Buckhannon-upshur High School Alumni

Buckhannon, West Virginia (WV)

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

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Honored Military Alumni

Brian S. Dean
Brian S. Dean
Class of 1987
Army, 10 Years

Combat Engineer
Trumpet Player
Automated Supply Specialist
Buford Chidester
Buford Chidester
Class of 1962
Air Force, 4 Years

Civil Engineering New York air defence sector and radar located in Hofn Iceland
Christopher Dull
Christopher Dull
Class of 2006
National Guard, 6 Years

Completed 6 years of service. Multiple MOS's.
Chuck Reed
Chuck Reed
Class of 1973
Marine Corps, 6 Years

Served in South East Asia during the Viet Nan war as a Combat Engineer with 1st battalion 9th Marines
David Sampson
David Sampson
Class of 1964
Navy, 4 Years

Boilerman stationed on ship USS Observation EAG 154 was a missile test ship for the Polaris ICBM missiles on nuclear submarines Home Port Cape Kennedy Florida and operated by the Military Sealift Command from 1966 to 1968
Donnie Staten
Donnie Staten
Class of 1986
Army, 7 Years

USAF 4 years - 812 Combat support Spec Operations
USA 3 years - 363 MP Company
Gary  David Cremeans
Gary David Cremeans
Class of 1959
Army, 3 Years

electrician and company clerk
Henry S LEWIS
Henry S LEWIS
Class of 1957
Air Force, 4 Years

Airframe Structure Repair
After Basic Training and Technical Training in Texas I was stationed at March AFB, Riverside, CA from May 1959 to October 1962.
Keith Bailey
Keith Bailey
Class of 1956
Air Force, 20+ Years

Aircraft Maintenance
Master Sgt
Retired 1976
Keslar W. Reeder
Keslar W. Reeder
Class of 1951
Air Force, 20+ Years

I was a Personnel Specialist for seven years and than retrained into Radar Operations specializing in Electronic Counter-Countermeasures. Retiring in Aug 1975 as a Master Sergeant.
larry abel
larry abel
Class of 1964
Air Force, 4 Years

U.S. , Germany, Libya
Malcolm(Mack) Webster
Malcolm(Mack) Webster
Class of 1965
Air Force, 20 Years

Korea 69-70 Thailand 73-74
Germany 78-80
Michael Green
Michael Green
Class of 1989
Army, 14 Years

Camp Shelby, Germany, Afghanistan
Richard L. Lemons
Richard L. Lemons
Class of 1988
National Guard, 15 Years

Retired in 2003
Roger Smith
Roger Smith
Class of 1974
Air Force, 4 Years

After high school he joined US Air Force and served as a Nuclear Weapons tech in Kansas. He then served 7 years in the Air Force Reserve in Washington, DC.
Russell A. Morgan
Russell A. Morgan
Class of 1974
National Guard, 20+ Years

Russell first joined the Navy after high school. Then joined WV National Guard. He currently is full time National Guard and works at the USPFO in Buckhannon. He has served 38 yrs. in the military and spent a year in Afganistan.
Thomas Hyre
Thomas Hyre
Class of 1980
Marine Corps, 20+ Years

Served in the Marine Corps for 27 years in the infantry. Served in Beirut, and Iraq
Thomas Woodyard
Thomas Woodyard
Class of 1983
Air Force, 4 Years

Medical Discharge, Broke Back L4-S1 Spinal Fusion

Classmates Spotlight

Buckhannon-upshur High School Classmates

Hiram (Gus) Sadler
Class of '61

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

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School News

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