About Us2023-04-30T12:18:35+00:00

Donald Ryan
President

Rank at Discharge: SSGT
Service Branch: USAF
Service Dates: 11/66 – 9/70
Duty Locations: Murted AB, Turkey; March AFB, California; USAF Presidential Honor Guard, Bolling Field, Washington D.C.
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2012

Tom Hamilton
Vice President/ Secretary

Rank at Discharge: SGT
Service Branch: ARMY
Service Dates: 5/68 – 5/74
Duty Locations: South Korea
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2012

Danny T. McKee
Treasurer

Rank at Discharge: SSGT
Service Branch: USAF
Service Dates: 6/66 – 4/70
Duty Locations: Andrews AFB, Washington D.C.; Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand; PHU CAT AB South Vietnam; Tyndall AFB, Florida
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2012

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William J. Recco

Rank at Discharge: SMGT
Service Branch: USAF
Service Dates: 1965 – 2004
Duty Locations: 48 TFW Lakenheath, England; 401 TFW Torrejon, Spain; 130th WV Air National Guard, Charleston, WV
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2012

Robert L. Pryor (Deceased) 

Rank at Discharge: CPL
Service Branch: USMC
Service Dates: 9/61 – 1/66
Duty Locations: 2nd Marine Division
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2012

Dennis E. Davis  (Deceased)

Secretary- WV Department of Veterans Assisstance

Rank at Discharge: SSGT
Service Branch: ARMY
Service Dates:  11/64 – 11/66
Duty Locations: FT Knox, Kentucky; FT Sill, Oklahoma
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2012

Bob Suttles (Deceased)

Rank at Discharge: E-7 MSgt
Service Branch: USAF; WVANG
Service Dates: 9-66 to 11-70; 9-76 to 2-98
Duty Locations: Vandenberg AFB, CA; Da Nang, Vietnam; Tyndall AFB, FL; Charleston, WV
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2013

Jack Robertson (#3841)

Rank at Discharge: n/a
Service Branch: USMC
Service Dates: n/a
Duty Locations: n/a
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: n/a

Eric F. Wood (#3648)

Rank at Discharge: n/a
Service Branch: ARMY
Service Dates: n/a
Duty Locations: n/a
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: n/a

Rodney Kovak  (Deceased)

Rank at Discharge: SSgt.
Service Branch: ARMY
Service Dates: 6/60-10-63
Duty Locations: Ft. Knox, Ky, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md.; Germany
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2014

Randy McClanahan 

Rank at Discharge: SP4
Service Branch: ARMY
Service Dates: 2/72 – 2/74
Duty Locations: 201 Signal Company; 32 Signal BN, Germany
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2012

Walter C. Chandler (#3845)

Rank at Discharge: SGT
Service Branch: USAF
Service Dates: 11/68 – 11/72
Duty Locations: McConnell AFB, Kansas; Cam Rahn Bay, South Vietnam; Hickam AFB, Hawaii; Lockbourne ARB, Ohio
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2014

John Hancock  (Deceased)

Rank at Discharge: GYSGT
Service Branch: USMC
Service Dates: 4/74 – 9/94
Duty Locations: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, California; Quantico, Virginia; Mt. Warfare Center, California; Camp Rilea, Oregon; MC Reserve Training Center, West Virginia; FT McCoy, Wisconsin; MC Air-Ground Combat Center, California; Naval Const. GRP, California
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2012

Roger Clay Lynch (Deceased)

Rank at Discharge:  A2C
Service Branch: USAF
Service Dates:  2/56 – 2/60
Duty Locations: Lackland AFB, Texas; Keesler AFB, Mississippi; Orlando AFB, Florida; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2012

Roger Cox

Rank at Discharge: SSgt.
Service Branch: US Air Force
Service Dates: 7/1971; 5/1975
Duty Locations: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas; Sheppard AFB, Witchita Falls, Texas; March AFB, Riverside, California; USAF Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2017

David Lee Crowder (Deceased)

Rank at Discharge: SSgt.
Service Branch: US Air Force
Service Dates: ‘June, 1963-June, 1972’
Duty Locations: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio; Mississippi; Texas
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2017

Terry Lee Wright

Terry Lee Wright

Rank at Discharge: E-4 SP
Service Branch: U.S. Army
Service Dates: 11-82 to 1- 86
Duty Locations: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (Medical Supply)
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2019

Joe Norris

Rank at Discharge: E-5 SSgt
Service Branch: U.S. Army
Service Dates: 8-69 to 8-71
Duty Locations: Vietnam; Cambodia, 4th Infantry Div.; 501st; Laos, 101st Airborne Div.
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2020

Jay Napier

Rank at Discharge: E-5
Service Branch: U.S. Navy
Service Dates: 5-87 to 10-92
Duty Locations: USS Missouri, Long Beach Naval Base; USS San Jacinto, Norfolk Va. Naval Base; Desert Shield & Desert Storm
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2020

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George Hill

Rank at Discharge: E-4 Sgt
Service Branch: U. S. Air Force
Service Dates: 12-89 to 11-93
Duty Locations: Lackland AFB, TX; Chanuts AFB, IL; Langley AFB, VA; King Fahd ab, Saudi Arabia
Year Joined Donel C. Kinnard Honor Guard Association: 2021