Charger wrestling dad Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 My oldest son, Cody Vance, who graduated last year from Elkhart Memorial and made it to the second round of FT Wayne semi state last year at 171. He joined the US Army as a CAV Scout and is assigned to the 4/10 Cav, 4th ID. This morning he got on an airplane headed to Iraq for a year. This being said I was wondering what other fine young men who wrestled in Indiana have served this country in the Armed Forces. Be proud of these fine young men and les get their names out so we can all stand up and recognize them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrecoISU Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Greg Stultz of Brazil (Northview High School) paid the ultimate price as he served as a Marine and fell in the line of duty. I believe he graduated in 2005 or 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stateorbust Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Michael Atwood from Delphi class of 2008 was in Iraq for almost a year. Got home in time to see Braden get 2nd at state. We are very proud of Michael and what he is doing for our great country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hobbs Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Beech Grove had 3 former wrestlers injured in battle in the past year, with at least 2 earning the purple heart. McIntyre - Severely injured in battle, had many discs in his back crushed after being electrocuted. -Marion County Champion Damon Roessler - Head Injury, now disabled from battle. - State Qualifier Aaron Edwards - Semi State qualifier (his father, Ralf, was a state champion in 1972) Purple Heart - was shot in the chest during battle. Is now state-side. 3 Kids, about the same age, from one fairly small school paid a large price! They are greatly appreciated and admired for their valor, as are all others mentioned. BG has had several others in battle recently, however I'm afraid if type them all out i will forget someone! Thanks to all. -Hobbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleB Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Sam Johsnon - former HWT at Madison is currently serving in the Army. Just finished up Basic in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbster13 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Jamie Kuehl is a U.S Marine. He wrestlied 171 for Huntington North and lost in the ticket round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stally135 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Thomas Johnson from LN is in the air force. He got second in state a couple of years ago. And Andy Rehmel got done serving in the army. He was from LN too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlickRodz Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Sam Johsnon - former HWT at Madison is currently serving in the Army. Just finished up Basic in December. Sam was on our Disney Dual team two years ago. He is as fine a young man as there is! Good luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgcoach Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Beech Grove had 3 former wrestlers injured in battle in the past year, with at least 2 earning the purple heart. McIntyre - Severely injured in battle, had many discs in his back crushed after being electrocuted. -Marion County Champion Damon Roessler - Head Injury, now disabled from battle. - State Qualifier Aaron Edwards - Semi State qualifier (his father, Ralf, was a state champion in 1972) Purple Heart - was shot in the chest during battle. Is now state-side. 3 Kids, about the same age, from one fairly small school paid a large price! They are greatly appreciated and admired for their valor, as are all others mentioned. BG has had several others in battle recently, however I'm afraid if type them all out i will forget someone! Thanks to all. -Hobbs Nice post Nick. Off the top of my head, here are a few more Grovers: Shildes McCaslin-state qualifier, served in Iraq-USMC Cameron Hayes-Marion County Champ or runner-up(?)-USMC Justin Arthur-state qualifier, currently serving in Iraq-USMC Danny Coyne-state champion, currently serving in Afghanistan I believe-USMC Eddie Mobley-state placer, graduating in the top 5 of his class from West Point this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overpriced Tilt Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Khiry Henderson, a 2007 Marion graduate is serving in the USMC and is stationed in Afghanistan. Von Wasson from New Castle has enlisted in the US Navy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachW33 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Jesse Witkowski is serving in the United State Air Force, he is currently over seas serving his country. Jesse was a Ft Wayne Semi State qualifier in 2009 and was a couple points, if I remember correctly, to making it to state after sitting out the first 3/4 of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontherise219 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 At Calumet Former Coach and Lake Central Principal Sean Begley Served 2 or 3 terms in Iraq and afganistan Bryan Reiser wrestled 1 year did a year in Iraq and ayear in Afganistan Billy Hanson did a year in both also Joey Frey 2x SSQ did a year in Iraq Kevin Patrick SQ in 2002 has been stationed all over the world in the Air Force including Iraq and South Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Off the top of my head Seymour wrestlers currently serving in the military (may have missed a few) Brent Smith West Point grad serving in US Army Patrick Smith currently attending West Point John James serving in National Guard (I believe) Cody Hill currently going through Naval training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back_points3 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Four Martinsville wrestlers from last years graduation class are in the service Briar Runyan is at West Point Prep, Jordan Krulik is at Navy Prep (kind of ironic two kids from the same team going to Arch Rival schools) T.C Frederick joined the Army just finished up basic at Fort Jackson, and Caleb Purtlebaugh is enlisting. And can't forget Daniel Young who is at West Point too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busstogate Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 One Man Runway? Thomas Johnson from LN is in the air force. He got second in state a couple of years ago. And Andy Rehmel got done serving in the army. He was from LN too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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