Grosse Ile High School Alumni

Grosse Ile, Michigan (MI)

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

Brian Hartwell
Brian Hartwell
Class of 1962
Navy, 2 Years

Lt. in the Navy. Served as a dentist at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia 1969 to 1971.
Brian Sharkey
Brian Sharkey
Class of 1978
Navy, 5 Years

United states Naval Construction Forces Atlantic fleet Seabees
Catherine Ankony
Catherine Ankony
Class of 1999
Air Force, 2 Years

Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy then completed pilot training at Laughlin AFB. Currently upgrading to copilot in the KC-135.
Celena Burkhart
Celena Burkhart
Class of 1998
Navy, 11 Years

Celena served as a Naval Aviator from 2002 until 2007 when she was selected for the Navy's Law Education Program. She is currently serving as a Judge Advocate.
Charles Somerville
Charles Somerville
Class of 1964
Air Force, 20+ Years

8 years Air Force (1966-1974) Montana, Korea, Ohio. 13 Years Ohio Air National Guard. Retired 1987.
Erik Anderson
Erik Anderson
Class of 1989
Army, 18 Years

Spent the first ten years in the Air Force (NCO) as a C-5 Crew Chief then C-130 Flight Engineer. Jumped over to the Army, off to OCS and flight school in 1999, and became an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter pilot. Last tour was Afghanistan.
James Richardson
James Richardson
Class of 1974
Navy, 6 Years

Cryptologic Technician Maintenance (CTM1)
Adak, AK; Guam M.I.; Winter Harbor, ME
Jeffrey Gilchrist
Jeffrey Gilchrist
Class of 1968
Army, 6 Years

Field Artillery Officer
John (Jack) Clark
John (Jack) Clark
Class of 1962
Navy, 4 Years

Served 1965 through 1969. Home base was Naval Air Station Alameda CA. Home of the USS Enterprise, most powerful vessel in the world at that time. Completed tour of active duty as a PO2;
Petty Officer 2nd Class.
John Chambers
John Chambers
Class of 2002
Army, 2 Years

Task Force Engineer for 2-325 AIR, 82nd ABN DIV. Currently in Baghdad, Iraq.
John Gincott
John Gincott
Class of 1975
Navy, 4 Years

Served as a Sonar Tech on the U.S.S. McCandless, FF1084 (frigate)
John W Raubar III
John W Raubar III
Class of 1946
Army, 4 Years

Platoon Officer in Vietnam War and super war gunshot injury as bullet in 1970 hit smash thru my helmet and into my Face/throat/neck and out my back! Whew, over hurt, and was almost a full year in Army hospital called Valley Forge Army hospital. Yes, it long complicated injury and Prayers that I Survived!
Jonathan Duffett
Jonathan Duffett
Class of 2007
Coast Guard, 1 Years

Currently attending the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT studying Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
Justin Zumstein
Justin Zumstein
Class of 1989
Air Force, 8 Years

Served as general dentist in the AF Dental Corps at five duty locations. Bases included Okinawa, Japan; Kaiserslautern, Germany; Albuquerque, NM; Osan, South Korea; Seattle, WA.
Kaitlyn Bussell
Kaitlyn Bussell
Class of 2007
Navy, 1 Years

Kait is currently attending the United States Naval Academy, where she will graduate in 2011. Upon graduation, she will be commissioned as an Ensign in the Naval service, and hopes to become a Naval Aviator.
Kathleen Tweedle Dean
Kathleen Tweedle Dean
Class of 1968
Navy, 3 Years

Boot camp, BAinbridge, md
AFUN, Memphis, Tn
Lakehurst, NJ, AZ3, maintained helicopter engine logbooks, while they were being repaired for return to Vietnam nam
Mariann McClain
Mariann McClain
Class of 1980
Navy, 6 Years

Navy Reserves Master-at-Arms Second Class Petty Officer. Law Enforcement.
marjorie coleman
marjorie coleman
Class of 1969
Navy, 2 Years

hiospital corpsman serving in bermuda. great duty station
Marjorie Raubar
Marjorie Raubar
Class of 1969
Navy, 2 Years

hospital corpsman independent duty bermuda
Mark Sharkey
Mark Sharkey
Class of 1976
Marine Corps, 4 Years

2nd field artillary Camp Lajune North Carolina & Marine base Okinowa Japan
Melanie Scott
Melanie Scott
Class of 1993
Army, 13 Years

Senior Food Operations Sergeant in Combat Support Brigade. Sergeant Audie Murphy Club member
Paul Zane
Paul Zane
Class of 1961
Army, 3 Years

Clinical Psychology Specialist / Medic Instructor
Walter Reed General Hospital
Peter Tucci
Peter Tucci
Class of 2002
Navy, 5 Years

Navy Corpsman served in OIF-I aboard the USNS Comfort. Stationed at National Naval Medical Center in the ICU for two years. Stationed with the Marines in the 4th MEB (AT), Marine Special Operations Command and MSOAG as team Corpsman.
Ray Ranger
Ray Ranger
Class of 1995
Marine Corps, 12 Years

Infantry Marine
Robert Joseph Greco
Robert Joseph Greco
Class of 1983
Army, 6 Years

USAMRICD(US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense), 1991-97
Ronald Parisza
Ronald Parisza
Class of 1965
Army, 20+ Years

Began career as aircraft mechanic, then crew chief, maintenance supervisor instructor and technical inspector.
Duty assignments in Vietnam ,AL, WA, Korea, retiring in VA.

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Paul Brow
Class of '68

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Our Grosse Ile 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 Grosse Ile High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Grosse Ile are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!