I AM YOUR FLAG

I am your flag.
I am the flag of the United States of America.
I am called Old Glory.
I am called the Star Spangled Banner.
I am the rockets red glare;
the bombs bursting in air.
I am the imminence of patriotism.
I am the trenches in France, Belgium,
Anzio, Normandy, Omaha Beach,
Guadalcanal and Korea.
I am the jungle of Vietnam
and the sands of Desert Storm
and the streets of Bosnia.
I am "One nation under God."
I am the names of those who never came back
to keep this republic free.
When you salute me,
you are actually saluting them.
I am the symbol of America.
The home of the proud, the brave and the free

Author Unknown

KIOWA COUNTY'S DECORATED VETERANS

 

Kiowa County grew out of the prairies and Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservations. When war came to our country, her sons and daughters, answered the call. Some never returned to their homes on the prairie, others came home bearing the scars and wounds of war. Still others came home wearing medals given by a grateful country for their service above and beyond.

May these men always be remembered in our prayers and our future, which they helped to make possible. Below is the list of our Kiowa County veterans, with the medals they earned. I'm sure some have been missed due to lack of access to their names and honors. If I have missed your Kiowa County veteran, please email me with their name, medal(s) and hometown. I will add them to our list.

Adams, Plaz P. Snyder Silver Star
Allard, Wayne Hobart Purple Heart
Air Medal
Meritorious Service
Unit Placque
Ammons, James B. Hobart Vietnam Medal W/2 Bronze Stars
Anderson, Dale Cooperton Bronze Star
3 Battle Stars
Anderson, Donald L. Lone Wolf Purple Heart
Silver Star
Distinquished Unit Badge
Bronze Service Arrowhead
Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/2 Bronze Stars
Anderson, Herschel Hobart Bronze Arrowhead
6 Battle Stars
Anderson, Kenneth Lone Wolf 2 Bronze Stars
Arbuckle, William Nathan Hobart

Purple Heart
Bronze Star
Distinquished Flying Cross
Arnold, Benjamin F. Mountain View Purple Heart
Victory Ribbon
2 Battle Stars
Ashley, John Gordon Lone Wolf Purple Heart
Baker, William L. Hobart Purple Heart
Bartley, Boyd Hobart Purple Heart
DFC Air Medal
3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Bates, Leland Roosevelt 6 Oak Leaf Clusters
DFC Air Medal
3 Battle Stars
Berridge, Albert Cooperton Purple Heart
2 Battle Stars
Berry, Norman Hobart Bronze Star
Biddy, Hardy Hobart 5 Oak Leaf CLusters
DFC Air Medal
3 Battle Stars
Biggers, Howard, Jr. Hobart

Purple Heart
Silver Star
Bronze Star
2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Biles, Henry Hobart 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
3 Battle Stars
Blair, Earl Snyder Bronze Star
Boyd, Alfred Snyder Bronze Star
Brand, Jack C. Roosevelt Oak Leaf Cluster
Vietnam Medal W/ 2 Bronze Stars
Army Commendation Medal
Brewer, Wayne Hobart Bronze Star
Air Medal
Vietnam Medal W/6 DVC
Brooks, Cecil Cooperton 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
DFC Air Medal
2 Battle Stars
Brown, James Hobart Purple Heart
5 Battle Stars
Brown, James C. Mullins Purple Heart
Silver Star
6 Battle Stars
Brown, Loyd Lone Wolf Purple Heart
4 Battle Stars
Bryan, Robert Snyder Purple Heart
Silver Star
Bryan, William Hobart Silver Star
4 Battle Stars
Buchanan, Thomas Hobart Air Medal
8 Oak Leaf Clusters
Bunch, Roswell Hobart Bronze Star
3 Battle Stars
Calhoun, Melvin Hobart Oak Leaf Cluster
Callahan, William Hobart Silver Star
2 Battle Stars
Korean Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Navy Commendation Medal
Carlton, Ira Hobart Bronze Star
Cassida, Darrell Hobart Air Medal
3 Oak Clusters
Chamblee, Clifford Hobart Purple Heart
Silver Star
2 Battle Stars
Bronze Arrowhead
Clark, John Gotebo Purple Heart
Bronze Star
Clark, Leroy Hobart Purple Heart
2 Bronze Stars
Clay, Leslie B. Hobart Purple Heart
3 Battle Stars
Cloud, L. J. Hobart 7 Battle Stars
Coffelt, Emmett Snyder Purple Heart
Colberg, Raymond Hobart 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Medal
Colberg, Virgil Hobart Bronze Star
Cooper, Rex Hobart 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Medal
Cooper, Victor Hobart Bronze Star
5 Battle Stars
Countryman, Marian Mtn. Park Bronze Star
Courtney, George W. Roosevelt Bronze Star
Cox, Joe Mtn. View 2 Battle Stars
Crumpton, Thecil Snyder Silver Star
Daughtery, Bill Hobart Air Medal
5 Oak Leaf Clusters
Davis, Marvin Roosevelt Bronze Star
DeShazo, Arthur Snyder Silver Star
5 Battle Stars
DeShazo, Ralph Snyder Purple Heart
DeShazo, Walter Snyder Bronze Star
3 Battle Stars
Dickson, Roy Hobart Bronze Star
Dirickson, James C. Mtn. View Oak Leaf Cluster
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Dobbs, Leon Hobart Purple Heart
Downs, Frederick Hobart 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Medal
Dugan, Patrick Lone Wolf 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses
11 Air Medals
Bronze Star w/"V" (Valor)
Elkin, William Hobart Purple Heart
3 Battle Stars
Silver Star w/Oak Leaf Cluster
Presidential Unit Citation w/Letter of Commendation
Embree, Ray Hobart Silver Star
Emmery, Tommie Joe Snyder Bronze Star
Fletcher, Charles Cloud Chief Silver Star
Forbes, Alfred Mtn. View Purple Heart
2 Oak Leaf Clusters
4 Battle Stars
Freeman, Ralph Hobart Purple Heart
Bronze Star
Silver Star
Galloway, James R. Roosevelt Bronze Star
George, Jack Hobart 2 Bronze Stars
Greer, Woodrow Sedan Purple Heart
Silver Star
Gromer, Marjorie Hobart Bronze Star
Groth, Roy Cooperton Bronze Arrowhead
3 Battle Stars
Grubbs, Jessie Otter Creek Bronze Arrowhead
Hartwell, Odell Hobart Presidential Unit Citation w/Oak Leaf Cluster
3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Medal
Silver Star
Bronze Star
Hartzog, Ira Hobart DFC Air Medal
Recommendation for Chinese Flying Cloud
Hatchel, Neal Hobart Silver Star
Bronze Arrowhead
4 Battle Stars
Heatley, Earl Hobart Croix de Guerre
Purple Heart
Hilliard, M. E. Roosevelt Purple Heart
Hinkle, Joe Snyder DFC
Hinkle, William Snyder 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Medal
Hipp, Bruce N. Hobart Meritorous Unit Commendation
Holshouser, Horace E. Snyder 2 Battle Stars
Hoover, Walter Snyder Philippine Liberation Ribbon
American Defence Service Ribbon
2 Bronze Stars
Hutchinson, Lloyd Con. 8 Bronze Star
Bronze Arrowhead
Hyder, Eddie Lone Wolf Vietnam Medal w/Bronze SCV Star
Purple Heart
Hyder, Glen Hobart 2 Purple Hearts
National Defence Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Bronze Star
Jackson, Ross Roosevelt Vietnam Service Medal w/2 Bronze Stars
Jennings, Glenn Hobart 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Force Medal
Johnson, Albert Franklin Roosevelt Purple Heart
Johnson, Cecil Raymond Roosevelt Purple Heart
Johnson, Frankie Lone Wolf Purple Heart
Presidential Unit Citation
3 Battle Stars
Johnson, Jack Hobart Bronze Star
Silver Star
5 Battle Stars
Keenum, Everett Hobart Bronze Star
3 Battle Stars
Killian, Leon Mountain Park Silver Star
Koebelen, Leo H., Jr. Lone Wolf Purple Heart
Air Medal
3 Battle Stars
Krieger, James B. Hobart National Defense Medal
Vietnam Service Medal w/2 Bronze Stars
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Lambert, Robert Hobart Presidential Unit Citation
Oak Leaf Cluster
5 Battle Stars
Lee, Jean Hobart 5 Battle Stars
Belguim Forgie de Guerre
Lee, Kenneth Hobart Purple Heart
Air Medal
3 Battle Stars
Lee, Richard Wayne Gotebo Bronze Star
Liles, Wayne Cold Springs American & Philippine Defense Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Medal w/ 3 Stars
Presidential Unit Citation
2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Lipps, Larry Hobart Bronze Star
Long, Cecil Hobart Purple Heart
Air Medal w/2 Wings
Special Decoration by President Kennedy
Long, Millard Hobart 2 Purple Hearts
Lowell, Julius Con. 8 Air Medal
Oak Leaf Cluster
2 Battle Stars
Lyde, Billy Hobart Air Medal
Oak Leaf Cluster
2 Battle Stars
Lyde, Gerald L. Hobart 3 Air Medals
2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Asiatic Liberation Medal
Philippine Libertion Medal
Gunner's Wings
Philippine Presidential Citation
US Presidential Citation
Madden, William P. Gotebo Air Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon
WWII Victory Medal
Philippine Liberation Medal
Korean Theater Ribbon
Vietnam Theater Ribbon
Mayabb, Lonnie Hobart Vietnam Medal w/3 Bronze Stars
Army Commendation Star
McBride, Donald Mountain View Presidential Unit Citation
Oak Leaf Cluster
Air Medal
Battle Star
McBride, Estill Mountain View Bronze Star
3 Battle Stars
McCandless, Earl Hobart 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal
Army Commendation Medal
American & Korean Presidential Citations
McDonald, Willard Mountain Park Purple Heart
Silver Star
McElwain, William, Dr. Lone Wolf Distinquished Service Cross
McFarland, William Con. 8 Bronze Star
Bronze Arrowhead
McGee, Lois Snyder Purple Heart
Presidential Unit Citation
French Citation
McKinney, Jerry Lone Wolf Presidential Unit Citation
5 Oak Leaf Cluster
3 Battle Stars
Air Medal
McLaury, Steve Snyder 2 Air Medals
McMillin, John Calvin Lone Wolf Purple Heart
Metcalf, William Hobart Purple Heart
Montgomery, John D. Hobart Commendation Medal
2 Battle Stars
Morrow, William Hobart Air Medal
Oak Leaf Cluster
3 Battle Stars
Mullins, L. F. Mountain Park 10 Air Medals
2 Distinquished Flying Crosses
Presidential Unit Citation
Mullins, Lonnie Mountain Park Distinquished Flying Cross w/Oak Leaf Cluster
Murphy, Granville Hobart Air Medal
4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Neal, Albert Wiley Mountain View China Service
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Presidential Campaign Service
Nelson, George Hane Mountain Park Purple Heart
Silver Star
Victory Medal
5 Combat Stars
Noble, Tommie Hobart Purple Heart
Presidential Unit Citation
3 Battle Stars
Noske, John Hobart Purple Heart
Distinquished Flying Cross
Air Medal
3 Oak Leaf clusters
Orrell, Maury Snyder Air Medal
3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Osborne, Elmo Lee Lone Wolf Purple Heart
2 Oak Leaf Clusters
3 Bronze Stars
Overton, James E. Lone Wolf Purple Heart
Army Commendation Medal
Pankhurst, Edwin Hobart Purple Heart
Air Medal
1 Battle Star
Peck, Nolan Hobart Purple Heart
6 Battle Stars
Pfenning, Sam A. Hobart Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Phelan, Ralph, Dr. Hobart Siver Star
Bronze Star
Combat Infantry Badge
Phelps, Ed Hobart Purple Heart
Bronze star
2 Battle Stars
Plumtree, Marion Hobart Silver Star
Bronze Arrowhead
2 Battle Stars
Plumtree, Russell Hobart Presidential unit Citation w/2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Silver Star
Bronze Star
4 Battle Stars
Pope, William Hobart Purple Heart
Silver Star
5 Battle Stars
Porter, Larry G. Hobart Purple Heart
Distinquished Flying Cross
Air Medal w/ 6 Oak Leaf Clusters
2 Presidential Unit Citations w/V (Valor)
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry w/V (Valor)
Porter, Pendleton Goodwin Hobart Purple Heart
Powers, James Lone Wolf Bronze Arrowhead
4 battle Stars
Prater, Richard Hobart Purple heart
Prough, Harman Hobart Purple Heart
Quotone, Richard Mountain View National Defense Service Medal
Army Commendation Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Vietnam Campaign Medal w/60 Device
Vietnam Service Medal w/ 2 Bronze Stars
Air Medal
Wings
2 Presidential Unit Citations
Ratliff, James Savage Mountain Park Purple Heart
Real, Olin Hobart Silver Star
Bronze Star
Air Medal
Reeder, Albert Cooperton Purple Heart
Bronze Star
2 Battle Stars
Reinmiller, Fred Hobart 5 Battle Stars
Air Medal
Presidential Unit Citation
Distinquished Service Medal
Rice, Dennis Lone Wolf Silver Star
Presidential Unit Citation
Rickey, Edgar Hobart Purple Heart
Robbins, Billy Ray Lone Wolf Koren Service Medal w/Bronze Star
Rogers, George Cooperton Bronze Arrowhead
5 Battle stars
Roslen, Jackie E. Roosevelt Cross of Gallantry w/Palm and Gold Frame
Rowe, Don Roosevelt 3 Bronze Stars
Schmidt, Eddie Max Hobart Bronze Star w/ C/V
Navy Commendation w/ C/V
Sears, Douglas Cooperton Purple Heart
Bronze Star
4 Battle Stars
Sewell, Anson Hobart Presidential Unit Citation
Oak Leaf Cluster
5 Battle Stars
Shackelford, Leonard Con. 8 Purple Heart
Sharp, Carl L. Hobart Vietnam Service Medal w/2 Bronze Stars
Sherman, Edmond Gotebo Air Medal
5 Battle Stars
Simms, Arthur Albert Mountain Park Purple Heart
WWII Victory Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal
Navy Occupation Medal
Philippine Liberation Medal
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Simms, Elijah Henry Mountain Park WWII Victory Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/4 Battle Stars
American Campaign Medal
Philippine Liberation Medal
Navy Good Conduct
Presidential Unit Citation
Submarine Dolphin Badge
Simpson, Lloyd Hobart Bronze Star
5 Battle Stars
Sloan, Orville Sedan Presidential Unit Citation w/Oak Leaf Cluster
Croix de Guerre
Smith, Leslie Hobart Air Medal
5 Oak Leaf Clusters
4 Battle Stars
Smith, Leslie Ed Hobart Silver Star
Smith, Robert H. Hobart Purple Heart
Spradlin, J. C. Lone Wolf Bronze Star
Srock, Donald R. Hobart 3 bronze Stars
Silver Star
Stephen, R. J. Roosevelt Distinquished Flying Cross
Decorated by Madame Chiang Kai-shek with highest decoration of Chinese Government, the Army, Navy and Air Force Medal
Stephens, Robert Hobart Distinquished Flying Cross
Straub, Earl Lone Wolf 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Distinquished Flying Cross
Strong, Wayne Hobart Purple Heart
Stubbs, Bobby D. Hobart Bronze Star
Foreign Service USARPAC(V)
National Defense Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal w/ Device 60
Navy Unit Commendation
Styron, James C. Hobart Distinquished Service Medal
Silver Star
Legion of Merit
Suhren, August Hobart

Purple Heart
Sullivan, Johnnie L. Hobart Purple Heart
Air Medal w/5 Oak Leaf Clusters
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster
Vietnam Campaign medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Tahren, George Cooperton Bronze Star
Taylor, A. C. Cooperton Purple Heart w/Oak Leaf Cluster
Thompson, Ross Con. 8 Bronze Arrowhead
4 Battle Stars
Treadwell, Jack L. Snyder Medal of Honor
Purple Heart w/ 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Distinquished Service Cross
Silver Star
Croix de Guerre w/Gold Star
3 Legions of Merit
Distinquished Flying Cross
Bronze Star w/ V(Valor)
3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Medal w/ 12 Oak Leaf Clusters
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry w/ Gold Star
Wadlow, James Hobart Air Medal
Walker, Leland Roosevelt 1 Battle Star
Wallace, Frances Lone Wolf Purple Heart
2 Battle Stars
Wallace, Fred Hobart Purple Heart
Ware, Jerold Mountain View Vietnam Service Medal w/2 Bronze Stars
Army Commendation Medal
Watkins, Chaplin Sedan Distinquished Flying Cross w/5 Oak Leaf Clusters
Webber, Louis Hobart

Purple Heart
Wings

Woody, Harry L. Hobart 1 Battle Star
Zacharias, Aaron Gotebo Purple Heart
     
Simms, Loren Clayton Hobart Army Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal
RVN Gallantry Cross w/ Palm
Vietnam Campaign Medal w/ 1960 Device
Vietnam Service Medal w/ 3 Bronze Stars
Biddy, Leon Hobart DFC w/5 Oak Leaf Clusters
2 Bronze Stars
European Theater Medal
D-Day Medal
Victory Medal
Sheets, Noel Ruel Cooperton Purple Heart
Fox, Earl Edward Hobart Purple Heart
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     



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