South Fork High School Alumni

Miranda, 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!

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Honored Military Alumni

Anna Bendle
Anna Bendle
Class of 1998
Marine Corps, 4 Years

Trianed as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic. Spent most of my service as a Maintenance Management Supervisor. Stationed in Okinawa Japan 1999; Camp Pendelton, CA 2000-2002. Left the Marine Corps due to injury during training.
Bob Beauchamp
Bob Beauchamp
Class of 1971
Navy, 20+ Years

Finally retired after 24 years in the Navy. I enlisted right out of HS, serving as an independent duty hospital corpsman on nuclear submarines and various Navy hospitals around the world. I made Chief Hospital Corpsman and later received a commission as a Navy Medical Service Corp officer, spending the remainder of my career in hospital administration.
Brian Anderson (now Brian Lillie)
Brian Anderson (now Brian Lillie)
Class of 1982
Air Force, 8 Years

8.5 years of Active Duty (Captain)
~3 years of Reserve Duty (Major)
chris basquez
chris basquez
Class of 1986
Army, 2 Years

426th Signal Battalion Fort Bragg , North Caolina
Clancy Munson
Clancy Munson
Class of 1967
Navy, 4 Years

Attached uses coral sea cvs 43 aircraft carrier
Vietnam
Cliff Fleming
Cliff Fleming
Class of 1968
Marine Corps, 6 Years

Pilot
Clifton Anderson
Clifton Anderson
Class of 1970
Air Force, 4 Years

Security Specialist
Clinton O.Bedell
Clinton O.Bedell
Class of 1965
Army, 2 Years

1 yr.vetnam,air craft armament uh 1b&c helicopter's.arial rocket artilary,.ankai, first cavelry div,rank sp.5
James R Gordon
James R Gordon
Class of 1965
Air Force, 4 Years

aircraft mechanic served 18 months in Vietnan
Jesse T Hancock
Jesse T Hancock
Class of 2004
Navy, 6 Years

Graduated early in 2004 left for boot camp in june. Graduated seabee "A" school in october of 2004. first duty station prt hueneme ca deployed to diego garcia, iraq, afghanistan, kuwait and korea, currently stationed in sicily
Joe Roberts
Joe Roberts
Class of 1963
Navy, 6 Years

San Degio "A" school 9 months
home ported in Japan for 2 years, in and out of Vietnam 7 times
Vietnam, shore duty, Cam Ron Bay, 1 year
2years inactive duty
Loren A. Pancoast
Loren A. Pancoast
Class of 1961
Air Force, 20+ Years

B-52's during Vietnam. 200 Combat Missions. RC-135's after BUFF's Retired Lt Col
Michael Patterson, Sr.
Michael Patterson, Sr.
Class of 1973
Navy, 8 Years

Nuclear Reactor Operator on a Submarine out of Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Also an instructor at the Reactor Plants in Idaho.
Michael Patterson, Sr.
Michael Patterson, Sr.
Class of 1973
Navy, 8 Years

Electronics Technician and Nuclear Reactor Operator. Served 3 years on the USS Sargo (SSN 583). Three and a half years as an instructor in Idaho Falls, ID.
Patrick L. Bales
Patrick L. Bales
Class of 1960
Navy, 4 Years

Aviation Electronics Technician (Navigational) Made 2 Far East Cruises aboard USS Bonn Homme Richard CVA 31 (6mo.) and Uss Hornet CVS 12 (7 mo.) Also 3 wks. Uss Midway Off Hawaii. Was in a Hilicopter Sq. based in Imperial Beach CA. (San Diego) We flew "Angel Duty" during Carrier flight operations. Was also air crewman. Kudos to all those who have served!!
Randy Denker
Randy Denker
Class of 1975
Air Force, 4 Years

Assigned to Security Police Squadron at Travis AFB and Keflavik, Iceland.
Rick Thoresen
Rick Thoresen
Class of 1969
Army, 2 Years

173rd Airborne Brigade, South Viet Nam
Robert Prince
Robert Prince
Class of 1988
Navy, 4 Years

I went to boot camp in San Deigo, Ca. graduated from boot camp on 08/10/1990. Then i went to "A" school and graduated in Sept. Then I was shipped to the Persian Gulf where I was in the first Gulf War known as "Operation Desert Sheild & Desert Storm". I spent 2 yres in the Gulf. I also was part of part off "Operation Iraqi Freedom" before I got out of the NAVY. I was Stationed on the USS Wisconcin BB-64 and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69.
Robert Prince
Robert Prince
Class of 1988
Navy, 4 Years

served in the navy for 4 yrs. Was in the first gulf war. spent 1.5 years in the gulf.
Roger Heath
Roger Heath
Class of 2000
Navy, 7 Years

Avionics Electronics Technician
Rusty Burgess
Rusty Burgess
Class of 1979
Navy, 20+ Years

Navy Seabees. Retired in 2001 as Chief Equipment Operator. Stationed in Puerto Rico, Gulfport, Nevada, Okinawa Japan, Rota Spain, Guam, Florida, Bahrain
Suzanne Smith (Ziganti)
Suzanne Smith (Ziganti)
Class of 1998
Air Force, 6 Years

Aircraft Avionics tech, stationed throughout the US, Portugal, and Germany.
Tom Wallen
Tom Wallen
Class of 1977
Army, 20+ Years

Still serving. Initially trained as a nuclear and conventional weapons storage and maintenance officer. Moved into new equipment testing and acquisition and now am a mobilization and deployment specialist. Plan to retire in 2010.
Trevor Johns
Trevor Johns
Class of 1999
Air Force, 12 Years

Joined in 2006. I've been stationed at Elmendorf AK, Nellis NV, Wright-Patterson OH and I'm currently at Lewis-McChord WA. I'm a fuels Journeyman, we handle the storage, distribution and quality control of aviation and ground fuels. I've also been a Defense Courier in Ohio. I've deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan and Manas, Kyrgyzstan.

Classmates Spotlight

South Fork High School Classmates

Eric Beck Korbly
Class of '94

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HELP FROM A LOST FRIEND

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