Antelope Valley High School Alumni

Lancaster, California (CA)

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


Class of 0
, Years

Augustus C Cobb
Augustus C Cobb
Class of 1942
Navy, 4 Years

Navy pilot during WWII
carolyn mcpherson
carolyn mcpherson
Class of 2000
Air Force, 4 Years

I joined in 2004 and got out in 2008!
Darryl Templer
Darryl Templer
Class of 1965
Navy, 4 Years

Hospital corpsman, operating room technician. Three years at Naval Hospital San Diego, one year Vietnam (1969-70) OR tech on hospital ship Sanctuary (AH-17) treating I Corps casualties from DaNang and to the north toward the DMZ.
Donald Lorack
Donald Lorack
Class of 1961
Army, 2 Years

Completed jump school in February 1965 Then assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade {sep} on Okinawa. May of 1965. The 173rd deployed to Vietnam as the Army Expeditonary Force. Discharged home June 1966
Duane E Hoyt
Duane E Hoyt
Class of 1973
Army, 20+ Years

Spent 20 years in the infantry 1974 - 1994
retired from active duty
Harry marks
Harry marks
Class of 1953
Army, 2 Years

Harry served in the army in 1955. 56
Jack Borne
Jack Borne
Class of 1982
Navy, 4 Years

Served in the Navy from 1984-1988. EN2(SW) stationed on the USS Reid FFG-30
James Hall
James Hall
Class of 1986
Navy, 20+ Years

Active duty Navy since 1988. Stationed on board Submarines in Hawaii, San Diego, and Guam. Currently in Guam.
John Wilson
John Wilson
Class of 1965
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Vietnam - Dec '66 to Jan '68.
Kerry Upshaw
Kerry Upshaw
Class of 1959
Army, 20+ Years

U.S.Army Intelligence Security Command
Kerry Upshaw
Kerry Upshaw
Class of 1959
Army, 20 Years

U.S. Army intelligence security command
Michail Clutter
Michail Clutter
Class of 1998
Navy, 6 Years

6 year service instructing and operating nuclear power plant facilities for submarines and aircraft carriers.
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Class of 2001
Army, 10 Years

Is currently still serving and has been deployed to Iraq 3 times
Paul A Hays
Paul A Hays
Class of 1972
Marine Corps, 18 Years

Service in all three Marine Divisions and all three Marine Aircraft Wings and Marine Corps Bases around the world.
Paul Hays
Paul Hays
Class of 1972
Marine Corps, 18 Years

72-73 Vietnam, Okinawa
74-75 Camp Lejeune, NC
75-76 Okinawa, Australia, Philippines
77-81 Tustin & El Toro, CA
82-83 Iwakuni, Japan
84-85 Beaufort, SC
85-86 Iwakuni, Japan
86-91 Yuma, AZ
Rick (Smith) de Beauclair
Rick (Smith) de Beauclair
Class of 1979
Air Force, 20+ Years

Retired Air Force Master Sergeant. Served 20 years in Healthcare Administration, serving in the United States & Europe. Retired from the Assistant Secretary of Defense's office at The Pentagon in 2001.
Shawn Zachry
Shawn Zachry
Class of 1991
Army, 5 Years

Army Optician. Still serving.
Sheryl C. How (Todd)
Sheryl C. How (Todd)
Class of 1972
Army, 5 Years

91P20 - XRay technician
Trairong Thomas
Trairong Thomas
Class of 1983
Air Force, 20+ Years

Strategy and Policy Officer, CFC Korea
Special Operations Officer, SOCPAC
US Embassy Bangkok
Yokota Air Base, Japan
Gulf War Vet
Travis AFB, CA
Walt Craft
Walt Craft
Class of 1988
Army, 20+ Years

Did my time in Active Reserve and National Guard
Yvonne Medcalf
Yvonne Medcalf
Class of 1970
Army, 4 Years

Stationed in Giessen, Germany

Classmates Spotlight

Antelope Valley High School Classmates

David Turrey
Class of '88

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School News

How we reunited after 50 years!

Kelly Wilkerson and Gai Burdette saw each other on the A.V. site
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Our Antelope Valley 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 Antelope Valley High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Lancaster are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!