Beaufort’s Wayne Willis, 77, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1962. After training in Avionics, he served at El Toro twice; Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam; Iwakuni; Jacksonville; and at MCAS Beaufort twice. He retired in 1984 as a Gunnery Sgt. and went to work in Savannah for 32 years with Gulfstream Aerospace.
– Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 9. For nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com
Beaufort County’s Thomas Loving, 66, joined the United States Marine Corps in Planeville, Ill., in 1975.
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Beaufort’s Daniel Moore Jr. graduated from Battery Creek High School in 1990 and joined the United
