Department Officers

Department Officers
2025-2026

Department Commander

Mark Coplin, PCC

Elected Officers - Name - Camp

Commander: Mark Coplin, PCC US Grant Camp 68

Senior Vice Commander: Kevin Miller, PCC Westport Camp 64

Junior Vice Commander: Dawson Ballard, Westport Camp 64

Secretary: (Term expires 2027) Gary Scheel, PDC, St. James Camp 326

Treasurer: (Term expires 2026) Walter E. Busch, PDC - US Grant Camp 68

Council: (Term Expires 2026.) Robert Amsler, Jr., PDC Thomas Fletcher Camp 47

Council: (Term Expires 2027)   Ed Millinger, St James Camp 326

Council: (Term Expires 2027): Gary Scheel, PDC, St. James Camp 326

Appointed Officers - Name - Camp

Chaplain: Craig Mathews, Sr., PCC - US Grant Camp 68

Counselor: Robert J. Amsler, Jr., PDC - US Grant Camp 68

Eagle Scout Coördinator: Sumner Hunnewell, PDC - Thomas Fletcher Camp 47

Graves Registration Officer: Glenn Alsop, PDC -Francis Wilhelmi Camp 17

Assistant Sec/Treasurer: Dale Crandell, PDC - Phelps Camp 66

Historical Records Coördinator: Walter E. Busch, PDC -US Grant Camp 68
      Office consists of Historian, Civil War Memorials Officer & the GAR Records
      Officer, SV/SUV Records Officer, & any historical records not identified in other
       offices (eg. MOH)

Signals Officer: Walter E. Busch, PDC - US Grant Camp 68

Assistant Signals Officer: James Dixon, PCC - Tiger Camp 432

Social Media, Promotions: James Dixon, PCC - Tiger Camp 432

Missouri Unionist Editor: Randal A. Burd, Jr, PDC - Thos Fletcher Camp 47

Medal of Honor Coördinator: Randal A. Burd, Jr., PDC - Thos Fletcher Camp 47

Patriotic Instructor: Randal Burd, Jr, PDC Fletcher Camp 47

Quartermaster: Walter E. Busch, PDC - US Grant Camp 68

JROTC/ROTC Coördinator:  Sumner Hunnewell, PDC - Thos Fletcher Camp 47

Camp Organizer: Vacant - Joseph Raney - McPherson Camp acting as organizer for Arkansas Camps and the future Department of Arkansas.