From staff reports
A total of 119 Clarion County veterans have died over the past year, according to Judy Zerbe, director of Veterans Affairs in Clarion County.
Twenty-eight served during World War II; 25 served during the Korean War, 35 served during the Vietnam War, 31 served during peacetime, one served during Operation Desert Storm, and one served during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. One is unknown.
Some veterans served during more than one war period.
Amity Lutheran Cemetery (Newmansville) – Domenic Tomeo, Korean
Callensburg Cemetery – Herbert E. Radaker, Korean
Cedarview Memorial Park – Max J. Husted, Korean; Eugene E. Carroll, World War II; George Servey Jr., Korean; Ruben G. Edmonds, peacetime; Jordan R. Booth, peacetime; Walter F. Clutter, Reserves
Clarion Cemetery – Henry M. Hufnagel II, Vietnam; Richard E. Cotton, Vietnam; Claude A. Mohney, peacetime; David B Witherow, peacetime
Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery – Terry L. Bell, Vietnam
Hawthorn Cemetery – Matthew P. Brinker, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom
Herman Cemetery – Leslie Blair, Vietnam; John Youngman, Korean
Immaculate Conception Cemetery – George L. Russell, Korean; John R. Doran Jr., peacetime; Richard A. LaVan, peacetime; Leo J. Curran, Korean; Carl H. Beckwith, Korean; Michael G. Stewart, Vietnam; Robert E. Leonard, peacetime
Knox Union Cemetery – Fred J. Caligiuri, World War II
Monroe Cemetery – James E. DeHart, Vietnam
Mount Calvary (Dutch Hill) – George E. Pennington, Korean
Mount Cemetery (Limestone Cemetery Calvary) – Gregory A Baughman, peacetime
Mount Hope-Conneration Cemetery – Carlton A. Males, Korean; Max Best, Vietnam
Mount Pleasant Cemetery – Ronald R. Schreckengost, Vietnam
Mount Zion Loop (Sligo) – Willis H. Elliott, World War II
New Bethlehem Cemetery – Elizabeth J. McElroy,World War II
Paradise Cemetery – Walter J. Kunselman, Korean
Perry Chapel Cemetery – John D. Wingard, Korean
Perry Cemetery – Ivan Lee Shay, World War II; Edward R. Say, Vietnam; Lewis A. Witherup,World War II
Perryville Cemetery – Larry P. Snyder, Vietnam; Leonard G. Allen, Vietnam
Pleasant Hills Cemetery – Robert R. Schreckengost, Vietnam
Rimersburg Cemetery – Howard E. Lamont, World War II; Dick E. Kline,World War II; Donald M. Summerville, Vietnam; Robert R. Laughlin, peacetime; Lloyd L. Pontzer, World War II; Leo V. Weaver, Korean; John E. Hunt Sr., peacetime
Shannondale Cemetery – Leroy T. Stewart, Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm
Sligo Cemetery – Kenneth R. Wiser, peacetime
Squirell Hill Cemetery – John H. Cathcart, World War II; George A. Chestnut Sr., Korean; Daniel R. Blose, World War II and Korea; Chester Pence, World War II; Richard O. Stewart, peacetime; Thomas P Sklopan, Korean
Starr Cemetery – Charles D. George, Korean; John Ward, Vietnam; Marvin D. Goughler, peacetime
St. Charles Cemetery – James E. Blotzer, Vietnam
St. Eusebius Cemetery – Joseph H. McClaine Jr., World War II; Edward P. Malley, Vietnam era: Darl Eck, Korean; Robert Francis Bernard, Korean; Andrew B. Kolich; peacetime; Joseph H. McClaine Jr., World War II
St. Joseph Cemetery – Albino R. Anderson,Vietnam era; Raymond A. Judy Jr., Vietnam, Richard A. Judy, Vietnam; Suzanne Wells, Vietnam era
St. Mark Cemetery – James E. DeHart, Vietnam
St. Michael Cemetery – Richard Schmader, peacetime; Thomas Weaver, Korean; Ralph Lander, peacetime.
St. Nicholas (Crates) Cemetery – Logan C. Fierst, peacetime; Ruben Graff Edmonds, peacetime
St. Paul Cemetery – Anthony Salamone,World War II
Strattanville Baptist Cemetery – Thomas W. Chapman, peacetime
Tylersburg Cemetery – Carl R. Daubenspeck, Vietnam
Venus Cemetery – Charles M. Rhoades, Vietnam
Zion Loop Cemetery – LaRue Davis,World War II
The following Clarion County veterans were buried out of the county:
Allegheny County – Steven P. Sienicki, peacetime; William H. Jagnow, World War II
Armstrong County – Harry R. Wolfgang, World War II; Ralph Buzard, World War II; Kenneth I. Woodall, World War II; Charles W. Gray, peacetime; Howard M. Bish, World War II
Arlington National Cemetery – Arthur R. DeTore, Vietnam
Bedford County – Richard E. Shaffer, Vietnam
Butler County – Robert E. Fleming, Korean
Fort Indiantown Gap National Cemetery – Donald K. Shirey Jr., World War II
Jefferson County – John Morean, World War II; Willard A. Conner Jr., Vietnam; Norman J. Ishman, peacetime; Roger M. Bailey, Korean; Robert P. McDonald, peacetime; Don Burkett, World War II
Venango County – Gary E. Harp, Vietnam; Thomas W. Hutchison, Persian Gulf and Vietnam; John W. Long, Vietnam
Private cemeteries and cremation – John Walter Reed, peacetime; Terry D. Ortz, Vietnam; Robert Bishop, Korean; Darl R. Eck, Korean; William H. Cook Jr., World War II; George F. Maxton III, unknown; Robert E. Fleming, Korean; Donald B. Piker, peacetime; Donald L. Winger, peacetime; Willard A. Conner, Vietnam; Richard J. Schmader, peacetime; Joseph A. Vogelbacher, peacetime; Edward M. McGrady, Vietnam; Joseph R. Turiak, peacetime; Franklin W. Kiser, World War II; Gilbert E. Slaugenhaupt, World War II