Awarded Members

Awards and Achievements

Here is a partial list of the awards and achievements of our detachment and members.

Marine of the Year

Recipient

Commandant Year

Martin Bourgeois 

22-23

Victoria Cobbett

21-22

None Awarded

20-21

Emanuel Bucur

19-20

George Bormann Jr.

18-19

Larry J Olson

17-18

Richard J Schie

16-17

Jack McInerney

15-16

Roger Gaden

14-15

Donald Kenyon

13-14

Gary Cobbett

12-13

Victoria Cobbett

11-12

Javier Martinez

10-11

Rita O’Reilly Kollias

09-10

John Olejnicki

08-09

Robert Hess*

07-08

William Marks

06-07

Ralph Fleischman*

05-06

Lawrence Hageland*

04-05

Wesley Young

03-04

Charles Wingard

02-03

George Kubal*

01-02

Raymond Lindner*

00-01

Roland Johnson

99-00

William Barta

98-99

Roger Carson

97-98

Joseph Perry

96-97

John Meschi

95-96

Joseph Kelly*

94-95

Robert Kent*

93-94

Ralph Kastel*

92-93

Melvin Perry*

91-92

Michael Peters

90-91

Dan Igrisan

89-90

Daniel Herrera, jr

88-89

Daniel Herrera, jr

87-88

[unknown]

86-87

Howard T Olson*

85-86

Roy M. Winters*

84-85

Howard T Olson*

83-84

[unknown]

82-83

[unknown]

81-82

[unknown]

80-81

[unknown]

79-80

William C. Bertelle*

78-79

Walter R. Newlander*

1977

Illinois Department Marine of The Year

Recipient

Award Date

Victoria Cobbett

2021

William B. Barta *

2015

Donald L. Haines

2012

Charles L. Prosek *

1997

Associate Member of The Year

Recipient

Award Date

Lynne Grezek

2022-2023

Robert Kulseth

2021-2022