YEARS BY NAME AND BRANCH INDICATE LENGTH IN MILITARY
LEWIS H. WILLIAMS, U.S. Army (1861-1864)
Civil War, 1st Lieutenant then Captain
35th Illinois Infantry, Company C
Wounded - Battle of Chickamauga, 1863
Wounded - Battle of Pickett’s Mill, 1864
Wounded - Battle of Allatoona Mtns, 1864
RECORD
Honorable Discharge
HAROLD W. MAIN, U.S. Marine Corps (1918-1919)
World War 1, Private
Enlisted at Marine Base Mare Island, California
Boot Camp at Camp Pendleton
Served in Cuba from April - June 1919
AWARDS
WWI Victory Medal
48-star United States Flag
RECORD
Honorable Discharge
Character, Obedience and Sobriety: all Excellent
Military Efficiency: Very Good
Remarks: Service Honest and Faithful
KENNETH A. SEDERQUIST, U.S. Navy (1934-1961)
World War II (1940 - 1944)
Promoted from Enlisted to Officer in April 1942
Enlisted Rating: Aviation Chief Metalsmith; Officer Rank: Ensign and then Lieutenant
Wartime Responsibilities, Assignments and Duties:
Naval Aviation Pilot (Enlisted job title); Naval Aviator (Officer job title)
Plane: PBY-5
Squadron: VP-71 "Black Cats" - because they patrolled and executed assignments at night, too
Reconnaissance in the Atlantic Neutrality Patrol from Spring of 1940 until December 7th, 1941
Immediately ordered to Pearl Harbor for recovery and all-islands reconnaissance until April 1942
Ordered to the South Pacific War until returning Stateside in April of 1944
AWARDS & RIBBONS
American Campaign Medal
China Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Asiatic Pacific Area Medal (three stars)
Navy Good Conduct Medal
WWII Victory Medal
RECORD
3 Honorable Discharges (3 reenlistments)
Retired in 1961 as a Lieutenant Commander and Naval Aviator
DONALD L. SEDERQUIST, U.S. Army Air Forces (1942-1943)
World War II - 2nd Lieutenant (and Ken's younger brother)
Killed in Action October 4, 1943 at age 21
B-24 Liberator - Co-Pilot
8th Army Air Force
579th Bomb Squadron
392nd Bomb Group (Heavy)
Nicknamed the Crusaders
Stationed in Wendling, Norfolk, England
Memorialized on the Walls of the Missing
Margraten American National Cemetery, The Netherlands
Diversion Mission at the Frisian Islands, North Sea
Map & Description at https://b24.net/MM100443.htm
Aircraft #42-7474 - 3rd Mission
Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #00891
AWARDS
Air Medal
Purple Heart
See also: www.8af.af.mil/, www.honorstates.org/ and www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/
KENNETH E. WAY, U.S. Army (1941-1945)
World War II - Corporal
Field Artillery, 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Company C
European Theatre Stations
Norway, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Germany, Russia
D-Day, June 6, 1944 - Landed on Omaha Beach and Survived
Moved through France; Ken was wounded and in a Field Hospital for 3 months
Ken regrouped with Battalion
Battalion located in Aachen, Germany in November 1944
Battalion discovered concentration camp(s)
AWARDS
Bronze Service Arrowhead
Purple Heart
WWII Victory Medal
RECORD
Honorable Discharge
("BUD") HUGH D. HAGERTY, JR. U.S. Army Air Forces (1942~45)
World War II - Staff Sergeant
B-25 Mitchell - Armorer - Tail Gunner
"Sharp Shooter of the Sky"
13th Army Air Force
390th Bomb Squadron
42nd Bomb Group
Nicknamed the Crusaders
Pacific War/South Pacific
Stationed in the Philippines
"Aerial Gunnery School" Graduate,
Harlingen Army Air Field, Texas.
AWARDS
USAAF Aerial Gunner's Wings - one pair
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
WWII Victory Medal
RECORD
Honorable Discharge
GORDON R. CHASTAINE, U.S. Navy (1945-1946)
World War II - Seaman First Class
USS Hansford (APA 106) - Ship Type: Bayfield-class Attack Transport
Pacific War
Tokyo Bay Allies Armada for the Japanese Surrender Ceremony on September 2, 1945
Operation Magic Carpet
AWARDS
Asiatic Pacific Medal
American Area Medal
WWII Victory Medal
RECORD
Honorable Discharge
DYLAN S. KEITH, U.S. Coast Guard (2016-2023)
Machinery Technician 2nd Class
USCG Cutter Barbara Mabrity, Mobile, AL (2020-2023)
USCG Cutter Alex Hailey, Kodiak, AK (2018-2019)
Coast Guard Machinery Technician "A" School
USCG Cutter Hatchett, Galveston, TX (2016-2017)
Boot Camp, Cape May, NJ (Spring-Summer 2016)
MILITARY HONORS
2 Armed Forces Service Medals
4 Meritorious Team Commendation Ribbons with an
Operational Distinguishing Device
COAST GUARD HONORS
Letter of Commendation
2 Good Conduct Medals
Special Operations Service Medal
Achievement Medal with an
Operational Distinguishing Device
2 Sea Service Ribbons
“E” Ribbon
Unit Commendation Ribbon
Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon