VOM – July 2023
Ronald Dale Boling U.S. Navy 1986 – 2013 Ronald Dale Boling is a native of Sevierville, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Navy in January 1986 as an undesignated seaman. Following boot camp, he was stationed onboard the USS Norfolk (SSN-714) as a deck seaman. He received approval to become a
VOM – November 2023
Georgia Kathrine Desjarlais U.S. Navy Born in Chattanooga, Tenn., to Lowell and Lucy Lawson, Kathy was raised in Fayette County, where she joined the Navy at 17, shortly before graduating from high school. Since Hospital Corpsman “A” school “female billets” were filled for the near future, Kathy signed up for
VOM – June 2023
William “Bill” Joseph Maillet, Jr. U.S. Navy 1954 – 1962 / 1967 – 1978 Born December 14, 1936, in Rumford, Maine, Bill was the oldest boy and one of seven children. Growing up, he worked on his grandfather’s farm feeding and milking cows and helping with the planting. When not
VOM – August 2023
Kirk Phillip Snyder U.S. Navy 1969 – 1989 Kirk was born on 28 June 1949 in Towanda, Penn. He grew up in Montrose, Penn., where he graduated from Montrose Area High School in 1967. He was accepted to Boome Technical Community College in Johnson City, New York, where he earned
VOM – February 2023
William Bradley Vanstory U.S. Army 2008 – 2015 William Bradley Vanstory was born 3 February 1987 in Memphis, Tenn., and graduated from Covington High School in 2005. As a child, he knew he wanted to be a soldier and practiced almost every day with his G.I. Joe soldiers. He joined
VOM – May 2023
Benito Bernardo Diaz, Sr. U.S. Marine Corps 1976 – Benito Diaz was born in 1956 in Cuba, a nation filled with year-round sunshine, international tourists, and gorgeous beaches. Two years later, Fidel Castro’s regime took over the island and his world turned dark and dangerous. Memories of intimidation, oppression, inhumane
VOM – January 2023
Loyd Ray Barnes U.S. Army National Guard 1954 – 1991 Loyd Ray Barnes was born on March 15, 1935, and enlisted in the Army National Guard on April 1, 1954. He completed boot camp at Fort McClellan, Alabama, before returning home to Tennessee to serve his state. Although most of
VOM – March 2023
Brian J. Styer U.S. Navy 1985 – 1996 Brian J. Styer grew up on a farm in rural Pennsylvania and was a 1985 graduate of Warrior Run High School in Turbotville, PA. Despite receiving a full-ride scholarship to college, college life had to wait. The invasion of Grenada and the
VOM – April 2023
Cindy Anne Louise Day US Navy, 1980 – 1992 Cindy Anne Louise Rainey was born on July 24, 1959, in San Marcos, Calif., to William P. Rainey, Sr. and Billie Louise Rainey. Anne’s mother sadly died when Anne was four, causing her father to assume the role of single parent