Gulf War Records
Gulf War Records
Stephen A. Clark (Air Force) Video | Documents
Major General Stephen A Clark was born into a military family at Fort Hood. His father was a colonel and a UTK alum who served two tours in Vietnam and later lived as a defense contractor. Clark bounced around in his early years as an Army brat, and he graduated high school in 1982 at Frankfurt American High School. He attended University of Tennessee through the ROTC program until his graduation in 1986. His enlistment began the same month of his wedding to fellow UTK alum Cynthia Mays Clark, with whom he shares two daughters. His career as a command pilot in the Air Force includes over 3300 hours in 13 aircraft, and he saw combat in Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, Afghanistan, and Iraq. During his Air Force career he attended graduate programs at Troy State, the Naval War College, and the Air War College. He served as the CEO of Summit Technology Laboratories and as faculty for the Institute for Advanced Network Security. Clark reached the rank of Major General and served as Director of Programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements at the Pentagon. He earned such awards as the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and a Bronze Star during his career. He currently resides in Herndon, VA.
Carter Myers Dean (Navy SEALS) Documents
Carter Myers Dean was born on January 18, 1968, to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wynn Dean in Knoxville, Tennessee, and graduated from Bearden High School in 1986. On April 16, 1990, Dean enlisted in the United States Navy and completed basic training at NTC Orlando, Florida, in June 1990. Upon completion of basic training, Dean attended Gunner’s Mate training at NTC Great Lakes, Illinois, from July 1990 to February 1991. Dean then attended Basic Underwater Demolition training, or BUD/S, and SEAL qualification at NAB Coronado, California, from March 1991 to April 1992. Following graduation from SEAL qualification, Dean would arrive at Fort Benning, Georgia, in April and May 1992 for Basic Airborne training, before attending SEAL Delivery Vehicle training until July 1992. His first assignment as a SEAL was as a SEAL Delivery Vehicle Operator and Navigator with SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team TWO at NAB Little Creek, Virginia, from August 1992 until his death on February 3, 1994, in a diving accident during a routine training exercise.
Kim DiDomenico (Marine Corps, Army National Guard, Air Guard) Video | Transcript | Photos
Raised Illinois, DiDomenico served in the United States Army from 1987 to 1991. She did her basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina as one of the first female platoons trained there. She did advance training at Fort Lee, Virginia, specializing as an Equipment Records and Parts Specialist. She was stationed at Seneca Army Depot in New York, handling millions of dollars worth of equipment, and experiencing the mobilization of the Army during the Gulf War. She now lives in Louisville, Tennessee.
Daniel Eugene Graybeal (Army) HVHS Fallen Warriors Military Memoriam
Captain Daniel “Danny” Eugene Graybeal was born on November 13, 1965, in Johnson City, Tennessee. He was a Happy Valley High School graduate and an East Tennessee State University alum, the latter from which he graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate. He served as an Air Ambulance operator for the 507th Medical Company. He was killed in a helicopter crash on February 27, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, when he was 25 years old. Graybeal was awarded a Purple Heart, Army Service Ribbon, and an Air Assault Badge. There is also a scholarship at East Tennessee State University available for ROTC students that was created in his honor and memory- the Captain Daniel E. Graybeal Memorial Scholarship. He is laid to rest at the Mountain Home National Cemetery in Johnson City, Tennessee.
