Veterans
OUR VETERANS
TJHSAA wants to honor the service of fellow TJ Alumni in the Armed Services of our country. Our efforts to list these men and women began in honor of Veterans Day, 2013. The origins of Veterans Day date back to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, who proclaimed Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919 to mark the end of World War I.
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Here is our current list of TJ Veterans:
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Dan Closser Tom Cook |
1958 1958 |
CDR, JAGC, USN, Ret. Air Force, captain |
1966 – 1986 1964 – 1968 |
| Bob McCutchen | 1958 | US Navy | 1957 – 1977 |
| Winfield W. Scott | 1958 | Navy – Reserves | 1966 – 1976 |
| Roger Tuttle | 1958 | Air Force | |
| Tom Dawson | 1959 | Air Force | |
| Gerald Meeks | 1959 | Navy | |
| Bill Brown | 1959 | Marines | |
| Russ Lawson | 1959 | Army | |
| Tom Mizell (dec.) | 1959 | Navy | |
| Bill Campbell | 1959 | Air Force | |
| Jerry Hibbs | 1959 | Air Force | |
| John Jessup | 1959 | Army | |
| George Seay (dec.) | 1959 | Air Force | |
| Jim Woffard | 1959 | Army | |
| Eddie Liebman | 1959 | Navy | |
| Walter Legg | 1959 | Air Force | |
| Mick Smith | 1959 | Army | |
| Claud Martin | 1959 | Navy | |
| Bill Dennis | 1959 | Navy | |
| Aubrey Moody | 1959 | Army | |
| Wayne Williamson | 1959 | Marines | |
| Charlie Simons | 1959 | Navy | |
| Hart Dinkins | 1959 | Marines, Col. USMC | |
| Mike Amis | 1959 | US Navy, Aviator | 1965 -1969 |
| Mike Joslin, Lt. Cmdr (dec.) | 1959 | Vietnam 1967-1969 F-4 J Phantom II |
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| Bill Proctor | 1959 | Marines | |
| Bob Walner | 1959 | Navy | |
| Bob Acklen (dec.) | 1959 | Army | |
| Bruce Marcus | 1959 | Navy | |
| Jim Cummins | 1959 | Marines, Capt. USMC | Vietnam 1968-9 |
| Jim Horn | 1959 | Army | |
| Ron Sills | 1959 | Air Force | |
| Forest Ernst | 1959 | Navy | |
| John Mangrum (dec.) | 1959 | Navy | |
| Walter Jones (dec.) | 1959 | Army | |
| William (“Bill”) Proctor | 1959 | U.S. Marine Corps | 1966 – 1969 |
| Patrick Costigan | 1959 | US Air Force | |
| Jon Roger Hall | 1960 | Lt. MC, US Navy | 1968 – 1971 |
| Chris Jameson | 1960 | U.S. Marine Corps US Naval Academy |
1960 – 1962, 1966 – 1970 1962 – 1966 |
| Bert Mackaman | 1960 | Navy | 1960 – 1969 |
| Jerry Farney | 1960 | USAF | 1964 – 1991 |
| Jerry D. Rucker | 1960 | US Navy JAGCorps | 1968 – 1970 |
| Joe Williams | 1960 | US Army | 1964 – 1967 |
| Vin Scheihagen | 1960 | Army | 1966 – 1970 |
| Eddie Dayton | 1960 | Army National Guard | 1959 – 1961 |
| Mike Humphries | Navy | 1961 – 1967 | |
| Burt Finger | 1961 | Army | 1967 – 1970 |
| Robert Nichols | 1962 | LT. US Navy | 1968 – 1972 |
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Grover McMains Bill Brogdon |
1962 1963 |
U.S. Air Force, Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force |
1967-1972 & 1976-1991 1969 – 1998 |
| Jim. Bowers | 1963 | Air Force | 1969 – 1972 |
| Doug Bynum | 1963 | Coast Guard | 1965 – 1969 |
| James S. Cole | 1963 | US Navy | 1967 – 1971 |
| John (Bruce) Gibson | 1963 | US Air Force | 1967 – 1971 |
| Charles E. Leftwich | 1963 | US Marine Corps, Sgt E-5 | 1963 – 1969 |
| Richard O. McCall | 1963 | US Coast Guard | 1963 – 1969 |
| Kevin McNevins | 1963 | US Marine Corps, US Army | 1967 – 1970 |
| Gary Norman | 1963 | US Army | 1966 – 1970 |
| Thomas J. Parr M.D. | 1963 | US Army, Lt. Col. | 1967 – 1991 |
| Bob Shackelford | 1963 | US Army, Greet Beret | |
| Fred Shannon | 1963 | US Air Force | 1963 – 1968 |
| Jim Sheffield | 1963 | US Army | 1965 – 1969 |
| Larry J. Smith | 1963 | United States Air Force | 1966 – 1971 |
| Robert W. Simonsen | 1963 | US Navel Reserves | 1967 – 1970 |
| Benjamin (Skip) Stover | 1963 | Navy | |
| Fred Volcansek, Sr. | 1963 | Marine Corps | 1967 – 1973 |
| Derst K (Deke) Austin | 1964 | US Army | 1968 – 1970 |
| Brice Bergesen | 1964 | US Army – 101st Airborne | 1969 – 1971 |
| Virginia Rakow Camp | 1964 | US Army | 1969 – 1973; 1975 – 1990 |
| Jan Crook | 1964 | Army | 1968 – 1970 |
| Robert David Cryder | 1964 | US Army KIA Vietnam | 1966 – 9/6/68 |
| Jesse Heath | 1964 | US Army Reserve | 1970 – |
| Alex Hudson | 1964 | US Army Vietnam | |
| Kerry Kreitzer | 1964 | Texas Army National Guard | 1969 – 1980 |
| Richard Mann | 1964 | US Navy Seabee | 1966 – 1968 |
| Lawrence McMurtry | 1964 | USN/USPHS | 1965 – 1967; 1989 – 2007 |
| John Metcalf | 1964 | Army | 1966 – 1970 |
| Zach Moore | 1964 | US Army 101st Airborne | 1966 – 1969 |
| Craig L. Neal | 1964 | US Army | 1966 – 1969 |
| Carl Wayne Wilcox | 1964 | US Army | 1966 – 1975 |
| Bill Hardwick | 1965 | US Marine Corps | 1965 – 1966 |
| Steve Smith | 1965 | Sgt. USAF | 1966 – 1970 |
| Chris Pillifant | 1965 | Air Traffic Controller USAF | 1966 – 1988 |
| Cheri Martin Carter | 1965 | Army | Air Force | 1976 – 1986 | 1982 – 1986 |
| George Kimbriel | 1965 | Army ASA/MACVSOG | 1970 – 1973 |
| Robert Moritz | 1965 | Army-Vietnam | 1970 – 1972 |
| Bill Gott | 1965 | United States Air Force | 1967 – 1971 |
| David Meyercord | 1965 | Army, SSgt | 1968 – 1970 |
| Carl K Clay | 1965 | USMC / Army | 1966 – 1969/1976 – 1978 |
| Bishop Allen | 1965 | US Army Reserve | 1968 to 1974 |
| Lynn Harpold | 1965 | Army | 1967 – 1968 |
| James Robert (Bob) Dennis | 1965 | Marine Corps | 1967 – 1989 |
| Ward Hunt | 1965 | U.S. ARMY | 1970 – 1975 |
| Ronald G Pearson | 1965 | US Air Force | 1966 – 1969 |
| Fred Klink | 1965 | Army – retired Colonel | |
| Randy Scott | 1965 | Navy Top Gun | |
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Peter Joslin Dale Brownie |
1970 1972 |
US Air Force pilot USAF, US Navy Reserves |
1975 – 1976 1972 – 1986 |
| Mark Canales | 1973 | US Army | 1975 – 2008 |
| Charles “Don” Banner | US Air Force | 1975 – 1979 | |
| Edward Tate Candler | 1974 | US Air Force | 1974 – 1997 |
| Paul Buckner | 1974 | US Air Force | |
| Joe Leonard | 1974 | Navy | 1995 – 2019 |
| Dennis Weaver | 1976 | Navy | 1975 1981 |
| Ted Stacy | 1978 | USAF | 1982 – 1986 |
| Pat Goldthorn | 1978 | USMC | 1986 – 2011 |
| Tim Olson | 1978 | USAF | 1984 – 1991 |
| Captain Joe Richardson | 1978 | U.S Air Force | 1984 – 1992 |
| Kimberly Vinson (Bradford) | 1978 | U S Army | 1979 – 1986 |
| Louis H. Fuller Jr. | 1980 | U.S. Air Force | 1981 – 1985 |
| Keith Martin | 1980 | US Army/US Navy | 1981 – 1985/1985 – 1994 |
| Vicki Griffin | 1982 | Navy | 1990 – 1994 |
| Robert J. Hornbeak | 1982 | U. S. Army | 1982 – 2003 |
| Sam Bracken | 1987 | U. S. Army | Retired after 21 years |
| Roberto Rangel | 1987 | USMC | 1991 – 1998 |
| Here is our current TJ Dallas Alum list of TJ Veterans: | Here is my list from 1962 and 1963 | ||||||||||||
| There are duplications but mostly missing fronm the class of 1962 | |||||||||||||
| Dan Closser | 1958 | CDR, JAGC, USN, Ret. | 1966 – 1986 | ||||||||||
| Tom Cook | 1958 | Air Force, captain | 1964 – 1968 | ||||||||||
| Bob McCutchen | 1958 | US Navy | 1957 – 1977 | ||||||||||
| Winfield W. Scott | 1958 | Navy – Reserves | 1966 – 1976 | ||||||||||
| Roger Tuttle | 1958 | Air Force | |||||||||||
| Tom Dawson | 1959 | Air Force | |||||||||||
| Gerald Meeks | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| Bill Brown | 1959 | Marines | |||||||||||
| Russ Lawson | 1959 | Army | |||||||||||
| Tom Mizell (dec.) | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| Bill Campbell | 1959 | Air Force | |||||||||||
| Jerry Hibbs | 1959 | Air Force | |||||||||||
| John Jessup | 1959 | Army | |||||||||||
| George Seay (dec.) | 1959 | Air Force | |||||||||||
| Jim Woffard | 1959 | Army | |||||||||||
| Eddie Liebman | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| Walter Legg | 1959 | Air Force | |||||||||||
| Mick Smith | 1959 | Army | |||||||||||
| Claud Martin | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| Bill Dennis | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| Aubrey Moody | 1959 | Army | |||||||||||
| Wayne Williamson | 1959 | Marines | |||||||||||
| Charlie Simons | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| Hart Dinkins | 1959 | Marines, Col. USMC | |||||||||||
| Mike Amis | 1959 | US Navy, Aviator | 1965 -1969 | ||||||||||
| Mike Joslin, Lt. Cmdr (dec.) | 1959 | Vietnam 1967-1969 | |||||||||||
| F-4 J Phantom II | |||||||||||||
| Bill Proctor | 1959 | Marines | |||||||||||
| Bob Walner | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| Bob Acklen (dec.) | 1959 | Army | |||||||||||
| Bruce Marcus | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| Jim Cummins | 1959 | Marines, Capt. USMC | Vietnam 1968-9 | ||||||||||
| Jim Horn | 1959 | Army | |||||||||||
| Ron Sills | 1959 | Air Force | |||||||||||
| Forest Ernst | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| John Mangrum (dec.) | 1959 | Navy | |||||||||||
| Walter Jones (dec.) | 1959 | Army | |||||||||||
| William (“Bill”) Proctor | 1959 | U.S. Marine Corps | 1966 – 1969 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Costigan | 1959 | US Air Force | |||||||||||
| Jon Roger Hall | 1960 | Lt. MC, US Navy | 1968 – 1971 | ||||||||||
| Chris Jameson | 1960 | U.S. Marine Corps | 1960 – 1962, 1966 – 1970 | ||||||||||
| US Naval Academy | 1962 – 1966 | ||||||||||||
| Bert Mackaman | 1960 | Navy | 1960 – 1969 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Farney | 1960 | USAF | 1964 – 1991 | ||||||||||
| Jerry D. Rucker | 1960 | US Navy JAGCorps | 1968 – 1970 | ||||||||||
| Joe Williams | 1960 | US Army | 1964 – 1967 | ||||||||||
| Vin Scheihagen | 1960 | Army | 1966 – 1970 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Dayton | 1960 | Army National Guard | 1959 – 1961 | ||||||||||
| Mike Humphries | Navy | 1961 – 1967 | |||||||||||
| Burt Finger | 1961 | Army | 1967 – 1970 | ||||||||||
| Robert Nichols | 1962 | LT. US Navy | 1968 – 1972 | missing | 1962 | Colbert Latimer III | Tim | Baker | Marine Corps | ||||
| Grover McMains | 1962 | U.S. Air Force, Lt. Col. | 1967-1972 & 1976-1991 | missing | 1962 | William Ross | Bill | Blakemore | Navy | ||||
| missing | 1962 | Roger Harrison | Roger | Bohannon | Air Force | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Robert Gaither | Bob | Craig | Air Force | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Jim B. | Jimmy | Curtis | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Geoffrey | Gail | Douglas | Air Force | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | James David | Jimmy | Ellington | Navy | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Richard Daniel | Rick | Freivogel | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Lawrence Leggett | Larry | Huelbig | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | William Benford | Ben | Johnson | Navy | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Barry Alan | Barry | Kaplan | Air Force | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Charles Irvin, Jr. | Charles | Kemp | Marine Corps | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | William Fiske | Bill | Kirk | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | John Wesley | John | Ladd | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Haywood Ward. III | Woody | Lusk | Navy | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Archie R. | Archie | Massie | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Donald Porter | Don | Mayborn | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Karlan Michael | Mike | McKay | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | John Paul | John | McLeod | Army | ||||||||
| 1962 | James Grover | Grover | McMains | Air Force | |||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Michael William | Mike | Moore | Navy | ||||||||
| 1962 | Robert Bruce | Bobby | Nichols | Navy | |||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Edward Paul | Eddie | Ogden | Army | SP4 Medic -Died in Vietnam 1/23/1969 | |||||||
| missing | 1962 | Andrew R. | Andy | Parks | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | James E. | Jim | Perkins | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Joe Murray | Joe | Rice | Marine Corps | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | William Norris III | Bill | Rider | Navy | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | James Stuart | Stuart | Salter | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Dale William | Dale | Saville | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Dick | Dick | Schultz | Air Force | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Charles | Charlie | Shafer | Marine Corps | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Homer Fred Jr. | Freddy | Staggs, | Marine Corps | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Charles Thomas | Charles | Standifer | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | John Millard Jr. | John | Stemmons | Navy | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Thomas | Tom | Taylor | Marine Corps | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Samuel Bruce | Bruce | Teagarden | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1962 | Bob | Willis | Army | |||||||||
| Missing | 1963 | Paul Warren | Brown | Air Force | Missle Silo Commander | ||||||||
| Bill Brogdon | 1963 | U.S. Air Force | 1969 – 1998 | Missing | 1963 | Judith Marie | Judith | Argo-Bliss | Marine Corps | ||||
| Jim. Bowers | 1963 | Air Force | 1969 – 1972 | 1963 | James Frederick | James F. | Bowers Jr. | Air Force | |||||
| Doug Bynum | 1963 | Coast Guard | 1965 – 1969 | 1963 | Bill Dee | Bill | Brogdon | Air Force | |||||
| James S. Cole | 1963 | US Navy | 1967 – 1971 | Missing | 1963 | Larry Brian | Larry | Burns | Marine Corps | ||||
| John (Bruce) Gibson | 1963 | US Air Force | 1967 – 1971 | 1963 | Fred Douglass | Douglas | Bynum | Coast Guard | |||||
| Charles E. Leftwich | 1963 | US Marine Corps, Sgt E-5 | 1963 – 1969 | Missing | 1963 | John David | David | Cassidy | Marine Corps | ||||
| Richard O. McCall | 1963 | US Coast Guard | 1963 – 1969 | Missing | 1963 | Richard Allen | Richard | Coleman | Air Force | ||||
| Kevin McNevins | 1963 | US Marine Corps, US Army | 1967 – 1970 | Missing | 1963 | Raymond Grant | Raymond | Collier | Army, National Guard | ||||
| Gary Norman | 1963 | US Army | 1966 – 1970 | Missing | 1963 | Danny Rae | Dan | Collinsworth | Marine Corps | ||||
| Thomas J. Parr M.D. | 1963 | US Army, Lt. Col. | 1967 – 1991 | Missing | 1963 | George Edward | George | Deaderick | Marine Corps | ||||
| Bob Shackelford | 1963 | US Army, Greet Beret | Missing | 1963 | Robert Mcelroy | Robert | Farrell | Marine Corps | |||||
| Fred Shannon | 1963 | US Air Force | 1963 – 1968 | 1963 | John Bruce | Bruce | Gibson | Air Force | |||||
| Jim Sheffield | 1963 | US Army | 1965 – 1969 | Missing | 1963 | Fred P | Fred | Griswold | Air Force | ||||
| Larry J. Smith | 1963 | United States Air Force | 1966 – 1971 | Missing | 1963 | David Charles | David | Heath | Army | ||||
| Robert W. Simonsen | 1963 | US Navel Reserves | 1967 – 1970 | Missing | 1963 | Laurence Wayne | Larry | Jones | Air Force | ||||
| Benjamin (Skip) Stover | 1963 | Navy | Missing | 1963 | Roger Hughes | Roger | Kline | Marine Corps | |||||
| Fred Volcansek, Sr. | 1963 | Marine Corps | 1967 – 1973 | 1963 | Charles E. III | Charles | Leftwich | Marine Corps | |||||
| 1963 | Robert George | Robert | Makela | Marine Corps | |||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Davis Wynell | Dave | Marr Jr. | Army | ||||||||
| 1963 | Richard O. | Rick | McCall | Coast Guard | |||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Patrick Joel | Patrick | McCoy | Marine Corps | ||||||||
| 1963 | Kevin Patrick | Kevin | McNevins | Marine Corps, Army | |||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Charles Robert | Bob | Morton | Coast Guard | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Richard Charles | Richard | Murphy | Air Force | ||||||||
| 1963 | Gary Philip | Gary | Norman | Army | |||||||||
| 1963 | Thomas Jackson | Thomas | Parr M.D. | Army | |||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Leslie Allen | Allen | Partridge | Air Force | ||||||||
| 1963 | Rob | Rob | Shackelford | Army | |||||||||
| 1963 | Fred Edward | Fred | Shannon | Air Force | |||||||||
| 1963 | James Isam | Jim | Sheffield III | Army | |||||||||
| 1963 | Larry Joe | Larry | Smith | Air Force | |||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Gary Douglas | Gary | Stacy | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Robert Graham | Bob | Story | Air Force | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Donald Kenneth | Ken | Taylor | Air Force | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Robert Clark | Robert | Terrill | Air Force | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Charles Richard,Jr | Richard | Vermillion Jr. | Army | ||||||||
| 1963 | Frederick Wallace | Fred | Volcansek | Marine Corps | |||||||||
| missing | 1963 | William Merrill | William | Walls | Air Force | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | John Merritt | John | Weinrich | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Glenn | Glenn | Weyand | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Carl Anthony | Tony | Wilcox | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Timothy Hayden | Tim | Willis | Army | ||||||||
| missing | 1963 | Bill Harral | Bill | Yarborough | Army, National Guard | ||||||||
| Derst K (Deke) Austin | 1964 | US Army | 1968 – 1970 | ||||||||||
| Brice Bergesen | 1964 | US Army – 101st Airborne | 1969 – 1971 | ||||||||||
| Virginia Rakow Camp | 1964 | US Army | 1969 – 1973; 1975 – 1990 | ||||||||||
| Jan Crook | 1964 | Army | 1968 – 1970 | ||||||||||
| Robert David Cryder | 1964 | US Army KIA Vietnam | 1966 – 9/6/68 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Heath | 1964 | US Army Reserve | 1970 – | ||||||||||
| Alex Hudson | 1964 | US Army Vietnam | |||||||||||
| Kerry Kreitzer | 1964 | Texas Army National Guard | 1969 – 1980 | ||||||||||
| Richard Mann | 1964 | US Navy Seabee | 1966 – 1968 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence McMurtry | 1964 | USN/USPHS | 1965 – 1967; 1989 – 2007 | ||||||||||
| John Metcalf | 1964 | Army | 1966 – 1970 | ||||||||||
| Zach Moore | 1964 | US Army 101st Airborne | 1966 – 1969 | ||||||||||
| Craig L. Neal | 1964 | US Army | 1966 – 1969 | ||||||||||
| Carl Wayne Wilcox | 1964 | US Army | 1966 – 1975 | ||||||||||
| William Hixson (Bill) Hardwick | 1965 | US Marine Corps | 1965 – 1966 | PFC Died in Vietnam 11/24/1966 | |||||||||
| Steve Smith | 1965 | Sgt. USAF | 1966 – 1970 | ||||||||||
| Chris Pillifant | 1965 | Air Traffic Controller USAF | 1966 – 1988 | ||||||||||
| Cheri Martin Carter | 1965 | Army | Air Force | 1976 – 1986 | 1982 – 1986 | ||||||||||
| George Kimbriel | 1965 | Army ASA/MACVSOG | 1970 – 1973 | ||||||||||
| Robert Moritz | 1965 | Army-Vietnam | 1970 – 1972 | ||||||||||
| Bill Gott | 1965 | United States Air Force | 1967 – 1971 | ||||||||||
| David Meyercord | 1965 | Army, SSgt | 1968 – 1970 | ||||||||||
| Carl K Clay | 1965 | USMC / Army | 1966 – 1969/1976 – 1978 | ||||||||||
| Bishop Allen | 1965 | US Army Reserve | 1968 to 1974 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Harpold | 1965 | Army | 1967 – 1968 | ||||||||||
| James Robert (Bob) Dennis | 1965 | Marine Corps | 1967 – 1989 | ||||||||||
| Ward Hunt | 1965 | U.S. ARMY | 1970 – 1975 | ||||||||||
| Ronald G Pearson | 1965 | US Air Force | 1966 – 1969 | ||||||||||
| Fred Klink | 1965 | Army – retired Colonel | |||||||||||
| Randy Scott | 1965 | Navy Top Gun | |||||||||||
| Peter Joslin | 1970 | US Air Force pilot | 1975 – 1976 | ||||||||||
| Dale Brownie | 1972 | USAF, US Navy Reserves | 1972 – 1986 | ||||||||||