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Frank Welker Coit  Private, U.S. Army Born Jan. 16, 1892 Died Sept. 27, 1918 After his family moved to the El Reno area from Missouri, Frank Welker Coit - who like many during that era bore his mother’s maiden name as his middle name - attended grade school in El Reno.

Evelyn Hall Baumwart Sister of Eugene Hall. Army World War II 1944-1946.

Master Sgt. Eugene Hall Brother of Evelyn Hall Baumwart. Korea — Vietnam 1949-1975

Freddie Hobson USAF 10/23/1961 - 10/22/1965 Served in Italy for 15 months and Texas for 33 months. Top secret security clearance. Honorably discharged as E-4 Sergeant.

Grover Benjamin Bannister  Private, U.S. Army Coastal Artillery Corps, Company 1  Born Oct. 8, 1888 Died Oct. 6, 1918 Grover Benjamin Bannister was the son of Judge Charles A. Bannister and Josephine Wilma (Hanks) Bannister.

Garland Parker Army Air Corp 1945-46, served in Germany.

► Nov. 11, 1918, was largely considered the end of the “war to end all wars,” even though the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended World War I, was signed roughly seven months later on June 28, 1919. ► While Veterans Day is an American holiday, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and France...

By Jesse Hardy (Brian Rukes’ AP English 3 class) Michael James Booher went to Cherokee High School and graduated in 1991.

William Roberts “Billy” Laird 1940 graduate of El Reno High School. Born March 16, 1921 Died Feb. 7, 1943 Laird enlisted in the U.S. Navy on May 18, 1942, just about six months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Harry Eugene Bradly Born Dec. 13, 1922 Died Jan. 25, 1943 Died in a crash of an AT-6 Texan trainer aircraft along the coast of Texas.