American Legion – American Legion Post 14, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Post Officers

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Officers Post 14 – 2020/2021

J. R. Wilson

Commander (and Historian)
Birthplace – Waterloo, IA
Branch – U. S. Air Force
Service Dates – 1967 – 1975

Duty Locations – Amarillo AFB, TX; Lowry AFB, CO; Offutt AFB, NE; Pleiku AB, Vietnam; Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; Nakhon Phanom AB, Thailand

Email – JRinMX@Gmail.com

Other – retired from John Deere Company. Commercial Hot Air Balloon Pilot with over 800 hours as Pilot-in-Command. Wife, Kathy & I make jewelry. Have lived in the PV area since 2005.

Russ Mills

Adjutant (and Judge Advocate)
Birthplace – San Rafael, CA
Branch – U. S. Army
Service Dates – 1966 – 1968
Duty Locations – Ft. Ord, CA; Ft. Irwin, CA

Other – 23 years in PV; retired from administration of publicly funded alcohol and drug treatment and recovery programs; interests in public health, classical music, world literature, western and eastern philosophy and mythology, organizational development, history, politics, and economics, with emphsis on Spain, Portugal, and their respective empires from pre-Colombian to modern times.

Todd Baumruck

Accountant/Finance Officer
Birthplace – Chicago Suburbs
Branch – U. S. Navy
Service Dates – 1967 – 1973

Duty Locations – Last Duty with Naval Advisory Group, Saigon RVN.

Other – Married to Pat. Lived full time in PV since 2014.

Ron Abbe

1st Vice Commander (and Membership Chairman)
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Dave Rathje

2nd Vice Commander
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Dennis Jansen

Chaplain
Birthplace – Albany, CA
Branch – U. S. Navy
Service Dates – 1960 – 1973

Duty Locations – Sea duty entire time home port Pearl Harbor. Traveled to Japan, Philippines, Guam, Hong Kong, Okinawa & American Samoa.Served on the USS Kawishiwi and the USS Reclaimer

Other – Wife: Faye. I retired from the California Highway Patrol in 1987. Then owned a Real Estate and Property Management Company. Now a full time missionary with His Will, His Way Ministries.Puerto Vallarta residents since 2002.

Del Duval

Sgt-at-Arms
Birthplace – Jacobsburg, Ohio
Branch – U. S. Marine Corps
Service Dates – 1963-1970

Duty Locations – Parris Island, SC; Camp Lejeune,NC; Quanatico, VA; NAS Memphis, TN; NAS Lakehurst, NJ; Kaneohe Bay, HI; Iwakuni, Japan; Chu Lai, RVN; NAS Floyd Bennett Field, NY

Other – My wife Sandy, and I, have been coming to PV since 1994. I am retired from AIG (American International Group) and am currently President Emeritus of EuroAm Motorsports Group (a group of seven consulting companies for the international auto racing industry).