Yorkwood High School Alumni

Monmouth, 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 Yorkwood High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Golden Bears lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.

Honored Military Alumni

Betsy Galbreath
Betsy Galbreath
Class of 2002
Army Reserves, 8 Years

Military Police, OIF '04 and '09
David R Lewis
David R Lewis
Class of 1958
Air Force, 20+ Years

Ten years enlisted and 16 years an officer
DJ Damewood
DJ Damewood
Class of 2001
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Four years in Marine Corps
Donald Bulen
Donald Bulen
Class of 1982
Army, 20+ Years

Served for 20 in the Army. Overseas Tours included Germnay, Korea, Iraq. Also stationed at Ft Riley, KS, Ft Lewis, WA, Alexandria, VA and Ft Knox, KY. Retired Sep 2011
Doug Warner
Doug Warner
Class of 1978
Air Force, 20+ Years

21 years in the Air Force. Mostly CONUS assignments except a14 month tour in South Korea.
J. David Missavage
J. David Missavage
Class of 1961
Army, 6 Years

Captain in the 4th PsyOps Group-Vietnam
1968/69
John Missavage
John Missavage
Class of 1971
Army, 2 Years

A Btry. 4th Battalion 65th Arty.
Air Defense
Senior Azimuth Operator on target tracking radar
at a Nike Hercules Missile site. Stationed at LA-04
in Los Angelas National Forest. On 24 Off 24.
Worked cdirectly with NORAD. Loved my tour at the Missle site.
Basic at Ft. Dix, N. J. , AIT at Ft. Bliss, El Paso,Tx.
Kathy Jo Bertelsen Keever
Kathy Jo Bertelsen Keever
Class of 1974
Air Force, 11 Years

Served from 1987 to 1998, in California, Washington DC, Northern Japan and Tokyo. Staff Nurse and Staff Nurse Midwife.
Lynn Lease
Lynn Lease
Class of 1963
Navy, 16 Years

submarine service
Teresa Bowling Lyon
Teresa Bowling Lyon
Class of 1972
Air Force, 4 Years

Served 4-1/2 years during the end of the Vietnam war. I was a Communications Specialist in the 44th Communications Squadron and the 6922nd Security Squadron.

Classmates Spotlight

Yorkwood High School Classmates

Mike Walters
Class of '80

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from Yorkwood High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Golden Bears.

School News

United to host '83 Champions

United High School would like to honor the 1983 state championship football team on Friday, September 19, during halftim...
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Our Yorkwood 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 Yorkwood High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Monmouth are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!