Vietnam Veterans Of America
Sno-King Chapter #423
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 becomes a Purple Heart Entity.
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 Officers for 2023 - 2024
L - R Earl Shafer (State Delegate), Chris Young (Treasurer), Greg Delos Santos Jr (President), Gerald Lacombe (Secretary), Francisco Ivarra (VVA Wa State Council President), John Henderson (Community Affairs Chair), Steve Pennington (Vice President/State Council Delegate), Bob Correll (State Council Delegate/Webmaster)
New VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 officers for 2023-2024 being sworn in by VVA Wa State Council Pres. Francisco Ivarra
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 nominations Ballot for election of officers for 2024-2025
Resource Guide for Older Adult Veterans (60 or older) & Caregivers Covering Expanded Puget Sound Area.
Provided by Dennis Gibb 3/10/2024 |
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VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 Monthly Meeting Minutes:
vva_meeting_minutes-feb_12-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-mar_12-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-apr_6-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-may_21-2023.pdf | |
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va_board_minutes_06-08-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-july_09-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-aug_13-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-sept_10-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-oct_08-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-nov_16-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-dec_10-2023.pdf | |
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vva_meeting_minutes-jan_14-2024.pdf | |
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Chapter Officers, Committee Chairs and Delegates for the upcoming year (April ’23 - Apr ’24):
President: Greg Delos Santos Jr
Vice President: StevePennington
Secretary: Gerald Lacombe
Treasurer: Chris Young
Board of Directors:
Greg Delos Santos
Steve Pennington
Chris Young
Gerald Lacombe
Bob Correll
Board Chairman:
Steve Pennington
State Council Delegates: (3)
Steve Pennington
Bob Correll
Earl Shafer
Membership Committee:
Christopher Young – Chair
Community Affairs Committee:
John Henderson - Chair
Sgt. -at-Arms (appt)
Richard Richter
Ombudsman (appt)
John Henderson
Website/Facebook:
Bob Correll
Contact Information:
Sno-King Chapter #423
P.O. Box 423
Edmonds, WA 98020
email: webmaster@vva423.org
Chapter Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/VVAChapter423
Visit the new updated WAVVA website now with a link to VVA Chapter #423
Washington State Council of the Vietnam Veterans of America
https://vva.org/chapter/vva-chapter-423-sno-king-chapter/
VVA mission to ensure that "never again will one generation of veterans abandon another" Over 40 years of work.
Thanks to our VVA State Council President Francisco Ivarra for bringing a copy of the VVA Federal Charter to our monthly chapter meeting. A copy will be posted on the VVA chapter #423 FaceBook Page as well as in the media/photo tab.
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The chapter was initially formed to provide Military Honors for all veterans since the active services didn’t provide them. Over the years, the Honor/Color Guard has performed over a thousand military burials, memorials, and flag presentations. While this role has diminished over the past couple of years due to the active services being required by law to provide at least two members to fold and present the flag, they still support these men and women whenever asked, usually with a firing detail and/or bugler.
The Chapter has become very proactive in the communities of North King and South Snohomish Counties. They participate in parades, provide color guards for civic functions and veterans’ reunions. They support five high school Jr. R.O.T.C. programs. They help selected families in need during the holidays by providing meals and other essentials along with presents for the children.
They are a very family oriented chapter. While the members are Vietnam-era Veterans, most of their spouses along with a number of WW II, Korean War, and Gulf War veterans as well as several Gold Star Mothers comprise their Associate membership.
Their main program is the annual Memorial Day service at the Floral Hills Cemetery in Lynnwood, WA where they dedicated a veterans’ memorial in 1995. The Memorial was funded from both public and private donations.
Chapter #423 has also been the host for two programs honoring the Traveling Vietnam Memorial drawing some 68,000 and 92,000 visitors respectively and it co-hosted, with Seattle Chapter #102, the Wall at Acacia in 2009. The Chapter also attended and participated in three others within the state.
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 membership roll November 2023
115 active members 3rd largest VVA Chapter in the State of Washington
David Adkins
Steve Akers
Gary Arnold
Susan Aufderhaar
Scott Badgley
Calvin Barnard
John Beam
Richard Bennett
Gary Berg
Richard Bianciin
Roger Bridges
Bob Bunnell
Daniel R. Burnett
Carlos Camus
W. Bruce Carroll
Van Caryl
Jerry R. Charles
Kenneth Christianson
John Cipriano
Richard Clark
Ronald Clark
Ronald Clyborne
William Collier
Robert Cook
James Cornwell
Bob Correll
Dick Cowden
Daniel Curnutt
Russell Dean
Greg DelosSantos, Jr.
William Donaghy
Thomas Doyle
Andrew Drott
Thomas Erickson
Muriel Fagan
James Farmer
Kenneth Felt, Jr.
Larry Fischer
Jerome Fitzmaurice
Robert Foster
Ronald Foster
David Fox
Constantino Gamboa
Reymundo Garcia
Gary Gates
Dennis Gibb
Greg Greer
Phillip Grimm
Richard Gross
Gerald Hambly
Wayne Hamodey
Edward Harkins
James Harper
Robert Heald
John Henderson
Robert Hitchings
Dennis Hoggarth
Edward Holst
Jacquilyne Holzinger
John Hosey
Herbert Johnson
John Johnson
Albert Julian
Gerald Lacombe
Norman Lang
B Ledbetter
Shirley Lovelace
Alvin Marsten
Frank Martinez
Richard Mathison
Arnold McDonald
Michael McDonnell
David McFeron
Timothy Miller
Kenneth Moerer
Kenneth Mohs
Kendall Mongar
James Murdock
Thomas Nasky
Douglas Nelson
Karl Nelson
Michael L. Overmeyer
Raymond Packer
F. W. Parkhurst
Steven Pennington
David Powell
David Presba
Terry Quick
Michael Remington
Richard Richter
Wayne Rikerd
Scott Robinson
John Rogalski
Michael Rogers
Howard Sage
Richard Sanford
Brian Seguin
Ronald Seguin
Earl Shafer
Leonard Simmons
William Singleton
Dennis Smith
Terry Smith
James (Jim) Speer
Thomas Taichlet
Earl Thompson
Mitch Thompson
Rudy Tizo
Miguel Valiente
John Veentjer
Robert Weslander
Henry "Arthur" West
Sylvester Wilson
Christopher Young
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423
Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America
Danh Chu
Luzminda Fox
Karen Glaze
La Dene Johnson
Virginia Nastiuk
Tami Stokke
The Chapter has become very proactive in the communities of North King and South Snohomish Counties. They participate in parades, provide color guards for civic functions and veterans’ reunions. They support five high school Jr. R.O.T.C. programs. They help selected families in need during the holidays by providing meals and other essentials along with presents for the children.
They are a very family oriented chapter. While the members are Vietnam-era Veterans, most of their spouses along with a number of WW II, Korean War, and Gulf War veterans as well as several Gold Star Mothers comprise their Associate membership.
Their main program is the annual Memorial Day service at the Floral Hills Cemetery in Lynnwood, WA where they dedicated a veterans’ memorial in 1995. The Memorial was funded from both public and private donations.
Chapter #423 has also been the host for two programs honoring the Traveling Vietnam Memorial drawing some 68,000 and 92,000 visitors respectively and it co-hosted, with Seattle Chapter #102, the Wall at Acacia in 2009. The Chapter also attended and participated in three others within the state.
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423 membership roll November 2023
115 active members 3rd largest VVA Chapter in the State of Washington
David Adkins
Steve Akers
Gary Arnold
Susan Aufderhaar
Scott Badgley
Calvin Barnard
John Beam
Richard Bennett
Gary Berg
Richard Bianciin
Roger Bridges
Bob Bunnell
Daniel R. Burnett
Carlos Camus
W. Bruce Carroll
Van Caryl
Jerry R. Charles
Kenneth Christianson
John Cipriano
Richard Clark
Ronald Clark
Ronald Clyborne
William Collier
Robert Cook
James Cornwell
Bob Correll
Dick Cowden
Daniel Curnutt
Russell Dean
Greg DelosSantos, Jr.
William Donaghy
Thomas Doyle
Andrew Drott
Thomas Erickson
Muriel Fagan
James Farmer
Kenneth Felt, Jr.
Larry Fischer
Jerome Fitzmaurice
Robert Foster
Ronald Foster
David Fox
Constantino Gamboa
Reymundo Garcia
Gary Gates
Dennis Gibb
Greg Greer
Phillip Grimm
Richard Gross
Gerald Hambly
Wayne Hamodey
Edward Harkins
James Harper
Robert Heald
John Henderson
Robert Hitchings
Dennis Hoggarth
Edward Holst
Jacquilyne Holzinger
John Hosey
Herbert Johnson
John Johnson
Albert Julian
Gerald Lacombe
Norman Lang
B Ledbetter
Shirley Lovelace
Alvin Marsten
Frank Martinez
Richard Mathison
Arnold McDonald
Michael McDonnell
David McFeron
Timothy Miller
Kenneth Moerer
Kenneth Mohs
Kendall Mongar
James Murdock
Thomas Nasky
Douglas Nelson
Karl Nelson
Michael L. Overmeyer
Raymond Packer
F. W. Parkhurst
Steven Pennington
David Powell
David Presba
Terry Quick
Michael Remington
Richard Richter
Wayne Rikerd
Scott Robinson
John Rogalski
Michael Rogers
Howard Sage
Richard Sanford
Brian Seguin
Ronald Seguin
Earl Shafer
Leonard Simmons
William Singleton
Dennis Smith
Terry Smith
James (Jim) Speer
Thomas Taichlet
Earl Thompson
Mitch Thompson
Rudy Tizo
Miguel Valiente
John Veentjer
Robert Weslander
Henry "Arthur" West
Sylvester Wilson
Christopher Young
VVA Sno-King Chapter #423
Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America
Danh Chu
Luzminda Fox
Karen Glaze
La Dene Johnson
Virginia Nastiuk
Tami Stokke