Honoring Those Who Served & Our Community
Our Honor & Color Guard volunteers are highly motivated and maintain exceptionally high standards of appearance and conduct in their ceremonial duties. The American Legion Honor & Color Guards are available to the public for a variety of events including funerals, parades, flag ceremonies, community civic events, and more.
A military funeral is a burial rite given to all members who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. Upon the family's request, all eligible Veterans can be honored with a rifle squad, flag detail (American, Service Flag, and MIA/POW), a bugler to play Taps, and a Flag folding detail provided by the Branch of the military of the deceased as enacted by law from President Bush in 2003.
DeKalb Honor Guard:
The names (and branch of service) below are some of the members of our dedicated Honor and Color Guard who volunteer his/her time to attend funerals and community civic events.
| Name | Branch |
|---|---|
| JUSTIN KNESS | ARMY |
| KEN SMITH | ARMY |
| PATRICK NICHOLS | ARMY |
| BILL STANLEY | ARMY |
| PHIL BOMAR | ARMY |
| ROB MCCANN | ARMY |
| MICHAEL EMBREY | USAF |
| ROB HALVAX | NAVY |
| MIKE GIULIANO | USAF |
| RANDY SMITH | ARMY |
| MANUEL OLADE | USMC |
| JERRY KEMPSON | ARMY |
| JIM HUPTKE | USAF |
| DAN GALLAGHER | USMC |
| JIM OMEARA | USAF |
| TOM RILEY | ARMY |
| JUG JOHNSON | USMC |
| DENNY VAUPEL | Civilian |
| SHANNON PFOTENHAUER | USAF |
| DOUG MASSIER | USAF |
| JOE NEWBY | USMC |
| JOHN WICKER | NAVY |
| MARGARET MCCANN | ARMY |
| KAREN GIULIANO | USAF |
| BECKY METCALF | USAF |
