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!

Lost Class Rings

Have you lost your Niles West High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Wolves lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.

Honored Military Alumni

Al Schrantz
Al Schrantz
Class of 1971
Air Force, 20+ Years

Entered USAF in Nov 1971.
Graduated Aircraft Maintence Scool at Lackland AFB TX.
1972-74, Cannon AFB NM, Crew Chief F-111D
1974-75, RAF Lackenheath, United Kingdom,
Crew Chief, F-4D.
1975, Webb AFB TX, Crew Chief, T-37.
1976-79, Bitburg AB W. Germany, Crew Chief, F-15
1980-81, Luke AFB AZ, Crew Chief, F-15
1981-84, Dyess AFB TX, Flight Engineer, C-130H
1984-91, Clark AB R Philippines,MC-130E Flight Engineer, !st Special Operations Squadron.
1991-1995, Kirtland AFB NM, Flight Engineer, MC-130H 550 Special Operations Squadron.
Retired December 1995 as Master Sergant
Carl W. Rockel
Carl W. Rockel
Class of 1978
Army, 4 Years

U.S. Army Aviation
1st Armored Division
501st Aviation Battalion Combat
Katterbach, West Germany
APO 09326
nick speis
nick speis
Class of 1979
Army Reserves, 7 Years

was based in glenview naval air station , helicopter crew cheif, and then rotor wing certified, along with a&p cert...alumni from embry riddle.....
Richard A. Nelson
Richard A. Nelson
Class of 1966
Navy, 3 Years

U. S. Navy Pilot 1970-1972 Pensacola, Fl; Milton, Fl; Corpus Christi, Tx, North Island, San Diego, Ca; Mountain View, Ca. Lost at sea while on a P3 Orion training mission,
26May1972
Robin (Bob) Dahl
Robin (Bob) Dahl
Class of 1963
Air Force, 20+ Years

Air Traffic Control 1963 - 1978, Secondary careerfield 1965 - 1970 Combat Control, Operations Resource Management 1978 - 1990. Lived in 17 different countries.

Classmates Spotlight

Niles West High School Classmates

Barb Barb Stark
Class of '68

Alumni Stories

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School News

20th reunion niles west and niles north class of 1993

Class of 1993 20th reunion for niles west and north is July 13 2013 wantickets.com/niles93 tickets start at $20
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Our Niles West 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 Niles West High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Skokie are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!