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William Accoo
- U.S. Army Air Corp
- World War II
- Tuskegee Airman
He attended the Salem City Public School System. On February 23, 1942, he was drafted into the Army where he was sent to Tuskegee, Alabama and became part of the renowned 99th Fighter Squadron. He earned the rank of Staff Sergeant and served in the European and North African theaters of World War II for 42 months.
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David A. Cawman
(Father of Donna Burns)
- U.S. Marine Corps
- World War II
- SSgt; 5th Marine, 1st Marine Division (Last Unit)
- Class of 1938
Service 1943-1946
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John W. Cawman
(Uncle of Donna Burns)
- U.S. Marine Corps
- World War II
- Cpl: 3rd Marine Division
- Class of 1944
Service 1944-1946
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William B. Crane
- U.S.Marine Corps
- Served in Vietnam, Danang
- Retired Major USMC after 21 years of service
- Class of 1954
Service 1954-1975
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James Newell Acton Jr.
(Father of Liz Irvine)
- U.S. Army
- 1st Lieutenant Army Corps Engineers
- Class of 1958
Service 1962-1965
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Frederick Apgar Acton
(Uncle of Liz Irvine)
- U.S. Army
- Served tours in Germany & Vietnam, earning a Bronze Star. Also, tours in Georgia, New Jersey & Hawaii. Retired as Sgt 1st Class.
- Class of 1961
Service 1962-1982
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David L. Faulhaber
- U.S. Coast Guard, Search & Rescue
- 1st Class Petty Officer
- Served in Guantanamo Bay, New Finland, Holland, and throughout Europe.
- Completed service on the Eastern Seaboard
- Class of 1962
Service 1964-1968
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Theodore J. Mahala
- U.S. Army
- Medic, 44th Medivac
- Medical Brigade, Vietnam, Awarded the Purple Heart, Air Medal, Numerous Awards and decorations.
- Completed Service with 23 yrs in Air Force Reserve
- Class of 1966
Service 1966-1969
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Ralph Leon Harris
- U.S. Navy, Boatswain's Mate Third Class
- Vietnam War Veteran
- Served on the USS Saratoga
- Class of 1966
Service 1967-1972
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Donald Chevalier Crane (Duke)
- U.S. Army
- Stationed Chu Lai, Vietnam
- Awarded the Bronze Star for Valor for his service
- Class of 1966
Servive 1968-1969
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David Jay Crispin
- U.S. Air Force, MSgt retired USAF
- Served in Florida & Nevada as a Radar repairman, California as a Personal Affairs Tech
- Served in Greece, the Azores, Germany, Italy and California as a Military Broadcaster with the American Forces Network
- Class of 1970
Servicee 1971-1991
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Kenneth A. Stanley
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Lance Corporal
- Camp Penelton, CA
- Class of 1976
Service 1976-1979
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Brian Clark
- U.S. Army Infantry
- Stationed in Korea; Ft Benning, Ga, training new recruits to drive M113 armor personnel carrier, and Bradley fighting vehicles
- Stationed at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska
- Class of 1977
Service 1980-1989
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Gwyen Parris-Atwell
- U.S. Air Force Reserve
- Served as nurse practitioner in Iraq
- Class of 1979
Service 20 years and running
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Joe Woods
- U.S. Army Nat'l Guard
- Sergeant
- Class of 1980
Service 1980-1995
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Michael L. Shimp
- U.S. Army
- Served in Germany, Massachusetts, Alaska, Washington, Georgia, Somalia, Korea
- Desert Shield/Storm
- Class of 1980
Service 1980-1995
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Jay Martin
- U.S. Air Force
- Entered active duty as an officer in Dec. 1989. Spent 11 years as a pilot, flying B-52s, T-38s, T-37s
- After earning a master's degree, served on the faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth KS
- Air Liaison Officer and Squadron Commander in Central Iraq in 2009-2010
- Awarded Bronze Star for service in Iraq
- Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran
- Retired as a Lt Colonel Aug. 1, 2010
- Class of 1984
Service 1989-2010
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James R Washington
- U.S. Air Force
- Entered active duty service, Feb. 1988, as a firefighter; worked as rescue crew for Space Shuttle landings while stationed at Edwards AFB, CA
- Also served at Kunson AB, Korea; Dover AFB, DE; Pope AFB, NC; McConnell AFB, KS; Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ; Anderson AB, Guam; Hill AFB, UT; and, Elgin AFB, FL
- Deployed to Saudi Arabis and Qatar
- Retrained to Military Equal Opportunity in 1996 to 2012
- Class of 1987
Service 1988-2012
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Eric Stewart Miller
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Computer Technician
- Class of 1988
Service 4 years
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David Summiel, III
- U.S. Army
- Military Intelligence 101st Airborne Division
- Class of 1989
Service 5 years
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Ryan Dean Chambers
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Corporal
- Police Officer Prince George's County Maryland (1998-2003)
- Class of 1991
Service 1991-1995
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Larry White
- U.S.Navy
- Officer in the Civil Engineer Corps. The officers that lead the "Fighting Seabees".
- A Project Engineer for the Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division, Naval Air Station, Oceana, Va Beach, VA
- Class of 1993
Service 1991-1995
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Michael D. Bryant
- U.S. Navy
- Technician Senior Chief Petty Officer
- Stationed Sasebo, Japan serving as a Fleet Technical Support Technician. Providing subject matter expertise on various combat systems to Forward Deployed Naval Forces in 7th Fleet
- Equal Opportunity Program Manager and Command Career Counselor for Sailros at Ship's Repair Facility-Japan Regional Maintenance center (SRF-JRMC) detachment Sasebo
- Served aboard the USS Dubuque (LPD-8) and the USS Carr (FFG-52)
- Class of 1993
Service 1994-present
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Dwight David Thomas Jr.
- U.S. Army, stationed Korea & Fort Polk, LA as a Wire Systems Equipment Repairer, among other assignments
- Army commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medals, Army Good Conduct Award, and a number of Certificates of Achievements
- Class of 1994
Service 1996-2001
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Shaalim 'Hasan' David
- US Army
- Achieve the rank of Staff Sergeant via the Army Officer Candidate School; commissioned as Major.
- Served in a myriad of stateside assignments from the East Coast to the West; and served in Operation Joint Endeavor (Bosnia) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)
- Military specialty is human resources and currently serving as a Major in Alaska, completing double Master degrees (MBA & Human Resources), and training for another deployment
- Awarded Bronze Star & Medal for meritorious service in Afghanistan
- Class of 1995
Service 1995 to present
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James M. Covey, Jr
- US Marine Corps
- Infantry - 3 Light Armored Reconnaissance and First Battalion Seventh Marines, First Marine Division
- Currently, Captain on Embassy duty
- Class of 2001
Service 2001 - 2006
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Brittany R. Stanley
- U.S. Army Reserve
- Class of 2002
Service 2013 to present
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Benjamin Maldonado
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Class of 2003
Service 2003 to present
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Ashlie A. McCoy
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Air Traffic Controller
- Deployed to Africa, Operation Endearing Freedom, duties included the care of children at several orphanages.
- Statesite served as a Drill instructor
- Received numerous awards and recognitions for honorable service
- Class of 2003
Service 2003-2008
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Marcus Frieson
- U.S. Air Force
- Served in Iraq
- Class of 2006
Service 2006 to present
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Jordon L. Padilla
- U.S. Army Pvt
- Completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC
- Deployed to Iraq
- Class of 2009
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James Spain
- U.S. Army National Guard
- Pvt Spain completed One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, GA
- Serving as Infantry soldier in Delta Company 1/114th Woodstown, NJ
- Class of 2009
Service 2009 to present
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Kendrea L. Stanley
- U.S. Air Force
- 1st Lieutenant
- Malstrom AFB, Great Falls, MT
- Class of 2009
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A few photos of recent U.S. Military SHS Graduates
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William Fisher |
Keith Pierce |
Jeremy Shute
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