Sarah Beth Hanson

Students named to dean's list at Mizzou

The University of Missouri-Columbia has announced the students named to the spring 2011 dean's list. Students with last names beginning with the letters A to L are listed this week; students whose last names begin with M to Z will be listed on July 13.

Arnold

Elizabeth Suzanne Balducci, Rob N. Bryant, Ashley Nicole Carr, Ashley M. Cox, Elizabeth A. Cressman, Casey Page Dunnegan, Chelsey Arline Farris, Laura K. Handrahan, Catrina M. Horvath.

Ballwin

Megan Elizabeth Adams, Katherine Elizabeth Allhoff, Kelly Elizabeth Anderson, Lauren E. Appelbaum, Matthew Steven Aul, David M. Bage, Jennifer Casey Balmer, Jared Scott Barbee, Melissa Angela Bardol, Matthew N. Baumann, Taylor Catherine Beck, Anthony J. Bess, Brianna Lachelle Brandon, Bridget Rose Breheny, Jessica Lynn Bremehr, Stella Danielle Brockman, Sydney D. Brockman, Ryan Thomas Brooks, Janine Patrice Brownridge, Sara Ann Buettmann, Michelle Lauren Burton, Kelly Kathryn Carlson, Michael R. Cerame, Umar Shahbaz Chaudhry, Rebecca June Clay, Thomas Daniel Compton, Stephen Eric Cooper, Ayelen Costa, Lisa Nicole Costa, Christine Coyle, Kyle Edward Cronin, Brian Ross Crow, Lindsay Nicole D'Amato, Andrew Michael Dean, Rashank K. Dhar, Komrun E. Divanbeigi, Trevor Matthew Dobbins, John M. Doerries, Kate Nicole Doveikis, Kourtney K. Dowler, Anna Catherine Duell, Andrew J. Dunn, Corinne Elizabeth Dunn, Alyssa Marie Dunsworth,

Elise Christine Earley, Mary Elizabeth Elgin, Leanna Katherine Erickson, Bailey Anne Eversole, Sean Michael Flanagan, John C. Fox, Ashley Frayne, Mary Carolyn Frizzle, Brian Andrew Gant, Alexander C. Gentile, Jessica Grace George, Samantha G. Gibson, Allison Lea Gillilan, Margaret Ann Gonzales, Alexander Charles Gonzalez, Kyle D. Gould, Edward David Grattan, Ashley Tara Gregory, Lauren Grzina, Kirstin Kylee Hahn, Megan Elizabeth Harris, Abbey M. Hatke, Jonathan R. Healy, Alexander John Heck, Laura Catherine Heck, Matthew Douglas Hejna, Nathan T. Helgeson, Mary Kathryn Hollenbach, Colleen Kelly Hooper, Rosemary Claire Howell, William Turner Huddleston, Richard Lawrence Hudson, Emma Kate Hunt, Nathaniel E. Hutchens,

Sarah Marie Jarchow, Jennifer Jines, Andrew Williams Johnson, Colby James Johnson, Alison Jones, Tyler Louis Juch, Alison Marie Jung, Mary Elizabeth Karl, Dmitriy Karpman, Stephanie Anne Kawula, Kristina D. Kazanas, Talha Shahid Khan, Andrew Kimmel, Jacob Ryan Kirn, Steven Michael Klos, Alexander Phillip Kluesner, Anne Elizabeth Koncki, Kaitlin Christine Kraft, Melissa Krampe, Stephanie Michelle Krieger, Charles Edward Landis, Ellen Debra Lang, Katherine Teresa Lavallee, Peter M. Leicht, Mitchell Lee Leitschuh, Maria Christine Lemakis, Daniel Abraham Levy, Kaitlyn Jene Link, Jessica Ashlee Lips, Ana Kitterman Logue, Ryan Carl Lommel.

Lessons From My Ancestors: Military Separation Papers - Byron Miller

Last year, I asked my mother (as next-of-kin) to order a copy of her father's military files. She agreed, completed the papers and sent them in to the NARA. Her father died when she was nine years old and our family rarely spoke of him. He was served in WWII prior to meeting my grandmother and she knew very few details about his service because it wasn't something he talk about. I was hopeful through his military files we would learn the specifics about his overseas service and the injuries we knew he sustained. As time passed, I was able to piece together snippets of his service from his military headstone, a picture of him in uniform with a patch on his sleeve, and a book on the battles of Leyte that was in the possession of my Grandma. I felt lucky that I was able to piece these small tidbits of information together and resigned myself to the fact that this is all we would ever know. The highest level of education he completed was the 7th grade He was employed as a civilian truck driver before joining the Army in 1942 He attended special service school courses in Radio Repair and Operation, Tank Driver, and Radial Engine Mech. He was in the 776th Amphibious Tank Battalion His military specialties were Antitank Gunner and Radio Tender He operated and maintained radios in his tank company He coded and decoded messages in combat zones He had blue eyes (no one had ever told me this before) He was a draftee He was in the service a total of 2 years, 7 months, and 6 days His wounds received in action are listed as "SWA on Leyte Island 20 Oct 1944" (SWA = Seriously Wounded in Action) He was discharged from the hospital at Camp Carson in Colorado He received the following decorations and citations: Asiatic Pacific Ribbon, 1 Bronze Battle Star, Purple Heart, and Good Conduct Ribbon

OMG, this story sounds like mine! My mom's dad also died when she was young, and I knew he had served in the military during WWII or shortly thereafter. I was going to have her sign the papers to get his records, but I had heard about the fire and didn't have a lot of hope. I mentioned it in front of my grandma one day, and she was like, "I think I might have something for you." She had the mother-load of papers too! She never threw anything away. She had his separation qualification record and his discharge certificate.

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