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Awards and Honors

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  Here are some of my awards, honors and service medals: Northrop Institute of Technology Scholarship from Clover Park HS, May, 1969 Top Airman Basic, Lackland AFB, TX, (American Spirit Honor Medal), Oct 1970 Airman of the Quarter, Beale AFB, Dec 1971 U Tapao USO Hall of Fame for chess activities, August 1974 Harry S Truman Scholarship from Mitchell Community College, 1976 Certificate in Recognition for Outstanding Roadrunner, 130 miles, Officer Training School (OTS), Aug 22, 1979 Company Officer Grade of the Quarter, WPAFB, OH, June 1983 Air Force Physical Fitness Achievement Award, Dec 31, 1983 Air Force Physical Fitness Achievement Award, Jul 13, 1984 Squadron Officer School Running Award, Maxwell AFB, 1984 NASA Group Achievement Award, Oct 23, 1986 (supported Challenger disaster investigation) Exemplary Team Performance Award, Harris Corporation 1998 Engineering Award - Outstanding Individual Contribution for STAT, Harris 1999 2000 Engineering Award for Outstanding Individual Contr

Wall Surname Origin

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  The surname  WALL  is one of the most notable Anglo-Saxon surnames, and its historical trail has emerged from the mists of time to become an influential name of the middle ages and of the present day.  Wall is a local surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. In an in-depth research of such ancient manuscripts as the Domesday Book compiled in 1086 A.D., by Duke William of Normandy (King William of England), the Ragman Rolls (1291-1296) collected by King Edward 1st of England, the Curla Regis Rolls, the Pipe Rolls, the Hearth Rolls, parish registers, baptismals and tax records, the first record of the name  WALL  is in Gloucestershire where they were seated from ancient times and appeared as holders of lands in the Domesday Book. The  Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames  defines WALL as being local or at the wall or stranger. The  Dictionary of American Family Names  defines WALL as a dweller at or near a wall. The  Irish Families, Their Names, Arms, and Orig

Wall Genealogy

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  Bill Wall Family Tree William Dale Wall B: 11 MAY 1951 Raymond, Pierce Co, WA M: 20 AUG 1977 Taylorsville, NC D: Living William "Bill" Raymond Wall B: 4 JAN 1920 Winlock, WA M: 6 JUN 1949 Washington, United States D: 12 MAY 1980 Tacoma, WA Connie Cullen Wall B: 7 AUG 1887 Washington Territory M: 16 MAY 1917 Winlock, WA D: 16 MAY 1972 Chehalis, WA William Jesse Wall B: 14 JUL 1854 Tennessee M: 19 JUL 1880 Parrottsville, TN D: 4 JUN 1910 Lewis Co Washingto William Bryson Wall B: 26 APR 1821 North Carolina D: 1 JAN 1904 Washington Louisa C. Hudson B: 1 OCT 1825 United States D: NOV 1900 Lewis County, WA Sarah "Sallie" Dixon McCurley B: 2 MAY 1859 Parrottsville, TN M: 19 JUL 1880 Parrottsville, TN D: 2 AUG 1933 Seattle, WA John D. McCurley B: 20 NOV 1822 Belfast, Ireland D: 15 SEP 1878 Mohawk, TN Sarah Jane Neilson B: 18 FEB 1829 Tennessee D: 15 AUG 1904 Mohawk, TN Zella Verne Metcalf B: 21 JAN 1886 Hamilton, IL M: 16 MAY 1917 Winlock, WA D: 1 OCT 1954 Chehalis, WA He