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

Honored Military Alumni

Dinah Aureli
Dinah Aureli
Class of 1966
Army, 20+ Years

Army RN
Fred Jameson
Fred Jameson
Class of 1975
Marine Corps, 20+ Years

36 years of uniformed service from Private to Colonel; Infantry Officer with combat service in two wars.
George Erwin
George Erwin
Class of 1964
Army, 20+ Years

Two tours in Viet Nam as a Helicopter Pilot and Company Commander. Primary Assignments in Aviation and Military Intelligence. Retired from Army in 1986.
Jesse Cole
Jesse Cole
Class of 1979
Army, 5 Years

Spent over 5 years active duty at Ft. Hood, TX then 2+ years in Germany and finished back at Ft. Hood. Loved Texas so much I chose it for my new home.
Joe Medlin
Joe Medlin
Class of 1979
Air Force, 20+ Years

Aircrew Life Support
John McClure
John McClure
Class of 1973
Air Force, 6 Years

Avionic Sensor Systems Tactical Real Time Display AC130 Gunship
Patricia McBee
Patricia McBee
Class of 1974
Army, 2 Years

One of the last group of women in the WACs (Women's Army Corp). Stationed mainly at Fort Hood Texas.
Phillip (Flip) Beckmon
Phillip (Flip) Beckmon
Class of 1966
Navy, 3 Years

Navy Seabees 1968-1971
Robert Hartness
Robert Hartness
Class of 1993
Army, 20+ Years

Staff Sargeant Hartness has served 3 tours of duty in Iraq and will soon be leaving for a 3 year station in Alaska at Ft. Wainwright. Did basic training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina then was stationed at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky with the 101st Airborne. Is air assault trained but has been stationed at Ft. Riley, Kansas for the past several years. Plans on going to Ft. Hood, Texas when the Alaska tour is over.
Rudy Haun
Rudy Haun
Class of 1967
Navy, 4 Years

Served on the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Scott Stern
Scott Stern
Class of 1964
Air Force, 22 Years

Served in Germany, Greece, multiple stateside locations including NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex Colorado Springs and the Pentagon. While in Greece hosted John and Carolyn Kennedy at a remote communications site.
Steve Gilbert
Steve Gilbert
Class of 1965
Navy, 4 Years

Severved aboard the USS Tolovana, England and did two tours in Vietnam. One in Da Nang and at the Naval Supply Base three miles south of the DMZ. Second tour with the Brown Water Navy in Veitman with River Division 553.
Steve Robb
Steve Robb
Class of 1967
Navy Reserves, 6 Years

Home Port Pearl Harbor aboard USS REEVES. One west pack tour Viet Nam.

Classmates Spotlight

Washburn Rural High School Classmates

Shana Kelley
Class of '04

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

Read and submit stories about our classmates from Washburn Rural High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Blues.

School News

All YEARS REUNION

Always the first weekend in May. Alumni site:
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Our Washburn Rural 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 Washburn Rural High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Topeka are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!