The DeKalb County Veterans Honor Roll is a small way our community can honor the men and women who have sacrificed so much for our country. All veterans are eligible for participation and may submit an application form via email to countyclerk@dekalbcounty.org or by mail to the DeKalb County Clerk at 110 E. Sycamore Street – Sycamore, IL 60178. (Applications can be obtained either downloading the application below or by contacting our office at 815-895-7149.)
Veterans will be presented with a certificate of recognition during the County Board meeting and their name will be added to the DeKalb County Veterans Honor Roll, which is maintained by the County Clerk. The veteran’s name will also be added to the Honor Roll plaque that’s located outside of the Veterans Assistance Commission in DeKalb.
| First Name | Last Name | City | Branch | Dates | Induction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John P. | Abens | Sandwich | Air Force | 1956-1960 | 2012-01-18 |
| Dwain L. | Adkins | Sycamore | Army | 1963-1966 | 2015-01-21 |
| Lowell E. | Akers | Sycamore | Air Force | 1948-1952 | 2014-05-21 |
| John A. | Anderson | DeKalb | Army | 1953-1955 | 2014-08-20 |
| Dean E. | Awe | Kingston | Army | 1965-1967 | 2011-07-28 |
| Jerry | Awe | Genoa | USMC | 1958-1964 | 2018-04-08 |
| William K. | Becker | Sycamore | USMC | 2008-2012 | 2012-01-18 |
| Frank | Beierlotzer | DeKalb | Army | 1966-1967 | 2011-07-28 |
| Anthony | Berg | DeKalb | Army | 1941-1945 | 2018-09-25 |
| Phillip L. | Bomar | DeKalb | Army | 1968-1970 | 2011-03-16 |
| Dale | Boughton | Sycamore | USMC Army NG | 1990-1997 2011-2025 | 2026-06-17 |
| Stanley J. | Brint | DeKalb | Air Force | 1947-1967 | 2014-08-20 |
| Donald J. | Brown Jr. | Genoa | Army | 1969-1970 | 2011-07-28 |
| James R. | Buck | Sycamore | Army | 1969-1970 | 2018-06-20 |
| Jerry N. | Busby | DeKalb | Army | 1977-1988 | 2011-04-20 |
| Joseph V. | Bussone | DeKalb | Navy | 1944-1947 | 2011-03-16 |
| Benjamin | Byrd | Sycamore | Army | 1946-1947 | 2019-10-16 |
| Theodore E. | Campbell | Genoa | Army | 1949-1953 | 2011-08-17 |
| Robert E. | Canova | DeKalb | Air Force | 1957-1960 | 2019-03-20 |
| Harold W. | Capehart | DeKalb | Army | 1942-1946 | 2013-06-19 |
| Gary L. | Carlson | Sycamore | Army | 1967-1969 | 2011-07-28 |
| William | Cedeno | DeKalb | Army | 2003-2007 | 2011-11-16 |
| Marlin | Chaplin | Genoa | Air Force | 1965-1990 | 2011-09-21 |
| Michael | Chaplin | Kingston | Army | 1993-1999 | 2011-09-21 |
| Joseph | Chavez | Genoa | USMC | 1968-1970 | 2011-11-16 |
| Thomas E. | Clarner | Sycamore | Army | 1984-1987 | 2015-03-18 |
| Timothy D. | Cliffe | DeKalb | USMC | 1986-1990 | 2015-03-18 |
| William E. | Coates | Sycamore | USMC | 2014-05-21 | |
| Robert E. | Coulter | DeKalb | Army | 1966-2006 | 2018-05-16 |
| Joseph | Crews | DeKalb | Air Force | 1943-1945 | 2012-01-18 |
| John C. | Cross | Cortland | Army | 1983-1992 | 2011-07-28 |
| William H. | Crozier IV | Genoa | US Coast Guard Army NG | 1984-2005 | 2026-06-17 |
| Edward J. | Curzon | Sycamore | Army | 1945-1947 | 2011-10-19 |
| Harold E. | Dannewitz | Sandwich | Army | 1965-1967 | 2012-01-18 |
| Daniel L. | Davis | Genoa | Army | 1969-1971 | 2026-06-17 |
| Carl W. | Decker | Sandwich | Air Force | 1943-1945 | 2016-10-19 |
| Don | Don Taylor | Hinckley | Army | 1969-1971 | 2015-03-18 |
| Calvin L. | Doty | Sycamore | Army | 1946-1947 | 2011-09-21 |
| David R. | Drake | Kingston | Army | 1968-1970 | 2011-06-15 |
| Daniel J. | Dupre’ | DeKalb | USMC | 1980-2010 | 2011-08-17 |
| Clifford A. | Eaton | Sycamore | USMC | 1957-1963 | 2015-01-21 |
| Gerald V. | Edwards | Sycamore | Army | 1952-1954 | 2014-05-21 |
| Michael T. | Embrey | DeKalb | Air Force | 1967-1971 | 2011-04-20 |
| Laurie A. | Emmer | Sycamore | Army | 1982-2005 | 2015-02-18 |
| Michael J. | Emmer | Sycamore | Army | 1983-2006 | 2015-03-18 |
| Edward P. | Engstrom | DeKalb | Army | 1951-1953 | 2014-08-20 |
| Jerry B. | Evans | DeKalb | Army | 1970-1973 | 2026-06-17 |
| Donald J. | Finn | DeKalb | Navy | 1956-1958 | 2011-08-17 |
| Larry | Forsberg | Clare | Navy | 1968-1971 | 2013-08-21 |
| Dan | Gallagher | DeKalb | USMC | 1980-1983 | 2016-10-19 |
| Luz M. | Gilkey | DeKalb | Army | 1990-2010 | 2014-06-18 |
| Richard R. | Graham | Sycamore | Army | 1954-1956 | 2015-02-18 |
| LeRoy E. | Greathouse | Sycamore | Navy | 1944-1945 | 2014-05-21 |
| Arnold A. | Griswold | Malta | Army | 1969-1970 | 2013-08-21 |
| Richard | Grzywa | Sycamore | Army | 1955-1957 | 2012-11-21 |
| Steve | Guadagnoli | DeKalb | Navy | 1960s | 2016-10-19 |
| Gary L. | Hackbarth | Malta | Navy | 1966-1972 | 2011-07-28 |
| Samuel E. | Halstead | DeKalb | Army | 1969-1971 | 2015-01-21 |
| Tom | Henigan | Sycamore | Navy | 1943-1945 | 2011-05-18 |
| Matthew S. | Herrmann | DeKalb | Army | 2014-02-19 | |
| Theodore J. | Himes | Sycamore | Navy | 1944-1946 | 2011-10-19 |
| James K. | Hipple | Sycamore | USMC | 1956-1959 | 2013-06-19 |
| Rebecca | Hirst | DeKalb | National Guard | 1998-2004 | 2011-06-15 |
| Herb | Holderman | Sycamore | Army | 1968-1970 | 2011-03-16 |
| Gerald E. | Horton | DeKalb | USMC | 1951-1953 | 2011-04-20 |
| Gregory L. | Hughes | Sycamore | Army | 1967-1970 | 2011-06-15 |
| James P. | Hupke | DeKalb | Air Force | 1969-1973 | 2026-06-17 |
| Garald D. | Ikeler | Malta | Army | 1972-1974 | 2015-01-21 |
| Michael | Jarvis | Sycamore | USMC | 1973-1976 | 2013-01-16 |
| Paul D. | Jerde | DeKalb | Army NG | 1968-1974 | 2026-06-17 |
| Henry A. | Joesten | DeKalb | Army | 1942-1945 | 2014-05-21 |
| Douglas J. | Johnson | Sycamore | Army | 1978-1981 | 2011-11-16 |
| Gary | Johnson | Sandwich | Army | 1968-1970 | 2018-04-08 |
| Jerome A. | Johnson | Sycamore | Navy | 1967-1969 | 2018-09-19 |
| Jerry C. | Johnson | Cortland | USMC | 1969-1970 | 2026-06-17 |
| Byron M. | Kaiser | DeKalb | Navy | 1959-1961 | 2026-06-17 |
| Kurt | Kiesgen | DeKalb | Navy | 1982-1989 | 2013-12-18 |
| Duane E. | Kingsnorth | Sycamore | USMC | 1942-1945 | 2011-06-15 |
| Ronald G. | Klein | Sycamore | USMC | 1964-1966 | 2014-08-20 |
| Leonard | Knaack | Sycamore | Army | 1969-1971 | 2014-02-19 |
| Lauri V. | Koski | DeKalb | Army Air Corps | 1942-1945 | 2015-02-18 |
| Steven | Kreitzer | DeKalb | Army Army Reserve | 2004-2008 2010-2011 | 2013-01-16 |
| Anthony Carl | Larweth | Sycamore | Navy | 1942-1945 | 2011-05-18 |
| Ronald | Leifheit | Sycamore | Navy Navy Reserves | 1946-1948 1948-1953 | 2018-04-08 |
| Gary L. | Lemke | Sandwich | Army | 1968-1970 | 2018-04-08 |
| John Barry | Leonard Jr. | DeKalb | Air Force | 1968-1972 | 2011-03-16 |
| Michael J. | Liszka | Sycamore | Army | 1966-1968 | 2014-06-18 |
| Mathew W. | Littlejohn | Cortland | Army | 1979-1982 | 2011-05-18 |
| Christopher | Long | Sycamore | Army | 2005-2014 | 2016-09-21 |
| Rodney | Long | Sycamore | Air Force | 1971-1975 | 2016-09-21 |
| Foster E. | Looney | DeKalb | Air Force | 1943-1944 | 2013-01-16 |
| James B. | Luebke | DeKalb | Navy | 1978-1984 | 2014-06-18 |
| Arthur L. | Lundgren | Sycamore | Army | 1966-1969 | 2019-10-16 |
| Wes | Lundsberg | Sycamore | Air Force | 1969-1978 | 2015-05-20 |
| Michael T. | Lyons | Cortland | Air Force | 2010-2016 | 2018-05-16 |
| Robert | Maciejewski | DeKalb | Navy | 1986-1990 | 2019-09-18 |
| Richard | Martha | DeKalb | Army | 1969-1971 | 2014-02-19 |
| Steve | Maxstadt | Sycamore | USMC | 1965-1969 | 2022-03-09 |
| Richard Lynn | Mayer | Shabbona | Air Force | 1963-1969 | 2011-06-15 |
| Robert C. | McCall | DeKalb | Army NG | 1970-1976 | 2026-06-17 |
| Robert E. | McDonald | Waterman | Army | 1965-1967 | 2014-06-18 |
| Joseph B. | McGuan | DeKalb | USMC | 1963-1967 | 2016-10-19 |
| Frank E. | Meadows | Cortland | Army | 1964-1966 | 2014-08-20 |
| Cecelia | Meyer | DeKalb | USMC | 1944-1945 | 2012-08-15 |
| Byron G. | Mickelson | Sandwich | Army | 1968-1970 | 2011-10-19 |
| Loren | Monsess | Waterman | Army | 1969-1971 | 2012-11-21 |
| Richard F. | Moore | Sycamore | Army | 1941-1945 | 2011-06-15 |
| Kenneth C. | Mundy | Sycamore | Navy | 1966-1970 | 2011-10-19 |
| Maurice | Mundy | Sycamore | Navy | 1943-1946 | 2016-09-21 |
| Robert J. | Myers | DeKalb | Air Force | 1976-1988 | 2012-03-21 |
| Harry J. | Neuhauser | Sandwich | Army | 1942-1946 | 2014-05-21 |
| Joseph E. | Neylon | DeKalb | Army | 1946-1947 | 2011-11-16 |
| Douglas | Overton | DeKalb | Navy | 1944-1946 | 2014-02-19 |
| Christopher | Piatt | Sycamore | USMC | 2007-2011 | 2011-07-28 |
| Mark A. | Pietrowski Sr. | Sycamore | Air Force | 1971-1973 | 2015-01-21 |
| Edward C. | Poppen | Sycamore | Army | 1959-1965 | 2013-06-19 |
| Ivan E. | Prall | Malta | Air Force | 1943-1945 | 2011-11-16 |
| James P. | Quinn | Clare | Army | 1971-1977 | 2011-04-20 |
| James G. | Quiram | Sycamore | Air Force | 1963-1966 | 2013-08-21 |
| Kenneth | Reid | Waterman | Army | 1942-1945 | 2011-07-28 |
| Dale E. | Remala | Sycamore | Army | 1960-1962 | 2014-08-20 |
| Charles M. | Ridulph | Sycamore | Army | 1971-1972 | 2014-05-21 |
| James P. | Rogers | DeKalb | Navy | 1939-1945 | 2011-09-21 |
| James W. | Rossi | Sycamore | Navy | 1965-1969 | 2015-01-21 |
| Eugene | Ruder | Maple Park | Air Force | 1945-1972 | 2015-05-20 |
| Charles E. | Schindler | Kirkland | Army | 1964-1966 | 2019-06-19 |
| Donald P. | Schoo | DeKalb | Army | 1968-1970 | 2011-03-16 |
| Lyle F. | Schultz | Maple Park | Army | 1955-1961 | 2015-02-18 |
| Roy L. | Schultz | Sycamore | Army | 1956-1962 | 2015-02-18 |
| Steve | Scoughton | DeKalb | USMC | 1978-1982 | 2015-03-18 |
| Clifford Lee | Seldal | DeKalb | USMC | 1952-1955 | 2011-05-18 |
| Dudley | Sheehan | Sycamore | Army | 1965-1967 | 2014-02-19 |
| Joseph R. | Sherman | Somonauk | USMC | 1966-1968 | 2011-08-17 |
| Darnell D. | Smith | Kingston | Army | 2002-2014 | 2012-03-21 |
| Jerome | Smith | DeKalb | Army | 1967-1969 | 2018-04-08 |
| Sean P. | Smith | Sycamore | National Guard | 1993-1997 | 2018-06-20 |
| Marilyn | Stromborg | Sycamore | Air Force | 1967-1970 | 2013-12-18 |
| Paul | Stromborg | Sycamore | Air Force | 1965-1970 | 2013-12-18 |
| Timothy J. | Stubinger | DeKalb | USMC | 1998-2001 | 2018-05-16 |
| Gerald M. | Taylor | Sycamore | USMC | 1945-1946 | 2011-09-21 |
| Michael R. | Thirtle | Kirkland | USMC | 1990- | 2011-05-18 |
| Gregory J. | Tortorello | Sycamore | Army Army Reserves | 2001-2004 2008 | 2014-06-18 |
| James W. | Tyrrell Jr. | Genoa | Army | 2003-2011 | 2011-03-16 |
| Field W. | Utter | DeKalb | USMC | 1944-1946 | 2011-04-20 |
| Travis | Velazquez | Sycamore | Army | 1999-2002 | 2011-09-21 |
| Steven V. | Voris | Shabbona | Army | 1967-1970 | 2011-07-28 |
| Clarence B. | Waldhier | Sycamore | Army | 1941-1945 | 2011-08-17 |
| Renee | Ward | Sycamore | Navy | 2008-2012 | 2016-09-21 |
| Richard | Ward | Sycamore | Navy | 2006-2016 | 2016-09-21 |
| Charles L. | Weeden | DeKalb | Air Force | 1943-1946 | 2011-10-19 |
| Lawrence R. | West | Malta | Army National Guard | 1981-2002 | 2019-05-15 |
| Richard | Westlake | Sycamore | Army | 1966-1968 | 2020-01-15 |
| Theron W. | Wigton | Sandwich | Navy | 1965-1990 | 2011-08-17 |
| Merlyn J. | Wiley | Somonauk | Army | 1943-1946 | 2016-10-19 |
| Loren O. | Wilson | Malta | Army | 1965-1967 | 2013-06-19 |
| William | Yeske | Sandwich | Army | 1970-1971 | 2011-08-17 |