Corporal Ernest Eugene Dollins, proudly served in the United States Marine Corps with the Comm.Co., H & S Battalion, 5th FSR in Vietnam as a wireman. His unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. His other awards include the National Defense Service Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with one campaign star. Ernest was born in Morley, Missouri in 1946. He married Bobbie Singleton in 1967. Married forth-one years, Ernest has two children and two grandchildren.