Bay City High School Alumni

Bay City, Texas (TX)

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

ABEL TAMEZ, JR
ABEL TAMEZ, JR
Class of 1972
Army, 20+ Years

LEFT BAY CITY IN SEPTEMBER 1972 TO JOIN THE US ARMY FOR 3 YEARS. ENDED UP STAYING 22 YEARS AND RETIRED AS FIRST SERGEANT. WENT TO DESERT STORM. BEEN LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO SINCE 1994.
abel tamez, jr.
abel tamez, jr.
Class of 1972
Army, 20+ Years

Sep 72 thru Mar 94. Served 4 tours in Germany, 1 tour in Saudi Arabia//Iraq (Desert Shield/Desert Storm). Stationed in Texas, Florida, Massachusetts and New Jersey also. Served 7 years in the MP Corps and 15 years in the AG Corps. Retired as a First Sergeant/Master Sergeant (E-8).
Allen Fritzsching
Allen Fritzsching
Class of 1984
Army, 20+ Years

Currently serving as a Command Sergeant Major for a third tour in Iraq.
ALLEN GLEN FRITZSCHING
ALLEN GLEN FRITZSCHING
Class of 1984
Army, 30 Years

Nominative Level Command Sergeant Major
Bill Luder
Bill Luder
Class of 1961
Army, 2 Years

Ft. Polk La. Ft. Meyer Va. Camp Carroll South Korea Ft. Hood Tx. July 1966 thru July 1968.Rank Spec. 5
Charles L Jones
Charles L Jones
Class of 1971
Navy, 20+ Years

navy chief petty officer
aviation warfare specialist
production control supervisor
David Clarke
David Clarke
Class of 1965
Army, 2 Years

Moved from Bay City to Mississippi in '65. Graduated there. Drafted in '68. Spent a year in Deutchland (ran into Doug Ingram there). 38 years later, I'm still tryin' to figure it out.
David Gingles
David Gingles
Class of 1976
Marine Corps, 4 Years

David followed his years in the marine corps with an equally sacrificial career in public safety as a highway patrol. Proud to call him my friend!
David Webster
David Webster
Class of 1981
Air Force, 20+ Years

Spent 25 years in the service
Eleanor J. Catchfield
Eleanor J. Catchfield
Class of 1974
Army, 2 Years

Clerk Typist
Frank Daehne
Frank Daehne
Class of 1967
Navy, 4 Years

Served on Lewis Clark SSBN submarine as a machinist mate.
James A. Mulligan, Jr.
James A. Mulligan, Jr.
Class of 1966
Navy, 4 Years

Neuropsychiatric Corpsman severed San Diego Naval Hospital and USS Repose in Vietnam 1969-1970.
James A. Mulligan, Jr.
James A. Mulligan, Jr.
Class of 1966
Army, 17 Years

1980 to 1997 retired after serving in Germany(2) Charleston AFB(4) Korea(3), Ft Sam Houston(1.5) Korea(2) Cameron Station(1) Ft Belvoir(1) HQ MTMC(2.5).
JAMES WATTS
JAMES WATTS
Class of 1985
Air Force, 4 Years

SECURITY SPECIALIST
Javier Figueroa
Javier Figueroa
Class of 1970
Army, 12 Years

Honorable Discharge as Staff Sargent
Served in Vietnam as a doorgunner-1970-71
Air Defense Command Control Chief
Johnny Mack French
Johnny Mack French
Class of 1966
Army, 3 Years

Basic Training at Ft. Bless, Texas; Signal School at Ft. Monmouth, NJ; ComZ in Stuttgart, Germany; First Log Command Phu Bai, Vietnam SP/5 Squad Leader. Discharge June 26, 1970.
Johnny Turner
Johnny Turner
Class of 1971
Air Force, 6 Years

ATC 2 years, 4 years 147 th Fighter Wing.
Juan Garza
Juan Garza
Class of 1967
Air Force, 4 Years

Served in (SAC) Strategic Air Command
Jet Engine Technician on bombers and fighter bombers - FB-111A, B52's, etc...
Kent McDonald
Kent McDonald
Class of 1995
Army, 9 Years

Combat Engineer 12B20P
AIRBORNE
Kristen Dement
Kristen Dement
Class of 2009
Navy, 6 Years

Enlisted 2009-present.
Kurtis Shufflebarger
Kurtis Shufflebarger
Class of 1976
Marine Corps, 16 Years

Kurtis left during our senior year and joined the Marines. Even if he did not grad. with us he is and always will be considered a part of our class and we thank him for helping us all enjoy our freedom.
Kurtis Shufflebarger
Kurtis Shufflebarger
Class of 1976
Marine Corps, 16 Years

10 years as Scout Sniper and FO (Forward Observer) for 3rd Forces Recon, and last 6 with Special Operations in Okinawa, Japan.
Larry Mangum
Larry Mangum
Class of 1976
Air Force, 4 Years

Joined USAF at 18 and went to Colorado and Utah.
Ricky Dunbar
Ricky Dunbar
Class of 1980
Army, 20+ Years

Senior Food Operations Sergeant or Dining Facility Manager
Ron Donamaria
Ron Donamaria
Class of 1982
Air Force, 20+ Years

Security Forces Manager

Classmates Spotlight

Bay City High School Classmates

Keith Needham
Class of '85

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School News

Deceased Classmate of '67

Joanetta Smith (Watkins) died December 06, 2008.
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Our Bay City 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 Bay City High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Bay City are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!