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 Emmetsburg High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our E'hawks lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.

Honored Military Alumni

denis l gordon
denis l gordon
Class of 1955
Navy, 20+ Years

radioman 1st class us navy
Gene Vaughan
Gene Vaughan
Class of 1982
Army, 4 Years

Paratrooper with the 509th airborne in Italy and 82nd airborne in North Carolina
Jim Young
Jim Young
Class of 1983
Army, 20+ Years

Still going after 23 years!
Jordan Thornburg
Jordan Thornburg
Class of 2001
Army, 6 Years

Served as a Sapper Platoon leader, and executive officer. Deployed to Mahmudiya, Iraq in support of OIF.
Joseph Day
Joseph Day
Class of 1985
Army, 20+ Years

Nurse
Kimberly Chabarria
Kimberly Chabarria
Class of 1996
Air Force, 9 Years

USAF just stationed at Ellsworth AFB, SD. Yeah, I'm livin the dream too!
Kyle C. Payton
Kyle C. Payton
Class of 1994
Coast Guard, 4 Years

Boarding Officer U.S. Coast Guard. 9th District Search and Rescue.
Lonny Meyer
Lonny Meyer
Class of 1980
Air Force, 20+ Years

Aircrew Life Support & First Sergeant
Mike Gannon
Mike Gannon
Class of 1974
Army, 5 Years

West Germany, Middle East & Fort Lewis, WA
Robert Gannon
Robert Gannon
Class of 1984
Air Force, 20+ Years

Living the dream!
Rod Merfeld
Rod Merfeld
Class of 1978
Army, 12 Years

Multiple Launch Rocket System Fire Platoon Sergeant, Launcher Section Chief and Recon Sergeant. Army Recruiter in Rochester, MN. 5.5 Years in Europe and Deployed to Desert Shield/Storm from there.
Tom Leonard
Tom Leonard
Class of 1985
Navy, 10 Years

10 years of service between Submarine duty and as a drill instructor at bootcamp.

Classmates Spotlight

Emmetsburg High School Classmates

Melissa Johnson
Class of '06

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from Emmetsburg High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow E'hawks.

School News

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