SOPER NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

We honor those who serve.

Dennis Smith •US Army 1967-1969 Pleiku-Vietnam.

•Grandpa of Monty Williams 3rd grade.

Kevin Slauter

•US Army 1998-2002

•Uncle of Brian & Andrew Bowers

Paul Lewis •Vietnam Veteran

•Grandpa of Brian & Andrew Bowers

Tommy House •US Navy January 1969-January 1973

•Vietnam Veteran served on the USS Oriskany

•Grandfather of Ethan and Emory House

Hubert Clifton•Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army

•Retired Army Ordinance Signal Corps Air Defense Artillery

•Served mainly in Italy during WWII, but also served in African and Middle Eastern Campaigns.

•Hubert also was a member of the CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps, prior to enlisting in the Army.

•Uncle of Kallie & Kate Clifton

•November 18, 1921 - September 3, 2004

Obie Clifton•US Army, Korean War

•Enlisted 1949 at age 17.

•Heavy Mortar Company 31st Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.

•Missing in Action, November 30, 1959 at the north end of Chosen Reservoir, North Korea.

•Uncle of Kallie and Kate Cllifton.

•Presumed dead, December 31, 1953

Waldo Beadle• Joined the Army January 1937,

and was sent to the Philippines where he was a boat guard with the 59th Artillery Division, between Corregidor and Manila.

• May 9th, 1942, Beadle and his entire division were captured as prisoners of war. Beadle was a POW for 1,205 days and survived the infamous Bataan Death March.

• Beadle returned home in October 1945.

• Uncle of Kallie & Kate Clifton

• October 7, 1918 - July 9, 1996

Larry Tyson• US Army October

1966-October 1968 Vietnam Veteran

• Sergeant E-5 worked in Transportation

• Grandfather of Kadan Gravitt, Erika Lamb, & Breyer Lamb

Hugh Butler • US Navy 1st Class

Petty Officer Medical Corpman.

• Served in WWII from 1943-1946

• Served in Korea from 1950-1951

• Grandfather of Chisum Garrett 1st grade

William Jackson Pillars Jr.

• US Army Private E-1 Korean Service Medal

• United Nations Service Medal

• National Defense Service Medal, and Good Conduct Medal.

• Family of Landon Trent, Kindergarten

Patsy (Long) Trent• US Air Force

• Retired Master Sergeant May 1979- July 2001.

• Base Training Manager Travis AFB, California.

• Family of Landon Trent, Kindergarten.

Jimmy Trent Jr.• US Army Staff Sergeant Delta Co. 2-227

• Aviation Regiment 1st Aircraft Brigade, 1st Calvary Division Korea 1 year.

• Iraq 3+ years Bronze Star

• Afghanistan 1 year Silver Star

• Pakistan 3 months

• Ft. Hood, Texas

• Family of Landon Trent, Kindergarten

Joshua James Trent

• US Army E-4 Specialist 86th Combat Support Hospital Higher Headquarter Det.

• Afghanistan 2009-2010 Ft. Campbell, Kentucky

• Family of Landon Trent, Kindergarten.

Sam Roebuck• US Air Force Mechanic, 1949-1958

• Stationed in Ft. Worth Texas, Witchita Falls Texas, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, Charleston SC, Marquett Michigan, and Castle California

• Grandfather of Caitlin & Sam Roebuck

Candi Roebuck-Mericle • US Air Force

1978-1982

• Stationed in New York, England, Abilenne Texas

• . Aunt of Caitlin & Sam Roebuck

Candi far right

Adam Shaffer & Michelle Shaffer

• US Army

• Parents of Joshua Shaffer 3rd grade

J.D. Carter • US Navy, Served

from June 2, 1954-June 1, 1959

• Stationed in San Diego, California for Boot Camp

• 2 years in Corpus Christie, TX, and on a ship for 3 years in Hawaii, China, Philippines, Japan, & New Zealand

• Great-grandfather of Jaylee Campbell 1st grade

Billy R. Harless

• US Army SPC 3rd Class August 1956-August 1958

Kenneth Mays • US Navy

1958-1962 & 1964-1968

• Boiler Tender on the USS Vesole 878

3rd PTN BTNYA 9th TNG BN Taken August 22, 1956 in Ft. Bliss, Texas

USS Bryce Canyon (AD 36) Launched, 7 March 1946. Commissioned September 15, 1950. Decommissioned June 30, 1981 at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Struck from the Naval Register, June 30, 1981. Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to National Metal & Steel, Terminal Island, CA., April 6, 1982 USS Bryce Canyon received one battle star for her service in the Korean War.

USS Vessel 878. Gun fire support ship in Vietnam. First Navy ship to leave the East coast for Vietnam. It was involved in a ship wreck on the way which delayed the crew for 2 weeks.

Carried Kenneth Mays

Bobby J. Marshall• US Army, SP3

• Basic Training- Ft. Gibson at El Paso, TX

• Served June 2 1954- May 1956 at Panama Canal Zone

ZACHARY BUTLER

• 2002- 2011 Sergeant Medic, served in Afghanistan and Iraq.

• Family of Chisum Garrett, 1st grade

The Soper National Honor Society would like to thank all the men and women who have fought

and who are still fighting for our freedom.