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

Anthony (Tony) Mondl
Anthony (Tony) Mondl
Class of 1972
Army, 15 Years

Personnel Systems Specialist (computer systems)
Charles (butch) Clift
Charles (butch) Clift
Class of 1975
Army, 20+ Years

left east in spring of 74, joined army and served 24 yrs retired 1998 as a CWO3 was married to the former Terry Hartwell class 74 desert shield/storm vet retired to jacksonville fl working for honeywell defense contractor as a Sr. M1A1 Abrams Tank System Mech. Go East beat Garfield
clarence e. stanley
clarence e. stanley
Class of 1961
Marine Corps, 6 Years

4yr 4mo active, infantry, mp, recon training, c/o sharpshooter, marine football, american legend 1st vise comander.
Francis Dennewitz
Francis Dennewitz
Class of 1970
Army, 3 Years

Vietnam Vet. 1970-71.
James W Burns
James W Burns
Class of 1968
Navy, 5 Years

Bootcamp Glt.Lks. EM&IC schools. 3 times in Nam. 2 ships, 1 San Diago,1Pearl Harbor & Honorable Discharge as EM2 with an IC 4722 Gyro Compass
Larry Falcone
Larry Falcone
Class of 1957
Army, 3 Years

Paratrooper 307th Airborne Combat Engineer, 82nd Airborne
Larry Falcone
Larry Falcone
Class of 1957
Army, 3 Years

Paratrooper, 82nd Airborne Division Ft. Bragg, NC. 1958 to 1961
Laura Gaetano
Laura Gaetano
Class of 1991
Army, 13 Years

Military Police Officer
Lorna (Confere) Gentry
Lorna (Confere) Gentry
Class of 1991
Marine Corps, 8 Years

Also served 6 years in the Army, and deployed to Iraq twice (Mar 03 - Feb 04 again Nov 04 - May 04).
michael reed
michael reed
Class of 1978
Army, 13 Years

last served in desert storm as a medic from Dec. to July
Richard Sloan
Richard Sloan
Class of 1973
Army, 3 Years

57th Military Police Company; United States Military Academy; West Point, NY 10996; 1973 - 1976.
Richard Wilson Hurst
Richard Wilson Hurst
Class of 1941
Navy, 20+ Years

LCDR in Navy as a Pilot for 26 years. Retired and now living in Birmingham, Alabama
Terry Dixon
Terry Dixon
Class of 1966
Marine Corps, 12 Years

I joined in Aug 66. Went to Vietnam in Jan 67 in the infantry. Was wounded in Oct 67 and Nov 67. I got out in 69 and went back in in 72 and stayed till 82. I was involved in the refugee evacuation in 75. I left the Corps as a platoon sergeant.
tim fleshman
tim fleshman
Class of 1972
Army, 3 Years

ARMYSECURITY AGENCY( M.I. ) STATIONED IN WEST BERLIN 75&76.

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James C. Palmer
Class of '76

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