Galesburg High School Alumni

Galesburg, Illinois (IL)

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

Honored Military Alumni

Dave McKillip
Dave McKillip
Class of 1970
Army, 20+ Years

Commissioned thru Knox College ROTC in 1974, Senior Army Aviator, Commanded an AH-64 Attack Helicopter Battalion in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) 1991-1993, Retired as LTC.
David Terpening
David Terpening
Class of 1965
Air Force, 20+ Years

Active duty Air Force 1966 to 1970 duriing Vietnam War. Entered the US Air Force Reserves 1986 and retired in 2007 as SMS.
Dean Smith
Dean Smith
Class of 1979
Navy, 20+ Years

14 years active duty as Nuclear Electrician and 8 Years in Active Reserves. Recalled in2003 for security duty in Naples Italy
Denise Sargeant
Denise Sargeant
Class of 1994
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Stationed at MCAS El Toror, CA
Felicia R. Barnes
Felicia R. Barnes
Class of 1984
Army, 8 Years

Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, SICU Nurse Ft. Bragg NC
Francisco T Ceja
Francisco T Ceja
Class of 1998
Navy, 15 Years

Gunnersmate hooyah. Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Veteran.
James Hendricks
James Hendricks
Class of 1962
Navy, 4 Years

two and one half with navy as navy corpsman then detached to the USMC as a Marine corpsman serving with 3/5, Darkhorse, infantry, United States Marines,1969
JIM BUTLER
JIM BUTLER
Class of 1955
Army Reserves, 7 Years

Army Reserves, college ROTC
JIM BUTLER
JIM BUTLER
Class of 1955
Army Reserves, 7 Years

Army Reserves 5th Army, college ROTC
Jim Sholl
Jim Sholl
Class of 1965
Air Force, 4 Years

Air Force / Nam
Joan CherringtonSadler
Joan CherringtonSadler
Class of 1958
Air Force, 2 Years

2/LT USAF Nurse Corps - 1962-1964 - Gunter AFB Alabama - Keesler AFB Mississippi
Luz Esquivel
Luz Esquivel
Class of 1987
Army, 3 Years

Airborne & Air Assault
Rachael Theobald
Rachael Theobald
Class of 1998
Air Force, 6 Years

Veteran of both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan
ReGina Davis
ReGina Davis
Class of 1983
Army, 20+ Years

Head Nurse, Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Ross L Stribling
Ross L Stribling
Class of 1960
Navy, 13 Years

Chief Petty Officer, Navy Submarine Force
Rufus S. Gatlin, Jr
Rufus S. Gatlin, Jr
Class of 1981
Army, 10 Years

Air Defense Artillery Officer! Commander C Btry 3/4 ADA, Airborne. FT.Bragg, NC during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
Asst Professor of Military Science at Wake Forest University.
Shawn DeForest
Shawn DeForest
Class of 1979
Air Force, 6 Years

1980-1986
Steven Chase
Steven Chase
Class of 1973
Army, 20 Years

Served 20 years in various mos
Zachary Perez
Zachary Perez
Class of 1990
Navy, 18 Years

Aviation Electronics/Calibration Technician

Classmates Spotlight

Galesburg High School Classmates

Ken Wallace
Class of '95

Alumni Stories

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