Clairemont High School Alumni
San Diego, California (CA)
Recent Members
| Douglas Archer | 1967 |
| Elaine Hanson | 1967 |
| Emily Vastola | 2014 |
| Jane Jane Lindsey | 1964 |
| Janette Phomsopha | 1999 |
| Louis Toth | 1974 |
| Steve Vigil | 1972 |
| Suzette Calvillo | 2004 |
Military 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
Allan A Solsad
Class of 1960
Army, 3 Years
Truck Mechanic. Ammo dump security guard. Boat operator while bridging Reine River in summer and winter.
Class of 1960
Army, 3 Years
Truck Mechanic. Ammo dump security guard. Boat operator while bridging Reine River in summer and winter.
Anne Arnicar Parker
Class of 1977
Air Force, 4 Years
Air Force - served at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Japan in the 33rd Air Rescue & Recovery Squadron.
Class of 1977
Air Force, 4 Years
Air Force - served at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Japan in the 33rd Air Rescue & Recovery Squadron.
CLAUDE GREVE JR
Class of 1961
Navy Reserves, 2 Years
ELEVENTH NAVAL DISTRICT
HEADQUARTERS
SAN DIEGO, CA.
Class of 1961
Navy Reserves, 2 Years
ELEVENTH NAVAL DISTRICT
HEADQUARTERS
SAN DIEGO, CA.
CYNTHIA CHAPMAN-DALY
Class of 1970
Army, 3 Years
GIESSEN GERMANY- 588TH AND 24TH BATTALIONS, 1972-1976.
Class of 1970
Army, 3 Years
GIESSEN GERMANY- 588TH AND 24TH BATTALIONS, 1972-1976.
Dale Perritt
Class of 1964
Army, 6 Years
Vietnam....'68 -'69, 214th Combat Aviation Battalion, located at Bearcat and Dong Tam in South Vietnam. Written up for the Bronze Star and Awarded the Army Commendation Medal. Served 2 years active duty, 2 years Active Reserves, and 2 years Inactive Reserves as a Draftee.
Class of 1964
Army, 6 Years
Vietnam....'68 -'69, 214th Combat Aviation Battalion, located at Bearcat and Dong Tam in South Vietnam. Written up for the Bronze Star and Awarded the Army Commendation Medal. Served 2 years active duty, 2 years Active Reserves, and 2 years Inactive Reserves as a Draftee.
David J Tooley
Class of 1961
Navy Reserves, 10 Years
1961-1971 3 years active 1964-1967, NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, Yeoman, ASW
office, trained Reservists
Class of 1961
Navy Reserves, 10 Years
1961-1971 3 years active 1964-1967, NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, Yeoman, ASW
office, trained Reservists
Donald Moeller
Class of 1965
Army, 20+ Years
Medic Vietnam SP5
Oral Surgeon Desert Storm
RET Lieutenant Colonel
Class of 1965
Army, 20+ Years
Medic Vietnam SP5
Oral Surgeon Desert Storm
RET Lieutenant Colonel
Donald. Moeller
Class of 1965
Army, 20+ Years
Vietnam Medic. Desert Storm Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon retired 1993
Class of 1965
Army, 20+ Years
Vietnam Medic. Desert Storm Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon retired 1993
Earl westergom
Class of 1963
Air Force, 20+ Years
Colonel retired. Command Pilot. Vietnam 1969 flying the C-7A, Flew the C-141 international. Flew a lot of chairs on various HQ staffs and enjoyed tours in Japan and Spain.
Class of 1963
Air Force, 20+ Years
Colonel retired. Command Pilot. Vietnam 1969 flying the C-7A, Flew the C-141 international. Flew a lot of chairs on various HQ staffs and enjoyed tours in Japan and Spain.
Edward F. Deegan
Class of 1961
Army, 20+ Years
Was costing along in 1964 when low and behold came this Greetings from the president of the United States. Needless to say I spent 33 years in both the active and reserve side of the house. Had a great time in Nam 65' (just kidding) and went on from there. Managed to go all over the wrold many times (handled many transportation assets for many world wide exercises, i.e. Brightstar, Egypt; Big Red, England; Yama Sukuria, Japan; etc. Went to OCS in '68 and finally retired from Ft Lewis, Washington in '97 as a full colonel. Of my two sons, one has been deployed 11 times and is an Army Ranger (must be a record). May all take care. Best wishes. Ed
Class of 1961
Army, 20+ Years
Was costing along in 1964 when low and behold came this Greetings from the president of the United States. Needless to say I spent 33 years in both the active and reserve side of the house. Had a great time in Nam 65' (just kidding) and went on from there. Managed to go all over the wrold many times (handled many transportation assets for many world wide exercises, i.e. Brightstar, Egypt; Big Red, England; Yama Sukuria, Japan; etc. Went to OCS in '68 and finally retired from Ft Lewis, Washington in '97 as a full colonel. Of my two sons, one has been deployed 11 times and is an Army Ranger (must be a record). May all take care. Best wishes. Ed
Erick Hoyt
Class of 1986
Army, 3 Years
Aircraft Structural Repairer. Served in Korea and California. Received medical discharge after 3.5 years.
Class of 1986
Army, 3 Years
Aircraft Structural Repairer. Served in Korea and California. Received medical discharge after 3.5 years.
German Sanchez
Class of 1987
Army, 20+ Years
Enlisted in 1987. Worked as a helicopter weapons systems mechanic and electrician.
Went to flight school and now I fly Apache Attack Helicopters.
Class of 1987
Army, 20+ Years
Enlisted in 1987. Worked as a helicopter weapons systems mechanic and electrician.
Went to flight school and now I fly Apache Attack Helicopters.
Jay Coomes
Class of 1980
Air Force, 4 Years
Served from 1981-1985
Integrated Avionics Computerized Test Station and Component Specialist, F-111D
27th Component Repair Squadron
Cannon AFB, NM
Class of 1980
Air Force, 4 Years
Served from 1981-1985
Integrated Avionics Computerized Test Station and Component Specialist, F-111D
27th Component Repair Squadron
Cannon AFB, NM
Jim DeLong
Class of 1961
Navy, 20+ Years
1961-1965-USNR-R, NR Surface Div.11-41 and ResCrew USS Shields(DD-596), QM3
1965-1987-Active Duty, OCS, Naval Flight School, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2(2 tours), Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 10, Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, Pacific,(2 tours), HS-50(Exchange Program Canadian Forces, Halifax, Nova Scotia), Commander, Fleet Air, Mediterranean, Naples, Italy
Class of 1961
Navy, 20+ Years
1961-1965-USNR-R, NR Surface Div.11-41 and ResCrew USS Shields(DD-596), QM3
1965-1987-Active Duty, OCS, Naval Flight School, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2(2 tours), Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 10, Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, Pacific,(2 tours), HS-50(Exchange Program Canadian Forces, Halifax, Nova Scotia), Commander, Fleet Air, Mediterranean, Naples, Italy
Jim DeLong
Class of 1961
Navy, 20+ Years
ASW Helicopter Pilot, 2 tours HS-2, 2 tours Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Trining Center,Pacific, Exchange Tour Canadian Forces(HS-50),Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1 tour HS-10, final tour Fleet Air Mediterranean, Naples Italy
Class of 1961
Navy, 20+ Years
ASW Helicopter Pilot, 2 tours HS-2, 2 tours Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Trining Center,Pacific, Exchange Tour Canadian Forces(HS-50),Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1 tour HS-10, final tour Fleet Air Mediterranean, Naples Italy
John W. (Jack) Dempsey
Class of 1960
Army, 20+ Years
Enlisted January 1961; Infantry OCS 1962; Vietnam Service 1962-1963 and 1969-1970. Two airborne assignments, Master Parachutist. Retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, Signal Corps, 1981.
Class of 1960
Army, 20+ Years
Enlisted January 1961; Infantry OCS 1962; Vietnam Service 1962-1963 and 1969-1970. Two airborne assignments, Master Parachutist. Retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, Signal Corps, 1981.
JR Gerde
Class of 1964
Navy, 9 Years
Navy Journalist (Broadcast/3221)
Defense Information School “DINFOS" (Ft. Harrison, IN): Print and Broadcast Courses
Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS), Rota Spain:
Two tours (1974-77 and 1980-83).
Navy London (North Audley St): Closed Circuit TV/Presentations for FLTOCCNAVEUR (1978-1980).
All were great experiences!
Class of 1964
Navy, 9 Years
Navy Journalist (Broadcast/3221)
Defense Information School “DINFOS" (Ft. Harrison, IN): Print and Broadcast Courses
Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS), Rota Spain:
Two tours (1974-77 and 1980-83).
Navy London (North Audley St): Closed Circuit TV/Presentations for FLTOCCNAVEUR (1978-1980).
All were great experiences!
Kate (Palmer) Mull
Class of 1982
Air Force, 4 Years
Instructor Weapons Director AWACS
Class of 1982
Air Force, 4 Years
Instructor Weapons Director AWACS
Keith V. Butler
Class of 1973
Army, 4 Years
Served in the as a military Firefighter, Engineer and Crew Chief on fire apparatus in the US Army. Stationed in the CONUS and Alaska
Class of 1973
Army, 4 Years
Served in the as a military Firefighter, Engineer and Crew Chief on fire apparatus in the US Army. Stationed in the CONUS and Alaska
Keith V. Butler
Class of 1973
Army, 4 Years
Served as a military firefighter, engineer, and crew chief on fire apparatus in the Army from 1975-1979.
Class of 1973
Army, 4 Years
Served as a military firefighter, engineer, and crew chief on fire apparatus in the Army from 1975-1979.
L. Craig Lowrey
Class of 1965
Air Force, 4 Years
Served with the 15th Tactical Fighter Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla. 1966;
12th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cam Ranh, Vietnam, 1966-1967;
Bergstrom AFB, Texas, 1967-1969.
F-4C, "Phantom", fighter/bomber aircraft.
Class of 1965
Air Force, 4 Years
Served with the 15th Tactical Fighter Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla. 1966;
12th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cam Ranh, Vietnam, 1966-1967;
Bergstrom AFB, Texas, 1967-1969.
F-4C, "Phantom", fighter/bomber aircraft.
Lou Toth
Class of 1974
Navy, 17 Years
UCLA Navy ROTC, USMC 3d Tanks 78-79, Interservice Transfer to USN, Retired P-3 Orion Naval Flight Officer 1994.
Class of 1974
Navy, 17 Years
UCLA Navy ROTC, USMC 3d Tanks 78-79, Interservice Transfer to USN, Retired P-3 Orion Naval Flight Officer 1994.
Nelson Rivas
Class of 1999
Navy, 7 Years
Iraqi Freedom War 2003 (Veteran). Stationed in 29 Palms, CA. Also stationed in Rota, Spain. While Enlisted deployed to Okinowa Japan and Iraq.
Class of 1999
Navy, 7 Years
Iraqi Freedom War 2003 (Veteran). Stationed in 29 Palms, CA. Also stationed in Rota, Spain. While Enlisted deployed to Okinowa Japan and Iraq.
Philip Boehme
Class of 1964
Marine Corps, 2 Years
Combat Photographer, 3rd Marine Division, Vietnam, 1969.
Class of 1964
Marine Corps, 2 Years
Combat Photographer, 3rd Marine Division, Vietnam, 1969.
Phillip Torre
Class of 1970
Navy, 9 Years
Stationed Nas Memphis Tenn, Nas Lemoore Ca, Nas Miramar Ca
Class of 1970
Navy, 9 Years
Stationed Nas Memphis Tenn, Nas Lemoore Ca, Nas Miramar Ca
Richard McClure
Class of 1962
Air Force, 4 Years
Air Police. Stationed in Tucson, AZ, Ft Worth, TX and Guam
Class of 1962
Air Force, 4 Years
Air Police. Stationed in Tucson, AZ, Ft Worth, TX and Guam
Robert Gaspar
Class of 1982
Marine Corps, 3 Years
After wanting to be a Marine since the age of 6, I finally joined the year before my senior year at Clairemont. I completed boot camp with the rank of E-2, Lance Corporal. Assigned to Fox Co. 2Btn/5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendelton, Ca. MOS 0331 machine gunner. Traveled to Japan, Thailand, and traveled to 10 different countries while in the service. Great time, and made life long brothers. No greater fraternity in the world.
Class of 1982
Marine Corps, 3 Years
After wanting to be a Marine since the age of 6, I finally joined the year before my senior year at Clairemont. I completed boot camp with the rank of E-2, Lance Corporal. Assigned to Fox Co. 2Btn/5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendelton, Ca. MOS 0331 machine gunner. Traveled to Japan, Thailand, and traveled to 10 different countries while in the service. Great time, and made life long brothers. No greater fraternity in the world.
Ronald Beckman
Class of 1961
Army, 4 Years
Two years active duty. 1967-1968. One year in Vietnam with the 4th infantry Div. as and infantry man. Involved in the Battle of Dakto.
Class of 1961
Army, 4 Years
Two years active duty. 1967-1968. One year in Vietnam with the 4th infantry Div. as and infantry man. Involved in the Battle of Dakto.
Ronald P. Moody
Class of 1960
Navy, 3 Years
Communications officer for Service Group 3 in WESTPAC 1965-67 aboard USS Ajax AR-6 homeport Sasebo, Japan & USS Sacremento, AOE-1; Communications officer at Pacific Missile Range Pt. Mugu, CA 1967-68
Class of 1960
Navy, 3 Years
Communications officer for Service Group 3 in WESTPAC 1965-67 aboard USS Ajax AR-6 homeport Sasebo, Japan & USS Sacremento, AOE-1; Communications officer at Pacific Missile Range Pt. Mugu, CA 1967-68
Roy Farmer
Class of 1973
Air Force, 6 Years
Enlisted 1973 and served 6-1/2 years as Aerospace Control & Warning Systems operator. Stationed in Mississippi, Montana, Mt. Laguna, Alaska and Nevada. Honorable discharge with rank of Staff Sargent.
Class of 1973
Air Force, 6 Years
Enlisted 1973 and served 6-1/2 years as Aerospace Control & Warning Systems operator. Stationed in Mississippi, Montana, Mt. Laguna, Alaska and Nevada. Honorable discharge with rank of Staff Sargent.
Russell W. Ogle
Class of 1960
Navy, 20+ Years
After graduation, served in the Submarine Service in Raton (SS-270) out of San Diego and Medregal (SS-480) out of Pearl Harbor. These were World War 2 submarines. Completed the Navy's Nuclear Power School but never served on a nuclear submarine as I was selected for the Navy's Enlisted Scientific Education Program (NESEP) and sent off to the University of Oklahoma to study for my BS in Aerospace Engineering. Upon completion of college in 1968 I requested and was accepted for Navy pilot training. After completing pilot training and earning a Aeronautical Engineering MS degree in 1970, I was finally back in San Diego at Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar serving in Fighter Squadron 121 (VF-121) learning to fly the F-4 Phantom. In 1971 I joined VF-92 also at NAS Miramar and made two cruises to Southeast Asia in USS Constellation (CV-64) where I was lucky enough to survive 189 combat missions in the Phantom. Duties stations after that included VX-4 at NAS Point Mugu test flying the F-4 and F-14, a tour in USS Ranger (CV-61) as V-2 Division Officer (responsible for the catapults and arresting gear), and finally a tour with VT-22 primarily as an air combat instructor flying the TA-4 Skyhawk. I loved the Navy and to this day the sound or smell of a big diesel engine starting up immediately transports me back to those old diesel-electric submarines surrounded by my friends and shipmates getting underway, heading out to sea and a world of adventure. The sight and sound of a fighter overhead brings it all back; I'm sitting in one of most powerful planes ever built, taxiing forward to the catapult, the bow of the ship slowly rising and falling in a gentle swell, its a breathtakingly beautiful day in the South Pacific, and the sea and sky beckon.
Class of 1960
Navy, 20+ Years
After graduation, served in the Submarine Service in Raton (SS-270) out of San Diego and Medregal (SS-480) out of Pearl Harbor. These were World War 2 submarines. Completed the Navy's Nuclear Power School but never served on a nuclear submarine as I was selected for the Navy's Enlisted Scientific Education Program (NESEP) and sent off to the University of Oklahoma to study for my BS in Aerospace Engineering. Upon completion of college in 1968 I requested and was accepted for Navy pilot training. After completing pilot training and earning a Aeronautical Engineering MS degree in 1970, I was finally back in San Diego at Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar serving in Fighter Squadron 121 (VF-121) learning to fly the F-4 Phantom. In 1971 I joined VF-92 also at NAS Miramar and made two cruises to Southeast Asia in USS Constellation (CV-64) where I was lucky enough to survive 189 combat missions in the Phantom. Duties stations after that included VX-4 at NAS Point Mugu test flying the F-4 and F-14, a tour in USS Ranger (CV-61) as V-2 Division Officer (responsible for the catapults and arresting gear), and finally a tour with VT-22 primarily as an air combat instructor flying the TA-4 Skyhawk. I loved the Navy and to this day the sound or smell of a big diesel engine starting up immediately transports me back to those old diesel-electric submarines surrounded by my friends and shipmates getting underway, heading out to sea and a world of adventure. The sight and sound of a fighter overhead brings it all back; I'm sitting in one of most powerful planes ever built, taxiing forward to the catapult, the bow of the ship slowly rising and falling in a gentle swell, its a breathtakingly beautiful day in the South Pacific, and the sea and sky beckon.
Scott Fisher
Class of 1981
Navy, 20+ Years
Fighter Pilot - currently stationed in Virginia Beach, VA.
Class of 1981
Navy, 20+ Years
Fighter Pilot - currently stationed in Virginia Beach, VA.
William "Willie" Flores
Class of 1969
Air Force, 4 Years
Vietnam Veteran, 18SOSGUNNER, AC-119 Gunship, 75 interdiction missions, April 72-November72... Sr. weapons crew-chief, F4(e), DaNang, S. Vietnam, July 71-April 72...366th Tactical Fighter Wing..."The Gunfighters!"
Class of 1969
Air Force, 4 Years
Vietnam Veteran, 18SOSGUNNER, AC-119 Gunship, 75 interdiction missions, April 72-November72... Sr. weapons crew-chief, F4(e), DaNang, S. Vietnam, July 71-April 72...366th Tactical Fighter Wing..."The Gunfighters!"
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Our Clairemont 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 Clairemont High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in San Diego are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!