Lt. Eric E. Gonzalez - .Airborne Ranger and graduate of Jumpmaster school. Currently stationed in Bamberg, Germany.
James Tamez - U.S. Army - stationed in Afghanistan
SPC. Rolando D. Vera. - U.S. Army - 2006-07 Iraq; 2008-10 Afghanistan; HHC, 704th BSB, 4 BCT FOB FENTY APO.AE 09310
Col. Mitchell J. McCarthy - Was in the first group of Marines to go to Iraq and the last of that group to come home.
Jason Haynes - SFC Army serving 4th deployment in war on terror currently in Iraq. He has been to Afghanistan twice and this is his second tour in Iraq.
Bruce Edenfield - CDR USNR Retired - Served in the Naval Air Force from 1964 - 1969 - Vietnam conflict. He was a Navigator in C-118s and C-130s during that time.
Ryan Ducken - Served with the Navy Sea-bees 2006 -07 Iraq
Von Greek - World War II, U.S. Navy
Von Leroy Greek - Viet Nam War, U.S. Army
Dale Chastain - Viet Nam War, U.S. Navy
Jack Cole - Korean War, U.S. Army
Joe D. Lewis - Viet Nam War, U.S. Army
Jerry Roy - US Navy, 1958-1963, Gunnersmate Technician First Class, worked on A-bombs
Bob Pfortmiller - US Navy from 1952 to 1956, Korean War I
Dan Reagan - U.S. Navy
Dana Theron Reagan - U.S. Navy - Viet Nam War
Mike St. John - U.S. Air Force - Viet Nam War
Frank Garcia, Jr. - U.S. Army Reserve for 32 years; retired as a CW4.
Darrell Atchison - U.S. Army - Korean War
Joe King - U.S. Army - 1989 - Present - Ranger Qualified & graduate of Jumpmaster School.
Henry Knox - U.S. Army - Service Battery of the 73rd Armored Field Artillery.
Bart Gonzales - U.S. Army - 1960 - 62 - 720 Military Police B.Co.
Les Cowger - U.S. Navy -1954-58 & U.S. Air Force 1958 - 74
Charles Meier - U.S. Air Force
Carol Meier - U.S. Air Force
Donald Eugene Nelson - U.S. Navy - USS English 696 Destroyer - Korean War
Joe Fitzpatrick - U.S. Air Force 1956-1960; Went to Phillipines, Okinawa, Japan, Scott Air Force Base III, Lackland Air Force Base, Bunker Air Force Base, Peru Ind. Air National Guard - 10 years; transferred to Air Force Reserve for 19 years. Retired in 1998.
Bob Knight, Jr. - U.S. Air Force - stationed in Germany near Frankfurt at the Semback Air Base (1954-1956). He received an Honorable Discharge Jan. 1969 (Captain).
Charles D. Buchanan (Buck) - MSgt US Air Force Retired. Served during Korean and Viet Nam Wars. Served in Law enforcement, Criminal Investigation, Squadron First Sergeant andNCO in Charge, B-52 Command and Control Center.
James Cholick - USS Abraham Lincoln Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Reactor Dept. 2005-09
Sgt. Raymond V. Leasure - Korea - 1957 -58
Ray Ortega - U.S. Navy - Communicate Tech - Radioman - 1963-69; Top Secret - Crypto School Training; Class A - Comm. Training; Self Survival Training; Prisoner of War Training; Ejection (jet) Training.
Thomas Edgar Butz - U.S. Navy - 1952 - 1972; Naval Machinist Mate School; USS Sperry Auxillary Submarine Tender; USS Buck Destroyer; US Naval Hospital; USS Orleak Destroyer; USS Elokomin Tanker; Nuclear Power Training Unit Instructor; USS Bainbridge Plank Owner - Destroyer Leader Guided Missile Nuclear; USS Truxton Plank Owner-Destroyer Leader Guided Missile Nuclear; USS Enterprise Aircraft Carrier Nuclear; Master Chief Machinist Mate.
Bobby Bledsoe - U.S. Army - 82nd Airborne.
Barry Rahar - U.S. Army 1969-75; 101st Airborne T=Paratrooper. Vietnam 11 months; Jungle Fighter; Batallion Tactical Operations Center.
Tom Wilding - US Air Force - 1957-59; 3960th Bomb Squadron
Ron McMurry - 101st Airborne Div 67-68; Military Assistance Command - Vietnam; Bronze Star, Silver Star 68 8- 69; Texas Army National Guard 1972-99; 49th Armored Div.
Tyler McMurry - 82 Airborne Division - 200708 Iraq
Charles D. Bartrop - EM 3rd Class - U.S. Navy
Patricia R. Bartrop - United States Marine Corp.
Dale L. Bartrop - U.S. Army
Casey Lee Schwarz - U.S. Navy
Keith Schwarz - U.S. Navy
Dan Harriman - U.S. Navy
Laurel Haas - U.S. Army - 1954-1956 - Germany
Bill Johns - U.S. Marine Corp - 1942-68 - Master Gunnery Sgt.
D. Duane Dyer - U.S. Air Force - Staff Sgt.
Roy L. Thompson - Korea
Jerry K. Clements - U.S. Air Force, Oct. 1958-June 1963; 36th TAC Fighter Wing, Bitburg, A.F. Base, Germany
Judson Savage - Texas National Guard (served 8 years in the U.S. Navy) during Desert Storm and was assigned to a "fast attack" submarine stationed at Pear Harbor, Honolulu, HI
Jonathan Savage - U.S. Coast Guard currently stationed at the Astoria, OR Air Station.
Richard Savage - U.S. Marine Corps. - obtained a rank of Sgt., served in Viet Nam (Da Nang)
Bob Pfortmiller - U.S. Navy
Darrell Atchison -Korean War - 1952-54; U.S. Army - Medical Corp - Ambulance Driver - 8th Army
Jonathan Hamlin - Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom; Alpha Company 25th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army.
Miles Whorfeld - U.S. Navy
Arthur R.Nowakowski. (Art) Enlisted in the Army 3-27-1942. Discharged Nov.1945. Served as a combat soldier with the 90th Infantry Division As a Platoon Sgt. (T/Sgt). Involved in the landing on the beaches of Normandy France June 6th 1944 (D-Day). He was involved in five major battlles, and received the Bronze Star and The Silver Star.
Glen A. Tuch - WWII Veteran - U.S. Army Rank T4; Activity during WWII ETO in France, Germany, Belgium; Honor Flight SD to Washington D.C.Nov. 13-14, 2009. Jill (Travis) Damron's grandfather
Perry L. "Skip" Mahan - With Samson - USAF 1973-79 Staff Sgt.; Texas Army National Guard 1979 - 1980 Spec. 4
Karen Dove - U.S. Coast Guard
Sgt. Matthew L. McMurtry (great nephew of P.J. McMurtry and son of Keith McMurtry) - United States Marine Corp (Reserves) 2 combat tours in Iraq and now a full time student at Texas A&M University
Gary Scarborough - U.S. Navy
First Master Seargent Louisa Jackson - currently on tour in Iraq (4 children) daughter in law of Joe and Ruth Ann Jackson
Senior Master Seargent Bradley Jackson - will be scheduled to leave on tour soon. son of Joe and Ruth Ann Jackson
Joe M. Caraveo, Major, Infantry - Commissioned in 1979 from Texas A&M University as a 2LT in the Infantry Branch; Served on active duty from 1/1/1980 through 4/15/1989 and reserve status until 7/1/1992;
Assignments included: 3 years in the former West Germany in various combat unit assignments; promoted to Captain while at Infantry School, 1984; company commander and battalion executive officer at Fort Jackson, SC; 1st Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, NC with various assignments in Central America; Reserve company commander, in Sinton, Tx, 1989 -1991; 90th Support Command Group Adjutant, San Marcos, Texas, 1991-1992; promoted to Major in reserve cmd, 1991 Awards: Senior Jump Master Wings, 1st Special Opns Cmd, Expert Infantryman Badge, 2 Meritorious service & 3 Army Commendation awards (Joe Caraveo is a 1975 graduate of Rio Hondo High School and was a classmate of Debbie Horton Damron)
