Commanders Log - American Legion Post #40
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HENRY M. GUTTORMSON
Feb 10, 1893 – Aug 6, 1918
The Lanesboro American Legion Post #40 was named for Henry M. Guttormson in 1919. Henry M Guttormson was born Feb 10, 1893 to Mr. and Mrs. Guttorm O. Guttormson in Lanesboro, MN. He entered the service September 22, 1917 as a Private with Co 11, 1st Infantry Training Regiment AEF. He arrived in Europe in late June of 1918 and was sent to the front three weeks later. He actively engaged in early fighting at Chauteau Thierry and was killed in action near Aisne River August 6, 1918. He is buried in the American Cemetery near Romagne France.
Commander information has been condensed. Complete biographies of the Commanders can be viewed in the Commanders Log at the post. *The original Commanders Log Cover was handcrafted by Legion member Carl John Thompson
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1919 George A Gulbrandsen 1920 Carroll C Jacobson 1921 George A Gulbrandsen 1922 Milo Thoreson 1923 Edwin B Stromme 1924 John W Hennessy 1925 Paul L Dorn 1926 Msgr, Leo M Devlin 1927 Msgr, Leo M Devlin 1928 E W Tollin 1929 Raymond Lee 1930 Paul L Dorn 1931 Beryle Arnold 1932 Robert W Culbertson 1933 Henry S “Heinie” Hoff 1934 Howard C Shattuck 1935 Arnold B Evenson 1936 Otto L Moe 1937 A W Highum 1938 Carl A Lodahl 1939 Arthur I Olson 1940 Odwin Bradley 1941 John H "Duffy" Lewis 1942 Helmer Kolstad 1943 Leland Benson 1944 August Witte 1945 Obert Garness 1946 Edwin O Davidson 1947 Orval H Amdahl 1948 Russell Hanson 1949 Donald M Thompson 1950 John H "Duffy" Lewis 1951 Gordon Storhoff 1952 Leroy “Eric” Erickson 1953 Paul Ahlert Evenson 1954 Adolph M Halvorson 1955 Lee Boyum | 1956 Maynard Julian Ask 1957 Lester Gunderson 1958 Allan Vogen 1959 Roland Brekke 1960 Ferdine O Olson 1961 Hiram Neil Redalen 1962 Darryl Northouse 1963 Laird H Adams 1964 Peter John Fox 1965 Earl Flattum 1966 Donald Wangen 1967 Orlando T Johnson 1968 Wendell Draper 1969 Robert Thompson 1970 Charles Schroeder 1971 Bennett Berge 1972 Bennett Berge 1973 Orval H Amdahl 1974 Donald M Thompson 1975 Orvey Peterson 1976 Richard “Dick” Hanson 1977 Donald M Thompson 1978 Duane “Dewey” Hungerholt 1979 Gary Redalen 1980 Glen Jensson 1981 Laird H Adams 1982 James O Ostrem 1983 Loren Berge 1984 Brian Thompson 1985 Lowell Flattum 1986 Thomas Peterson 1987 Jerry Haugen 1988 Robert Norstad 1989 Donald Wangen 1990 Robert D Norby 1991 Donald Wangen 1992 Donald Wangen | 1993 Donald Wangen 1994 Donald Wangen 1995 Donald Wangen 1996 Allan Vogen 1997 Allan Vogen 1998 Donald Ruen 1999 Joe O'Connor 2000 Joe O'Connor 2001 Dale Honsey 2002 Rick Darling 2003 Glen Jensson 2004 Glen Jensson 2005 Dale Honsey 2006 Dale Honsey 2007 Rick Darling 2008 Rick Darling 2009 Rick Darling 2010 Jay Wheelock 2011 Deane Benson 2012 Deane Benson 2013 Deane Benson 2014 Deane Benson 2015 Deane Benson 2016 Rick Schnaufer 2017 James Haugen 2018 James Haugen 2019 Mike Mullen 2020 Mike Mullen 2021 Mike Mullen 2022 Mike Mullen 2023 Mike Mullen 2024 Mike Mullen/Dave Rahn 2025 Mike Mullen |
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