Mineral Wells High School Alumni

Mineral Wells, Texas (TX)

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

Allen Hudspeth
Allen Hudspeth
Class of 1959
Navy, 4 Years

Shore duty NAS Alameda also USS Hancock CVA-19 & USS Midway CVA 41
Dale ward
Dale ward
Class of 1969
Army, 20+ Years

22 years in the army/ 13 months in Vietnam , tours in Hawaii, Korean, several army state side. Duty stations, retired at Ft.Polk, La. Spent most of time in Infantry assignments, and airborne units. My last few years I was assigned as a combat medic before retiring in 1994.
Dave Spear
Dave Spear
Class of 1968
Navy, 20+ Years

Served from 1960 - 1981, Vietnam Vet.
Eric Smith
Eric Smith
Class of 1983
Navy, 20+ Years

Served on Submarines and Surface units. Awards include Joint Service Commendation Medal, Combat Action Ri bbon, and 21 other awards. Received Submarine, Surface, and Air Warfare badges.
Ferman David Whitley
Ferman David Whitley
Class of 1988
Army, 6 Years

Army Medical Command
Frank Rutledge
Frank Rutledge
Class of 1984
Army, 20+ Years

US Navy out of High School then switched to the US Army as a Army Medic, served in Afghanistan 2009-2012
fredrick william long
fredrick william long
Class of 1957
Air Force, 9 Years

Lackland AFB,Carswell AFB, Lowery AFB,
Saigon, Da Nang southeast Asia
Guy Cooper
Guy Cooper
Class of 1969
Army, 5 Years

Served in the jungles of vietnam during the height of americam protests.Also went into Cambodia during the incurrsion.afterwards served in Berlin,then on to good old Texas(Ft'Hood) where I finished my military service
J.W. Blue
J.W. Blue
Class of 1963
Navy, 20+ Years

Retired as E9 with 35 years service. Vietnam veteran.
Janna McCann
Janna McCann
Class of 1999
Army, 6 Years

Quartermaster equipment repair specialist
Jeffrey Harris
Jeffrey Harris
Class of 1985
Navy, 20+ Years

Served on board USS John C. Stennis and USS Peleliu
Jeremy Horton
Jeremy Horton
Class of 1999
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Scout sniper
Jerry Blackerby
Jerry Blackerby
Class of 1951
Navy, 4 Years

Aviation Electronics Technician. Shift suprvisor of communications center shift at NAF Naha during 1952-53. Flew as radio operator in VP-57 patrol squadron in 1954-55. Discharged in 1955.
Jim A Skinner
Jim A Skinner
Class of 1967
Army, 3 Years

Served proudly with the
307th CBT ENGR BN
82nd Airborne Division
Jim Skinner
Jim Skinner
Class of 1967
Army, 3 Years

82nd Airborne Division
B Co 307th ENGR BN
John  D Norris
John D Norris
Class of 1966
Army, 5 Years

Army Signal Corp
SGT-E5
John Alex Foreman
John Alex Foreman
Class of 1981
Navy, 20+ Years

Retired GSCS,
John Moore
John Moore
Class of 1999
Air Force, 6 Years

Currently stationed at Barksdale AFB
Joshua Ford
Joshua Ford
Class of 1998
Army, 5 Years

Army Ranger / 82nd Airborne

Served in OIF/OEF 2003-2005 Fought from the first day of the OIF and his unit was involved in many of the major battles to secure Iraq.
Margo Courtney
Margo Courtney
Class of 1979
Marine Corps, 6 Years

Air Wing Admin ~ Office Administration
Mark H Paul
Mark H Paul
Class of 1979
Air Force, 12 Years

Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist
Melissa Gibson (Mears)
Melissa Gibson (Mears)
Class of 1997
Army, 3 Years

Served as a nurse. Was never deployed, but cared for soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan upon their return to the US. Was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC.
Rebecca Moseley
Rebecca Moseley
Class of 1978
Air Force, 11 Years

Jet Engine Mechanic on B52 Bombers, KC135 Stratotankers, and A10 Warthogs. Stationed at Carswell AFB, Texas, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, and Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. Received several awards including the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service.
Rheamond Barlow
Rheamond Barlow
Class of 1963
Army, 20+ Years

Master Sergeant E-8, Vietnam, Africa, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan,
Rheamond Barlow
Rheamond Barlow
Class of 1963
Army, 20+ Years

Master Sergeant E-8 Vietnam, Africa, Bosnia, Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Germany.
rickey brown
rickey brown
Class of 2001
Navy, 8 Years

served operation enduring freedom iraqi freedom
Robert Evans
Robert Evans
Class of 1972
Navy, 20+ Years

Enlisted US Navy Active Duty 1972.
Honerable Discharge 1980.
Enlisted Texas Army National Guard 1980
Honerable Discharge 1986.
Enlisted US Navy Reserve 1986
Retired US Navy Reserve 2002
CWO/USNR/RET
Robert Heck
Robert Heck
Class of 1972
Navy, 4 Years

Vietnam Vet
Robert Lee Evans
Robert Lee Evans
Class of 1972
Navy, 20+ Years

Retired Chief Warrant Officer.
Rose M. (Hoesing) Schenk
Rose M. (Hoesing) Schenk
Class of 1970
Air Force, 20+ Years

Went into the Air Force in1970 as an Admin. Specialist. Changed over to Operations (Command Post). Started at Travis AFB, Ca, went to Zweibrucken, Ge. From there went to Patrick AFB, than to Mather AFB, than back to Germany. First Ramstein than Geilenkirchen.l
Have been TDY to U-Tapao, Thailand and to Turkey. Was a great 20 years and I got to do a lot of traveling.
Roy Wilson
Roy Wilson
Class of 1958
Army, 20+ Years

Retired as a Colonel in 1990
Steven A. Silva
Steven A. Silva
Class of 2007
Marine Corps, 1 Years

Steven completed boot camp in San Diego, CA on January 4, 2008, then went to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for his MOS training to become a heavy equipment operator. He is currently based in Iwakuni, Japan & is scheduled to be there for 2 years.
Ted Snelling
Ted Snelling
Class of 1946
Navy, 4 Years

Aviation Electronics Technician
Timothy Mason Matthews
Timothy Mason Matthews
Class of 1997
Air Force, 6 Years

C-130 Crew Chief
Todd Ford
Todd Ford
Class of 2000
Army, 8 Years

OIF/OEF- also peacekeeping

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