Sunset High School Alumni
Dallas, Texas (TX)
Recent Members
| Andy Rangel | 2024 |
| Donna Bryant | 1955 |
| Emily Gonzalez | 2024 |
| Francis Rojas | 1987 |
| Jaime Raul Vargas | 2007 |
| Kelly Martinez | 2019 |
| Marcus Brannon | 1984 |
| Nicole Kassanavoid | 1991 |
Military 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
Danny Wagner
Class of 1967
Coast Guard, 4 Years
Served on USCGC Nothwind (Icebreaker) most of enlistment.. Everywhere from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Class of 1967
Coast Guard, 4 Years
Served on USCGC Nothwind (Icebreaker) most of enlistment.. Everywhere from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Danny Wagner
Class of 1967
Coast Guard, 4 Years
Boot Camp at Alameda Cal.
First assignment, Explosives loading supervisor, Concord, Cal.
Yeoman School, NYC
U.S.C.G. Icebreaker Northwind 4 Years. From North Pole to South Pole and most points in between.
Class of 1967
Coast Guard, 4 Years
Boot Camp at Alameda Cal.
First assignment, Explosives loading supervisor, Concord, Cal.
Yeoman School, NYC
U.S.C.G. Icebreaker Northwind 4 Years. From North Pole to South Pole and most points in between.
F. Sam Johnson
Class of 1950
Army, 2 Years
Shop Office of Ordnance company in the 1st Armored Division, 1st Lt. After receiving a Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M
Class of 1950
Army, 2 Years
Shop Office of Ordnance company in the 1st Armored Division, 1st Lt. After receiving a Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M
Frank Summers
Class of 1974
Marine Corps, 3 Years
Signed up for a three year tour on delayed entry program. Boot Camp at MCRD 1974. Two Mertitorious Promotions. NCO in 1976. Stationed in MCRD, Jacksonville, NC, Okinawa, El Toro MCAS. Still feel my oath. My honor to serve.
Class of 1974
Marine Corps, 3 Years
Signed up for a three year tour on delayed entry program. Boot Camp at MCRD 1974. Two Mertitorious Promotions. NCO in 1976. Stationed in MCRD, Jacksonville, NC, Okinawa, El Toro MCAS. Still feel my oath. My honor to serve.
James Charles Norton
Class of 1952
Marine Corps, 2 Years
Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps at graduation from the United States Naval Academy, Jim headed off to The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia. While there, he met and, in August 1957, married Maudine, a fellow Texan. Jim intended to be an infantry officer, but as he continued on in the program, he became increasingly enamored with the aviation option. Accordingly, after completing the ten-month course of instruction at The Basic School in June, 1958, Jim, Maudine, and Robert (born May 1958) headed off to Pensacola to fulfill his dream of flying. He continued flight training at Beeville, Texas. Second son Michael was born during this latter period (1959). After completing flight training and earning his “Wings of Gold,†Jim received orders to Cherry Point, North Carolina.
He, Maudine, and their two sons headed east, and Jim underwent further specialization and qualification as a Marine aviator. An unfortunate and tragic aircraft accident took Jim's life on 4 October 1960.
Maudine and the boys remained in the Cherry Point area for a relatively short time, and then moved back to Texas -- near her parents’ home in Bonham. In 1963 she married Richard Carey, a Marine Corps officer, who eventually attained the rank of Lieutenant General. After Richard’s retirement from the Marine Corps in 1983, the Carey’s spent six years in Ohio, where General Carey served for Ohio Governor Celeste as Director, Alcohol and Drug Enforcement, and then was Director of the Columbus Airport.
Upon their return to Texas in 1989, he served as the Dallas District Court Administrator for approximately five years. They are now keeping busy in retirement in Rockwall, Texas.
First son, Robert Norton (now Carey), a precocious young man, attended George Mason University at age sixteen, but transferred to North Texas State University when military orders took his family back to Texas. After graduation from NTSU in 1980, he was recruited into the Navy, where he served in the nuclear submarine force. He attended prototype school in Idaho Falls and was an instructor there for two and a half years. He served on USS Grant SSBN 631 for four years, before leaving the navy in 1988. He then applied his nuclear experience to the civilian world. He currently works in Arkansas at a nuclear power plant (Arkansas Nuclear One) in Russellville. He and his wife, Janet, have three children, Mindy, Tabitha, and Robert.
Jim's younger son, Michael Norton, attended North Texas State University in Denton, Texas, and then entered into a career in the computer field.
Class of 1952
Marine Corps, 2 Years
Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps at graduation from the United States Naval Academy, Jim headed off to The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia. While there, he met and, in August 1957, married Maudine, a fellow Texan. Jim intended to be an infantry officer, but as he continued on in the program, he became increasingly enamored with the aviation option. Accordingly, after completing the ten-month course of instruction at The Basic School in June, 1958, Jim, Maudine, and Robert (born May 1958) headed off to Pensacola to fulfill his dream of flying. He continued flight training at Beeville, Texas. Second son Michael was born during this latter period (1959). After completing flight training and earning his “Wings of Gold,†Jim received orders to Cherry Point, North Carolina.
He, Maudine, and their two sons headed east, and Jim underwent further specialization and qualification as a Marine aviator. An unfortunate and tragic aircraft accident took Jim's life on 4 October 1960.
Maudine and the boys remained in the Cherry Point area for a relatively short time, and then moved back to Texas -- near her parents’ home in Bonham. In 1963 she married Richard Carey, a Marine Corps officer, who eventually attained the rank of Lieutenant General. After Richard’s retirement from the Marine Corps in 1983, the Carey’s spent six years in Ohio, where General Carey served for Ohio Governor Celeste as Director, Alcohol and Drug Enforcement, and then was Director of the Columbus Airport.
Upon their return to Texas in 1989, he served as the Dallas District Court Administrator for approximately five years. They are now keeping busy in retirement in Rockwall, Texas.
First son, Robert Norton (now Carey), a precocious young man, attended George Mason University at age sixteen, but transferred to North Texas State University when military orders took his family back to Texas. After graduation from NTSU in 1980, he was recruited into the Navy, where he served in the nuclear submarine force. He attended prototype school in Idaho Falls and was an instructor there for two and a half years. He served on USS Grant SSBN 631 for four years, before leaving the navy in 1988. He then applied his nuclear experience to the civilian world. He currently works in Arkansas at a nuclear power plant (Arkansas Nuclear One) in Russellville. He and his wife, Janet, have three children, Mindy, Tabitha, and Robert.
Jim's younger son, Michael Norton, attended North Texas State University in Denton, Texas, and then entered into a career in the computer field.
Jim Wright (James)
Class of 1965
Army, 4 Years
Military Intelligence. Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA - Russian, 1966-1967. Viet Nam - 1967-1968. Supervisor of Military Assistance to Latin and South America, Headquartered Panama, 1968-1970.
Class of 1965
Army, 4 Years
Military Intelligence. Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA - Russian, 1966-1967. Viet Nam - 1967-1968. Supervisor of Military Assistance to Latin and South America, Headquartered Panama, 1968-1970.
KENNETH D. HORTON
Class of 1987
Army, 15 Years
SERVED IN DESERT STORM / SHIELD FT. BRAGG NC. ALSO SERVED IN WAR IN IRAQ FT. STEWART GA 3RD INF. SERVED IN AFGAHNISTAN IN AND IS SERVING IN KUWAIT AS A CIVILION CONTRACTOR AT THE PRESENT TIME. E - MAIL ME AT kennethdhorton@yahoo.com
Class of 1987
Army, 15 Years
SERVED IN DESERT STORM / SHIELD FT. BRAGG NC. ALSO SERVED IN WAR IN IRAQ FT. STEWART GA 3RD INF. SERVED IN AFGAHNISTAN IN AND IS SERVING IN KUWAIT AS A CIVILION CONTRACTOR AT THE PRESENT TIME. E - MAIL ME AT kennethdhorton@yahoo.com
Michael "Mitch" Womble
Class of 1964
Navy Reserves, 20+ Years
Photographer's Mate 1st Class
Viet Nam Veteran - '66 thru '68
Gulf War Veteran - 1991
USNR (Retired) - 1994
Class of 1964
Navy Reserves, 20+ Years
Photographer's Mate 1st Class
Viet Nam Veteran - '66 thru '68
Gulf War Veteran - 1991
USNR (Retired) - 1994
Richard A. Chilton
Class of 1938
Air Force, 20+ Years
Col Chilton was a pilot & instructor. He served in WWII, Korean campaign, & Viet Nam. He passed away May 2007. Survived by wife Virginia(1940 grad) a daughter Caron, and a son Craig.. His death has not been published even though reported several times.
Class of 1938
Air Force, 20+ Years
Col Chilton was a pilot & instructor. He served in WWII, Korean campaign, & Viet Nam. He passed away May 2007. Survived by wife Virginia(1940 grad) a daughter Caron, and a son Craig.. His death has not been published even though reported several times.
Ronald E. Mitchell
Class of 1965
Army, 20+ Years
retired for length of service in 1985
Class of 1965
Army, 20+ Years
retired for length of service in 1985
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Our Sunset 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 Sunset High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Dallas are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!