Calendar of Events – 2024

April 2024

Mon, 8
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

March 2024

Sun, 17
St. Patrick’s Day

Eugene Sara Detachment will be marching in the Parade

Call Doug Wood (406) 366-2209 to participate in the parade 

Mon, 11
Young Marines Graduation Photos

Mon, 11
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Fri 8
Honor Guard Duty

Cpl  Walter Zortman served in the Vietnam war; Enlisted in the Corp from 1969 to 1972; born June, 1947 Died Feb 2024

Memorial Service will be held at the Dahl Funeral Chapel, 10 Yellowstone Ave, Blg, MT

on March 8th, at 2:00 pm

February 2024

Tue 27
Honor Guard Duty

Philip Salazar, Service were held at 1:00 pm at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Thru 15; Fri 16; Sat 17
MATE Show

Eugene Sara 418 will have a booth at the MATE Show; volunteers are need to assist at the booth

Call Tom Jones at (406) 670-4364  for your allotted time

Call Doug Wood at (406) 366-2209 for Color Guard Duty at the MATE Show

Thursday, 02-15-24

Mon, 12
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Sat 10

Eugene Sara 418 Sweetheart Dinner
Sweetheart dinner will be held at the Moose Lodge on 131 Calhoun Lane, Billings, MT

Fri; Sat; & Sun 9; 10; 11

Gun Show
Eugene Sara 418 will be selling raffle tickets for a rifle at the Gun Show

Help is required to man the booth; call Tom Jones (406) 670-4364

January 2024

Mon, 8
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Wed, 3
Honor Guard Duty

Services will be held for Unaccompanied Veteran remains at 12:00 pm; at the National Yellowstone Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Calendar of Events – 2023

December, 2023

Mon, 13
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Mon, 11
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

Detachment meeting will be held at the Billings Hotel & Convention Center

on Mullowney Lane. The dinner meeting will begin at 1730 (5:30 pm). See Newsletter

for more details.

Thur, 7
Color Guard Duty

December 7th, Pearl Harbor Remembrance

 

November 2023

Mon, 13
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Sat, 11
Color Guard Duty

Veterans’ Day at American League Post 4, 1540 Broadwater Ave, Billings, MT.

 

Fri 10
US Marine Corps Ball

Photos from the Marine Corps Ball, Billings, MT.

Young Marine on the left and the oldest in the middle.

October 2023

Fri, 14
Honor Guard Duty

Cpl Dennis Bartleson, enlisted in the Marine Corps; 

 Military honors will be at 4:00 pm at the Cremation Center 8th and Central, Billings , MT

Fri, 13
Honor Guard Duty

Randy Myrup, enlisted in the Marine Corps; 

 Military honors will be at 2:00 pm at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel , MT

Mon, 9
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Fri, 7
Honor Guard Duty

Kenneth Nelson, enlisted in the Marine Corps; born January, 1951 and died in August, 2023

 Military honors will be at 10:00 pm at the Mountview Cemetery, Billings, MT

Fri, 6
Honor Guard Duty

Matthew G. Thomas, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1990 and honorably discharged in 1998

 Military honors will be at 2:00 pm at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

September 2023

Mon, 11
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Fri, 1
Honor Guard Duty

Private Robert Kace

Services will be held in Ballentine, MT at 9:30 am

Fri, 1
John Mulvaney

Services will be held at the Yellowstone National Cemetery at 2:00 pm 

August 2023

Fri 4
Honor Guard Duty

Barry Vaughn Angell

Services will be held at 10:00 am; Friday 4, 2023, at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Fri 11 Thru Sun 13
Color Guard Duty

Billings Montana International Air Show

Fri 18
Honor Guard Duty

Fred Rollins

Services will be held at 10:00 am; Friday 4, 2023, at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Fri 18
Honor Guard Duty

Dale Johnson; a Korean veteran; enlisted in the Marines 1959.

Services will be held at 12:00 pm; Friday 4, 2023, at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 14
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

July 2023

Fri, 28 – 30
US Marine Corps Shooting Team

The Billings Rod & Gun Club hosted the USPSA Area 1 Shooting Championship

US Marine Corps Shooting Team; Left to Right: SSgt Arellano (Billings native); Sgt Shaw; 1stLt Bodzioch; Sgt Treat; SSgt Corson; SSgt Nelson; (The Old Guy) PFC Bishop; SSgt Steele; SSgt Doelle III; Sgt Garcia

Fri, 28
Honor Guard Duty

Master Sargent John G. Smiley, Born July 1939, died January 2023 

Interment will be at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT, 11:30 am

Mon, 14
Montana Big Sky State Games

Color Guard to meet at Senior High School parking lot at 6:00 pm

Ceremony to begin at 7:20 pm, Billings, MT.

   

Mon, 12
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Wed, 5
Honor Guard Duty

Unaccompanied Veterans; services at 12:00 pm

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

June 2023

Sun 25
Color Guard Duty

Symphony in the Pioneer Park 7:00 pm

Mon, 12
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Sat 10
Honor Guard Duty

Services for Pfc David G. Snyder, Veteran  will be held

on 06/10/2023; 2:00 pm at the Paul’s Longbranch Saloon; Ballantine, MT

 

Sat 3
Honor Guard Duty

Services for Sgt Kieth Latham, Veteran  will be held

on 06/03/2023; 3:00 pm at his home in Roundup, MT

May 2023

Mon 29
Honor Guard Duty

Memorial Day Service at:

Riverside Cemetery

Mountview Cemetery

Yellowstone National Cemetery

Fri 11
Honor Guard Duty

Services for William Mercer, Korean Veteran  will be held

on 05/11/2023; 2:00 pm at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 8
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

April 2023

Fri 28
Honor Guard Duty

Services for Sgt Martin Ellerton a Korean Veteran

Born 04/29/1929 Dead 09/29/2021

on 04/28/2023; 3:00 pm at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Billings, MT

Fri 14
Honor Guard Duty

Services for Lance Corporal Joseph Hageman

on 04/14/2023; 1:00 pm at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Fri 14
Honor Guard Duty

Services for Private Mark Diedrich along with his wife Holly will be held

on 04/14/2023; 10:00 am at

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 10
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Wed, 5
Honor Guard Duty

Unaccompanied Veterans; services at 12:00 pm

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

March 2023

Wed 29
Honor Guard Duty

National Vietnam War Veterans Day; 12:00 pm Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel , MT 

Sat  18
Color Guard Duty

St. Patrick’s Parade begins 11:00 am on 32nd Street going east

Color Guard will lead the parade

Sat  18
Color Guard Duty

St. Patrick’s Parade begins 11:00 am on 32nd Street going east

Color Guard will lead the parade

Mon, 13
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Fri  10
Honor Guard Duty

Services are to be held Cpl Harley Glen Hoven at Mountainview Cemetery, Billings, MT at 11:00 am

Cpl Hoven was born on February 3, 1935 and died on February 6, 2023 

Sat  4
Honor Guard Duty

Services are to be held Cpl Donald E. Haugan at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Billings, MT  at 2:00 pm

Cpl Haugan was born on November 26, 1935 and died on February 24, 2023 

February 2023

Sat, 25
Honor Guard Duty

Services are to be held for Cpl Robert D. Biorn at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Billings, MT  at 2:00 pm 

Cpl Biorn was born on August 22, 1929 and died on February 19, 2023

Mon, 18
Color Guard Duty

Mate Show at Metro Park

Mon, 13
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

January 2023

Thr, 26
Honor Guard Duty

Unaccompanied Veterans; services at 12:00 pm

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 9
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Calendar of Events – 2022

December 2022

Mon, 12
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Mon, 7

Color Guard Duty

Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT at 10:00 am 

Thursday 2
Color Guard Duty

Toys for Tots Pickup at Rim Rock Mall (Dillard’s)

Billings, MT

Thursday 1
Honor Guard Duty

Lt. Col. Robert R. Doran, Aviation; Retired from the Marine Corps

Born October 1934, Culbertson, MT; Died November, 2022

Service held at the King of Glory Lutheran Church; 2:30 pm, December 1, 2022; Billings, MT

November 2022

Mon, 14
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Fri, 11
Color Guard Duty

Veterans Day Ceremony; Flag Presentation, 10:00 am

Location: Lockwood High School, Performing Arts Center, Billings, MT

October 2022

Mon, 26
Honor Guard Duty

Jack Lee Gallagher, Served in the Corps from 1972 to 1976

Born February 1954; Died October 2022

Service held at the Cremation & Funeral Gallery, 733 West Wicks Lane, Billings, MT

Mon, 26
Color Guard Duty

Funeral Services at Cremation & Funeral Gallery

Service held at the Cremation & Funeral Gallery, 29 8th Street West, Billings, MT

Mon, 15
Honor Guard Duty

Michael Briscoe, E-5; Serviced for 3 years in the Corps

Born on Oct 1948, died Sept 2022

Service held at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT 59044 10:00 am

Mon, 13
Honor Guard Duty

Donald Kephart, E-3

David Kephart, E-5

Service held at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT 59044 10:00 am

Mon, 12
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Wed 5
Color Guard Duty

Unaccompanied Veterans 

Military honors to be held Wednesday at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT at 12:00 pm

September 2022

Mon, 12
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Sunday 11 
Color Guard Duty

Flag Presentation at the Zoo Montana at 10:00 am 

Billings, MT.

Thursday 1 
Color Guard Duty

Corporal William N. VanWiern, Serviced from Dec 1941 thru Dec 1945

Born July 29, 1922, Died October 5, 2021 

Burial Services at 1:00 pm, at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT.

August 2022

Mon, 22
Color Guard Duty

Joseph J. Foss; Born December 1972, Died August 2022

Burial Services at 12:00 pm, at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 8
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Mon, 5
Color Guard Duty

Doreen Shul

Burial Services at 12:00 pm, at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Wed, 3
Color Guard Duty

Unaccompanied Veterans  

Burial Services at 12:00 pm, at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 1
Color Guard Duty

Sargent Aaron F. Lurz, Served from 2006 to 2012, Purple Heart

Burial Services at 10:00 am, at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

July 2022

Fri 22
Color Guard Duty

Sgt John Stekae, died at the age of 66

Burial service at 12:00 pm at the National Yellowstone Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 11
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Fri, 8
Color Guard Duty

Jose Riojas, Enlisted in 1970 served in country (Vietnam) as a wireman

until 1972. Born May 1948 – Died May 2022

Service will be held 11:00 am; Friday, July 8, 2022 at Yellowstone National

Cemetery, Laurel, Montana

June 2022

Monday 27
Color Guard Duty

James Christopher Ulrich, Born June 1993 – Died June 2022

Enlisted in the Marine Corps on June 2012

Funeral Service, 10 am, Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Sunday 26
Color Guard Duty

Pioneer Park, Billings, MT

Flag Presentation at 7:00 pm

Mon 14
Color Guard Duty

Adult Resource Alliance Heights, Billings, MT

Flag Presentation at 11:30 am

Mon 13
Color Guard Duty

PFC Joseph Goldade, January 1930 – May 2022

PFC Goldade interment will be on June 13, 2022,

at 12.00 pm at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 13
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

May 2022

Mon, 30
Memorial Day Services

Starts 0700 hours – Riverside Cemetery

1000 hours – Mount View Cemetery

1200 hours – National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 20 – 22
Montana State Dept MCL Convention to be held in Hamilton, MT

Mon 20
Color Guard Duty

Lester Hudson

Enlisted in the Marine Corps in December 1973 

Funeral Services May 20, 2022 at 1300 hours at Mountview Cemetery, Billings, MT

Mon 16
Color Guard Duty

Robert Allen (Bob) Smith

Serviced in the Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957

Funeral Services May 16, 2022 at 1300 hours at Calvary Cemetery, Billings, MT

Mon, 9
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

April 2022

Wed 20
Color Guard Duty

Unaccompanied Veterans 

Military honors to be held Wednesday at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT at 12:00 pm

Mon, 11
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

March 2022

Fri, 18
Color Guard Duty

Hasten Folk Jr; Born 01/1939 died 03/2022

Enlisted in the Army 1958 until 1963; was a member of the US Marine Corps Seal Team 5

in Laos and Cambodia prior to US entry in to Vietnam War

Service to be held at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT; Friday, March 18, 2022 at 2:00 pm

Mon, 14
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

February 2022

Mon, 14
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Mon 7
Color Guard Duty

Jackie Allen Keierleber, Serviced 1970 to 1972; February, 1952 to December, 2021 

Military honors to be held Monday, 02/07/22 at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT at 1:30 pm

Wed 2
Color Guard Duty

Unaccompanied Veterans 

Military honors to be held Wednesday at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT at 12:00 pm

January 2022

Fri 21
Color Guard Duty

Robert R. Clark

Military honors to be held Friday at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT at 2:00 pm

Thr20
Color Guard Duty

Michael Mars

Military honors to be held Friday at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT at 2:00 pm

Sat 8
Color Guard Duty

Lee Black; Born June 1936 – December 2021

Military honors to be held Saturday at Elk Lodge 934 Lewis Ave, Billings, MT

Mon, 10
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Calendar of Events – 2021

December 2021

Thursday 30
Color Guard Duty

Richard McDonnell Schiltz; a Vietnam Veteran, March 1946 – December 2021

Military honors to be held at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Sat, 18
Color Guard Duty

The Wreath Ceremony at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT; 10:00 am

Mon, 14
Toys for Tots Give Away

The I and I staff are short handed and will need assistance giving the toys away. The event will take place at the Metra Park

Mon, 13
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

November 2021

Mon, 8
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Mon, 11
Color Guard Duty

9:30 am Flag Presentation at VFW

October 2021

Sat 22
Color Guard Duty

Sgt Eugene F. Schaul served from 1955 to 1958; February, 1938 to February 2021 .

Interment was held at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT on October 22, 2021 at 1:00 pm

Mon, 11
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Sat 2
Color Guard Duty

Flag Presentation for Huntley Homesteader Day.

Flag Presentation at 1:00 pm, Worden, MT

September 2021

Thr 30
Color Guard Duty

Philip G. Angel, March 1938 to September 1

Interment will be at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT on Sept 30, 2021 at 2 pm

Fri 24
Color Guard Duty

Gene Bell, WWII Veteran; Iwo Jima Survivor; June 1926 to Sept 9, 2021

Interment will be at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT on Sept 24, 2021 at 1 pm

Mon, 13
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Tue 7
Color Guard Duty

Keith L. Kinkade, April 1941 to August 2021

Interment will be at Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park, 11:00 am, Billings, MT

August 2021

Mon, 9
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Wed 25
Color Guard Duty

Unclaimed fallen veterans 

Memorial Services at 10:00 am, Thursday July 15th at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

July 2021

Fri 9
Color Guard Duty

Flag Presentation for Huntley Homesteader Day.

Flag Presentation at 6:00 pm, Worden, MT

Mon, 12
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Fri 15
Color Guard Duty

“Gary Witford”.

Memorial Services at 10:00 am, Thursday July 15th at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Fri 16
Color Guard Duty

Flag Presentation for the Montana State Games.

Presentation at 7:00 pm, Friday July 16th at Senior High School, Billings, MT

Thru 22
Color Guard Duty

Keith M. LaBard; January 1937 to July 16, 2021; Korea Veteran 1958 to 1963.

Services to be held at the Huntley Cemetery at 11:00 am; July 22, 2021.

Fri 30
Color Guard Duty

Carl Sprengehmeyer

Services to be held at the Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT at 9:00 am; July 30, 2021.

Fri 31
Color Guard Duty

Martin Johnke, February 1928 to February 2020; 

Services to be held at Flatwillow  Cemetery, Flatwillow, MT at 1:00 pm; July 31, 2021.

June 2021

Thu 24
Color Guard Duty

Flag Presentation; Symphony in the Park; Pioneer Park 

Flay Presentation at 6:00 pm at Pioneer Park

Fri 4
Color Guard Duty

Leroy “Lee” George Bell; Oct 1949 to May 2021, Vietnam Veteran (2 Purple Hearts).

Memorial Services at 1:00 pm, Friday June 4th at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 14
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

May 2021

Mon, 10
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Mon, 10
Color Guard Duty

John Joseph Vernon Pereau (1934 – 2021), Honorable Discharge from the Marine Corps 1962.

Services at 1:00 pm, Monday May 10th at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Fri, 14
Color Guard Duty

Lance Corporal Richard Eugene Phelps, February, 1951 – April 3021.

Services at 2:00 pm, Friday May 14th at Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Mon, 24
Color Guard Duty

Davis Aaron Woundedface, July 1945 to May 2021. Served in the Army from 1966 to 1968.

Funeral Services at 11:00 am, Monday May 24th; Graveside Service at Turnsplenty Cemetery, Pryor, MT

April 2021

Mon, 12
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Wed, 14
Color Guard Duty

Michael John Heins (1942 to 2021); Vietnam Veteran

Services at 12 pm, Wednesday April 16 at Yellowstone National Cemetery

March 2021

Mon, 8
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Mon, 12
Color Guard Duty

Larry Edward Pinnow (1948 to 2021); Vietnam Veteran, serviced F4 Phantom Jets

Services at 11 am, Friday March 12 at Yellowstone National Cemetery

Fri, 19
Color Guard Duty

Christopher Henry Reimer (1948 to 2021); Vietnam Veteran

Services at 1 pm, Friday March 19 at Yellowstone National Cemetery

Sat, 20
Color Guard Duty

Nicholas Reyna; Operation Desert Storm Veteran

Serviced 20 years in the Marine Corps and 20 years with the Yellowstone County Sheriff as a Deputy

Memorial Services will be held Saturday, March 20, 2021

Sat, 27
Color Guard Duty

Bill “Willie” Dimich, a Korea Veteran 

Enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1952 and returned home to help run the family Pepsi-Cola Bottling business

Funeral services will be held at Mountview Cemetery at 9 am, Saturday, March 27, 2021

Memorial services will be held at 3 pm Saturday, March 27 at the Pepsi-Cola Bottling plant

February 2021

Mon, 8
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Friday 26th
Color Guard Duty

James “Jim” Thomas Krieg; July 19, 1940 to February 17, 2021

Past Commander of Eugene Sara Detachment, US Marine Corps League

Military Honors at Fort Rockvale Cemetery February 26, 2021

January 23

Mon, 11
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Saturday 23 
Color Guard Duty for Jesse Guellar

10 am Mass at Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Billings, MT

11:30 am Holy Cross Cemetery

Calendar of Events – 2019

September 2019

Mon, 09
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Mon, 12
Color Guard Duty for Thomas Reynolds a Korean Veteran

11:15 Saint Bernard Church, Billings, MT

Mon, 15
Color Guard Duty

Flag Presentation

9:30 am, Montana Zoo, Billings, MT

October 2019

Mon, 14
Eugene Sara Detachment Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment monthly meeting to be held at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

November 2019

Sat, 02
US Marine Corps Ball

The US Marine Corps Ball will be held this November 2, 2019, 200 tickets will be sold on a first come first bases.  The tickets will cost $65.  Once I learn the location I will post it.

Mon, 11
Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFW, 637 Anchor Ave, Blgs, MT

Mon, 12
Color Guard Duty

Honoring MSgt Jerry B. Scherer, USMC, who was called to his last duty station to guard the streets of heaven; MSgt, Scherer served in Korea and Vietnam

Friday, 29
Toys for Tots

Walmart

December 2019

Mon, 09
Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

Calendar of Events – 2020

January 2020

Thursday 02
Color Guard Duty, 1 pm Smith West Chapel, 304 34th Street West

Gary Lee Hankel, Jr

Monday 13

Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

February 2020

Monday 10

Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

Friday 14

Color Guard Duty

12:30 pm Herbert Livingston, founding member of the Eugene Sara Detachment, Billings, Montana will be laid to rest today at Mountain View Cemetery.

Monday 24

Color Guard Duty

2:00 pm David Davenport will be laid to rest today at Yellowstone National Cemetery, 2 pm.

March 2020

Monday 9

Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

July 2020

Monday 13

Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

Monday 20

Color Guard Duty

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, Montana

Norman Thomas

Monday 21

Color Guard Duty

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, Montana

Jean-Paul Thiel

Monday 21

Color Guard Duty

Rockvale Cemetery, Montana

Robert Snell

August 2020

Monday 10

Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

Saturday 22

Color Guard Duty

Sunset Cemetery, Billings, Montana

Henry Charles Harmoning

September 2020

Monday 14

Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

Friday 25

Honor Guard Duty

Sunset Cemetery, Billings, Montana

Betty Schaff

Friday 25

Honor Guard Duty

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Fredrick Lindt

Saturday 26

Honor Guard Duty

Captain Clark Fishing, Custer, MT

Delmar Voegele

October 2020

Monday 12

Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

Tuesday 6

Honor Guard Duty

Custer Battlefield National Monument Little Bighorn Battle field, MT

Grant Bulltail

Monday 12

Honor Guard Duty

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Florentine Thomas (Tom) Angel

November 2020

Tuesday 3

Honor Guard Duty

Winfield Russell, (Ve’kesoh no’kaestse (One Bird)

Northern Cheyenne Tribe

Yellowstone National Cemetery, Laurel, MT

Monday 9

Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

December 2020

Tuesday 1

Honor Guard Duty

Donald D. Weigum; 2:00 pm; Terrace Gardens Cemetery, Billings, MT

Friday 11

Honor Guard Duty

Calvin C. Jefferson, Jr.  1 pm, Fairview Cemetery, Hardin, MT

Monday 14

Eugene Sara Detachment Monthly Meeting

1900 hrs (7 pm) Eugene Sara Detachment will hold it’s monthly meeting at the VFS, 637 Anchor Ave, Billings, MT

Saturday 19

Honor Guard Duty

Wreath across America honoring fallen veterans

9:30 am Yellowstone National Cemetery  

Wednesday 30

Honor Guard Duty

Thomas A. Winkler

Funeral Service at 1:30 pm; Sunset Memorial Gardens