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Sgt. 1st Class Christoffer Hans Tjaden
Fort Hood officials have released the name of a Soldier who died Sunday, January 25, 2009, from cause unknown at this time.
Sgt. 1st Class Christoffer Hans Tjaden, 48, of Wisconsin was found dead in his barracks room by fellow Soldiers who were conducting a morale check.
Tjaden entered the military January 1987 as an Infantryman and was assigned to 1st Battalion, Warrior Transition Brigade since November 2007.
Sergeant First Class Tjaden’s awards and decorations include the Army Good Conduct Medal, Air Force Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, and Basic Marksmanship Qualification Badge.
The incident is under investigation.
Spc. Christopher Melvi Wainright
Fort Hood officials have released the name of a Soldier who died Friday, January 23, 2009, from a gunshot wound.
Spc. Christopher Melvi Wainright, 26, of Temecula, California was transported from his residence in Copperas Cove to Darnall Army Community Hospital for a gunshot wound where he was pronounced dead.
Specialist Wainright entered the military August 2006 as a Healthcare Specialist and was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment since July 2007.
He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from Nov. 2007 to Jan. 2009.
Specialist Wainright’s decorations and awards include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon.
The incident is under investigation.
Marvin Wayne Hammack
Marvin Wayne Hammack, born Dec. 7, 1945 died Jan. 21, 2009. Survived by children: Kimberly Dawn Hammack of Georgetown, Christopher Bob Hammack of Georgetown, Nicole Lee Hammack of College Station, Jason Henry Hammack of Fort Worth, brother Robert Odell Hammack and sister Mary Jane of Santa Fe, Texas.
Preceded in death by parents Marvin Thomas “Bob” Hammack and Loren Henry Hammack, brother Ryamond Thomas Hammack and sister Betty Delores Rees.
Wayne was born in Leander, Texas, was raised in Florence, Texas and graduated in 1964 as Mr. FHS. He loved sports, excelled in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He attended Southwest Texas in San Marcos. He served in the Texas National Guard from 1966 to 1972.
Wayne started as an ironworker and moved on to construction management with Fluor Corporation for ten years. He worked on the Alaskan Pipeline and two projects in Saudi Arabia where he met and married
Juliet Peralta. He completed his last twenty-four years working as a Real Estate Broker in the Central Texas area.
He was a 32nd degree member of the Masonic Lodge and received an ‘A’ certificate. He was past master of the San Gabriel and Salado Lodges and was active in Liberty Hill, Florence, and Mahamet. Wayne was also District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas. Also a member of York Rite, Scottish Rite, Shrine, and the Knights Templar.
Pastor Greg Hammack officiated the services at Gabriels Funeral Chapel in Georgetown Jan. 25. Interment with Masonic Rights followed in Bagdad cemetery in Leander.
Staff Sgt. Roberto Andrade Jr
Fort Hood announced the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Roberto Andrade Jr., 26, of Chicago, Ill., died Jan. 18, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle.
Andrade joined the military in October 2001 as a Fire Support Specialist and was assigned to1st Battalion, 66th Armor, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division since March 2007.
He deployed to Iraq in March 2008.
Staff Sergeant Andrade’s decorations and awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, and Overseas Service Ribbon.
Spc. Ezra Dawson
Fort Hood officials have announced the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Ezra Dawson, 31, of Las Vegas, Nev., died Jan. 17, 2009 in Konar Province, Afghanistan when the Chinook helicopter he was in made a hard landing under combat conditions.
Dawson entered the military in September 2004 as in Infantryman. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division since January 2008.
He deployed to Afghanistan July 2008.
Specialist Dawson’s awards and decorations include the Army Achievement Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and Overseas Service Ribbon.
The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
Wayne F. Baden, M.D
Wayne F. Baden, M.D., of Temple, Texas, died January 16, 2009. He was 89 years old.
Dr. Baden was born in Lake City, Iowa, March 21, 1919, to Justie and Laura (Bassett) Baden. His wife, Kathryn Beery Baden, his parents, his sister, Eva Baden Anderle, and his brother, Dr. Ervin Baden, all preceded him in death.
Dr. Baden is survived by a daughter, Karen Baden Parker, and her husband, Tom, of McKinney, Texas; two sons, Leland Baden of Temple, Texas, and Gary Baden, and his wife, Sarah, of Frisco, Texas. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Kurt Liles and his wife, Melissa, of Frisco, Texas; Kevin Lewis and his wife, Wilma, of Jacksonville, Arkansas and Lara Baden of Frisco, Texas. Additionally there are five great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.
The great-grandchildren are Marcus Beumer, and his wife Crystalys, of Mesquite, Texas; Lindsey and Landon Liles of Frisco, Texas; and Elizabeth and Michael Ellis of Jacksonville, Arkansas. His only great-great grandchild is the infant son of Marcus Beumer, Peyton Beumer. He is also survived by brother-in-law Tom Beery of Rockdale, Texas, and his wife, Elein.
Dr. Badenwas a member of Presbyterian churches in Lake City, Iowa, Raymondville, Temple, Belton and Salado. He served his churches as member, deacon, chairman of the diaconate and Elder. He graduated from Lake City, Iowa, High School in 1936. At the age of 13 years and seven months, he became the youngest Eagle Scout in Iowa’s history. He was a member of Chi Beta Phi social and of the “Clan of C” athletic fraternities, enroute to earning his B.A. degree from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1940. He entered Iowa Medial School as a private in the Army Student Training Program in 1940, graduated on the Dean’s list with his M.D. degree and as a First Lieutenant, later Captain, in the Army Medical Corps, in December of 1943. He was certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1956. He was in the private practice of OB-GYN at the Baden-Bennack-Spence Clinic in Raymondville, Texas, from 1949 to 1959. He then went to Scott and White Clinic-Hospital in Temple to organize and chair a new Department of Obstetric and Gynecology and to establish an affiliated Resident Training Program. He was a member, serving in various capacities, of over a dozen medical organizations. He was author and editor of three books and three dozen articles in his specialty. He was Founding Chairman of the Board, and later Executive vice-president, for the Institute of Humanities at Salado, Texas, from 1980 to 1987. He resigned from their clinic staff in 1971, retaining his Hospital membership, and eventually serving as Clinical Professor Emeritus in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology until his death. Scott and White established the Wayne F. Baden gynecologic lectureship in his honor. He also practiced in Temple’s Santa Fe and King’s Daughters Hospitals, and was Consultant to the Temple VA and Darnell Army Hospitals, finally retiring to write in 1988.
Dr. Wayne and Kay established an Educational Foundation n the area surrounding the Lake City, Iowa, Stewart Memorial Community Hospital, in the practice of obstetrics, gynecology, pediatric and family practice.
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, January 20, at Grace Presbyterian Church in Temple, TX, at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider giving a donation to the charity of your choice, or practice the motto Dr. Wayne tried to live by and simply “Do a good (Boy Scout) deed daily."
Richard Hugh Vernon
Services for Richard Hugh Vernon, 77, of Salado, were held January 20, 2009 at Salado United Methodist Church with Rev. Travis Franklin officiating.
Burial followed in the Central Texas Veterans cemetery in Killeen with Military Honors.
Richard “Dick” Vernon died January 12, 2009 at his residence. He was born on March 17, 1931 in Los Angeles, California to William Robert Vernon Sr. and Coral Campbell.
Dick attended Pomona College in Claremont, California and graduated with a Masters Degree in Nuclear Physics. He worked for Xerox in their Classified Division, on assignment to the Pentagon. He has numerous patents. Inventor of the silent plane, used by the government in Vietnam and Cambodia, Dick is represented in the Smithsonian with three inventions on exhibit. He remained an avid guest lecturer at his Alma Mater in California.
Dick served in the US Air Force and was honorably released from active duty at McChord AFB, Tacoma, Washington in 1955. He was an active member of the Scottish rite under the Campbell Crest.
Survivors include: son Steven Vernon of Simi Valley, Calif.; daughter Denise Vernon of Phoenix, Arizona; brother Bob Vernon of Temple, Texas; sister Marleta Smith of Colorado Springs, Colorado; sister Carol Lynn Ostrum of Mollalla, Oregon; plus many grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Visitation was January 20 at Salado United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Pomona College Claremont, California.
Broecker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mary Katherine McNeil
Belton- Memorial services for Mary Katherine McNeil, 74 of Salado were held Jan. 21 at the Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ in Belton with Rev. Arthur Washburn officiating.
McNeil died Monday, Jan 19, 2009, at her residence.
McNeil was born Jan. 24, 1934 in Comanche, the daughter of Milburn “Bill” Adams and Katherine Knight Adams McNeil. She married
Jack Elton McNeil April 5, 1973 he preceded her in death in 1985 also preceding her in death her parents; her sister Dorothy Green and a daughter Ellen Marie Fontana. She was a proud homemaker.
Survivors include sons Bobby Wayne Pruitt; Robert “Robbie” Earnets Mathias jr,; Jack Elton McNeil jr. Daughters Kathy Louise McNeil; Ella Louise Fry; Randa Denise Fry. 16 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren.
Boyd Bryan Fletcher
Belton- Memorial services for Boyd Bryan Fletcher, 82 of Moody were held Jan. 19 at the Central Texas State Veteran’s cemetery in Killeen with military honors.
Fletcher died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 at a Temple Hospital.
Fletcher was born Nov. 21, 1926 in McGregor, the son of William Fletcher and Jennie Naylor Fletcher. He moved from the Moody, McGregor area in the 1940’s to Dallas before entering the United States Army. He moved back to Dallas where he worked in the maintenance department of the Dallas public schools for many years. He also enjoyed working for a leasing that drove cars cross country. He moved away many times and always returned to McLennan County, the latest return home was in 2007.
Survivors include his wife Millie Brimm of Moody, step sons Frank Brimm of Garland and David Brimm of Kentucky; one daughter Nancy Fuller of Irving; three brothers Buster Fletcher of Ft. Worth, Mac Fletcher of Waco and Gene Fletcher of Moody; five sisters Willie Kaldenback of Moody, Trisha Ross of Troy, Margie Pate of Moodie, Faye Johnson of Moody and Bobbie Tanner of Gatesville; one granddaughter Elizabeth Fuller of Irving.
Sgt. Joshua Lee Rath
Fort Hood announced the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The soldier was killed January 8, 2009, in Maywand, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his dismounted patrol was hit by an improvised explosive device.
Sgt. Joshua Lee Rath, 22, of Decatur, Alabama, joined the military in September 2004 as an Infantryman and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division since April 2007.
The Soldier deployed to Afghanistan in June 2008.
Sergeant Rath’s military awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon and NATO Medal.
Spc. Keith Eric Essary
Fort Hood announced the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The soldier was killed January 8, 2009, in Maywand, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his dismounted patrol was hit by an improvised explosive device.
Spc. Keith Eric Essary, 20, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, joined the military in September 2006 as an Infantryman and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division since April 2007.
The Soldier deployed to Afghanistan in June 2008.
Specialist Essary’s military awards and decorations include the Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal and NATO Medal.
