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Area Men in Service and Officers Training Highlights
The column lists area residents joining the U.S. military and officer training. Airman J C Gary Stephenson is reassigned to Clark AFB in the Philippines after leave with his parents in Lubbock. Edith Dover Jones from Anton is selected for Officer Training at Lackland AFB. Other draftees include Ronald Thornton, Billy Gilbreath, Joe Thompson, and Raymon Howington enlisting for OTS at Lackland, plus several re-enlistees and away assignments. Major Anthony N Stout receives the Medal of Honor First Class from the South Vietnamese government for leadership with US VN forces. Lance Cpl Marcus L Sykora of Lubbock, wounded in Vietnam, heads to San Diego Naval Hospital for convalescence and therapy after leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Lynn Thornton
Weldon W. Thornton
Kenosha St
Billy Stan Gilbreath
Francis E. Gilbreath
Muleshoe
Joe Thompson
L. J. Thompson
Shallowater
Raymon Gray Howington
Marvin
Howington
Leekland Air Force Base
Texas Tech
Maj
Anthony N. Stout
Charla
Lonnie Royce
Tonya
62Nd St
Lubbock
Maj. Stout
Maj Stout
University of Texas
Lance Cpl
Marcus L. Sykora
USMC
L. A. Sykora
46Th St
San Diego
Calif.) Naval Hospital
States
Vienam
Monterey
Coronado
Cpl
Sykora
Marines