Established by the National Guard Association of Kansas to commemorate and recognize individuals who have served in the Kansas National Guard or it's predecessor "Kansas State Militia" and who have made a significant contributions to the National Guard achievements, tradition, or history.
				Click to display in alphabetical order 1979 COL Samuel J. Crawford BG Frank Dunkley COL Arthur M. Ferguson MG Frederick Funston LTG Joe Nickell BG Wint Smith 1LT William B. Trembley BG Mahlon S. Weed CPL Edward White 1980 BG John W. Breidenthal BG Charles H. Browne, Sr. COL John A. Martin COL George T. O'Connell CPT Edwin S. Young 1981 BG Calvin E. Barry COL Paul A. Fall MSG Samuel M. Hames BG Howard S. Searle BG George H. Wark 1982 MG Charles H. Browne, Jr. MAJ Faustino J. Domingo BG Thomas J. Kennedy CW4 Thomas A. Loftus 1983 COL Frank D. Boyd BG J E "Speck" Gardner COL Montimer M. Hilleary 1984 MSG Henry J. Bausch COL Carl L. Boggs BG Milton R. McLean 1985 MG Charles I. Martin CPT Allison J. Pliley COL Henry J. Weltmer 1986 COL Perry M. Hoisington BG Philip W. Smyth 1987 MajGen Edward R. Fry COL Arthur J. Ericsson 1988 COL Clarence E. Weller 1989 COL Albert S. Bigelow BG William J. Mullins, Jr. COL Michael P. Sarras 1990 CSM Robert N. Shaumeyer MG Ralph T. Tice CW4 Charles Leo Tuxhorn 1991 COL Richard E. Eckert MAJ LeRoy H. Meyer COL Donald J. O'Toole 1992 COL Elmer L. Lentz CMSgt Melvin D. Simpson MG Jack Strukel, Jr. 1993 BG Alonzo D. Dougherty, Jr. SGM George J. Perry LTC William J. L. Porter 1994 COL Clarence E. Laughon BG Leo P. Tritsch 1995 CSM Jack L. Elliott 1996 CSM Ralph L. George CMSgt James A. Goetz COL Robert H. Newby 1997 2LT Erwin Russell Bleckley MSG Clarence I. Hart 1998 COL James E. Fox 1SG Leonard J. Miller COL William E. Searcy 1999 COL Rex H. Bartlow CMSgt John S. Hayworth SGM John D. Trost 2000 BG Edgar L. Degraw COL Verlyn W. Steinkruger CMSgt A. Duane Zerger 2001 COL Donald E. Ballard MOH COL Robert F. Baker COL John W. Bennett MAJ Bernard W. Larson 2002 BG W. Keith Weltmer CMSgt Bernard E. Carbon COL Junior F. Elder 2003 CPT Louis Phil Billard BG Harold D. Sommers 2004 MG James F. Rueger MSG Dan D. Anderson 2005 MG Michael W. Ryan 2006 BG Alfred P. Bunting BG Ronald D. Tincher 2007 BG Edward H. Gerhardt 2nd Lt John A. Huntsman (MOH) CSM Howard H. McCoy Col Micheal J. O'Toole 2008 (Induction to be held 2 Nov 2008)