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Juniata County Veterans Remembrance Wall
Logans Orders
In 1868, retired Union General John Logan organized the first national Decoration Day.  Serving as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union Veterans, Logan ordered local posts to honor the fallen on May 30, 1868 by "strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades, who died in defense of their country."  One month later, Congress established a national Memorial Day, although Americans did not celebrate it in solidarity until after the First World War.

The holiday has evolved, but it remains true to its roots. "It is the purpose of the commander-in-chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year," Logan wrote in his order for Decoration Day.  These days, the president executes the national observance and gives the Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1950, Congress recognized Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace.  In 2000, the president issued a National Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. local time each Memorial Day.  Since Logan, the President has guided our national observance with moments of silence, prayer, and the playing of Taps.

Originally, Logan wrote his orders for veterans. He urged them to remember the fallen, as long as "a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed comrades."  A few years ago President Bush acknowledged, "I know that those who have seen war are rarely eager to look back on it and the hardest memories of all concern those who serve their country and never live to be called veterans.  Yet memory is our responsibility." Although generations separate us from Logan's words, many veterans of foreign wars still live among us.  Sharing the stories of the lost lives is a tangible way to honor their memory.


Below is a list of Juniata County comrades who have departed.


2013-2014
Blair E. Yorks
WW II
U.S. Army
Donald C. Fogle Sr
WW II
U.S. Army
Donald A. Reed, Sr.
Vietnam War
U.S. Army
George E. Harp
Cold War Era
U.S. Army
Jack E. Dunn
Korean War
U.S. Army
John E. MacGill
Cold War Era
U.S. Marines

Ralph E. Rickenbaugh
WW II
U.S. Army
Robert C. Watkins
Korean War
U.S. Army
Walter Lee Worrall
Vietnam War
U.S. Army
Beverly A. “Scottie” Scott
Vietnam War/Desert Storm
U.S. Army
Larry Lee Street Sr
Vietnam Era
U.S. Navy
Robert N. "Bob" Reynolds
Vietnam Era
U.S. Army
Merrill G. “Gene” Metzger
WW II
U.S. Army
Edward P. Bolger
Korean War
U.S. Army
Robert P. Zimmerman
Vietnam Era
U.S Marine
Harry R. Fogleman
WW II
U.S. Army
Harry  'Cart' Aurand
Korean War
U.S. Air Force
Kenneth R Baker
Vietnam Era
U.S. Navy
James G. Miller
Cold War Era
U.S. Army
Warren J. Cleck
Korean War
U.S Marine
James L. Hammaker Jr.
Korean War
U.S Marine
C. Marlin Wert
WW II
U.S. Army Air Corps
Ralph E. Rickenbaugh
WW II
U.S. Army
Marlin E. Cramer
Vietnam Era
U. S. Army
Luther A. Beaver
WW II
U.S. Army Air Corps
Delbert E Brubaker
Korean War
U.S. Army
Robert J. Bruce
WW II
U.S. Army/U.S. Navy
Warren J. Cleck
Korean War
U.S Marine
James R. Diven
Korean War
U.S. Army
Daniel E. Fultz
Cold War Era
U.S. Navy
Richard A. Goss
WW II
U.S. Army
William M. Lunger
WW II
U.S. Army
Arthur R. Aumiller
Korean War
U.S. Army
John P. Henrey
WW II
U.S. Navy
Roger L. Howell
Vietnam Era
Pa. National Guard
William C. Hoyer
Vietnam Era
U.S Marine
Lyle F. Karpenko
Cold War Era
U.S. Army
Arden M. Leach
Cold War Era
U.S Marine
Edward J. Smith
Vietnam Era
U. S. Army
Russell H. Walters
Korean War
U.S. Army
David W. Barnes
Vietnam Era
U. S. Army
George N. Colpetzer
WW II
U.S. Army
Donald R. Foster
WW II
U.S. Army
Wallace E. Hockenberry
Vietnam Era
U. S. Army
James L. McClure
Cold War Era
U.S. Army
Sylvan J. Norris
Cold War Era
U. S. Army
George M. Varner
WW II
U.S. Army
William R. Watts
WW II
U.S. Army
Howard Miller
WWII
U.S. Army
Warren J Cleck
Korea
U.S Marine
Roger L Howell
Vietnam Era
Pa. National Guard
Arden M Leach
Cold War Era
U.S. Marine Corps
Robert E Wirt
Vietnam Era
U.S. Navy
Jacob L Leiter
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Donald A Phillips
U.S.Air Force
Korea
Larry Lee Street Sr
Cold War
U.S. Navy
Robert M Zeigler
WWII & Korea
U.S. Navy
Craig C Fenner
Vietnam
U. S. Navy
Bernard T. Kerstetter
Korean War
U.S. Army
John E. McGill

U.S Marine
Clifford D. Stimeling
Vietnam Era
U. S. Army
Walter Lee Worrall
Vietnam Era
U. S. Army
Jack L. Bossinger
Vietnam Era
U.S Marine
James N. Cunningham
WW II
U.S. Army
Samuel N. Goshorn
WW II
U.S. Navy
Richard C. Huff
Korean War
U.S. Army
Charlws R. McKarchey Sr.
WW II
U.S. Army
Gerald W. Shehan
Cold War Era
U.S. Air Force
Ira L. Varner
WW II
U.S. Army
Robert L. Winder
WW II
Merchant Marine/Naval Reserve
Luther A Beaver
WW II
Army Air Corps
Jack E Dunn
Korea
U.S. Army
George E Harp
Vietnam Era
U.S. Army
Frank Neimond Jr
WW II
U.S. Army
Leonard R Zellers
Cold War Era
U.S. Army
Jesse W Maxton
Cold War
U.S. Army
Charles R Rapp Sr
Korea
U.S. Army
Donald O Thompson
Cold War
U.S. Army
Donald R Zendt
Vietnam
U.S.Air Force
Ronald L Yarnell
WW II
U. S. Navy
Clifford A. Kirk
Korean War
U.S. Army
Lucien Jack Stutts
Korean War
U.S. Army
Chad D. Wriglesworth
Afghanistan
U.S. Air Force/Army
Warren E. Bowersox
Vietnam Era
U. S. Army
James E. Eby
Vietnam Era
U.S Marine
Charles E. Harris
Vietnam Era
U.S Marine
William E. Leonard
WW II
U.S. Navy
Donald M. Myers
WW II
U.S. Army
Richard O. Sieber
WW II
U.S. Army
Roy E. Varner
WW II
U.S. Army
John P. Yoder
Vietnam Era
U. S. Army
Donald A. (Duck) Phillips
Cold War Era
U.S Marine
Delbert E Brubaker
Korea
U. S. Army
Daniel E Fultz
Cold War
US Navy
Clarence W. McLaughlin
Korea
U. S. Navy
Manford Stailey
WW II
U.S. Army
Stanley R Hart
Korea
U.S.Air Force
Howard A Miller
WWII
U.S. Army
Ralph E Rickenbaugh
WWII
U.S. Army
Robert C Watkins
Korea
U.S. Army
Ronald R. “Ron” Arnold
Cold War
U. S. Army
Nicholas Hohol
Cold War
U. S. Army
Robert W. Krohn
Vietnam Era
U. S. Army
Frank Neimond
WW II
U.S. Army
Paul D. Towsey
WW II
U.S. Army
Leonard R. Zellera
Cold War Era
U.S. Army
Robert E. Burd
Korean War
U.S. Army
William F. Ehrenzeller
WW II
U.S. Army
Wilber E. Harshbarger
WW II
U.S. Army
Richard D. Naugle
Korean War
U.S. Army
Penn H. Snyder
WW II
U.S. Army
Vernon E Varner
Cold War Era
U.S. Navy
William F. Zeigler
Korean War
U.S. Navy
Edward A. Zimmerman
Cold War Era
U.S Marine
Robert J Bruce
WW II-Korea-Vietnam
U. S. Army/Navy
Richard A Goss
WW II
U.S. Army
Clifford A Kirk
Korea
U.S. Army
Paul D Towsey
WW II
U.S. Army
Roy A Leister Sr
WWII
Coast Guard
Irvin E Pennabaker
Cold War
U.S Marine
Donald M Spade
Korea
U.S. Army
C Marlin Wert
WWII
U.S. Navy
Charles Melvin Swartz
Vietnam Era
Army National Guard
John C Frye
Cold War
U. S. Army

2015
Jackson C Lowery
Cold War Era
U. S. Army
William J Berry Jr
Vietnam
U. S. Navy
Russell W Maneval
Vietnam
U. S. Army
John E Kirk Sr
Vietnam
U. S. Air Force
Noel A Pennabaker
Vietnam
U. S. Army
Glenn M Leister
Vietnam
U. S. Marine
James Coder
Vietnam
U. S. Army
Wayne A. Aldinger
WW II
U. S. Army
Banks W. Forry
Cold War
U. S. Army
Donald L. Bowersox
Vietnam
U. S. Marines
Gerald G. Dumm
Cold War
U. S. Army
Jesse H. Bowman
Korea
U. S. Navy
Richard H. Smith
Vietnam
U. S. Marines
Philip N. "Phil" Ebright
Vietnam Era
U. S. Marines
John L. Lapetina
Korea
U. S. Army
James L. McElhany
Cold War
U. S. Air Force
Wayne H. Bayshore
Cold War
U. S. Army
Solomon X. David
Cold War
U. S. army National Guard
Mercea B. Shields
Korea
U. S. Air Force
Melody A. Daniel
Cold War
U. S. Navy
Robert G. Bender
Korea
U. S. Army
William H. Stoner
WW II
U. S. Army
Larry L. Houtz
Cold War
​U. S. Air Force
Arden L. Lenig
Korea
​U. S. Army Reserve
Lee B. Quigley
WW II
​U. S. Navy
Roy Varner
WW II
U. S. Army
Clair Leon Yohn
Korea
U. S. Army
Claude F. Ritchie
Cold War
U. S. Army
Gerald K. Kepner
Vietnam
U. S. Air Force
M Kenneth Lukens
WW II
U. S. Army
Marlin B. Frankhouse
Korea
​U. S. Coast Guard
 
Lonzie Carter
Korea
​U. S. Army
Emmitt Noll
Vietnam
U. S. Navy
Richard L. Hood
Cold War
​U. S. Marine Corps
CharlesH. Zendt
​Cold War
Air National Guard
Andrew Baxter
Cold War
​U. S. Air Force
DavidS. Sieber
Vietnam
​U. S. Army
Luke S. Strauser
Korea
​U. S. Army
Remelle C. Macoy
WW II
​U. S. Army
Samuel D Rice
Vietnam
​U. S. Army
Robert  C. Varner
Desert Storm
U. S. A. F./Army NG
Russell L. Rowles
Cold War
U. S. Army
George L Fealtman
WW II
​U. S. Army
George W. Fultz
WW II
U. S. Army
William C. Benner
Vietnam
U. S. Army ​​
Ray E. Stydinger
Korea
U. S. Army

Richard L. Amey
Korea
U. S. Army
Robert L. Henry
Vietnam
U. S. Army
Randy A. Spade
Cold War
U. S. Navy
David Wood
Vietnam
USA/U. S. Navy
Boise P. Fry Jr.
WW ll
​U. S. Navy​
May 2016
Robert Lydle
WW II
​U. S. Army
Martin Lock
Korea
​U. S. Army
Ray C. Bramm
Korea
​U. S. Army
​Robert Lydle
WW II
​U. S. Army
Earl G. Lawson
Korea
​U. S. Army
George J. McIlhenny
​Vietnam
U. S. Marines

Russell R. Gearhart
Vietnam
​U. S. Army
Dean F. Shoop
WW II
​U. S. Army
Layton M. Jury
WW II
​U. S. Army
David C. Cisney
Cold War
U. S. Army
Laurence G. Metzler
Cold War
U. S. Army
Dr. Joseph S. Brown
WW II
U. S. Army
Gregory J. Taylor
Cold War
​U. S. Army
​Elmer J. Brackbill
WW II
​U. S. Army​
Donald H. "Don" Meeks
Korea
U. S. Army

Ralph E. Swarner
Vietnam
U. S. Army
R. Barry Shelley
Cold War
U. S. Navy
John S Walters
Cold War
U. S. Army
Roger V. Messimer
Korea
​U. S. Army
Richard J. Sanky
WW ll
U. S. Army Air Corps
 
Earl Wagner
Korea
​​U. S. Army
Lonzie J. Carter
Cold War
​Army National Guard
Samuel J. Kelly
WW II
​U. S. Army
Ernest R. Bolig
Korea
U. S. Marines
​Ronald Maykut
Vietnam
U. S. Army
Lemuel Haines Jr,
Korea
U. S. Air Force
Harold L Miller
Cold War
​U. S. Navy
Kenneth R Casner
Vietnam
​U. S. Army
Dennis M Machemer
Vietnam
​U. S. Army
Robert L. Fry
Korea
U. S. Army
Lenus I. Troup
Korea
U. S. Army
Charles D. Spatz
Korea
​U. S. Army
​Virginia "Kay" Cable Messimer
Cold War
​U. S. Air Force
Sherman L. Shaffer
WW II
​U. S. Army​
Kimberly J. Burdge
Cold War
U. S. Navy
Robert L. Henry
Vietnam
U. S. Army
Paul W. Hart
Vietnam
U. S. Army
Robert L Good
Korea
U. S. Army
Willian D. Ennist
​Korea
​U. S. Army
Earl L. Long
Korea
​U. S. Army
 
Gerald Schlagle
U. S. Army
​WW II
George F. Settle
Cold War
​U. S. Army
​Clyde R. Bomgardener
Korea
​U. S. Navy
Marilyn J. Schroeder
Cold War
U.S. Women’s Army Corps
John E. Groninger
​WW II/Korea
U. S.Coast Guard/U. S.Army
Charles L. Rowe
Korea
​U. S. Navy
George A. Mengle
Cold War
​U.S. Army National Guard
Roy E Kerns
Korea
​U. S. Army
​M Eugene Lindsey
Korea
​U. S. Army
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