Jim "Jungle
Jim" Grainger was born in Sacramento, California. He served in the US Army as Staff Sergeant
(E-6), from 1966 to 1969 in the A Company, 1st Battalion, 327th
Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. He
has retired and recently met the "love of his life", and is now
married to Kathryn Grainger. He enjoys volunteering for various organizations
in the Tucson area. He is also starting a Tucson Arizona chapter of “Pointman
Ministries” an organization dedicated to the healing of veterans. He is currently recruiting new guys to take
on the run and pass on what was given to him.
James R. Franklin
James R. Franklin,
born in Pittsfield, Illinois, in April 1947, served in the US Army from May
1966 to March 1968. James was a Staff
Sergeant (E-6) in the B Company, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry
Division (Mobile Riverine Force) and served in Vietnam in 1967. He is now a Veterans Advocate, assisting
veterans to get into the VA system.
"JR" worked to get a bill past in the Kansas State Senate for
Veterans license plates on motorcycles, and works on an advisory committee for
a Kansas Congressman.
Dennis Trimble
Dennis
L. Trimble, born in December 1945, served in the US Army as a Specialist 5th
Class (E-5) from August 1966 to September 1967. Dennis was a Special Forces trained medic and served in the 101st
Airborne Division in Vietnam, and at the US Army Kennedy Space Center in 1968. Dennis earned a Masters Degree in Health
Education and is now a Senior Human Services Program Manager living in
Gainesville, Florida. He looks forward
to the run every year.
Bob Trimble
Bob Trimble was born
in Troy, Ohio on July 11, 1944. After
being drafted in 1965, he served in the US Army thru July 1970. Bob was an Infantry Captain and served with
B Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division from July 1967
until February 1968. He also served on
the General's Staff of the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate) from July 1969
until July 1970. Bob has a Master's
Degree in Psychology and is currently working as a therapist in Santa Barbara,
California, where he supervises the drug and alcohol program for the Santa
Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. He
took a new guy, called a "FNG", on the run in 2001, and is currently
recruiting FNGs for next year's run.
Ed Gohn
Ed
"Fingers" Gohn was born in Buffalo, New York on July 30, 1948. Ed served in the US Navy as an AT 2 with VA
195, on the USS Oriskany and USS Kittyhawk.
He was with the Navy from July 1965 to December 1971, when he medically
retired. Ed is now working as an
Aerospace Manager and SCUBA Instructor.
He continues to ride in the Run For The Wall yearly, and passes the
experience on to others.