Jesse Skoubo/Democrat-HeraldLinn County’s 2007 Veterans of the Year, photographed at Friday night’s banquet at Linn-Benton Community College. Front row: Michael Warren, John Morford, Glen Patent, Garner Pool, Carrol Donahue, Charles Upton, Warren Baglien and Mac MacDonald. Back Row: Eric Olson, Gene Hendren, Howard Gabel, Eldean Booth, Roy Poppleton, Michael Kelley and Robert Gore.
Roy E. Poppleton
Roy Poppleton of Albany was a boiler tender 3rd class in the Navy, serving nearly five years, including six months in Korean waters on the U.S.S. Currier.
Poppleton moved to Corvallis from Grand Junction, Colo., in 1947. Two years later, he moved to California and joined the Navy in San Francisco.
Poppleton is a life member of Linn County VFW Post 584 and is a three-time past commander. He is also president of Chapter 17 of the Disabled American Veterans and holds an office in AmVets Post 15.
He is a five-time past commander of American Legion Post 11 in Corvallis and a two-time past District 3 commander.
Poppleton is also a member of 40 and 8 Voiture 727 and the Korean War Veterans Association and is an officer in the Military Order of the Cooties Pup Tent 12.
He is currently serving on the executive board of the Linn County Veterans Memorial Association.
Poppleton earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal and a Good Conduct Medal.
No comments:
Post a Comment