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

Andrea Zimmerman Sutton
Andrea Zimmerman Sutton
Class of 1963
Navy, 3 Years

Stationed Arlington,VA Naval Investigative Service. Traveled 2 years with Navy Waves Chorus. Connected another 9 years with spouse. Lived in Virginia, Connecticut, South Carolina, California and Florida.
Anthony L. Maravilla
Anthony L. Maravilla
Class of 1967
Air Force, 20 Years

Law Enforcement, Accounting and Finance Specialist and Paralegal
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bill configliacco
Class of 1966
Army, 4 Years

viet nam 1969 viet nam 1971
Bruce Vickerman
Bruce Vickerman
Class of 1960
Air Force, 20+ Years

Retired in 1990 as a colonel after 26 years of service. Now playing golf at Avondale Golf Course in Hayden Idaho.
Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson
Class of 1954
Army, 2 Years

CO-A, 1st Infantry Regiment; Served from January 1956 to January 1958; Basic Training at Fort Ord, California; NIKE Missile Training at El Paso, Texas and White Sands, New Mexico; Completed service tour at NIKE Missile site in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Debbie Branstetter York
Debbie Branstetter York
Class of 1970
Air Force, 5 Years

Also served in Air National Guard 2 years
Debbie Branstetter York
Debbie Branstetter York
Class of 1970
Air Force, 5 Years

Air National Guard
Dennis R Riegle (Peterson)
Dennis R Riegle (Peterson)
Class of 1962
Army, 3 Years

101st AirBorne Divivision
US Paratrooper The most elite fighting combat unit in the era.
Don Moles
Don Moles
Class of 1981
Air Force, 4 Years

War Readiness material monitor.
George K Sherrod
George K Sherrod
Class of 1969
Army, 7 Years

Served in Alaska with the 172nd light Bergade.
Gerry FitzGerald
Gerry FitzGerald
Class of 1957
Navy, 6 Years

Hospital Corpsman
Destroyer John R. Craig DD885
Jerry L Adams
Jerry L Adams
Class of 1976
Navy, 20+ Years

Actually did 3 years in the Army as a helicopter crew chief, did a few months in the Air Force as airframe sheet metal repair, then joined the Navy where I spent my time on five different nuclear powered submarines as supervisor of engine room operations...and now I make Acuvue contact lenses.
Jim Batelaan
Jim Batelaan
Class of 1970
Navy, 6 Years

Naval Nuclear Power School, prototype training at old DOD sight in southern Idaho. Four years on USS Bainbridge CLGN-25. Left in February 1978 as MM1
John Hempel (Doc)
John Hempel (Doc)
Class of 1972
Navy, 4 Years

1972 - 76. USN Hospital Corpsmen. 2& 1/2 years with USMC - Fleet Marine Force.
John Myers
John Myers
Class of 1980
Navy, 20+ Years

Stationed in San Diego California for 18 years and Bremerton Washington for 2 years. I have served on cruisers: USS Fox, USS Halsey, USS Constant, USS John Paul Jones, Navy Consolidated Brig in Miramar, USS Princeton. Naval Station Bremerton. Retired in 2003
John Ryan
John Ryan
Class of 1980
Navy, 5 Years

After completing Officer Candidate School and other schools, served aboard USS Valdez, a Fast Frigate based in Newport, RI from 1986-1989. Communications and Electronics Officer. Qualified as Officer of the Deck and other watch stations. Ships primary mission was anti-submarine ops.
Kelly Moore
Kelly Moore
Class of 1988
Air Force, 8 Years

Maintenance Scheduler
Mary (Cote) Abbott
Mary (Cote) Abbott
Class of 1979
Air Force, 5 Years

Misawa AB, Japan 81-84; Hill AFB, UT; then spouse 16 years.
Michael Cox
Michael Cox
Class of 1995
Air Force, 14 Years

Aircraft Avionics Tech, Iraq 2003, 2004, repaired special operations helicopters and airplanes for most of my time then finished off on KC135 air tankers
Neil W Housley
Neil W Housley
Class of 1967
Air Force, 4 Years

819th. Red Horse Squadron. Phu Cat AB
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
Class of 1966
Army, 3 Years

Vietnam 1968
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
Class of 1966
Army, 3 Years

Vietnam 2/68 - 2/69
Sharon Truean
Sharon Truean
Class of 1979
Army, 8 Years

She served in the U.S. Army 8 years plus several more in U.S. Army Reserves. Sharon continued to serve as a registered nurse at the VA Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, until her death in 2006.
Steve rapier
Steve rapier
Class of 1967
Army, 2 Years

volunteered for the draft january 1969, basic training, advanced infantry training, non-commissioned officer school, took trainees through advanced infantry training and went to Viet Nam 1st infantry Division, 25th infantry division "Wolfhounds". Came home, got married, went to college and tried to forget about it.
Steven W. Luke
Steven W. Luke
Class of 1965
Navy, 12 Years

USS Page County, USS Bullock County, USS Cleveland , NTS Keyport WA, NAS Whidbey Island. Mobile Rivermarine Forces Vietnam 68 &71 (River Rat)
Wayne Jackson
Wayne Jackson
Class of 1983
Navy, 20+ Years

Wayne is still serving the navy after 26 years and will finish his career with a full 30 years of acctive duty Navy

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Wallace High School Classmates

Patrick Stroud
Class of '65

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Huckleberry Festival

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