east nashville high veterans 1960-69
| EAST NASHVILLE HIGH VETERANS 1930 | ||||||
| NAME | GRAD YR | BRANCH | TIME | WAR | STATUS | MISC |
| Jim Bass | 60 | Air Force | 1961-1981 | Vietnam | 1 | Technical Sergeant |
| Jordan Beasley | 60 | Air Force | 1963-2002 | Gulf War | 1 | I served in the Air force as a crew member on C-130 aircraft. I served in Asia, Europe, and South and Latin America. I retired as a Chief Master Sergeant. I served 16 years active duty and 34 years in the Tennessee Air national guard with a total of 40 years total military service. I was involved with Army Rangers and Navy Seal teams in South America drug missions. I flew supply missions into El Salvador during their war with Nicaragua while based in the Republic of Panama. I flew airdrop and supply missions in Kosovo during that conflict and serviced in both Gulf wars. |
| Fred Bracey | 60 | Marines | 1 | Served 26 years. | ||
| Danny Gibson | 60 | Navy | D | |||
| Mac Grisham | 60 | Army Reserves | 1965-1971 | 1 | Medic in Field Hospital Unit | |
| Albert E. Hall, Jr. | 60 | Army | D | Served in Japan and Germany | ||
| Derrell Horner | 60 | Air Force | 1 | |||
| James Howard Hughes | 60 | Army | 1 | |||
| Roger Alyn Johnson | 60 | Army | D | He spent 8 years proudly serving his country in the Army and then went on to serve in the Air National Guard as a Loadmaster on the C-130 Hercules | ||
| Melvin Douglas Mize | 60 | Army | D | |||
| Gary Carlos Rainey | 60 | Army | D | Served in Japan and Germany | ||
| Don Woodmore | 60 | Marine | 1 | |||
| Victor Bellos | 61 | Army | 1 | Served his tour in Germany. Received several distinguished service awards. | ||
| John Miles | 61 | Air Force/Air National Guard | 1965-1971 | 1 | Sargeant. He was in the Air Force/National Guard for 6 years. | |
| Harold Norris | 61 | Navy | 1 | |||
| Larry Rawls | 61 | Marines | 1961-1967 | 1 | Served in Vietnam at DaNang in 1964. Station at Quantico, VA - Camp Lejune, NC - Mediterranean cruise/USS Mountrail-APA213 | |
| Mack Rhea | 61 | Army | 1965-1967 | D | 1 Lieutenant, Army Signal Corps, Stationed in Panama | |
| Eugene Ross | 61 | Army | Vietnam | D | ||
| Walter Carney | 62 | Navy | 1 | |||
| Phillip Davenport | 62 | Navy | D | Master Chief | ||
| Ernest Demoss | 62 | Army | Vietnam | D | ||
| Mickey Franklin | 62 | Army | Vietnam | 1 | Captain, Helicopter Pilot, 192nd Assault Helicopter Company, Vietnam March 1969-March 1970 | |
| Jerry Frensley | 62 | Air Force | 1967-1989 | 1 | Air National Guard | |
| Bill M. Hester, Jr. | 62 | Army Reserves | 1966-1972 | 1 | ||
| Joe Lawson | 62 | Navy | 1963-1965 | 1 | Retired from Tennessee Air National Guard after 20 years | |
| William McPherson | 62 | Army | 1967-1970 | Vietnam | 1 | 116th Assualt. Helicopter company platoon leader. Commendation Medal with V for valor, AIr medal with 25 oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 oak leaf clusters. Was a Captain when I left the service |
| Robert Morrison | 62 | Naval Reserve | 1967-1971 | Vietnam | 1 | Retired. Captain |
| Bobby Scott | 62 | Marines | 1966-1968 | Vietnam | D | In Vietnam 13 months |
| Robert Thomas Stinnett | 62 | Army | D | 2nd Lieutenant, served in Naples, Italy | ||
| Ronald D. Stone | 62 | Army | 1968-1970 | Vietnam | 1 | |
| George Strovinkas | 62 | Army | 1967-1972 | 1 | 310th Civil Affairs Unit | |
| David Vaughn | 62 | Army | 1964-1970 | Vietnam | 1 | Sgt. E-5 500 MI Gp Tokyo, 116 MI Gp Washington, DC |
| Vernon Leroy Davis | 63 | Air Force | 1968-1979 | 1 | SSGT - Titan II Ballistic/Missile Analysis Tech/Precision Metrology Electronics Lab Tech. He received two ribbons of the Air Force Presidential Unit Citation award, two ribbons of the USAF Outstanding Unit award, a metal and a ribbon of the USAF Combat Readiness award, three metals and three ribbons of the USAF Good Conduct award, a ribbon of the USAF Small Arms Expert award, two ribbons of the USAF Longevity Service award, a ribbon of the USAF NCO PME Graduate award and a metal and a ribbon of the National Defense Service award | |
| Tommy Gentray | 63 | Navy | D | |||
| Rellon Heady | 63 | Air Force | Vietnam | D | TSgt. | |
| Jimmy Knight | 63 | Marine Corp | Vietnam | 1 | Purple Heart | |
| Jerry Lane | 63 | Army National Guard | D | |||
| Pete Mason | 63 | Army National Guard | 1965-1971 | 1 | ||
| Thomas "Butch" Randoph Merrill | 63 | Air Force | D | He was stationed in Adana, Turkey, and he worked as part of the Security Police Squad- K9 division | ||
| Dan Olphie | 63 | Navy | 1963-1982 | Vietnam | 1 | |
| William "Bill" Satterfield | 63 | Army | Vietnam | D | ||
| Emmett Carlton Sawyer | 63 | Army | D | |||
| Roy Russell Seagraves | 63 | Navy | Vietnam | D | ||
| Larry Joe Stovall | 63 | Army | Vietnam | 1 | ||
| Lloyd Arnold | 64 | Army | Vietnam | 1 | Retired from Army after serving 28 years, receiving 47 awards and decorations includling 3 Purple Hearts for service in Vietnam and Desert Storm. | |
| Kenneth Beauchamp | 64 | Navy | 1969-1972 | 1 | Second Class Petty Officer (E5) | |
| David Crouch | 64 | Air Force | 1964-1984 | 1 | Captain- I served in Southeast Asia and Berlin, Germany. I was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal, with 2 oak leaf clusters; an Air Force Commendation Medal, with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, plus some others. When I retired in 1984 as a Captain, after 20 years in electronics, I had earned a BS in Industrial Management from Purdue University; and a Masters in Management from Websters University. | |
| Tommy Dews | 64 | Air Force | 1969-1971 | 1 | Sergeant E4. Kadena FB, Okinawa, Japan | |
| Joel Dunaway | 64 | Air Force | 1964-1968 | Vietnam | 1 | Medals: National defense, Vietnam service, good conduct, and small arms expert |
| Harold Eck | 64 | 1 | ||||
| Billy Ferrell | 64 | Navy | D | |||
| Ron Fisher | 64 | Navy | 1966-1989 | D | Navy/Naval Reserve, Retired after 23 years. Chief Petty Officer | |
| Tom Guthrie | 64 | Navy | 1966-1968 | 1 | ADJ. Jets in South Pacific | |
| Rick Kellogg | 64 | Army | 1968-1970 | 1 | Medic | |
| Donna Lovell | 64 | Air Force | 1973-2002 | 1 | Retired Lieutenant Colonol NC | |
| Jerry Gray Marable | 64 | Army | 1966-1969 | Vietnam | 1 | Sgt. E5 |
| Charles Gerald Mize | 64 | Mize | D | Spec 4 | ||
| Herbert Roberts | 64 | Air Force | 1969-1973 | 1 | 39 months in Turkey. I served in Security Service, which is now called Air Force Intelligence. I spent 39 months in Turkey at Karamursel Air Station. | |
| Ronnie Skipper | 64 | Navy | Vietnam | D | Served as an avionics mechanic and aircrewmen | |
| David Thomas | 64 | Marines | 1 | 2 years | ||
| George Webster | 64 | Army | 1967-1969 | Vietnam | 1 | E4 587 Signal company |
| Paul Dwight Woodard | 64 | Army | D | E5 | ||
| Stephen Bumbalough | 65 | Army | 1967-1969 | Vietnam | 1 | SGT E5, 278th attached to 4th Infantry Div. |
| Michael (Mickey) Collier | 65 | Marines | D | |||
| James Escue, Jr. | 65 | Navy | Vietnam | D | USS Hancock | |
| Robert Ferguson | 65 | army | 1 | |||
| Leslie Fuller | 65 | Air Force | 1966-1970 | Vietnam | 1 | |
| James Michael Fuqua | 65 | Navy | 1967 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Donald Gillespie | 65 | Army | 1966-1968 | Vietnam | 1 | |
| Kenneth DeWayne Green | 65 | Army | 1966-1968 | Korean | D | |
| Charles Hamilton | 65 | Marines | 1966-1970 | Vietnam | D | |
| Paul Hinkle | 65 | Navy | Vietnam | D | Received 2 purple hearts/Medical Corpsman | |
| Kenneth Hinkle, Jr. | 65 | Army | 1969-1971 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Honea | 65 | Navy | 1967-1971 | 1 | On USS Chicago CG 11. Boatswain mate | |
| Robert Andrews Hughes, Jr. | 65 | Army | Vietnam | 1 | ||
| Richard Johnson | 65 | Army | 1970-1971 | Vietnam | 1 | Served in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Flew a helicopter. Retired as a colonel O-6 |
| John Hubert Jones | 65 | Marines | 1965-1967 | Vietnam | D | KIA on August 16 1967/Awarded the Silver Star. Sgt Co. "C", 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines Division. The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant John H. Jones (MCSN: 2152507), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company C, Battalion Landing Team 1/3, Ninth Marine Amphibious Brigade, during Operation COCHISE, in Quang Tin Province, Republic of Vietnam, on 16 August 1967. Sergeant Jones' squad was advancing across open rice paddies toward a tree line designated as a platoon intermediate objective. When the tree line was thirty meters distant, the six-man squad was enveloped in a withering volley of small-arms and automatic weapons fire, inflicting immediate casualties on three of his men. Finding that his radio was smashed by the enemy fire, Sergeant Jones sent two men back to bring aid and relay his situation while he remained to offer covering fire. After marking one machine-gun bunker with smoke, in the face of certain death and with complete disregard for his own safety, Sergeant Jones unhesitatingly crawled forward to give aid and assistance to one of his wounded comrades, and was mortally wounded. As a result of his actions, a relief force was able to recover all of the wounded Marines and destroy the machine-gun position he had previously marked. Sergeant Jones gallantly sacrificed his own life in an attempt to safe the lives of his men while continuing to carry out his mission. Sergeant Jones' actions reflected great credit upon himself and the Marine Corps, and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country. Action Date: 16-Aug-67 |
| Joe Keef | 65 | Army | 1968-1970 | 1 | Sgt.,Squad Leader. Airborne - Ranger Infantry-DMZ Korea | |
| Ernie Knight | 65 | Navy | 1 | Submarines | ||
| Buddy Lawhorn | 65 | Marines | 1966-1972 | 1 | USMC Reserve | |
| Gary Leigh | 65 | Army National Guard | 1969-1975 | 1 | Sp5. | |
| Richard Mayfield | 65 | Army | 1970-1972 | Vietnam | 1 | Sp5, Awards and Decorations Clerk with 7/1 Cavalry. Vietnam 1970-1971. MEDALS: Vietnam. National Defense, Good Conduct, Army Commendation, M16, M60, 45 Caliber Expert, Vietnam Campaign, Vietnam Service, Bronze Star Medals |
| Kenneth "Biff" Merrill | 65 | Army Reserves | D | |||
| Michael "Buster" Merrill | 65 | Marines | 1966-1967 | Vietnam | 1 | Combat Engineer, "Tunnel Rat: He received the Vietnam and earned the Vietnamese Service Medal and the Vietnamese Campaign Medal |
| Ronnie Phillips | 65 | Army | D | Served 4 years | ||
| Tommy Pirtle | 65 | Army | Vietnam | D | ||
| Jerry Ragan | 65 | Navy | 1965-1978 | 1 | Enlisted rank of Electronics Technician Second Class (E5) before receiving an Officer's Commission in 1969. I left active duty in 1972 as a Lieutenant, and left the Navy in 1978. | |
| Michael Rainey | 65 | Navy | 1965-1968 | D | ||
| Dale Stephens | 65 | Navy | D | Navy Seals | ||
| Donald Wheeler | 65 | Army | Vietnam | D | ||
| James Wilson | 65 | Army | 1965-1970 | Vietnam | D | |
| Randall Bobbitt | 66 | Army | D | Served 3 years | ||
| Robert Bruce | 66 | Army | 16969-1983 | Vietnam | D | Vietnam 1970-1973, Company C, 1st Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces |
| James Costello | 66 | Army | 1968-1971 | Vietnam | 1 | |
| William (Buddy) Curran | 66 | Air Force Air National Guard | 1967-1992 | D | Tennessee Air Guard 118th Combat Support Retired With 25 Years of Service | |
| Richard K. Delk | 66 | Army | 1966-1968 | Vietnam | 1 | |
| Jimmy Duncan | 66 | Navy Reserve | 1968-1988 | 1 | Retired as a Chief Petty Officer | |
| Harold Finchum | 66 | Army | 1971-1973 | Vietnam | D | SP4 |
| William C. Fisher | 66 | Army Air Force Air Guard | 1966-2007 | 1 | Army 1966-1968 Okinawa/Air Force 1979-2007/Air Guard 28 years | |
| Jerry Ford | 66 | Air Force | D | |||
| Michael Greenfield | 66 | Navy | 1 | |||
| Larry Eugene Gregory | 66 | Army | 1968-1971 | 1 | ||
| David Griffin | 66 | Air Force | 1969-1974 | 1 | ||
| Joe R. Hampton | 66 | Army | 1968-1971 | Vietnam | 1 | Vietnam June 1969-June 1970 |
| Budro Harrington | 66 | Navy | 1968-1970 | Vietnam | 1 | USS Wasp |
| Gary Hudgens | 66 | Army | 1966-1967 | 1 | E-5, 561 Military Police - Washington D.C. | |
| Rick Judkins | 66 | Air Force | Vietnam | 1 | ||
| Victor Lucas | 66 | Marines | Vietnam | D | Lt. Corporal | |
| Donald Manley | 66 | Army | 1968-1970 | 1 | ||
| David Meador | 66 | Navy | 1966-1970 | Vietnam | 1 | Was onboard USS Chipola 1966-1967 and River Assault Squadron 13 in Mekong Delta Viet Nam 1967-1970 |
| Larry Prince | 66 | Navy | 1966-1969 | 1 | ||
| Jim Richards | 66 | Army | 1966-1987 | Vietnam | 1 | Vietnam 1967-1968 |
| Lester Self | 66 | Navy | 1968-1972 | Vietnam | 1 | Vietnam 2 Tours, US 7th Fleet Tonkin/USS Hancock CVA-19 Aircraft Carrier |
| Danny Sherrod | 66 | Army | 1966-1968 | 1 | Germany | |
| Clyde Sloan | 66 | Army | D | |||
| Billy Smith | 66 | Army | 1966-1969 | Vietnam | 1 | served in Viet Nam 1967-68 during the Tet Offensive. Specialist E-5 |
| Billy Stroud | 66 | Army | D | |||
| Jerry Sullivan | 66 | Air Force | 1966-1970 | Vietnam | 1 | |
| Cliff Tayse | 66 | Marines | 1967-1969 | D | Retired from Air Force in 1999 | |
| Robert M. Wright | 66 | Air Force | 1967-1971 | Vietnam | 1 | Vietnam 1969-1970, Sgt. |
| John Kineth Baker | 67 | Army | D | |||
| Dennis Brady | 67 | Marines | 1967-1969 | Vietnam | 1 | Corporal, Infantry, Ribbons-National Defense, Vietnamese campaign, Vietnamese Service, Vietnamese Gallantry Award, Combat Action, 2 Navy Unit Citations |
| Edward Brown | 67 | Army | 1967-1970 | Vietnam | D | |
| William Caruthers | 67 | Army | D | |||
| David Clark | 67 | Army | D | |||
| Anthony James DePasquo | 67 | Air Force | 1967-1972 | Vietnam | D | Sgt., Air Force for five years and was planning a military career. He served two tours in Vietnam. In 1969, he was named "Airman of the Month" at his base in Phang Hang, South Vietnam, and was presented ' the Vietnamese Cross. , |
| Charles Gregory | 67 | Navy | 1969-1973 | Vietnam | 1 | Hospital Corpsman, Petty Officer 3rd class |
| Terry W. Heald | 67 | Army | 1968-1970 | Vietnam | 1 | 101st Airborne Division |
| Jerry Holcomb | 67 | Air National Guard | 1968-2004 | 1 | Master sergeant | |
| Robert Huff | 67 | Army | 1969-1971 | D | Peacetime-Germany | |
| Ronnie Huff | 67 | Army | 1967-1970 | Vietnam | D | Tank Battalion |
| John Leonard Humphrey | 67 | Army | 1969-1971 | D | ||
| Clyde Hurt | 67 | Army | 1967-1970 | Vietnam | D | Sgt E5, Vietnam Service Medal, 1 Silver Star Medal Republic of Vietnam, Campaign Medal, Meritarius Unit commendation, Sharpshooter RM14M16 National Defense Medal |
| Virgil Paul Johnson | 67 | Army | Vietnam | 1 | ||
| Ted Judkins | 67 | Marine | Vietnam | D | He came down with a serious disease (meningitis meningococcal ) while there and nearly died | |
| Kenny Kellogg | 67 | Navy | 1967-1971 | Vietnam | 1 | VRC50 Squadron, Rank E-4 |
| Donald Kenton | 67 | Air Force | 1970-1974 | 1 | Bomb Loader/U-TAPAO Thailand B-52 base | |
| Wayne King | 67 | Marine | D | |||
| Robert (Rick) Lott | 67 | Army National Guard | 1971-1977 | 1 | E-6 | |
| Glenn Manley | 67 | Air Force | 1969-1973 | 1 | 4756th Medical Corp Air Defense Command | |
| John Walden Morris | 67 | Army | D | |||
| Patricia Neal Orlando | 67 | Navy | 1967-1970 | 1 | Radioman, E-5, stationed at Norfolk, VA during Vietnam era | |
| Drake Pasayan | 67 | Army | 1969-1971 | Vietnam | 1 | |
| Tom Pursell | 67 | Army | 1 | |||
| Robert Ramsey | 67 | Navy | Vietnam | D | After graduation, I was drafted and ended up in Naval Special Forces. I arrived in Vietnam at the wrong time, during the TET Offense and although wounded, I was one of the lucky ones. I recovered in Subic Bay, PI and spent the remaining of my tour onboard an Aircraft Carrier. Purple Heart Recipient | |
| Joe Sanders | 67 | Army | 1969-1971 | Vietnam | 1 | E-5 Sgt. Combat Engineer |
| Richard Sircy | 67 | Army | 1968-1989 | Vietnam | 1 | 1st Infantry Division, Served 21 years. |
| Robert Spelta | 67 | Air Force | 1967-1973 | 1 | Sgt., Cryptologist/155th Tactical fighter squadron/5 tours in South East Asia | |
| Roy Mendall Taylor | 67 | Air Force | D | Served 4 years as an Aircraft mechanic, stationed in Thailand during the Vietnam War. | ||
| Robert (Bob) Wilson | 67 | Air Force | 1967-1992 | Vietnam and Desert Storm | 1 | Served 2 tours in Vietnam '68 to '70. 1 tour in Thailand 73 - 74, and Desert Storm. Served as Security Police/Security Forces. |
| John Young | 67 | Army | Vietnam | D | ||
| Dan Arthur Bolton | 68 | Marines | Vietnam | D | KIA, PFC | |
| Vincent Eddie Campbell | 68 | Air Force | D | |||
| Hayes Douglas Hargis | 68 | Air Force | D | |||
| Michael Harvill | 68 | Air Force | 1968-1972 | 1 | Stationed : Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California | |
| Tommy Hewitt | 68 | Army | Vietnam | 1 | ||
| Billy (BJ) Kennamore | 68 | Marines | 1968-1972 | Vietnam | 1 | Sargeant. Vietnam 1971-1972 |
| Edwin Dale Overstreet | 68 | Navy | D | He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1972 as a newly commissioned U.S. Navy officer. Within a week, he was traveling to join the crew of the USS McCaffrey (DD-860) off the coast of Vietnam. He was later stationed aboard the USS Leahy (DLG-16). Although he had a break in service, he rejoined the U.S. Navy in 1984, rising to the rank of Captain (O-6) and retiring from service in 1998. During his service, he was awarded numerous awards and accolades, including two Navy Commendation Medals, five Meritorious Service Medals and the Legion of Merit | ||
| David Pennington | 68 | Navy | 1969-1973 | Vietnam | 1 | E5, CTA2 |
| James Pomeroy | 68 | Army | Vietnam | D | He received the National Defense Service Medal, an Army Commendation Medal, a Vietnam Service Medal, and a Vietnam Campaign Medal. | |
| Greg Segroves | 68 | Air Force | 1968-1972 | 1 | SSgt. E-5,Tenn Air Guard 1977-1982/Army Reserve MP 1982/Army Air Guard 1983, Retired with almost 21 years service | |
| Charles E. Spurlock | 68 | Marines | 1969-1989 | Vietnam | 1 | Master sergeant |
| James Taylor | 68 | Air Force and Tennessee Air National Guard | 1973-1977 1977-1982 | Vietnam | 1 | Captain, 65th Aggressor Squadron, Nellis AFB. Received Meritorious Service Medal |
| Tom Thornton | 68 | Army | 1968-1974 | 1 | Also TN Air National Guard. All my service was stateside in Texas, Arizona, and Tennessee as a military pay specialist | |
| Jerry Kenneth Walls | 68 | Air National Guard | 1982-2008 | 1 | Retired after 25 years of service at rank of Senior Master sergeant. | |
| Jim Wheeler | 68 | Army | 1968-1993 | Vietnam | 1 | Vietnam 1968-1969, Retired from Army in 1993 |
| Ron Williams | 68 | Navy | 1968-1975 | 1 | Special Intelligence | |
| James Earl Wright | 68 | Air Force/Air Force Reserve | D | |||
| Mike Agee | 69 | National Guard | 1972-2006 | 1 | Attended Tennessee Technological University, Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, 1973. Officer Basic Course at Fort Lee, Virginia. Joined the Tennessee Army National Guard in 1974. Held various positions in Company, Battalion, Brigade and State headquarters, ending as Director of Information Management at State Headquarters. Retired after 34 years, as LTC in 2006 | |
| Vernon Michael Bear | 69 | Air Force | 1 | |||
| Bruce Cole | 69 | Navy | 1980-2000 | 1 | Retired as a Chief Fire control man. Electronic Technician at Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division. Served on a total of 4 ships, a Destroyer, 2 Cruisers, and a Frigate. Highest awarded medals were five Navy Achievement Awards | |
| James Green | 69 | Army Army Reserve | 1969-1975 | D | ||
| Gary Michael Morgan | 69 | Navy | D | |||
| Ken Ross | 69 | Marines | 1969-1972 | 1 | ||
| Ellen Reece Walker | 69 | Air National Guard | 1980-1987 | 1 | E4, Air Evacuation unit. Title Air Medic. | |
| Alfonzo Ward | 69 | Navy | D | Vietnam. Air Craft Carrier USS America | ||
| Kenneth Watson | 69 | Navy | 1969-1973 | Vietnam | 1 | Petty Officer 2nd Class, E5. Served on USS Donald B. Beary DE 1085. |
| Danny Ray Yates | 69 | Air Force | 1971-1975 | 1 | Staff Sergeant E5. Served 2 1/2 years in Okinawa, Korea, and Taiwan during the Vietnam War Weapons and Munitions Specialist. Loaded and armed all weapons and munitions carried on fighter aircraft (mainly F4 Phantom) Honorably Discharged as Staff Sergeant |
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