HALL OF HONOR CHAPTERS
Supporting community chapters are being developed to administer the programs locally. These chapters will identify and nominate honorees who will receive a Hall of Honor citation and medal with a maroon ribbon lanyard. The local chapter will coordinate presentations. Selections for our Hall of Fame are made annually. Hall of Honor awards are made throughout the year as nominated.
If you have any questions about the nomination process, contact a Chapter Ambassador, Mike Lapolla or Doug Dollar. Send an email to info@OKMHF.org and ask that it be redirected to your intended person below.
PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
Ambassadors in Charge (AIC) of the Hall of Honor program are Michael Lapolla (Tulsa) and MG Douglas Dollar (Stillwater).
APPROVED CHAPTERS
Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park, Enid
Ambassador: Elaine Johns
LTC Ernest Childers Chapter at the Military History Center, Broken Arrow
Ambassador: BG Thomas Mancino
Veterans of Cherokee County, Tahlequah
Ambassador: LT Jim Locke
LTG Price Hays Chapter, Stillwater
Ambassadors: MG Douglas Dollar and Jim Horne
The Coffee Bunker, Tulsa
Ambassador: Michael Horton
Veterans of West OKC Metro
Ambassador: Peter Plank
The Colonels Group of Edmond
Ambassador: Ltc David Wilson
University of Tulsa, Tulsa
Ambassadors: 1SG Robert Kowal and LTC Matt Ingram
LT Fred Lang Chapter of Mannford
Ambassadors: Gordon Stewart and Edd Alexander
COL Rick Rescorla Chapter at the Bruce January VFW Post 8706, Moore
Ambassador: MSG Rebecca McGary
SSG Ruben Rivers Chapter of Shawnee
Ambassador: SSG Doug Warden
Dale Graham Chapter of Norman
Ambassador: Steve Reagan
Robert Kalsu Chapter of Mid-Del Region
Ambassador: John Keilty
Hall-Lewis Chapter of Lincoln County (Chandler)
Ambassador: Aaron McGee
The First Capital Chapter of Guthrie
Ambassador: Kyle Brede
CHAPTERS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
TBN Chapter of Ada
Ambassador: TBD
SEEKING CHAPTERS
Ada, Ardmore, Altus, Bartlesville, Durant, Lawton, Miami, Muskogee, and McAlester
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.
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;
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;
