Military service · 1917 to 1991
Honor Roll
122 Vineyard neighbors who served their country, from the six who went to France in the First World War to the reservists called up for Desert Storm.
World War I
1917 to 1918Six Vineyard residents served in the First World War. A seventh enlisted and did not come home.
Died of influenza two months after enlisting, leaving a bride of three months.
Between the wars
1930sVineyard men in uniform before Pearl Harbor.
World War II
1941 to 1945On April 14, 1944, the Vineyard Ward unveiled a cabinet of photographs of every member then in uniform. These are the names from that display and from the ward's later count, with the branch and year each entered service.
Coordinator for Latter-day Saint servicemen at Fort Ord, 1945.
Waited at Angel Island, California, in December 1941 to ship out. Served in Patton's Third Army and came home from Europe in November 1945.
Waited at Angel Island, California, in December 1941 to ship out to the Pacific.
Serving in the Pacific when the war began; home on leave in January 1946 after more than five years in the Navy.
Waited at Angel Island, California, in December 1941 to ship out to the Pacific.
Waited at Angel Island, California, in December 1941 to ship out to the Pacific.
Served on the destroyer USS Smalley in major battles of the South Pacific.
B-17 pilot, 95th Bomb Group, 35 missions from Horham, England. Distinguished Flying Cross.
Discharged in April 1946 after three years, including service in the Aleutian Islands.
The one woman pictured in the ward's 1944 display of its servicemen and servicewomen.
Came home from Italy and was discharged in February 1946.
Came home from Japan and was discharged in February 1946.
Discharged in November 1945 after service at Amarillo, Texas.
Home in July 1946 after more than two years in the Navy, the last of it in Japan.
Served in the Philippines, near Leyte, in the infantry and then anti-aircraft.
Fireman first class; home on leave in October 1945.
Came home in October 1945 after two years in Europe.
Korea
1950 to 1953Vineyard veterans of the Korean War period.
Twenty years in the Utah National Guard.
Vietnam
1964 to 1973Vineyard residents who served during the Vietnam era.
19th Tactical Air Support Squadron in Vietnam, repairing aircraft systems under rocket fire.
Later service
1980 to 1991Including reservists activated for Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991.
Killed while on active duty.
Names and years as the Vineyard Ward and town recorded them, with details from the Vineyard columns of the Voice of Sharon and the Orem-Geneva Times. Every effort was made to include everyone who served. Know a name that belongs here? Tell us through your account page.