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

Honored Military Alumni

Chonaphet Hollenbeck
Chonaphet Hollenbeck
Class of 2007
Army, 6 Years

Artillery/Signal Soldier
Dan Holdredge
Dan Holdredge
Class of 1967
Army, 12 Years

Enlisted in 1968, discharged in 1980. Served in Okinawa, Taiwan, Laos, Texas and Germany as a communication center specialist and in Georgia and Germany as a missile guidance system test specialist.
Dane Halligan
Dane Halligan
Class of 1999
Army, 11 Years

Civil Affairs Team Sergeant with 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, SSG(P). Deployed to Iraq 2003-2004 to An Nasiriyah-Baqubah attached to 1st Marine Division and 4th Infantry Division. Deployed to Iraq 2006-2007 to Mosul attached to 172nd Stryker Bde. Deployed to Iraq 2008-2009 to Baghdad attached 5/4 Cavalry Squadron.
Erik M. Patterson
Erik M. Patterson
Class of 1996
Coast Guard, 10 Years

USCGC Sweetbrier, Cordova, AK 1999
Telecommunications, Petaluma, CA 2000
Communications Master Station Atlantic, Chesapeake, VA 2001
USCGC Eagle, New London, CT 2002
Communications Master Station Atlantic, Chesapeake, VA 2003
USCGC Eagle, New London, CT 2004
Atlantic Area Admiral's Office, Portsmouth, VA 2004
USCGC Alert, Astoria, OR 2008
USCGC Steadfast, Astoria, OR 2008
Kenneth Wayne Force
Kenneth Wayne Force
Class of 1951
Army, 20+ Years

Enlisted US Army 1951 Retired as a Command Sergeant Major in 1976. Served in Korea, Germany, Japan, Vietnam,Okinawa and various posts in the US.
Richard A. Cook
Richard A. Cook
Class of 1999
Army, 5 Years

Communications Chief for the 230th Millitary Police Company (Griffon Award - Best millitary police unit in Europe)/ 95th MP Battallion/ 18th MP Brigade. Sergeant E-5 with 15 months deployment to Al' Hillah provence/ Babil provence/ Baghdad/ Combat Outpost Sommers, Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Regional Embasy Office (REO), Combat outpost Iskan. Awards : Overseas Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Iraqi Campaign Medal with Bronze Campaign Star
National Defense Service Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Robert Stanton
Robert Stanton
Class of 2007
Marine Corps, 1 Years

Off to Iraq for 7 months
Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers
Class of 1987
Air Force, 15 Years

Spent 15 years in the Air Force. He was deployed to the United Arab Emirates during 1st Gulf War. He lived in Japan 5 years. Now he is a Youth Pastor in Cape Cod. Now happily married with 5 children and 1 on the way.

Classmates Spotlight

Sauquoit Valley High School Classmates

James Hutchings
Class of '91

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

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School News

Mrs. Metcalfe

Mrs. Lucille (Metcalfe) Wells, a Sauquoit 3rd grade teacher for 33 years died September 1st 2011 in Melborne, Fl.
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Our Sauquoit Valley 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 Sauquoit Valley High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Sauquoit are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!