Sauk Centre High School Graduates
Sauk Centre, Minnesota (MN)
Recent Members
| David Holland | 1958 |
| Harold Fiedler | 1963 |
| Jane Lamb | 1977 |
| Jim Mclellan | 1968 |
| Juan Vasquez | 2016 |
| Karen Rademacher | 1984 |
| Kenny Doit | 1973 |
| Mark Gordon | 1977 |
Military Alumni
Honoring Our Heroes
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Honored Military Alumni
John McDougle
Class of 1959
Army, 14 Years
Enlisted 1959 in Army sig Corp went to rank of E-6, Attended SigC OCS at Ft Gordon, Ga, Graduated May 6, 1966 w/ rank of 2 Lt. Served 2 years in VN as Co Cmdr, Bn S-3 And Bn S-4. Served in Ft Hood, Tx, Ft Gordon, Ga. Ft Manmouth, NJ. Ft WainWright, Alaska, 5 years in Europe. 100% disabled as result of agent orange exposure.
Class of 1959
Army, 14 Years
Enlisted 1959 in Army sig Corp went to rank of E-6, Attended SigC OCS at Ft Gordon, Ga, Graduated May 6, 1966 w/ rank of 2 Lt. Served 2 years in VN as Co Cmdr, Bn S-3 And Bn S-4. Served in Ft Hood, Tx, Ft Gordon, Ga. Ft Manmouth, NJ. Ft WainWright, Alaska, 5 years in Europe. 100% disabled as result of agent orange exposure.
Melvin P Weyhrich
Class of 1942
Air Force, 20+ Years
Command pilot
University of Nebraska/Omaha
Air Command and Staff College
Army War College
Served in China, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam
Rank: Colonel
Class of 1942
Air Force, 20+ Years
Command pilot
University of Nebraska/Omaha
Air Command and Staff College
Army War College
Served in China, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam
Rank: Colonel
Nancy (Tschida) Pierce
Class of 1973
Air Force, 20+ Years
In charge of a computer programming office, flew airplanes, assigned people around the world and maintained weather equipment for pilots.
Class of 1973
Air Force, 20+ Years
In charge of a computer programming office, flew airplanes, assigned people around the world and maintained weather equipment for pilots.
Robert (Bob) Heinen, PE
Class of 1965
Army, 32 Years
Bob Heinen SCHS Military Alumni
Upon graduating from Sauk Centre High School in 1965, I attended the University of Minnesota, Morris for one year before obtaining an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Although my motivation in attending USMA, was not initially a military career, I graduated with an open mind and, in fact, was one of the few members of the class to volunteer for Vietnam. In 1970, after Airborne training and qualifying as a paratrooper, and completing Engineer Branch Basic, I reported for duty at Ft. Carson as a platoon leader with the 52nd Engr Bn. The summer of 1971 I was promoted to 1LT and received an alert for Vietnam. As my assignment in RVN was to be as a MACV advisor, I was required to attend the JFK Advisors School at Ft. Bragg for training in the Vietnamese language and customs. On my way to Ft Bragg, I stopped in Minnesota to marry Kandy DuBois (SCHS class of 1966)on September 11, 1971.
Arrived in Vietnam in Jan 1972 to serve as Engineer Advisor for MACV Team 68 in Vinh Long Province. In Dec 1972, I was medevaced with injuries from an IED explosion and spent four months recuperating in Letterman USAH, at the Presidio of San Francisco.When I was released, I reported for duty with the 14th Engineer Bn at Ft. Ord. I completed my required 5 year AD commitment (Sep ’75), and accepted a USAR commission. Kandy and I relocated to Madison WI, where I started grad school at the U of W and I joined the 961st Engr Bn (USAR) at Milwaukee, WI.
I earned a MSCE (1977), started our family,( two sons Chris/Nate, born ’76 & ’78), and began working for a Chicago based engineering firm. In April 1980, we relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area where I began work for a new architecture engineering (AE) firm. For the next 12 years, I worked in CA while we expanded our family (Beth born in ’87) and continued to serve in the USAR, getting several great positions in HI, (in USACE and PACOM.)
In the next few years, I was alerted for several deployments, but never called up, however in 1981, I was called up for Operation Desert Storm and reported to my processing station in anticipation of assignment to Kuwait. The ground war was over so quickly, that we were ordered to stand down and return to home station. I returned to my civilian work. In November 1996, I was again called up, and this time actually deployed to be a part of the NATO Peace Keeping mission sent to the former Yugoslavia. For a year, I served as the DCSENG for USAEUR (Fwd) in Bosnia.
In Nov 1998, I retired from duty with the USAR and hung up my uniform for the last time after 32 years and 5 months. I returned to my AE firm in California, and continued to advance up the corporate ladder
In 2004 I was asked by my AE firm to serve as the in-country Program Manager (Iraq) to execute a 10 billion contract portfolio for infrastructure reconstruction. In 2006, I moved to another international AE firm doing similar utility rehabilitation work in Libya. In 2008, I had enough of Middle East travel and decided to start my AE firm providing land surveying, architecture and engineering services in northern California, which I am still doing today.
Class of 1965
Army, 32 Years
Bob Heinen SCHS Military Alumni
Upon graduating from Sauk Centre High School in 1965, I attended the University of Minnesota, Morris for one year before obtaining an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Although my motivation in attending USMA, was not initially a military career, I graduated with an open mind and, in fact, was one of the few members of the class to volunteer for Vietnam. In 1970, after Airborne training and qualifying as a paratrooper, and completing Engineer Branch Basic, I reported for duty at Ft. Carson as a platoon leader with the 52nd Engr Bn. The summer of 1971 I was promoted to 1LT and received an alert for Vietnam. As my assignment in RVN was to be as a MACV advisor, I was required to attend the JFK Advisors School at Ft. Bragg for training in the Vietnamese language and customs. On my way to Ft Bragg, I stopped in Minnesota to marry Kandy DuBois (SCHS class of 1966)on September 11, 1971.
Arrived in Vietnam in Jan 1972 to serve as Engineer Advisor for MACV Team 68 in Vinh Long Province. In Dec 1972, I was medevaced with injuries from an IED explosion and spent four months recuperating in Letterman USAH, at the Presidio of San Francisco.When I was released, I reported for duty with the 14th Engineer Bn at Ft. Ord. I completed my required 5 year AD commitment (Sep ’75), and accepted a USAR commission. Kandy and I relocated to Madison WI, where I started grad school at the U of W and I joined the 961st Engr Bn (USAR) at Milwaukee, WI.
I earned a MSCE (1977), started our family,( two sons Chris/Nate, born ’76 & ’78), and began working for a Chicago based engineering firm. In April 1980, we relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area where I began work for a new architecture engineering (AE) firm. For the next 12 years, I worked in CA while we expanded our family (Beth born in ’87) and continued to serve in the USAR, getting several great positions in HI, (in USACE and PACOM.)
In the next few years, I was alerted for several deployments, but never called up, however in 1981, I was called up for Operation Desert Storm and reported to my processing station in anticipation of assignment to Kuwait. The ground war was over so quickly, that we were ordered to stand down and return to home station. I returned to my civilian work. In November 1996, I was again called up, and this time actually deployed to be a part of the NATO Peace Keeping mission sent to the former Yugoslavia. For a year, I served as the DCSENG for USAEUR (Fwd) in Bosnia.
In Nov 1998, I retired from duty with the USAR and hung up my uniform for the last time after 32 years and 5 months. I returned to my AE firm in California, and continued to advance up the corporate ladder
In 2004 I was asked by my AE firm to serve as the in-country Program Manager (Iraq) to execute a 10 billion contract portfolio for infrastructure reconstruction. In 2006, I moved to another international AE firm doing similar utility rehabilitation work in Libya. In 2008, I had enough of Middle East travel and decided to start my AE firm providing land surveying, architecture and engineering services in northern California, which I am still doing today.
Rodney A. Ziemer
Class of 1972
Army Reserves, 20+ Years
3 years active duty Military Intelegence enlisted 11 US Army Reserve on Active Duty Signal Officer 3 Years Kansas Army National Guard and 4 years in the US Army reserves
Class of 1972
Army Reserves, 20+ Years
3 years active duty Military Intelegence enlisted 11 US Army Reserve on Active Duty Signal Officer 3 Years Kansas Army National Guard and 4 years in the US Army reserves
Sandra Otte
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years
Retired with 22 years of service to our Country.
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years
Retired with 22 years of service to our Country.
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