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

Curt Wilkerson
Curt Wilkerson
Class of 1984
Marine Corps, 12 Years

Curt worked in the famed Collie Brigade. Training Border Collies to sniff out incendiary devices.
He is a true hero.
Don Lewis
Don Lewis
Class of 1970
Air Force, 20+ Years

Served 22 years combination active Air Force&National Guard.
Fredrick Brown
Fredrick Brown
Class of 1973
Navy Reserves, 3 Years

Air traffic controller, USS JFK, NAS OCEANA, VA
Garfield w Berndt
Garfield w Berndt
Class of 1968
Marine Corps, 5 Years

U.S.M.C.
Harold Lind
Harold Lind
Class of 1939
Marine Corps, 2 Years

killed in guam
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Class of 1950
Air Force, 20+ Years

Enlisted July 1950
Retired June 1971 with rank of MSgt
Presently residing in Mesa,AZ
Married to Janet White=Class of 1952
4 Daughters-7Grandchildren-1GreatGrandson
Goodlife
James Berndt
James Berndt
Class of 1970
Navy, 25 Years

Navy retired
Jan Canny
Jan Canny
Class of 1977
Army, 6 Years

Redstone Arsenal and Baumholder
Jerry Penniston
Jerry Penniston
Class of 1965
Army, 3 Years

E-5 USATCA United States Arrmor Training Center Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Kim Black Maher
Kim Black Maher
Class of 1970
Army, 3 Years

Served as supply support at Ft Carson, CO and Wiesbaden, Germany
Kurt A. Shepherd
Kurt A. Shepherd
Class of 1989
Air Force, 20+ Years

Served 21 years and retired in Las Vegas, NV.
Larry Young
Larry Young
Class of 1986
Navy, 20+ Years

Advanced Electronics Field as a Sonar Technician. .
Marc Conder
Marc Conder
Class of 1971
Army, 6 Years

I entered the army as part of my reserve obligation. From the fall of 1975 untill January of 1981. I entered as a PFC, was promoted to 1st Lt, and left the service as a major.
Max Stansberry
Max Stansberry
Class of 1952
Army, 3 Years

FIELD WIREMAN, AMMO SUPPLY NCO., DEMOLITIONS MINES & BOOBY TRAPS. FIELD RADIO REPAIR CHIEF FOR INFANTRY BN.
Mel Davis
Mel Davis
Class of 1972
Navy, 20+ Years

AIrcraft Engine mechanic and Aircrew first tour flying as a load master/plane captain on C1A and C2A aircraft perviding mail, equipment and personell out to the carriers. Changed over to an Aircraft Electricain performaing maintenance on anything with a wire on it on any aircraft the Navy sevice for another 16 years. Retired May of 1992 after 20 years of service.
Michael D Salter
Michael D Salter
Class of 1960
Navy, 28 Years

10 yrs active duty and 18 yrs reserve, retired in 1995
Michael D. Berndt
Michael D. Berndt
Class of 1970
Army, 25 Years

Army retired
Philip McDavitt
Philip McDavitt
Class of 1976
Air Force, 5 Years

Texas, Mississippi, Berlin Germany, Claark AFB Phillipines, Italy & Florida.
pHILIP mCdAVITT
pHILIP mCdAVITT
Class of 1976
Air Force, 5 Years

Duty in Berlin, Germany, San Vito, Italy, Tampa, FL and Clark AFB, Phillipines. Honorable Discharge
Randall Cowell
Randall Cowell
Class of 1975
Army, 20+ Years

Still serving; Colonel in the Signal Corps. Over 30 years and still going. Have served active and reserves and now back to active service after deploying to Iraq in 2006.
randy collier
randy collier
Class of 1964
Army, 4 Years

us army combat medic served 2 tours vietnan iowa national guard 1970s
randy collier
randy collier
Class of 1964
Army, 3 Years

viet nam served as medical specialist
Raymond Boley
Raymond Boley
Class of 1967
Navy, 20+ Years

Aircraft maintance
Rick Peckham
Rick Peckham
Class of 1978
Air Force, 20+ Years

Air Force Pararescue, Combat Search and Rescue
Robert Colton
Robert Colton
Class of 1954
Army, 15 Years

Army Combat Engineers, 495th C company 5th Army
Thomas Boer
Thomas Boer
Class of 1971
Navy, 20+ Years

Enter U.S. Navy in Sep 1971. Attended bootcamp in San Diego CA. 71-75 USS Bainbridge DLGN25, 75-79 Enlisted Navy Recruiter Orientation Command Orland FL, 79-83 USS Norton Sound AVM-1, 83-86 AFSOUTH Naples, Italy, 86-90 USS BOWEN FF1079, 90-94 USTRANSCOM Scott AFBASE.
Tony Courtney
Tony Courtney
Class of 1986
Army, 20+ Years

Retired First Sergeant.

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Sabrina Swanson
Class of '05

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