Veterans Memorial Inductees
Inductees for 2012
Distinguished Service Recipients:
Richard A. Bragdon, Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps -
Lansing
James W. Dooley, Sergeant, U.S. Army - Dimondale
Guy W. Freysinger, Specialist Five, U.S. Army - Brooklyn
Dennis G. Scott, Sergeant, U.S. Army - St. Johns
Congressional Gold Medal of Honor Recipient:
George "Jesse" Taylor, Private, U.S. Marine Corps - Lansing
Inductees for 2011
Medal of Honor Recipients:
Francis C. Flaherty, Ensign, U.S. Navy - Charlotte
George E. Ranney, Assistant Surgeon, 2nd Michigan Cavalry - Lansing
Sherrod E. Skinner, Jr., Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps - East
Lansing
Distinguished Service Recipients:
Eugene Bleil, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps - East Lansing
Louis Stamatakos, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps - Okemos
Special Tribute:
Richard P. Thelen, Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy - Lansing
Inductees for 2010
Medal of Honor Recipients:
Dirk J. Vlug, Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II -
Grand Rapids
John C. Sjogren, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II - Rockford
Francis J. Pierce, Pharmacist's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy, World
War II -
Grand Rapids
Charles A. Lindbergh, Captain, U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve, World
War II - Detroit
Oscar G. Johnson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II - DeWitt
Harold A. Furlong, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, World War I -
Detroit
Distinguished Service Recipients:
James Butler III, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Vietnam - East
Lansing
Oliver D. Gillespie, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II - St
Johns
Clarence E. Hill, Specialist Four, U.S. Army, Vietnam - Dimondale
Scott Kenyon, Sergeant, U.s. Army, Iraq - Dimondale
David R. Schneider, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, Afghanistan -
Dimondale
Frank A. Tegge, Specialist Five, U.S. Army, Vietnam - DeWitt
Thomas A. Towsley, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class, U.S. Navy, Vietnam -
Dimondale
