Highlands Ranch Veteran Memorial

Joseph Anciaux

gtgtech — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:09:53 +0000

A 2001 graduate of ThunderRidge High School, Joe joined the Marines in his senior year. Many of his close friends joined the military after high school, including SSG Chris Falkel. In 2003 Joe was deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Other training and assignments have taken him to MCRD in San Diego; Camp Pendleton, CA; Pensacola, FL; Oceana, VA; and a brief tour of duty on the aircraft carrier Stennis. He is currently assigned to the 3rd Marine Air Wing (MALS 11) in San Diego.

We are very proud of his service to the country and the Marines. Semper Fi!

Phil and Melissa Anciaux, 12/07/2006

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Michael T Anderson

gtgtech — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:36:19 +0000

1967-1970
Vietnam
Graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, CT.
Applied for jobs while waiting for an answer from Jobs applied enlisted in Navy 1966 with opportunities to go to Officer Candidate School in Rhode Island (note he was in Officer Candidate School with Senator John Kerry and flew with him.)
Lt. on Tanker in the Philippines 1967-1968
Lt. of a PBR boat in Vietnam from 1968-1970

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Anthony Andreas

Courtney Kuhlen — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:23:21 +0000

Msgt Anthony Andreas was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Marine Corp in Salem, MA, on June 24, 1954. He attended boot camp at Parris Island, SC and completed his infantry training at Camp Pendleton, in CA.

ASSIGNMENTS: Msgt Andreas’ assignments and duty positions include Fifth Marine Regiment, 1^st Marine Division until 1958; 1^st Marine Brigade, Kaneohe Bay, HI, until 1963; 1^st Marine Division Camp Pendleton, CA, until 1964; 3^rd Marine Divison, Okinawa; Camp Lejeune, NC, Jan. 1966, Radio Relay Chief of 7^th Communications Battalion, 2^nd Marine Division; Marine Corps Base, Barstow, CA, July 1968; Instructor-Inspector Staff, Boston MA, 1^st Marine Corp District until 1972: 1^st Marine Air Win Electronics Chief Iwakuni, Japan; Camp Pendleton, CA, October 1973, Base Communication-Electronics Chief.

Deployments: Msgt Andreas served in the following deployments during his career: Dec. 1954, Nara, Japan, 3^rd Marine Division; Feb., 1955, Kaneohe Bay, HI, 4.2 inch mortar man 4^th Marine Regiment, 1^st Marine Brigade; March 1965, Danang, Vietnam, 9^th Marine Expeditionary Force; Nov., 1968, ChuLai, Vietnam, Communication Electronic Chief, Marine Air Group 13; Mar. 1969, Danang, Vietnam, 1^st Marine Air Wing Electronics Chief.

EDUCATION: Msgt Anthony Andreas graduated from Beverly HS, in Beverly MA. He attended Basic Electronics School, Treasure Island, CA, 1958; Radio Relay Electronics School, MCRD, San Diego, CA, 1968; Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA, awarded an AA degree.

Msgt Anthony Andreas received the Navy Commendation Medal and retired from the Marine Corp in February 1974.

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Dwight Angell

gtgtech — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:16:34 +0000

Born August 17, 1928 to Mr. and Mrs. Otis Angell, Dwight was a graduate of Denver’s South High School and Colorado State University, where he belonged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He enlisted in 1950, earning his Navy wings in 1952. Shortly thereafter, he married his college sweetheart, Gerry (Brittingham) Angell, and reported for duty in Hawaii.

On January 18, 1953, while conducting surveillance, his Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune was shot down by Chinese anti-aircraft fire near Swatow, ditching in the Formosa Strait. All but two of the crew were rescued by a Coast Guard Martin PBM-5G Mariner. As the PBM took off the starboard engine quit, the plane cartwheeled and crashed. Ten men from the two crews were rescued by the USS Halsey Powell. Dwight was among eleven men who went missing that night.

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight. To the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee with the breath, the smiles and tears of all my life! And if God chooses, I shall but love thee better after death.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Richard L. Baldwin

gtgtech — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:45:41 +0000

Richard L. Baldwin was born during a snowstorm in Breckenridge, Michigan, in 1919, growing up in the Great Depression. After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Navy and married his college sweetheart, Doris Zimmerman. They spent several bittersweet weeks in San Francisco before he sailed into the Pacific to serve as on a supply ship, anchored off Tulagi near Guadalcanal. From Tulagi they sailed to Bougainville where Marines clung to a beachhead one-mile deep, ten miles long, suffering 90% casualties. Ultimately, they landed in Guam for the invasion of Japan. On the way there, a typhoon hit the ship, bobbing it around like a toy boat in winds of 100 knots or more. With each shudder of the bow in the waves, it felt as if the ship would break apart. In Guam, the crew learned of the Atom bombs, then Japan’s surrender.

Back home, he and Doris had four children (Diane Baldwin, Susan Hoover, Nancy Letts, and Robert Baldwin of Highlands Ranch). For 30 years he ran a small bank for farmers. Once, when hearing birds sing in a snowstorm, he was asked why they sang in such a storm. “Because,” he said, “they are alive.”

Sadly, we lost Dick on October 19,2004. But we are lucky to be reminded of him each day when we hear birdsong.

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Christopher Basquez

Courtney Kuhlen — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 02:01:47 +0000

Christopher Basquez was born on February 28, 1950 in a small mining town of Trinidad, Colorado. After graduating high school in 1968, from Holy Trinity and Trinidad Catholic High, Chris entered the United States Navy, as a Boatswain’s mate. In 1971 he changed rate to Yeoman. His first duty assignment was as a crewman aboard the USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950), where he participated in one of two Western Pacific deployments. As a member of this ship, Chris stood upper-level lookout watch. Chris’ second duty was aboard the ship USS Morton (DD-948), stationed out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Chris got out of active duty as a YN3 in May of 1972 and joined the Naval Reserve, where he was attached to CINCUSNAVEUR, Det 118. Chief US Naval Forces Europe was a high-profile logistics unit with many Top-Secret personnel attached to the unit. Chris with his unit was activated and spent 7 months in London, England during Desert Storm.
He retired from the US Naval Reserve November, 2000 as a RM1. He spent the rest of his civilian career as a technician and engineer for Mountain Bell/US West and Qwest Communications.

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Kristine Beaver

gtgtech — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:26:17 +0000

PO1 U.S. Navy
2007

Iraq

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Michael Benton

gtgtech — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:32:57 +0000

CW3 Benton is a Senior Aviator in the U.S. Army who has accumulated 2,950 flight hours, including over 800 hours in combat.

From 1993 to 1995, he attended the Korean Language course at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, as well as the Tactical Interrogator Course at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

In 1995, he attended flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama, where he also completed the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Aircraft Qualification course. In 1997, he joined the 4/2^nd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Later, he was deployed with Task Force Sabre in Operation Joint Guard in Tuzla, Bosnia.

After completing the OH-58D Instructor Pilot course at Fort Rucker in 2001, CW3 Benton was stationed with the 3-17^th Cavalry at Fort Drum, New York. He then took the Joint Firepower Control course at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada before being deployed to Mosul, Iraq with the 3/2^nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Upon his return from Iraq, CW3 Benton completed the OH-58D Method of Instruction course at Fort Rucker and served in the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Scout Branch of the Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization.

His awards include a Combat Action Badge, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, and NATO Medal. He is also the recipient of the Bronze Order of Saint Michael medal.

CW3 Benton holds a Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics with a minor in Aviation Safety from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (2003) and is currently pursuing a Master of Aeronautical Science with dual specializations in Education Technology and Aviation Operations from the same institution.

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John C. Bennett

gtgtech — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:01:59 +0000

After living in several western states, primarily Texas, the Bennett family moved to Highlands Ranch in 1996. At Highlands Ranch High School, John “Casey”, played varsity football , was on the varsity wrestling team., and in the National Honor Society. Casey Bennett graduated from Highlands Ranch High School in 1998. He enlisted in the United States Army as a combat medic/ Licensed Practical Nurse after the September 11 terrorist attacks. He completed basic training in April 2002 at Fort Benning, GA. and combat medic training at Fort Sam Houston, TX in October of 2002. He then began his Licensed Practical Nurse courses at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Hospital.

Upon completion of his LPN course work in October 2003, Casey was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC with the 28^th Combat Support Hospital. He was stationed in Baghdad as an Intensive Care Unit nurse during Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2003-04. In 2005, Casey along with several members of his unit went to New Orleans for a month to assist with Hurricane Katrina relief.

Casey was honorably discharged in February 2006. He was recalled to active service in January 2008. He is currently serving as a combat medic with the 27^th Brigade Combat Team in Herat, Afghanistan and other outlying Forward Operating Bases.

Casey was married on December 27, 2002 to Genevieve Makowski. They have two children, John Casey Jr. “J.C.”, age 3, and Joseph Steven “Joey”, who is due in July 2008. Casey and his family reside in Denver, CO. Casey’s parents, Steve and Betty Bennett, reside in Highlands Ranch and his brother, Christopher Bennett, resides in Denver.

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Frederic Bernier

gtgtech — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:25:49 +0000

PFC U.S. Army
World War II

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