Bunnell High School Alumni

Stratford, Connecticut (CT)

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

Albert Wasko
Albert Wasko
Class of 1968
Coast Guard, 20+ Years

Served in the US Army Reserve from 1970 to 1996 (26 Years), retired as a Master Sergeant, with 3 MOS's, Transportation, Infantry & Engineers. The first 16 years was as a Senior Marine Sergeant directing a platoon of amphibious water craft of the 158th Trans Co. in Bridgeport, CT. In 1995, as part of the G3 Section of the 76th Division, I had the awesome experience of training the freshman class of the 2000 graduating class, on the rifle range, at the US Military Academy at West Point.
Brian Prentice
Brian Prentice
Class of 1966
Army, 6 Years

Served from 1967 to 1973 US Army was a captain,
helicopter pilot, Viet Nam Vet
Dave Boulton
Dave Boulton
Class of 1965
Navy, 2 Years

Served aboard the USS ASHLAND LSD #1 out of Little Creek VA
Gary Grahn
Gary Grahn
Class of 1966
Navy, 20+ Years

Mobile Riverine Force, Mekong Delta, '68-'69
Gary Marshall
Gary Marshall
Class of 1976
Marine Corps, 4 Years

1st MarDiv, 5th Marine Regt, 3rd Battalion, Kilo Company, 0311
Halstead (Ted) Murray
Halstead (Ted) Murray
Class of 1971
Marine Corps, 9 Years

Field Artillery - 29 Palms, CA '72 - '74
Marine Security Guard Detachment, US Embassy Saigon, VN '74 - '75
Marine Security Guard Detachment, American Consulate General, Jerusalem, Israel, '75 - '77
ITT, Camp Lejuene, NC '77 - '81.
Herbert Brian Prentice
Herbert Brian Prentice
Class of 1966
Army, 6 Years

Flew Helcopters , Did a tour in Vier Nam, got out of army rank Captain
Jim Hlavacek
Jim Hlavacek
Class of 1965
Air Force, 20+ Years

Instructor Navigator KC 135, also
OIC Communications
Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon
Class of 1972
Navy, 20+ Years

NTTC Correy Station FL, USS Mount Whitney, USS Skipjack, Pearl Harbor, Wash. DC, Holy Loch Scotland, USS Simon Lake, Mechanicsburg PA, Wash DC.
Joe Kasmarik
Joe Kasmarik
Class of 1965
Air Force, 6 Years

Ballistic Missile Analyst / SAC
John E Durand
John E Durand
Class of 1965
Army, 3 Years

UH1B crew member gun ship Vietnam
John Kekacs
John Kekacs
Class of 1969
Air Force, 13 Years

Served in Thailand and Laos as an ammo troop. Had left arm partially ripped open, stab wound to left leg. As they say: If You Ain't Ammo You Ain't Shit (IYAAYAS!)
John Kekacs
John Kekacs
Class of 1969
Air Force, 13 Years

Served in Thailand and Laos as an ammo troop. Had left arm partially ripped open, stab wound to left leg. As they say: If You Ain't Ammo You Ain't Shit (IYAAYAS!)
Joseph E. Mooney Jr.
Joseph E. Mooney Jr.
Class of 1997
Air Force, 16 Years

Joined the USAF in 1998. Multiple assignments in the Pacific region.
Louise Carey
Louise Carey
Class of 1972
Air Force, 7 Years

7 years , 2 months and 23 days...USAF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER. Served in Alabama,
the Philippine Islands and Michigan, then 20 years an FAA Air traffic controller.
Michael Weaver
Michael Weaver
Class of 1998
Navy, 4 Years

Michael spent 4 year in the Navy aboard the USS Constellation stationed in San Diego, CA.
Mike O'Connell
Mike O'Connell
Class of 1981
Navy, 6 Years

Nuclear Power - USS Carl Vinson, CVN 70
Paul Milositz
Paul Milositz
Class of 1974
Air Force, 20+ Years

Retired US Air Force stationed at Andrews AFB, Washington, DC,; Aviano AB, Italy; Patrick AFB, FL; Comiso AS, Sicily, Italy; Blytheville AFB, AR; Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal; Peterson AFB, CO
Sid Vaughn
Sid Vaughn
Class of 1965
Army, 5 Years

1969-74, Captain - Armor and Intelligence branches - served in Germany, Vietnam, and Panama
Thomas Wall
Thomas Wall
Class of 1969
Army, 2 Years

Drafted in 72 but went to Germany. Enlisted Secetary to a General Officer in 3rd Armored
Division.

Classmates Spotlight

Bunnell High School Classmates

Marie Povinelli
Class of '79

Alumni Stories

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School News

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