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

Roger Grove
Roger Grove
Class of 1972
Army, 3 Years

Proudly defended The Commonwealth of Kentucky with Vietnamese comrades in my M113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier with the 194th Armored Brigade, C/58th Inf.-> changed name to "F" Troop 2/6th Cavalry for about a fortnight before they realized what they had done-> "F" Company 2/6th Cavalry & then kept "The Hurt Locker" closed in the Buckeye State & West 'By Golly' Virginia as Explosive Ordnance Disposal with 71st EOD Detachment at Lockbourne/Rickenbacker AFB in Columbus, OH. At one time assisted the US Secret Service for a VIP (Under-Secretary of Polish Communist Party) visit to a coal mine in Belmont County, Ohio??? "Fire in the Hole"! Very Trippy & Far Out. Peace out from the Left Coast, Cali
Ron Rookstool
Ron Rookstool
Class of 1964
Navy, 20+ Years

Most all was reserve time. 1963-1969 (HM2), a short (?) break in service, then reaffiliated in 1986 thru 2005 retiring as SKCS. Excellent decision to get back in for the retirement, etc.
Russell W. (Russ) Kuhn
Russell W. (Russ) Kuhn
Class of 1960
Navy, 3 Years

Aviation Structural Mechanic(hydraulics) Petty
Officer 3rd class
Tamea Duckworth (Hatton/Davis)
Tamea Duckworth (Hatton/Davis)
Class of 1977
National Guard, 2 Years

Ohio National Guardsman E-2
Theodore Clifford Ning
Theodore Clifford Ning
Class of 1961
Army, 2 Years

upon completion of my internship at Northwestern University medical school is was drafted into the US Army Medical Corps. My first duty station was in Colorado Springs, I served in Vietnam one year as a Battalion Surgeon, 326 Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division in Hue, Vietnam. I was never assigned to a hospital but volunteered in orphanages, built health stations and taught public health to volunteer village health workers. I returned to the US in March 1972 to resume my medical training as a urologist. I returned to VN in 1988 to help in the reconstruction from 1988-2000.
Todd A. Snow
Todd A. Snow
Class of 1985
Navy, 6 Years

Attended Navy Nuclear Power School and upon completion served onboard the USS Archerfish, SSN 678, a nuclear powered submarine. After being discharged from the Navy I joined the Army Reserve where I currently serve in the JAG Corps.
Tony Preston Baker
Tony Preston Baker
Class of 1973
Army, 4 Years

Served in infantry and in the 2/75th Ranger Battalion 1975-1979
Ty Conley
Ty Conley
Class of 1990
Army Reserves, 10 Years

Engineer, Transportation
Tyrone L Conley
Tyrone L Conley
Class of 1990
Army Reserves, 8 Years

6 yrs US Army Reserves, 478 cbt Engineer bt Ft Thomas KY, 2 yrs 705 Transportation BT.
Wolfgang Grossmann
Wolfgang Grossmann
Class of 1968
Army, 9 Years

I enlisted in the Army on 7 February 1969 and went to Basic Training at Fort Campbell, Ky, on to Fort Gordon, GA for Advanced Training in Avionics Radio and Repair all dealing with Helicopter and Aircraft Communication. Further assigned to Fort Bragg, N.C. and fron there to the 201st Avn Co in Vietnam were I recieved a Bronze Star. After Vietnam I was assigned back to Fort Bragg and on 28 Jan 1978 I left service.
Wolfgang Grossmann
Wolfgang Grossmann
Class of 1968
Army, 9 Years

Served from Feb 1969 to Jan 1978 with a tour in Vietnam 1972/73.
Wolfgang Grossmann
Wolfgang Grossmann
Class of 1968
Army, 9 Years

I enlisted in 1969 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Basic at Fort Campbell, KY, AIT Fort Gordon, GA, Permanent party at Fort Gordon, etc. I pulled a Combat Tour in Vietnam receiving the Bronze Star.

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Class of '64

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