VOM – February 2019
David Quinn US Navy, 1980-2010 David Quinn was born in Richmond, Kentucky, on November 24, 1960. Upon graduation from high school in 1978, he attended Eastern Kentucky University prior to his enlistment in the United States Navy in August of 1980. After completing Basic Training in Great Lakes, IL, he
VOM – January 2018
Charles Joseph Raggo US Navy, Korea 1951 – 1954 / Vietnam 1957-1976 Our Veteran of the Month for January 2018 is Charles Joseph Raggo. Born on September 19, 1933, in Arcadia, Missouri, Charles Joseph Raggo enlisted in the United States Navy in 1951 at age 17 shortly after completing high
VOM – July 2019
Allan Anthony Barrow, Sr. US Navy, 1975-1996 Allan Anthony Barrow, Sr. was born and raised in Harlem, New York. He always longed to travel around the world despite his humble beginnings. In 1974, Allan applied to the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, just five years after African-Americans first
VOM – January 2020
Sherri Lyn Onorati U.S. Navy 1984-2006 The Tipton County Museum Veteran of the Month for January 2020 is Sherri Lyn Onorati. Sherri was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 24, 1966, the first-born of David Panchaud, a Bermudian who had just moved to the United States two years earlier and
VOM – February 2022
Meldron Dave “Bill” Worthy U.S. Navy; Vietnam 1960-1987 Meldron Dave (Bill) Worthy was born and raised in Warren, Texas. After graduating from high school, he convinced his father to sign the paperwork to allow him to join the Navy on January 13, 1960 – his seventeenth birthday. Bill’s Navy adventure
VOM – March 2022
Linda Coffield U.S. Navy 1970-2018 Born in 1951 in Buffalo, New York (NY), Linda spent her early years in Williamsville, NY. She graduated from Williamsville South High School in 1969 and joined the Navy in 1970. She planned to see the world and to have an adventure – she had
VOM – January 2024
Bill Sexton U.S. Navy, Vietnam 1965-1985 Bill Sexton was born 20 April 1946 in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Bramwell High School in Bramwell, West Virginia (WV). He began his Navy career on 28 September 1965 and completed bootcamp on 20 December – just in time for Christmas. Carrier
VOM – October 2017
Arline Gorham (12 Nov 1923 – 16 Oct 2023) US Navy, WWII 1945 The Tipton County Veterans Council and the Tipton County Museum, Veterans Memorial and Nature Center are proud to announce the selection of Mrs. Arline Gorham as the Veteran of the Month for October 2017. The year was
VOM – April 2022
Gary Wayne Vaughan April 2022 – Gary Wayne Vaughan U.S. Navy 1972-1997 Gary Wayne Vaughan, a native of Memphis, Tennessee (TN), enlisted in the United States Navy in May 1972 at the age of 20. After bootcamp at Recruit Training Command, Orlando, Florida (FL), he attended Aviation Structural Mechanic Safety
VOM – March 2024
Thomas Samuel Johnson USN 1972 – 1982 Thomas Samuel Johnson was born in Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina. He enlisted in the United States Navy upon graduation from high school and reported to boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois in July 1972. Upon graduation from boot camp, Seaman Recruit (E-1)