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

anton p. frank
anton p. frank
Class of 1973
Air Force, 9 Years

usaf military police 58th sps luke afb arizona, 301st sps rickenbacker afb,ohio 2 years 161st sps,phoenix, az air national guard, 2 years us army reserve 83rd arcom, ohio ,and i year arizona army guard, 258th engineering company
BERNIE KOZAK
BERNIE KOZAK
Class of 1968
Army, 3 Years

U.S. ARMY CHARANG VALLEY VIETNAM 1968-71 GOD BLESS ALL VETS
Bob Lehmann
Bob Lehmann
Class of 1977
Marine Corps, 10 Years

served in the1st,3rd marine airwings as a helicopter crewchief.Also was a D.I at MCRD SanDiego
Bob Lehmann
Bob Lehmann
Class of 1977
Marine Corps, 10 Years

served in the1st,3rd marine airwings as a helicopter crewchief.Also was a D.I at MCRD SanDiego
Bob Lehmann
Bob Lehmann
Class of 1977
Marine Corps, 10 Years

served in the1st,3rd marine airwings as a helicopter crewchief.Also was a D.I at MCRD SanDiego
Bob Meisner
Bob Meisner
Class of 1952
Navy, 6 Years

4 years reserves, 2 years active duty Admiral's staff as QM3
Dale Kadlec
Dale Kadlec
Class of 1971
Navy, 20+ Years

Electronic Warfare Technian - 1972-1992.
Dale Kadlec
Dale Kadlec
Class of 1971
Navy, 20+ Years

Electronic Warfare Technican
Dale Kaltenbach
Dale Kaltenbach
Class of 1966
Air Force, 4 Years

Enlisted US Air Force 1966-1970, Vietnam Veteran Nov 1967 - Nov 1968, Aircraft refueling
Daniel Yurcik
Daniel Yurcik
Class of 1965
Coast Guard, 4 Years

1.5 years West Palm Beach, Fla. 2.5 years in Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA.
David Shelby
David Shelby
Class of 1990
Marine Corps, 15 Years

From Desert Shield/Storm to the Global War on Terrorism, it has been a great tour.
Edward A Vanselow
Edward A Vanselow
Class of 1968
Navy, 20+ Years

Aviation Electronics Tech
Esperanza Correa
Esperanza Correa
Class of 2005
Navy, 4 Years

I joined the navy sept 6 2005, i graduated from bootcamp in october and soon after went to pcola, florida for training for my select rate(job). after graduation i was stationed on the uss nimitz. I was placed on the flt deck adn finished three west pac deployments participating in iraqi freedom. ive been to many ports such as dubi, singapor,hong kong, japan, guam and hawaii!
frank novak
frank novak
Class of 1971
Air Force, 15 Years

Severed in the USAF and in the Ohio Air National Guard from 1975 to 1990, Crew Chief on the KC-135 aircraft
Gregory Scott Stringer
Gregory Scott Stringer
Class of 1983
Army, 2 Years

19k Fort Knox KY - A Troop 5/12
hector serrano
hector serrano
Class of 2003
Marine Corps, 5 Years

i joined right after highschool deployed to iraq and now im in north carolina
Howard Karr
Howard Karr
Class of 1968
Navy, 4 Years

USS John F Kennedy, flight deck troubleshooter, A-7 Corsairs
hugh kerr
hugh kerr
Class of 1969
Army, 2 Years

phu bai viet nam
James B. Butler
James B. Butler
Class of 1964
Navy, 4 Years

4 years Navy SeaBees. Served 2 tours in Antartica and 13 months in Vietnam. Retired after 23 years in Coast Guard. Retired as a LCDR.
Jeff Sheppard
Jeff Sheppard
Class of 1971
Army, 20+ Years

Served 1 year in Vietnam, 6 years in Korea, 7 years in Germany, along with time at several posts in the U.S.
John scuba
John scuba
Class of 1966
Army, 20+ Years

Enlisted medic, then Armydental corps, US Army Special Ops then US Army medical Dept MD until retirement in 2005
John scuba
John scuba
Class of 1966
Army, 20+ Years

dental corps, special ops, medical corps retired in 2005
Kenneth Romansky
Kenneth Romansky
Class of 1975
Navy, 20+ Years

Served for 32 years as a member of the USN/R with 18 tours of duty to the Middle East. Retired from Military service on Jan 2009. Last command served under was COMUSNAVCENT Bahrain as member of Admirals Staff of 5th Fleet Forces
Lawrence William Rogalski
Lawrence William Rogalski
Class of 1961
Army, 3 Years

United States Army Europe, Signal Corps,
Saran France
Leslie Matt Guzik
Leslie Matt Guzik
Class of 1961
Army, 6 Years

100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry "Go For Broke"
mark folino
mark folino
Class of 1968
Army, 4 Years

Proud to serve this great country! May God bless all veterans and the united states of america
Mike Friedberg
Mike Friedberg
Class of 1971
Army, 20+ Years

I Retired after 29 years, in Nov 2000 as a Chief Warrant Officer 3, Military Intelligence.
Ralph Harper
Ralph Harper
Class of 1944
Army, 3 Years

My Service History started in 1944 Basic training at Fort Hood, Texas,Paratroop training Ft Benning,GA In 1945 by troop ship to Hawii, Sipan and Leyete in the Philippines where I joined the 77th Division assigned to,Charley Company of the 306th Regiment..Saw our first combat at the battle for I.E.Shima then on to Okinawa until the Island was secured. After the U.S bombed Hiroshima it was the end of combat duty.our next assignment was to occupy Hokkaido,Japan. We decommissioned the 77th division there and I was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division where I served until returning to the U.S. for a ticket home in Dec. 1946.I proudly Served as the 1st Sargent of Charley Company with the 77th Division until the end of WW2 and as First Sargent in the 308th Regiment of the 11th Airborne. I was awarded the Combat Infantry Bade,The Purple Heart and 2 Bronze stars among other commendations for my Service.As a civilian I am a Lifetime Member of the V.F.W. and the Purple Heart Clubs.
Robert Munshower
Robert Munshower
Class of 1966
Army, 2 Years

Ft Benning basic training, Fort Gordon Military Police training, Fort Lewis Washington Military Police duty, Fort McClellen Chemical-Biological-Radiological School, Republic of Vietnam, 557th Military Police Company, 95th MP Battalion, Long Binh Vietnam, 248th MP Co, Long Binh, RVN
Robert Weldon
Robert Weldon
Class of 1965
Navy, 4 Years

I served from Sept 1965 to Sept 1969 as an avaition ordnanceman. Ist duty station was VR3, Mcruire AFB, New Jersy, Then ordnancce school class 529, 1966, then went to VS-41, NAS North Island, San Diego, Calif. While there I trained replacement crewman for S2 and OV-10 squadrons. The Navy had only one OV-10 squadron, VAL-4, that served in Vietnam from about Aug of 1969 until the end of the war.
Roger R. Kaltenbach
Roger R. Kaltenbach
Class of 1959
Air Force, 20+ Years

26 years Air Force retired: 1966 - 1992 Supply / Logistics
Ronald Colvin
Ronald Colvin
Class of 1966
Air Force, 8 Years

SSgt
sabrina hamm
sabrina hamm
Class of 2002
Marine Corps, 2 Years

Oh ya was a awzome.experience. and love the fact of that feeling I contributed to our country's safty.
sabrina hamm
sabrina hamm
Class of 2002
Navy, 4 Years

Lt.hamm,sabrina
THOMAS F NEMES
THOMAS F NEMES
Class of 1964
Navy, 6 Years

served on submarines
Tom Nemes
Tom Nemes
Class of 1964
Navy, 6 Years

submarine service
Wayne W. Mock
Wayne W. Mock
Class of 1964
Army, 2 Years

Served 13 months in Vietnam, OCT 1966 - NOV 1967

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2017 Rhodes Alumni Golf Outing.

RHODES HIGH SCHOOL 10TH ANNUAL GOLF OUTING
Friday, August 25th, 2017

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