Hall of Fame Inductees

  • Captain Alexander R. Skinker
  • Private Nels T. Wold
  • Staff Sergeant Junior James Spurrier
  • Major General Paul W. Baade
  • Colonel Bernard Albert Byrne
  • Colonel Paul A. Fall
  • Staff Sergeant Carl J. Frantz, Jr.
  • Major William Graham Gillis, Jr.
  • Brigadier General Thomas J. Kennedy
  • Major General Butler B. Miltonberger
  • Sergeant Richard J. O’Brien
  • Captain (President) Harry S Truman
  • Staff Sergeant Vernon L. Allison
  • Colonel Angelo P. Demos
  • T/Sgt Kenneth L. Faulkner
  • Staff Sergeant Raymond M. Kirkland
  • Technician 5th Grade Harold J. Lange
  • Captain Lawrence Malmed
  • Major General Edmund B. Sebree
  • Captain Sidney K. Strong
  • Major General Charles H. Browne, Jr.
  • Tech Sergeant William J. H. “Herm” Genrich
  • Major General Francis S. Greenlief
  • Captain William Carl Miller
  • Lieutenant Colonel Henry G. “Hank” Morgan
  • PFC Abelardo R. “Al” Navarrette
  • Colonel George T. “Tommy” O’Connell
  • Major General Jack Strukel, Jr.
  • Brigadier General John W. Breidenthal
  • Colonel Edmund R. Casey
  • Brigadier General Theodore L. Futch
  • Captain Walter R. “Hank” Harrington
  • Captain John A. Kerner (Kapstein)
  • Captain Maurice H. Knott
  • Brigadier General Frederick C. Roecker, Jr.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Alfred E. Thomsen
  • Second Lieutenant Albert J. Gibeau, Jr.
  • Technical Sergeant Donald L. Giles
  • Private First Class James G. Graff
  • Captain Elwin I. Shopteese
  • First Lieutenant Odie T. Stallcup
  • Technical Sergeant John E. "Gene" Weick
  • Lieutenant Colonel Dwight F. Davis
  • Major Orval E. Faubus
  • PFC Robert R. Holmes
  • Colonel James A. Huston
  • Lieutenant Colonel Homer W. Kurtz
  • Lieutenant Colonel George J. Melochick
  • Sergeant Lawnie Coffman
  • Master Sergeant Bernard Deghand
  • Private First Class Murray Leff
  • Captain Samuel G. O’Brien
  • Private First Class Halbert Edward Olson
  • Staff Sergeant Jack L. Ulmer
  • Second Lieutenant Erwin R. Bleckley
  • First Lieutenant Lyle J. Bouck, Jr.
  • Captain Joseph B. Scully
  • Second Lieutenant Frank A. Gonzales
  • Private First Class Ralph S. Lilly
  • Private First Class Augustine G. Martinez
  • Major (Dr.) Ernest W. Slusher
  • Captain Joseph Giacobello
  • Private First Class Arthur Germano
  • Major General Lloyd E. Krase
  • Platoon Sergeant Noel R. Long
  • Staff Sergeant Frank Holmes
  • Major William M. Denny
  • Captain (Dr.) Otto L. H. Hine
  • Technical Sergeant Clarence T. “Click” Kemper
  • Major Norman C. Carey
  • Second Lieutenant John Fling
  • Private First Class Keith Bullock
  • SSG Leopold Korejsza
  • Gen William S Simpson
  • COL William Sachs
  • SGT Ralph F. Greeley
  • 1LT Edgar T. Snipes
  • MG John B. Ramey
  • 2LT Victor W. Schultz
  • WO Thomas E. Tholen
  • SGT James T. Winslow Jr.

Select a HOF Class to view biographies:

  • Class XII, Major William M. Denny

    Major William M. Denny
    1913-1999

    Major William M. Denny commanded Co C, 134th Inf Regt, 35th Inf Division, during combat action in World War II, receiving a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge for heroic actions across France, Belgium, and Germany. A native of St. Louis, MO, he was mobilized with the 35th Division in 1940. He received Bronze Stars at Morhange and Puttelange, France. For capturing the town of Habkirchen, Germany, Co C received the Distinguished Unit Citation and Major Denny the Silver Star. He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge and spent time as a POW. After rescue, he remained in the Army and was medically discharged in 1947. He died in 1999.

  • Class XII, Captain (Dr.) Otto L. H. Hine

    Captain (Dr.) Otto L. H. Hine
    1892-1962

    Captain (Doctor) Otto L. H. Hine, Muskogee, Oklahoma, received the Distinguished Service Cross during the Meuse Argonne Offensive of World War I while with the Medical Detachment, 139th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division. Trained as a dentist, he volunteered when World War I broke out in 1917. He was in charge of an aid station at Chaudron Farm, France. When the 139th Infantry withdrew leaving the aid station exposed to German artillery fire, he went behind the lines to secure artillery counterfire, then returned to the aid station to assist in the successful evacuation of his 94 patients. During that time, he required treatment for exposure to mustard gas. After some Post-World War I service, he returned to dental practice in Oklahoma.

  • Class XII, Technical Sergeant Clarence T. “Click” Kemper

    Technical Sergeant Clarence T. “Click” Kemper
    1918-2012

    Technical Sergeant Clarence T. “Click” Kemper received two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star for heroic actions as a Platoon Sergeant in Co M, 137th Infantry, during World War II. He joined the 35th Infantry Division at Camp Robinson, AR in 1941, and remained with Co M until the end of the war. He received his first Purple Heart at St. Lo, France, his second during the Battle of the Bulge, and the Bronze Star for heroic actions with his machine gun section at Livarchamps, Belgium on Jan 2, 1945. He served on occupation duty when the war ended, and returned with his unit in Sept. of 1945. He then returned to his home in Forest Grove, Oregon.