Cpl. Vernon R. Widner of Redlands, California was well-known at Don's Diner & Ice Cream Parlor in Reedsport, where he worked as a cook for about four years. He joined the Army in April 2003, and his wife Tammy and her two sons moved from Reedsport to Coos Bay, where she is a certified nurse's aide at Bay Area Hospital. They met in Redlands in 1994 and were married three years later. He is also survived by his parents, Emmanuel and Sandra Widner of Redlands, Calif. His wife and two children lived in Coos Bay. The family moved to the Oregon Coast because they wanted to get out of California and not raise our children there. He wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, a career Army man. His dad was in the Army, and it was something he thought he should do. He always wanted to do stuff like that. I know he liked it and was going to make it a career. He was 34.
Army
3rd Special Troops Battalion
3rd Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Army
3rd Special Troops Battalion
3rd Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Cpl. Vernon R. Widner of Redlands, California was well-known at Don's Diner & Ice Cream Parlor in Reedsport, where he worked as a cook for about four years. He joined the Army in April 2003, and his wife Tammy and her two sons moved from Reedsport to Coos Bay, where she is a certified nurse's aide at Bay Area Hospital. They met in Redlands in 1994 and were married three years later. He is also survived by his parents, Emmanuel and Sandra Widner of Redlands, Calif. His wife and two children lived in Coos Bay. The family moved to the Oregon Coast because they wanted to get out of California and not raise our children there. He wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, a career Army man. His dad was in the Army, and it was something he thought he should do. He always wanted to do stuff like that. I know he liked it and was going to make it a career. He was 34.
Army
3rd Special Troops Battalion
3rd Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Army
3rd Special Troops Battalion
3rd Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
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