VETERANS FOR OBAMA *Asterisk denotes veteran who backed John Kerry in 2004 Caucuses. First Name Last Name City / Town Branch of Service Period of Service Abraham Sommerville Des Moines Air Force (Tuskegee) WWII Adam Elmore West Burlington Army Iraq Agustin Avelleyra* Fort Dodge WWII Alan Oppedal Ruthven Navy 1959-1962 Alan Gibson Davenport Air Force 1966-1973 Albert Moorehead Waterloo Marine Corps Albin Grandick* Council Bluffs Army WWII Allan Troester Monona Army Vietnam Anastasia Bodnar Ames Army National Guard 1999-Present Andrew Lenaghan* Davenport Marine Corps Vietnam Arden Kasner Marion Army Vietnam Art Johnson* Ames Art Felgenhauer Bettendorf Army Vietnam Arthur Strong DeWitt Marine Corps & Reserves 1957-1960, 1960-1963 Barry Geise* Grand Mound Navy & Reserves 1962-1970, 1970-1988 Bennie Spain Waterloo Army Bevan Ed Kuntz Ottumwa Army Korea Bill Jurs Decorah Air Force Korea Bill Peterson Iowa City Marine Corps Vietnam Bill French Muscatine Navy WWII Bob Washington Burlington Army 1960-1962 Bob Konrardy Davenport Army Braulic Caballero Fayette Post WWII Brett Blix Northwood Army Iraq Bruce Christie Mason City Marine Corps Vietnam Bruce Mitchell Akron Bryon Burford Iowa City Air Force WWII Buzz Schwartz* DSM Army 1967-1971 Camiel Landuyt Grinnell Marine Corps Vietnam Carl Green Davenport Navy 1950s Carl James* Sioux City Air Force Korea Carlin Burmeister Lowden Army 1969-1971 Charles Dusing Council Bluffs Army WWII Charles Hardt* Charles City Navy WWII Charles Spain Norwalk Navy WWII Charley Gillett Council Bluffs Army Korea Chris Gorgie Cedar Falls Army Iraq Clarence Busch Persia Army 1952-1954 Clayton Hodgson Le Mars Army 1955-1957 Cleo Anderson Harlan Army WWII
Conrad Dietz* Davenport Army Cozette Armstrong Cedar Rapids Army Desert Storm Craig Borchers Dixon Marine Corps 1966-1969 Craig Kitchen* Decorah Marine Corps 1968-1971 Curtis Olson* Fort Dodge Marine Corps Vietnam Era Dale Nicoson Coralville Air Force 1950's Dan Ernst* Dubuque Air Force 1957-1960 Dan Dickinson Spirit Lake Army 1971-1973 Daniel Baker Des Moines Navy 1992-1994 Daniel Hoefling Sioux City Air Force 2002-2006 Darren Dunbar* Nora Springs Air Force Gulf War Dave Bilsten Denison Army 1973-1976 David Dennis Fayette Army 1959-1962 David Neff Princeton Navy 1964-1968 David Carstensen Davenport Air Force 1974-1978 David Hartgrave Cedar Rapids Army & National Guard Korea David Parker Council Bluffs Navy Vietnam Del Nelson Milford Army 1946 Denise Mack Waterloo Dennis DeDecker Bettendorf Navy 1970-1976 Dick Huyck Clinton Air Force WWII Don Becker Hospers Army Korea Don Tigges Carroll Army 1956-1958 Donald Levins Burlington Navy 1947-1974 Donald Miller Keosaqua Air Force 1951-1955 Donald Flynn* Council Bluffs Navy 1953-1957 Donald Thompson Davenport Army Vietnam Donald Quinn* Fort Dodge Navy Douglas Twyman* Burlington Army Vietnam Dwight Allbee* Waverly Earl Coppes* Burlington National Guard WWII Eddie Valentine Waterloo Effner Opsal Armstrong Eldon Teut Ute Air Force 1954-1955 Elliot "Andy" Anderson Burlington Marine Corps 1958-1964 Elwood Thompson* Waterloo Army Ernest Talarico, jr Ankeny Marine Corps 1965-1967 Eugene Lansing* Dyersville Army 1950-1951 Eugene Beenk DeWitt Air Force 1953-1958 Eugene Thielbert* Muscatine Air Force Vietnam Era Floyd Lavrenz Burt Army 1964-1965 Frank Phippen Elkader Army Vietnam Freddie Starling Burlington Army 1967 Fritz Geockner Burlington Navy 1974-1976 Garry Chapman Denison Air Force 1954-1957 Gary Graves Sheldon Marine Corps 1960-1964 Gary Olson Waterloo
Gary Newland Denison Air Force 1965-1969 George Trytten Decorah Army 1945-1947 George Tjarks Iowa Falls Air Force 1956-1961 George Eichacker Fort Madison Army 1952-1954 Gerald Ebsen Council Bluffs Air Force 1971-1975 Gerold Bare Council Bluffs Army Vietnam Glenn Olomon* Burlington Army Korea Greg Bahr Clinton Army Vietnam Greg Bal Ames Navy & Army JAG Corps Vietnam Gulf War Hank Bramman Manchester Army Vietnam Harlan Koopman Center Point Navy Vietnam Harold Cooney Cedar Rapids Army 1956-1959 Harvey Anderson* Waterloo Air Force Vietnam Henry Reimer Davenport Army 1953-1955 Herman Cox Davenport Marine Corps Iraq Irene Ingebretson Clear Lake Navy WWII Ivan Rundall Cedar Rapids Army Vietnam Ivan Martin* Muscatine Army, National Guard & Reserves 1953-1960 Jack Foreman Fort Madison Navy 1944-1947 Jack Dewey* Urbandale Air Force WWII Jack Morris* Windsor heights Jacqueline Carey Ames Navy 1997-2003 James Banwarth Dubuque Air Force 1965-1969 James Michalski Dubuque Army WWII James Flannery Council Bluffs Army Vietnam James Hart Waterloo James Weibel Long Grove James E. Bowman Des Moines Jason Baden Cedar Falls Army JD Combellick Marion Army Korea Jeff Hiller Council Bluffs Army Vietnam Era Jeff Perkins Cedar Falls Air Force Jens Nielsen Oelwein Jerry Amundson III Hartley Marine Corps Korea Jesse Jones* Davenport Army WWII Jill Gorgie Cedar Falls Army Iraq Jim Beck* Granville Air Force WWI Jim Whiting Onawa Army Air Corps 1942-1945 Jim Rohret Stewart Army Vietnam Era Jim Maloney* Des Moines Army Joe Mcginn Council Bluffs Army Korean War John Davis Hamburg Navy 1968-1988 John Dufloth Eldridge Marine Corps 1971-1973 John Corso Burlington Army 1955-1957
John Horton Burlington Navy 1962-1967 John Haan* DSM Army Vietnam John Sherman* Forest City Navy Vietnam John Bowman Bettendorf Army Vietnam John Campbell Cedar Falls Joshua McGrew Ames Navy 1997-2003 Josie Siefken Boone Navy Vietnam Julio Rodriguez Sioux City Navy Vietnam Julius Satre* Urbandale Ken Block* Northwood Air Force WWII Ken Criger Davenport Marine Corps Kenneth Reese Laurens Army 1955-1961 Kenneth Dofner McClelland Army Afghanistan Larry Critchlow Ankeny Marine Corps 1965-1967, Vietnam Larry Peck Ottumwa Counter Intelligence Corps Korean Leo Hensley Winterset Marine Corps Vietnam Leonard Grimes Marshalltown Marine Corps 1943-1945 Leonard Madsen Council Bluffs Navy 1946-1949 Leonard Stephenson Ute Navy WWII & Korea Leroy Park* Ankeny Air Force 1952-1956 Leroy Pressley Clinton Army 1977-1995 Leroy Price Dubuque Army WWII Lewis Reece Des Moines Army 1971-1973 Mario Rodriguez Clear Lake Navy Iraq Mark McCormick Bettendorf Army Iraq Martin Greenlee Carroll Army 1986-1989 Matthew Feeney Eldridge Army Vietnam Maurice Ziegenhorn Muscatine Army 1954-1956 Max Linville Davenport McKinley King Cedar Falls Melissa Quick Dubuque Army 2004-2006 Melvin Albright Bettendorf Navy Korea Melvin Bobo* Des Moines Air Force 1973-1976 Merlyn Johnson Sioux Center Army National Guard 1961-1962 Michael Stipe Des Moines Marine Corps 1964-1967 Michael Allen Waterloo Marine Corps 1989-1995 Mike McFarland Dubuque Navy 1965-1969 Mike Krogh Council Bluffs Air Force 1971-1975 Mike Policha Clinton Army 1974-1976 Milo Kollasch Algona Air Force Korean era Mitch Henry Des Moines Navy Late 1970s-Early 1980s Morris Williams Bettendorf Murrill Griffith* Logan Army WWII Norman Ullestad* Urbandale Oliver Fenceroy Sioux City Army Vietnam
Patrick Conlon* Council Bluffs Army 1968-1971 Patrick Lennon Clinton Navy 1969-1971 Patrick Ward* Waterville Army Vietnam Paul Eaves Davenport Navy & Army 1961-1966 Paul Swartzel* Dubuque Army 1967-1971 Paul Collier Honey Creek Army WWII Pedro Lopez* Davenport Army Vietnam Pedro Bata Davenport Phelps Pickup* Des Moines Army WWII Ralph Daniello Letts Navy, Army & Marine Corps Vietnam Randall Burmeister New Liberty Navy Vietnam Randy Miller Waterloo Navy 1966-1969 Randy Flaherty Mason City Navy Vietnam Raymond Fadness Decorah Raymond Stassen Elkader Navy Korea Richard Shaffer Iowa City Navy 1953 Richard Ahrendsen Olin Army 1953-1956 Richard Meyer Denison Army 1954-1956 Richard Fritz Hinton Air Force & Army 1965-1969, 1979-1995 Richard Lucier Eldridge Navy 1972-1975 Richard Barker Sioux City Air Force & Air Guard Vietnam Richard Jones Ames Vietnam Rob Struble Mt Pleasant Navy 1966-1970 Robert Clay Burlington Army 1966-1968 Robert Taylor Davenport Army 1981-1995 Robert Reed Ringsted Army WWII Robert LaBlanc* Des Moines WWII Robert Connor* Urbandale Robert Wright* Des Moines Roger Morris Decorah Navy 1965-1968 Rollan Whittlesey Newton Army WWII Ron Paseka Onawa Army Vietnam Ron Milburn Davenport Army, Navy & Marines Vietnam & Iraq Ron Dinsdale* Huxley Ronald Strause Fruitland Army Vietnam Rory Steele Council Bluffs Marine Corps 1996-2000 Ross Ruggless Altoona Army Ryan Murphy Cedar Falls Army Reserves Iraq Saul Spencer Marshalltown Army 1956-1962 Scott Beran Council Bluffs Marine Corps 1991-1997 Shannon Scott Cedar Falls Army Vietnam Stanley Wernli Perry Army Korean Stanley Kresky Fairfield Navy WWII Starr Norville Davenport Air Force Vietnam Stephen Felgenhauer* Davenport Navy 1974-1976 Stephen Allison Princeton
Steve McClimon DeWitt Air Force 1970-1972 Steven Smesrud Davenport Navy 1968-1972 Steven Clayton Fort Dodge Army Vietnam Era Sulik Thomas Iowa City Army Operation Iraqi Freedom Tarah Harry* Des Moines Navy 1990-1995 Thomas Vanhoff Cherokee Air Force 1960-1964 Thomas Davis Council Bluffs Marine Corps Vietnam Thomas Myers, Jr, Davenport Army Timothy Gardin Burlington Army 1987-1995 Tina Clawson Davenport Marine Corps 1979-1983 Tom Gill Coralville Navy Vietnam Tom Furlong* Letts Army 1971-1973 Troy Leitsch Burlington Navy 1985-1991 Troy Goodson Waterloo Virgil Patton* Des Moines Navy Walter Charles Davenport Army 1981-1987 Wayne Marty Le Mars Army 1953-1955 Wayne Wohlers* Dubuque Army & Reserves 1963-1969, 1975-1995 Wayne Erwin Blugrass Army Korean Wayne Hinman Clarksville Welsey Carter* Osage Army Vietnam William Ford Iowa City Army 1961-1963 William Tracy* Davenport Army Korean William Schlegel Agency Army Post-Vietnam William Sharp* Des Moines Army & Air Force WWII William Paxston* Davenport William Snydacker Muscatine Army Vietnam William Hanson Cedar Falls Army William Meyers Gilmore City Marine Corps Woody Smith Waterloo Army Korean