La Jolla High School Alumni

La Jolla, California (CA)

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

Ace Edwards
Ace Edwards
Class of 1961
Navy, 20+ Years

Hospital Corpsman Active Duty & DOD.
Bob Jone
Bob Jone
Class of 1951
Marine Corps, 2 Years

1950 to 1952
CHAD ELSNER
CHAD ELSNER
Class of 1980
Marine Corps, 20+ Years

STILL SERVING IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
Chris Spaniol
Chris Spaniol
Class of 1965
Army, 3 Years

Infantry paratrooper Vietnam and Germany
Derek Duchein
Derek Duchein
Class of 1970
Navy, 8 Years

Naval Aviator 74-82, Cybersecurity Professor, Defense Acquisition University, thru 2020.
grant m. cooper
grant m. cooper
Class of 2005
Marine Corps, 2 Years

Executive Officer TS Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 29 Palms CA
Grant M. Cooper
Grant M. Cooper
Class of 2005
Marine Corps, 1 Years

2nd Lt.- Platoon Commander, Combat Logistics Battalion 7
Gregory Cooper
Gregory Cooper
Class of 1969
Navy, 20+ Years

Surface Line Officer
Harry Marriner
Harry Marriner
Class of 1960
Coast Guard, 3 Years

LTJG 11th District Recruiting Officer at Long Beach, CA 1965-1969 3 years 4 months.
Jerry Shine
Jerry Shine
Class of 1964
Navy, 2 Years

Jerry joined the Navy and went into the Sea Bees, the heavy equipment construction branch, went to Vietnam to do work there, making air landing stripes etc. for our troops in combat, saw a lot of death and hated Vietnam.
Jim Stinson
Jim Stinson
Class of 1969
Coast Guard, 20+ Years

Coast Guard Aviator 12 years active, 8 reserve. Stationed at RTC Alameda, Ca., CGAS Corpus Christi, Tx, NAS Whiting Field, Milton, Fl. CGAS San Diego.
John Eric Buxton
John Eric Buxton
Class of 1983
Marine Corps Reserve, 6 Years

0811; Field Artillery.
John Wallace
John Wallace
Class of 1955
Navy, 20+ Years

30 year Navy career as a cryptologist (Russian linguist). Combat tour in Vietnam ('67-'68). Command of shore station in Puerto Rico. Retired in 1989 as CAPT, USN
Larry Smith
Larry Smith
Class of 1966
Army, 2 Years

E4 Vietnam Fort Mead
Lisa Van Dorn Lamarre
Lisa Van Dorn Lamarre
Class of 1974
Navy, 20+ Years

Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officer with
Afloat and Shore Commands. Operated in East Timor, Yemen, Iraq, and Kuwait. Systems Command and Pentagon Tours.
Paul Voelker
Paul Voelker
Class of 1976
Navy, 5 Years

US Navy, Surface Warfare, Diving & Salvage & Communications officer. Served in the Pacifric fleet 1979-1981, USS Thomaston & Monticello. Retired Colonel (O6), California Army Guard in 2019 with 21 years total service including Deputy Chief, General Staff. Graduate US Navy Command & Staff college.
Phil Fowler
Phil Fowler
Class of 1966
Army, 2 Years

Drafted. Went to 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam for 8 months, got withdrawn to 25th Infantry Division Hawaii
Shawn Simon
Shawn Simon
Class of 2000
Navy, 7 Years

Submarine Navigation
Stephen Ward
Stephen Ward
Class of 1966
Navy, 2 Years

2 tours Vietnam combat duty aboard an oil tanker; home port San Francisco, CA

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Robert Baisch
Class of '66

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