Veterans Memorial Wall

MEMORIAL PARK @ DYESS
If you would like to nominate a loved one who has passed away for memorialization on the district’s Veterans Memorial Wall, please click below to submit their information.

MILITARY-CONNECTED FAMILIES
AISD is proud to welcome military families to our schools and the Abilene area! Our goal is to support you through the challenges of deployment, relocation, and learning life in a new city. Below, you’ll find valuable information and resources to assist you. Welcome to AISD!

MEMORIAL PARK @ DYESS
If you would like to nominate a loved one who has passed away for memorialization on the district’s Veterans Memorial Wall, please click below to submit their information.

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Full Name: | Branch of Service: | Rank: | AISD Student or Employee? | High School: | Graduation or Year Attended: | Campus(es) they worked for? | Position or Title: | Years of AISD Service: | Year born: | Year deceased: | If KIA, date deceased: |
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Allen Odell Rebne | Air Force | Staff Sgt | Employee | Maintenance | Herbicide / Pesticide Applicator | 14 | 1951 | 2002 | |||
Oliver Britton Willeford | Navy | Boatswain's Mate Second Class | Employee | Abilene High School | Maintenance | Unknown | 1924 | 2012 | |||
Joseph F. Rios | Air Force | SMSGT | Employee | Fannin & College Heights Elementary | Teacher | 18 | 1928 | 2013 | |||
Ronnie B. Johnson | Army | not sure | Employee | Woodson High School | 1963 | College Heights | 3rd grade teacher | 20 | 1945 | 2018 | |
Jacent Otto Cordova | Army | SPC | Employee | Abilene High School | 2000 | Technology Support | Computer Technician | 10 years | 1982 | 2021 | |
Michael Eugene Mort | Air Force | Tech sergeant | Employee | General Maintenance | General Maintenance supervisor | 21 years | 1955 | 2021 | |||
John Hewitt | Air Force | Chief Master Sergeant | Employee | Cooper HS | JROTC Instructor | 15 | 1941 | 2020 | |||
Clarence Ray Hagar | Army | Corporal | Employee | Taylor Elementary | Custodian | 10 | 1928 | 2016 | |||
Bobby Lawrence Siltman | Army | Speck 4 | Employee | Lincoln Jr. High and Adminstration | Choral Teacher and Fine Arts Supervisor | 40 | 1934 | 2019 | |||
Clifford Lee Smith | Army | Specialist E - 5 | Employee | Lincoln and Craig MS | Athletic Coordinator | 12 | 1948 | 2020 | |||
Daniel Roland Russ | Navy | Aviation Electronic Technician Mate Second Class | Employee | Fair Park, College Heights, Crockett, Bowie, Madison | Principal /counselor | 16 + | 1915 | 1980 | |||
Glen “Lefty” Cleveland | Marine Corps | PFC | Employee | Franklin & Abilene High | Coach | 27 | 1924 | 2017 | |||
Booker T. Roy | Air Force | Major | Employee | Cooper and Woodson | Teacher-Math | 20 or more? | 1952 | 2019 | 8/8/2019 | ||
Connie Lynn Jackson | Army National Guard | Sergeant First Class | Employee | Abilene High School | 1995 | Cooper and Abilene HS | Gymnastics Coach | 20 | 1976 | 2021 | |
Tommie Norris Teal | Marine Corps | Corporal | Employee | Abilene High School | 1940 | Lincoln Junior High | 8th grade Math teacher | 33 | 1922 | 1999 | |
Leland Mac "Lee" Coffman | Army | E-8 first sergeant | Employee | Not sure | Teacher | Not sure | 1952 | 2009 | |||
Billy C Earles | Army | Staff Sergeant | Employee | Fannin,Franklin, Ad Bldg | Teacher, Principal, Director of Special Programs | 29 | 1923 | 1988 | |||
Walter Eugene Wheat | Army | Command Sergeant Major (CSM) | Employee | Austin Elemantray | Substitute teacher | 5 | 1934 | 2014 | |||
Johnnie Boggs | Navy | RM2 - SS | Student | Abilene High School | 1967 | 1949 | 2019 | ||||
John Alan Williams | Navy | AMH2 | Student | Abilene High School | 1979 | 1961 | 1988 | 4/2/1988 | |||
James Travis Cooper | Army | Corporal | Student | Abilene High School | 1931 | 1913 | 1971 | ||||
Matthew James Kennedy | Air Force | Senior airman | Student | Cooper High School | 2000 | 1981 | 2010 | ||||
Nathan Dennis White | Navy | Lieutenant | Student | Cooper High School | 1991 | 1972 | 2003 | 4/2/2003 | |||
James Kiet Johnson | Army | Private First Class | Student | Cooper High School | 1986 | 1968 | 2021 | ||||
Enrique (Henry) Treviso Diaz Jr. | Army | SP 4 | Student | Abilene High School | 1960 | 1942 | 2012 | ||||
Philip Daine McGeath | Marine Corps | CPL | Student | Cooper High School | 2005 | 1986 | 2012 | 1/18/2012 | |||
Thomas Earl Evans | Marine Corps | Lance Corporal | Student | Abilene High School | 1967 | 1949 | 2019 | ||||
Reyes T. Diaz | Air Force | Master Sergeant | Student | Abilene High School | 1957 | 1938 | 2010 | ||||
Viviano Villareal Diaz | Army | Sergeant | Student | Americanization School | 1929 | 1919 | 2007 | ||||
Reyes Villareal Diaz | Army | Private First Class | Student | Americanization School | 1927 | 1914 | 1968 | ||||
Leon Villareal Diaz | Army | Private | Student | Americanization School | 1929 | 1918 | 1996 | ||||
Silverio Villareal Diaz | Army | Private | Student | Americanization School | 1933 | 1925 | 2005 | ||||
Jose Santibanez Torres | Army | Private | Student | Americanization School | 1925 | 1915 | 1990 | ||||
Ginna Robley Kender | Air Force | E-4 | Student | Cooper High School | 1984 | 1965 | 2006 | ||||
Martin Treviso Diaz | Marine Corps | Cpl | Student | Abilene High School | 1952 | 1933 | 1998 | ||||
Billy Neal Yarbrough | Navy | SW2 (Steel Worker Petty Officer 2nd Class) | Student | Abilene High School | 1951 | 1932 | 2014 | ||||
Juan Ortega Jr (Johnny) | Army | Specialist | Student | Abilene High School | 2006 | 1987 | 2011 | ||||
Benny A. Gutierrez | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Student | Started out at AHS then completed his senior year at the Marine Corps | 1970 | 1953 | 2020 | ||||
Phillip Dale Johnson | Navy | HMC 3 | Student | Abilene High School | 1964 | 1947 | 1967 | 9/10/1967 | |||
James T. Dossey | Navy | MM3 | Student | Abilene High School | 1963 | 1944 | 2012 | ||||
Raul G. Martinez | Marine Corps | Sergeant (E-5) | Student | Abilene High School | 1981 | 1962 | 2021 | ||||
Eugene George Fleming, Jr. | Navy | Aviation Storekeeper | Student | Abilene High School | 1945 | 1928 | 1995 | ||||
George Mac Bowyer | Air Force | Captain | Student | Abilene High School | 1937 | 1919 | 1988 | ||||
Ronnie Grant | Army | Lieutenant | Student | Abilene High School | 1971 | 1953 | 2008 | ||||
Jennifer Christine Hunter | Army | CW2 | Student | Cooper High School | 1998 | 1978 | 2015 | ||||
Christopher David Loza | Army National Guard | Sgt | Student | Abilene High School | 2002 | 1984 | 2009 | 4/10/2009 | |||
Joe Mack Howard | Navy | Petty Officer 2nd Class | Student | Abilene High School | 1960 | 1941 | 2018 | ||||
Danny Charles Wallace | Army | Sergeant First Class | Student | Abilene High School | 1970 | 1952 | 2021 | ||||
Raymond C. Howard | Army | 2nd LT | Student | Abilene High School | 1940 | 1923 | 1944 | 6/6/1944 | |||
Aubrey R. Cole | Marine Corps | PFC | Student | Abilene High School | 1942 | 1924 | 2016 | ||||
Ronald Gene McBeth | Army | PFC | Student | Cooper High School | 1964 | 1945 | 1966 | 6/25/1966 | |||
Reuben Marcus Fernandez III | Army | Sergeant | Student | Cooper High School | 2004 | 1985 | 2008 | 10/11/0008 | |||
PFC Lionel Francisco Renteria | Army | PFC | Student | Abilene High School | 1989 | 1970 | 1991 | 9/3/1991 | |||
Ernest Joseph “Sonny” Hermann | Air Force | Capt (Army Air Corp) | Student | Attended Elementary and Middle School - graduated from St. Joseph's Academy | 1934 | 1916 | 2004 | ||||
Jimmy Royce Hodgin | Army | Lieutenant colonel | Student | Abilene High School | 1964 | 1946 | 2021 | ||||
Robert Dalton Bassetti | Air Force | Colonel | Student | Abilene High School | 1960 | 1942 | 2012 | ||||
Bobby Joe Avery | Army | Captain | Student | Cooper High School | 1965 | 1948 | 2017 | ||||
Rudyard Kipling Grimes | Army | captain | Student | Abilene High School | 1934 | 1917 | 1942 | 10/16/1942 | |||
William Oscar Senter | Army | Lt. General | Student | Abilene High School | 1928 | 1910 | 2009 | ||||
Reyes Cisneros Flores | Marine Corps | Private 1st Class | Student | Abilene High School | 1900 | 1944 | 1965 | 10/30/1965 | |||
Alton Kenneth Woolf Jr. | Marine Corps | Lance Corporal | Student | Abilene High School | 1968 | 1949 | 1968 | 7/21/1968 | |||
Doyle M Hufstedler | Army | Lt. | Student | Abilene High School | 1997 | 1978 | 2004 | 3/3/2004 | |||
Santos Sosa | Army | colonel | Student | Abilene High School | 1966 | 1948 | 2016 | ||||
William F. Barnes | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1936 | 1921 | 1950 | ||||
Richard Lee Wheeler | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1936 | 1921 | 1950 | ||||
Thomas Neal Turner | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1936 | 1921 | 1950 | ||||
Oscar E. Thornton | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1939 | 1922 | 1950 | ||||
Kermitt Gray Thornton | Navy | SM 2/c | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1941 | 1925 | 1944 | 10/10/1944 | |||
John N. Tabor | Army | Cpl. | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1939 | 1922 | 1950 | ||||
Hamp Harrison Hamilton | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1943 | 1926 | 1950 | ||||
Woodson Halton | Army | Private 1st Class | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1939 | 1923 | 1950 | ||||
Ernest G. Halton | Army | Private 1st Class | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1941 | 1925 | 1950 | ||||
Charles Goodlow | Navy | Stm 1st Class | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1942 | 1925 | 1950 | ||||
Eugene Gibson | Army | Sgt. | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1943 | 1926 | 1950 | ||||
Odessa Marie Caver | Army | Cpl | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1940 | 1920 | 1950 | ||||
Carl Ulyses Carrington | Navy | Mess attendant | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1938 | 1918 | 1943 | 10/10/1943 | |||
Robert L. Brewster | Army | Cpl | Employee | Woodson, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Valley View | Math Teacher/Principal/Counselor | 35 | 1922 | 1995 |