John Marshall High School Alumni

Rochester, Minnesota (MN)

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

Daniel J. Abel
Daniel J. Abel
Class of 1970
Air Force, 20+ Years

Active USAF 8 yeras, Air National Guard 2 yrs, Active Army 2 years, Army National Gurad 2 years, Army Reserve 8 years. Law Enforcement 2 years, Pest Control 3 years, Education and Training, 3 yeras, Medic 4 yeras nurse 10 years, Retired as an E-7
Dick Schulz
Dick Schulz
Class of 1964
Army, 4 Years

Viet Nam aerial reconnaissance and command air transport
Dick Schulz
Dick Schulz
Class of 1964
Army, 3 Years

Army Security - National Security Agency
Duane D. Jones
Duane D. Jones
Class of 1965
Navy, 4 Years

E-5 U.S. Navy Vietnam Veteran, both Saigon and Da Nang on the ground in country, TAD NAVSHIPREPFAC Subic Bay RP, Plus shipboard U.S.S. Mount Katmai AE-16
JIM FRANCK
JIM FRANCK
Class of 1960
Air Force, 6 Years

1961 TO 1964 Spent in France as Jet Eng Mechanic
Jim Johnson
Jim Johnson
Class of 1974
Navy, 20+ Years

Did 4 years in the Marine Corps '74-78. Got my degree and then a commission in the Navy. Served '82-'07.
John Henry Keckhafer
John Henry Keckhafer
Class of 1964
Navy, 10 Years

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class, with training as Surgical Scrub technologist in OB/GYN, General, Plastic, Orthopedics, Thorasic and
Vascular Surgery. Spent Sept 1967 thru Sept 1968 in Viet Nam with Surgical Evacuation Bravo. Then trained as Cardiopulmonary Technologist at Naval Hospital San Diego, Ca., there I ran the Heart Catherazation Lab for a year and then the Blood Gas Lab and Open Heart Surgery
Monitoring and Post Operative Monitoring of
Patients, for 4 years until discharged after 1o
years in Navy 1964-1974.
Kent Wildfeuer
Kent Wildfeuer
Class of 1979
Army, 19 Years

Served 4 years regular army and 15 years in the army reserves.
Kent Wildfeuer
Kent Wildfeuer
Class of 1979
Army, 19 Years

I was in the military from 1979 - 1983 in the Army and then slipp into the reserves and was there til 1999.
I was a Chaplain Asst, Administrator, Drill Sgt from 83 - 87. Finishing my career as the S-2 NCOIC,
Retired as a disabled vet as an E-6
Matt Rabe
Matt Rabe
Class of 1988
Marine Corps, 8 Years

Served in Desert Shield, Desert Storm
Michael cox
Michael cox
Class of 2002
Marine Corps, 8 Years

tour in Iraq and tour in Afghanistan
Michael T. Newell
Michael T. Newell
Class of 1973
Army, 20+ Years

Enlisted in the Army after high school graduation as a medic and lab tech. Basic at FT Leonard Wood and AIT at FT Sam Houston. Then it was on to Mons, Belgium and SHAPE HQ to work at the 196th Station Hospital and was then reassigned to the 6th General Dispensary in Brunssum, The Netherlands at a NATO base called AFCENT. Finished my 3 yr hitched and returned the US to REFRAD from the active Army at FT DIx over the 4th of July weekend 1976. Because it was the 4th of July weekend the Out Processing Center had shut down for the weekend. So a bunch of us took off for New York and the big 200 year Anniversary Celebration in New York. That was the best 4th of July ever! Anyway, I am still in the Army Reseverves and will retire after 40 plus years of services in all branches of the Total Army. I have been a PVT to SSG (E1 to E6) and 2LT to COL (O1 to O6). Have been to 40 plus countries on 7 different continents. My favorite ribbons and awards - my Army Good Conduct Medal (I did not get caught medal) and my Antartic Service Medal (freezen the reason). It has been a great ride and I could not have met a better group of military buddies along the way.
Michelle Gappa (Broadwater)
Michelle Gappa (Broadwater)
Class of 1989
Navy, 8 Years

Intelligence Specialist with JICPAC 0178
Paul Bowers
Paul Bowers
Class of 1970
Army, 3 Years

paper-pusher/journalist (propagandist)
Rebecca Keller
Rebecca Keller
Class of 1984
Air Force, 20+ Years

Still on active duty with the Air Force after 23 years. Travel has spanned 30+ countries ... and counting.
rick bowron
rick bowron
Class of 1966
Army, 4 Years

member 101st airborne;basic training fort campbell ky
Robert Blum
Robert Blum
Class of 1967
Army, 20 Years

Army Judge Advocate 6 years active duty 14 years USAR
Robert Blum
Robert Blum
Class of 1967
Army Reserves, 20 Years

Judge Advocate AD 6 years then reserves.
Robert W Franks Jr
Robert W Franks Jr
Class of 1965
Marine Corps, 3 Years

Vietnam 1967-68
Ron Mahood
Ron Mahood
Class of 1966
Army, 3 Years

Spent 19 months in South Korea as a maintenance inspector.
Roy David Newer II
Roy David Newer II
Class of 1974
Air Force, 20+ Years

Weapons Systems Technician; loaded and unloaded munitions and maintained the weapons systems on F-106s, F-16s, A10s and B-1s. Stationed in Upper Michigan, Germany (2), Las Vegas, Kunsan Korea, Myrtle Beach SC, Saudi Arabia (Desert Shield/Storm), Adana Turkey, Mt. Home Idaho; retired after 28 years
Steven Schultz
Steven Schultz
Class of 1972
Army, 10 Years

Joined on September 12th, 1972. Received a Medical Discharge on February 16th, 1982. Stationed in Hawaii for 4 and 6 months. During that time I was married for almost two years. She wanted children and I didn't at that time,
so filed for the divorce and I just signed. I re enlisted to spend that much more time there. Then was transferred to a brand new unit in Fort Polk, Louisiana for two years. It was OK but NO Hawaii. But I survived. Then off to Germany. I was supposed to be stationed in Bamberg, because of my profile I couldn't be on tanks anymore. So they transferred me to Ansbach West Germany. Started as a Training NCO, that lasted six months before they transferred me to the mess hall. To pick up the food for the mess hall. ???? That was three days a week. Then they needed a NCO to fill the spot that a person just got sent stationed some place else. So I was transferred to that position. It was NCOIC G3 Graphics. I was in charge once again. This was an awesome position. I was in charge of the VII Corp Conference in Garmich, you know where Hilters retreat was, the Swiss Alps. I received an Army Commendation Medal. Then they sent me to Walter Reed Medical Center for a reclassification board. They figured I'd be better off as a cook, hmm NOWAY! I wasn't going to do that. So they decided to just give me my walking papers. So on the way to back to Ansbach I decided that, that wasn't going to work. So I decided to give up on the military as a career. So on the 16th of February, 1982 I was sent home. I
Wayne Kuehn
Wayne Kuehn
Class of 1959
Navy, 3 Years

1959-1962, USS Los Angeles CA-135, Heavy Cruiser, MR-Machinery Repairman

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