250 Venango veterans have died since last Memorial Day

Eula Karns watches as her daughter Barb Dudzic put flowers at the grave of Eula's husband, Burt Karns, who died in 2014 and is buried at Lamey Cemetery in Oakland Township. Burt was a World War II veteran. (By Richard Sayer)

A total of 250 Venango County veterans have died since Memorial Day 2015, according to Richard Mulholland, director of the county’s Veterans Affairs office.

Seventy-one of the veterans served during World War II, 70 during the Korean War, 47 during the Vietnam War and two during the Gulf War. Some veterans served during more than one war.

Another 66 veterans served during peacetime.

Here is a list of the veterans according to their war. Veterans who served during more than one war will be listed under the earlier war.

World War II

Clarence A. Anderson; Wendell C. Baker; William H. Bell; Cecil W. Berkey Sr.; Emmel E. Bills; George A. Black Jr.; Chester C. Book Sr.; Richard A. Burgert; William F. Chalot; Jack D. Clark; Paul W. Clulow Sr.; Lawrence E. Cochran; Frank W. Donovan; Leo T. Eckel; John E. Egan; Bertha Everman; Ronald W. Firster; Taylor W. Foster Jr.; Charles H. Frank; John R. Gavin; Theodore E. Green Sr.; Grant A. Hanst;

Robert L. Harriger; Howard R. Harvey; Wallace D. Huffman; Byron E. Kendrick Sr.; Harold E. Lerch; Lucy B. Louise; James E. Luton Jr.; Robert E. Luttrell (also served in Korea); Harold L. Marsteller; Oliver E. Martin; Robert L. McDaniel; Daniel J. McGinnis; Clifford D. Miller; Joseph D. Miller Sr.; Willard W. Mitchell; Edward A. Monks (also served in Vietnam); Richard E. Morgan; Joseph G. Morth Jr.;

Paul Murdock Jr., George H. Overmoyer; Donald M. Plumer Jr.; Jack H. Renninger; Robert N. Ricketts (also served in Korea); Harry C. Rodgers Jr.; Harold C. Rogers; Lloyd J. Rumbaugh; Floyd F. Sittig; Charles D. Skinner; Lloyd W. Slater; Daniel G. Sloan Sr.; William H. Smith; Paul L. Snyder; Robert D. Sopher; John R. Spence; William J. Stine; Duane S. Sweet; George C. Tarr; Homer I. Tarr; Wilbert E. Taylor Sr.;

Frank J. Trojanowski; Byron R. Turner; Malcolm S. Vandevort Jr.; John E. Vasbinder Sr.; Frank C. Wade; Gilbert F. Walbourn; Andrew G. Walters; Merrill L. Whitling; Richard I. Wohlstein (also served in Korea); Ernest E. Zelinski.

Korea

Richard W. Beatty; James W. Beichner Jr.; Donald J. Bird; Nicholas J. Borgia; Ralph C. Bowen Sr.; Edward E. Brustle; Allen L. Burt; Glenn W. Carter; Rodger L. Chase; William J. Cornelius; Robert L. Craig; Marshall C. Dalmaso (also served in Vietnam); Willard F. Dolan Jr.; James L. Fauzey Sr. (also served in Vietnam); Donald E. Finnefrock; James L. Fleming; Clair R. Foster; George E. Fry Sr.; Charles H.S. Goodman;

Richard L. Goodman; Donald M. Green; Arthur E. Hale; Russell J. Hanna; Thomas G. Harper; Roland R. Hasek; James M. Haslett; William A. Henderson; Raymond A. Hogue; Clarence J. Kellerman; Richard A. Kerr; Francis E. Keverline; F. David Kinnear; Ronald P. Knight; Raymond E. Konetsky Sr.; Michael Kovacs Jr.; Robert Q. Kuney; Robert C. Lake; Duane K. Mallory; Richard E. Marczak; Willis J. McAlevy;

James E. McClellan; Lester L. Moyer; James A. Osborn; Ramon E. Pacior; Howard M. Potter; Donald L. Rankin; Wesley S. Rarer; James A. Reisinger; Russel R. Riley; Walter C. Ritchey Sr.; Robert L. Rodgers; John M. Sciarrone; George J. Shea Sr.; Grover A. Shoffstall;

Lawrence E. Shoffstall (also served in Vietnam); Frank M. Shorts Jr.; Duane K. Simpson; James M. Sines; Dean H. Slye; Charles L. Snell (also served in Vietnam); Leon L. Steadman; Bernard E. Steer; Clifford W. Stephens; John L. Tarr; Fred E. Terwilliger Sr.; James R. Thomas; Robert E. Thompson; Lester E. Warner; Gerald E. Wendt; Richard W. Wible Jr.

Vietnam

Gary T. Albaugh; Donald D. Baker; Wayne F. Balas; John E. Becker; David C. Bell; Vernon L. Black Sr.; Gary D. Boocks; Steven J. Bopp; Barry L. Boughner; Charles E. Breene; Richard E. Buckham Jr.; Francis B. Carter; Samuel J. Cosper Jr.; Samuel A. Cussins; Darrell L. Deeter;

Daniel D. Demmer; Clark A. Douglas; Edward E. Douglas; James E. Evans; Ronald L. Fink; Patric J. Folwell; Edward G. Gabler Jr.; Robin J. Goucher (also served in Gulf War); Robert B. Harley; James D. Hinds; Delbert W. Holmes; Gary R. Hovis; James M. Jackson (also served in Gulf War);

John R. Jolley; Kathleen D. Kennedy; James M. Kingsley; Norman E. Largent Jr.; Vern W. Long; Walter S. Martyna Jr.; Harvey M. McBride; Dale E. Metzgar; Eugene C. Mitcham; Gary R. Nintze; James E. Reinsel Jr.; Jack W. Rice Jr.; Eugene A. Rodgers; Wanda P. Shoffstall; Paul E. Shull; David M. Speer; Thomas N. Thompson; Paul G. Wright (also served in Gulf War); Raymond G. Yunk Jr.

Gulf War

Richard L. Shields; Gary D. Wood.

Peacetime

John H. Annett; Janet M. Banister; James P. Barlett; Paul E. Burke; Herbert P. Buser; James C. Byham; Cindy J. Chandler; Joseph M. Chontos; Douglas C. Dashner; John E. Defibaugh; Joseph J. Dolecki; Ronald A. Dunlap; Gerald A. Evans; William A. Flickner; George C. Flinchbaugh; Harold L. Flinchbaugh; John E. Flockerzi; James J. Fox; Jerry B. Fulmer; Thomas E. Gahring; Samuel J. Gibson;

Stephen A. Goreczny; Wayne C. Grubbs; Frederick C. Gustafson; LeRoy H. Hart Sr.; William J. Henderson; Grover C. Henry; John A. Hricsina Sr.; Richard J. Huefner; Carolyn F. Huff; Harold W. Kemmerer; Dannie E. Klugh; Eugene R. Kresenski; Paul E. Lentz; Fred W. Lepley Sr.; Mary Mackie; William H. Mays II; James B. Miller; Randall N. Mock; Frederick M. Mong; Daniel L. Montgomery; DeWayne E. Moore;

Boyd A. Morrow; Milton B. Moyer; Ronald A. Nelson; John F. O’Toole; Floyd L. Ohler; Floyd L. Orr; James F. Potter; Neil R. Rhines; Harry A. Ritts; Thomas R. Rodgers; James B. Rossman Jr.; Ronald W. Rumbaugh; Larry B. Schrecengost; Bryan N. Sharrar; Dennis B. Shaw; James C. Smith; William F. Smith; William C. Snyder; Milo E. Stackhouse Sr.; Gerald W. Steinecker; William J. Stubler; Terry L. Vogus; Charles W. Walter; David M. Warner.