Hero
Gerald (Two Bears) Ruane
Navy Sea Bees
8 Years
E4
MRCB12 EO
Born: Bridgeport CT.
Resides: Gallup NM
Hero
David I. Cowan
USMC 1969-71
6 years USMC/
14 Army. Once a Marine,
Always a Marine!
2531/Field Radio
Operator
Sub Unit One, 1st Air
and Naval Gunfire
Company (Naval Gunfire
and close air support
spotters for Marine and Allied Units. I was assigned to support the 2nd Bn, 33rd ARVN Regt, down in the Mekong, primarily in the U Minh
Forrest area.
Home town:
Marion, IN and resides there now
Hero
Donnie Henderson
Army National Guard
1997-Present
B Co 1-118 CAB
E-6/SSG
11B/ Infantry
Hometown: Shelby, NC
Resides: Shelby, NC
Hero
Carl Venne
Our Fallen Soldiers Vietnam Veteran Crow Tribal Chairman
Venne was a Vietnam veteran and had expressed pride in American Indians serving in the military.
When he returned from military service in southeast Asia he took a taxi from Billings Logan International Airport to a highway,
then hitchhiked the rest of the way home. Venne was dedicated to honoring each warrior who came home and to do so in a public and all-inclusive way. Fiercely proud of the number ofAmerican Indians
inmilitary service, Venne frequently reminded people that everyone in uniformis in harm’s way while
trying to protect America. “The terrorist bullets don’t say you’re white, black, red or yellow,” he said during a veterans salute in 2006
Hero
Sgt. Trevor J. Johnson
23, of Forsyth, Mont.
US Marine
Died on January 27, 2009,while supporting combatoperations in Helmandprovince, Afghanistan
Parents and friends described Trevor as "the
perfect Marine" and a loving father to two children.
Trevor was a fifth-generation rancher who grew up south of Forsyth near Colstrip. His parents, Colleen and Thomas Johnson, said their son was leading a foot patrol charged with clearing a route of explosives when he was struck by the blast from
an improvised explosive device.
.He is survived by hiswife,Nicole, a 3-year-old stepson, Landan, and the couple's 8-month-old daughter, Aspyn.
Hero
Lt. Col. Garnet “Gary”Derby
1985-2009
44, of Missoula, Mont., died Feb. 9, 2009 Derby, who went by the name
Gary, and his soldiers were on their way to a combat operating outpost
in a western Mosul neighborhood
when his Humvee was hit by the suicide car bomber, Army officials said.
Derby commanded the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star with one oak leaf cluster, the Purple Heart, the Army Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leak clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service medals, and the Combat Action Badge. He also had the Order of Saint George and Order of Saint Maurice bronze medallions and the covenant Tarantula Belt
Buckle #358.
