Benjamin F. Dillingham and Bridget Wilson LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor
This LGBT Veterans Wall of Honor recognizes LGBTQ veterans with ties to San Diego who served under anti-LGBTQ policies, preventing their ability to serve, and serve safety and openly. These veterans have taken the oath to serve our country and have done so honorably, and with distinction, acting as role models in advancing equality. The LGBT Veterans Wall commemorates these veterans’ lives in hopes that their courage, bravery and sacrifices will continue to inspire future generations.
See the 2020 biographies for the inductees
See the listing of inductee bios from 2013- 2017
Listed below are the inductees since the Wall's inception:
Eugene Burkard, USAF
Lee Lozano-Osier, USN
Jackson Redmond, USA
Gary Wayne Rees, USN (deceased)
Wallace Bruce Shank, Jr., USAF
Ruby Sola, USN
Frank Stiriti, USN
Eva Belanger, USAF
Courtland Hirschi, USMC
Alva Smithson, USN
Norman Braxton, USN
James “Clay” Kilpatrick, USMC
Robert G. Wheeler, USAF
Thomas Carpenter, USMC
George Robert Pedrick, USN
Will Williams, USN
James Cassidy, USN
James Seal, USAF
Robert Bettinger, USA
Nic Herrera, USA
John Lockhart, USN
Justin Brent, USA
Zander Keig, USCG
Craig Alan Morgan, USN
Wayne Elias Dietz Jr., USN
Robert John Leyh, USN
Roger Greenseth, USA
Judith Litzenberger, USN
Joanna (Gasca) Sansoterra, USAF
Scott P. Lawry, USN
Allen R. Schindler, Jr, USN
Dennis E. Howard, USN
Edwin O. Lohr, USAF
Jeff Underwood, USN
Arthur J. Kelleher, USN
Sean R. Redmond, USAF
Craig A. Wilgenbusch, USN
William E. Kelly, USAF
Sean M. Sala, USN
Veronica Zerrer, USA
Mitchel Eugene Cantrell, USA
Camille Emily Davidson, USAF
Gordon K. Wahl, USAF
Diane M. “Semo” Cimochowicz, USN
Jackie K. Jackson, USN
Donna F. Walker, USN
Alberto Cortes, USN
Lester Lefkowitz, USA
Phyllis A. Daugherty, USAF
Trent Lozano-Osier, USN
Dennis Michael Fiordaliso, USN
John Carlos Keasler, USA
Thomas Joseph Seguine, USN
Robert Hall “Jess” Jessop, USN
Robert A. Lehman, USMC
Frank Stefano, USN
Jacque Atkinson, USMC
Ben Gomez, USN
Joseph Christopher Rocha, USN
John Banvard, USAA
Kathleen A. Hansen, USN
Will Rodriguez-Kennedy, USMC
Kristen Beck, USN
April F. Heinze, USN
Evelyn Lynn Thomas, USMC
Stewart Bornhoft, USA
Morgan M. Hurley, USN
Autumn Violet Sandeen, USN
Carlita “Lee” Durand, USAF
Gerard Nadeau, USAA
Shaun A. Flak, USMC
Stephen Peters, USMC
Stan Berry, USN
Lisa Kove, USN
Luke Terpstra, USA
Benjamin M. Fowler III, USA
Robert Lynn, USN
George Haverstick, USN
Harvey Milk, USN
Donald P. Kambic, USA
August Provost, USN
Benjamin F. Dillingham III, USMC
Jeri Dilno, USAF
Bridget Wilson, USAR
Jim Woodward, USN
Sean Redmond, USAF (Ret), Advisory Council Co-Chair
Veronica Zerrer, Major, USA (Ret), Advisory Council Co-Chair
James F. Cassidy, HMC, USN (Ret), Advisory Council Secretary
Morgan M. Hurley, ITC, USN/USNR (Ret)
Clay Kilpatrick, Sergeant, USMC
Frank Stefano, CDR, USNR (Ret)
Wayne Dietz Jr., HM1, USN
Alberto R. Cortés, PN2, USN
Advisory Council Liaison
Rebekah Hook-Held, Chief Public Affairs & Civic Engagement Officer
Helen Weldeghiorgis, Community Engagement Manager
To nominate a veteran for the Wall of Honor, view the candidate criteria here.