Decker, David Leigh, Waukon.
Graduated from Waukon High School in 1948, entered
the US Navy and served as an ET-3 at the Navel
Academy, Annapolis, during the Korean war. Graduated
in 1956 from Iowa State University at Ames, as an
Electrical Engineer. He worked on te Gemini Space
Program. He died in 2009 in Missouri and is buried in
Waukon. ~Obituary
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Griffin, Robert W., Waukon, was
graduated from West Point in 1937, where he was
captain of the varsity baseball team his last year.
WWII veteran, He retired as a Colonel. Died 1987
& buried in Holy Hope cemetery, Tucson, AZ
~Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, March 18, 1943
& obituary
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Harrington, Robert E., was an
outstanding Postville High School athlete, attended
Cornell College and graduated from West Point. A
veteran of World War II, he retired as a Colonel.
Died in Arlington, Washington in 1985. (Obituary)
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Lloyd, Charles F. (graduate No. 2546), was
appointed [to the Military Academy at West Point]
from Lansing, Allamakee county, and graduated June
17, 1874, No. 38 in his class of 41. He served on
frontier duty until June 10, 1883, when he resigned,
engaging in private business in Butte, Montana, where
he became Colonel of the Montana Militia. May 14,
1898 he was appointed and commissioned
Lieutenant-Colonel, 3d United States Volunteer
Cavalry, serving with the regiment until he was
honorably mustered out of service September 8, 1898.
(Iowa At West Point and Annapolis - full citation at
bottom of the page)
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Reed, Milton E., entered the Naval
Academy [at Annapolis] from Waukon, September 5,
1887, and is at present (1904) a Lieutenant on the
Active List. (Iowa At West Point and Annapolis - full
citation at bottom of the page)
Captain Milton E. Reed died in San Francisco, CA on
January 28, 1932. He is buried in Arlington National
Cemetery. Obituary & photo
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