Indio High School Alumni

Indio, California (CA)

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

anthony lares
anthony lares
Class of 1975
Army, 20+ Years

Air Traffic Controller/Combat Engineer/Paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne
Art Padilla
Art Padilla
Class of 1978
Army, 20+ Years

Airborne Infantry Ranger
Dan Meza
Dan Meza
Class of 1964
Navy, 3 Years

USS Hancock CVA-19 Aircraft Carrier
Dawn Hoover Coburn
Dawn Hoover Coburn
Class of 1975
Navy, 19 Years

Retired E-6,k served in various commands/jobs. Met my husband and moved to Hawaii in 1978. Have been there ever since and now work civil service for the US Coast Guard
Hoytt Runnels
Hoytt Runnels
Class of 1966
Navy, 4 Years

Two years in Viet Nam and two years state side. That was enough for me.
Jeffrey Holt
Jeffrey Holt
Class of 1976
Army, 8 Years

US Army Pershing Missile Crewmember, Ft Sill Oklahoma, Czech Border, Stationed in Bavaria Germany, Ulm, under President Ronald Reagan, Casper Weinberger, launch crew of nuclear warhead.
Jon Mercy
Jon Mercy
Class of 1972
Coast Guard, 4 Years

Ice Patrol, Antartica and Artic. Search and Rescue-Newport Beach California
Joseph Bright
Joseph Bright
Class of 2001
Marine Corps, 10 Years

Medically retired from injuries sustained in combat. Three tours in Iraq for a total of 29 months deployed.
Joseph Henderson
Joseph Henderson
Class of 1975
Navy, 11 Years

Served U. S. Navy, retired Chief Petty Officer
Kevin Faler
Kevin Faler
Class of 1988
Navy, 20+ Years

Electronic Technician. Two tours in Iraq, OEF/OIF, 2004 Indonesia Tsunami Relief, 2005 Hurricane Katrina clean up. 2003 San Diego wild fires, 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
leonel e holguin
leonel e holguin
Class of 1992
Army, 15 Years

us army sgt tours of duty were 97 98 south korea . tour of duty iraq 05 06 severily injured. MOS 19k 19d 62b 63b just retired due to injures sustain in combat. thanks for not forgetting about
soldiers. indio high whaoooooooooooooo!
Mal Maloney
Mal Maloney
Class of 1976
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Squadron HMA-169, MAG-39, 3rd MAW. Avionics Technician and member on the All Marine Basketball Team.
Mike Walker
Mike Walker
Class of 1988
Marine Corps, 30 Years

Retired as a MGySgt after 30 years in the Marine Corps.
Miles Standish
Miles Standish
Class of 1966
Air Force, 4 Years

Enlisted right out of high school in 1966. Trained in ground equipment and assigned to SAC in 1967. Temporary Duty to Guam in support of operation ARCLIGHT, over Vietnam. Served at Cam Ranh Bay AFB, Vietnam in 1969. Discharged SSGT in 1970
Nancy Marshall
Nancy Marshall
Class of 1974
Air Force, 5 Years

Medical Materiel Technician. Training and tours. USAF Training at San Antonia, TX
Specialty Training, Sheppard AFB Witchita Falls, TX
1. Clark AF Base, Philippines
2. Sheppard AFB, Witchita Falls, TX
3. Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM
Philip Ballard
Philip Ballard
Class of 1972
Marine Corps, 9 Years

PLT. SGT/ SNIPER UNIT/ PT. INSTRUCTOR
Phillip Torres
Phillip Torres
Class of 1973
Air Force, 6 Years

Intergrated Avionics Technician, Specialized in the Mark II Advanced Avionic Package.
Reginald Smith
Reginald Smith
Class of 1970
Army, 20+ Years

Armor crewman,Combat Medic, EMT/Paramedic Medical NCO and Medical Instructor. Military Physician Assistant.(PA-C). Varies tours in U.S. and overseas. Retired as CW 2
Richard Miller
Richard Miller
Class of 1962
Air Force, 20+ Years

Started enlisted 1963, fully retired 20 Sep 2016 as National Commander of Joint Service Honors Command, military funeral honors unit. 53 years totaly between active duty and Reserve
Richard Miller
Richard Miller
Class of 1962
Air Force, 20+ Years

Enlisted Air Force 1963-1967 Vietnam 1965-66 Discharge E-4
Jewish Chaplain for Joint Service Honors Command till retired Sep 2016 Brg General
robert david emert jr
robert david emert jr
Class of 1971
Army, 4 Years

June 1972- July 1976
Royce Jones
Royce Jones
Class of 1975
Marine Corps, 2 Years

MOS #6077: Aviation Ground Support Electrical Technician
Duty Stations: MCRD San Diego, Millington Tenn., and LTS base in Tustin CA.
Thomas Barger
Thomas Barger
Class of 1985
Air Force, 20+ Years

11 years as an avionics technician and 14 years as a flight engineer on the C-141 and KC-10 aircraft. 13 desert deployments starting with Desert Shield and ending with OIF/OEF.
Victor Moya
Victor Moya
Class of 1994
Navy, 22 Years

Nuke LDO. Repair, maintenance, and operation of naval nuclear propulsion plants, nuclear ship's systems and associated equipment. Maintenance programs, operate nuclear propulsion plants, supervise radiological and chemistry control programs and provide technical guidance in operation and maintenance of nuclear propulsion plant equipment and systems. Also provide technical assistance in the overhaul, refueling and decontamination of nuclear propulsion plants.
Warren Hart
Warren Hart
Class of 1976
Navy, 20+ Years

AO1 NAC
Yvonne V. Perez
Yvonne V. Perez
Class of 1972
Air Force, 4 Years

Military K-9 Handler/Law Enforcement , Stationed at the largest K-9 unit in the world--Clark AB, Philliphines. I was a Military Dog Handler during the time when it was very rare to have Women In the Field of K-9.

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Jeremy Jeremy Morales
Class of '01

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