freedom  2001-2007
W. Burlingham Army Sgt. 82-86 L. Bartikowsky Navy WWII-Korea Jay Burgess Army Inf Col Korea  John Buckley USAF Retire 57-78 RJ Carlson Navy 56-60   Derek Harder Army 90 94 
Megan Beling USMC Iraq John Belusko Army 42-45 E. W. Buss Army 52-60 Scott Estabrook  Marine Corps Vietnam Donnelly Joseph USMC  Steve Sward Lt Col USAF 76-97 
  For My Father Marty Benjamin WWII 1943-1945 Donald Brose  Navy Korea A.L. Harroff   Army           57-59  61-62 Russ Howard MD       LCDR  US Navy  56-58  Cortney Roepke                                  2nd Lt. US Air Force                          2012 GWT
Roy F. Chalfant T4 Army WWII 42-45 JJ Berberet U.S.Army 42-45  LtC C Crawford Army Inf VT  53-73 James Lukert  Commander     Navy Reserves Vietnam  59-82 David Johnston   Air Force NG Col.      Cold War    59-88  
Mary Chalfant Sgt Army WWII 43-45 Harold Bootz Army Air Corps Capt  15th AF Pilot B17 WWII J.F. DiMicco Army 1st Lt       Korea 53-55 John McCaffrey, Jr.          Pilot Air Force Vietnam C.E. Shepard Coast Guard Cold War   53-63  
  David Bouvier US Air Force       1942-2004 Conrad Dunn Army Korea 48-50 Jack O'Keefe USMC        Vietnam 66 Purple Heart  68 Paul Stivers Air Force   Capt Cold War 56-64  
The Curcuru Brothers 42-57 Russell Cline Army WWII 42-46 Don Eckhardt  USMC Capt       Korea 51-58 William Ratliff USMC   Vietnam 62-66 Wm J Tevlin MD 

Army  57-59

  
Nicholas Navy WWII 42-45 Victor Colway Army WWII J Elgin  Army Korea    Ron Ruff US Navy 59-66 Ron Willsher Army   
John B. Navy  WWII 42-45 Tom Cotter Navy WWII Joe Goldberg Navy Korea  John B. Seamon Lt. Col USAF    61 - 81  Jack Woods 82nd Airborne Cold War        57-60  
LB Navy WWII 43-45 Chet Diercks,Jr. Army 42nd Div WWII 45-47 Jim Hallinan USMC 51-53 Bill Siclari Army 68-71 Francis Murray USMC 55-59  
Joseph Navy 50-51 JK Eisenhower 73 Bomb Wing 42-45 Ron Hyers Navy   54-58       DD728 DDR838 Allen Strus Army Vietnam  65-67    
Philip USAF 51-55 William Findley Army Sgt WWII      42-45 Roland Junck Army  Korea 53-55 Bruce Swanson Army ASA      62-65     
Anthony USMC Korea 52-55 Lawrence M Fleming WWII Robert S. Koehler Army           53-55  Larry Valentine  Navy      Vietnam  67-71    
Gerald 8th Div Army Germany 55-57 Thomas Frisby Army WWII   44-46 Phil Loparo Air Force Korea         Jimmie Wilson USMC    60-64    
  Ron Gass Army Air Corps WWII C McFarland S Sgt USAF SF 49-53 Wojciechowski Edwin  Army TO Nam 66-70    
Robert E. Davis Army Korea 51-57 William P. Hahn US Marines  1944-2003 Charles R. Mixer USMC Sgt    53-56 John Lynch Army Vietnam      64-66    
Pfc C.Ott Army NG 31-33 P.F.Hammond Army Inf.WWII Larry Morris Navy BT1 Korea      Robert McGuire SP5 Army      68-71    
David Ott Army NG Iraq Frank Holowicki Navy WWII Bud Passini U.S. Army Korea Dan Heinrikson Navy SS  66-74    
  William J. Hurley Army Inf   C. Ricketts Army Korea   52-54 Douglas Renfroe Navy   70-74    
Carl Etshman  Navy WWII 42-45 Robert J. Ingle USS Savannah USN    41-46 Lt. Jay Rosenfield Navy  51-54 Ray Locklear Col AUS Ret 61-94    
Joseph DeNotto Army Air Corps 42-45 S Kendziworkski Army            WWII 41-45         Virginia Sampson Army Korea Paul Duffendack 1st Lt Army MACV Vietnam 69-70    
David DeNotto Navy 97-2001 Al Kuznicki Army WWII 46-47  Don Scott Navy Korea 52-54 Douglas A. Foster Army Vietnam 68-71    
  Joe Leonard Army Air Corps  WWII  42-46 Ted Sporing Navy Korea 50-53       
William Gdula CWO4 Army WWII      41-45       Nam 68-69 William Lock Army WWII Korea Paul Tenenbaum Army Korea         
PFC Mike Gdula 871st GRD Squad Army 42-43  James T. Lohr Army Airborne WWII Nick Todoroff Sgt USMC  54-57       
Bernard Gdula Navy USS Wood 54-57 Wm J. Mecca Army WWII Lt Robert T. Walls USMC     51 -54      
  E.H. Ostermeyer Army WWII 47-46 Lawrence W. Watson USMC - Lt.52-54      
Richard Geib Army Korea 52-54 Robert W. Ranck Capt 43rd Inf Div SW Pac WWII 40-45 William Wenner Navy Korea 52-56      
M.G. Geib Navy 1981 - 2001 Marshall Schmidt                      USS Wisconsin 44-46 Joe Wisniach Sgt  Army                 51 - 53 Korea      
  Phil Serpe Navy WWII   USS Bennington R.G. Walker Army CSM 51-71      
E.Gunderson Army Doctor WWI      1917-1919 Edward Short Army Air Corps  46-47 KJ Hartlage USMC 53-57      
H.Gunderson Navy Pilot WWII 42-46 Joe Simonis USMC WWII Korea   Donald Smrekar Air Force 50-53 Korea      
Al Gunderson Navy Airman Korea Jim Sterriker 9th Armed Inftry WWII Purple Heart        
  Pat Stivers Army WWII-Korea        44-46   51-52        
Wesley Hart Army Lt.Col WWII 41-79 Alek Strich Army WWII 44-46        
Libby Hart Patriot Patron Louis Szabo USMC WWII        
C C Gurganus Army Air Corps WWII   43-45  A. VanDeKerkhove Navy WWII 43-46        
Gene Gurganus Army Air Corps WWII        Purple Heart Fred G. Wright Navy  WWII  40-42        
J T Gurganus Army Korea 51-53     Silver Star Henry Zemel Army WWII        
Bill Marsh USMC Cold War Vietnam 56-64 Gerald J. Mader Navy Pacific WWII        
H E Tilghman Navy WWII KIA Edmund Scallon Army WWII 43-45        
C. Mason, Sr. Cmdr US Navy 43-72 L. R. Stallings Major Army WWII    42-46        
C. Mason Jr. Capt US Navy 1966-2006  Albert M. Smith Army 46-48        
Al Giggi Lt Col Army 40-60 Bill Dahlin USMC 45-46        
V. Giggi Army Nurse 41-46 Chester A. Booe Navy WWII 42-43        
Wm Thornton  US Army 41-45 Hy Tuckman Army 42-45        
O Stephenson Army WWII KIA  Robert Michal Air Force 42-45        
W. Francis Inscoe USAF Major 59-79  Robert Kling Sr.                       Capt Marines                           1942-1946 WWII        
Paige E. Inscoe Lt. Col. USAF 1-86           
Wm Hart US Navy CPO 44-78          
           
Richard Hill  Navy Korea 49-53          
Lloyd Hill 1st Lt. Army NG 22-35          
Col John Abbott Rev War 1775-1779          
Robert Hellner, Sr. Army WWII          
           
Frank M Hull Army WWII          
Harry Hull Navy QMC WWII-Korea-Vietnam          
           
Robert Kelley Army Korea             
Kevin Kelley USMC 89-94          
           
Myles McDonald USMC Semper Fi Vietnam 67-69          
Jim E. McDonald USMC Semper Fi 93-97          
           
K.B. Miller, Jr. Army WWII                
Howard Miller  Navy 51-55          
           
SJ Patterson US Navy Pilot 42-46 LTCMDR          
SJ Patterson III US Army 68-70 Vietnam          
           
Ben Polk USMC Korea 48-56          
Warren Polk Army 18-19          
Charles Polk Union Army 1865 -1866          
Morgan Polk USMC Iraq 1981 -2002          
Walt Drennan Paratrooper WWII          
           
Peter Prichard British Army 60th Rifles Korea          
Tom Turner Middlesex Regt  Somme 1916           
           
Ken Rose Army WWII 43-46          
Vivian Rose Navy WWII 43-47          
Miles M. Vondra USMC WWII-Korea   40-53          
           
Len Rubens USAF Vietnam          
Peggy Rubens Air Force WWII 35-96          
           
Carmen Sabria Army 65-67          
Chuck Sabria Army 65-67           
           
SP4 George Semenek US Army 68-70          
SFC Herman Semenek Korea - WWII          
Ruth Carlson US Navy WWII          
           
G. Schippereit Navy WWII          
O. Schippereit Navy WW I          
S. Schippereit Navy Cold War          
           
Ernie Smith Navy Cold War 56-60          
Tyler Lewison Army NG  Iraq          
Katrina Lewison Army Iraq            
           
Doug Souder US Army 66-69          
HR Souder USAF  WWII 43-45          
           
Ken Taylor Navy Cdmr Vietnam 60-67          
Brooks Taylor U.S. Navy WWII USS Grady          
           
           

 

 

Music: US Navy Band - "Anchors Aweigh"