Henry Raymond
Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: mikejb1949 on November 12, 2012, 06:50:02 PM
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we just celebrated veterans day but i wonder if people know who from fairfax served i know that a least four people served in viet-nam dennis baillargeon,michael baillargeon,louis robarge, and leon potvin is there any record of former war or present vet's?
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also Wayne Sweet, John Mitchell and Jeff Blake were in Vietnam....
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John Mitchell is a combat veteran of Vietnam
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The nearest thing to a list of veterans we have here in Fairfax is the listing used for those who have died and are buried here. I believe that listing is in the Town Office and is used to place flags on the graves each memorial day. Judge Van Benthysen had told me he was going to try and get me a list, but he moved away before it happened. Such a list of those living would require quite a bit of maintenance, I would think, as everybody who moves in to town would have to indicate if they were a veteran and then be taken off the list when and if they left. There are placques at the school for alumni of BFA who have died, but none for those still living.
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Greg Hartman - served in the 80s
Allen Simoneau - Vietnam war
Dave Day - Vietnam War
Brent Simoneau - Iraq and Afghanistan 1 tour in each
Don Demar - Iraq and Afghanistan 1 tour each
Joshua Langelier - Iraq 2 tours
Steve Hensel - Iraq 1 tour
Jordan Paquette - Iraq 1 tour
Jacob Langelier - Afghanistan 1 tour
Sam Graves - Afghanistan 1 tour
Joe Jacobson - Iraq 1 tour
Those are a few I know, I'm sure there are many more
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Doug Stewart - Viet Nam
Robert Stewart - Viet Nam
Gary Stewart - Iraq
Bob Fisher - Korea
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Was sent the following note to post along with this:
Henry,
Just read the posts on Veterans in Fairfax and since I'm not logged into your site, thought I would add that John Ellsworth was in Vietnam.
Plus there are a lot of Air Guard in Fairfax that have been in Iraq. They go for a shorter time than the Army Guard, but our daughter Joanne has been there 2x.
Marje Ellsworth
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Richard Warren (Viet Nam) should be able to provide some more help getting names together.
This is a great start.
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Also John Rooney , Jim Brown , Paul Burleson , John Garrett . The WW 11 vets have mostly passed on , but as far as I know , Chuck Bellows ( Bomber Pilot & Joyce McCuin's brother ) is still alive.
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Dave McGown - Vietnam
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Larry and Bud Parsons were in the military at one time.
From the Class of 1978, Jim Rooney, Dan Gross, and I believe Mark Keefe all served in the military.
Larry Leach used to tell stories about being in the Azores(sp?).
As far as non-Fairfax natives but were residents, I believe Merle Peranteau was in Vietnam. The late John Kuhn retired from the Air Force.
My grandfather, Karl Gerstenberg(Mom's father) was in the cavalry down in Texas and was a Leut. during WWI in France.
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My parents, Bernice and Bob Luman were both in the Army--
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This is very interesting to know. God bless each and every one of them with us today or who has passed on. My brother spent a year in Vietnam . Was very hard on the family.
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Bob Horr, Viet Nam
Sam Hudson
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My husband Tom Volz -- U.S.Army in the 80's, U.S Army Special Forces in the early 90's, plus countless other family members both past and present. I think our military are true American heroes.
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Ruth Burleson called me and told me that Lincoln Burleson was in the Air Force in WWII and her son Gary Burleson was in the Army
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Kathy Rooney-Leach send me a note and told me that her father Frank Rooney served in WW II and her brother Robert Rooney did two tours in Vietnam.
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Richard Lavadure USMC
David Decker Navy
George Boisnault Army
Al Brodeur Navy
Ed Barkyoumb Navy
Robert Perry Navy
Charles (?) parah Army served and returned to school
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Howard Popple Jr Air Force retired
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I believe Anthony Mapes was in Afghanistan for 1 and Dave Bartley (retired, Vt Air Guard) was in Iraq for 1 tour, I believe. Guard member Tim Hodet went to Afghanistan 2 or 3 times.
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Max Rooney (Iraq) and George Rooney
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John Morris(BFA Classmate-'78) got a hold of me. His father, Richard was in the Navy during Korea, and his brother Robert(BFA Class of '81) was in the Gulf War in the Army.
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I have asked Scott Day to design a web site for me to put all of these names given me here on it, plus the listing that the town office has for the cemeteries here in town.
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Our son, 1st LT. Scott Coon has served in Afghanistan in 2011 as a Medevac Pilot and will be deploying there sometime in early 2013. Scott is a career soldier presently stationed at FT. Drum NY. Also would like to mention Steve Deuso who was deployed more than once to Iraq with the VT. National Guard.
We are proud to support all our veterens past and present.
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Also, George Rooney's parents - James Rooney and Alberta Rooney
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Doug Stewart, Howard Popple Jr., Robert Stewart, Herbert Popple(Huntley), Scott Popple(Huntley), Craig Stewart, Gary Stewart, and David Stewart. Craig and David served during peacetime. The rest all served during wartime. Also cousin Robert, son of Richard Stewart served as well.
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Here are the names I have been given so far:
Asper, Steffan
Baillargeon, Dennis
Baillargeon, Michael
Barkyoumb, Ed
Bartley, Dave
Bellows, Chuck
Benoit, John
Blake, Jeff
Boissoneault, George
Brodeur, Al
Brown, Jim
Burleson, Gary
Burleson, Lincoln
Burleson, Paul
Clark, Mitch
Coon, Scott
Day, Dave
Decker, David
Demar, Don
DeRaps, Kevin
Deuso, Steve
Ellsworth, John
Fisher, Bob
Garrett, John
Gerstenberg, Karl
Gleason, Chris
Gleason, Timmy
Graves, Sam
Gross, Danny
Hartman, Greg
Hensel, Steve
Hodet, Tim
Horr, Bob
Hudson, Sam
Huntley, Herb
Huntley, Scott
Jacobson, Joe
Keefe, Mark
Langelier, Jake
Langelier, Josh
Lavadure, Richard
Lavallee, Paul
Leach, Larry
(Lemay) Luman, Bernice
Loller, Jeff
Luman, Bob
Mapes, Anthony
McGown, Dave
Mitchell, John
Morris, Richard
Morris, Stephen
Paquette, Jordan
Parah, Charles
Parsons, Bud
Parsons, Larry
Patry, Willy Jane
Perry, Robert
Popple, Howard, Jr.
Pottala, Lafe
Potvin, Leon
Robarge, Louis
Rooney, Alberta
Rooney, Chad
Rooney, Frank
Rooney, George
Rooney, James
Rooney, Jim
Rooney, John
Rooney, Max
Santee, Chris
Snyder, Tom
Rooney, Robert
Simoneau, Alan
Simoneau, Brent
Stewart, Craig
Stewart, David
Stewart, Doug
Stewart, Gary,
Stewart, Robert
Stewart, Robert (Son of Richard)
Sullivan, John
Sweet, Wayne
Volz, Tom
Warren, Richard
For those of you who have excel, click on the following link:
http://www.vtgrandpa.com/fxtown/fairfax_veterans.xlsx (http://www.vtgrandpa.com/fxtown/fairfax_veterans.xlsx)
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One of the Gleason boys..Timmy..
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add Paul Lavallee Air Gorce 1957-1961
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I noticed John Benoit name is not included
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Chad Rooney also served.
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One of the Gleason boys..Timmy..
Chris Gleason....I believe he has done 3 or 4 tours in Iraq
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Steffan Asper did a partial tour in afghanistan before being wounded in action