Service members honored in regional enlistments and graduations
Local notices detail multiple service members across branches. Christopher DellOrso of Bluefield and Angel D Blankenship of Princeton are recent basic graduates. Melissa Sanchez of Bramwell serves in Joint Endeavor from Darmstadt. Kimberly Lockhart of Welch completed basic training. Katherine Bruch of Bluefield earned the Army Commendation Medal while serving at Fort Hood. Phillip McKenzie of Princeton enlists as Combat Medic. Jeffery Justice returned from Persian Gulf deployment aboard USS Elrod. Other local youths, including Brandon Bailey of Princeton, Jason Sharp of Spanishburg, Bobby Johnson of Bluefield, and Thurman Mullins of Welch, enter or advance in Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine duties with local ties.
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Phillip McKenzie
Phillip Sean McKenzie
Princeton
West Virginia Army National Guard
150Th Armor
Bluefield
Fort Leonard Wood
Athens High School
Jeffery Justice
Navy
Jeffery R. Justice
Majorie Justice
Norfolk
Persian Gulf
Elrod
Spanishburg High School
Elk of the Year honor goes to Lennie J Dubuque
Princeton Elks Lodge No 1459 named Lennie J Dubuque Elk of the Year for 1995 96. He chaired the Business Practices Committee and helped implement the lodge computer system and served as a lodge construction engineer. A retired vice president and general manager of Comet Manufacturing in New Britain Conn he holds degrees from Concord College Bridgeport University and Georgia Tech. He and his wife Barbara Thompson have two daughters in New Mexico.
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Princeton
Princeton Elks Lodge
Lennie J. Dubuque
New Lodge
Dubuque
Fof Comet Manufacturing
New Britain
Conn
Concord Collge
Bridgeport University
Georgia Tech
Barbara Thompson
New Mexico
Mountain Fort Jackson graduate honors basic training
A 1993 graduate of Mission High School Grundy is reported to have completed basic military training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, District of Columbia. The brief notes the named individual’s transition from high school to military service.
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Christopher Dell’Orso
Venus Dell’Orso
Bluefield
Chris Dell’Orso
Tazewell, Va
Kim Dell’Orso
Fort Benning
Georgia
Fort Stewart
Savannah
Big Creek High School
Tered
Mountain Fort Jackson
Columbia, D.C
She Mission High School
Grundy
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Angel Blankenship
Army Reserve Pvt
Angel D. Blankenship
Linda K. Ramsey
Harless E. Blankenship
Bud
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Melissa A. Sanchez
Army
Melissa S. Sanchez
Douglas L. Corner
Bramwell
U.S
Yugoslavian
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Darmstadt
Germany
Bramwell High School
Kimberly Lockhart
Kimberly R. Lockhart
Lackland Air Force Base
Donna S
Ronnie D. Estep
Gary
Willie L
Jennifer Lockhart
Bluewell
Mount View High School
Welch
Katherine Bruch
Katherine A. Bruch
Robert A. Bruch
Fort Hood
Texas
Bluefield High School
Concord College
Athens
Brandon Bailey
Brandon R Bailey
Air Force
Princeton High School
Regular Air Force
San Antonio
Jason Sharp
Jason T. Sharp
Spanishburg
Regular
Lackland Air Force
Bobby Johnson
Bobby Wayne Johnson
Fort Knox
Thurman Mullins
Cpl
Thurman J. Mullins
Liberia
22Nd Marine Expeditionary Unit
Guam
Pineville High School
Marine Corps
Polly Hardin
Pollyanna J. Hardin
Todd R. and
Mary J. Hadin
Grundy, Va
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