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Corporal Lance J. Kohanke, who was was killed in action on May 14, 1968 while serving heroically in the U.S. Army in South Vietnam, has joined Private First Class William E. Galloway and Sp4 James M. Davenport on the Catawba Island Townships Veterans Memorial Highway sign. (Photo by D’Arcy Patrick Egan)
BY D’ARCY PATRICK EGAN
Correction: This article originally published that Private First Class Kohanke had been posthumously promoted to colonel. He had been promoted to corporal. This has been corrected.
It is difficult to forget a true war hero like Private First Class Lance “Lanny” Kohanke, and people from all around the area made sure that did not happen.
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Richard Davenport’s sons grew tall on Catawba Island, just like the orchards there. The late Jim Davenport is easy to spot in the front row of his U.S. Army platoon.
John Davenport and his mother, Jane, celebrate the State of Ohio and Catawba Township honoring their brother and son, Army Distinguished Flying Cross hero James M. Davenport with the establishment of the Catawba Island Township Veterans Memorial Highway. (Photo by D’Arcy Patrick Egan)
BY D’ARCY PATRICK EGAN
Catawba Island Township honored two of its U.S. Army war heroes this week with a Catawba Island Township Veterans Memorial Highway Marker for Vietnam War hero James M. Davenport and World War II hero William Galloway.