Los Altos High School Alumni

Los Altos, 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

Bob Barthle
Bob Barthle
Class of 1961
Army, 10 Years

Army Aviator - fixed and rotary wing aircraft
Brent Wittges
Brent Wittges
Class of 1960
Air Force, 4 Years

I joined the Air Force in January 1966 in the "Delayed Entry Program" & became "Active" in April 1966. I served in the Supply Department at Paine Field, Washington from June 1966 - July 1968, then was stationed at Tachikawa Air Base in Japan from July 1968 thru March 1970 when I got an "Early Out" to attend College at Seattle University.
Don Dina
Don Dina
Class of 1961
Army, 3 Years

Enlisted February 1963. Eight weeks basic training Ft Ord, CA. Eight weeks AIT Ft Sill, OK. Five days Ft. Dix, NJ waiting for "my ship to come in" then ten days across the Atlantic. Ten months B Btry 1st How Bn 36th and 83rd Field Artillery Regiments, Dolan Barracks, Schwabish Hall, Germany. Twenty-one months Hq and Hq Btry, Seventh Corps Artillery, Kelley Barracks, Stutgartt, Germany. Ten days back across the North Atlantic in January ... urp! Discharged January 1966.
Ed Richards
Ed Richards
Class of 1961
Navy, 4 Years

ADR-2 aircraft engine mechanic. Corpus Christy Texas 6 months, School in Memphis TN and then 2-1/2 years in Iwakuni Japan at the Iwakuni Marine Corp Air Station.
Ed richards
Ed richards
Class of 1961
Navy, 4 Years

OJT Corpus Christy TX, School in Memphis and 2-+1/2 years in Iwakuni Japan
James Lowe
James Lowe
Class of 1975
Army, 3 Years

172 Infantry Brigade Alaska 1981-1985
Military Police
Jim McGee
Jim McGee
Class of 1961
Air Force, 4 Years

Joined in November 1961, after graduation with Kit and Mike Pingree. Basic training @Lackland AFB Texas, Firefighting School in Greenville,Mississippi, stationed in Bovington, England, Weisbaden Germany and finished my 4 years at Hamilton AFB, Marin Co. Discharged November 5, 1965. Worked for Eastman Kodak in Palo Alto for one year and joined the Palo Alto Fire Dept in December of 1966.
Jim McGee
Jim McGee
Class of 1961
Air Force, 4 Years

Served in Greenville Miss., Bovington England, Weisbaden Germany & Hamilton AFB, Calif.
John A. Sullivan
John A. Sullivan
Class of 1960
Air Force, 20+ Years

Commission ROTC U.C. Berkeley
Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK
Otis AFB, Cape Cod, MA
Texas ANG, Ellington ANGB, Houston, TX
State Engineer, TXANG HQ, Austin, TX
Ret. USAFR as LTC 1991
LT James Duensing
LT James Duensing
Class of 1961
Navy, 5 Years

Navy F-4 carrier pilot USS Ranger Killed in Action 1972 South China Sea.Submitted by RMabrey ,Jim was my friend.
Pete Loeser
Pete Loeser
Class of 1961
Army, 2 Years

Graduated from ROTC as Cadet Lt. Col, San Jose State University, 2nd Brigade, Commanding.
Commissioned 2nd Lt Armor, assigned to Fort Knox Armor Training Center as Training Officer, Confidence Course and CBR training. 1969.
Assigned to Target Mission Force in Chu Li, Vietnam, Americal Division, 23rd Infantry Division (S2/S4); as 1st Lt. in Da Nang, commanding 186 Division TMF, credited with 26 air combat missions in OV-10 broncos; awarded Bronze Star, Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign medals, two overseas service bars. 1970. Relieved from active duty in 1972.
Rob Ziegler
Rob Ziegler
Class of 1981
Navy, 20+ Years

Aircrewman in the P-3 Orions out of Moffett Field. Also flew in SH-60B Seahawk Helicopters as a Rescue Swimmer and in Gulfstream jets as a flight engineer. Served in conflict areas to include the Cold War, Panama, El Salvador, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, Kuwait & Afghanistan. Earned the Air Medal for performing rescues during Hurricane Katrina. Stationed in: Orlando Mayport and Pensacola, FL, Millington TN, Willow Grove, PA, Moffett Field & Pt. Mugu CA, Sigonella, Italy, Kaneohe Bay, HI, and Great Lakes, IL.
Robert Mabrey
Robert Mabrey
Class of 1961
Army, 2 Years

!2Th Air Cav D troop Aircrew
William Walsh
William Walsh
Class of 1974
Navy, 30 Years

Served all over the world. Worked in Communications and Cryptology. Assigned to many ships to include USS RANGER (CV-61), USS KIRK (FF-1058), USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH-11), USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CG-58) and several others.

Classmates Spotlight

Los Altos High School Classmates

Janet White
Class of '67

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Miss Prescott Retirement!!!

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