Burns High School Alumni

Burns, Oregon (OR)

Military Alumni

Military High School Alumni

Honoring Our Heroes

This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!

Lost Class Rings

Have you lost your Burns High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Hilanders lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.

Honored Military Alumni

D. Duane Tucker
D. Duane Tucker
Class of 1965
Marine Corps, 20+ Years

Flew in the reconnaissance version of the RF-4B phantom aircraft as the Aerial Reconnaissance Officer. Served 2 tours in Far East. Assigned in USMC units in VA, CA, AZ, and Japan. Had a tour in VMCJ-1, VMCJ-2, VMFP-3, MAG-11. MAWT-1, HQMC and OSD PA&E (among others).
Ed Rutz
Ed Rutz
Class of 1965
Marine Corps, 20+ Years

Three tours in Viet Nam, 1 tour in Lebenon, just about every country in the far east that has relations with the U.S. and a couple that don't. Last active duty combat tour was Desert Storm when we should have finsihed what we started so that so many wouldn't have had to pay the ultimate price when we had to go back to finish what we started
mark fritts
mark fritts
Class of 1987
Navy, 20+ Years

Navy Ordnanceman.
Michael Hill
Michael Hill
Class of 1988
Navy, 4 Years

Served from Burns oregon
Paula Skomski
Paula Skomski
Class of 1975
Air Force, 6 Years

USAF stationed at Keesler AFB Biloxi, MS and McChord AFB Tacoma, WA
Rick Land
Rick Land
Class of 1971
Army, 20+ Years

Served as Armor Officer in the 116th Armored Cavalry Regiment; Plans Officer for 1st Corps Ft. Lewis
Roland Dierken
Roland Dierken
Class of 1965
Navy, 2 Years

US Navy Seabees...served in Okinawa, Vietnam, and Adak in the Aleutian Islands

Classmates Spotlight

Burns High School Classmates

Heather Erwin
Class of '91

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from Burns High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Hilanders.

School News

Alumni Tail-Gate Party

BHS Leadership has organized a Tail-Gate party for Alumni for Homecoming 2009 on October 16. Party begins at 5:00 in the...
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Our Burns High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our Burns High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Burns are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!