Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, December 8, 1994                   TAG: 9501120034
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W12   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SERVICE

He is a 1993 graduate of Salem High School.

ARMY PVT. SHAWN A. WITT, son of Rose M. Witt of Vinton, recently completed basic training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C.

SEAMAN RECRUIT MICHAEL P. OVERBY, son of Richard W. and Peggy E. Dickerson of Salem, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill.

He is a 1992 graduate of Salem High School.

AIRMAN JENNIFER M. WILSON, daughter of Fred D. and Linda A. Morkham of Roanoke, recently graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

She is a 1991 graduate of William Fleming High School.

BRIAN L. DINKEL, son of Rita D. Goodbar of Troutville, has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

He is a 1994 graduate of Lord Botetourt High School, Daleville.

AIRMAN 1ST CLASS PAUL J. MCEACHERN, son of Bill C. and Grace M. McEachern of Roanoke, has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

He is a 1994 graduate of Patrick Henry High School.

FIREMAN CHRISTOPHER T. WADE, son of Dathea H. Wade of Roanoke, recently traveled to the Red Sea aboard the guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto in response to another crisis in Iraq.

Wade is one of more than 400 sailors assigned to the ship which is operating from the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal to the Red Sea after President Clinton ordered the Navy ships to deploy immediately to the Middle East.

He is a 1991 graduate of William Fleming High School.