Piedmont Hills High School Alumni

San Jose, California (CA)

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

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Honored Military Alumni

Angel S. Ponce
Angel S. Ponce
Class of 1972
Army, 2 Years

Food Service Speialist
Brian Yoder
Brian Yoder
Class of 1995
Air Force, 21 Years

Served as an intelligence officer, retired as a Lieutenant Colonel
David Vogelsang
David Vogelsang
Class of 1977
Army, 16 Years

Retired Special Ops Officer
Doug Ashby
Doug Ashby
Class of 1972
Army, 20+ Years

I serveed twenty years in the Army Reserves and 10 years on Active Duty in the Army Medical Service Corps. Would have stayed longer if they would've let me!
Ed Jones
Ed Jones
Class of 1985
Army, 20+ Years

Just passed the 21 year mark for active duty service. Currently serving as a Lieutenant Colonel and the Inspector General (IG) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Harry S. Lindstedt
Harry S. Lindstedt
Class of 1970
Air Force, 4 Years

1971-75 I was an Aircraft Mechanic and spent almost all of my enlistment at Norton AFB in Southern Ca.
Ken Cauble
Ken Cauble
Class of 1968
Navy, 4 Years

1968-72 multiple tours in the Western Pacific including Vietnam
Michael J. Gutierrez
Michael J. Gutierrez
Class of 1972
Air Force, 5 Years

Served during original Desert Storm. Honorably discharged as SSGT M.J. Gutierrez, 1982
Milton Diaz
Milton Diaz
Class of 1978
Air Force, 25 Years

Twenty-five Air Force years serving in Acquisition (Wright Patterson AFB), Strategic Air Command (Missiles, Grand Forks), Pentagon, Space Command (Peterson AFB), and Defense Intelligence Agency (Bolling AFB and Baghdad). Best AF memories: missile duty in the Great White North, running a computer simulations shop in the Pentagon, and being Director of 100+ translators and support personnel in Baghdad. Retired 2009 as a Lt Col.
Rodolfo A. Forde
Rodolfo A. Forde
Class of 1978
Army, 20 Years

US Army Retired (1997), US Army Corps Of Engineers (DoD Civilian) Retired (2020)
Steven Takada
Steven Takada
Class of 2005
Coast Guard, 1 Years

Coast GUard

Classmates Spotlight

Piedmont Hills High School Classmates

Doug Ashby
Class of '72

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

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School News

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