Rogue River High School Alumni

Rogue River, Oregon (OR)

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

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Honored Military Alumni

Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown
Class of 1987
Army, 20+ Years

Army 20+ years
Bill Miller
Bill Miller
Class of 1983
Air Force, 20+ Years

Working as financial advisor and Command Staff supervisor at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. Coming home to Oregon when I retire on 01 Jan 2009.
Bill Miller
Bill Miller
Class of 1983
Air Force, 20+ Years

24 years. Retired January, 2009.
CJ (McKercher) Fillmore
CJ (McKercher) Fillmore
Class of 1985
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Korean Translator in the intelligence field.
Coy Bozeman
Coy Bozeman
Class of 1986
Navy, 20+ Years

Damage controlman in the US Navy.
Dan Smith
Dan Smith
Class of 1977
Navy, 4 Years

Hospital Corpsman, Pharmacy Tech stationed in Bremerton, WA.
Daniel Van Ess
Daniel Van Ess
Class of 1982
Army, 20+ Years

Contact daniel.vaness@us.army.mil
Dave Wagner
Dave Wagner
Class of 1982
Navy, 13 Years

USN, SM1(SW)
USS Bradley FF-1041
USS Tarawa LHA-1
USS Esteem MSO-438
USS Niagara Falls AFS-3
Fleet Training Group, Pearl Harbor HI
Donald worthington
Donald worthington
Class of 1998
Army, 5 Years

Stationed at Ft. Bragg N.C. with 2 year long deployments to Iraq- Nov 04 to Nov 05 in Al Taji Iraq and Sept 06 to Sept 07 in Baghdad
Dwight Priest
Dwight Priest
Class of 1964
Army, 4 Years

Four years active duty. Ft Bliss TX, Ft Gordon GA, Pentagon, Washington DC, Ft Eustis VA (Officer Candidate School), Ft Ord CA, Ft Lewis WA.
Joan Handbury
Joan Handbury
Class of 1969
Navy, 12 Years

I was a hospital corpsman/operating room tech in the Navy and Reserves for over 10 years. Some of my duty stations were 3 years in Portsmouth, VA, 2 years in Athens, Greece, 4 years in Jacksonville, FLA and 2 years in Rota, Spain. I met my husband while serving in Spain and my daughter was born there.
Joe Tucker
Joe Tucker
Class of 1982
Navy, 5 Years

Crypto-tech Arabic linguist. Stationed in Athens, Greece and deployed temporarily to submarines and surface vessels.
johnnie hemming
johnnie hemming
Class of 1989
Navy, 19 Years

Serve in submarines 94-95 USS Finback, 95-98 USS Parche, 98-00 USS Rhode Island Gold, 00-03 TTF Kings Bay, 03-04 14CM (Radio Tech) School in Groton, CT, 04-05 USS Augusta, 05-06 USS Albuquerque, 06-07 Submarine Group Two, 07-10 (present) USS Frank Cable (Repair Dept.)
Karen Lynch-Thorn
Karen Lynch-Thorn
Class of 1983
Navy, 15 Years

Worked as a Field Corpsman for the Marine Corps and a surgical tech. for the Navy. Gulf War vet.
Larry Goosey
Larry Goosey
Class of 1960
Air Force, 8 Years

Radio Relay Tech. Served at Fuchu Air Station Japan; Clark Air Base Philippines, Ton San Knut Vietnam, various in Thailand, Shaw AFB So. Carolina, Keesler AFB Mississippi
Pat Bowers
Pat Bowers
Class of 1971
Army, 4 Years

Four years US Army, 4th Bn 64th Armor, 3rd Bn 33rd Armor, and 522nd Combat Engineers.
Pat Bowers
Pat Bowers
Class of 1971
Army, 4 Years

Had a ball. Couldn't wait to get out!
Ronald Fien
Ronald Fien
Class of 1979
Coast Guard, 20+ Years

US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer
Ronald Ward
Ronald Ward
Class of 1976
Navy, 20+ Years

Chief Interior Communications Electrician and Electronics Technician, Submarines
Steve Bush
Steve Bush
Class of 1980
Army, 20+ Years

Retired in 2006 with 27 year in Army Special Forces. Served all over the world and served multiple combat rotations in Central America, Africa, and the Middle East
Susan Leach
Susan Leach
Class of 1979
Army, 10 Years

Served in Iraq during the first war in 1991 as a medic.

Classmates Spotlight

Rogue River High School Classmates

Ellie Vaughn
Class of '86

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