Sammamish Wall of Honor
Douglas Stephen Hadley
Richwoods High School, Peoria, IL
Class of June, 1966
Research done by Claradell Shedd.
Douglas Stephen Hadley
Doug graduated from Richwoods High School in June, 1966. At the time, his next of kin were Martin and Shirley Hadley.
Douglas Stephen Hadley
Year   Rank   Status
bef 1966 x x Paper route, Boy Scout, Explorer Scout
June, 1966 x x Graduated from Richwoods High School, Peoria, IL
June, 1969 x x Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois. Helped start a parachute club there. Recorded 561 jumps during the ten years I was active in that sport.
January 5, 1970 x US Army x Entered US Army. Basic Training at *Fort Leonard Wood, MO. 5th Army, Company A, Fifth Battalion, Second Brigade
March 13, 1970 x US Army x Graduated from Basic Training, Fort Leonard Wood, MO.
April-August, 1970 x US Army x Training at **Fort Devens, MA. US Army Security Agency.
1978 x Certification x Qualified for single engine private pilot's license.
1970-1971 x US Army x Nuremberg, Germany (second largest city in the German state of Bavaria)
1971-1972 x US Army x Augsburg, Germany
December 12, 1972 x US Army/SPC-5 x Discharged from US Army; Fort Dix, NJ.
December 21, 1974 x Family x Married Gloria Mielnicki in Chicago, IL.
1978 x x Graduated from DePaul University; MBA, Finance
1975-1980 x Employment x Banking industry. Accepted in Continental Illinois National Bank's credit training program.
1980 x Employment x Transfer to Seattle. Continental Illinois National Bank.
1984 x Employment x Left Continental Illinois National Bank. Joined First Interstate Bank in Seattle.
August 3, 1984 x Family x Daughter Sarah born. She married March 2, 2018 in Redwood City, CA.
September 15, 2008 x Location x Has lived at current Sammamish, WA location since September 15, 2008.
April, 1997 -2016 x Employment x Boeing Capital Corporation (facility near Grady Way/Renton) for 19 years.
bef March 31, 2023 x Location x Has lived in Chicago (banking), Totem Lake, Woodinville, Sammamish, WA.
April 2, 2023 x Location x Living in Sammamish, WA. Active in local Sammamish church activities.
*Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Fort Leonard Wood is a thriving and prosperous installation that has evolved from a small basic training post more than 80 years ago to a premier Army Center of Excellence that trains nearly 80,000 military and civilians each year.

Home to the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood now trains and educates service members and develops doctrine and capabilities for the Training and Doctrine Command’s U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School, U.S. Army Engineer School, and U.S. Army Military Police School.

Fort Leonard Wood has received numerous additional responsibilities to include supporting a colonel-commanded Marine Corps Detachment and an Air Force Squadron, which are both the largest on any Army installation, are located on Fort Leonard Wood; a large Navy Seabee Detachment and elements of the Coast Guard train here as well.

**Fort Devens, MA
textThe 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division was located at Fort Devens from 1946 to 1950. Already at reduced strength, the regiment was further decimated when a battalion from Fort Devens was reflagged as the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and sent to Korea to join the 1st Cavalry Division. The 7th Infantry deployed to San Francisco, California and sailed for Japan on 20 August 1950, arriving on 16 September 1950 to marry-up with the 15th Infantry Regiment and the division headquarters.

Fort Devens hosted the Army Security Agency Training Center & School (ASATC&S) from April 1951 to 1996.[citation needed] In the 1950s or 1960s the fort was home to the 56th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, part of 1st Region, Army Air Defense Command.

On 15 February 1958 the 2d Infantry Brigade was reactivated at Fort Devens, Massachusetts as the Pentomic 2d Infantry Brigade with its own shoulder sleeve insignia. It spent the next five years training in northern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. The Brigade was prepared to support the Marines landing in the 1958 Lebanon crisis but did not deploy.

Headquarters & Headquarters Company
1st Battle Group, 4th Infantry
2nd Battle Group, 60th Infantry
1st Battalion, 76th Artillery
Company F, 34th Armor
Company G, 34th Armor
Troop F, 5th Cavalry
Brigade Trains
Two engineer companies
The 2d Infantry Brigade was inactivated on 19 February 1963 at Fort Devens; in 1962 when it was reflagged as 2d Brigade, 5th Infantry Division. It was reactivated on 23 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and moved (with the rest of the Division) to Fort Riley, Kansas in January 1964.

From 1968 to 1995, Fort Devens was the home of the 10th Special Forces Group.It also served as a training center for members of the Army Reserve and National Guard.

Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Nuremberg, Germany
Fort Devens, MA March 31, 2023: Sammamish, WA
1970; Fort Leonard Wood, MO
US Army Basic Training with M-16
1975: Doug and Gloria in Illinois.
1988: Doug, Gloria, and Sarah. In Kirkland, just back fromNuremberg, Germany.
Dcember 21, 1974: Wedding: Douglas and Gloria Hadley; Chicago, IL
2012: Daughter Sarah's UW Graduation
Douglas Stephen Hadley
SPC-5
US Army


US Army Seal



Fort Devens, MA


5th Army; Fort Leonard Wood, MO





US Army Security Agency

SPC5 US Army

Retired out of  Fort Dix, NJ

National Defense Service Medal       Army Rifle Expert (M-16)
References
The comprehensive list of names in U.S. Army Archives.
March 31, 2023. Has lived at current Sammamish, WA location since September 15, 2008..
Music: "Wind Beneath My Wings"
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