Pittsburg High School Alumni

Pittsburg, Kansas (KS)

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!

Lost Class Rings

Have you lost your Pittsburg High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Dragons lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.

Honored Military Alumni

Brian J. Ortiz
Brian J. Ortiz
Class of 1987
National Guard, 9 Years

12B20 Combat Engineer E-5 Sgt
Calvin Neptune
Calvin Neptune
Class of 1961
Army, 20+ Years

US Army 1966-1992 plus 2006-2007
Vietnam 1966-67
Eric Brown
Eric Brown
Class of 1983
Army, 20+ Years

Serving with the U.S. Army since 1983. Desert Storm Vetern and again served in Iraq from 2006 through 2009.
James Clark
James Clark
Class of 1987
Air Force, 18 Years

What an adventure, Morse Code operator in England and Key West, FL then eventually to Disaster Preparedness in TN where I retired medically after a surgical stroke.
Jeremiah Joseph Wilson
Jeremiah Joseph Wilson
Class of 1999
Army, 6 Years

Military Police Working Dog Handler

Deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom
01-03, 05-07, 07-09
Jim Gregory
Jim Gregory
Class of 1990
Army, 20+ Years

Sergeant First Class, Served in Iraq 05-07, Retired with 21 years of sevice
Mark Haynes
Mark Haynes
Class of 1986
Coast Guard, 4 Years

Served 2 Years in New York City on a small boat search & rescue team and did law enforcement.
2 reamining 2 years in Pananama City Fla. on 210 Cutter named "Dependable" doing search & rescue in the Carribean. Repatriated over 2000 haitians
Michael G. Woods
Michael G. Woods
Class of 1987
National Guard, 10 Years

Join into the National Guard in 1986. Got out in 1990. Went back into the National Guard in 2006. Made Sgt., staying in until I can retire.
Michael H. Loudermilk
Michael H. Loudermilk
Class of 1972
Navy, 6 Years

United States Navy Submarine Force
Fleet Ballastic Submarine (Posiedon)
Launcher Tech
Nicholas Wyandt
Nicholas Wyandt
Class of 1998
Navy, 19 Years

Navy Helicopter Crewchief and Aviation Rescue Swimmer.
Ronald Damrill
Ronald Damrill
Class of 1950
Army, 20+ Years

3rd Marine Division -- College -- ROTC -- Army -- Infantry/Ranger/Airborne -- 101st Airborne nad numerous commands. Served Berlin, Germany (2), Vietnam (3)-- Iran (2) -- Saudi Arabia (1) -- Japan (3) -- Panama (3) -- Frankfurt, Germany ()2) -- Fort Leavenworth, KS -- Fort Benning, GA -- Fort Lewis, WA
Steve Gorentz
Steve Gorentz
Class of 1987
Navy, 6 Years

Served on USS Fulton AS-11 for almost 4 years
Steve Smieshek
Steve Smieshek
Class of 1972
Army, 20+ Years

LTC Steve Smieshek served in the US Army from 1978 to 2001.
Thomas E Pingry
Thomas E Pingry
Class of 1955
Army, 23 Years

Special Forces, Infantry Units, Senior ROTC Instructor, Senior Reserve Technician, Chief Infantry Branch Reserve Component Headquarters.

Classmates Spotlight

Pittsburg High School Classmates

Victoria Tidwell
Class of '00

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from Pittsburg High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Dragons.

School News

New Book

Donald Leon Clugston class of 1948 has a new book on the market. The book is about the Joplin Twister and is titled, &qu...
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Our Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Pittsburg are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!