West Bloomfield High School Alumni

West Bloomfield, Michigan (MI)

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

Barbara Starr McLean
Barbara Starr McLean
Class of 1970
Navy, 20+ Years

30 years as Navy Nurse
Casey Earehart Maynard
Casey Earehart Maynard
Class of 1996
Coast Guard, 18 Years

4 years in AirForce, currently in Coast Guard. Chief of aviation electric systems, mission System and sensors operator on HC -144 and MH 65 flight mechanic.
Charles Christensen
Charles Christensen
Class of 1961
Air Force, 20+ Years

Served 26 years in various facets of intelligence, including work with the CIA and NSA. Also served in Vietnam 1970-71. Retired 1993 as Colomel.
David Mangus
David Mangus
Class of 1964
Air Force, 8 Years

Served in southeast asia, Germany
David Toncray Sr.
David Toncray Sr.
Class of 1977
Navy, 8 Years

8 years, 1 month, 14 days , 3 hours and 36 minutes. Nuclear propulsion electrician
Dennis Sands
Dennis Sands
Class of 1967
Air Force, 4 Years

Served in Nevada and NATO/Italy
Don Henrikson
Don Henrikson
Class of 1958
Navy, 20+ Years

Enlisted out of High School in 1958. Eight ships. crusiers and Destroyers.retired 1981 as a Chief Warrant Officer 4. Electronics Material Officer.
Donna Mierzwa
Donna Mierzwa
Class of 1979
Air Force, 20 Years

6 years active duty as a Russian Linguist, 14 years in the reserves as an operating room nurse.
Jason Sypula
Jason Sypula
Class of 1995
Air Force, 11 Years

Avionics Flight Chief.
Jim Donaldson
Jim Donaldson
Class of 1970
Air Force, 20+ Years

Enlisted 7 years, avionics F106 Fire Control, F-4 Inertial Nav/ECM. Pilot, F-4C/D 10 years. Maintenance/Logistics Officer F-4D, F-16A, KC135 8 years.
John Pollock
John Pollock
Class of 1968
Navy, 3 Years

John was always the class-clown! He made everybody laugh and yet he was always concerned about you! He was a gentleman and a true person.
Kathy (Gullon) Natoli
Kathy (Gullon) Natoli
Class of 1980
Navy, 20+ Years

Joined Navy in 1986, still on Active Duty, Nurse Corps, Captain. Duty Stations: Naval Hospitals/Branch clinics in Oakland CA, Okinawa Japan X 3, Camp Pendleton CA, NAS/MCAS Miramar CA, NAS Jacksonville FL, and currently Head of Deployment Health Center at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia
Mark Gemler
Mark Gemler
Class of 1976
Air Force, 6 Years

Aircraft Maintenance Specialist, Jet over 2 engines. Maintained B-52, KC-135, and C-141 Aircraft.
Mark Riccardi
Mark Riccardi
Class of 1985
Army, 20+ Years

20+ years of fun
Mary Martha Jetton ( Stopchinski)
Mary Martha Jetton ( Stopchinski)
Class of 1976
Army, 12 Years

6 years Army active duty and 6 years Army National guard
Michael Hoxie
Michael Hoxie
Class of 1978
Army, 20+ Years

Army
RALPH VANDERKOLK
RALPH VANDERKOLK
Class of 1950
Air Force, 20+ Years

FLIGHT ENGINEER 1952-1979
Rich Basher
Rich Basher
Class of 1985
Army, 5 Years

Served in Fort Benning, Berlin and Schweinfurt, Germany, and Fort Campbell.
Scott Novack
Scott Novack
Class of 1986
Navy, 19 Years

Naval Aviator currently in the Navy Reserves.
Steve Johnston
Steve Johnston
Class of 1977
Air Force, 20+ Years

Air Force Rescue Pilot, Special Operations
Served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Currently working for the Office of the Secretary of Defense
William Edie
William Edie
Class of 1971
Air Force, 5 Years

Aircraft Maint. EC,RC,KC 135's. Stationed in Omaha and Torejon Air Base Spain

Classmates Spotlight

West Bloomfield High School Classmates

Deborah Marie
Class of '89

Alumni Stories

High School Alumni Stores

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School News

Class of 83 - Passing of Laura "Lohmeier" Regep

NOV 30 - FRIDAY

A Party to Remember the life and fun times with someone very special to me, Laura Lohmeie...
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Our West Bloomfield 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 West Bloomfield High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in West Bloomfield are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!