The Ohio Department of Veterans Services (ODVS), the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame Executive Committee, and the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame Foundation honor the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame 2021 Class.
Due to safety measures in place during the current pandemic, ODVS reached out to all of the honorees and their families to determine the most meaningful way to safely present them with their Hall of Fame medals and plaques and to allow the newly inducted members to help share their stories before loved ones.
The complete list of 2021 Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame Inductees:
Ted Barrows, Army, Franklin County
David A. Bauer*, Army, Clark County
John Joseph Callarik, Army, Belmont County
William J. (Bill) Clark, Navy, Lorain County
Wanda J. Dillard, Army, Franklin County
Michael Ferriter, Army, Franklin County
Thomas M. Humphries, Air Force, Trumbull County
Gary A. Loxley, Army/USAR/OHARNG, Warren County
Linda Strite Murnane, Air Force, Greene County
Roger R. Neff, Marine Corps, Hancock County
Joe M. Nishimoto*, Army, Marion County
Dennis F. Quebe, Marine Corps, Warren County
Barry J. Shillito*, Army Air Corps, Montgomery County
Nickolas G. Sunday, Navy, Franklin County
Harry N. Walters*, Army/USAR, Hamilton County
George F. White, MD, Navy, Scioto County
Gregory A. White, Marine Corps, Lorain County
Jo N. Wildman, Navy/Coast Guard, Greene County
Charles E. Young*, Army, Greene County
Paul R. zumFelde, Army, Fulton County
*Awarded posthumously
Bios for all 20 class members, additional information on the Hall of Fame and past inductees - able to be sorted by class, by county and alphabetically - can be found at OhioVets.gov.
November 11, 2021