California High School
Class Of 1961
Military Service
Brady Augustine – US Navy Reserve, Submarine SSN Barbel Nuclear Sub
Michael Bowland – PFC US Army, 82nd Airborne attached to 8th Infantry Division, Germany 1961 – 1964.
David Coleman – US Navy, USS Wasp CVS–18, Fire Control Technician,
Russell Curtiss - USMC
Allan Daum – US Navy Reserve, Supply Officer, USS O’Bannon, 1965 – 1968
Don Davis –
Richard Gromoll –
Robert Hager – US Army Reserve, Paramedics E-5, 4 yrs.
Chris Heaton – US Air Force, 310 OMS Bomb Wing E-6, 4 yrs.
Richard Jennings – Spec. 5, US Army, North American Air Defense Command Band, (NORAD),1966 – 1969
Doug Lund – Lt. Col US Air Force, Army Medic, 34 yrs.
Van Manning – 1st Lt. US Army, 3 yrs.
William McCracken – US Navy Reserves 1961- 1971; Viet Nam 1966 – 1968.
Charles Peckham – Lt Cmdr. US Navy Reserve, Viet Nam 1966 – 1967
David Stephan Rader - Captain, Squadron Commander - US Air Force - 1967-1971
Don Ruohomaki – Lt.Col. US Army, US Army, Missile Maintenance, Ordnance and Transportation, 20 yrs.
Larry Sharp –
Richard Schiel – US Army, Military Instructor Signal Corps, 1st Infantry Division, Viet Nam, 2 yrs.
James Walker - 1st Lt. US Army, Company Commander, Seoul, Korea, 3 yrs.
Scott Widdicombe – Capt. US Army Field Artillery and Logistics Administration, Vietnam, 8 yrs.
Dave Woods – US Army Signal Corps, Viet Nam, E-5, 3 yrs.
Barry Zimmerman – US Army Intelligence and Security Training, Morse Intercept Operator, Viet Nam, E-4
Samuel Cordova – US Navy, F4J Pilot; Major, USMC, MIA Laos 1972, remains returned to the United States on 15 December 1988.
Michael Dorfman – US Navy, Viet Nam 4 yrs., buried Riverside National Cemetery.
Timothy Douglass – LtJG, US Navy entered service 1965, buried Arlington National Cemetery 2002.
Non-Military Federal Service
Peace Corps
Diane Cokely – Civil Service, Taught High School Science in Malawi, Africa 2 yrs.
US Public Health Service
Kent Anger - Capt. (USPHS) - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 1969-1989