Operation Recognition Graduates

The Board of Education has awarded diplomas to the following people:

May 16, 2023 [news article]

• Louis “Lou” Soto (Vietnam War)

May 17, 2022 [news article]

• Charles “Chuck” LeDoux (Vietnam War)

May 18, 2020

• Jeffery Moore Bercot (Vietnam War)

May 21, 2019 [news article/photo gallery]

May 15, 2018 [news article/photo gallery]

• Ernest Arthur Costa (WW II / Korean War)
• Telesfor Lucero (WW II / Korean War)—posthumous award
• Michael John McCoy (Vietnam War)
• Harold Glen Price (Vietnam War)
• Ronald Lester Van Sant (Vietnam War)
• Jessy Sheldon Vincent (WW II)
• Tom Zayas (Korean War)

May 16, 2017 [news article/photo gallery]

• Robert Joseph Arnold (Vietnam War, U.S. Army)
• Solomon Alexander Chandler (World War II, U.S. Navy)—posthumous award
• Robert Norman Farley (World War II, U.S. Army Air Corps)—posthumous award
• Earl J. Johnson (Vietnam War, U.S. Navy)

May 17, 2016 [news article/photo gallery]

• James Buchanan (Korean War, U.S. Air Force)
• Robert Hitson (Vietnam War, U.S. Army)
• Marrion Ray (World War II & Korean War, U.S. Army)—posthumous award
• Dennis Slack (Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps)
• John Spuehler (Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps)

May 19, 2015 [news article/photo gallery]

• James L. Davis (Vietnam War, U.S. Navy)
• Clifford M. Kanzler (Korean War, U.S. Navy)
• Joseph C. Martinez (Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps)
• Daniel L. Pinola (Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force)
• Peter Rincon (World War II, U.S. Army)—posthumous award

May 20, 2014 [news article/photo gallery]

• David Levant Felt (Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps)—posthumous award
• Benoise Davis Wade (Vietnam War, U.S. Army)
• Marcus David Wells, Jr. (Vietnam War, U.S. Army)

May 21, 2013 [news article/photo gallery]

• Arthur Flores Aleman (Vietnam War, U.S. Navy)
• Douglas Jon Borges (World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force)
• Edward Charles Chop (Korean War, U.S. Marine Corps)
• William Raymond De La Ossa (Vietnam War, U.S. Army)
• Jerry LeRoy Dodge (Korean War, U.S. Navy)
• Larry Dennis Hayes, II (Vietnam War, U.S. Army)
• Anthony Luis Lopez (Vietnam War, U.S. Army)
• Fred Stilwell (Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps)

May 15, 2012 [news article/photo gallery]

• Jose Morales Alvarado (Korean War, U.S. Air Force)
• Andrew E. Anderson (World War II, U.S. Navy)
• Glenn Dominic Carrasca (Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force)
• Richard Lee McDuff (Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps)
• Michael Dennis Posehn (Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps)

May 17, 2011 [news article/photo gallery]

• Irving Bradley Cowan (Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force, National Guard, Air Force Reserve)
• Mark Anthony Groom (Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve)
• Timothy Allen Haaby (Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps)
• Willis Francis Mohr (Vietnam War, U.S. Army, Army Reserve)
• Larry H. Soza (Korean War, U.S. Army, Army Reserve)
• Richard Donald Steele (Korean War, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy)
• Kenneth Brian Swartz (Vietnam War, U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy Reserve)
• Lloyd Steve Thaler (Korean War, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force Reserve)—posthumous award
• Clyde Coolidge Thornton, Jr. (Vietnam War, U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve)
• Albert Raymond Willock (World War II, U.S. Army)—posthumous award

May 18, 2010 [news article/photo gallery]

• Jeremiah Hannigan (Korean War & Vietnam War, Air Force & Marines)
• Darrell Dwain Mann (Korean War, Navy)
• Ben Tadamitsu Ogata (World War II, Army; World War II internee)—posthumous award
• Albert R. Weaser (Vietnam War, Marines)
• Jonathan M. Welense (Korean War, Navy)
• Herbert Franklin Willock (Korean War, Air Force & Army)

May 26, 2009 [news article/photo gallery]

• Ray William Ayres (World War II, Navy)
• Oscar Bertsch (Korean War, Marines)
• Delbert Edward Farmer (Korean War, Army)
• Ralph Emmet Grebe (World War II, Army)—posthumous award
• Milton Vincent Gregorio (World War II, Coast Guard)
• Robert Laverne Hamilton, Sr. (Vietnam War, Army)
• Santiago "Jim" Gonzales Morales (Korean War, Army)
• Richard Raymond Reynolds (Vietnam War, Navy)
• Satsuki May Shibata (interned at Tule Lake during World War II)
• Michael F. Slater (Vietnam War, Marines)
• Ira Van Houten (World War II, Army)
• Raymond Louis Ward (World War II, Army)
• William Everett Wilber (Korean War, Navy)
• Sumiko "Sue" Yamamoto (interned at Poston, AZ and Tule Lake)

May 15, 2008 [news article/photo gallery]

• Fred W. Allen (U.S. Marines, Korean War)
• Dwight O. Baldwin (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Darrell Arthur Boykin (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Timothy John Callahan (U.S. Navy, Vietnam War)
• Facundo Campoy (U.S. Army, Korean War)
• Gerald Roosevelt Cheadle (U.S. Marines, Vietnam War)
• Wayne Cowin (U.S. Navy, World War II)
• Edwin Gilbert Cozby, Jr. (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Jerry Fung (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Roddy Fayette Gatdula (U.S. Air Force & Navy, World War II & Korean War)
• John Olivarez Gonzales (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• William Albert Imhof (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Kazuo Denis Inouye (World War II internee, U.S. Army, World War II)
• Frank M. (U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam War)
• Robert Lee Keaton (U.S. Air Force, Korean War)
• Danny Lane King (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Frank Joe Maldonado (U.S. Marines, Vietnam War)
• John Lloyd McElroy (U.S. Navy, Korean War)
• Wilfred Nuñez (U.S. Merchant Marines, Korean War & Vietnam War)
• Albert Emanuel Nygren (U.S. Army, World War II)
• Ernesto Muñoz Ortega (U.S. Navy, Vietnam War)
• Tsutomu Tom Ota (World War II internee)
• Melvin Aloysius Rose (U.S. Navy, World War II)
• Joe Robert Secco (U.S. Coast Guard, Korean War)
• Antonio Barrientos Tafoya (U.S. Army, Korean War)
• J.C. Terry (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Ralph Cornelius Vanderhave (U.S. Army & Air Force, World War II & Korean War)
• Mark Stephen Velarde (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Charles William Wagner (U.S. Navy, World War II)
• Edward Wayne Weil (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Lawrence Wayne Windham (U.S. Army, Korean War)
• Robert Ybarra (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Louis S. Zabala (U.S. Army, Korean War)

May 22, 2007 [news article/photo gallery]

• David Eugene Brown (Army, Vietnam War)
• Gilbert Randall Cabrera (Army, Vietnam War)
• Henry Earl Davis (Marine Corps, Vietnam War)
• Gordon Ray Grewe (Marine Corps, Vietnam War)
• James Jerome Jimenez (Marine Corps, World War II and Korean War)
• Floyd Kenneth May (Navy, Korean War)
• Gregory Charles McNeill (Marine Corps, Vietnam War)
• Robert Lee Mumphrey (Army, Vietnam War)
• Eliseo Derege Peralta (Army, World War II)
• Dan Joseph Pisani (Coast Guard, World War II)

May 24, 2006 [news article/photo gallery]

• Sakaye Ishihara Aoki (World War II internee)
• Richard Dale Balak (U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam War)
• Floyd Edward Carney (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Carlos Cervantes (U.S. Navy, World War II)
• Lewis Wayne Easter (U.S. Navy, Korean War & Vietnam War)
• Frank Junior Garavito (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Richard C. Garlinghouse (U.S. Navy, Korean War)
• Frank William Loscutoff (U.S. Army, Vietnam War)
• Rex T. Rice, Sr. (U.S. Army, World War II)
• Gordon Roberts (U.S. Navy, World War II & Korean War)
• Donald Edward Strassburg (U.S. Navy, Vietnam War)
• Floyd A. Van Dyke (U.S. Navy, World War II & Korean War)
• Jay B. Wiley (U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War)
• Danny Leon Willyard (U.S. Coast Guard, Vietnam War)

May 24, 2005 [news article/photo gallery]

• Judge Albert, Jr. (U.S. Air Force, World War II & Korean War)
• Oliveiro Avis (U.S. Army, Korean War)
• George Combs (U.S. Army, World War II)
• Jack Criswell (U.S. Navy, Korean War)
• Cleveland Cushing (U.S. Navy, World War II & Korean War)
• Kenneth DeSouza (U.S. Army, World War II)
• Marvin Dowd (U.S. Marines, Korean War)
• William Egan (U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War)
• Thomas Ferrel (U.S. Marine Corps, World War II)
• Clifford Fleischbein (U.S. Marine Corps, World War II)
• Jay Gastelum (U.S. Navy, Korean War)
• William Hall (U.S. Coast Guard & U.S. Army, World War II)
• Paul Hamilton (U.S. Air Force, Korean War, Vietnam War)
• August Heinitz (Army Air Corps, World War II)
• Mike Ingle (U.S. Navy, World War II)
• Charles Kelly (U.S. Coast Guard & U.S. Army, World War II)
• John Koenck (U.S. Air Force, Korean War)
• Franklin McClure (U.S. Air Force, Korean War)
• John McNair (U.S. Marines, World War II)—posthumous award
• Toyoko Nakatogawa (World War II Internee)
• Frank Nickelson (U.S. Navy, World War II)
• Franklin Puckett (U.S. Air Force, Korean War)
• Raymond Rodriguez (U.S. Marines, World War II)
• Clarence Schroeder (U.S. Navy, World War II)
• Jay Shifflette (U.S. Air Force, Korean War)
• Jimmy Sinetos (U.S. Navy, World War II)
• Arthur Smith (World War II)
• Earl Strauch (U.S. Navy, World War II)
• Sumiko Washino Sumida (World War II Internee)
• Henry Thienes (U.S. Navy, World War II)

June 1, 2004 [news article/photo gallery]

• Oscar Garcia (Army Airbone, Korean War)
• Lester Laird (Navy, World War II)
• Charles Edward Marshall (Navy, World War II)
• Roy C. Okino (Korean War Army & Internee)
• Frederick Howard Turner (Navy, World War II)
• Willis W. Wilson (Navy, World War II)

September 16, 2003

• Donald Eugene Risney (Navy, World War II)

May 20, 2003 [news article/photo gallery]

• William C. Anderson (Army, World War II & Korean War)
• John Bollman (Army, World War II)
• Carl John Dahlberg (Navy, World War II)
• Harold P. Fong, Sr. (Army Air Force, World War II)
• Joseph Gomez (Army, World War II)
• Wesley J. Holden (Navy, World War II & Korean War)
• Carl J. Keehn (Coast Guard, World War II)—posthumous award
• Richard W. Lee (Navy, Korean War)
• Alex O. Lopez (Army, World War II)
• Pasquale "Pat" Muzzillo (Marine, World War II)
• Joe Nagasawa (Army, Korean War; World War II Internee)
• Robert Nobuyuki Oda (World War II Internee)
• Albert Stinson (Army, World War II)
• Shiro "Albert" Tahara (World War II Internee)
• Alfred M. Thomsen (Navy, World War II)
• Stanley Tufts (Navy, World War II)
• Moses E. Turner (Army, Korean War)—posthumous award
• Harry W. Winston (Army, World War II)

June 4, 2002 [news article/photo gallery]

• Leonard Harry Hansen (Army, World War II)
• Carmin Hawk (Army, Korean War)
• Billy G. Matthews (Army, World War II)
• Ray G. Sample (Army Air Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, World War II)

January 15, 2002 [news article/photo gallery]

• Richard L. Aiello (Marine, Korean War)
• Maurice Carsey (Army, Korean War)
• Jim Noburu Fujikawa (Internee, World War II)
• Terry Teruko Fujikawa (Internee, World War II)—posthumous award
• Akira Iwatsuru (Internee, Army, World War II)
• Earl Keer (Navy, World War II)
• Darrell Moore (Navy, Korean War)
• Masahiro Nakajo (Internee, Army, Korean War)
• Charles W. Perkins (Army, World War II)
• Keith L. Roberts (Navy, Korean War)
• Mike Wokich (Army Air Corps, World War II)
• William Young (Air Force, Korean War)