CURRENT POST 40 COMMANDERS / commanders/PRESIDENTS
Post Commander – Terry Whitmoyer
Home Association President –Terry Whitmoyer
Honor Guard Commander -David Callahan
Auxiliary President- Lori Whitmoyer
Sons of American Legion Commander – Richard Vognetz
POST 40 HISTORY
Brief history of Post 40
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization. Focusing on service to veterans, servicemembers and communities, the Legion evolved from a group of war-weary veterans of World War I into one of the most influential nonprofit groups in the United States
In May of 1919, an announcement of the formation of a national group calling itself the American Legion was planned for Danville. On June 19, 1919, in the Grand Army of The Republic Hall, 40 World War I vets met to elect officers. A. L. Wintersteen was voted to represent them as post commander, and they officially adopted the name "Frank W. Sidler" Post 40.
First Lieutenant Franklin William Sidler was killed in action on September 13, 1918 near Saint Mihiel France. He is buried at Saint Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial Thiaucourt-Regnieville Department de Meurthe-et-Moselle Lorraine, France Plot: Section D Row 11 Grave 35
NOTICE
AT 1800 HOURS, DAILY, A BELL WILL RING THREE TIMES IN THE
CANTEEN IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE HONOR, AS WELL, OUR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO ARE IN
HARM'S WAY TODAY. WE ASK THAT ALL STAND REMOVE
YOUR COVER IF WEARING ONE, AND OBSERVE A MOMENT OF
SILENCE. THE BELL WILL BE RUNG ONCE TO RESUME.
POST 40 PAST COMMANDERS
1919 A.L. WINTERSTEEN
1920 HAROLD E. FAUST
1921 EDWARD E. PRICE
1922 J. MOSTYN DAVIS
1923 VICTOR OLSON
1924 EMIL GAERTNER
1925 W.J. FAUSNAUGHT
1926 RALPH BYERLY
1927 CLYDE H. DAVIS
1928 ALFRED SINCOX
1929 WILLIAM BOEDKER
1930 WILLIAM H. DRISCOLL
1931 JAMES FOSTER
1932 WILLIAM T. DEETER
1933 WINCHESTER DEVOE
1934 HARRY F. SNYDER
1935 A.L. WINTERSTEEN
1936 LEON GALILEY
1937 DAVID NUSS
1938 RICHARD HAINES
1939 CHARLES MONG
1940 J.E. BIRD
1941 DR. R.Y. CRONE
1942 EMERSON SMITH, SR.
1943 ALLEN DEAN
1944 PAUL COLE
1945 DANIEL H. EVANS
1946 WILLIAM H. SHULTZ
1947 HARRY L. JOHNSON
1948 OLIVER N. HAAS
1949 THOMAS BEAGLE
1950 HARRY A. DAILEY
1951 GEORGE O. WAGNER
1952 EDWIN MARRALL
1953 JAMES H. WARNER
1954 ROBERT LITTLE
1955 WILLIAM LEIGHOW
1956 MURRAY C. DAVIS
1957 MELVIN KRUM
1958 CHARLES E. ELLIOTT
1959 WILLIAM PETERSON
1960 RALPH MOODIE
1961 JAMES BAYLOR
1962 ROBERT LOVE
1963 WILSON STEINMAN
1964 JOSEPH L. WHAPHAM
1965 HAROLD C. YOUNG
1966 ANTHONY MAHONEY
1967 ALTON J. KAUFFMAN
1968 EDWARD C. LEDGER
1969 RICHARD C. KESSLER
1970 ANTHONY D. KRANKOSKIE
1971 JAMES L. CURTIS
1972 HIRAM C. STABLER
1973 WILLIAM M. ROHRBACH
1974 WILLIAM Q. COPE
1975 GEORGE W. STYER
1976 JOHN L. RUDY
1977 JAMES L. HENDRICKS
1978 HAROLD A. WERTMAN
1979 ROBERT C. SNYDER
1980 FRANCIS E. HENDRICKS
1981 JAMES F. CURTIS
1982 FRANCES E. HENDRICKS
1983 JACK R. LONG
1984 CARL D. CROSSLY
1985 JOHN VANDERHOFF
1986 EDWARD ENSLIN
1987 NORMAN VOGNETZ
1988 CHARLES STINE
1989 EDWARD ENSLIN
1990 WARREN KELLEY
1991 EDWARD DALTON
1992 ROBERT WITMER
1993 WILLIAM R. ROGERS, JR.
1994 JAMES BUCKLEY
1995 DONALD G. WEST
1996 DAVID WITMER
1997 STEVE WESOLOWSKI
1998 GEORGE LEHMAN
1999 SUSAN ROGERS
2000 RICHARD VOGNETZ
2001 TIM EGAN
2002 Charles Talton
2003 Walter Hendricks
2004 Carl L. Appleman
2005 William Mc Carthy
2006 Richard Lewis
2007 Michael Hughes
2008 William Mc Carthy
2009 Clayton Temple
2010 Robert Lewis
2011 Charles Haney
2012 Dean Von Blohn
2013 Dean Von Blohn
2014 Lonnie Spicher
2015 Grant Fritz
2016 Grant Fritz
2017 Brian Sosnoskie
2018 Brian Sosnoskie
2019 Brian Sosnoskie
2020 Brian Sosnoskie