HONOR ROLL
VFW POST 6563 – FONTANA, CALIFORNIA
In Eternal Honor
This Honor Roll preserves the names and known service of Fontana’s sons and daughters who answered the call of duty. Each entry reflects verified information currently available. As additional historical documentation is confirmed, this memorial will continue to grow.
WORLD WAR II
1939–1945
(Service records currently being researched and verified through National Archives and Navy/Army historical records.)
Ralph Broiles
Service Branch: U.S. Navy
Assignment: USS Asheville (PG-21)
Status: Killed in Action, March 3, 1942
Unit: Gunboat Patrol Service, Asiatic Fleet
Hometown Connection: Fontana, California
Jack Eastwood
Status: Prisoner of War (WWII)
Further service details pending archival confirmation.
Albert Marin
Status: Prisoner of War (WWII)
Further service details pending archival confirmation.
Robert Mason
Status: Prisoner of War (WWII)
Further service details pending archival confirmation.
George Momcilovich
Status: Prisoner of War (WWII)
Further service details pending archival confirmation.
John Petric
Status: Prisoner of War (WWII)
Further service details pending archival confirmation.
(Remaining WWII names listed below pending full service verification)
Joe Bermudez
Robert Bushey
J.R. Chambliss
Walter Crosslin
Edgar Feaster
Yale Freeman
Paul Garcia
Albert Harder
Paul Harvey
Eugene Horn
John Humphrey
Leland Inklebarger
Eraclio Manzo
Robert McCurdy
Robert Mortrud
Donald Murray
Kenton Nicholas
Haskell Owens
Joseph Plese
Richard Poe
Eugene Sanford
Cecil Sansome
Emmett Smith
Fred Stewart
Manuel Vega
Robert Von Lehe
Dean Wallace
KOREAN WAR
1950–1953
PFC Billy B. Dobbs
Branch: U.S. Army
Status: Prisoner of War (Captured 1950 – Repatriated)
Conflict: Korean War
Hometown Connection: Fontana, California
James Pow
Branch: U.S. Army
Status: Prisoner of War
Conflict: Korean War
Hometown Connection: Fontana, California
PFC Robert Leland Viles
Branch: U.S. Army
Conflict: Korean War
Status: Killed in Action
Hometown Connection: Fontana, California
VIETNAM WAR
1955–1975
SGT Patrick Lynn Basile
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Sergeant
Status: Killed in Action
Hometown Connection: Fontana, California
CPL Richard Allen Burns
Branch: U.S. Marine Corps
Rank: Corporal
Status: Killed in Action
Hometown Connection: Fontana, California
PFC Dominic Anthony Corona
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Status: Killed in Action
Hometown Connection: Fontana, California
SP4 Gary Richard Danser
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Specialist 4
Status: Killed in Action
SGT Gary Ellis Hoadley
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Sergeant
Status: Killed in Action
SP5 Richard Arthur Lane
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Specialist 5
Status: Killed in Action
CPL Calvin Lewis
Branch: U.S. Marine Corps
Rank: Corporal
Status: Killed in Action
PFC Joseph Penn Marek Jr.
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Status: Killed in Action
PFC Paris William Montanez
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Status: Killed in Action
PFC Richard Allen Noelke
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Status: Killed in Action
Decorations: Silver Star (to be confirmed with citation documentation)
PFC Kenneth James Robinson
Also Known As: Kenny Redondo
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Status: Killed in Action
SP4 John Arlington Rodgers
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Specialist 4
Status: Killed in Action
1LT Ronald Ellis Wiltse
Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: First Lieutenant
Status: Killed in Action
Vietnam-Era Remembrance
Steve Featherstone
Status: Noted as POW (pending verification)
Aubrey Montgomery
Status: Post-Vietnam PTSD-related death
Jim Peters
Status: Passed years later from service-related wounds
Richard Noelke
Recognition: Silver Star recipient
GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR
2001–Present
PFC Creighton Alexander Ernest
Branch: United States Army
Rank: Private First Class
Unit: HHC, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 2nd SBCT
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Date of Birth: May 7, 1983
Date of Death: May 11, 2006
Location of Death: Fort Irwin, California
SGT Bryan Allen Brewster
Branch: Army
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Company B, 3rd Battalion, General Support Aviation Battalion
10th Aviation Regiment (Task Force Centaur)
Fort Drum, New York
Date of Birth: April 30, 1982
Date of Death: May 5, 2006
Location of Incident: Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom
LCpl Fernando Sanchez Tamayo
Branch: Marines
Rank: Lance Corporal
Unit:
India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines
Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
1st Marine Division
Twentynine Palms, California
Date of Birth: February 26, 1987
Date of Death: December 21, 2006
Location of Incident: An Nahiriyah, Iraq
Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Casualty Classification: Killed in Action
Result of blast injuries sustained when the HMMWV he was driving was struck by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations.
