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

Demetrius "Meechie" Banks
Demetrius "Meechie" Banks
Class of 1999
Army, 18 Years

I joined right out of High School. Ft. Knox, KY for Boot Camp. Aberdeen, MD for AIT. Ft. Irwin, CA. Four years Active. 1 year National Guard. Came into the Reserves been serving in the Reserved since then. Drill Instructor. Metal Worker. Squad Leader. Instructor for Land Nav. Good career. Love the military.
Edward " Rick" Ward
Edward " Rick" Ward
Class of 1978
Navy, 6 Years

Hospital Corpsman, served Great Lakes Naval Command; Internal Medicine National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD; Camp Pendleton Marine Corp Base as a frontline medic Oceanside, CA; Amphibus Training Coranado Island, CA; Camp Hansen Okinawa; Cubic Bay,Phillipine Islands; Ft Irwin, CA; Twenty Nine Palms, CA
Glen l Foster
Glen l Foster
Class of 1985
Navy, 8 Years

Went to the navy January 14 1987, basic training was IN Great Lakes after basic and school I was my first duty station on board the USS WILLIAM H STANDLEY CG 32 in SAN DIEGO CA.from 1987 to 1991 then to the USS WILLAMETTE AO 180 1991 to 1993 in PEARL HABOR HAWAII then to PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD IN BREMERTON WA. FROM 1993 to 1995 was shore duty
Gordon (Gordy) Stinson
Gordon (Gordy) Stinson
Class of 1971
Marine Corps, 20+ Years

Military Police, Instructor at MP School, MP Special Operations Instructor, Special Reaction Team and Sniper Instructor, retired Gunnery Sgt.
James "Jimmy" Miles
James "Jimmy" Miles
Class of 1979
Air Force, 4 Years

United States Air Force Security Police
Stationed at Griffiss AFB NY and Dover AFB DE.
Traveled to England, Norway, Spain, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia. Achieved the rank of Sgt.
Joe Snoddy
Joe Snoddy
Class of 1989
Marine Corps, 19 Years

1989-present
Joseph Dean
Joseph Dean
Class of 1989
Army, 20+ Years

Chief Warrant Officer 4
Rex Thomas
Rex Thomas
Class of 1979
Air Force, 20+ Years

29 years, 10 months, 14 days to be exact. Kept me on the move quite a bit but I wouldn't change one minute of it.
Warren A Whitworth
Warren A Whitworth
Class of 1972
Navy, 4 Years

Great opportunity!... Highly recommend it.

Classmates Spotlight

Buckingham County High School Classmates

Jennifer Riley
Class of '02

Alumni Stories

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School News

Alumni cruise-in-help us get the word out!!!

On July 19th 2014 at Teresa's Place in Dillwyn Va. From 5-830pm! We will have door prizes, and cruise in, take picture...
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Our Buckingham County 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 Buckingham County High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Buckingham are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!