Army (Flight Operations)

Rank: Sergeant

Discharged in Feb 1978 

 

Lana has a family of veterans with two brothers in the US Army, two sisters in the Navy, and her father and step-father were in the US Air Force. 

 

Brio Resident

 

US Army

Staff Sergeant (SSG)P

Discharged: 2006

 

Brio Resident

Craig Petersen

 

United States Marine Corps - Vietnam

Year Discharged: 1972

 

Brio Resident

 

Craig L. Petersen, joined the United State Marine Corps just prior to his 19th birthday, February 1966. He spent 8 weeks of Boot Camp (Basic Training) at MCRD San Diego, California and 4 weeks of Infantry Training Regiment (ITR) at Camp Pendleton, California. On his way to his next duty station, he married Janet Lapray, on May 27th 1966, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Logan Utah Temple, had a very short honeymoon and reported to NAS Memphis, Tennessee for Airframes / Powerplant training. Upon completion of his USMC enlisted aviation “A” school training, he was sent to Camp Pendleton for advanced infantry training in preparation for deployment to Viet Nam. In February 1967, he was deployed and assigned to H&MS-12 in support of combat operations at Chu Lai, Republic of Viet Nam. In March 1968, he was assigned to the Los Alamitos Naval Reserve Air Base to support the USMC Reserve unit stationed there. Craig and Janet lived in Anaheim, California until he was released to an inactive reserve unit. They then moved to Logan, Utah and he was honorably released in February 1972. Craig and Janet celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary on May 27, 2026, with 8 children plus 8 spouses, 23 grandchildren plus 13 spouses and 20 great-grandchildren with 2 more in the oven. Totaling 76 members, in their growing family.