1967 Bulldogs Service Records - including SHS Classmates

Viet Nam Veterans — who served but did not return home

Viet Nam Veterans — who served and returned home

  • Ronald (Ronnie) Bragg - U.S. Air Force 1968-72; Sgt. Flight Crew Chief. Viet Nam, Jan. 1970 to Jan. 1971; Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, 22nd Special Operations Squadron, call sign “Zorro”

  • Jon Steven Coon -  U.S. Marine Corps 1967-1971; 1st MAW (Marine Air Wing at Marble Mountain — just outside Da Nang), December 1969 to December 1970

  • James E. (Jim) Davis - U.S. Air Force Paramedic; Nha Trang Viet Nam (Jan. 6, 1970 - Jan. 4, 1971)

  • Jerry Deibel - Medic, U.S. Army; provided by Al Willlhite, SHS’65

  • Douglas (Doug) Edwards - U.S. Navy; 4 Tours of Duty:  1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968

  • Robert (Bob) Ellinger - U.S. Army;  July 1969 to July 1970

  • Ronald (Ronnie) Foraker - U.S. Army; March 1968-March 1969; 2/47th 9 Inf. Div.

  • Wendel (Plint) Hickman - U.S. Army (Ret. ‘95); Post-retirement: Iraq, 07-08; Contractor, Afghanistan, 2009

  • John Jay – U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-70, Sgt. Tank Mechanic at Camp Lejeune; honorable discharge

  • Ronald Keith (Ronnie) Johnson (d. 2/22/16) - U.S. Army; September 1968 - November 1969

  • Williams B. (Bill) LaPaugh (d. 4/30/14) - U.S. Marine Corps 1/26; January 1968 - February 1969

  • Kenneth L. (Humbug) Latham - U.S. Army; January 1, 1970 - December 27, 1970

  • Daniel L. (Danny) Laverack (d. 2005) - U.S. Marine Corps; “highly decorated” per his obituary (6)

  • Michael Gary (Mike) May - U.S. Army Viet Nam; March 1968-X; Bronze Star w/Combat V 7

  • Charles McAvoy - Lt., U.S. Army Viet Nam; 1970 - 71 (per classmate Patrick Reall - 2/02/14)

  • Ralph J. Nothstine - U.S. Army (Ret. ’87); 2 Tours of duty: 1966-67, 1970 - 71; Purple Hearts

  • Patrick D. Reall - Sgt., U.S.A.F. Viet Nam; 2 Tours of duty: April 1970 - April 1971; April ‘72-August ‘72

  • John F. Schumacher - U.S. Army, Viet Nam; 1968

  • Tim Snyder - U.S. Army Viet Nam; Mar. 1968-Mar. 1970; went out as E-4 Corporal; A Battery,  7th Battallion 15th Artillery

  • Phillip Kent Swisher - U.S. Army Viet Nam; January 1968

  • Kenneth E. (Kenny) Tobias - U.S. Army Viet Nam; Nov. 1968-Jan. 1970; 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Blackhorse Trooper) Tay Ninh/Long Binh Combat Vet

  • Melvin Walker (d. 2/12/07) - U.S. Army; Viet Nam

  • Charles Wayne (Chuckie) Watson (d.) - Viet Nam vet (per obit of 2/19/05)

Veterans — who served IN THE MILITARY at home, abroad & at sea

  • Denny Barber - U.S. Army Reserves; 1968-74; Ft. Bragg, N.C., Columbus, Ohio

  • Joseph (Joe) Bernthold - U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; Parris Island, S.C., Jacksonville, N.C., Columbus, Ohio

  • Duane Blackburn, SHS’66 -  U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; Parris Island, S.C., Jacksonville, N.C., Columbus, Ohio

  • James (Jim) Blackburn (d. 02/19/00) – U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; Parris Island, S.C., Jacksonville, N.C., Columbus, Ohio

  • William E. (Bill) Bowers (d. 10/25/13 ) – U.S. Navy; Honorable discharge, 1973

  • Charles Edward (Eddie) Bowles

  • Russell H. Burton - U.S. Navy; 4 years

  • Jim Christy - SHS’68; U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; Parris Island, S.C., Jacksonville, N.C., Columbus, Ohio

  • Thomas Lynn (Tom) Cline - U.S. Navy 1976-1981; Aviation Petty Officer III – Naval Air Station. Coronado, Calif.; Naval Air Command, Meredian, Miss.; NTC, San Diego, California

  • Joseph (Joe) Crombie - U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; Parris Island, S.C., Jacksonville, N.C., Columbus, Ohio

  • Thomas Lee (Tom) Culver - U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; Parris Island, S.C., Jacksonville, N.C., Columbus, Ohio

  • (Walter) Allen Dodson - U.S. Air Force Reserves; 1968-1977, Wichita Fall, TX; Sr. Mstr. Sgt.

  • Alan Gene Evans (d. 07/08/06 ) - U.S. Marine Corps

  • John Finnerty - U.S. Air Force

  • Paul George - U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; Parris Island, S.C., Jacksonville, N.C., Columbus, Ohio

  • David K. (Keith) Hatfield - U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; Parris Island, S.C., Jacksonville, N.C., Columbus, Ohio

  • John P. Holt, Jr. - U.S. Army 1969-1971; medic, Korea

  • Laris Keefer - SHS‘67, U.S. Air Force 1968

  • Dennis Leslein - U.S. Army National Guard; 1968 to 1973

  • Phillip O. (Phil) Lewis - U.S. Navy

  • Frank L. McCathran - U.S. Air Force 1968

  • Terry Mitchell, SHS’66 - U.S. Air Force 1966-1970; stationed in Minot, N.D. and Merced, California 8

  • Paula Nickell Silvia - U.S. Marine Corps; E-4, Honorable Discharge

  • Paul Salveto - U.S. Air Force, 1968

  • Larry Allan Scott (d. 5/28/09 ) - U.S. Navy

  • Paul Shafer - U.S. Navy - career; June 4, 1968, went aboard USS TRIPOLI (LPH 10); then at PAMICONUS, Bainbridge, MD, COMNAVSURFLANT, Norfolk, VA; COMNAVMILPERSCOM, Washington, DC; USS VREELAND (FF1068), Mayport, FL; PERSUPPDET NAVHOSP NAS JAX, Jacksonville, Fl; retired as Senior Chief Petty Officer on October 30, 1989

  • Johnny (Jinxie) Sharpe, Jr. (d. 1/15/09) –  U.S. Navy

  • Harry Tillman (Boomer) Short (d. 4/11/09) - U.S. Marine Corps Reserves 1967-1973

  • Phillip Kent Swisher - U.S. Army, January 1968

  • Thomas (Tom) Todhunter - U.S. Army Signal Corps; 1971-80 Active Duty; 1980-97 Reserves; Rank LTC, US Army

  • James G. (Jimmy) Watterman (d. 4/09/09) – U.S. Army; Internment:  Arlington Field of Honor, Canal Winchester, Ohio

  • Carlton L. Watts (d.) – U.S. Air Force; attended RJH and East High

  • Daniel R. (Danny) West - U.S. Army Reserve, 1969-75; SSG. Ft. Knox, Ky.&Ft. Hayes USAR Ctr., Columbus, Ohio

  • Thomas E. (Tommy) Whitacre - U.S. Army Signal Corps; January 1968 to December,1969; Spec. 4, Manheim, Germany

  • James A. (Jimmy) Whitt - U.S. Navy

  • Lynn Allen (Big Al) Willhite - SHS’65; U.S. Army Reserves, 1969-75

  • Walter E. Wonn - U.S. Navy (4 years); EMPO2, U.S.S. Papago ATF 140, U.S.S. Norfolk DL1, U.S.S. Lowry DD770; Meritorious Citation

(1) Heightland attended SHS; he married classmate Betty Berardi, who died May 12, 1973 (our 10th Reunion souvenir book was dedicated to Betty). Heightland was shot in the back of the head by a sniper when a helicopter, attempting to land at night, requested that the lights in the Landing Zone be turned on. Heightland flipped on the lights from his position on the ground, thus exposing himself to the sniper. All this according to Cheryl Born Kilroy, who said the helicopter was able to land successfully, and Heightland was awarded a medal posthumously for his actions.

(2) Holbrook attended Barrett Jr. High ‘63 (lived three doors from Barbara Zwilling); wounded by a land mine and hospitalized in Washington D.C. for years; died before his release; his mother successfully petitioned to have his name added to the Wall, as deaths which occurred due to war injuries, in Holbrook’s case years later, were not counted as war casualties.

(3) Lee died under rather heroic circumstances. His family once thought he would be nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor, but he was not. Lee was so revered and admired by his fellow soldiers that after the war, when they were stationed at an Army base in Germany, they petitioned to have the base renamed after Lee. That was done in 1977, and Lee’s mother went there to attend the ceremonies. Lee’s brother, Paul Lee SHS ’66, was in law school at the time and could not attend. Since the end of the Cold War, the base was turned over to the locals. To learn more about Camp Phillip L. Lee, check the link:  http://www.grenzer.com/camp.htm.

(4) Thompson married his classmate Luana Morehart SHS ’66.

(5) Voytko lived on Wilson Avenue just south of Frebis Avenue,; neighbor to Brenda Reese and Ralph Billiter; he attended Corpus Christi and Marion-Franklin ’66.            

(6) Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars w/Combat V, 5 Purple Hearts, Nat’l Defense Service Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, and many more (as it appeared in Laverack’s obit of May 2005).

(7) from a newspaper article (either Columbus Dispatch or The Optic) as follows: When his unit became engaged with a large enemy force, May exposed himself to hostile fire as he placed accurate fire, enabling his comrades to evacuate the wounded and withdraw to a more defensive position.

(8) Mitchell is the husband of classmate Karen Edinger Mitchell