ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, January 16, 1997 TAG: 9701170013
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E-6 EDITION: METRO
MARINE PVT. JOSHUA E. HUGHES recently completed his basic training in Parris Island, S.C. Hughes is the son of Wayne and Debbie Hughes of Catawba.
MAJ. JOHN A. PILCHER, son of John and Rebecca Pilcher of Roanoke, recently received the Air Force Achievement Medal for his outstanding service while on a humanitarian mission to Manta, Ecuador.
Pilcher is a medical team member from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. In Ecuador, the medical teams assisted in the care of more than 60 Ecuadorians who were severely burned when an American civilian cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Manta.
NAVY SEAMAN RECRUIT BELINDA H. SMITH, daughter of Gary W. Smith of Buchanan and Janice S. Peters of Roanoke, recently completed basic training at Great Lakes, Ill.
Smith is a 1992 graduate of James River High School.
LT. LEE MESSIMER, son of Harry Messimer of Salem and Melvenia Messimer of Roanoke, was recently promoted to his present rank in the Navy Reserve.
Messimer is a 1983 graduate of Northside High School.
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