Greendale Veterans Memorial

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32 years ago, at 7:02 a.m. the pump of a KC-135 Stratotanker produced a spark that ignited fumes in a fuel cell, causing a devastating explosion here at the 128th Air Refueling Wing.

Today we remember and honor the six Air National Guard members who died while working on the plane that morning:

🇺🇸MSgt James Schlicht
🇺🇸MSgt Roy Starszak
🇺🇸TSgt Michael Heath
🇺🇸TSgt James Russell
🇺🇸TSgt Russell Shurr
🇺🇸SSgt Patrick Foran

September 10-14, 2025 - Half-Staff Alert - Entire United States

President Trump has ordered all American Flags throughout the U.S. to half-staff September 10-14, 2025 to honor Charlie Kirk.

God Blessed an American Patriot
by taking him home.
He will not only be grievously missed by
his wife, Erika, and two very young children,
but all Christian Conservative Americans. The positive impact he’s had on the college youth in our country will never be surpassed or forgotten !!!

Thank you for your service !!!
You Helped Make America Great Again !!!

As of Memorial Day 2025, there were seven 4 x 8 bricks and one 8 x 8 paver that needed to be installed at the GVM. Thanks to Veteran Bernie Schroedl for engraving them and having them installed. Another shoutout goes to our local business J&J Contractors / LLC. They organized the Ferris wheel for their Summer Bash and allowed the Greendale Veteran’s Memorial to collect proceeds from all riders. Needless to say, it was our best year ever !!! Hopefully, new improvements are coming this year and 2026. A great suggestion for giving to the GVM was why don’t we have a QR code? Again, hopefully we’ll have one soon !!! Until next post, thank you for your support of our Greendale Veteran’s Memorial !!!