East Liverpool High School Alumni
East Liverpool, Ohio (OH)
Recent Members
| Bret Wilson | 1979 |
| Dick Lee | 1955 |
| Jeanette Garcia Jeanette Garcia | 1993 |
| Johnathan Twyford Johnathan Twyford | 2025 |
| Karen Cain | 1982 |
| Marion Perkins | 1960 |
| Pamela Slagle | 1970 |
| Summer Ratliff | 2016 |
Military 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
Harold Watsom
Class of 1967
Army, 3 Years
Enlisted in Army about 2 weeks after graduation from ELHS...Served in Germany then Vietnam...was a grunt...discharged when I was 20....
Spent about 30 years in
California including now...Retired from Post Office and did serve a few years as
Postmaster in the tristate area.m
Class of 1967
Army, 3 Years
Enlisted in Army about 2 weeks after graduation from ELHS...Served in Germany then Vietnam...was a grunt...discharged when I was 20....
Spent about 30 years in
California including now...Retired from Post Office and did serve a few years as
Postmaster in the tristate area.m
HAROLD WATSON
Class of 1967
Army, 3 Years
AFTER GRADUATION IN JUNE 1967, I ENLISTED IN TJETHE ARMY...TOOK BASIC AT FORT KNOX, ADVANCED TRAINING AT FORT JACKSON,SV...THEN ONE YEAR IN GERMANY...THEN 15 MONTHS IN VIETNAM AS A SGT IN THE INF AS A GRUNT....INCIDENTALLY, BOB WOODS CLASS OF ELHS 1966 WAS IN THE SAME BASIC TRAINIMG PLATOON AS I. BOB AND I WERE THE TRAINEE LEADERS IN THIS PLATOON. WE CALLED BOB "MOOSE" FOR HIS ABILITY TO DO ANY TRAINING TASK WITH EASE...BOB WENT ON TO SERVE IN VIETNAM WITH THE 173RD AIRBORNE WHERE HE WOUNDED BAD.....I LIVE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA BUT I AM PROUD TO BE A POTTER!
Class of 1967
Army, 3 Years
AFTER GRADUATION IN JUNE 1967, I ENLISTED IN TJETHE ARMY...TOOK BASIC AT FORT KNOX, ADVANCED TRAINING AT FORT JACKSON,SV...THEN ONE YEAR IN GERMANY...THEN 15 MONTHS IN VIETNAM AS A SGT IN THE INF AS A GRUNT....INCIDENTALLY, BOB WOODS CLASS OF ELHS 1966 WAS IN THE SAME BASIC TRAINIMG PLATOON AS I. BOB AND I WERE THE TRAINEE LEADERS IN THIS PLATOON. WE CALLED BOB "MOOSE" FOR HIS ABILITY TO DO ANY TRAINING TASK WITH EASE...BOB WENT ON TO SERVE IN VIETNAM WITH THE 173RD AIRBORNE WHERE HE WOUNDED BAD.....I LIVE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA BUT I AM PROUD TO BE A POTTER!
HAROLD WATSON
Class of 1967
Army, 3 Years
AFTER GRADUATION IN JUNE 1967, I ENLISTED IN TJETHE ARMY...TOOK BASIC AT FORT KNOX, ADVANCED TRAINING AT FORT JACKSON,SV...THEN ONE YEAR IN GERMANY...THEN 15 MONTHS IN VIETNAM AS A SGT IN THE INF AS A GRUNT....INCIDENTALLY, BOB WOODS CLASS OF ELHS 1966 WAS IN THE SAME BASIC TRAINIMG PLATOON AS I. BOB AND I WERE THE TRAINEE LEADERS IN THIS PLATOON. WE CALLED BOB "MOOSE" FOR HIS ABILITY TO DO ANY TRAINING TASK WITH EASE...BOB WENT ON TO SERVE IN VIETNAM WITH THE 173RD AIRBORNE WHERE HE WOUNDED BAD.....I LIVE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA BUT I AM PROUD TO BE A POTTER!
Class of 1967
Army, 3 Years
AFTER GRADUATION IN JUNE 1967, I ENLISTED IN TJETHE ARMY...TOOK BASIC AT FORT KNOX, ADVANCED TRAINING AT FORT JACKSON,SV...THEN ONE YEAR IN GERMANY...THEN 15 MONTHS IN VIETNAM AS A SGT IN THE INF AS A GRUNT....INCIDENTALLY, BOB WOODS CLASS OF ELHS 1966 WAS IN THE SAME BASIC TRAINIMG PLATOON AS I. BOB AND I WERE THE TRAINEE LEADERS IN THIS PLATOON. WE CALLED BOB "MOOSE" FOR HIS ABILITY TO DO ANY TRAINING TASK WITH EASE...BOB WENT ON TO SERVE IN VIETNAM WITH THE 173RD AIRBORNE WHERE HE WOUNDED BAD.....I LIVE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA BUT I AM PROUD TO BE A POTTER!
James Halfhill
Class of 1966
Navy, 20+ Years
Retired chief petty officer and settled down in Virginia Beach VA
Class of 1966
Navy, 20+ Years
Retired chief petty officer and settled down in Virginia Beach VA
James l Johnston
Class of 1961
Navy, 4 Years
Naval Aviation Electronics---radar & bombing computers
Class of 1961
Navy, 4 Years
Naval Aviation Electronics---radar & bombing computers
Keith A. Crawford
Class of 1952
Air Force, 4 Years
Sworn in March 10, 1953. Was too young for pilot training so trained as aircraft mechanic. Was assigned to Strategic Air Command to work on B-47 jet bombers for entire tour. Visited Morocco, England, Bermuda, Azore Islands, Greenland and several states.
Class of 1952
Air Force, 4 Years
Sworn in March 10, 1953. Was too young for pilot training so trained as aircraft mechanic. Was assigned to Strategic Air Command to work on B-47 jet bombers for entire tour. Visited Morocco, England, Bermuda, Azore Islands, Greenland and several states.
Leona Manning
Class of 1945
Navy, 4 Years
Served in USN from November 1948 to November 1952,,,After 12 weeks oof Basic training at Great Lakes....my duty was mostly at Philadelphia Pa Naval Base ..Worked in many capacities of clerical training duties...serving and sending supplies to ourShips at sea...
Class of 1945
Navy, 4 Years
Served in USN from November 1948 to November 1952,,,After 12 weeks oof Basic training at Great Lakes....my duty was mostly at Philadelphia Pa Naval Base ..Worked in many capacities of clerical training duties...serving and sending supplies to ourShips at sea...
Mike Sloan
Class of 1972
Marine Corps, 14 Years
After graduation from Lima Senior (I moved the summer of my Junior year), I enlisted in the US Marines, served 2 years and was discharged, re-entered reserves for 2 years in 1981 then back on active duty from 1983-1993 Sgt e-5...did a lot of traveling in the Corps, over 13 countries some of them 3 times...retired from USPS in Oct.of 2009 currently live in Elyria, Ohio
Class of 1972
Marine Corps, 14 Years
After graduation from Lima Senior (I moved the summer of my Junior year), I enlisted in the US Marines, served 2 years and was discharged, re-entered reserves for 2 years in 1981 then back on active duty from 1983-1993 Sgt e-5...did a lot of traveling in the Corps, over 13 countries some of them 3 times...retired from USPS in Oct.of 2009 currently live in Elyria, Ohio
Raymond Bigelow
Class of 1960
Army, 3 Years
Signal Corp
Cryptographer - Top Secret
ASA - Army Security Agency
Class of 1960
Army, 3 Years
Signal Corp
Cryptographer - Top Secret
ASA - Army Security Agency
Roger (Steve) Smith
Class of 1968
Army, 16 Years
Combat Engineer Heavy Construction 62N30
Class of 1968
Army, 16 Years
Combat Engineer Heavy Construction 62N30
Stephen Williams (Jay)
Class of 1950
Air Force, 9 Years
Chaplain (Captain) USAF
in Vietnam 69-70
Class of 1950
Air Force, 9 Years
Chaplain (Captain) USAF
in Vietnam 69-70
Stephen Williams (Jay)
Class of 1950
Air Force, 9 Years
Chaplain USAF - Vietnam '68-'69
Class of 1950
Air Force, 9 Years
Chaplain USAF - Vietnam '68-'69
William L Shawl
Class of 1981
Navy, 20 Years
Did my 20 and retired at the age of 38. Great times in the Navy.
Class of 1981
Navy, 20 Years
Did my 20 and retired at the age of 38. Great times in the Navy.
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Our East Liverpool 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 Liverpool High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in East Liverpool are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!