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South Dakota WWII Memorial Dedication 

South Dakota World War II Memorial Dedication - Part 2

For all that you have sacrificed - For our country and our freedom. 
SDPB HONOR ROLL In Memory of...

M/Sgt Anton L. Meyer, Andover, SD - USAF WWII/Korea
EM2 Warren D. Anderson, Buffalo Gap, SD - Navy
PVT Donald Johnson, Burbank, SD - Army
SKD2C Wilson W. Krause, Clear Lake, SD - Navy
PVT Owen J. Grothe, DeSmet, SD - Army WWI
Sgt.Glenn H. Waltner, Freeman, SD - Army
George L. Hall, Gettysburg, SD - USMC
PFC Harry Richard Hall, Gettysburg, SD - Army, killed in Korea
PFC Thomas W. Rundle, Lead, SD - Army Infantry
PVT Joseph (Eddy) Ward, Lemmon, SD - 361st Engineer Construction Battalion Korea
1st LT Gerald Vernon Albertson, Madison, SD - Army WWII/Korea
S/Sgt William E. Bertsch, Menno, SD - Army
Tec-5 Louis Heisinger, Parkston, SD - Army
1st LT Wayne Carmody Sioux Falls, SD - USMC
T-4 George R. Murray, Sioux Falls, SD - Paratrooper
SGT Gordon L. Blegen, Vienna, SD - Army
Wagoner Albert W. Newstrom, Vienna, SD - Army WWI
EN3 Duane L. Newstrom, Vienna, SD - Navy Korea
MSGT Clair E. Woodard, White, SD - Army
Pfc George Donald Sorbol, Wilmot, SD - Army WWII-Battle of Leyte

In Honor of...
1st LT L'Nora Bowden Bylander, Beresford, SD - Army
Dale Clites, Carthage, SD - Air Corps Purple Heart Veteran
MSGT Wilbur J. Ching, Castlewood, SD - Air Force
MoMM 1/C Dale Raymond Cook, Chamberlain, SD - Navy 1939-1945
Capt. Harry R. Woodward, Hot Springs, SD - Army Soldier's Medal
Sgt. Raymond R. Steiber, Mitchell, SD - Field Art. 147th
Staff SGT James A. Raysor, Pierre, SD - Army
SGT John W. Bickford, Rapid City, SD - Army
Capt. Kenneth G. Custis, Scotland, SD - Army
Sgt. Dale Stewart, Scotland, SD - Army
Sgt. Burdette R. Miller, Sioux Falls, SD - Army
A.L. Johnson, Trail City, SD - Army WWII
Gordon Johnson, Trail City, SD - Army WWII
John B. Johnson, Trail City, SD - Army WWII
Raymond R. Johnson, Trail City, SD Army Korea
RM1 Merlyn A. Newstrom, Vienna, SD - Navy Korea
Seaman 1st Robert L. Reoh, Vienna, SD - Navy WWII
All Service Personnel from Post 5548 VFW Quarter Master, Wessington Springs

Sponsors
South Dakota Public Broadcasting's coverage of the South Dakota World War II Memorial Dedication is sponsored by the Friends of SDPB, Black Hills Corporation, and SDN Communications.

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