DEPARTMENT OF MONTANA
1945-2024
= Deceased Past State Commander|
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STATE COMMANDER | CONVENTION SITE | THEME |
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H.J Huerte
1945-1946
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Helena, MT |
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John Tomcheck
1946-1947
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Butte, MT | |
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John W. Bonner
1947-1948
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Missoula, MT | |
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Ernest B. Burns
1948-1949
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Billings, MT | |
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Wilbur L. Hammond
1949-1950
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Kalispell, MT | |
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Louis C. Kalberg, Jr
1950-1951
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Great Falls, MT | |
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Albert V. McGee
1951-1952
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Helena, MT | |
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John W. Mahan
1952-1953
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Butte, MT | |
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Lee S. Nielsen
1953-1954
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Havre, MT | |
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Willis McKeon
1954-1955
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Sidney, MT | |
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Fred E. Barrett
1955-1956
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Bozeman, MT | |
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Harold Anderson
1956-1957
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Helena, MT | |
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Robert A. Durkee
1957-1958
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Lewistown, MT | |
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Dale G. Pawlowski
1958-1959
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Billings, MT | |
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Bernard F. Sullivan
1959-1960
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Whitefish, MT | |
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Keith C. Able
1960-1961
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Glendive, MT | |
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Edwin B. Hobbs
1961-1962
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Havre, MT | |
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Eugene H. MaHoney
1962-1963
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Anaconda, MT | |
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Phillip C. Montegna
1963-1964
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Kalispell, MT | |
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George Mattson
1964-1965
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Shelby, MT | |
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Leslie J. Eskildsen
1965-1966
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Butte, MT | |
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Lewis Roy
1966-1967
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Miles City, MT | |
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Arthur Gregory
1967-1968
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Great Falls, MT | |
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Walter H. Marshall
1968-1969
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Polson, MT | |
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George Paul
1969-1970
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Glasgow, MT | |
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John A. Dowdall
1970-1971
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Billings, MT | |
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Deane Nerzger
1971-1972
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Helena, MT | |
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Charles F. Follick
1972-1973
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Whitefish, MT | |
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James W. Coyne
1973-1974
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Lewistown, MT | |
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Kevin B. Maguire
1974-1975
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Glendive, MT | |
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Dale Bond
1975-1976
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Missoula, MT | |
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Richard Walsh
1976-1977
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Havre, MT | |
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Robert Russ
1977-1978
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Miles City, MT | |
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Harold Lind
1978-1979
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Polson, MT |
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Johnny Buck
1979-1980
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Helena, MT | |
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John Frieling
1980-1981
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Kalispell, MT | |
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Jimmie Peterson
1981-1982
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Glendive, MT | |
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Lou Ivanish
1982-1983
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Lewistown, MT | |
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Al Howarth
1983-1984
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Billings, MT | |
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Removed
1984-1985 |
Missoula, MT | |
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Jim Jones
1985-1986
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Sidney, MT | |
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Dan Norton
1986-1987
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Havre, MT | |
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Pat Smith
1987-1988
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Libby, MT | |
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Jerry Collins
1988-1989
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Glasgow, MT | |
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Al Kirkeby
1989-1990
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Great Falls, MT | |
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Tom Pouliot
1990-1991 |
Miles City, MT | |
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Dan Antonietti
1991-1992
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East Helena, MT | |
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Removed
1992-1993 |
Kalispell, MT | |
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Clarence LaBrie
1993-1994
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Billings, MT | |
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Earl Chase
1994-1995
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Lewistown, MT | |
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Charlie Larsen
1995-1996
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Havre, MT | |
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David Tupper
1996-1997
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Missoula, MT | |
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Joe Brand
1997-1998
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Miles City, MT | |
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James Bertrand
1998-1999
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Havre, MT | |
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Wade Smith
1999-2000
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Livingston, MT | |
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Claude McCarty
2000-2001
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Polson, MT | |
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Erich Maki
2001-2002 |
Glendive, MT | |
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Robert Smith
2002-2003
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Great Falls, MT | |
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Gerald Mallo
2003-2004
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Havre, MT | |
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Maury Mills
2004-2005
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East Helena, MT | |
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James McGill
2005-2006 |
Billings, MT | |
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Ray Lutz
2006-2007 |
Miles City, MT | |
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John Lattimer
2007-2008
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Polson, MT | |
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Les Poland
2008-2009 |
Lewistown, MT | |
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Charlie Miller
2009-2010
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Kalispell, MT | |
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Tim Peters
2010-2011 |
Anaconda, MT | Aim High |
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Mike Bennett
2011-2012 |
Missoula, MT | |
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Denny Nolf
2012-2013 |
Billings, MT | |
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Ed Croucher
/ Art Widhalm2013-2014 |
Great Falls, MT | |
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Art Widhalm
2014-2015 |
Whitefish, MT | |
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Dean House
2015-2016 |
E. Helena / Helena, MT | |
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Jack Hawley
2016-2017 |
Billings, MT | |
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Charles Carroll
2017-2018
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Kalispell, MT | Team VFW, You DO Make A Differeance |
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Joe Fletcher
2018-2019 |
Libby, MT | It Happened Here First |
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Harold Wheeler
2019-2020 |
Great Falls, MT | Educate, Cooperate, Suceed |
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Harold Wheeler
2020-2021 |
Lewistown, MT | Educate, Cooperate, Succeed, Repeat |
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Ron Merwin
2021-2022
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Billings, MT | Remember; Lest We Forget |
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Jeff Schepp
2022-2023 |
Whitefish, MT | Its Never Too Late |
