Robert W Buckler
Grew Up In: Pittsburgh, PA Rank, Service: U.S. Army Air Corps, Staff Sargent Years Served: 1942-1945 Places Served: 8th Army Air Corps 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron. Crew 65. Knittishall England air station.
Al E Smith
Grew Up In: Manhattan and Queens (NYC) Rank, Service: Army, 1st Lt Years Served: 1965-1968 Places Served: Ft Dix, Ft Jackson, Ft Benning, Ft Campbell, Ft Lewis, Boston Army Base, and in Vietnam Story: Bronze Star for Meritorious Service in Vietnam.Basic Training Officer, Infantry Platoon
Richard Malvern Plessinger
Grew Up In: Blocher, IN Rank, Service: Army, SP5 Years Served: 1962-1965 Places Served: Kastel, Germany Story: Richard was in the ASA, I was always told he was a “green beret” and that he crossed over the border into Russia
John “Johnny” Chinchilla
Grew Up In: Ambridge, PA Rank, Service: Army, Private Years Served: 1943-1944 Places Served: European Theater (Italy) WWII Story: John Joseph Chinchilla was born on 31 March 1919, in Ambridge, PA. He worked as a foreman in the local industries, before putting on the uniform
Boyd David Wagner
Grew Up In: Nanty-Glo, PA Rank, Service: US Army Air Corps, Lt. Col. Years Served: 1938-1942 Places Served: Randolph Field, TX, 27th Pursuit Squadron, Selfridge Field, MI17th Pursuit Sqn, Luzon, PhilippinesAustralia8th Fighter Group, Port Moresby, New Guinea, Randolph Field, TX Story: Wagner was credited with eight
David D. Henderson
Grew Up In: Greater Pittsburgh/Irwin, PA Rank, Service: Army, Spc 5 Years Served: 1966-1968 Places Served: Vietnam, 2nd Transportation Company, Ho Chi Minh trail, DMZ Story: My dad was deployed to Vietnam for 24 months in 66-68. He served in the Army for 10 years or
