News : Memorial Day brings tribute to the dead, and honor to area veterans

Veteran John Kelley plays Taps during Memorial Day ceremony at Maplewood Cemetery.

Legion members honor the dead with the traditional gun salute Memorial Day morning at Maplewood.

Legion Auxiliary members escort the wreath to the bridge for Navy memorial service.

Veterans fire a rifle salute to Navy dead on Cedar River bridge.

Milli Arbuckle rides with grandfather Roger Uthoff during march to the bridge.

Veterans lead the way to bridge, followed by VSHS band.

Several veterans participated in several Memorial Day events Monday in Vinton.

The crowd watches Auxiliary Pres. Wanda McNitt lower the wreath to honor Navy dead.

Wanda McNitt lowered this wreath during traditional bridge memorial service Monday.

Area veterans led Memorial Day ceremonies at several places in Vinton Monday morning. Services also took place in several area communities and all over the nation.

In Vinton, the events began at 8 a.m. with brief ceremonies at Maplewood, St. Mary's' and Evergreen cemeteries.

At 10 a.m., Legion and Auxiliary members led the march to the bridge, where a wreath was lowered in honor of those who are buried at sea. Legion Auxiliary President Wanda McNitt lowered the wreath. The Vinton-Shellsburg High School Marching Band played "Anchors Aweigh" as the wreath was lowered.

Below is a list of area Vinton veterans:

Benham Adams, Dan Adams, James Adams, Joshua Adrian, Roger Albert, Lowell Albright, Ronald Albright, Dale Alpers, C. Anderson, Howard Anderson, John Anderson, Paul Anderson, Scott Anderson, James Anderson, Dennis Ary, Lyle Aschenbrenner, David Auestad.

Jeff Bahr, Luke Baldridge. Robert Baldridge. John Bantz, Eugene Barnes, Vernon Bascom, Dick Bashore, Francis Bawden, Richard Bear, Earl Bearbower, Toni Bearbower, Charles Beatty, Francis Beggs, Anthony Behounek, Bradley Benfer, William Benson, Dennis Bergen, Phillip Bergen, Richard Bergen, John Berry, Marshall Berry, Donald Bistline, Jerry Blank, Joseph blank, Vincent Blank, Lori Blank, Karl Blumer, William Bobzien, Steven Boddicker, William Bolin, Forrest Bolte, Lyle Bolton, Gordon Bowen, Yvette Bowen, William f. Bower, Donald bray, Richard Bridge, Toby Brown, J. Brunssen, Kent Buckingham, Danny burgess, H. Burkhart, Jeff bush, Otto Bush, Robert Bush.

Roger Calvert, Christopher Cantrell, Harold Cassens, Robert Cherveny, Larry Christanson, Gary Christianson, Bill Clark, Ryan Clemens, Kathryn Close, Ross Coder, Robert Condry, Arthur Corbet, O. Corbett, Wilber Corcran, Steven Cory, Russell Cottrell, Charles Cox, Shane Cox, Paul Coyle, Olaf Craft, Clark Crisman, Jack Cromer, James Cromer, Darrell Cushman.

Robert Dahl, Willis Dake, Burton Davis, Gene Davis, Lee Demoss, Charles Denison, James Deppe, Donald Dill, Garland Dixon, Randall Dorf, Ned Douglas, Marvin Drenter, Larry Driscol, Dennis Duello, Charles Dulin, Marion Dulin, Richard Duncalf.

Joseph Earle, James Eastwood, Carl Edmonds, Paul Egge, Floyd Ellson, Harold Evans.

Damian Fairbanks, Glenn D. Fee, Terry W. Fee, Wayne R. Fee, Donald Fennern, Ronald Ferguson, Larry Fett, Ronald Fiebelkorn, Eugene Finley, Bennett Fischer, Robert Fisher, Jerry Fitzgerald, P. Fix, Harold Flickinger, Ronald Flickinger, Dale Fowler, Joe Fowler, Lyle Fowler, Carl Fraeser, Gary Frame, Cletus Friedman, Brian Frisbie, Wilhelm Fuchs, James Fuller.

Ronald Gage, Garth Gardemann, James Gardner, Charles Garwood, Thomas Garwood, David Gates, Judah Gates, Donald R. Geater, Lenard Geater, Ray M. Geater, Roger Geater, Ronald Geiger, Warren Geiger, Stanley Geiken, Patrick Gill, Dave Goodell, Don Goodell, Jim Goodell, Susan Goodell, Robert Glass, Todd Gloede, Verlus Gloede, Kirk Gray, Terry Gray, Carl Greaser, Virgil Greenwood, John Gualtier, Keith Gulick, Gary Gustason.

Richard Hadley, George Haefner, Jerry Haefner, George Hanna, Robert Hanneman, Eldon Hans, Albert Hansen, Gilbert Hansen, Roger Hansen, David Happel , Clarence Hawkins, Charles Helle, David Henkle, Dale Henry, George Herger, Delmer Hessenius, Herman Hessenius, Daniel Higdon, Gary Hilmer, Steven Hite, Chester Hobbs, James Hodgson, Craig Hoepner, Dick Hogan, Don Holmes, Jeff Holmes, Merle Horak, James Howard, Dennis Hummel, Kyle Hummel, Larry Hurst, James Hyde.

Roger Inman.

Jeremy James, Hilbert Jansen, Duane Johnson, Jan Johnson, Richard Johnson, Ron Johnson, Christopher Jorgensen.

Lester Kampman, Tyler Karrick, Jimmy Kearns, John Kearns, William Keller, John Kelley, Shannon Kelly, Darrell Kenney, Dick Kenney, Richard Kerdus, James Kirk, Charles Kleiner, Glenn Knaack, Jack Knaack, Keith Knaack, Jack Knaack, Keith Knaack, Ralph Knaack, Byron Knupp, Melvin Koehn, Gerald Kreutner, Russell Kreutner, Richard Kruckenberg.

Robert LaGrange, Daniel Lane, Bruce Lange, Ronald Larson, Jason Laton, Leland Laton, James Laughridge, Barry Lefstad, Andrew Lent, Marvin Lerch, Leon Lewis, Richard Lindsey, Charles Linsey Jr., John Lipcamon, Charles Lough, Donald Lough, Troy Lovell, Roy Lundberg, Robert Lutz, William Lynch.

Mark MacAvao, Daniel Mahoney, Kenneth Mahr, Raymond Maile, Duane Mangold, Ted Mann, Gregg Marshall, Lyle Marter, Donald Martin, Donald Mayhew, Marlyn Mayhew, Matthew Maynard, Mark McAvan, Stan McCaleb, Dale McClain, Larry McDaniel, Dedan McIntrye, Vernon L. McIntrye, Jerry McNeal, Raymond McNeal, Herbert McNeill, Bert McNitt, Michael Meadow, Donavon Merchant, Harold Merchant, Tom Merchant, Jim Messmore, Loren Messmore, Gerald Michael, Larry Michael, Dennis Miller, Elmer Miller, James Miller, Van Miller, William Milne, Boyd Milroy, Charlys Moody, Merrill Moore, Robert Moore, Keith Mossman, Marvill Mostrom, Andy Motto, Daniel Mulder, David Mulder, John Mulder.

James Narber, Michael Naylor, Jeremy Neuzil, William Newton, Frederick Noren, Gerald Novotny.

Robert Ogier, Carl Ohrt, Keith Ohrt, Jack Oliphant, Keith Oliphant, Lawrence Owens.

Benjamin Pameter, Rick Parmater, Jared Parmeter, Valmah Patrilla, Gerald Pederson, Gerald Petermeier, Dale Petersen, James Peterson, Edward Pickart, Billy Pillars, David Pladesn, Bertha Pohlmann, John Pohlmann, Harry Popelka, Wilber Powers.

Thomas Radcliffe, Michael Raue, Harold Rector, Riley Reeves, Michael Reige, Virgil Reinhart, George Reiss, Wayne Rhinehart, Robert Rice, Ralph Richardson, Ernest Riggle, Roy Ripple, Donald Roepke, Frank Rogers, Richard F. Rogers, Robert C. Rogers, Zachary R. Rogers, Marvin Rommann, Carlton Root, Todd Rosonke, Adam Roster, Wayne Roster, Wayne Rover, James Russell, Thomas Russom.

Drew Sallee, James Sarchett, Milton Scheib, David Schirm, Victor Schmidt, Dean Schminke, Richard Schoonover, Orville Schrage, David Schussler, Marion Schwartz, Harold Schulte, Beryl Scott, Robert Sebastian, Brian Seeman, Harlan Selken, Tracy Sellers, Donald Shaffer, Rex Shepherd, Ken Silker, Gary Simnacher, Cody Smith, Ralph Smith, Randy Smith, Dale Speidel, Clyde St. Clair, Earl Stahr, Robert ‘Bob’ Steinberg, John Stiegelmeyer, Aaron Streeter, Craig Streeter, Bill Strong, Gene Stueck, Kent Stufflebeam, Carl Summes, Mary Summy, Williams Summy, Dale Sutton, Michal Swallom.

Frank Teffer, Carl Tharp, Dennis Tharp, Dennis Thompson, Rex Thompson, Albert Thompsen, Mark Timmer, Bill Travis, Orville Trimble.

Robert Umbenstock, Kadel Urice, Roger Uthoff, Bob Utterback.

Richard Van Fossen, Walter Van Steenhuyse, Henry Van Eschen, Harold Vanscoy, Jack Van Wechel.

William Wacht, Christopher Wagner, Bradley Walker, Norman Walker, Frank Warner, Dale Watson, Jason Watson, John Watson, Russell Weisert, Richard Welbes, Darrell Werning, Robert Werning, Ralph Wessling, Wayne Wetzel, Robert Whelan, William White, Don Whitson, John Whitson, Maurice Whitson, Richard Whitson, Ross Wiley, D. Williams, Kenneth Williams, Lonnie Williams, Lyle Williams, Richard Williams, William Wolfe, Douglas Wood, Alan Woodhouse, Ted Wyckoff.

Gale Yerkes.

Charles Yundt.

Bernard Zimpfer, Mark Zobac.