Our thoughts and prayers are with these
children of AWONers in service to our country:

SSGT John L. Baczynski, Jr.
Deployed to Iraq on 2/14/04 by way of Kuwait
Administration, 1st ID Detachment (ROC)
Saying goodbye: two children: Nadja, 15, and Nicolai, 13
Son of Diane and John Baczynski
Grandson of PVT Frank H. Wiegand
34th Inf. 24th Div. Co "B"

 

CW3 Jerry C. Baker
Pilot of a C-23 Sherpa.
Georgia Army National Guard
Saying goodbye: his wife, Charity Marie and three children: Marissa Leigh, 10, Jerry III, 4, and Arianna Maria, 2
Son of Jerry C. Baker
Grandson of PVT Ivory Carl Baker
553rd Ambulance Company, MTR

CDR Rob Caldwell, USN
Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Officer
Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida
Saying goodbye: his wife, Laura
Oldest son of Adrian Leist Caldwell
Grandson of S/SGT Leroy E. Leist
8th AF, 100th Bomb Group, 418th Squadron

CW3 Stan Caldwell
Pilot of an H58D Kiowa Warrior
Mississippi Army National Guard
101st Aviation Maintenance Battalion, Iraq
Deployed January 25, 2003
Saying goodbye: his wife and three children
Youngest son of Adrian Leist Caldwell
Grandson of S/SGT Leroy E. Leist
8th AF, 100th Bomb Group, 418th Squadron
Returned home safely on 8/26/03
Thanks for your service from everyone in AWON!

S/SGT Jeremy Andrew Clawson
Kansas National Guard
Left January, 2003 for a stint in Japan
Saying goodbye: his wife, Cheyla, and daughter, Quiera, age 5
Son of Rodney E. Clawson
Grandson of S/SGT Harry Allen Clawson
101st Airborne, 506th PIR, H Co.

LT CDR Joseph Gentile, USN
Navigator of the USS Bonhomme Richard
Deployed January 17, 2003
Saying goodbye: his wife and two children
Son-in-Law of Barbara Torrey Smith
Grandson-in-law of _____________

MAJ John O'Brien
Pilot of an A-10
Pennsylvania Air National Guard
Squadron deployed in Afganastan
Saying goodbye:_______?
Son of Mary Lawrence O'Brien
Who is the daughter of CPL Lawrence J. Snovak
82nd Airborne, 508th PIR