We honor our 1965 classmates who served so bravely in the military.
And to those classmates who gave their
lives, we ask a blessing of peace...
Gene ALTENA (RIP) U. S. Coast Guard
Rod ALTMAN U. S. Air Force
Bob ANDERSON (RIP) U. S. Navy
Carl BELL (RIP) U. S. Army
Susan BENSCH Garretson U. S. Army
Michael "Mike" BLACK (RIP) U. S. Air Force for 23 years.
Paul BLAZINE U. S. Navy
Ron BLOOM (RIP) U. S. Army from March 31, 1964 to September 11, 1970 serving in Vietnam and earning a Bronze Star
Jack BONEWELL U. S. Navy
Mike BOTT (RIP) U. S. Army
Mike BOTU Sr (RIP) U. S. Army
Dale BOWERS U. S. Coast Guard
John BRADLEY (RIP) U. S. Army
Jim BRESINA U. S. Navy
Rod BREWER U. S. Army
Richard BRUNELLE U. S. Marines
John BURNETT (RIP) U. S. Air Force from 1967-1971, serving in Vietnam from 1969-1970
Pat CALDWELL (RIP) U. S. Navy
David CARLISLE U. S. Air Force from 1967 to 1971
Pete CARROLL U. S. Army
Gale CHARLES (RIP) He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1966, serving as a Medic in Vietnam.
Ed CHRISTOPHERSON U. S. Army
Charles COFFIN U. S. Marines
Bob CUMMINGS U. S. Air Force
Perry DANGERFIELD U. S. Army
Ted DAVENPORT (RIP) U. S. Air Force
Craig DAVIS (RIP) U. S. Marines
George DAVIS (RIP) U. S. Air Force
Vic DAY SP5 U. S. Army Berlin Brigade
Larry DEAN (RIP) U. S. Army
Bill DOWD (RIP) U. S. Army
Steve DUVE (RIP) He enlisted in the U. S. Army on November 15, 1967 and was discharged on June 19, 1969.
Gary EARP U. S. Air Force
Joe EVANS U. S. Army
Ron EWING (RIP) U. S. Navy, Naval Reserve and Washington Air National Guard
Doug FARRIS (RIP) U. S. Air Force
Gary FISHER U. S. Air Force as a Staff Sergeant from 1966-1970.
John FOSTER U. S. Air Force from 11-64 to 4/76. I was stationed at St. Laurence Island in Alaska, RAF Chicksands in England (two tours) and McClellan AFB in Sacramento, CA. I was stationed in Vietnam from 1968-1969.
Bill GAINES (RIP) U. S. Army in Vietnam serving as a Staff Sargeant
Jack GILCHRIST (RIP) U. S. Army
Allen GREEN Jr (RIP) U. S. Army
Larry GROSS U. S. Air Force
Milo HAGEMEIER U. S. Navy
Doug HAGEN U. S. Marines
Steve HAGGARD U. S. Air Force from 1966 - 1970. Serving in Vietnam 1968 - 1969 at Da Nang AFB with the Jolly Green (H-3. H-53) Air Rescue Squadron.
Bill HAMES U. S. Navy
Dick HAMMOND U. S. Army
Gregor HANSON U. S. Army
Jim HEIDLEBAUGH U. S. Marines
Stan/Jerry HICKS U. S. Air Force, Master Sergeant (retired), taught F16s and F15s
Jack HOFFMAN U. S. Army
Bob HOGUE U. S. Air Force
David HORNER (RIP) U. S. Navy
Barb HOSACK Busch (RIP) U. S. Army
Dan HULTGRENN U. S. Army
Lonnie HUNTER U. S. Army from 1965-1969 as an E5, serving in Vietnam 1965-1966 and 1968-1969
LeRoy JACKSON U. S. Air Force
Mike JENNINGS (RIP) U. S. Marines
Jerry JOHNSON U. S. Army
Kenny JOHNSON (RIP) U. S. Marines
Lynn JOHNSTON (RIP) U. S. Air Force
Don JONES (RIP) U. S. Army from 1968-1970 as a Sergeant E-5 serving in Europe then in the Active Reserves and Basic Training Combat Unit from 1974-1975.
Jack KEENEY U. S. Army
Ed KERN U. S. Army
Randall LANE (RIP) U. S. Navy
David LIDDINGTON U. S. Navy
Stephen LIDDINGTON U. S. Navy
Wayne LUKINS (RIP) U. S. Navy
John "Jack" MARSHALL U. S. Air Force
Ray McCAULEY U. S. Air Force and U. S. Navy
Mike McINTOSH U. S. Marines
Jim McKAY (RIP) U. S. Army
Garrett MEADOR U. S. Army
Jeff MICHAEL Joined USAF a week after graduation with a few other Bomber boys. Served 7 years in Libya, Greenland and Japan. Participated in the 1967 Arab-Isreali war. Became broadcaster and interviewed numerous folks like Neil Armstrong. Was the club DJ for breaks in the Ike and Tina Turner Review. Attended the Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Returned home to Boulder, CO and continued working radio, clubs and live events.
David MILLER My time at WSU was interrupted by serving in the U. S. Navy from April 1968 to April 1971. I worked in electronic maintenance for RVAW110 (the Navy’s version of the AWACs, radar early warning) in San Diego, VF21 (Phantom Fighters) in Miramar, ( San Diego) and aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger CVA-61 for two tours off Vietnam. Last rating, Petty Officer 2nd Class.
Dennis MUIR (RIP) U. S. Navy
Charlie NEVINS Jr (RIP) U. S. Navy from 1965 - 1969 serving two tours in Vietnam.
Jim NEWTON U. S. Army
Eddie NORTHROP (RIP) U. S. Marines
John ORREN (RIP) Drafted into the U. S. Army where he served from 1967 to 1970 and, at one point, was deployed to eastern Europe where he guarded the boarder of Czechoslovakia.
Jim PAHL (RIP) U. S. Air Force and U. S. Marines
Bob PARK (RIP) U. S. Air Force
Roger PEART (RIP) U. S. Army
Phil PHILIP (RIP) U. S. Navy
Tom PLANKERS U. S. Navy
Deen POE CDR U. S. Navy, Retired, Naval Aviation 1971-1993
Sue PORTER Wambach U. S. Army
Charles RAHMIG (RIP) U. S. Navy
Tony RHEINSCHMIDT (RIP) U. S. Army, Helicopter pilot in Vietnam from 8-67 to 8-68 in the 170th helicopter assault company. Instructor pilot at Ft. Rucker, AL then honorably discharged from San Francisco 7-70. He became a professional helicopter pilot.
Dick RHODES U. S. Navy
Rick RICKARD U. S. Navy
David RIVERS (RIP) U. S. Marines
Gene RUPPERT (RIP) U. S. Marines
John RUPPERT (RIP) Army National Guard of Illinois and as a reserve of the U. S. Army
Mike SAMS (RIP) U. S. Army
Tom SCHOENLEBER U. S. Marines
Bill SCOTT (RIP) Bill served in the U. S. Army from 1966 to 1969 and was awarded an Air Medal. His last rank was Specialist 4 in the Transportation Corp as a 67A-Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice. His primary unit was the 1968-1969, 67A, 269th Aviation Battalion. He passed away in Hua Nghia, S. Vietnam at the age of 22 on February 21, 1969, in a non-hostile helicopter crash near the Go De Hau Bridge because of pitch change link failure, and the M/R came through the cockpit which severed the tailboom at 1000'.
Steve SIMPSON (RIP) U. S. Marines
Gary SLATER (RIP) U. S. Marines
Ron SLEDGE U. S. Navy
David STACK U. S. Air Force
Tom STAVE U. S. Army
Marv STEELE U. S. Marines
Richard ST. JOHN U. S. Air Force
Ed SULLIVAN U. S. Army
Jerry THOMPSON (RIP) U. S. Army
Jim TOMPKINS (RIP) U. S. Army serving almost three years, with most of it in Germany.
Chuck TRUJILLO U. S. Army
Tim TURK (RIP) U. S. Army serving in Vietnam as an SP4
Steve UPSON U. S. Air Force as a Staff Sergeant. I was on active duty from June 1965 (one week after graduation) through early December 1968. All USAF personnel received basic training while stationed at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX. I then was stationed at Amarillo AFB in Amarillo, TX for technical training, and reassigned to HQ, Tactical Air Command at Langley AFB, VA where I spent the remainder of my active tour. Full six-year enlistment ended after another two and a half years in the USAF Reserves.
Ken VALDEZ U. S. Army
Robin WARREN U. S. Army
Larry WEASNER (RIP) U. S. Air Force
Bob WEDBERG (RIP) U. S. Air Force
Rik WILLIAMS U. S. Navy
Lamont WORDEN U. S. Air Force
Ron WORLEY U. S. Navy
George ZIELINSKI Horne U. S. Army
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