Crenshaw honors 87 Nassau County Veterans with 4th Congressional District Recognition Medal

November 11, 2015 9:15 a.m.

Congressman Ander Crenshaw, a member of the House DefenseAppropriations Subcommittee, today (11/9) formally recognized 87 Veterans from Nassau County with Veterans Special Recognition Medals at a formal ceremony at theFlorida State College at Jacksonville's Nassau Center in Yulee, Florida.

"Nassau County Veterans have served our country with distinction and valor, each playing a key role in making sure our military was at the ready whenever and wherever needed," said Crenshaw. "I thank each and every one of them for standing in the face of danger and hardship and give them my deep appreciation. In all, let us never forget that our nation's greatness is drawn from the blood and sacrifice of honorable and courageous men and women."

Over the past 14 years, Congressman Crenshaw has honored more than 2,300 thousand veterans who have served the nation for the periods from World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, and Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Nassau County Recipients of Crenshaw Fourth Congressional District Veterans Special Recognition Medal

Fernandina Beach

John W. Ashmead, Navy

George P. Beamer, Navy

Ula E. Bennett, Army

Thomas Blackwelder, Army

Harry E. Bowman, Navy

Paul Henry Brown, Army

Stanley R. Bunch, Air Force

Gerald B. Burford, Army

G. Kyle Burford, Army

Edward M. Coop, Air Force

William L. Cravey, Army

Noah S. Crawford, Navy

Steven John Crounse, Army

Andrew J. Curtin, Navy

Cara A. Curtin, Navy

Harry Duccilli, Jr.,Army Air Corps

Marshall D. Fullwood, Army

Erving Gilyard, Air Force

Thomas J. Gora, Air Force

Eugene R. Griffin, III, Army

John Halliday, Air Force

Roy Holland, Army Air Corps

Darryl J. Hooper, Army

James H. Jones, Air Force

Edward L. Kaywork, Army

Gene A. Kyzer, Air Force

Erik Larsen, Army

Joseph R. Laspina, Marine Corps

Andrea E. Latza-Meires, Air Force

Susan L. Marden, Navy

William G. McKeown, Army

Patrick A. Meires, Air Force

Presley K. Mitchell, Marine Corps

Cynthia J. Morley, Air Force

John D. Morley, Air Force

Mary A. Nuttall, Air Force

LeRoy Owens, Army

John D. Pruitt, Air Force

Francis R. Quattrene, Air Force

Josef I. Reece, Marine Corps

Charles E. Revels, Navy

Henry M. Rothschild, Army

John W. Scherer, Army

Eddie W. Shepherd, Coast Guard

Dale C. Stickrath, Army Air Corps

Richard Traum, Air Force

James B. Underwood, Air Force

Willie F. Watson, Marine Corps

Ralph L. Wickson, Coast Guard

Thomas T. Workman, Army

Amelia Island

John S. Billings, Army

Robert S. Bolan, Jr., Navy

Samuel O. Entriken, Army

Conrad Kohlman, Army

Paul N. Massing, Army

Kenneth W. Pennington, Air Force

George T. Pippin, III, Army

Bryceville

Jesse L. Wright, Air Force

Callahan

Robert R. Capps, Air Force

Robert J. De Angelo, Navy

James W. Hendricks, Army

Thomas J. Higginbotham, Navy

Henry L. Hines, Jr., Navy

William J. Marsh, Air Force

Alice F. Overstreet, Air Force

Kenneth B. Overstreet, Air Force

John W. Stephens, Jr., Army

Jerry A. Tyner, Army

Hilliard

Emily Jo Baumgartner, Army National Guard, Air Force National Guard

Joseph H. Bottoni, Army

Walter A. Hickey, Army

Roger L. Horton, Marine Corps and Florida Air National Guard

Victor X. Monroy, Army

Albert D. Owens, Army

Sylvester Ross, Navy

Nello R. Zortea, Navy

Yulee

Leo Green, Army

Gordon E. Jonsrud, Marine Corps

Leonard L. Lyons, Navy

William P. Monaghan, Navy

Alva B. Moody, Army

Albert F. Nelson, Air Force

Gordon A. Plugge, Jr., Coast Guard

Edwin C. Sherer, Army

Cleo F. Smith, Air Force

Dumas J. Vines, Jr., Army

Edward A. Zack, Air Force