Daryl Dilly joins Coshocton veterans office

The Coshocton County Veterans Service Office hired a new administrative assistant. Daryl Dilly is a 1996 graduate of Ridgewood High School. He was born in California and raised all over the U.S. as the child of a Navy aircraft maintainer.

Dilly enlisted in the Air Force in May 2001, first serving as a nuclear ballistic missile maintainer at Malmstrom AFB, Montana. He then retrained into geospatial intelligence analysis, serving at Beale AFB, California; Osan AB, Republic of Korea; and Langley AFB, Virginia. He ended his career serving as a first sergeant at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming. He retired in 2023.

He is a veteran of OIF/OEF. As a nuclear weapon maintainer, he contributed to the nation’s nuclear deterrence mission. While never forward deploying, his time in intel provided direct support to ground forces.

While serving in the Air Force, he was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal (second award), Meritorious Service Medal (third award), Meritorious Unit Award (third award), Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award (11th award), Combat Readiness Medal (second award), Air Force Good Conduct Medal (seventh award), National Defense Service Medal, GWOT Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, and the Nuclear Defense Operations Service Medal.

He is a member of the American Legion Post #65. Dilly began working at the veterans service office in March 2026.