From staff reports
A total of 111 Clarion County veterans have died since Memorial Day 2016, according to Judy Zerbe, the county’s director of Veterans Affairs.
Twenty-five of those veterans served during World War II, 39 served during the Korean Conflict, 24 served during the Vietnam Conflict, 20 served during peacetime, one served during the Persian Gulf War and three served in the Army Reserves.
Some veterans served during more than one war period.
Here is a list of the veterans according to their place of burial:
Callensburg Cemetery
George E. Noble, Vietnam
Churchville Cemetery
Charley Claude Martz, Peacetime
Clarion Cemetery
Aloysious Gabler, Peacetime; Leland L. Rupert, Korean
Cedarview Memorial Park
Frank L. Rearick, Peacetime; Rubye O. Painter, Korean; Charles E. Spangler, Vietnam; Harry L. Emrick, Korean; Larry M. Gourley, Peacetime; John E Bowser, Korean; John R. Callahan, WW II
Concord Cemetery (Conneration)
William G. Weaver, Vietnam; Jack W. Hiles, Korean
Fisher Cemetery (Millcreek)
Pamela S. Dancer, Peactime
Foxburg Cemetery
Bryan J. Wentling Jr , WW II; John S. McHenry, WW II and Korean
Hawthorn Cemetery
Harold E. Harmon, Korean Era; Frank Hilliard Jr., Korean
Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Donald D. Kahle, Army Reserves; Russell J. Lander Sr., Korean ; Peter H. Nachtwey, WW II and Korean; Robert J. N. Kerr, WW II and Korean
Knox Union Cemetery
Marion R. Hopper, Vietnam; L. Frank Agnello, Peacetime
Lawsonham Cemetery
Ivan L. Ritchey, Korean
Leatherwood Presbyterian Cemetery
James P. Gourley, WW II
Mt Calvary Cemetery (Limestone )
Joseph O. Fleming, Peacetime
Mt. Calvary Cemetery (Dutch Hill)
Byron G. Kriebel, WW II
Mt Hope Cemetery (Conneration)
Jack W. Himes, Korean
Mt Zion Cemetery (Sligo area)
Eugen E. Smith Jr., WW II
New Rehobeth Cemetery
John R. Foulks Sr., Peacetime
Pleasant Hills Cemetery
Norman H. Kiser, Korean; Daniel Bundy, Vietnam; Donald R. Macormac, Vietnam
Presbyterian Brick Cemetery
Terry L. Deloe, Army Reserves
Reidsburg Cemetery
Jeremy J. Wiant, Peacetime
Rimersburg Cemetery
Junior L. Aites, Vietnam; Ronald R. Rhodes, Korean; Nelson L. Philp Jr., Korean ; Thomas S. George, WW II; Bruce Summerville, Peacetime; William D. McElravy, Korean
Salem-Frogtown Cemetery
Victor L. Collett, Korean
Scotch Hill Cemetery
Raymond E. Simpson, WW II
Sligo Cemetery
Alvin E. Carlson, Vietnam; Cleo A. Hawk, Korean; Richard E. Courson, Korean
Squirrel Hill Cemetery
Henry W. Aaron, Korean
Starr Cemetery
William L. Buchanan Jr., Vietnam
St. Joseph Cemetery
Otto F. Lauer Jr., Korean; Lewis J. Culp, Vietnam Era
St. Mark’s Cemetery
Joseph F. Siebauer Jr., Korean
St. Mary’s (Crown)
Lewis J. Culp, Vietnam Era
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Gerald B Ditz, WW II
St Paul’s Cemetery
Gerald L. Gates, Vietnam; William E. Ausel, WW II; Edward C. Wetzel, Vietnam
St. Petersburg Cemetery
Jerry E. Hamil,Vietnam; Robert Grazier,Vietnam
West Freedom Cemetery
Steven J. Myers, Vietnam; Benjamin R. Burris Jr., Vietnam Era
West Monterey Cemetery
Robert Hertzog, Korean
Private cemeteries and creamation
Harry S. Madison, Peacetime; William R. Klingensmith, Vietnam Era ; Allen J. Crise, WW II; Melvin S. Keast Jr., Vietnam; Lynn Peterson, Peacetime; James E. Rossey, Peacetime (Reserves); Jack W. Staley, Vietnam ; Douglas R. Vensel, Vietnam Era; George Novosel, Korean; Donald A. Baker, WW II; Newton W. Booth Jr., Korean; Florence Kanonchoff, WW II; Willis E. Hook, Korean; Dr. David R. Wright, Peacetime; Robert R. Atzeni, Peacetime; Edward Joseph Michalkiewicz, WW II; Carl Keith Wright, Korean; John W. Vilberg, WW II ; Alfred R. Walters, Korean Era; Lloyd A. Reiser Jr., Persian Gulf
The following Clarion County veterans were brought back to the county for burial:
Cedarview Memorial Park
Clarion Cemetery
Dennis L. Fox, Peacetime
Hagan-Shotts Cemetery
Charles H. Stizinger, WW II
Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Richard Reinsel, Korean
Leatherwood Cemetery
Leonard A Fowkes, Peacetime
Rimersburg Cemetery
William A. Yates, Peacetime
Scotch Hill Cemetery
Arthur J. Thompson, Peacetime
St. Charles Cemetery
Frank M. Pelky, WW II; Thomas J. Magagnotti, Vietnam
Venus Cemetery
Everett R. Marsh, WW II
The following Clarion County veterans were buried out of the county:
Allegheny County
William P. Reilly, WW II; Daryl W. Freshcorn, Peacetime
Armstrong County
Donald W. Boozer, Army Reserves; Henry P. Short, Korean
Butler County
Charles R. Seelbach, Korean; Beryl T. Snyder, Korean (Pinewood Cemetery)
Forest County
Jerome L. Cornecki, Peacetime
Jefferson County
Charles E. Carrier, Korean; Clyde P. Minich, Korean
State of Michigan
Ruth M. Dittman, Peacetime
Somerset County
Sylvan D. Walker, Vietnam
Venango County
John A Lipko, Korean
Wisconsin
John W. Vilberg, WW II
Warren County
Perry Swanson, Korean