East Grand Rapids High School Alumni

Grand Rapids, Michigan (MI)

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

Honored Military Alumni

Dennis L Ruffin
Dennis L Ruffin
Class of 1957
Army, 4 Years

Pilot of helo gunship
Dennis L Ruffin
Dennis L Ruffin
Class of 1957
Army, 4 Years

Helo gunship pilot
Jim comber
Jim comber
Class of 1960
Army, 3 Years

Army Infantry OCS. Assigned to Deputy Chief of Staff - Pentagon. Worked on calculating the national draft call for two years. Left as 1st Lt.
Jim Pylman
Jim Pylman
Class of 1965
Navy, 4 Years

From 1965 to 1969

On the USS Iwo Jima LPH2
USS Valley Forge LPH8
Patricia S. Rose (Somerdyke)
Patricia S. Rose (Somerdyke)
Class of 2003
Air Force, 9 Years

Served in Iraq and S. Korea in the last 9 years and traveled to many other places. Love this job!
Patricia S. Rose (Somerdyke)
Patricia S. Rose (Somerdyke)
Class of 2003
Air Force, 9 Years

Served in Iraq and S. Korea in the last 9 years and traveled to many other places. Love this job!
PAUL A BAKER III
PAUL A BAKER III
Class of 1967
Air Force, 7 Years

Stationed in Texas, California, Bien Hoa Vietnam and then back to California.
Rear Admiral Steve Turcotte USN (ret)
Rear Admiral Steve Turcotte USN (ret)
Class of 1971
Navy, 20+ Years

Navy Pilot
robert beaver
robert beaver
Class of 1966
Marine Corps, 4 Years

crew cheif , door gunner

Classmates Spotlight

East Grand Rapids High School Classmates

James Benjamin
Class of '67

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from East Grand Rapids High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Pioneers.

School News

Do you have any news to share? Keep our classmates informed on news and current events! Please post all reunion information in the reunion area.

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