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 |
Merrill Albertus | 23-24 |
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 |
[unknown] | 83-84 |
Howard T Olson* | 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 |
Linda Bellow | 2023-2024 |
Lynne Grezek | 2022-2023 |
Robert Kulseth | 2022 |
Illinois Dept Associate Member of The Year
Recipient | Award Date |
Lynne Grezek | 2023-2024 |