Born and raised in Lincoln County, Washington. Current English teacher in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Former cemetery representative at "Punchbowl" National Memorial Cemetery with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery Administration in Honolulu, Hawaii. United States Army combat veteran Iraq (OIF). Webster University graduate, Masters of Arts degree Human Resource Development (adult education and training). Travel enthusiast Germany, Iraq, Canada, Nepal, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Family historian with a passion and love for family history.

Family Surnames: McClure, Goodenough, Laupp, Yajima, Smith, Schwartz, Takahashi, Newell, Brink, Mulherin, Aicheler, Haye, Wall, Warner, Tsunoda, Harer, Bolon, Tharp, Holloway, Waldmann, Beuttenmüller, Schmidt, Hoffmann, Barrell, Peel, Cochran, Steele and Kaneko.

Born and raised in Lincoln County, Washington. Current English teacher in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Former cemetery representative at "Punchbowl" National Memorial Cemetery with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery Administration in Honolulu, Hawaii. United States Army combat veteran Iraq (OIF). Webster University graduate, Masters of Arts degree Human Resource Development (adult education and training). Travel enthusiast Germany, Iraq, Canada, Nepal, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Family historian with a passion and love for family history.

Family Surnames: McClure, Goodenough, Laupp, Yajima, Smith, Schwartz, Takahashi, Newell, Brink, Mulherin, Aicheler, Haye, Wall, Warner, Tsunoda, Harer, Bolon, Tharp, Holloway, Waldmann, Beuttenmüller, Schmidt, Hoffmann, Barrell, Peel, Cochran, Steele and Kaneko.