| Adame |
John |
|
Deceased |
World War II |
1941 |
| Allen, Jr. |
Sam |
|
Deceased |
Military Career |
1937 |
| Bates |
Jedd |
|
|
No Information |
2002 |
| Becker |
Daryl |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Air Force,
Suez, Berlin, Cuban
Crises, 1958-1964 |
1954 |
| Becker |
Donald |
|
Deceased |
Corporal, U. S.
Army Tank Corps, World
War II, 1941-1945.
Donald
Becker, a member of the class of 1939, served in the Tank Corps..
He entered the service in July, 1941 and received a good part of his
training at Camp Carson in Colorado and at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He
was a Corporal at the time he was killed in Germany April 25,
1945. Donald was the son of Mr. Walter Becker.
|
1939 |
| Beem |
Roy W. “Bill” |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Navy,
World War II, night fighter
pilot, !942-1947 |
1940 |
| Bouton |
Dustin |
|
|
U. S. Army, 2003- |
2003 |
| Bowen |
Gary |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard Co.B 2nd Bat. 137th
Inf. 69 Brigade 64 - 69 Activated 67-69 - SPC- 5th Class
|
1962 |
| Brainard |
Nicole |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2005 |
| Brian |
James |
|
|
U. S. Navy
during Vietnam War, 1962-1965 |
1962 |
| Brown |
Raymond |
|
Deceased |
World War II |
1943 |
| Brown |
Clovis |
|
|
US Navy |
1959 |
| Bruton |
Robert “Bobby” |
|
|
Air Force |
1976 |
| Bruton |
Larry |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
1978 |
| Butler |
Brandon |
|
|
U. S. Navy |
2004 |
| Cameron |
Kevan |
|
|
8 years U.S.
Navy. Four years US Navy
active duty and four years active US Naval Reserves. I served on
Submarines as a Radioman. I went in May of 1978 right after high school
graduation and was honorably discharged in May of 1986. |
1978 |
| Campbell |
Roland |
|
|
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1945-1946 |
1944 |
| Carter |
Russell |
|
Deceased |
Russel
A Carter, a member of the class of 1937, entered the service for his
country in April, 1941. He chose the Air Corps and was a very
able student in the schools where he received his training.
Before this training could be completed he was killed in one of the
worst air tragidies of the war--twenty-one young student pilots almost
ready for regular assignment. This plane crash was July 1, 1942
near Welch, W. Virginia, and his body was brought home by a military
excort for burial in the family plot in Meriden Cemetery.
|
1937 |
| Casey |
Sean |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2006 |
| Casto |
Donald |
|
|
U. S. Army,
during Vietnam War, 1968-1970 |
1967 |
| Christy |
John |
|
Deceased |
John Y. Christy, was a member of the Class
of 1935 and served as the president of this class his senior
year. He attended Kansas State College at Manhattan and at the
close of the first semester of his senior year he left school to enlist
in the United States Army Air Corps as a flying cadet. This was
in February of 1940. He was a Captain, serving in the
China-Burma-India Theater when he was killed in India May 3,
1943. The Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross were
posthumously awarded him.
|
1935 |
| Clark |
Delbert R. |
|
|
-- U. S. Navy,
World War II, 1942-1946 -
Seaman First Class when he was discharged. He was in aviation supply.
He made $54.00 a month but only drew 3 or 4 dollars so when he was
discharged, he had enough money saved to buy a new tractor. |
1939 |
| Clark |
Walter W. |
|
Deceased |
U.S. Navy - 1946
- 1948 - stationed at
the Navy base at Pacific Beach Washington - called back to active duty
in February of 1951 (Korean Conflict) and was stationed in Hawaii until
April of 1952 |
1945 |
| Clark |
Clifford |
|
Deceased |
He enlisted in
the Army Air Corp and it
later became the Air Force he served total of 26 years. Enlisted Army
Air Corp 1935 Retired as a Major in 1961
Retired as a Major in 1961 |
1932 |
| Clark |
Daryl |
|
|
Korean War,
airborne ranger |
1954 |
| Clark |
George |
|
Deceased |
U.S. Army,
5/5/1941 - 12/31/1960 -
Retired as a Major - Buried at Ft. Levenworth, Ks |
1933 |
| Cook |
Jim |
|
|
U.S. Navy 1965
-1971 Submarine U. S. S.
Queenfish, Pearl Harbor - Electrician's Mate Second Class |
1964 |
| Cook, Jr. |
Perry |
|
|
Air Force - 1964
- 68 - Served in Texas
and Pakistan - Rank E-3 - Radio Entercept Anylist |
1960 |
| Cote |
Rusty |
|
|
No Information |
1980 |
| Cote |
James |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
1957-1963 |
1953 |
| Dauber |
Bill |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard |
1959 |
| Dauber |
Fred |
|
|
-- U. S. Navy |
1961 |
| Davenport |
Jim |
|
|
20 years U.S.
Navy |
1978 |
| Davies |
Bill |
|
|
U. S. Navy |
1962 |
| Davison |
Phillip |
|
|
U. S. Army |
1956 |
| Dominguez |
Benjamin |
|
Deceased |
– Airborne Radio
Operator, U.S. Navy |
1955 |
| Donovan |
Joel |
|
|
No information |
2006 |
| Dunn |
John |
|
|
U. S. Navy,
during Vietnam War, 1968-1970 |
1967 |
| Epler |
Elmer D. |
|
|
U. S. Air Force,
Vietnam War, 1969-1970.
27 years total service, 1955-1958 and 1962- 1986. Retired colonel. |
1950 |
| Forgy |
Dustin |
|
|
U.S. Army,
2004-2008, Iraq |
2004 |
| Frisbie |
George Patrick |
|
Deceased |
Army National
Guard 1939 - 1940 US. Army
1940 - 1943 Basic Training at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky - Specialty:
Lineman - Honorably discharged 1943 |
1936 |
| Frye |
Mathew |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
2006 |
| Funk |
Paul |
|
|
Army National
Guard |
2007 |
| Gaber |
John |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
2006 |
| Gaston |
Wallace |
|
Deceased |
US Army, Third
Army European Theater from
1943-1945, Staff Sergeant. |
1934 |
| Gates |
Clarence “Pete” |
|
Deceased |
Miltary Career |
1934 |
| George |
John |
|
Deceased |
Military Career |
1929 |
| Grubb |
Micky |
|
Deceased |
22 years U.S.
Navy, retired as Chef Petty
Officer, was part of the liberation of Kuwait. |
1979 |
| Hards |
James |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Navy |
1962 |
| Hayward |
Helene |
Campbell |
|
U. S. Air Force,
1951-1954 |
1949 |
| Hearne |
George |
|
|
Army National
Guard |
2002 |
| Hervey |
John |
|
|
U. S. Army,
Korean War, 1951-1953 |
1948 |
| Hittle |
Aaron |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2005 |
| Hodges |
Gerald |
|
|
No Information |
1957 |
| Hudspeth |
Jeffrey |
|
|
Air Force
1975-1979 |
1974 |
| Jepson |
Gerald |
|
|
-- U. S. Navy |
1967 |
| Jones |
Daniel |
|
|
U. S. Navy, Gulf
War, 1979-2003 |
1972 |
| Kane |
Kenneth |
|
|
U. S. Army,
World War II, Invasion of Sai
Pan and Okinawa, 1943-1946. “In Okinawa I met up with John Adame and
Raymond Brown (class of 1943).” |
1941 |
| Kirk |
Eric |
|
|
Corporal. US
Marines. Combat Engineer.
Two combat tours in Iraq - Purple Heart, and other medals. Living.
Served 2002-2006 |
2002 |
| Kirkwood |
Gary |
|
|
Army |
1967 |
| Kobuszewski |
Gates |
|
|
U. S. Navy |
2004 |
| Koenitzer |
Clarence |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
Korean War, 1947 |
1947 |
| Kresie |
Donald |
|
|
He was drafted
and was inducted into the
Army Air Corp on 3/26/42. He was in the 13th Headquarters Headquarters
Squadron. He was in charge of records. He was first stationed at New
Caledonia, said he got there around the first of Nov., 1942. From New
Caldedonia, he went to Biak (Island in New Guinea. Mr. Kresie said he
was not involved in combat, but they were being bombed by the Japs all
the time and there were numerous Airmen killed there. There were Japs
in hiding all over the island. He left Biak in Sept 1944 and went to
the Phillipines for about 3 months then back to the US, arrived Dec.
1944. He was discharged in Jan. 1945 and his commission when he was
discharged was Sargeant. |
1937 |
| Lacey |
Frank |
|
Deceased |
Franklin
D. Lacey, a member of the class of 1967, was a Private First
Class in the United States Marines, L Company 26th Marines, Third
Division. He entered Marine training in June 1967 and left for
active duty in Vietnam in December 1967. PFC Lacey was wounded
March 21, 1968 at Khe Sahn, Vietnam and passed away in the Naval
Hospital at Da Nang on March 28, 1968. He was awarded the
Purple Heart, the National Defense Medal, and two Republics of Vietnam
medals. PFC Lacey was buried in the Meriden Cemetery on April 9,
1968.
|
1967 |
| Langley |
Earl |
|
|
WW II |
1942 |
| Lawrence |
James A. |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard, 1960-1966 |
1955 |
| Lederer |
A.J. |
|
|
U.S. Navy |
2004 |
| Lee |
Bobby |
|
|
U. S. Navy
during Vietnam War, 1964-1967 |
1962 |
| Lovendahl |
Merril C. |
|
|
U. S. Army
Reserve, 1956-1962 |
1956 |
| Lundin |
Brandon |
|
|
A, 2nd
Battalion, 137th Infantry, Kansas
Army National Guard, Kosovo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq. |
1994 |
| Luthye |
Wilbur |
|
|
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1943-1946 |
1942 |
| Luthye |
Dale H. |
|
|
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1942-1945 |
1941 |
| Martin |
Cleveland “Jack” |
|
|
U. S. Navy, USS
Block Island #21 and
#106,
World War II, 1942-1945 |
1938 |
| Martin |
Donald |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard, (active duty,
1968-69), 1963-1969 |
1959 |
| Martin |
Robert L. |
|
|
. S. Army,
Korean War, 1953-1955 |
1945 |
| Martin |
Larry |
|
|
No Information |
1967 |
| McClurg |
William E. |
|
Deceased |
-- U. S. Army,
World War II, South
Pacific Islands, 1943-1946 |
1928 |
| McDaniel |
John |
|
|
John was in the
Navy, aboard the USS.
George Washington( carrier)
from '95 to ' 98. His rank was E-3 |
1991 |
| McDaniel |
Robert |
|
|
190th air
refueling squadron, in the
Kansas Air National guard |
1987 |
| McDermed |
Chester |
|
Deceased |
Military Career |
1933 |
| McGarity |
Justin J. |
|
|
U. S. Air Force,
World War II, 1943-1945 |
1940 |
| McNorton |
Kandi "BJ" |
|
|
U.S. Army
Military Police |
1978 |
| Moffitt |
Orville |
|
Deceased |
Orville A. Moffit, a member of the class
of 1939, was a Staff Sergeant in the Third Infantry Division. He
entered the service in October 1941. He and his brother, Lee,
were in the same field of service during the entire war and saw each
other several times. They served first in Africa, then in Sicily
and then in Southern France. And it was in Southern France that
Orville was killed in action February 4, 1945. He was awarded a
Silver Star for valor in service and Purple Heart with two clusters.
|
1939 |
| Moffitt |
Lee |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1941-1946 |
1939 |
| Moomau |
Alainia |
|
|
Naval Academy |
2007 |
| Moser |
Robert A. |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1942-1946 |
1931 |
| Murdie |
David |
|
|
National Guard,
1957-1963 |
1952 |
Newell
|
Matthew
|
|
|
I
was in the United States Air Force from 1990 – 1999 during the Gulf War. |
1990
|
| Nichols |
Shane |
|
|
U.S. Marines |
2006 |
| Payne |
Daniel |
|
|
US Army 1961 -
1963 Ft. Bragg, North
Carolina -- 82 Airborne |
1961 |
| Petefish |
Jared |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
2005 |
| Reed |
Austin |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2006 |
| Rhodd |
Colby |
|
|
Coast Guard |
2005 |
| Rice |
Clarence |
|
Deceased |
Staff Sargeant,
U. S. Army Infantry,
World War II, 1942-1944,
killed in action |
1938 |
| Riggs |
Kevin |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2008 |
| Rodecap |
Earl W. “Bill” |
|
|
U. S. Air Force,
Korean War, 1950-1954 |
1948 |
| Rowley |
Maynard |
|
|
U. S. Army,
Germany |
1953 |
| Sanderson |
Michael |
|
|
U. S. Army |
1967 |
| Saville |
Joshua |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
2006 |
| Sayles |
Edward J. “Jerry” |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Navy,
1946-1948 |
1946 |
| Scott |
Joseph |
|
|
U. S. Navy, USS
Princeton |
2001 |
| Segovia |
Gabriel |
|
|
U. S. Air Force,
World War II and Korean
War, 82nd
Airborne Division, 1946-1949; 11th Airborne Division 1949-1951. Retired
M/Sgt E8, 20 years 1944-1964 |
1944 |
| Sherretts |
Harlan |
|
|
Navy |
1956 |
| Shughart, Jr. |
Marlin.Russel |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
Vietnam War, career |
1959 |
| Slane |
Jeanne |
Howey |
|
U.S. Air Force,
1982 - 1987 |
1978 |
| Smythe |
Harlan |
|
|
U. S. Army |
1967 |
| Soria |
Arturo |
|
|
U.S. Army,
Vietnam War (became a US
citizen in 1975) |
1967 |
| Sturgeon |
James |
|
|
U. S. Navy |
1962 |
| Thomas |
Rockey |
|
|
U. S. Navy, USS
Nimitz, career |
1959 |
| Warner |
A.E. “Gene” |
|
|
WW II |
1943 |
| Warner |
Paul |
|
|
U. S. Marines,
Iraq |
2000 |
| Warner |
Francis L. |
|
|
U. S. Navy,
World War II, 1943-1945 |
1931 |
| Wellman |
Timothy |
|
|
U. S. Air Force |
2008 |
| Wells |
James Clifford |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
France, 1952-1954 |
1952 |
| Wells |
William L. “Bill” |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard, (active duty
1968-69) 1963-1969 |
1961 |
| Wells |
Donald L. |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard, Vietnam War,
1963-1969 |
1962 |
| Westbrook |
Raymond |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Navy
Reserves, active duty |
1952 |
| White |
Lloyd |
|
Deceased |
Capt.
Marvin Lloyd White: Was a member of the class of 1933. He went to
Junior College in Dodge City kansas after he graduated from High School
and finished his college work at the University of Wyoming. He
was employed by an Oil company whenhe entered the service November 3,
1941. He was a member of the Air corps and had risen to the rank
of Captain when he was killed in the wreck of his plane on Tinian,
Mariana Islands, March 30, 1945. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. L. White and his two brothers, Harry and Dale and his sister, Wilma,
are all Graduates of our high school.
|
1933 |
| Wiscombe |
Jerry |
|
|
No information |
1955 |
| Zeulner |
Dale |
|
|
U. S. Navy,
World War II, Five invasions,
South Pacific, 1943-1946 |
1942 |
