Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association
Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association
Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association
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936th Field Artillery Battalion’s Memorial Board And Monument<br />
The 936th FA Bn. has a Memorial<br />
Board and Monument in Fayetteville,<br />
AR. Allen L. “Sonny” Dunn built both.<br />
Dunn, a retired personnel technician<br />
with the Arkansas National Guard, is a<br />
well-known custom furniture builder. He<br />
served with the battalion in Korea during<br />
the “Forgotten <strong>War</strong>.”<br />
The Memorial Board Honor Roll contains<br />
the names of 230<br />
deceased former<br />
members of the battalion.<br />
Dunn updates it with<br />
the name of each new<br />
deceased member.<br />
The Monument contains<br />
the names of 112 men from<br />
HQ & HQ Battery called to<br />
active duty on August 21,<br />
1950. They served in<br />
Korea during the war.<br />
936th’s Monument<br />
(right) with close-up of<br />
plaque below<br />
936th’s Memorial Board Honor Roll<br />
At left, “Sonny” Dunn poses next to 936’s Memorial Board<br />
630th Engineers Light Equipment Co<br />
Leon Boyce, Paul<br />
Deason and Oscar Viehland<br />
became buddies while serving<br />
in the 630th Engineers<br />
Light Equipment Company,<br />
Korea, in 1952-53. In July<br />
<strong>2005</strong>, Viehland from<br />
Robertsville, MO, Deason<br />
from Milledgeville, GA,<br />
and Boyce from Midway,<br />
GA, were together again<br />
for the first time in over 52<br />
years.<br />
ABOVE: (L-R) Leon Boyce, Paul Deason and Oscar<br />
Viehland, Now<br />
BELOW: (L-R) Leon Boyce, Paul Deason and<br />
Oscar Viehland, Then<br />
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The Graybeards <strong>Sep</strong>tember - <strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2005</strong>