Mccomb High School Alumni
Mccomb, Mississippi (MS)
Recent Members
| Augustus William Garner | 1932 |
| Camron Joelina | 2020 |
| Curtis Posey | 1959 |
| Frank Chappell | 1957 |
| John Ott | 1986 |
| Leededrick Brown | 2020 |
| Lisa Banksx | 2021 |
| Shavez Deontay Nunnery Shavez Deontay Nunnery | 2006 |
Military 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
Dale R. Thompson
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years
22 yrs Retired Combat Veteran, GulfWar Desert Storm, Bosnia 2 tours, 1 tour Kuwaitt SA, 2 Tours Iraq War. Amor//Cavalary soldier (Amorcrewman, Tank Commander & Platoon Sergeant & Platoon Leader, Act-1SG) Black 6 - Instructor Armor Officer Basic Course, Senior Instructor Mi/A2 Tank Armor Training Simulator
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years
22 yrs Retired Combat Veteran, GulfWar Desert Storm, Bosnia 2 tours, 1 tour Kuwaitt SA, 2 Tours Iraq War. Amor//Cavalary soldier (Amorcrewman, Tank Commander & Platoon Sergeant & Platoon Leader, Act-1SG) Black 6 - Instructor Armor Officer Basic Course, Senior Instructor Mi/A2 Tank Armor Training Simulator
Dale R. Thompson
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years
22 yrs Retired Combat Veteran, GulfWar Desert Storm, Bosnia 2 tours, 1 tour Kuwaitt SA, 2 Tours Iraq War. Amor//Cavalary soldier (Amorcrewman, Tank Commander & Platoon Sergeant & Platoon Leader, Act-1SG) Black 6 - Instructor Armor Officer Basic Course, Senior Instructor Mi/A2 Tank Armor Training Simulator
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years
22 yrs Retired Combat Veteran, GulfWar Desert Storm, Bosnia 2 tours, 1 tour Kuwaitt SA, 2 Tours Iraq War. Amor//Cavalary soldier (Amorcrewman, Tank Commander & Platoon Sergeant & Platoon Leader, Act-1SG) Black 6 - Instructor Armor Officer Basic Course, Senior Instructor Mi/A2 Tank Armor Training Simulator
Laderek Green
Class of 1991
Army, 17 Years
Support Operations Noncommissioned Officer in Charge
Class of 1991
Army, 17 Years
Support Operations Noncommissioned Officer in Charge
Lee Spencer Wallace
Class of 1993
Army, 20+ Years
LTC Lee Spencer Wallace is a Distinguished Military Graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi ROTC program, and was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army in 2000. He has served in a multitude of operational and training assignments over the past 16 years to include Light, Mechanized, Stryker, and Ranger assignments. He is a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He and his wife, Karen, from McComb, MS have been married for 21 years and have two children, Cameron and Chase.
His first assignment was Fort Benning, Georgia where he served as a Bradley Fighting Vehicle Platoon Leader with 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, Can Do!, where he deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Desert Spring and was among the lead elements assaulting into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Immediately upon re-deployment, he was selected to serve as a Ranger Rifle Platoon Leader with the 3rd Ranger Battalion deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq to conduct numerous Joint Special Operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
Following completion of the Infantry Captains Career Course, LTC Wallace was selected and assigned to the Ranger Training Brigade serving as the Brigade Air Operations Officer and Instructor for the Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader Course.
After Fort Benning, LTC Wallace was assigned to Fort Campbell, KY and selected to serve as an Air Assault Rifle Company Commander for Baker Company, 1-506, Currahee, deploying his company to Afghanistan to conduct counter insurgency operations across 7 districts in the Ghazni, Wardak, and Paktika Provinces of Afghanistan.
In 2008, LTC Wallace and his family moved to Hunter Army Airfield, GA where he served as the Battalion Assistant Operations Officer and Rear Detachment Commander for 1st Ranger Battalion deploying once again to Afghanistan in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. In 2010, LTC Wallace assumed command of A Company, 1st Ranger Battalion and deployed to Afghanistan conducting multiple Joint Special Operations Raids in support of national policies and objectives.
Following his assignment to the 1st Ranger Battalion, LTC Wallace and his family moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas where he served as the Deputy Operations Officer for the Mission Command Center of Excellence and was selected to attend the US Army Command and General Staff Officer’s Course in July of 2012.
Upon graduation from the Command and General Staff College, LTC Wallace was assigned as the Operations Officer for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry, Tomahawks followed with service as the Battalion Executive Officer for 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, the Patriot Battalion.
In 2013, LTC Wallace and his family moved to Washington, D.C. where he served as the Battalion Executive Officer for 4th Battalion, 3rd US Infantry Regiment, the official ceremonial escort to the President of the United States and Regimental Executive Officer for the 3rd US Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard.
Before his current assignment as Battalion Commander for 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, LTC Wallace served as the Deputy Director of Army Protocol in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army where he was responsible for advising the Army Senior Leadership on matters of protocol and providing direct support to ceremonies, conferences, and special events for the Secretary of the Army, Chief of Staff of the Army, Under Secretary of the Army, and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army.
He has earned the Airborne Senior Parachutist Wings, Pathfinder Badge and Ranger Tab, as well as the Combat and Expert Infantryman’s Badge. LTC Wallace also holds an Associate’s Degree from Southwest Mississippi Community College, Bachelors of Science in Psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi, and a Master’s of Science in Adult, Occupational, and Continuing Education from Kansas State University.
LTC Wallace’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star for Valor, the Bronze Star for service, the Purple Heart, four Meritorious Service Medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, five Army Commendation Medals, four Army Achievement Medals, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and numerous other unit citations, campaign and service medals. Additionally, LTC Wallace has earned the Army Staff Identification Badge and was a recipient of the 2008 GEN Douglas A. MacArthur Leadership Award and the U.S. Army’s Grateful Nation Award Winner for 2015 from the Jewish Institute of National Security Affairs.
Class of 1993
Army, 20+ Years
LTC Lee Spencer Wallace is a Distinguished Military Graduate of The University of Southern Mississippi ROTC program, and was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army in 2000. He has served in a multitude of operational and training assignments over the past 16 years to include Light, Mechanized, Stryker, and Ranger assignments. He is a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He and his wife, Karen, from McComb, MS have been married for 21 years and have two children, Cameron and Chase.
His first assignment was Fort Benning, Georgia where he served as a Bradley Fighting Vehicle Platoon Leader with 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, Can Do!, where he deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Desert Spring and was among the lead elements assaulting into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Immediately upon re-deployment, he was selected to serve as a Ranger Rifle Platoon Leader with the 3rd Ranger Battalion deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq to conduct numerous Joint Special Operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
Following completion of the Infantry Captains Career Course, LTC Wallace was selected and assigned to the Ranger Training Brigade serving as the Brigade Air Operations Officer and Instructor for the Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader Course.
After Fort Benning, LTC Wallace was assigned to Fort Campbell, KY and selected to serve as an Air Assault Rifle Company Commander for Baker Company, 1-506, Currahee, deploying his company to Afghanistan to conduct counter insurgency operations across 7 districts in the Ghazni, Wardak, and Paktika Provinces of Afghanistan.
In 2008, LTC Wallace and his family moved to Hunter Army Airfield, GA where he served as the Battalion Assistant Operations Officer and Rear Detachment Commander for 1st Ranger Battalion deploying once again to Afghanistan in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. In 2010, LTC Wallace assumed command of A Company, 1st Ranger Battalion and deployed to Afghanistan conducting multiple Joint Special Operations Raids in support of national policies and objectives.
Following his assignment to the 1st Ranger Battalion, LTC Wallace and his family moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas where he served as the Deputy Operations Officer for the Mission Command Center of Excellence and was selected to attend the US Army Command and General Staff Officer’s Course in July of 2012.
Upon graduation from the Command and General Staff College, LTC Wallace was assigned as the Operations Officer for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry, Tomahawks followed with service as the Battalion Executive Officer for 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, the Patriot Battalion.
In 2013, LTC Wallace and his family moved to Washington, D.C. where he served as the Battalion Executive Officer for 4th Battalion, 3rd US Infantry Regiment, the official ceremonial escort to the President of the United States and Regimental Executive Officer for the 3rd US Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard.
Before his current assignment as Battalion Commander for 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, LTC Wallace served as the Deputy Director of Army Protocol in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army where he was responsible for advising the Army Senior Leadership on matters of protocol and providing direct support to ceremonies, conferences, and special events for the Secretary of the Army, Chief of Staff of the Army, Under Secretary of the Army, and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army.
He has earned the Airborne Senior Parachutist Wings, Pathfinder Badge and Ranger Tab, as well as the Combat and Expert Infantryman’s Badge. LTC Wallace also holds an Associate’s Degree from Southwest Mississippi Community College, Bachelors of Science in Psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi, and a Master’s of Science in Adult, Occupational, and Continuing Education from Kansas State University.
LTC Wallace’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star for Valor, the Bronze Star for service, the Purple Heart, four Meritorious Service Medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, five Army Commendation Medals, four Army Achievement Medals, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and numerous other unit citations, campaign and service medals. Additionally, LTC Wallace has earned the Army Staff Identification Badge and was a recipient of the 2008 GEN Douglas A. MacArthur Leadership Award and the U.S. Army’s Grateful Nation Award Winner for 2015 from the Jewish Institute of National Security Affairs.
richard hargons
Class of 1970
Air Force, 20+ Years
instructor flight engineer, c-141b transports, kc-10a inflight refuelers
Class of 1970
Air Force, 20+ Years
instructor flight engineer, c-141b transports, kc-10a inflight refuelers
Shirley Ruffin Sutton
Class of 1984
Army, 20+ Years
Lieutenant Colonel Sutton has served the Army from platoon level to Unified Staff. In June of 2006, she assumed duties as Professor of Military Science at Southern University's Jaguar Battalion.
Class of 1984
Army, 20+ Years
Lieutenant Colonel Sutton has served the Army from platoon level to Unified Staff. In June of 2006, she assumed duties as Professor of Military Science at Southern University's Jaguar Battalion.
Tim Turner
Class of 1992
Air Force, 18 Years
Chief of IT Logistics and Maintenance for Defense Intel Agency's Western CONUS Regional Service Center.
Class of 1992
Air Force, 18 Years
Chief of IT Logistics and Maintenance for Defense Intel Agency's Western CONUS Regional Service Center.
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Our Mccomb 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 Mccomb High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Mccomb are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!