MILITARY HALL OF HONOR MEMBERS
Our Military Hall of Fame generally limits honorees to ten new members per year. There are many more heroic and patriotic Oklahomans deserving of significant recognition. The Hall of Honor was established in 2023 to expand the impact of the Foundation and honor these veterans.
Our Hall of Honor recipients are listed below in chronological order of induction ... and by name with branch of service and Oklahoma community. These are followed by links to the full text of their citations
2023 RECIPIENTS: Honoree, Branch, Community
William Parker, Army, Owasso; Dan Jones, Army, Oklahoma City; Richard Lawrence, Army Air Corps, Wakita; Robert C. Lovell, Army, Hennessy; Harl B. Evans, Army Air Corps, Billings.
Charles E. Bray, Army; Malcom (Mac) Crank, Army, Stillwater; Raymond Kinzie, Navy, Perkins; Lanny Asepermy, Army; Apache; Raymond E. Knapp, Air Force, Tulsa; Clifford Richard, Army, Tulsa.
James Lyall, Army, Tulsa; Faye Hammons-Morrison, Civilian, Tahlequah; Tom Thomas, Air Force, Ada; J. David Nunneley, Tulsa, Army; Jack Sanders, Army Air Corps, Tulsa.
Sam Hendricks, Army, Hominy; Gary Johnson, Army, Broken Arrow; Kenneth Collins, Navy, Broken Arrow; and John O'Connor, Air Force, Broken Arrow, George Hedrick, Broken Arrow; Henry Primeaux, Broken Arrow.
2024 RECIPIENTS: Honoree, Branch, Community
Kevin Roll, Air Force, Tulsa; Hopper Smith, Army, Tulsa; David Scott Wilson, Air Force, Edmond; Theodore Goldenberg, Army, Stillwater; Joseph S. Kantor; Army, Tulsa.
Jack Katz, Army, Stillwater; Walter Katz, Army, Stillwater; Kenneth Renberg, Army, Tulsa; Phillip Sureck, Army, Tulsa; Oklahoma Jewish Ritchie Boys, Army.
Ben Miller, Army, Stillwater; Michael Thompson, OKARNG, Edmond; Charles Schwabe, Army, Tahlequah; Robert Cox, Army, Stillwater; Ross Hall, Army Stillwater.
James Wilhite, Army, Edmond; Harold Congdon, Navy, Terlton; Lloyd G. Neblett, AAC/Air Force, Tulsa; Walter Young, Army Air Corps, Ponca City; Alva (Gene) Gordon, Marine Corps, Mannford.
Howard Byrom, Army, Blackburn; Herchel Palmer, Army Air Corps, Mannford; John Hughes, Army Air Corps, Mannford; Donald Tattersall, Army Air Corps, Oilton; Carl Bellis, Army Air Corps/Air Force, Mannford.
Fred Lang, Army, Keystone; Earl Hatfield, Army Air Corps, Keystone; Gean Atkinson, Navy, Edmond; Jack Toney, Army, Hennessey, John Culbertson, Marine Corps, Edmond; Larry Wayne Van Schuyver, Navy, Oklahoma City.
Earl Mabry, Navy, Enid; Kenneth Cook, Army, Broken Arrow; Michael Coon, Army, Broken Arrow; Dennis Hoch, Navy, Broken Arrow; Johnnie Parks, Army, Broken Arrow.
Mitchell Reed, Army, Broken Arrow; Mark Segovia, Army, Broken Arrow; William Shotwell, Army, Broken Arrow; Yvonne Woodfin, Civilian, Tulsa; Dorothy Allen, Navy, Wellston.
Joseph Lauinger, Army, Tulsa; John Benien, Army, Tulsa; WWII Men of Cascia Hall, Army, Tulsa; Ramonah Davis, Army, Lawton; Lyman Guy, Army, Oklahoma City.
Jonathan George, Air Force, Lawton; John McClung, Army, Indiahoma; Cynthia Patterson, Navy, Apache; Frankie Patterson, Army, Lawton; James Patterson, Navy, Apache.
Dominic Pawlowski, Army, Indiahoma; Kevin Pohawpatchoko, Navy, Cache; William Red Elk, Army, Cache; Michael Squire, Army, Elgin; Clifford Takawana, Navy, Fletcher.
Roger Tehauno, Army, Fletcher; Michael Waddle, Army, Apache; Joe Klutts, Army/AirForce, Okemah; Gary Opela, Army, Prague; Robert Armour, Air Force, Tulsa.
Erwin Janssen, Navy, Tulsa; Rhonda Reynolds, Norman; Harold Reed, Army, Norman; Berry Lewis Marine Corps, Gerty; Norman Veterans Home, Army/Navy, Norman.
2025 RECIPIENTS: Honoree, Branch, Community
Jerry Shiles, Army, Shawnee; Berton Lewis, Army, Chandler; Bruce January, Moore, Army
Stewart Cady, Army, Norman; Jill Castilla, Army, Edmond; Gilbert Charleston, Army, Oklahoma City; George Kokendoffer, Army, Mustang; Danny Thomas, Marine Corps, Oklahoma City;
Billy Krowse, Army, Del City; Michael Hope, Army, Del City; In Memoriam: Vietnam, Del City; In Memoriam: War on Terror, Del City;
Loyce Edward Deen, Navy, Altus; Billie D. Harris, Army Air Corps, Altus, Oscar J. Upham, Marine Corps, Guthrie, Steve Gentling, Air Force, Guthrie, Michael Manning, Army, Guthrie;
Orville Vanderpool, Army, Hominy; Wayne Moore, Army, Sand Springs; Billie Hall, Army, Sand Springs; John Elledge, Army, Mannford; William Bruner, Army, Sand Springs
ARMED FORCES DAY (May 21) 2025
Edwin Ellis “Ed” Briggs, Army, Fletcher; Wilbur “Duke” Red Elk Ellis, Army, El Reno; Rudolph Kosechequetah, Army, Altus; Lucien J. “Jimmy” Looking Glass, Army, Lawton; Philip Rogers, Sr., Army, Lawton;
Paul Tate Sr. , Army, Fort Cobb; Johnny Tiddark, Army, Lawton; Richard Tiddark Ortiz, Army, Owasso; Billy William Melvin “Bill” Waddle, Army, Apache; Joe Wermy, Army, Apache;
INDEPENDENCE DAY (July 4) 2025
Thomas Boyt, Air Force, Chickasha; Lindsey Griner , Marine Corps, Lawton; Lonnie Henderson, Army, Cyril; Jimmy F. Horse, Army , Lawton; Ronald Mahsetky , Marine Corps, Elgin;
Amos Makes Cry, Army, Bethany; Leland Parker, Marine Corps, Apache; Joseph Rivas Plata
Army, Rush Springs; Billy F. Wermy, Army, Apache; Gordon Whitewolf, Army, Anadarko;
