Orange High School Alumni
Orange, California (CA)
Recent Members
| Ashley Nguyen | 2019 |
| Belkys Pineda | 2023 |
| David Alfaro | 1968 |
| David David Diego Diaz | 2023 |
| Erika Sanchez | 2002 |
| Heyra P | 1997 |
| Jesus Arteaga | 2021 |
| Jordan Nelson | 1995 |
Military Alumni
Honoring Our Heroes
This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!
Lost Class Rings
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Honored Military Alumni
David Stevens
Class of 1964
Marine Corps, 10 Years
Served in Viet Nam for three full tours. Was wounded three times in different tours. Worked with the 1st Marines A company 3th Platoon during the 1968 Tet Offinse in Hue City. Now lives in Washington State with his wife and two children.
Class of 1964
Marine Corps, 10 Years
Served in Viet Nam for three full tours. Was wounded three times in different tours. Worked with the 1st Marines A company 3th Platoon during the 1968 Tet Offinse in Hue City. Now lives in Washington State with his wife and two children.
George Cabrera
Class of 1964
Army, 2 Years
Served from 1969-1972 (infantry, Sixth Army, Ft. Lewis, WA). Became an instructor with The North Fort Lewis School Command.
Class of 1964
Army, 2 Years
Served from 1969-1972 (infantry, Sixth Army, Ft. Lewis, WA). Became an instructor with The North Fort Lewis School Command.
Jose David Luna
Class of 1958
Air Force, 20+ Years
Orange High School , Orange, CA graduated in 1958. Attended Santa Ana & Fullerton College.
Enlisted in the USAF in 1961
Prisoner of War, Southeast Asia ( March10,1967 -
March 8, 1973
Class of 1958
Air Force, 20+ Years
Orange High School , Orange, CA graduated in 1958. Attended Santa Ana & Fullerton College.
Enlisted in the USAF in 1961
Prisoner of War, Southeast Asia ( March10,1967 -
March 8, 1973
Larry Weaver
Class of 1962
Army, 2 Years
Served with the First Field Force Arty, Vietnam '66-'67 as a radio operator.
Class of 1962
Army, 2 Years
Served with the First Field Force Arty, Vietnam '66-'67 as a radio operator.
Lyle l Webb
Class of 2006
Marine Corps, 7 Years
Sergeant Webb served 7 years in the Marines until being medically retired. Served 1 tour Iraq and 1 tour Afghanistan. Primary MOS 3531 Motor Vehicle Operator. Secondary MOS 0933 Combat Marksmanship Coach. Webb served with 1st bn 10th Marines in iraq 2007-2008; 2nd bn 10th Marines 2008-2009; 5th bn 10Th Marines in afghanistan 2009-2010; weapons field training battalion as CMC 2010-2012; 2nd bn 4th Marines 2012-2013.
Class of 2006
Marine Corps, 7 Years
Sergeant Webb served 7 years in the Marines until being medically retired. Served 1 tour Iraq and 1 tour Afghanistan. Primary MOS 3531 Motor Vehicle Operator. Secondary MOS 0933 Combat Marksmanship Coach. Webb served with 1st bn 10th Marines in iraq 2007-2008; 2nd bn 10th Marines 2008-2009; 5th bn 10Th Marines in afghanistan 2009-2010; weapons field training battalion as CMC 2010-2012; 2nd bn 4th Marines 2012-2013.
Mark Halliday
Class of 1978
Army, 20+ Years
Enlisted during the Cold War to be an Intelligence Analyst and Russian linguist. During the Bosnia conflict was cross-trained into Serbo-Croatian. Spent some time deployed to the Balkans with United Nations troops just before the Kosovo conflict. Worked Balkans missions at the NSA. Taught Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and French at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey CA, where he retired in 2007. While at the DLI, deployed to Iraq for a year as part of a Military Transition Team; helped retrain Iraqi trrops in Mosul, for which earned a Bronze star.
Class of 1978
Army, 20+ Years
Enlisted during the Cold War to be an Intelligence Analyst and Russian linguist. During the Bosnia conflict was cross-trained into Serbo-Croatian. Spent some time deployed to the Balkans with United Nations troops just before the Kosovo conflict. Worked Balkans missions at the NSA. Taught Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and French at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey CA, where he retired in 2007. While at the DLI, deployed to Iraq for a year as part of a Military Transition Team; helped retrain Iraqi trrops in Mosul, for which earned a Bronze star.
Mark Halliday
Class of 1978
Army, 20+ Years
Us Army. Was an Intelligence Analyst, polyglot Linguist, and Supply-Logistician. Enlisted during the Cold War, spent a few months in the former Yugoslavia (Operation Able Sentry), and a year in Iraq helping retrain leaders of an Iraqi infantry battalion in Mosul (Operation Iraqi Freedom 2-3).
Class of 1978
Army, 20+ Years
Us Army. Was an Intelligence Analyst, polyglot Linguist, and Supply-Logistician. Enlisted during the Cold War, spent a few months in the former Yugoslavia (Operation Able Sentry), and a year in Iraq helping retrain leaders of an Iraqi infantry battalion in Mosul (Operation Iraqi Freedom 2-3).
Marlene Ruby-Canaday
Class of 1974
Army Reserves, 20+ Years
6 years Coast Guard Reserves
4 years Active Army
15 years Army Reserves
Class of 1974
Army Reserves, 20+ Years
6 years Coast Guard Reserves
4 years Active Army
15 years Army Reserves
Michael W. Tait
Class of 1964
Army, 4 Years
February 1966-January 1970, 24th Infantry Division, Director Drum & Bugle Corps, Augsburg Germany
Class of 1964
Army, 4 Years
February 1966-January 1970, 24th Infantry Division, Director Drum & Bugle Corps, Augsburg Germany
Morris D. Lawson
Class of 1968
Army, 2 Years
Drafted. 11b-Infantry. 1-Tour of Vietnam 70-71. 4th Infantry Div. An Khe. 2-months USARV-Da Nang. Phu Bai attached to the 101st Airborne Div.
Class of 1968
Army, 2 Years
Drafted. 11b-Infantry. 1-Tour of Vietnam 70-71. 4th Infantry Div. An Khe. 2-months USARV-Da Nang. Phu Bai attached to the 101st Airborne Div.
Robert S. Rowe
Class of 1967
Air Force, 4 Years
McGuire AFB, New Jersey: March 1968 - December 1969.
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado: January 1970 - September 1971.
Class of 1967
Air Force, 4 Years
McGuire AFB, New Jersey: March 1968 - December 1969.
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado: January 1970 - September 1971.
Terrance Wayne Hall
Class of 1963
Army, 20+ Years
Field Artillery OCS. Vietnam November 1966 to July 1968. Forward Observer, Cannon Battery XO in country. Stationed in Oklahoma ,West Germany,Texas, Louisiana and Alaska. Last job: Commander Army ROTC University Of Alaska , Fairbanks . Now living in Texas.
Class of 1963
Army, 20+ Years
Field Artillery OCS. Vietnam November 1966 to July 1968. Forward Observer, Cannon Battery XO in country. Stationed in Oklahoma ,West Germany,Texas, Louisiana and Alaska. Last job: Commander Army ROTC University Of Alaska , Fairbanks . Now living in Texas.
Tom Preston
Class of 1962
Army, 3 Years
Armor OCS--2Lt--Redeye Missle training, served in Schwabach W.Germany (just sourh of Nuremberg--Border Operations 1st Lt, Officer on the E.German, Czechoslavikian border
Class of 1962
Army, 3 Years
Armor OCS--2Lt--Redeye Missle training, served in Schwabach W.Germany (just sourh of Nuremberg--Border Operations 1st Lt, Officer on the E.German, Czechoslavikian border
Trish DeVore Stockton
Class of 1982
Navy, 6 Years
PSD: Cubi Pt. USNH Long Beach, & CBC Pt. Hueneme
Class of 1982
Navy, 6 Years
PSD: Cubi Pt. USNH Long Beach, & CBC Pt. Hueneme
Warren C. Johnson
Class of 1966
Marine Corps, 2 Years
Marrine Barracks, USNB - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Class of 1966
Marine Corps, 2 Years
Marrine Barracks, USNB - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
William F Henness
Class of 1962
Army, 2 Years
Crew chief and door gunner 1st Aviation Brigade, Vietnam 1966-1967
Class of 1962
Army, 2 Years
Crew chief and door gunner 1st Aviation Brigade, Vietnam 1966-1967
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Our Orange 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 Orange High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Orange are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!