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

Brian Ours
Brian Ours
Class of 1992
Army, 5 Years

Served with 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team based out of Ft. Lewis, Wasington who deployed to Mosul, Iraq for OIF-3.
Carl Cheney
Carl Cheney
Class of 1977
Navy, 20+ Years

Military assignments include Military Police and Jet Engine Technician. Assignments include duty stations in the United States, Japan, Spain, Iceland, USS Independence.
Clint Davis
Clint Davis
Class of 1992
Army, 8 Years

Currently serving.
DAVID M VAUGHAN
DAVID M VAUGHAN
Class of 1968
Army, 3 Years

BASIC TRAINING, AIT TRANING, THEN THE REST OF MY TIME WAS IN VIETNAM
Gerald R. Rutherford
Gerald R. Rutherford
Class of 1956
Navy, 20+ Years

Served for 26 years. Served as follows:
13 Military Installations
6 Aircraft Carriers
6 Aircraft Squadrons'
1 Air Wing Staff
I Foreign Duty - 1 yr - Iran
Heath Cox
Heath Cox
Class of 1988
Army, 6 Years

Persian Gulf Vet. 1/32 Armor 1st Cav - 3/67 Armor 2nd Armored Div.
Keesha A. Evans (Bowling)
Keesha A. Evans (Bowling)
Class of 1996
Air Force, 17 Years

July 1996-Present
Lane D. Roberts
Lane D. Roberts
Class of 2012
Army, 2 Years

Serving at Ft. Hood, TX. Assigned to Bravo Company, 3/8 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. Still serving.
Larry D. Sanders
Larry D. Sanders
Class of 1974
Air Force, 6 Years

Airborne voice processing specialist - Russian linguist
Larry Mitchell
Larry Mitchell
Class of 1968
Army, 4 Years

Army
Mathew McCoy
Mathew McCoy
Class of 2001
Navy, 6 Years

currently still in the navy
Michael Steinbeck
Michael Steinbeck
Class of 2001
Navy, 7 Years

Mike has served in the Navy since fall of 2001. He is currently serving over seas with the Army as MP.
Richard B. Roberts
Richard B. Roberts
Class of 1956
Air Force, 20+ Years

Served as Airborne Crypto Linguist in Russian, Czecg, French and German languages
Robert L. Jarrell
Robert L. Jarrell
Class of 1983
Navy, 20+ Years

Completed 20 1/2 yrs. Served aboard USS Phoenix (SSN-702) and USS Baton Rouge (SSN689). Also stationed at NAS Bermuda, NAS Key West, NMCB-133 and ACU-4.
Sanford Avner
Sanford Avner
Class of 1958
Air Force, 2 Years

Served with the 856th Medical Group with the Strategic Air Command as Chief of Hospital Services.
Steven Kyle
Steven Kyle
Class of 1992
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Served with the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion stationed at Okinawa, Japan. Then was stationed with Marine Wing Support Sqaudron 274 stationed at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
Wesley Meeks
Wesley Meeks
Class of 1985
Navy, 20+ Years

Chief Sonarman serving on both the east and west coasts.

Classmates Spotlight

Gallia Academy High School Classmates

David Tope
Class of '71

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School News

GAHS Class of 1987 Reunion

Class of 1987 25th Reunion will be Sat. July 21 at the Gallipolis Elks. Contact Amy Neal Stanley 9740) 441-1308 for info...
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Our Gallia Academy 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 Gallia Academy High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Gallipolis are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!