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!

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Honored Military Alumni

Bill A. Smathers
Bill A. Smathers
Class of 1966
Air Force, 20+ Years

Inspector General Office of the 832nd Air Division, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona until retirement January 1992.
Gary Palanuk
Gary Palanuk
Class of 1961
Air Force, 8 Years

Assigned to AF Intel (USAFSS) served in Philippine Islands, Okinawa, San Angelo, Texas. Held afsc 29251, 20250, 70250. Spent 3 years at Bergstrom AFB, Texas. Discharged June 1969
George C Mason Jr
George C Mason Jr
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years

Infrentry for five years and a Drill sergent for two and half years and a army ranger for fifteen years spent most of my service outside the united states, Did eleven months in the Gulf War.
Jerry David Breckon
Jerry David Breckon
Class of 1973
Army, 15 Years

Spent 15 years in the Army as a Military Policeman. Spent 8 1/2 years in Germany and the rest in the United States. Last duty station was Ft. Lewis, Washington. Medically discharged in September 1993. Enjoyed my military service.
NIkole Nolan
NIkole Nolan
Class of 1996
Navy, 8 Years

Navy Hospital Corpsman. Spent two years on active duty and 6 years in the reserves
Ron Heitz
Ron Heitz
Class of 1966
Army, 3 Years

Viet Nam
Steve Senkovich
Steve Senkovich
Class of 1965
Army, 30 Years

Enlisted 1966-69; Vietnam 13 months. Commissioned Oregon Army ROTC in 1973. Retired 2000. Infantry officer; 82nd Airborne Division (2 tours), 1st Ranger Battalion; 24th Infantry Division; .HQS USAREUR; HQS I Corps; 199th Infantry Bde. (Motorized); 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Light); Joint Staff J-7; Joint Warfighting Center.
Terry Fish
Terry Fish
Class of 1970
Air Force, 4 Years

NORAD Applications Technical Support Programmer
Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO
Tim Burroughs
Tim Burroughs
Class of 1977
Army, 20+ Years

Retired U.S. Army - enlisted and later commissioned through Officer Candidate School, retiring in 1998 as an Army officer.
Walter Pruitt
Walter Pruitt
Class of 1979
Air Force, 2 Years

Computer Specialist assigned to Titan II Missile Base

Classmates Spotlight

North Eugene High School Classmates

Tom Chaffee
Class of '61

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