OUR OKLAHOMA MILITARY HALL OF FAME
The Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame honors the men and women of Oklahoma who served in the Uniformed Services of the United States, demonstrated extraordinary acts of courage, heroism or gallantry, and who continue to serve our country and communities today.
We have inducted 259 individuals and 10 units/organizations into our Hall of Fame during the twenty-five years of 1999-2025. The nine special groups include: USS Oklahoma, the Buffalo Soldiers, the Oklahoma ROTC Centennial, the Oklahoma Military Academy, the Oklahoma Army & Air National Guard, Oklahoma's WWII Army Rangers, and Oklahoma's Code Talkers of the Choctaw, Comanche, Pawnee AND Kiowa Native American tribes.
Each member of the Hall of Fame has been provided an 11x14 framed certificate signed by the Governor of Oklahoma. It includes a replica eagle feather to remind one of our ethos of "Spirit of a Warrior, Heart of a Patriot. Members also received a professionally rendered and framed pen/ink portrait sketch, and a handsome 2.5" engraved medallion with red/white/blue lanyard.
OUR OKLAHOMA HISTORY CENTER DATABASE
Our searchable Hall of Fame database is hosted at the Oklahoma History Center. Click here, or over the image to the left, for access. When you access this database you will be leaving this website.
You may search by last name, first name, year, or award. Beginning in 2014, inductees who were alive at the time of induction have video interviews following their biography.
Our 259 individual honorees have collectively been awarded 725 decorations for valor: They include 37 Medals of Honor, 34 Distinguished Service Crosses, 143 Silver Stars, 92 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 214 Bronze Stars, 205 Purple Hearts - and 23 Prisoner of War Medals.
We maintain a detailed Excel database of all honorees that includes biographical, valor and meritorious service awards, and service in conflicts. If you would like a PDF copy of this 8 page report, simply send an email request to info@okmhf.org
MEMBERS 1999-2013
Note:
* indicates Medal of Honor
** indicates Dollar Service Award
1999-2013
1999 LTC Ernest L. Childers *, Army, Broken Arrow
1999 SSG John R. Crews *, Army, Golden/Oklahoma City
1999 RADM John Elson Kirkpatrick, Navy, Oklahoma City
1999 1LT Jack C. Montgomery *, Army, Long
1999 GEN Dennis J. Reimer, Army, Medford
1999 MG Clarence L. Tinker, Army Air Corps, Pawhuska
2000 MG Frederick A. Daugherty, Army, Oklahoma City
2000 Owen K. Garriott, PhD, Navy/NASA, Enid
2000 RADM Thomas F. Hall, Navy, Barnsdall
2000 SGT Bill Mauldin, Army, Oklahoma City
2000 CPT Riley L. Pitts *, Army, Fallis
2000 MajGen Ray L. Smith, Marine Corps, Shidler
2000 LtGen Thomas P. Stafford, Air Force/NASA, Weatherford
2001 Capt Henry Louis Bellmon, Marine Corps, Tonkawa/ Billings
2001 LtGen Richard A. Burpee, Air Force, Oklahoma City
2001 CPL Charles Joyce Chibitty, Army (Code Talker), Medicine Park
2001 ADM William J. Crowe, Jr., Navy, Oklahoma City
2001 COL Inez Haynes, Army (Nurse Corps), El Reno
2002 LTC R. Neil Brittan, Army, Waukomis
2002 MAJ Quince L. Brown, Jr, Army Air Corps, Bristow
2002 RADM B. Hayden Crawford, Navy, Tulsa
2002 Gen Bennie L. Davis, Air Force, McAlester
2002 MG William Carl Garrison, Army, Alfalfa County
2002 MG Patrick J. Hurley, Army, Lehigh
2002 BG Glen C. Long, Army, Roger Mills County
2002 SGT James E. McNiece, Army, Maysville/Ponca City
2002 BrigGen Joseph W. Turner, Air Force, Tulsa
2002 LTG LaVern Erick Weber, Army, Lone Wolf
2002 COL Pendleton Woods, Army, Oklahoma City
2004 MCPON Delbert D. Black, Navy, Orr
2004 CSM Sam A. Cluck, Army, Wewoka
2004 1SG Sonia B. Davis, Army, Tuskahoma
2004 Capt Donald F. Dickey, Marine Corps, Cordell
2004 MajGen Jay T. Edwards, Air Force, Oklahoma City
2004 COL Lee F. Gilstrap, Army, Greer County
2004 COL Harry W. Hughes, Army, Vinson
2004 SGT Ralph N. Lawson, Army, Catoosa
2004 COL Charles H. Richmond, Army, Oklahoma City
2004 BG William Rex Wilson, Army, Purcell
2005 Col Gwen Grover Atkinson, AAC/Air Force, Oklahoma City
2005 MajGen William P. Bowden, Air Force, Oklahoma City
2005 LT Vernon R. Butler, Navy, Calvin
2005 LtCol Robert Edwin Hamilton, Marine Corps, Oklahoma City
2005 Col Robert S. Johnson, Army Air Corps, Lawton
2005 CW4 William C. Mitchell, Jr, Army, Overbrook
2005 LTC James F. Murphy, Army, Oklahoma City
2005 Sgt Jack Robert Skaggs, Marine Corps, Norman
2005 SGT Bill D. Voss, Army, Edmond
2006 BG Otwa Tilden Autry, Army, Gracemont
2006 RADM Lewis Elliott Coley, Navy, Oklahoma City
2006 LTG George Price Hays *, Army, Okarche
2006 CPL Harry Russell Hoots, Sr., Army, Oklahoma City
2006 Gen Billy Martin Minter, Air Force, Oklahoma City
2006 PFC Manuel Perez, Jr *, Army, Oklahoma City
2006 SSG Ruben Rivers *, Army, Tecumseh/ OKC
2006 COL James O. Smith, Army, Wetumka
2006 CWO Bill Stearns, Army, Guthrie
2006 MG Toney Stricklin, Army, Lawton
2007 RADM Raymond B. Ackerman, Navy, Oklahoma City
2007 MajGen John H. Admire, Marine Corps, Tulsa
2007 LtCol Charles N. Beecham, Air Force/Army Air Corps, Minco/El Reno
2007 RADM Jack E. Buffington, Navy, Westville
2007 MG Douglas O. Dollar, Army, Cookson/Stillwater
2007 SSG Billie A. Hall, Army, Stillwater
2007 LTC Jack O. Johnson, Army, Oklahoma City
2007 COL Norman A. Lamb **, Army, Canute/Enid
2007 CAPT Richard M. McCool, Jr *, Navy, Tishomingo
2007 LtCol William R. Melton, Marine Corps, Oklahoma City
2007 MGySgt Vernon Tsoodle, Marine Corps, Mountain View/Carnegie
2008 COL Robert Abraham, Army, Bethany
2008 TSGT Paul J. Andert, Army, Tulsa
2008 LtCol Karl K. Dittmer, Air Force, El Reno
2008 SGT Phillip L. Driskill **, Army, Nowata
2008 GEN Tommy Ray Franks, Army, Wynnewood
2008 GySgt V. D. Mitchell, Marine Corps, Madill
2008 SGT Elmer J. Morris, Army, Loco/Madill
2008 MajGen Stanley F.H. Newman, Air Force, Oklahoma City
2008 LtCol James C. Null, Air Force, Oklahoma City
2008 1SG Pascal Cleatus Poolaw, Army, Mountain View
2008 CPL Samuel L. Sampler *, Army, Altus
2008 CPT Lester T. Snow, Army, Seiling
2008 COL Jack L. Treadwell *, Army, Snyder
2008 CPL Harold L. Turner *, Army, Seminole/Little
2009 SFC D. C. Brewer, Army, Avery
2009 BG George M. Donovan, Army, Provence
2009 SP4 Dennis W. Drullinger, Army, Tulsa
2009 CDR Ernest Edwin Evans *, Navy, Pawnee
2009 LTG William E. Potts, Army, Oklahoma City
2009 COL Cyril Richard Rescorla, Army, Norman
2009 MG Teddy H. Sanford, Army, Pawnee
2009 Pfc Albert Ernest Schwab *, Marine Corps, Tulsa
2009 LtCol Leon Robert Vance *, Air Force, Enid
2009 LtGen Harry M. Wyatt, III **, Air Force, Stillwater
2010 BG Dana D. Batey**, Army, Midwest City
2010 LTG Jerry Max Bunyard, Army, Altus
2010 SSgt John R. Dale, Marine Corps, Tonkawa/Three Sands
2010 LTC Raymond Harvey *, Army, Sulphur
2010 MG Roy Victor Hoffman, Army, OK Territory
2010 Col Robert Edward Howard, Jr, Marine Corps, Tulsa
2010 PVT Harold G. Kiner *, Army, Aline
2010 LTC Edwin Price Ramsey, Army, Claremore
2010 Col John Lucien Smith *, Marine Corps, Lexington
2010 CPT Gary Wayne Vance, Sr, Army, Pawnee
2011 1LT Donald J. Gott *, Army Air Corps, Arnett
2011 LCpl Dale K. Graham **, Marine Corps, Dibble
2011 MAJ Fred A. Hancock, Army, Oktaha
2011 LTC Oren Lee Peters, Army, Edmond
2011 COL A. T. Pumphrey, Army, Dill City
2011 SSG George G. Red Elk, Army, Lawton
2011 PFC John N. Reese, Jr *, Army, Muskogee
2011 COL Joe B. Thurston, Army, Alex
2011 Maj Henry Wildfang, Marine Corps, Midwest City
2012 MajGen LaRita A. Aragon**, Air Force, Dale
2012 CSM Everett Bagley, Jr, Army, Midwest City
2012 Maj Kenneth D. Bailey *, Marine Corps, Pawnee
2012 Capt Boyd L. Barclay, Marine Corps, Oklahoma City
2012 Frontiersman Amos Chapman *, Army, Fort Supply/Seiling
2012 Col Charles B. DeBellevue, Air Force, Edmond
2012 CPT Vincent A. Kimberlin, Army, Healdton
2012 LTC Orville O. Munson, Army, Tahlequah
2012 Capt Johnny Lee Prichard, Marine Corps, Oklahoma City
2013 LTC Dudley J. Britton, Army, Turley
2013 GEN Edwin H. Burba, Jr, Army, McAlester
2013 SFC Tony K. Burris *, Army, Blanchard
2013 CPT Frederick F. Henry *, Army, Vian
2013 CAPT Robert J. Kelsey, Navy, Lawton
2013 MG Nicholas S. Krawciw, Army, Tulsa
2013 LTC Jerry P. Orr **, Army, Lawton
2013 MAJ Fredrick J. Ransbottom, Army, Oklahoma City
2013 LtCol William R. Schwertfeger, Air Force, Enid
2013 LTC Michael E. Sloniker, Army, Lawton
MEMBERS 2014-2025
Note:
* indicates Medal of Honor
** indicates Dollar Service Award
2014-2025
2014 COL William A. Ahrberg, Army, Stillwater
2014 TSGT Charles F. Carey *, Army, Canadian
2014 MajGen Jerry D. Holmes, Air Force, Jenks
2014 CSM Jack G. Joplin, Army, Bromide
2014 SGT Troy A. McGill *, Army, Ada
2014 Capt Joseph H. Powers, Air Force, Tulsa
2014 BrigGen James R. Risner, Air Force, Tulsa
2014 1SG John L. Sloat, Army, Hog Creek
2014 SGT Ronny D. Sweger**, Army, Tulsa
2014 SGT William E. Wright, Army, Oklahoma City
2015 CSM Bennie G. Adkins *, Army, Waurika
2015 MG Leo J. Baxter **, Army, Lawton
2015 SGM Wayne Lee Bute, Army, Pawhuska
2015 LTC Gary Luvell Forbes, Sr., Army, Skiatook
2015 Capt James M. Horn, Marine Corps, Stillwater
2015 CWO Felix James McCool, Marine Corps, Pawhuska
2015 MG William E. McLeod, Army, Granite
2015 CAPT Wayne Arthur Parker, Navy, Oklahoma City
2015 SP4 Donald P. Sloat *, Army, Coweta
2015 COL Henry Offord Tuell, III, Army, Norman
2016 SGT Gary Wayne Banz **, Army, Lawton
2016 CPL Phillip W. Coon, Army, Okemah
2016 CSM Donald Joe Hall, Air Force, Stroud
2016 Cpl James Terry Johnson, Marine Corps, Wynnewood/Sulphur
2016 1LT Lowell E. Jones, Army, Ada
2016 SFC Melvin Morris *, Army, Okmulgee
2016 SP4 Willard F. Parish, Army, Bristow
2016 Capt Robert William Poolaw, Sr., Marine Corps, Lawton
2016 Col William H. Talley, Air Force, Sayre
2016 PFC Herman C. Wallace *, Army, Marlow
2017 SP5 Dwight Wayne Birdwell, Army, Oklahoma City
2017 SP4 Edward Allen DeVore, Jr. *, Army, Henryetta
2017 CW5 Terry Lee Frabott, Army, Edmond
2017 SSG George Dennis Keathley *, Army, Lawton
2017 LTC Walter E. Price, Army, Tulsa/Stillwater
2017 SGM Eugene Rockholt, Army, Moore
2017 Capt Peter C. Rollins, PhD **, Marine Corps, Stillwater
2017 COL Tom J. Rounsaville, Army, Durant
2017 Col Jerry Wayne Shipman, Air Force, Norman
2017 CSM Robert Arthur White, Army, Lawton
2018 CPT Philip Clark Boatner, Army, McAlester/Clayton
2018 GM3 Paul Henry Carr, Navy, Checotah
2018 CPT Arnold Joseph Cissna, Army, Pharoah/Weleetka
2018 Cpl William Kelly Downing, Marine Corps, Muskogee
2018 CPT Robert Lloyd Ford **, Army, Okeene/Shawnee
2018 1Lt William Michael Grammar, Marine Corps, Oklahoma City
2018 LTC William Alexander Hamilton, Army, Pauls Valley/Anadarko
2018 COL John Carl Johnson, Army, Edmond
2018 CPL George Thomas Walden, Army, Tulsa
2018 CPT Charles William Ward, Army, Tulsa
2019 CAPT Phillip Neal Butler, Navy, Tulsa
2019 MAJ Mathew Dale Dallas, Army, Geary/Oklahoma City
2019 CPT William Leslie Ford **, Army, Shawnee
2019 CDR Danny Elloy Glenn, Navy, Shawnee/Norman
2019 SGT Roy William Woodrow Harmon *, Army, Talala/Yale
2019 CSM George Wilson Hunt, Army, Shawnee/OKC/Tulsa
2019 Col Milton Wayne Johnson, Air Force, Roff
2019 Col Rosemary Hogan Luciano, Air Force/Army, Chattanooga
2019 LCpl Harvey Phillip Pratt **, Marine Corps, El Reno/Guthrie
2019 BrigGen Kenneth Marlar Taylor, AAC/Air Force, Enid/Hominy
2019 SGM Ira Edward Whitaker, Army, Fletcher/Elgin
2020 CPT Cloyce Vann Choney, Army, Shawnee
2020 COL Gregory Dmitri Gadson, Army, Oklahoma City
2020 1LT James Robert Kalsu, Army, Del City
2020 Ms. Mary Ann Ligon **, Tulsa
2020 CPT George Russell Miller, Army, Kenefic
2020 TSGT Verdun Covert Myers, Army, Tecumseh
2020 PFC Joseph Oklahombi, Army (Code Talker), Bokchita
2020 CPT David Arthur Peters, Army, Stillwater
2020 VADM Sean Averell Pybus, Navy, Stillwater
2020 SSG Douglas Jason Warden, Army, Shawnee
2020 Sgt Lyndol Raye Wilson, Marine Corps, Okemah
2021 BG Roscoe Conklin Cartwright, Army, Tulsa
2021 CPT Ellis Duncan Edwards **, Army, Oklahoma City
2021 CPT Otto Luther Hunter Hine, DDS, Army, Muskogee
2021 BG Chester Alvin Howard, Army, Dustin/Okemah
2021 MG William Schaffer Key, Army, Wewoka/Oklahoma City
2021 LTG Raymond Stallings McLain, Army, Oklahoma City
2021 CW5 Paul Edward Merchant, Army, Oklahoma City
2021 SP4 Joe Minor Thomas, Army, Tulsa
2022 COL Arthur Wilcox Buswell, MD, Army, Kingfisher
2022 CSM George Eugene Clark, Sr., Army, McAlester
2022 COL Stanley Levi Evans **, Army, Oklahoma City
2022 MAJ Virgil Cephus Fields, Army Air Forces, Jay
2022 CW3 Bobby Gene Frost, Army, Jones
2022 LtCol Galand Dwight Kramer, Air Force, Tulsa
2022 Cpl Thomas Dawayne Miller, Marine Corps, Perry
2022 MAJ John Floyd Mullins, Army, Mountain Park
2022 CPT Gary Michael Rose *, Army, Lawton
2022 COL Leonard Bittle Scott III, Army, Edmond
2022 MAJ Joe Lee Todd **, Army, Bartlesville
2022 2LT Frank Charles Vrana, Army, Arcadia
2023 ADM James Joseph Clark, Navy, Pryor, IT
2023 LTJG Douglas I. Baker, Navy, McClain County
2023 CAPT Edwin Chappabitty, Jr, Public Health Service, Lawton
2023 COL William J. Coultrup, Army, Edmond
2023 SP4 Terry Lee Courange, Army, Purcell
2023 Maj Thomas E. Maloney, Air Force, Cushing
2023 BG Thomas Peter Mancino**, Army, Broken Arrow
2023 LtCol Daniel J. Rooney**, Air Force, Owasso
2023 SMSgt William Piazza, Air Force, Del City
2023 SGT Larry Stanley Pierce, Army, Wewoka
2023 CAPT Howard E. Rutledge, Navy, Tulsa
2023 CDR Neil R. Sparks, Jr., Navy, Tulsa
2024 LT Joe Van Abernathy, Army, Elk City
2024 SGM Lanny Asepermy **, Army, Apache
2024 LtCol Kenneth A. Brower, Army Air Force, Greenfield
2024 SGT Patrick Keith Bryan, Army, Tulsa
2024 LTC Robert Frank Creson, Army, Norman
2024 LT Tom Emerson, Army, Oklahoma City
2024 MajGen William P.T. Hill, Marines, Vinita, Indian Terr.
2024 Ms. Elaine D. Johns**, Enid
2024 LT Dan Elkin Jones, Army, Oklahoma City
2024 ADM Marc Andrew Mitscher, Navy, Oklahoma City
2024 MSG Earl Plumlee*, Army, Clinton
2024 CPT Frederick P. Smith, Oklahoma City
2025 Col Philip Reed Adair, Air Force, Walters
2025 SP4 Glen Edward Blood, Army, Canton
2025 LTC Vernon Walter Gillespie, Jr., Army, Oklahoma City
2025 Cpl Byron Carrol Gordon, Marines, Minco
2025 CPT John Patrick Keilty **, Navy, Oklahoma City
2025 RADM Albert Lee Kelln, Navy, Shattuck
2025 Ms. Pamela Kaye Kloiber **, Oklahoma City
2025 SSG Virgil Malone, Army, Midwest City
2025 SGT Gary Louis Opela, Army, Prague
2025 Pvt Oscar John Upham *, Marines, Guthrie
2025 1LT Michael Waddle, Army, Apache
2025 Sgt Harold Edgar Wadley, Marines, Berryhill
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