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November 8, 2019 / 4:20 PM CST / CBS News

U.S. Army 1969-1972

Sam Sumido

U.S. Army active duty

Roger Ellis Jr.

United States Marine Corps

Charles Ray Roberson, U. S. Marine Corp

Served in Desert Storm/ Fort Worth, Texas

Ray Bratcher

WWII

Sgt.Gy.E7 Roger Cozine

U.S. Marines Jacksonville, North Carolina

Charles Adams, U.S. Navy

USS Saratoga CV-60

Col. James Basil Ramsey III

Jet Fighter Pilot F-86, Korean War, 1952, 100 missions F-4, Vietnam War, 1968, 220 missions F-84, F-4, F-101, F104, F-15, F-16, Cold War Legion of Merit x4 Distinguished Flying Cross x4 Air Medal x16 Bronze Star

Retired USAF Master Sgt Timothy L. Lemisy

Iraqi Freedom, Desert Storm - Dallas, Texas

Britt Lambert, Navy

U.S.S. Forrestal CVA 59 Springtown, Texas

E.H. Rowell Sgt. Anson, U.S. ARMY

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Served in the Philippines during WWII

Sgt Fitzgerald

10 Yrs Army National Guard

Casey Hilgenfeld

Atlanta, Texas U.S. Navy

Retired Commander Joe Hood

SPC Tyler Moore SFC Daniel Rodriguez

Major James Matthew Jordan

Plano U.S. Army

Roy Kenner

U.S. Army

Michael Maurantonio

McKinney

Airman First Class Michael Riley

Anna, Texas U.S. Air Force

Claude G. Coleman Jr.

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U.S. Navy

Angel R. Chadwick

U.S. Navy

Lt. Corporal Hunter James Rose

Eustace, Texas U.S. Marine Corps

Philip R. Coleman

U.S. Marine Corps

Claude G. Coleman

U.S. Air Force

Robert "R.B" Wilkerson

Iowa Park, Texas U.S. Coast Guard

Todd Barrow

Dallas U.S. Marine Corps

Ret. CTRC Frank Hadden III

Plainview, NY U.S. Navy

Evelyn D. Coleman

U.S. Army

Ret. Petty Officer 1st Class GeorgeAtkinson

Houston U.S. Navy

Don Woodall

North Richland Hills U.S. Air Force

Caleb Paul

United States Air Force Aubrey, TX

Austen Benson

U.S. Army Specialist Fort Worth

MSG Joseph king

Army 24 Years Active Duty

Piero Rojas, E5 Army

Iraq

Air Force

Father to Russ Douglas - Vietnam

Anthony Balderas

Dallas

Austin Gibbs

Cpl George Spray

Grand Prairie U.S. Army Korea

SSG Phillip Curran

15 YR Veteran deployed four times

Jose Baleras

Dallas

Frank Harold Gimbel

Paris, Texas Warrant Officer Army Helicopter Pilot, Vietnam ‘69 4th Infantry Division

Misael Jacobo Flores

Fort Worth U.S. Army

Milton Potasznik

Bricktown, New Jersey - Sgt., 4th Armored Division, 51st Infantry Battalion; WWI 1940-1945

Sergeant James Matthew Wilder

Rowlett U.S. Marine Corp

Philip Staples

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Waukegan,Illinois U.S. Army, Private (deceased)

Ret. MSGT. Sidney L. Crabb

U.S. Army

Lieutenant Corporal Hunter James Rose

Eustace, Texas Aviation Mechanic

Joshua Everts

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Granbury Army Reserves Sergeant, Active-Duty

Master Sergeant Frank Tibbit, 94

World War II, Battle of the Bulge: 2 Purple Hearts, Bronze Star

Eric Short

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Randolph, Texas

Aaron Bixler

Seven years in the U.S. ARMY. Rowlett, Texas

Married On Veterans Day

Mr. and Mrs. Smith tied the knot 13 years ago on Veterans Day.

Leo D. Parker Sr.

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Paratrooper in the Vietnam War. Purple Heart medal. Texas

Kennedy Bennett

U.S. Airforce. Teague, Texas

Malika Bell

Iraq War. Corinth, Texas

Wayne Barber

Decorated Vietnam War veteran, passed away last month.

SrA Bria C. Hardy

Maypearl U.S. Air Force

Steve Nguyen

Active duty for the U.S. Navy. Texas

Marshall (Buck) Brinkman

U.S. Navy. Texas

Sandy Nguyen

Active duty for the U.S. Navy. Texas

1st Sgt Jerry R. Lamb (Retired)

Army Infantry, fought 22 years - Fought in Korean war, 2 tours in Vietnam - Whitehouse, Texas

Donald L. Courtney

U.S. Air Force Air Commandos - Vietnam Veteran '65 & Chickasaw Warrior

Tyler Morel

Active duty in U.S. Air Force. Texas

Jessica Allman

Great granddaughter to WWII navy veteran JL Vanloon

Petty Officer Billy T. Sexton Jr.

United States Navy

Glenn E. Galiga, U.S. Air Force

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Itasca, Texas

Sergeant Walter Ethridge, United States Marine Corps

Keller, Texas

SSG Luis Flores

U.S. ARMY Active Duty since 2010

Dorsey Nero

U.S. Navy in the Korean War.

Taylor Foote, 1st LT

United States Army

SPC DeLawrence J. Williams & GM2 Janicia D. Williams

Mansfield, Texas

Tommie Lee Woods

World War II

Rick Padgett

Served as a pilot and worked his way up to base commander in the U.S. Air Force. Also CBS 11 Meteorologist Scott Padgett's father.

Jacob Coursey

United States Air Force

Ron Wertz Jr.

U.S. Army

Gary Chaffer U. S. Marines

U.S. Marines (retired) Dallas, Texas

Sp4 ( Special Weapons) Newton Hemphill, Jr

Vietnam War

Oscar "Hugh" Dixon

Hugh entered the United States Army Air Core on Oct.31 1941 - 1946.

Jim Fritcher, Petty Officer 3rd Class

Navy Lillian, Texas

Anthony Dillard, Jr.

Petty Officer 3rd class U. S. Navy DeSoto, Texas

Sergeant Harold Joseph Lockheart

Army 365th Artillery, WWII

Charles Raymer, 82

- U.S. Air Force - Chief Master Sergeant (30 Years) - Osawatomie, Kansas

Dave Horger, 94

- U.S. Army Air Corps (WWII) - 1st Lieutenant (Fighter Pilot, P-51 Mustang) - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Col. Coz Mallozzi, Navigator USAF

Vietnam

Corporal Moore

U.S. Army

PFC Jodie Jr. Kuykendall

U.S Air Force, Paratrooper/Marksman WWII

Chief Graylin A. Rahman

U.S. Navy Mansfield, Texas

Kristin Szybowicz, Captain, U.S. Army JAG

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Harry Edgar "Jack" Willard II (1918-2010)

Army Signals Intelligence Service, T/Sgt China-Burma-India, 1942-1946

Sergeant John Cooke

Texas National Army Guard

Bill & Bette Dillow

Mr. and Mrs. Dillow served in Vietnam. - Lewisville, Texas

Sgt. Carlton Edward Singletary

U.S. Army, Vietnam Burleson, Texas

Staff Sgt Quin Reed

Arlington, Texas

Petty Officer Joshua Cooke

United States Navy

Martin Lee Pike, U.S. Army

World War I Sulphur Springs, Texas

Joseph Clark McBrayer

WWII