Mount Vernon High School Alumni
Mount Vernon, Iowa (IA)
Recent Members
| Dawn Miller | 1991 |
| Deborah Deborah Tuerler | 2006 |
| James Gordon | 2002 |
| Joy Marshek | 1974 |
| Megan Stine | 1999 |
| Rick Anderson | 1975 |
| Shirley Hartenberger Allison | 1954 |
| Suzanne Chadek | 1969 |
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
David Coleman
Class of 1984
Navy, 4 Years
Was a Boatswain's Mate on the USS Coral Sea CV-43. Life on an aircraft carrier was interesting. Was stationed out of Norfolk, VA. Duane Ties and I briefly lived together while he was stationed at Port Services, at Norfolk. Jim Manley joined the Army, the same day I joined the Navy, and after his 3 years in Germany, he was stationed out of Williamsburg, VA, just up the road from Norfolk so we spent almost a year together out there. The work load was never ending, and my ship was haze gray and underway all the time....but I wouldn't exchange the experience for anything in the world.
Class of 1984
Navy, 4 Years
Was a Boatswain's Mate on the USS Coral Sea CV-43. Life on an aircraft carrier was interesting. Was stationed out of Norfolk, VA. Duane Ties and I briefly lived together while he was stationed at Port Services, at Norfolk. Jim Manley joined the Army, the same day I joined the Navy, and after his 3 years in Germany, he was stationed out of Williamsburg, VA, just up the road from Norfolk so we spent almost a year together out there. The work load was never ending, and my ship was haze gray and underway all the time....but I wouldn't exchange the experience for anything in the world.
James M Campbell
Class of 1982
Navy, 20+ Years
Joined the Navy shortly out of high school. Been all over the globe... Two tours in the gulf, stationed all over (mostly West coast. Served on 7 different ships. Did a tour as a Drill instructor, then completed my career as a mine counter measures inspector (seeking and destroying water mines). Retired as a E-8 (BMCS(SW) or Senior Chief)
Class of 1982
Navy, 20+ Years
Joined the Navy shortly out of high school. Been all over the globe... Two tours in the gulf, stationed all over (mostly West coast. Served on 7 different ships. Did a tour as a Drill instructor, then completed my career as a mine counter measures inspector (seeking and destroying water mines). Retired as a E-8 (BMCS(SW) or Senior Chief)
Kelli K Kuehl
Class of 1982
Navy, 6 Years
Kelli was Yeoman while in the Navy. Received several Sailor-Of-The-Quarter Awards and a Sailor-Of-The-Year while stationed at NAS Whiting Field FL. Honorably Discharged.
Class of 1982
Navy, 6 Years
Kelli was Yeoman while in the Navy. Received several Sailor-Of-The-Quarter Awards and a Sailor-Of-The-Year while stationed at NAS Whiting Field FL. Honorably Discharged.
Roberta Vaglica (Woods)
Class of 1963
Army, 4 Years
Fought the "battle of the 14th St. bridge" in Washington. I crossed the bridge the airplane hit in Jan '82, 4 times a day. God was with me! We went home after lunch that afternoon. The crash happened about 4:00. They couldn't handle a little snow, Army or no. Also, the same day sub way crash killed 5 people.
Drove a van for a courier in the Washington area. We were taxi drivers in uniform. We shuffled people who shuffled papers. Do you know the pentagon heats their bldg with classified papers they burn.
I occasionally drove Generals 'cause I had a top-secret clearance, kinda like naive, goody-two-shoes Radar O'Reiley who was also from Iowa.
It was a great experience but I got tired of wearing a uniform every day, I wanted to wear civies occasionally. O.D. Green isn't my favorite color. I even got away with wearing dress greens rather than fatiques every day like I was supposed to because my job title was "truck driver" which means you wear fatiques. I got away with a lot of stuff just because I was older than the average private, I was 33 when I enlisted! And, I didn't get into any trouble. At the end of the day I went home to my apt off base and minded my business. I also had a sweetheart for a boss that last year and a half when I became the courier driver. I did my job over and above, and he acknowledged it by giving me a break now and then. He was an E-6 with less than 2 years to go 'til retirement, so he wasn't trying to impress anybody or make another promotion. My green-beret husband thinks we were in two different Army's when I tell him all the stuff that we got away with on that post. Even in basic training, especially near the end, we got away with a lot of stuff that he never heard of when he was in the Army in the early 60's. 27 months in Nam.
Class of 1963
Army, 4 Years
Fought the "battle of the 14th St. bridge" in Washington. I crossed the bridge the airplane hit in Jan '82, 4 times a day. God was with me! We went home after lunch that afternoon. The crash happened about 4:00. They couldn't handle a little snow, Army or no. Also, the same day sub way crash killed 5 people.
Drove a van for a courier in the Washington area. We were taxi drivers in uniform. We shuffled people who shuffled papers. Do you know the pentagon heats their bldg with classified papers they burn.
I occasionally drove Generals 'cause I had a top-secret clearance, kinda like naive, goody-two-shoes Radar O'Reiley who was also from Iowa.
It was a great experience but I got tired of wearing a uniform every day, I wanted to wear civies occasionally. O.D. Green isn't my favorite color. I even got away with wearing dress greens rather than fatiques every day like I was supposed to because my job title was "truck driver" which means you wear fatiques. I got away with a lot of stuff just because I was older than the average private, I was 33 when I enlisted! And, I didn't get into any trouble. At the end of the day I went home to my apt off base and minded my business. I also had a sweetheart for a boss that last year and a half when I became the courier driver. I did my job over and above, and he acknowledged it by giving me a break now and then. He was an E-6 with less than 2 years to go 'til retirement, so he wasn't trying to impress anybody or make another promotion. My green-beret husband thinks we were in two different Army's when I tell him all the stuff that we got away with on that post. Even in basic training, especially near the end, we got away with a lot of stuff that he never heard of when he was in the Army in the early 60's. 27 months in Nam.
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Our Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Mount Vernon are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!