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US Army veteran Ronnie Dulin

Ronnie is a bit new to the Kenosha Veteran community. You can meet him (or reconnect) at Post 21’s Tuesday Get Together’s, starting at 6:00 pm each Tuesday evening.

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In addition to presenting honors at a funeral The KAVV helped get the 40|8 Voiture410’s Locomotive into the Parkside Gym for the 2026 Kenosha Expo.

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Rose Bowker and Sue Green went shopping again this year for our annual Toys for Tots drive. This year we were happy to help the Marines by transporting the goods to their recruiting station:

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KAVV Officers Rich Bowker and Tim Green present a check to 40|8 Kenosha County Voiture 410 to support their resuming of the Annual Nursing Award Banquet. The banquet honors Nurses past and present who were given scholarships to help them with their Nursing Training. This years banquet will be the first one in about 20 years. Do you know of a nurse currently in training? There are local, state and national scholarships available to help them throughout their carer. You can find out more about this longstanding program on Voiture 410’s Website.

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Rich Bowker and members of the Honor Guard met with Executive Director Esther Roberts and Finance Director Michael Tyson to present their annual donation. After one of our members remarked on all the activity outside, Esther kindly offered to provide KAVV members with a tour of the Green Bay Road facility at a future date.

Thanks to the generous support we receive, the KAVV Honor Guard is proud to have been able to share that generosity with others.

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On October 20, Rich Bowker and Tim Green presented a check to Forty & Eight, Voiture 410 Chef de Gare Jim Schmidt for their Nurses Training Fund. The group has been helping Nurses get through training since the 1950’s. The Voiture has recently restarted the program after a ~15 year hiatus. our donation is an important part of that effort

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We usually have a good showing, but this one had most everyone.

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I recently joined KAVV soon after relocating to Kenosha from Evanston, IL. I was made aware of this Honor Guard through an ad in the VFW newsletter and applied immediately after moving in April 2025. I was interested due to the fact that I had served in an Honor Guard unit while on active duty in the US Army at Ft. Monmouth, NJ in 1970-71, before my deployment to Southeast Asia in 1971. I subsequently served in the 1St Signal Brigade in Vietnam and Thailand.

In addition to being a part of this group which carries the esteem of many of the veterans that I have met since moving, firing the final salute at funerals is rich in the honor that is eternal in those who have served. I noticed that the meaning of this activity carries a lot of meaning to the families of those who have passed.

At one of the funerals, I noticed a young boy around 10 years old standing close to his dad who was holding the folded flag given to the next of kin.  As we passed through the group of mourners, I handed my spent shell casings to the young man, he said “For me?”, I looked at the dad and he nodded yes, that it was ok to give them to the lad. He thanked me and I went on my way.

This incident, which only took a few seconds, stayed with me. It was a reminder that I had joined a group of dedicated veterans many of whom have been doing this duty for many years and I was proud and humbled at the same time. Providing solace by honoring the fallen is a rich tradition that carries meaning for us and for the families that we serve.

It is my hope that this young man will hold the shell casings as a way to honor the memory of his grandfather who served the nation with honor.

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The American Legion Paul Herrick Post 21 conducted its 70th annual memorial ceremony at Green Ridge Cemetery. Though the KAVV hasn’t participated for all seven decades, the organization has proudly supported Post 21’s ceremony for many years. Honor Guard Captain Tim Green solemnly lowered the cemetery flag to half-staff while the Honor Guard presented the colors. The ceremony concluded with a three-volley salute, followed by the haunting notes of Taps echoing across the grounds.

Memorial Day serves as a solemn reminder of the ultimate sacrifice made by countless service members who gave their lives defending our nation’s freedoms. Tim Green and Thomas J. Visintainer Sr. read the names of the far too many Kenosha and Wisconsin veterans who gave all, as well as the POW/MIA’s still unaccounted for.

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Tim is an Army Vietnam Veteran, He’s only been around a couple of weeks, so I don’t have the scoop yet, but the next picture of him will be in an Honor Guard uniform! That may be the next post because he was with us at our Memorial Day Ceremony. Glad to have you aboard Tim!

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Lou passed away on Monday July 22, 2024. You can read more here: Proko Funeral Home.

  • Long time member of the KAVV Honor Guard, Lou Polovick, receiving his Hometown Hero Award.

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Neil was a founding member of the KAVV and a Driver in Parades for many years. He moved to Antioch some years ago where he owned and operated Antioch Veterans Cab company. He passed away on December 14, 2022 and is interned at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove. He is remembered fondly.

His obituary is here https://www.strangfh.com/obituary/neal-ostergaard. His family would appreciate you signing his guestbook is here: http://www.strangfh.com/.