Veterans Memorial Wall
The AISD Memorial Park honors the memory of deceased AISD students and staff who honorably served in the United States Armed Forces. The park is located on the grounds of Dyess Elementary School and includes a Veterans Memorial Wall that commemorates the names of those who served.
If you would like to nominate a loved one who has passed away for memorialization on the district’s Veterans Memorial Wall, please click below to submit their information.
First Name | Last Name | Branch or Service | Rank | AISD Affiliation | High School | Graduation Year | Affiliated Campus | Position or Title | Years of service | Year Born | Year Deceased |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allen Odell | Rebne | Air Force | Staff Sgt | Employee | Maintenance | Herbicide / Pesticide Applicator | 14 | 1951 | 2002 | ||
Oliver Britton | Willeford | Navy | Boatswain's Mate Second Class | Employee | Abilene High School | Maintenance | Unknown | 1924 | 2012 | ||
Joseph F. | Rios | Air Force | SMSGT | Employee | Fannin & College Heights Elementary | Teacher | 18 | 1928 | 2013 | ||
Ronnie B. | Johnson | Army | not sure | Employee | Woodson High School | 1963 | College Heights | 3rd grade teacher | 20 | 1945 | 2018 |
Jacent Otto | Cordova | Army | SPC | Employee | Abilene High School | 2000 | Technology Support | Computer Technician | 10 years | 1982 | 2021 |
Michael Eugene | Mort | Air Force | Tech sergeant | Employee | General Maintenance | General Maintenance supervisor | 21 years | 1955 | 2021 | ||
John | Hewitt | Air Force | Chief Master Sergeant | Employee | Cooper HS | JROTC Instructor | 15 | 1941 | 2020 | ||
Clarence Ray | Hagar | Army | Corporal | Employee | Taylor Elementary | Custodian | 10 | 1928 | 2016 | ||
Bobby Lawrence | Siltman | Army | Speck 4 | Employee | Lincoln Jr. High and Adminstration | Choral Teacher and Fine Arts Supervisor | 40 | 1934 | 2019 | ||
Clifford Lee | Smith | Army | Specialist E - 5 | Employee | Lincoln and Craig MS | Athletic Coordinator | 12 | 1948 | 2020 | ||
Daniel Roland | Russ | Navy | Aviation Electronic Technician Mate Second Class | Employee | Fair Park, College Heights, Crockett, Bowie, Madison | Principal /counselor | 16 + | 1915 | 1980 | ||
Glen “Lefty” | Cleveland | Marine Corps | PFC | Employee | Franklin & Abilene High | Coach | 27 | 1924 | 2017 | ||
Booker T. | Roy | Air Force | Major | Employee | Cooper and Woodson | Teacher-Math | 20 or more? | 1952 | 2019 | ||
Connie Lynn | Jackson | Army National Guard | Sergeant First Class | Employee | Abilene High School | 1995 | Cooper and Abilene HS | Gymnastics Coach | 20 | 1976 | 2021 |
Tommie Norris | Teal | Marine Corps | Corporal | Employee | Abilene High School | 1940 | Lincoln Junior High | 8th grade Math teacher | 33 | 1922 | 1999 |
Leland Mac "Lee" | Coffman | Army | E-8 first sergeant | Employee | Not sure | Teacher | Not sure | 1952 | 2009 | ||
Billy C. | Earles | Army | Staff Sergeant | Employee | Fannin,Franklin, Ad Bldg | Teacher, Principal, Director of Special Programs | 29 | 1923 | 1988 | ||
Walter Eugene | Wheat | Army | Command Sergeant Major (CSM) | Employee | Austin Elemantray | Substitute teacher | 5 | 1934 | 2014 | ||
Johnnie | Boggs | Navy | RM2 - SS | Student | Abilene High School | 1967 | 1949 | 2019 | |||
John Alan | Williams | Navy | AMH2 | Student | Abilene High School | 1979 | 1961 | 1988 | |||
James Travis | Cooper | Army | Corporal | Student | Abilene High School | 1931 | 1913 | 1971 | |||
Matthew James | Kennedy | Air Force | Senior airman | Student | Cooper High School | 2000 | 1981 | 2010 | |||
Nathan Dennis | White | Navy | Lieutenant | Student | Cooper High School | 1991 | 1972 | 2003 | |||
James Kiet | Johnson | Army | Private First Class | Student | Cooper High School | 1986 | 1968 | 2021 | |||
Enrique (Henry) Treviso | Diaz Jr. | Army | SP 4 | Student | Abilene High School | 1960 | 1942 | 2012 | |||
Philip Daine | McGeath | Marine Corps | CPL | Student | Cooper High School | 2005 | 1986 | 2012 | |||
Thomas Earl | Evans | Marine Corps | Lance Corporal | Student | Abilene High School | 1967 | 1949 | 2019 | |||
Reyes T. | Diaz | Air Force | Master Sergeant | Student | Abilene High School | 1957 | 1938 | 2010 | |||
Viviano Villareal | Diaz | Army | Sergeant | Student | Americanization School | 1929 | 1919 | 2007 | |||
Reyes Villareal | Diaz | Army | Private First Class | Student | Americanization School | 1927 | 1914 | 1968 | |||
Leon Villareal | Diaz | Army | Private | Student | Americanization School | 1929 | 1918 | 1996 | |||
Silverio Villareal | Diaz | Army | Private | Student | Americanization School | 1933 | 1925 | 2005 | |||
Jose Santibanez | Torres | Army | Private | Student | Americanization School | 1925 | 1915 | 1990 | |||
Ginna Robley | Kender | Air Force | E-4 | Student | Cooper High School | 1984 | 1965 | 2006 | |||
Martin Treviso | Diaz | Marine Corps | Cpl | Student | Abilene High School | 1952 | 1933 | 1998 | |||
Billy Neal | Yarbrough | Navy | SW2 (Steel Worker Petty Officer 2nd Class) | Student | Abilene High School | 1951 | 1932 | 2014 | |||
Juan (Johnny) | Ortega Jr. | Army | Specialist | Student | Abilene High School | 2006 | 1987 | 2011 | |||
Benny A. | Gutierrez | Marine Corps | Sergeant | Student | Started out at AHS then completed his senior year at the Marine Corps | 1970 | 1953 | 2020 | |||
Phillip Dale | Johnson | Navy | HMC 3 | Student | Abilene High School | 1964 | 1947 | 1967 | |||
James T. | Dossey | Navy | MM3 | Student | Abilene High School | 1963 | 1944 | 2012 | |||
Raul G. | Martinez | Marine Corps | Sergeant (E-5) | Student | Abilene High School | 1981 | 1962 | 2021 | |||
Eugene George | Fleming, Jr. | Navy | Aviation Storekeeper | Student | Abilene High School | 1945 | 1928 | 1995 | |||
George Mac | Bowyer | Air Force | Captain | Student | Abilene High School | 1937 | 1919 | 1988 | |||
Ronnie | Grant | Army | Lieutenant | Student | Abilene High School | 1971 | 1953 | 2008 | |||
Jennifer Christine | Hunter | Army | CW2 | Student | Cooper High School | 1998 | 1978 | 2015 | |||
Christopher David | Loza | Army National Guard | Sgt | Student | Abilene High School | 2002 | 1984 | 2009 | |||
Joe Mack | Howard | Navy | Petty Officer 2nd Class | Student | Abilene High School | 1960 | 1941 | 2018 | |||
Danny Charles | Wallace | Army | Sergeant First Class | Student | Abilene High School | 1970 | 1952 | 2021 | |||
Raymond C. | Howard | Army | 2nd LT | Student | Abilene High School | 1940 | 1923 | 1944 | |||
Aubrey R. | Cole | Marine Corps | PFC | Student | Abilene High School | 1942 | 1924 | 2016 | |||
Ronald Gene | McBeth | Army | PFC | Student | Cooper High School | 1964 | 1945 | 1966 | |||
Reuben Marcus | Fernandez III | Army | Sergeant | Student | Cooper High School | 2004 | 1985 | 2008 | |||
Lionel Francisco | Renteria | Army | PFC | Student | Abilene High School | 1989 | 1970 | 1991 | |||
Ernest Joseph “Sonny" | Hermann | Air Force | Capt (Army Air Corp) | Student | Attended Elementary and Middle School - graduated from St. Joseph's Academy | 1934 | 1916 | 2004 | |||
Jimmy Royce | Hodgin | Army | Lieutenant colonel | Student | Abilene High School | 1964 | 1946 | 2021 | |||
Robert Dalton | Bassetti | Air Force | Colonel | Student | Abilene High School | 1960 | 1942 | 2012 | |||
Bobby Joe | Avery | Army | Captain | Student | Cooper High School | 1965 | 1948 | 2017 | |||
Rudyard Kipling | Grimes | Army | captain | Student | Abilene High School | 1934 | 1917 | 1942 | |||
William Oscar | Senter | Army | Lt. General | Student | Abilene High School | 1928 | 1910 | 2009 | |||
Reyes Cisneros | Flores | Marine Corps | Private 1st Class | Student | Abilene High School | 1900 | 1944 | 1965 | |||
Alton Kenneth | Woolf Jr. | Marine Corps | Lance Corporal | Student | Abilene High School | 1968 | 1949 | 1968 | |||
Doyle M. | Hufstedler | Army | Lt. | Student | Abilene High School | 1997 | 1978 | 2004 | |||
Santos | Sosa | Army | colonel | Student | Abilene High School | 1966 | 1948 | 2016 | |||
William F. | Barnes | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1936 | 1921 | 1950 | |||
Richard Lee | Wheeler | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1936 | 1921 | 1950 | |||
Thomas Neal | Turner | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1936 | 1921 | 1950 | |||
Oscar E. | Thornton | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1939 | 1922 | 1950 | |||
Kermitt Gray | Thornton | Navy | SM 2/c | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1941 | 1925 | 1944 | |||
John N. | Tabor | Army | Cpl. | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1939 | 1922 | 1950 | |||
Hamp Harrison | Hamilton | Army | Private | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1943 | 1926 | 1950 | |||
Woodson | Halton | Army | Private 1st Class | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1939 | 1923 | 1950 | |||
Ernest G. | Halton | Army | Private 1st Class | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1941 | 1925 | 1950 | |||
Charles | Goodlow | Navy | Stm 1st Class | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1942 | 1925 | 1950 | |||
Eugene | Gibson | Army | Sgt. | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1943 | 1926 | 1950 | |||
Odessa Marie | Caver | Army | Cpl | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1940 | 1920 | 1950 | |||
Carl Ulyses | Carrington | Navy | Mess attendant | Student | Abilene Colored School | 1938 | 1918 | 1943 | |||
Robert L. | Brewster | Army | Cpl | Employee | Woodson, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Valley View | Math |