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Utah Department of Veterans & Military Affairs Executive Director Gary Harter and Utah National Guard, Adjutant General, Major General Michael J. Turley hosted a Memorial Day Commemorative Event at the Utah Capitol.
The event is put on every year on Memorial Day when the state recognizes the nearly 3,000 Utahns who died in conflicts around the world.
This year, the state also honored those who passed away due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were unable to receive final honors recognizing their service to the country. The names of known Veterans who passed away since March 2020 (when Utah declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19) were on display.
SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Army National Guard has promoted Col. Charlene Dalto to the position of brigadier general. Dalto becomes the first woman in the history of the Utah Army National Guard to reach the rank of a brigadier general.
At the change-of-command ceremony Saturday at Camp Williams, Dalto assumed the role of commander of the Utah Army National Guard Land Component Command from Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Fisher.
Dalto is a registered nurse for Intermountain Healthcare. According to a statement, she has commanded the Utah Army National Guard s Medical Detachment since February 2018.
She has served in the military for more than 38 years, first, as an enlisted soldier who rose to the rank of master sergeant. She then served for 18 years as an officer in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp.
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