County Progress would like to thank all of our county veterans for their service. Please send your name, office, military branch, and dates of military service to janderson@zacpubs.com so we may add you to this distinguished listing. The following list includes both current and retired county officials.
Mark Allen
Jasper County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1988-1994
Allen Amos
Concho County Judge
U.S. Army, 1964-1966
James R. Arthur
Comanche County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1961-1967
Rick Bacon
Tom Green County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1971-1992
Stan Barker
Fannin County Commissioner
U.S. Marine Corps, 1968-1973
Lloyd “Butch” Barton
Hood County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1967-1996
Don Beeson
Johnson County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1966-1968
Joe Benavides
Nueces County Justice of the Peace
U.S. Marine Corps, 1979-2000
Willis Blackwell
Shelby County Sheriff
U.S. Navy 1968-1971
Downing Bolls, Jr.
Taylor County Judge
United States Marine Corps, 1968-1972
John Brieden
Washington County Judge
U.S. Army (airborne-ranger) 1972-1977
John M. Britten
Armstrong County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1965-1967
Daniel Burkeen
Limestone County Judge
U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, 1983-1994
Larry D. Burnett
Baylor County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1965-1969
Jon Burrows
Bell County Judge
U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1969-2000
Drue Bynum
Grayson County Judge
U.S. Army, 1991-2000
P.T. (Pat) Calhoun
Goliad County Judge
U.S. Marine Corps, 1980 – 1997
Gary Camp
Morris County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1968-1969
Kirby Campbell
Collingsworth County Commissioner
U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1964 – 1971
Wilton Cantrell
Throckmorton County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1966 -1968
Rich Chamberlin
Trinity County Commissioner
U.S. Marine Corps, 1962-1965
Bill Carroll
Atascosa County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1967-1969
Kenneth W. Cates
Kaufman County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1971-1973
Timothy Click
Terry County Sheriff
U.S. Air Force, 2003-2007
U.S. Air Force Reserve, 2007-2009
Albert H. Cobb Jr., M.D.
Hays County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1971-1979
George A. Conley
Parker County Commissioner
U.S. Navy, 1976-1980
Johnny Countryman
Kaufman County Treasurer
U.S. Navy, 1964-1968
Thomas Cravey
Camp County Judge
U.S. Army, 1965-1969
Mark “Maddog” Davison
Liberty County Constable
U.S. Army, 1986-1989
David C. Davis
Haskell County Judge
U.S. Army, 1970-1971
Lila J. Deakle
Parker County Clerk
U.S. Navy, 1981-2005
James R. DePiazza
Denton County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1984-1992
Roger Dousay
Polk County Veterans Service Officer
U.S. Navy, 1965-1986
David Dubose
Orange County Commissioner
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1969-1975
James Duvall
Roberts County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1966-1969
Donald G. Engleking
Bell County Justice of the Peace
U.S. Air Force, 1969-1975
Bill Eyler
Upton County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1968-1972
Charlie Falcon
Andrews County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1987-1992
Joe Fauth III
Grimes County Judge
U.S. Air Force, Texas Air National Guard, 1968-1977
Tom Ferris III
Armstrong County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1970-1972
John Firth
Former Coryell County Judge
U.S. Army, 1969-2000
Billy Ray Fowler
Throckmorton County Justice of the Peace
U.S. Army, 1956-1959
Neil E. Fritsch
Calhoun County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1965-1969
Roger Galvan
Calhoun County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1966-1970
Ken Geeslin
Henderson County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1967-1974
D.C. & Texas Air National Guard, 1974-1989
U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1989 -2003
Lee Gilbert
Rockwall County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1967-1969
Beck Gipson
Kerr County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1967-1970
Michael Godwin
Rains County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1984-2005
Woodrow W. Gossom Jr.
Wichita County Judge
U.S. Army, 1969-1973
Texas National Guard, 1975-1996
Colonel, Army Reserve (Retired)
1998-2005
Tommy Hahn
Colorado County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1971-1973
Mel Hamner
Bastrop County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1968-1994
Steven M. Harrison
Hunt County Commissioner
U.S. Army National Guard, 2002-2008
Jerry D. Hefner
Hutchinson County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1962-1965
Mark A. Henry
Galveston County Judge
U.S. Army 1989-2010
Joe F. High
Stephens County Commissioner
U.S. Army 1956-1958
Jerry Hogan
Rockwall County Judge
U.S. Army, 1959-1979
Robert L. Hurley
Atascosa County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1969-1973
Susan B. Jaggers
Mayor, Wimberley – Hays County
U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1979-2003
U.S. Air Force Reserve, Texas Air National Guard, Oregon Air National Guard 2003-17
Wayne Johnson
Terry County Jail Administrator
U.S. Navy, 1969-1975
Charles Kelly
Ochiltree County Judge
U.S. Army, 1968-1970
H.R. Kelly
Potter County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1962-1968
Chris Kirkendall
Hardin County Commissioner
U.S. Army Reserve, 1989-1992
Jackie Kirkwood
Shelby County Justice of the Peace
U.S. Navy Reserve, 1987-1997
U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1997-2015
Leward J. LaFleur
Marion County Judge
U.S. Navy, 2002-2006
Tony Leago
Madison County Judge
U.S. Army, 1966-1968
Don Lymbery
Angelina County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1966-1970, 1989-2006
Rudy Madrid
Kleberg County Judge
U.S. Navy, 1992-2013
Jerry Magness
Fannin County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1970-1972
Bryan H. Massey
Taylor County Veteran’s Service Office, Director
U.S. Army, 2003-2017
Terry Mathews
Sherman County Commissioner
U.S. Army National Guard, 1967-1973
U.S. Army Reserve, 1980-1981
Ronald R. McBroom
Johnson County Justice of the Peace
U.S. Air Force, 1966-1970
Barry McCallister
Pecos County Treasurer
U.S. Air Force, 1973-1977
Ronnie L. McKinnney
Gregg County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1968-1970
William “Bill” Meadows
Atascosa County Constable
U.S. Army, 1970-1971
August G. Meduna Jr.
Bastrop County Constable
U.S. Air Force, 1969-1993
Virgil Melton Jr.
Van Zandt County Commissioner
U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-1971
Jay W. Miller
Upshur County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1995-1999
National Security Agency (Civilian), 2003-2013
Jay W. Miller
Coryell County Judge
U.S. Army, 1989-2012
C.H. “Burt” Mills, Jr.
Aransas County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1967-1971
Ronnie Moorhead
Stonewall County Judge
U.S. Army, 1967 to 1973
Tommy A. Munoz
Brazos County Justice of the Peace
U.S. Air Force, 1966-1987
Martin Nash
Tyler County Commissioner
U.S. Coast Guard, 1969-1975
Loyd Neal
Nueces County Judge
U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, 1959-1989
Dexter S. Nichols III
Ward County Commissioner
U.S. Marine Corps, 1968-1972
Adrian Norman
Culberson County Commissioner
U.S. Navy, 1996-2000
Darrin Opaitz
Ector County Criminal Investigator
U.S. Air Force, 1986-1999
Frank “Skipper” Osborne
Matagorda County Sheriff
U.S. Marine Corps, 1966-1969
Jim Pack
Erath County Commissioner
U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1966-2003
Joseph Palacios
Hidalgo County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1991-99
Susan Pamerleau
Bexar County Sheriff
U.S. Air Force, 1968-2000
Roy H. Parker
Kent County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1954-1956
Craig Peacock
Parker County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1972-1974
Richard Peet
Gray County Judge
U.S. Air Force, 1962-1966
Charles G. Piatt
Baylor County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1971-1987
Texas Army National Guard, 1986-2012
Michael (Mike) Pigg
Childress County Sheriff
U.S. Army, 1979-1982
William Menchaca Piña
Bastrop County Commissioner
U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1967-1978
U.S. Army National Guard, U.S. Army, 1978-2007
Don Pozzi
Victoria County Judge
U.S. Army, 1968-1970
Hugh Reed
Armstrong County Judge
U.S. Marine Corps, Reserves, 1970-1991
Marvin Robinson Jr.
Polk County Maintenance
U.S. Army, 1989-1994
Delbert R Roberts
Kimble County Judge
U.S. Navy 1962-1966
Eloy Rodriguez
Bee County Commissioner
U.S. Marine Corps, 1966-1969
Roberto Ruiz
Maverick County Commissioner
U.S. Marine Corps, 1968-1970
Darryl Sadler
Bandera County Auditor
U.S. Army, 1994-2019
Mike Sandoval
Llano County Commissioner & Veterans Service Officer
U.S. Army, 1963-1969
Greg Seidenberger
Guadalupe County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1971-1991
Keith Self
Collin County Judge
U.S. Army, 1975-1999, 2002-2003
Thomas Mitchell Shamburger
Smith County Justice of the Peace
U. S. Army, 1972-1978
Willis Smith
Lipscomb County Judge
U.S. Army, 1968-1970
Steve Smith
Sutton County Judge
U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1980-2006
Chuck Statler
Taylor County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1977-1981
Sammy Stone
Bowie County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1963-1969
Joe Strong
Fannin County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1976-1982
John D. Thomas
Collin County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1974-1983
J.A.”Jack” Walston
Tyler County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1972-1974
Jim C. White
Kent County Judge
U.S. Army, 1969-1971
Benny Wilson
Hansford County Judge
U.S. Army, 1970-1972
Ron Wilson
Upton County Emergency Management Coordinator
U.S. Army JAG, 1972-1978
Gary Wolfe
Llano County Commissioner
U.S. Air Force, 1989-2013
John F. Wood
Blanco County Commissioner
U.S. Army, 1966-1968
Stan Wojcik
Knox County Judge
U.S. Navy, 1972-1978
Sam Young
Franklin County Commissioner
U.S. Navy, 1963-1967
Sebastin Ysaguirre
Potter County Road & Bridge Superintendent
U.S. Marine Corps, 1988-1992