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PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS


1919-1920 ............................................ Raymond Springer (Deceased) .............................. Connersville Post #1 (10 District) 1920-1921 ............................................ Gen. L. R. Gignilliat (Deceased) ............................... Culver Post #103 (3rd District) 1921-1922 ............................................ Claude Gregg (Deceased) .................................... Vincennes Post #73 (7th District) 1922-1923 ............................................ Perry Faulkner (Deceased) .................................. Shelbyville Post #70 (10th District) 1923-1924 ............................................ Edmund A. Ball (Deceased) .................................... Muncie Post #19 (10th District) 1924-1925 ............................................ Thomas S. McConnell (Deceased) ............................. Fowler Post #57 (2nd District) 1925-1926 ............................................ Clarence A. Jackson (Deceased) ..................... New Castle Post #137 (10th District) 1926-1927 ............................................ Paul V. McNutt (Deceased) ................................ Bloomington Post #18 (7th District) 1927-1928 ............................................ Frank McHale (Deceased) .................................. Logansport Post #60 (2nd District) 1928-1929 ............................................ Fred L. Wiecking (Deceased) .................................. Bluffton Post #111 (4th District) 1929-1930 ............................................ Forrest A. Harness (Deceased) .................................... Kokomo Post #6 (5th District) 1930-1931 ............................................ Floyd L. Young (Deceased) .................................... Vincennes Post #73 (7th District) 1931-1932 ............................................ Ralph F. Gates (Deceased) .............................. Columbia City Post #98 (4th District) 1932-1933 ............................................ William O. Nelson (Deceased) ............................ Anderson Post #127 (5th District) 1933-1934 ............................................ V. M. Armstrong (Deceased) .................................. Memorial Post #3 (11th District) 1934-1935 ............................................ Frank R. Kossa (Deceased) ................................. Jeffersonville Post #35 (8th District) 1935-1936 ............................................ A. R. Killian (Deceased) ........................................ Lafayette Post #11 (2nd District) 1936-1937 ............................................ Charles H. Maston (Deceased) ........................ Greensburg Post #129 (10th District) 1937-1938 ............................................ Russell E. Rhodes (Deceased) ........................................ Peru Post #14 (5th District) 1938-1939 ............................................ Harold A. Shindler (Deceased) ............................. Newburgh Post #44 (8th District) 1939-1940 ............................................ Capt. Raymond B. Townsley (Deceased) ................. Danville Post #118 (6th District) 1940-1941 ............................................ John A. Watkins (Deceased) ........................................ Linton Post #22 (7th District) 1941-1942 ............................................ W. Carl Graham (Deceased) .............................. Fort Wayne Post #47 (4th District) 1942-1943 ............................................ Clarence U. Gramelspacher (Deceased) ..................... Jasper Post #147 (8th District) 1943-1944 ............................................ F. Dean Bechtol (Deceased) .................................... Garrett Post #178 (4th District) 1944-1945 ............................................ William E. Brown (Deceased) ............................ Bloomington Post #18 (7th District) 1945-1946 ............................................ Henry E. Siebenmark (Deceased) ....................... South Bend Post #284 (3rd District) 1946-1947 ............................................ W. I. Brunton (Deceased) ................................... Scottsburg Post #234 (9th District) 1947-1948 ............................................ Harold E. Morris (Deceased) ...................................... Gary Post #214 (1st District) 1948-1949 ............................................ Joseph F. Lutes (Deceased) .......................... Hayward-Barcus Post #55 (11th District) 1949-1950 ............................................ Homer W. McDaniel (Deceased) ............................. Dunkirk Post #227 (5th District) 1950-1951 ............................................ Jack W. McIntyre (Deceased) ............................. Bloomfield Post #196 (7th District) 1951-1952 ............................................ Gilbert Bates (Deceased) ....................................... Warsaw Post #49 (2nd District) 1952-1953 ............................................ John K. Chappell (Deceased) .............................. Petersburg Post #179 (8th District) 1953-1954 ............................................ Roy M. Amos (Deceased) ........................................ Goshen Post #30 (3rd District) 1954-1955 ............................................ Ira E. Lyon (Deceased) ..................................... Greenfield Post #119 (10th District) 1955-1956 ............................................ Alton W. Cochran (Deceased) ............................ Crown Point Post #20 (1st District) 1956-1957 ............................................ Reed Beard (Deceased) .......................................... Bedford Post #33 (9th District) 1957-1958 ............................................ Robert E. Gates (Deceased) ............................ Columbia City Post #98 (4th District) 1958-1959 ............................................ William A. Brennan, Jr. (Deceased) ..................... Kennington Post #34 (11th District) 1959-1960 ............................................ Donald W. Hynes (Deceased) .................................. Whiting Post #80 (1st District) 1960-1961 ............................................ Orin Nowlin (Deceased) ...................................... Versailles Post #173 (9th District) 1961-1962 ............................................ Robert M. Fritz (Deceased) ..................................... Bluffton Post #111 (4th District) 1962-1963 ............................................ Ralph R. Storm (Deceased) ................................ Mooresville Post #325 (7th District) 1963-1964 ............................................ Wayne L. Talbert (Deceased) .................................... Delphi Post #75 (2nd District) 1964-1965 ............................................ Gilbert E. Sheeks (Deceased) ................................. Mitchell Post #250 (9th District) 1965-1966 ............................................ George R. Morton, Sr. (Deceased) ................... Michgian City Post #37 (3rd District) 1966-1967 ............................................ Frank I. Hamilton (Deceased) .......................... Greensburg Post #129 (10th District) 1967-1968 ............................................ Joseph P. Donovan (Deceased) ............................... Warsaw Post #49 (2nd District) 1968-1969 ............................................ Ralph V. Cushman (Deceased) .......................... Veedersburg Post #288 (6th District) 1969-1970 ............................................ Robert C. Ayers (Deceased) .................................... Frankfort Post #12 (5th District) 1970-1971 ............................................ Dale E. Kuhn (Deceased) ................................. Greenfield Post #119 (10th District) 1971-1972 ............................................ James R. Zoll (Deceased) ........................................ Bluffton Post #111 (4th District) 1972-1973 ............................................ Robert ‘Bill’ Sweet (Deceased) ............................... Shelburn Post #197 (7th District) 1973-1974 ............................................ Gaylord N. Sheline (Deceased) ................................. Kokomo Post #6 (5th District) 1974-1975 ............................................ Charles S. Boehm (Deceased) ........................ Indianapolis Post #264 (11th District) 1975-1976 ............................................ Al Waichulis (Deceased) ........................................... Gary Post #289 (1st District) 1976-1977 ............................................ James E. Gallagher (Deceased) ............................. Columbus Post #24 (9th District) 1977-1978 ............................................ John G. Krupa (Deceased) .............................. East Chicago Post #369 (1st District) 1978-1979 ............................................ H. Melvin Napier ................................................ Liberty Post #122 (10th District) 1979-1980 ............................................ Frederick J. Jensen (Deceased) ........................... Nappanee Post #154 (3rd District) 1980-1981 ............................................ Raymond T. Anglin (Deceased) ......................... Prairie Creek Post #404 (6th District) 1981-1982 ............................................ Max E. Julian, Sr. (Deceased) .................................... Angola Post #31 (4th District) 1982-1983 ............................................ Allen L. Titus (Deceased) ....................................... Rockport Post #254 (8th District) 1983-1984 ............................................ Gerald L. Bole (Deceased) .................................. Van Buren Post #368 (5th District) 1984-1985 ............................................ Richard F. Wright (Deceased) ............................. Bloomfield Post #196 (7th District) 1985-1986 ............................................ K. W. Ohl (Deceased) .......................................... Lafayette Post #11 (2nd District) 1986-1987 ............................................ Alvin O. Werner (Deceased) .................................. St. Leon Post #464 (9th District) 1987-1988 ............................................ Larry E. Bartlett ................................................... Highland Post #180 (1st District) 1988-1989 ............................................ Billie J. Holmes (Deceased) ............................... Brownsburg Post #331 (6th District) 1989-1990 ............................................ Donald R. Conn ........................................... New Carlisle Post #297 (3rd District) 1990-1991 ............................................ James E. Koutz ................................................... Boonville Post #200 (8th District) 1991-1992 ............................................ Terry L. Smith ................................................ Columbia City Post #98 (4th District) 1992-1993 ............................................ Thomas A. Goad (Deceased) .................................... Linton Post #122 (7th District) 1993-1994 ............................................ Ron Miller (Deceased ......................................... Van Buren Post #368 (5th District) 1994-1995 ............................................ Ron Lowe (Deceased) ................................................ Attica Post #52 (6th District) 1995-1996 ............................................ Thomas Henderson ............................................ Valparaiso Post #94 (2nd District) 1996-1997 ............................................ William Cline (Deceased) ................................ Leo Welch Post #495 (11th District) 1997-1998 ............................................ Richard Quattrin (Deceased) ..................................... Whiting Post #80 (1st District) 1998-1999 ............................................ Harold Epley (Deceased) ................................... Kapperman Post #44 (8th District) 1999-2000 ............................................ Richard Tonkel (Deceased) ................................ Jack Brinker Post #409 (4th District) 2000-2001 ............................................ James I. Miller (Deceased) .................... Willard E. Hensley Post #102 (10th District) 2001-2002 ............................................ John J. Michalski (Deceased) .......................... New Carlisle Post #297 (3rd District) 2002-2003 ............................................ Lowell W. Sullivan (Deceased) ................... Edwin C. Danner Post #185 (9th District) 2003-2004 ............................................ M. Roger Baker (Deceased) .................... George H. Hockett Post #127 (5th District) 2004-2005 ............................................ Bill Firkins (Deceased) ......................................... Memorial Post #196 (7th District) 2005-2006 ............................................ Ronald D. Martin (Deceased) ............................... DeMotte Post #440 (2nd District) 2006-2007 ............................................ James A. Delaney ........................................ Brown-Dolson Post #113 (6th District) 2007-2008 ............................................ Thomas Somerville .................................. Hammond Victory Post #168 (1st District) 2008-2009 ............................................ Ralph Tolan ................................................... Speedway Post #500 (11th District) 2009-2010 ............................................ Robert Newman ....................................... Aaron Scisinger Post #178 (4th District) 2010-2011 ............................................ Leland Baxter (Deceased) ........................... Wilbur M. Ruby Post #204 (8th District) 2011-2012 ............................................ Michael J. Miller (Deceased) ............................ Mishawaka Post #161 (3rd District) 2012-2013 ............................................ Richard A. Jewell ........................... Simon Ethelbert Snyder Post #122 (10th District) 2013-2014 ............................................ Ed Trice ........................................................... Fairmount Post #313 (5th District) 2014-2015 ............................................ Kenneth Hylton ......................................... Kenneth L. Diver Post #337 (9th District) 2015-2016 ............................................ Larry Lowry ......................................................... Walton Post #418 (2nd District) 2016-2017 ............................................ James B. May ............................................. Burton Woolery Post #18 (7th District) 2017-2018 ............................................ Marty Dzieglowicz ............................... East Chicago Allied Post #369 (1st District) 2018-2019 ............................................ Rodney Strong (Deceased) ................................... Byron Cox Post #72 (6th District) 2019-2021 ............................................ Allen Connelly .................................................. LaGrange Post #215 (4th District) 2021-2022 ............................................ Mark Gullion ................................................. Speedway Post #500 (11th District)

2022-2023 ............................................ Jim Daube .............................................. Orville Easterday Post #189 (3rd District)

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PAST NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN


1919-1921 ............................................ Dr. T. Victor Keene (Deceased) ............................ Indianapolis Post #4 (11th District) 1921-1922 ............................................ Oswald Ryan (Deceased) ................................... Anderson Post #127 (5th District) 1922-1927 ............................................ Bowman Elder (Deceased) ................................. Indianapolis Post #4 (11th District) 1927-1928 ............................................ Paul V. McNutt (Deceased) ................................ Bloomington Post #18 (7th District) 1928-1929 ............................................ Frank M. McHale (Deceased) ............................. Logansport Post #60 (2nd District) 1929-1931 ............................................ Raymond Springer (Deceased) ............................ Connersville Post #1 (10th District) 1931-1933 ............................................ Dr. A. C. Arnett (Deceased) ................................... Lafayette Post #11 (2nd District) 1933-1935 ............................................ Glen R. Hillis (Deceased) .......................................... Kokomo Post #6 (5th District) 1935-1943 ............................................ Isadore E. Levine (Deceased) .................................... LaPorte Post #83 (3rd District) 1943-1945 ............................................ V. M. (Army) Armstrong (Deceased) ......................... Memorial Post #3 (11th District) 1945-1947 ............................................ Patrick Maloney (Deceased) ............................... Crown Point Post #20 (1st District) 1947-1949 ............................................ George N. Craig (Deceased) ....................................... Brazil Post #2 (7th District) 1949-1951 ............................................ Harry E. Fitch (Deceased) ................................... Terre Haute Post #40 (6th District) 1951-1953 ............................................ Vincent Kelley (Deceased) .................................... Anderson Post #371 (5th District) 1953-1955 ............................................ John Wilson (Deceased) .................................... Bloomington Post #18 (7th District) 1955-1959 ............................................ Lawrence H. Hinds (Deceased) ...................... Broad Ripple Post #312 (11th District) 1959-1961 ............................................ Ferd Badt (Deceased) ........................................... Portland Post #211 (5th District) 1961-1963 ............................................ Arthur McDowell (Deceased) .................................... Delphi Post #75 (2nd District) 1963-1965 ............................................ Dr. Fred Daugherty (Deceased) ......................... Crawfordsville Post #72 (6th District) 1965-1967 ............................................ Robert L. Kuntz (Deceased) ........................................ Kokomo Post #6 (5th District) 1967-1969 ............................................ Charles S. Boehm (Deceased) ........................ Indianapolis Post #264 (11th District) 1969-1977 ............................................ Melvin H. Heckman (Deceased) .......................... Fort Wayne Post #47 (4th District) 1977-1998 ............................................ Gilbert E. Sheeks (Deceased) ................................. Mitchell Post #250 (9th District) 1998-1999 ............................................ John W. Pipher (Deceased) ................................. LaGrange Post #215 (4th District) 1999-2003 ............................................ Richard Quattrin (Deceased) ..................................... Whiting Post #80 (1st District) 2003-2005 ............................................ Ron Lowe (Deceased) ................................................ Attica Post #52 (6th District) 2005-2007 ............................................ Thomas Henderson .................................................. Valparaiso #94 (2nd District) 2007-2015 ............................................ Darrell Hansel (Deceased) ........................................ Vevay Post #185 (9th District) 2015-2017 ............................................ Paul Steward ................................................ Mark L. Wilt Post #210 (3rd District) 2017-2021 ............................................ Jerry Jordon ................................................. Knightstown Post #152 (10th District)

2021-2023 ............................................ Ed Trice ........................................................... Fairmount Post #313 (5th District)

1929

Paul V. McNutt ...................... Post 18

 

1950-1951

George N. Craig ..................... Post 2

 

1957-1958

A. Dale Eby .......................... Post 25

 

1973-1974

Earl W. Merry ..................... Post 227

 

1980-1981

Ralph F. Gates ........................ Post 98

Frank M. McHale ................. Post 60 Herman A. Wenige ................ Post 35 Barnett W. Breedlove ............... Post 3

 

1981-1982

V.M. “Army” Armstrong ............ Post 3 Robert E. Gates ..................... Post 98 Raymond Springer ................... Post 1 Isadore E. Levine ................... Post 83 Reed Beard ........................... Post 33 Rabbi Albert Shulman ............ Post 50 Father Bernard Gerdon ........... Post 28 William A. Brennan Jr. ........... Post 34 Robert M. Fritz .................... Post 111 Byron Waggoner ................. Post 168 Col. Frank R. Kossa ................ Post 35 Frank I. Hamilton ................. Post 129 Gilbert E. Sheeks ................. Post 250

 

1982-1983

John D. Fuller ........................ Post 33 Robert Gaskill ........................ Post 47 Clarence A. Jackson .............. Post137

Harold A. Shindler ................. Post 44 Col. Roscoe Turner ................... Post 4 John A. Watkins .................... Post 22 James R. Zoll ....................... Post 111 Charles S. Boehm ................ Post 264 William W. Greeman ........... Post 271 Melvin H. Heckman ............... Post 47 Lawrence H. Hinds ............... Post 312 Fr. Edmund J. Murray ........... Post 284 H. Melvin Napier ................ Post 122 Orin “Red” Nowlin .............. Post 173

 

1983-1984

W.I. Brunton ........................ Post 234 Gen. L.R. Gignilliat .............. Post 103 Clarence Gramelspacher ...... Post 147 Forest A. Harness ..................... Post 6 Thomas S. McConnell ............. Post 57 Fred L. Wiecking ................. Post 111 John Krupa ......................... Post 369 Roy Pope .............................. Post 38 Gaylord Sheline ...................... Post 6 Wayne L. Talbert .................... Post 75

 

1984-1985

William E. Brown .................. Post 18 Perry Faulkner ....................... Post 70 Harold E. Morris .................. Post 214 William O. Nelson ............... Post 127 Arthur Wilkie ........................ Post 47 Ralph V. Cushman ................ Post 288 Joseph P. Donovan ................. Post 49 Jack W. McIntyre ................. Post 196 Robert “Bill” Sweet ............... Post 197

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1985-1986

Edmund Arthur Ball ................ Post 19 Leo Mulva ............................. Post 80 Bert Nowinski ..................... Post 357 Raymond “Jim” Yellig ............ Post 242 Raymond T. Anglin ............... Post 404 Keith Doyle ......................... Post 368 Vincent Kelley ...................... Post 371 Robert Lewis ........................ Post 284 Allen L. Titus ........................ Post 254 Robert D. White ..................... Post 97

 

1986-1987

Maurice Barr ......................... Post 36 Alton W. Cochran .................. Post 20 Gay Gerster ........................ Post 292 Claude Gregg ....................... Post 73 Russell R. Rhodes ................... Post 14 Henry E. Siebenmark ........... Post 284 Robert C. Ayers ..................... Post 12 Kenneth W. Ohl ..................... Post 11 Al Waichulis ....................... Post 289 Richard Wright .................... Post 196

 

1987-1988

Bowman Elder ......................... Post 4 J.E. McCurdy ........................ Post 83 Col. Robert Moorhead .............. Post 4 Walter Myers .......................... Post 4 Gerald L. Bole ..................... Post 368 James P.A. Fulton ................. Post 159 Frederick J. Jensen ............... Post 154 Max E. Julian Sr. .................... Post 31 Dale E. Kuhn ....................... Post 119 George R. Morton Sr. ............. Post 37 Norman C. Schlemmer ......... Post 129 Alvin O. Werner .................. Post 464 John Wilson .......................... Post 18

1988-1989

Larry Bartlett ........................ Post 180 Gilbert Bates ......................... Post 49 Ralph Harrison ...................... Post 76 Donald W. Hynes .................. Post 80 Norman Travis ....................... Post 62

 

1989-1990

Billie J. Holmes .................... Post 331 Keith Brown .......................... Post 94 Harry E. Fitch ........................ Post 40 Lindsay Lamb ........................ Post 37 Joseph F. Lutes ....................... Post 55 James K. Staley ..................... Post 43

 

1990-1991

John K. Chappell ................. Post 179 Donald R. Conn ................... Post 297 Bobby G. Davis ................... Post 418 Willard Walls .......................... Post 5 George S. Wilkerson ........... Post 416

 

1991-1992

Jim Koutz ............................ Post 200 Harold Reker ....................... Post 147 Joseph G. Weinberg ............ Post 101

 

1992-1993

William Hauck .................... Post 178 Webber LaGrange .............. Post 205 William D. Jackson .............. Post 196

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1993-1994

George Reed ...................... Post 229 Roy “Taxi” Ayers ................... Post 12 Terry L. Smith ......................... Post 98

 

1994-1995

August “Gus” Karacson ........ Post 303 Thomas A. Goad ................... Post 22 L. J. Burkholder ...................... Post 14 James Valentine ................... Post 204

 

1995-1996

Ron Miller ........................... Post 368 Ted Stenger ......................... Post 464 Father Richard Cooley .......................

 

1996-1997

Ron Lowe .............................. Post 52 Richard Adamski ................. Post 357

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1997-1998

Thomas Henderson ................ Post 94 Bob Bartholmew .................... Post 94 Mike Hedrick ...................... Post 500 Don Cadman ........................ Post 64 Roger Baker ........................ Post 469 Linder Schmeltz ................... Post 189 Gene Wilson ....................... Post 173

 

1998-1999

William Cline ...................... Post 495 Jack Butler .......................... Post 402 Dewey Thomas .................... Post 365 Joe Rivich ........................... Post 369 Bob Osos .........................................

Bob Ward ............................. Post 28 Joe Gilkey ............................. Post 28

 

1999-2000

Richard Quattrin .................... Post 80 Bud Nichols .......................... Post 14 Walter Bode ....................... Post 270 Jim Holmes ......................... Post 500 Herman Bittner ...................... Post 43

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2000-2001

Joseph T. Bumbleburg ............. Post 11 Roger T. Storey ...................... Post 37 Harold J. Epley ...................... Post 44

 

2001-2002

Richard Tonkel ..................... Post 409 Ed Ramsey .......................... Post 119 John Penman ....................... Post 104 William Wolverton ............... Post 156

 

2002-2003

James I. Miller ..................... Post 102 Anthony Riley ........................ Post 79 Harold Brubaker .................... Post 47 Tim Darr ............................. Post 223 C.W. Hoff ............................. Post 81 James Handy ........................ Post 57

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2003-2004

John Michalski ..................... Post 297 John Pipher ......................... Post 215 Donald L. Ross ..................... Post 340 Thomas E. Gregory .............. Post 328 Loren Danner ...................... Post 258 George Brattain ................... Post 338 Max W. Gellinger ................ Post 127 Basil Bryant ......................... Post 161

2004-2005

Larry Lowry ......................... Post 418 David Heath ........................ Post 253 David Dilling ....................... Post 402 Russell Miller ......................... Post 72 Robert Pfrank ...................... Post 346 Bill Hicks ................................ Post 2 Owen Wells ........................ Post 254 Lowell Sullivan ..................... Post 185 John Grubbs ........................ Post 333 Kenneth Dowden ................... Post 64

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2005-2006

Irvin Gilbert Thomas, Sr. ......... Post 28 Burt Tiemersma ..................... Post 80 Mary York .......................... Post 333 Robert Morris ....................... Post 72 Roger Baker ........................ Post 127

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2006-2007

John Bubala ........................ Post 332 Robert Oeth ........................ Post 351 Herbert Woodard .................. Post 89 K. Michael Ayers ................... Post 12 Ida May Jewell .................... Post 122 Thomas W. Pett .................... Post 111 Gerald I. Lamkin .................... Post 59 Randy McCroskey ................ Post 368

 

2007-2008

Norris Keirn ........................ Post 139 Bill Firkins ........................... Post 196 Ronald Martin ..................... Post 440 James Holmes ..................... Post 500 David Ruell ......................... Post 470 Robert Bach ........................ Post 313 Edward Trice ....................... Post 313 Lowell Spencer .................... Post 102 David King ......................... Post 254 Gordon Rayburn .................. Post 169

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2008-2009

James A Delaney ................. Post 113 David P. Rook ...................... Post 205 Darrell Hansel ..................... Post 185 Norbert Bultemeier ................. Post 43 Martin J. Dzieglowicz .......... Post 369 Lawrence A. Horvath .............. Post 66 George K. Blackburn, Jr. ....... Post 374

 

2009-2010

Thomas Somerville ............... Post 168 Paul Steward ....................... Post 210 Joe Schuman ....................... Post 464

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2010-2011

Ralph Tolan ......................... Post 500 Jack Cook ........................... Post 210

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2011-2012

Ron Taylor ........................... Post 308 Robert Newman .................. Post 178 Dave Sharber .......................... Post 5 David Roche ......................... Post 28

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2012-2013

John Wrolen ........................ Post 100 James Hewitt ......................... Post 83 Sonner Faught ..................... Post 139 Leland Baxter ...................... Post 204 Walter Rodgers ................... Post 227

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2013-2014

Al Palido .............................. Post 66 James Daube ....................... Post 189 Mike Miller ......................... Post 161 Dave Ritenour ...................... Post 160 Rick Hudson ........................ Post 156 James Phipps ....................... Post 281 Steve Bowman ....................... Post 73 Gary Twomey ...................... Post 121 James Hagler ...................... Post 353

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2014-2015

Max Miller .......................... Post 258 Anthony Sadowski ............... Post 451 Richard Jewell ..................... Post 122 Russell Chorpenning ............. Post 300

 

2015-2016

Richard Motsinger ................ Post 502 Eric Baggett ........................ Post 279 John “Danny” Rice ................. Post 64 Charles Weir ....................... Post 216

 

2016-2017

Homer Loudermilk ................ Post 122 William Gatewood .............. Post 502 Kenneth Hylton .................... Post 464 Raphael Perez ..................... Post 508 Joseph Komenda ................. Post 186

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2017-2018

Walter “Doug” Howard ........ Post 368 Fred Langley ....................... Post 301 Peter C. Van Woerden .......... Post 485

2018-2019

James May ........................... Post 18 Steve Short ......................... Post 212 Charles Martin .................... Post 403 Jerry Maune ........................ Post 464

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2019-2020

Jim Abrams ......................... Post 106 Jerry Jordon ........................ Post 152 Jerry Stevens ....................... Post 313

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2020-2021

Jeff Morris ........................... Post 113 John French ......................... Post 113 Don Hudson ........................ Post 155 Don Cole .............................. Post 15

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2021-2022

Rodney Strong ....................... Post 72 Ronald Kizer ....................... Post 704 Harold Robinson .................... Post 65 Bill Parks ............................... Post 59 Ed Harris Jr. ........................ Post 249

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2022-2023

Allen Connley ...................... Post 215 Hubert Dagley ................... Post 1919 Robert Rodriguez ................. Post 260 Richard Thomas ....................... Post 6

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