Fort Walla Walla Camp No. 3 serves the 20 counties of Eastern Washington: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima. With a date of rank of March 30, 2015, it is one of the founding camps of the Department of the Columbia (formed in 2015). Our camp is named after Fort Walla Walla, the third U.S. military post of that name in southeast Washington state. It was occupied from 1858 to 1910. The Fort Walla Walla Camp is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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Please direct membership inquires to the Junior Vice Commander at camp3jvc@suvpnw.org.
CAMP OFFICERS
Office | Name | Location | |
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Commander | Don Jameson | Yakima, WA | camp3cmdr@suvpnw.org |
Senior Vice Commander | Thomas Hull | Yakima, WA | camp3svc@suvpnw.org |
Junior Vice Commander | Philip K. Brown | Tonasket, WA | camp3jvc@suvpnw.org |
Council Member 1 (Chairman) | Bob Manning | Mountain Home, ID | camp3council1@suvpnw.org |
Council Member 2 | James Payne | Walla Walla, WA | camp3council2@suvpnw.org |
Council Member 3 | Brian Teegarden | Yakima, WA | camp3council3@suvpnw.org |
Secretary | Hank Cramer | Winthrop, WA | camp3secy@suvpnw.org |
Treasurer | John Davis | Nine Mile Falls, WA | camp3treas@suvpnw.org |
Patriotic Instructor | Bob Manning | Mountain Home, ID | camp3instructor@suvpnw.org |
Chaplain | Thomas Hull | Yakima, WA | camp3chaplain@suvpnw.org |
Graves Registration Officer | Cliff B. Peterson | Selah, WA | camp3graves@suvpnw.org |
Historian | Don Jameson | Yakima, WA | camp3historian@suvpnw.org |
Civil War Memorials Officer | John Tipton | Yakima, WA | camp3memorials@suvpnw.org |
Eagle Scout Certificate Coordinator | Steve Matthews | Spokane, WA | camp3eagle@suvpnw.org |
ROTC/JROTC Recognition Coordinator | Don Jameson | Yakima, WA | camp3rotc@suvpnw.org |
Color Bearer | Luke Sowieralski | Kennewick, WA | |
Guard | Ray Marshall, PCC | Richland, WA | |
Assistant Treasurer | Jim Brown | Okanogan, WA | |
Newsletter Editor | Thomas Hull | Yakima, WA | camp3newsletter@suvpnw.org |
Signals Officer | Bob Davis | Covington, LA | camp3signals@suvpnw.org |
UPCOMING CAMP EVENTS
Title | Date | Location/Notes |
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Quarterly Meeting | Jan 28, 2023 | VFW Post 1435 Building, 212 S. David St., Spokane Valley WA. 99212. Call Br. Don Jameson @509-945-0549 if you have questions. Set up 11:30, Social time and lunch at 11:45-12:30. Menu ordering provided. Meeting starts at 12:30PM. Program starts at 1:00 PM. Program begins with Rudy Lopez, director of E. Washington Veterans Cemetry. Retired AF Command Chief Master Sergeant. Information on internments, eligiblity, and the research process. He will share stories of a personal interest of families and veterans buried there. Q&A will follow. Program continues with Br. John Davis presenting, "My Family Story" on ancestors in the Cival War who met their future family members in the units assigned. Other buisness after program: 2023 Camp Officer Installation, discussion of March 7-13 visit and venue locations of the Curtis Fields visit as Gen. Grant, and initiations of new members. Meeting should adjorn around 2:30 PM. |
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