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

Honored Military Alumni

Bill Wade
Bill Wade
Class of 1965
Army, 20+ Years

Army Aviation - served as a helicopter command pilot flying tactical and support missions in 17 different countries around the world.
Gary A. Wade
Gary A. Wade
Class of 1964
Army, 2 Years

2 years in the Army Medical Specialists Corps. as a Captain. Stationed at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital from '69-'71. Worked as an Occupational Therapist in Psychiatry & Rehabilitation Medicine.
Howard-john Anderson
Howard-john Anderson
Class of 1970
Air Force, 6 Years

October 1972 to October 1978; 4 years active 7th Air Force; 18th Wing Okinawa, Kadena AB; 18th Tactical and 33rd ARRS
John Eathen Harding lll
John Eathen Harding lll
Class of 1971
Army, 3 Years

SGT. E-5 Tank commander
Mark D. Anderson
Mark D. Anderson
Class of 1972
Army, 20+ Years

Airborne Infantry 1/503d 101st ABN Ft Campbell, USMA Class 1978 West Point, 3/10th Infantry Ft Polk, LA, 3d BCT Bde Ft L.Wood MO, USAJFKSW Center & School Ft Bragg NC, 1st COSCOM Ft Bragg, DPRO Allison Indianapolis IN, TACOM Detroit MI; Retired 1996 to Houston, Texas
Robert ishmael
Robert ishmael
Class of 1965
Army, 2 Years

Fort Leonard Wood Basic Training 1967; Fort Polk La Advanced Infantry training; Fort Bennington Ga Non Commissioned Officer Training. Duc Pho Vietnam Nam Americal Division 11th Light Infantry Brigade Alpha Co First batallion twentieth Infantry. Served as squad leader, platoon leader and company commander in combat
William Rybolt
William Rybolt
Class of 1965
Navy, 4 Years

Served as a Hospital Corpsmen with the 3rd Marine Divsion in Viet Nam (1967-1968)

Classmates Spotlight

East Peoria High School Classmates

Dave Tate
Class of '72

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from East Peoria High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Raiders.

School News

Do you have any news to share? Keep our classmates informed on news and current events! Please post all reunion information in the reunion area.

Our East Peoria 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 East Peoria High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Peoria are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!