Lovington High School Alumni

Lovington, New Mexico (NM)

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

adam sanchez
adam sanchez
Class of 1990
Navy, 5 Years

u.s. navy corpsman, u.s.naval hospital jacksonville,FL. naval hospital yokosuka.Japan. china lake medical clinic, cal. assigned fleet hospital 2, hospitalcorpsman school san diego,.basic san diego
Benson Akins
Benson Akins
Class of 1985
Navy, 7 Years

Served in Attack Squadron 146 onboard the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 and the USS Nimitz CVN-68. Attack Squadron 122 and Naval Air Station Lemoore CA from 1986 - 1992.
Bill Redfearn
Bill Redfearn
Class of 1977
Army, 16 Years

Served for 16 yrs and took an early retirement due to the drawdown of the mid to late 90's.
Byron Beasley
Byron Beasley
Class of 1969
Army, 3 Years

Military Intelligence- army security agency- morse code intercept-beside US duuty-served 4 months in Thailand,14 months in Viet Nam 71-72 in Mekong Delta - advisor attached to 9th ARVN division, frequent Air America flyer,The guys from Lovington who went over there as ground pounders are true heroes! Buster M,Harold H, Eugene C,Freddie Y and Buddy C. are a few of those many wildcat heroes.
Dennis W. Hester
Dennis W. Hester
Class of 1963
Air Force, 11 Years

After graduation from ENMU, completed Undergraduate Pilot Training at Webb AFB (Big Spring ), 1 year in RVN flying combat missions out of DaNang. Returned to KC-135 pilot/IP at Wright Patt (Dayton, Oh). Selected to write/teach pilot conversion course for AWACS at Tinker AFB (OKC). Separated in 1979
HARVEY TEAS
HARVEY TEAS
Class of 1950
Air Force, 1 Years

Headquarters USA 316th Troop Carriers
Flying Boxcars - North Korea Conflict
James Cloud
James Cloud
Class of 1961
Army, 4 Years

Army Security Agency (ASA), Military Cryptanalyst
Basic Training: Fort Ord, CA
Advanced Training: Fort Devens, MA
Operations Training: Fort George Meade (NSA)
Overseas Assignments: Sinope, Turkey (1 year)
Hakata, Japan (2 years)
Jimmy L. Ellis
Jimmy L. Ellis
Class of 1968
Navy, 20+ Years

Retired after 34 years in uniform as Navy Captain. Served in submarines.
John Eddie Richardson
John Eddie Richardson
Class of 1964
Army, 3 Years

CPT. 4th Armored Division , Furth, Germany. Company Platoon leader, Co Exec, Acting S-3 on Battalion Staff
John Roye (Cagle)
John Roye (Cagle)
Class of 1986
Army, 4 Years

Served in a airborne infantry unit with the 82nd Airborne.
johnny arrent
johnny arrent
Class of 1974
Army, 3 Years

62ND engineers atomic demolition vicenza italy atomic weapons
Judy E Simmons
Judy E Simmons
Class of 1969
Army, 4 Years

Supply Sgt./WAC Detachment, Ft. Gordon, GA.
Judy E Simmons
Judy E Simmons
Class of 1969
Army Reserves, 4 Years

Supply Branches
Lloyd Drennon
Lloyd Drennon
Class of 1964
Army, 20+ Years

Went through helicopter pilot training and served and year in RVN flying Hueys, earning a Purple Heart. Later became and instructor pilot in the Huey, the CH-47 and the OH-58. Last six years spent in Cavalry units finally retiring out of Ft Hood, TX in 1988.
Mike Crawford
Mike Crawford
Class of 1969
Army, 2 Years

Pershing Missle crewmember
Mike O'Grady
Mike O'Grady
Class of 1963
Air Force, 20+ Years

Fighter Pilot, 2 tours in SEA conflict. 440 combat missions.
Robert Wright
Robert Wright
Class of 1965
Navy, 11 Years

I joined the Navy in 1965, shortly after graduating from LHS. I served 16 months in country Vietnam, with the Inshore Undersea Warfare Group. I also served on the USS Midway, USS Coral Sea, and the USS Sampson. Much of my service was in various electronic schools. I worked in radio, radar, and electronic warfare.
Ron Crocker
Ron Crocker
Class of 1959
Army, 3 Years

Army Security Agency
MOS: 058
Ron Crocker
Ron Crocker
Class of 1959
Army, 3 Years

US Army Security Agency - Primary Duty Station, Two Rock Ranch Station-Petaluma, Calif.
Ron Crocker
Ron Crocker
Class of 1959
Army, 3 Years

1962-1965 Army Security Agency. Basic: Ft Leonard Wood, Specialist Training: Ft Devens, Mass, Permanent Duty Station: Two Rock Ranch Station, Petaluma, CA - MOS: Manual Morse Intercept Operator
Stephen Harrison
Stephen Harrison
Class of 1986
National Guard, 3 Years

Currently serving in Texas National Guard. Deploying in December overseas as infantryman. Served in the US Army 1994-1995 as a generator mechanic. Hope to be an x-ray technician(68P) after my deployment ends.

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Lovington High School Classmates

Christian Garcia
Class of '03

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