Some of the P&G Soap Plant Employees & Retirees
Who Served in the Military after World War I
Click here to see how P&G supported the war effort in WWII.
Sgt. Chuck Charles, U.S. Air Force, Crew Chief, Bomb Squadron,
Utapao Thailand, Guam
Presidental Unit Citation
Specialist E-4 Carol Timmons, U.S. Army, Cook, Killeen, TX, Camp Humpheries Korea confinement facility, San Antonio, TX. Later served in the KS National Guard
and then the Army Reserve in Belton.
Good Conduct Medal, Overseas Medal, Letters of Achievement, Cook of the Quarter Board.
(Carol is on the second row, fourth from the left.)
PFC Dale O. Jones, U.S. Army, Military Police, The Elite Lake and Berlin
autobahn patrol, Berlin, Germany
EM2 Bob Yunghans, U.S. Navy, Electrician's Mate 2nd Class, USS Kawishiwi,
AO 146 Supertanker, home port Pearl Harbor
Hazardous duty recognition and pay because his ship refueled all the other Navy ships
1st Lieutenant Biff Pfieff, U.S. Army, Maintenance Officer, Pleiku, Vietnam
EMPO3 Carla Umland, U.S. Navy, Electrician, USS40 Frank Cable, Charleston, South Carolina
Sailor of the Quarter, National Defense medal, Battle E medals (3), Overseas medal
(Carla is on the righthand end of row 3.)
Platoon Sgt. Anthony Urkevich, U.S. Army, Tank Destroyer Bn., France, Belgium, Germany, Austria
Bronze Arrowhead (for D-Day landings in Normandy, France), Normandy Campaign medal, French croix de Combatant medal, French croix de Guerre with Palm medal, Belgium Fourragere medal, Liberation of France medal, Liberation of Belgium medal
(Anthony is standing on the left-hand side of the front row.)
Staff Sergeant Anthony Jeselnik, United States Air Force, Tail Gunner, D Day-Liverpool, England
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medals for Meritorious Service
Corporal Dennis Aeby, United States Army, Aircraft Maintenance, 504 Signal Battalion, Hanau, Germany
Sharp Shooter medal
Specialist 4th Class Elbert Potts, United States Army, 63B20 Wheel Mechanic, Fort Riley, KS
LT Jim Mallinckrodt, U.S. Navy, Engineering Officer, USS Robert A. Owens, Atlantic Fleet
Surface Warfare Officer-Qualified, Navy Achievement Medal, Expert Pistol Marksman
Private Gary Jensen, U.S. Army, Subsistance Buyer, Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Staff Sergeant E-5 Ed Leonard, U.S. Air Force, Aircraft Crew Chief Mechanic, 602nd Fighter Squadron, Udorn RTAFB Site 47 Laos, Takli RTAFB, Nakon Phenom on the Mekong River
Viet Nam Campaign ribbon, Unit Citation ribbon, Expert Marksmak ribbon,
Air Force Commendation medal
Airman Second Class Ed Potts, U.S. Air Force, Special Purpose Mechanic, Saigon, Vietnam
Vietnam medal, Overseas medal, Marksman medal
Sergeant E-5 Mark Docman, U.S. Army, 1st Army Honor Guard, APG Maryland.
Provided burial honors, remains escort, ceremonies and parades, and dignitary escort. Provided honor guard services through 1st Army area, which was land area between New Jersey and Virginia.
Technician E-5 William Hartong served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers & Transportation in England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, and France and was also part of the Army of Occupation in Bavaria.
Captain Curtis Bowick, US Army, Company Commander,
HHD 106th Transportation Battalion
Army Service Ribbon, Army Commendation (2), Meritorious Service
Carl Eubank, US Air Force, aerial engineer,
participated in invasion of Normandy and airborne invasion of Holland
Sergeant Phil Feehan, US Army (Infantry), Rifleman, Korea campaign,
Purple Heart for shrapnel wound
Private 1st Class John Madison, US Marine Corps, served in Pacific aboard the troop transport USS Grant and assigned to shore patrol, retired from P&G December 1976 and just celebrated his 70th wedding anniversary
Specialist 4th Class Ray Kasick, US Army, Tank Shooter on a 106 Recoilless Rifle, Ft. Carson, CO, Ft. Benning, GA, Ft. Jackson, SC, Reconnoissance School
Sergeant Sean Frickey, US Marines, Scout Sniper, currently serving in Iraq
Bronze Star with Combat "V", National Defense Medal (2), Sea Service Deployments Ribbon (3), Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V", Navy Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Citation, Combat Action Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal,
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
An email from Sean included, "Tell everyone [at the plant] hello
and I will see them in a few months."
Read the request for Sean to receive the
Navy/Marine Corps Commendation w/Combat “V”
Frank McKelvy, Tennessee National Guard, activated August 1950; Corps of Engineers, 2998 Treadway Bridge Company, Korea 1951-1952
Private 2nd Class Cook Warren "Ding Dong" Bell, US Coast Guard,
CGC Jonquil, Portsmouth, VA, 1946-1949
Kansas City Soap Plant Military Honor Roll - WWI & WWII
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Article on Military Gift Packsks
Article on Retirees' Nephew, a Former POW in Vietnam
