in Business Administration, as well as his Juris Doctor. He attended Marquette University, obtained his undergraduate B.S. Dick retired from the service in 1967 to pursue his other dream of being an attorney. While in the service he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, Master Parachute Badge, Senior Aviator Badge, Purple Heart, and 10 Oak Leaf Clusters having served multiple tours of duty in Korea and Vietnam, he was seriously wounded in Korea. Dick attained his dream of being a pilot during this time, being an instrument-rated aircraft pilot and armed helicopter pilot. He entered OSC in 1957 and served ten years as an infantry officer attaining the rank of Major. He held every rank from private to first sergeant and served ten years in the Airborne and Ranger infantry. Growing up during the Great Depression, Dick made the most of life and saw the world by enlisting in the Army at age 16 in June 1947. He was born February 24, 1931, in Milwaukee, to Laurel W. ("Dick") Boelter, age 88, passed away at Unity Hospice residence on Augin Green Bay with family at his side.
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