SALUTE OUR TROOPS
The Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival salutes our men and women who provide military service to our country. This page is dedicated to those currently serving on Active, Reserve, or National Guard duty at home or abroad; our Veterans; and those who have answered the Final Roll Call.
To submit a name for inclusion on this page, please contact the Freedom Festival office at 319.365.8313 or email info@freedomfestival.com. In the interests of the safety of active duty personnel regardless of where they are in the world, we will not publish duty stations or country.
ACTIVE, RESERVE, NATIONAL GUARD DUTY
| Name | Branch | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathon Albert | U.S. Army | Wounded in Action |
| Marc Ayala | U.S. Air Force | ANG |
| Curtis R. Bartz | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Kyle T. Bergen | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Quinton Bitner | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Derek M. Boots | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Andrea Brandon | U.S. Army | |
| Christopher D. Brinkmann | U.S. Navy Reserves | |
| David K Carmody | U.S. Army Reserves | |
| Brandon Cassidy | U.S. Army | |
| Benjamin C. Chambers | U.S. Army | |
| Vincent Costante | U.S. Air Force | |
| Lucas Darling | National Guard | |
| Sean M. DeLany | U.S. Army | |
| Josh Denniston | U.S. Air Force | |
| Jeremy Drane | U.S. Navy | |
| Gerry Gibson | U.S. Air Force | |
| David Goater | U.S. Air Force | |
| Scott Gray | U.S. Army | |
| Kirk Gray | U.S. Air Force | |
| Kallie M. Griffin | U.S. Army Reserve | |
| Ronald Hartwig | U.S. Air Force | ANG |
| Josef N. Hejda | U.S. Army | |
| Trent Hekel | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Ryan Hemphill | U.S. Air Force | |
| Joshua Henderson | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Chase Hepker | U.S. Army | |
| Mitchell L. Hobson | U.S. Air Force | |
| Kaleb Hogan | U.S. Army | |
| Brian Hoffnagle | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Kenneth V. Holvenstot | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Adam Hopp | National Guard | |
| Samuel John Hunter | U.S. Army | |
| Bryan D. Kearney | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Daniel J. Kinion | U.S. Navy | |
| Christopher Koenig | U.S. Army National Guard | |
| Nicholas Kovatch | U.S. Air Force | |
| Cari Jo Laue | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Shane Lewis | U.S. Air Force | |
| Jacob D. Long | U.S. Navy | |
| Louie Martinez | U.S. Army | |
| Rob Mathis | U.S. Air Force | |
| Justin Molumby | U.S. Army Reserves | |
| Ryan Moran | U.S. Air Force | |
| Matthew E. Mullesch | U.S. Air Force | |
| Scott E. Nieman | U.S. Army | |
| Gavin F. Palma | U.S. Army National Guard | |
| Courtney Peterson | National Guard | |
| Lt. Danielle Peterson | U.S. Army | |
| Damien F. Pickart | U.S. Air Force | |
| Jesse Pink | U.S. Air Force | |
| Adam Piper | U.S. Army | |
| Kevin Rammelsberg | U.S. Army Reserve | |
| Trever Rhines | U.S. Army | |
| John Roloson | U.S. Army Reserve | |
| Mathew Rowell | U.S. Army | Wounded in Action |
| Kyle Rusk | U.S. Army National Guard | |
| Kain Schilling | U.S. Army | Wounded in Action |
| Adam Schweitzer | U.S. Army Reserves | |
| Samuel Shull | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Kathryn Shull | U.S. Marine Corps | Afghanistan |
| Jonathan G. Sieck | U.S. Army | |
| Kyle Stade | U.S. Army National Guard | |
| Chris Stephens | U.S. Air Force | |
| Robert W. Strasburger | U.S. Navy | |
| Anthony J. Vandersee | U.S. Air Force | |
| Alan Vaughn | U.S. Army | |
| Bret M. Vollbracht | U.S. Army | |
| Harmand R. Weeks | U.S. Army | |
| David Weir | U.S. Army Reserve | |
| Kristin N. Wilhelm | U.S. Army Reserve | |
| Justin D. Williams | U.S. Navy | |
| Anthony M. Worrell | U.S. Air Force | |
| Nicholas A. Worrell | U.S. Air Force | |
| Riley Wunder | U.S. Army National Guard | |
| Kevin Kurovski | U.S. Army | Iraq, Afghanistan |
| Martin Mulnix | U.S. Army | National Guard Iraq |
| Kaitlyn Murphy | U.S. Air Force |
FINAL ROLL CALL
| Name | Branch | War |
|---|---|---|
| William J. Akers | U.S. Army | WWI |
| Jerry D. Bascom, Sr. | U.S. Marine Corps | Vietnam |
| Bud Broxey | U.S. Army | |
| Clifford Broxey | U.S. Army | |
| Dean Broxey | U.S. Army | |
| Jack Broxey | U.S. Army | WWII, POW |
| Orval Broxey | U.S. Army | |
| Raymond E. Davis | USN Aviation | WWII, MIA |
| Kenneth E. Dieters, Sr. | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Robert ‘Top’ Dvorak | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Floyd England, U.S. | Navy | WWII |
| Laurence Francis (Larry) Erlacher | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Kyle Germaine, U.S. | Navy | WWII |
| John Hansen | WWII | |
| Robert ‘Bob’ Harris | U.S. Army | Korean |
| Charles E. Hartgrave | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Thomas W. Hays | U.S. Navy | WWII |
| Newton Hollingsworth, Jr. | U.S. Army | |
| Robert E. Hollingsworth | U.S. Coast Guard | WWII |
| William Hollingsworth | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Charles Humphreys | U.S. Army | |
| Al Joyner | U.S. Marine Corps | Vietnam |
| John Joyner | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Don G. Kensinger, Sr. | WWII | |
| Raymond S. McFate | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Alley Miller | U.S. Army | |
| Clinton J. Miller | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Jack Miller | U.S. Navy | WWII |
| Clair M. Nicholson | U.S. Navy | WWII |
| Richard Ockenfels | U.S. Air Force | Korea |
| Russell H. Oviatt | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Ken Ozburn | U.S. Navy | Korea |
| Donald E. Rhines | U.S. Army | WWI |
| Hayder A Salehoglu | U.S. Navy | |
| Larry Schmidt | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Joseph Shull | U.S. Navy | WWII, Korea |
| Michael Shull | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Dwayne M. Sill | U.S. Army | |
| Kampha Sourivong | U.S. Army | Iraq, KIA |
| Thomas Yanecek | U.S. Air Force | Vietnam |
| Bill L. Youker | U.S. Navy | Korea |
| Dale Vogt | U.S. Army | WWII |
VETERANS
| Name | Branch | War/Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Akers | U.S. Navy | |
| Charles W. Akers | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Don Arnold | U.S. Marine Corps & U.S. Army | |
| Jerry D. Bascom, Jr. | U.S. Air Force | |
| Greg Beebee | U.S. Navy | |
| Timothy A. Bergen | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Don “Whitey” Bixler | U.S. Army | WWII, POW |
| Al Boyden | U.S. Army | |
| Rodney Brekke | U.S. Air Force | |
| Fuzz Brown | U.S. Army SP-5 | Vietnam |
| James Brown | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Jim Bruner | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| John Bunker | U.S. Marine Corps | Desert Storm |
| Johnathan Camien | U.S. Marine Corps | Iraq |
| Don Carr, Jr. | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| Dan Chadwick | U.S. Army | |
| Elain (Laue) Vaughn | U.S. Army | |
| Phil Christian | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| Matt Cook | U.S. Marine Corps | Desert Storm |
| Ryan Cullen | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Dennis W. Davis | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Dewain R. Davis | U.S. Air Force | |
| Kathy Davis | U.S. Army | |
| Kenneth A. Davis | U.S. Navy | |
| Kenneth H. Davis | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Robert O. Davis | U.S. Air Force | |
| Scott W Wallingford | OEF/OIF | |
| Steve Davis | U.S. Army | |
| Troy A. Davis | U.S. Army | Desert Storm |
| Kristin Delfs | U.S. Navy | |
| Jack P. Dixon | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| Lyle Dean | U.S. Army | |
| Dennis Dyrland | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Toni Elliott | U.S. Navy | |
| Michael Fisher | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| Greg Forest | U.S. Army | |
| M. Leann Fremont | U.S. Army | |
| Curt Goodrow | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Robert C. Gray | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Vern F Hamlin | U.S. Army | WWII |
| George Hamman | U.S. Navy | WWII, Korean, and Vietnam |
| Christe Harwood | U.S. Air Force | |
| Duane Harms | U.S. Army | |
| Richard C. Hartgrave | U.S. Navy | Korea & Vietnam |
| Jamie Hill | U.S. Marine Corps | Desert Storm |
| Brad A. Howard | U.S. Marine Corps | Desert Storm |
| David H Hunt | U.S. Navy Vietnam | Iraq, IANG |
| Russell A. Jamieson | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Robert G. Janney | U.S. Navy | |
| Ed Joyner | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Tom Kaldenberg | U.S. Air Force | |
| Doug Keenan | U.S. Navy | |
| Kurtis C. Kinion | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Thomas W. Klug | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| James T. Knudsen | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| James Koenighain | U.S. Army | Korean Defense |
| Larry Van Lanker | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Ryan D. Long | U.S. Army National Guard | Iraq |
| Robert Magee | U.S. Air Force | WWII |
| Gary Masbruch | U.S. Air Force | Vietnam |
| David Martin | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Rick Martin | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| Laura Mattison | U.S. Army National Guard | |
| Patrick H McCormick | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| Bobbie McFall II | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| William G. Merritt | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Dell A. Morse | U.S. Navy | |
| Wilbert Muhs | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Kenneth B. Nicholson | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Darwin Nielsen | U.S. Marine Corps | WWII |
| Roger W. Norfolk | U.S. Army | |
| Lawrence E. Ockenfels | U.S. Air Force | Korea |
| Maurice J. Ockenfels | U.S. Air Force | Korea |
| Russell D. Oviatt | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Dick Parsons | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Derrick Petersen | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Donald W. Peterson | U.S. Navy | WWII |
| Gene Peterson | U.S. Marine Corps | Vietnam |
| Ruthie Peterson | U.S. Navy | |
| Neil Polking | U.S. Army | Korea |
| Elaine Reinholz | U.S. Army Reserves | Desert Storm |
| Joseph Reinholz | U.S. Army | Iraq |
| Dean Richmond | U.S. Navy | |
| Jackson Richter | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Ken Riha | U.S. Air Force | |
| Dot Sheldon | U.S. Air Force | |
| Earl Schwart | U.S. Navy | |
| Verna Schweitzer | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Sam Schweitzer | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Emily Shull | U.S. Marine Corps | Afghanistan |
| Lucas Shull | U.S. Marine Corps | Afghanistan |
| Donald D. Sill | U.S. Army | |
| Gerald V. Sill | U.S. Army | |
| Joe Skinner | U.S. Army | Korea |
| Steve Sloan | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| Daniel Spahn | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| Nancy Stacey | U.S. Navy | |
| Ted Stacey | U.S. Air Force | |
| Steven W. Stark | US Navy | Desert Storm |
| Erin Steeman Strasburger | U.S. Navy | |
| William C. Strasburger | U.S. Army | |
| Toni (Woodyard) Thomas | U.S. Army | |
| Joshua Thurston | U.S. Army | Iraq |
| Jerry Vandersanden | U.S. Army | |
| Harmand W. Weeks | U.S. Navy | |
| William West Sr | U.S. Army | |
| Dan Wiggins | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| Daniel B. Wilhelm | U.S. Navy | Korean |
| Bryan Wunder | U.S. Navy & U.S. Navy Reserves | Desert Storm |
| Brian W. Youker | U.S. Army | |
| Ron Vogt | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| Jim Beede | U.S. Air Force | Vietnam |
| Tony French | U.S. Marine Corps | Desert Storm |
| Jerry Green | U.S. Army | |
| Ralph Osenbaugh | U.S. Army | Vietnam |
| Robert W Benson | U.S. Army | WWII |
| Will J. Hayek | U.S. Army | WWI and WWII |
| C. Peter Hayek | U.S. Navy | Vietnam |
| David J. Hayek | U.S. Navy | OEF |
| Kerry Reggelsen | U.S. Navy | Desert Storm |
