Mendel Veterans

Welcome to our dedicated page honoring the brave men and women who walked the halls of Mendel High School and went on to serve our nation with distinction. This space is a tribute to their courage, dedication, and the sacrifices they have made in the line of duty. Each name listed here represents not just a former student of Mendel High School, but a hero who has played a vital role in safeguarding our freedoms and upholding our values.

As you browse through this list, we invite you to reflect on the contributions these individuals have made, both to our school community and to our country. Their journeys from the classrooms of Mendel to various branches of the military are stories of commitment, resilience, and patriotism.

This list is not just a record of names; it's a testament to the spirit of service that runs deep in the Mendel High School community. We are immensely proud of our veterans and forever grateful for their service. May this page serve as a small token of our appreciation and a lasting reminder of their invaluable contributions.

ABOLT, RUSSELL 60 USMC
ADDUCI, JOSEPH 57 US ARMY
AKLINSKI, DENNIS 63 US ARMY
AMENDOLA, ALLEN 65 NATIONAL GUARD
ANDERSON, DALE 62 USMC
ANDERSON, DONALD 62 US ARMY
ANDERSON, SHELDON 62 US ARMY
ANDERSON, SHELDON 62 US ARMY
ANTHONY, JAMES 67 US NAVY
APPEL, ROBERT 61 US ARMY
APRATI, ROBERT 62 US ARMY
AUTENRIETH, ROBERT 62 USMC
BARRY, DENNIS 65 NATIONAL GUARD
BARTHOLOMEW, MARK 69 US ARMY
BEAVERS, CHARLES 79 US ARMY
BELL, HUGH 60 US ARMY RIP
BESSER, DENNIS 66 US ARMY RIP
BIAGI, KENNETH 67 US ARMY
BIRES, KENNETH 64 US ARMY
BITTERS, DON 67 USAF
BONIOR, JAMES 65 IL NATIONAL GUARD 178 INF
BONOIR, RICHARD 60 US ARMY RIP
BORST, JOSEPH 65 US NAVY
BOYLAN, MICHAEL 64 RIP
BRAZZALE, RICHARD D 58 US NAVY
BROWN, TRACY 87 US ARMY
BROWN, WILLIAM 60 USAF RIP
BUCHANIEC, RICHARD 61 US ARMY
BULL, THOMAS 65 US ARMY
BURKE, JIM 69 US ARMY
BURKE, JOHN 65 US ARMY
BURNS, RON 65 US ARMY
BUTKUS, ALAN 65 US ARMY RIP
CALVANO, CHARLES 59 US NAVY RIP
CAMPAGNOLO, MICHAEL 66 US ARMY
CAMPAGNOLO, RICHARD 59 USMC
CANNON, TOM 68 US ARMY
CARTER, PHILIP 68 US ARMY
CAVATO, DONALD 65 NATIONAL GUARD
CHEVALIER, JAMES 66 US NAVY
CHIARODO, MIKE 66 USMC
CHUCHLA, EDWARD 67 US ARMY
CIESLAK, JAMES L. 65 USMC
CLAM, CHARLES 64 US ARMY
CLANCY, CRAIG M. 65 USMC RIP
CLIFFORD, JOHN 66 USMC
COLE, KENNETH 62 USAF
COLE, MARTIN 59 US NAVY
CONLEY, THOMAS J 65 US ARMY RIP
CONNEELY, JOHN 62 US ARMY
CONNOLLY MIKE 60 US ARMY
CONROY,  THOMAS F 55 US ARMY
CONWAY, MICHAEL 60 US ARMY
COOK, CAREY, J 71 US ARMY
COVERICK, TIMOTHY J. 73 US NAVY
CRONQUIST, THOMAS 68 US ARMY
CROWLEY, PATRICK J 63 US ARMY RIP
CULLEN, BARRY 64 USMC RIP
CUMMINGS, JAMES J 65 US ARMY
CURRAN, TOM 67 USMC
CURTIN, MICHAEL J 56 US ARMY
CUTRARA, SAMUEL 58 US ARMY
CZACHURA, ALEXANDER 58 US ARMY RIP
CZERWINSKI, BERNIE 69 USMC
DABROWSKI, JAMES 68 USMC
DALLEMOLLE, ERNEST (SKIP) 67 USAF
DALTON, JACK M. 65 US ARMY RIP
DAMIANI, LOUIS F. 67 US ARMY
DANAHER, TIM 56 US NAVY
DANNENBERG, HENRY W. 64 US ARMY
DAVIS, KEVIN 87 US ARMY
DAVIS, STEVEN 87 US ARMY
DAVOREN, JAMES 64 US ARMY
DAVOREN, JOHN 59 US ARMY
DENTZMAN, JOSEPH J. 65 US ARMY
DESANTIS, RONALD 55 US NAVY RIP
DESMOND, MICHAEL A. 65 US NAVY
DESTEFANO, ROB 69 US ARMY
DEVINE, JOHN 66 USAF
DIGNAN, PETER 65 USMC
DILLON, GREGORY 66 US NAVY
DODGE, FR. ERWIN OSA TCH US NAVY RIP
DOIG, GREG 74 US ARMY
DOMAR, ROBERT P 64 US ARMY
DONATI CHESTER 65 IL NATIONAL GUARD
DONNELLY, PHILIP 62 US ARMY RIP
DOODY, JOHN T. 62 US ARMY
DREZNES, JACK 66 US ARMY
DROBICK, BILL 66 US ARMY RIP
DUBIEL, TERRY 68 US ARMY
DUBIN, RONALD 63 US ARMY
DUFFIN, LAWRENCE J. 65 US NAVY RIP
DUFFY, THOMAS 63 US ARMY
DUFFY, WILLIAM 64 US NAVY
DUNNE, THOMAS 59 USMC RIP
DURKIN, JAMES 58 US ARMY
DURKIN, MICHAEL J 64 US ARMY
DUST, FRED 65 US ARMY
DUST, RICHARD 62 US ARMY
DUTKO, BERNIE 62 US ARMY
DWYER, MICHAEL 63 US NAVY
ENRIGHT, JOSEPH F 64 USMC RIP
EVANS, ROBERT 60 US ARMY RIP
FALKENTHAL, STEVEN 66 US ARMY/VA NATIONAL GD
FANNING, JOHN 68 US ARMY
FARRELL, KEVIN 67 US ARMY
FARRELL, THOMAS R. 70 USAF
FIAONI, KENNETH W. 73 US ARMY
FINN, THOMAS 71 USAF
FISHER, RON 65 US NAVY
FITZPATRICK, BERNARD (DAN) 69 US ARMY
FLEMING, JERRY 66 US ARMY RIP
FOLEY, JOHN 75 US ARMY
FOWLER, JAMES (SKIP) 62 US ARMY
FRJELICH, JOSEPH 66 US ARMY RIP
GAINER, JAMES 59 US ARMY
GAINER, MARTY 70 US ARMY
GAINER, ROBERT 63 US NAVY
GAINER, TERRANCE W. 65 US NAVY
GAINER, THOMAS 59 USMC RIP
GAINER, TIMOTHY 61 US ARMY
GARCIA, WILLIAM 69 US ARMY RIP
GASPAR, MICHAEL A. 66 US ARMY
GASSER, LAWRENCE 70 US ARMY
GATELY, RICHARD 65 US ARMY
GAUGUSH, JEFFERY 60 USMC
GAWLIK, JOSEPH 66 US NAVY
GEIS, WILLIAM  C. 64 US ARMY RIP
GEISERT, BARRY 66 USMC
GEISS, RICHARD J. 66 USAF
GILMAN, JOHN L. OSA TCH US ARMY RIP
GLASEN, RONALD R. 56 US NAVY
GLIM, MARK 68 USAF
GLIM, PAUL B. 70 USAF
GODSELL, MIKE 60 US NAVY RIP
GORMAN, MICHAEL E. 60 US NAVY
GORMAN, WILLIAM 65 USAF
GRABOWSKI, LEONARD 59 US NAVY
GRAF, JOHN 71 USMC RIP
GRAF, WILLIAM 59 US ARMY
GRASKE, GEORGE 56 US NAVY
GRASKE, KENNETH W. 61 US ARMY
GREEN, RONALD MD 55 USAF
GRIFFIN THOMAS E. OSA TCH US NAVY
GRIFFIN, FATHER TOM OSA 72 US NAVY
GRIFFIN, TOM 63 USMC
GROBOSKI, FRANK 64 USMC RIP
HAMMOCK, DAVID 86 US NAVY
HAMPSON, TOM 66 US ARMY
HARRIS, BRUCE 72 US NAVY
HAYWOOD, KEVIN 78 US ARMY
HECKER, DR. RICHARD (DOC) 69 US ARMY
HECKER, MELVIN 64 USAF/USMC RIP
HEISSE, EDWIN 57 US ARMY RIP
HEITZMANN, DENNIS 64 US ARMY
HEITZMANN, THOMAS 60 US COAST GUARD
HENNESSEY, WILLIAM J 62 US ARMY RIP
HERNDON, ROLAND JR. 85 USMC
HERSAM, LAWRENCE J. 67 NATIONAL GUARD
HIGGINS, WILLIAM 62 USAF
HIRTZ, DAVID 59 USMC
HOARD, MICHAEL E 64 US ARMY
HOGAN, BILL 64 US ARMY RIP
HOJNACKI, ROBERT 69 US ARMY RIP
HOKE, MICHAEL 62 US ARMY RIP
HOLAN, MICHAEL F 64 US ARMY
HORVATH, TOM 64 US ARMY
HUBBARD, DELWIN REV 78 USAF
JACKSON, EDWIN ANTHONY 78 US NAVY
JAKUBOWSKI, TIMOTHY 62 US ARMY
JAMES, JOSEPH 80 US ARMY
JANECZKO, GREGORY MD 64 US ARMY
JANOUSEK, RONALD J. 62 USMC RIP
JANULIS, RAYMOND TCH US ARMY/USAF RIP
JAROSKY, JOSEPH F. 61 US ARMY RIP
JESS, JACK M.
65 US ARMY
JOHNSON, RICHARD C. 61 US NAVY
JOHNSON, ROBERT 61 US NAVY
JONES, KEN 58 USMC
JONES, RON 60 USMC
JOSEPH, WILLIAM 61 US NAVY
KACHIROUBAS, ANDREW 71 US ARMY
KAFFKA, RICHARD G. 68 US NAVY
KANE, WILLIAM 59 USAF
KARL, GEORGE 64 US ARMY RIP
KATUZNY, LAWRENCE 61 US ARMY
KATUZNY, WALTER 59 US ARMY RIP
KAVANAUGH, PAUL G 65 US ARMY
KEANE, DANIEL 56 US ARMY
KEARNEY, JIM 59 US ARMY
KEIM, ED 64 US ARMY RIP
KIELBOWSKI, DAVE 72 US ARMY RIP
KING, JOHN P 64 USMC RIP
KING, TOM 62 US ARMY
KINNEY, MICHAEL MD 55 USPHSCC RIP
KIRCHNER, FRED 65 US NAVY
KISER, JEFFREY 67 USAF
KLAUSNER, KEN 67 ILANG USAF
KLUCKER, RUSSELL 61 USMC RIP
KNOR, FRANK 62 US ARMY
KOBAR, GEORGE 64 USAF
KOCH, TIMOTHY 61 USAF RIP
KOCSIS, JOHN 67 US ARMY
KOKO, DAVID G 63 USMC
KOKO, PAUL 58 US ARMY
KRAL, ALBERT 71 USAF
KRAUSE, ROBERT 68 US ARMY
KREKE, GEORGE 64 USMC
KRESS, WILLIAM 66 USAF
KROPP,  DONALD 69 US ARMY
KRYDA, MICHAEL 64 US NAVY
KRZECZOWSKI, TOM 68 US NAVY
KUHL, EUGENE MD 55 USAF
LaCHINE, LES 73 US COAST GUARD
LARISEY, DONALD 65 US NAVY
LARSEN, JOHN G. 68 US NAVY
LARSON, RICHARD 62 USAF
LAUB, ROBERT 60 US ARMY
LAWLOR, JAMES V. 66 US ARMY RIP
LEMON, JEFFREY 61 USAF RIP
LENCZYCKI, RONALD 61 US ARMY
LENZINI, CHARLES L. 61 US ARMY
LEUBSCHER, WILLIAM 65 US NAVY RIP
LIND, MICHAEL 66 US NAVY
LOFRANO, CHARLES 67 USMC RIP
LOTHROP, ROBERT 62 US ARMY
LOVE, ERNEST 85 US ARMY
LOVELY, KIRK J. 75 USAF
LUCE, GEORGE 60 US ARMY
LUCKETT, MICHAEL 78 US ARMY
LUMBRAZO, MICHAEL B. 64 US ARMY
LUSSING, JOHN 57 US NAVY
MACRI, FRANK 60 US ARMY RIP
MACRI, RAY 64 US ARMY
MADEL, JAMES 68 US ARMY RIP
MAGEE, DENNIS 66 US ARMY
MAHONEY, MICHAEL 64 US NAVY
MAKRIS, KENNETH 64 US NAVY
MANTHEY, JOHN 62 US ARMY RIP
MARIANOVICH, PETER J. 56 USMC RIP
MARSALA, FRANCIS 67 USMC
MARTIN, ANTONIO 83 US ARMY
MARTON, BRIAN 62 US ARMY
MASLANKA, BRYAN 66 US ARMY
MASON, MICHAEL 76 USMC
MAYER, JACK 63 US ARMY RIP
MAYES, JAMIE 78 USAF
McCANN, BRIAN 65 US ARMY
MCGRANE JR., WILLIAM 62 US ARMY
MCGREAL, TOM P 58 US ARMY
McHALE, CLEMENT C. OSA TCH US NAVY RIP
McMAHON, SHAWN J. 81 USAF
McMASTER, KEN 70 US ARMY
McNICHOLAS, WALTER F. OSA TCH US NAVY RIP
McQUAID, KEVIN JAMES 71 US NAVY
MCSHERRY, DONALD 64 USAF
MEREDITH, ERIC 87 US NAVY
MEYERING, WILLIAM A 63 US ARMY
MEYERING, WILLIAM A 62 US NAVY
MILLER, DAVID 66 US NAVY RIP
MILLER, RICHARD 60 US ARMY RIP
MILLER, ROBERT M 65 USMC RIP
MION, RICHARD V. 56 US ARMY RIP
MISEK, RONALD 63 US ARMY RIP
MORAN, MARK G 63 USMC
MULAC, ALLEN 57 US ARMY
MULCAHY, ROBERT J 59 USMC
MUNDO, JAMES J 67 US ARMY
MURRIN, MICHAEL 64 US ARMY
NAKROSHIS, RICK 74 US NAVY
NASH, TIMOTHY 60 USAF
NELLIGAN, JEROME M. 64 US ARMY
NIELSEN, KENNETH 62 US NAVY
NOWAK, RICH 68 USMC
O'CONOR, EDWARD D. 65 USAF
O'CONOR, JOHN 64 USMC RIP
O'DONNELL, MARK 69 USMC RIP
O'HARA, JIM 65 US ARMY RIP
O'HARE, MARK 72 US NAVY
ORMSBY, RICHARD 67 USMC RIP
OSKILANEC, WILLIAM J 64 USMC RIP
OSTAPOWICZ, KENNETH 61 US ARMY
OSTER, JOSEPH 62 US ARMY
OTTO, WILLIAM F. 59 US ARMY RIP
OUIMET, JAMES 65 US NAVY
PALA, STANLEY 58 US ARMY
PALLANTI, THOMAS 68 US ARMY
PALMER, RONALD 66 US ARMY
PANOZZO, PETE 69 USAF
PARRISH, JAMES 62 USMC RIP
PAUL, RICHARD A. 60 US ARMY RIP
PAWLAK, JOHN 67 US ARMY
PERKINS, DON 60 US ARMY
PETERS, BILL 62 US ARMY RIP
PETERSON, ROBERT 60 US ARMY
PETERSON, RON 65 USMC
PETRIZZO, RUSS 68 US ARMY
PICKETT, RICHARD P. 62 USMCR
PIONTEK, FRANCIS 67 USMC RIP
PRATSCHER, CHARLES 71 US ARMY RIP
PRICE, RAY 64 USMC
PUCH, TED 66 US ARMY
PURVIS, WILLIAM 71 US ARMY 536th MP CO
QUATTROCKI, JOHN J. 71 USAF
QUINLAN, PATRICK C. 64 USMC
RADAVICH, ED 65 NATIONAL GUARD
RANGEL, DENNIS 59 US ARMY
RATUSZNY, LAWRENCE 64 US NAVY RIP
RATUSZNY, LEONARD 60 US ARMY
RECUPIDO, PATRICK F. 65 US NAVY RIP
REGAN, TERRENCE D 66 USMC
REHER, RAYMOND A. 66 US ARMY
REILLEY, PATRICK 68 US ARMY
REYNOLDS, WILLIAM 59 USMC
ROSSIANO, VINCENT J 68 US ARMY
RUDAK, RANDALL 65 US ARMY RIP
RUFF, WILLIAM M. 67 USMC
RUSWICK, GEORGE H. 62 US ARMY
RYAN, THOMAS 65 US NAVY
RYAN, VINCENT 58 US ARMY
SALVADOR, FREDERICK 61 USAF
SCHMITT, ROBERT 67 US ARMY
SCHOLTEN, WILLIAM (BILL) 62 USAF RIP
SCHURMAN, ROBERT J. OSA TCH US NAVY RIP
SCHWAB, THOMAS V 66 US NAVY
SCHWARTZ, FRANCIS 66 US ARMY RIP
SCHWARZ, ROBERT 60 USMC
SEIBT, LARRY 65 US ARMY RIP
SEPUTIS, CHARLES 58 USAF
SHEILS, JOHN 61 US ARMY
SHELTON, JAMES R 78 USAF
SHEPHERD, BRET D. 84 USAF
SHIRLEY, JOHN T. OSA TCH USAF RIP
SHUPRYT, JAMES 69 US ARMY RIP
SIDLER, DAVE 62 US ARMY
SILVERWOOD, JAMES 62 USMC
SKONY, GREG (SKONIECZNY) 71 US ARMY
SMITH, JOSEPH 66 US ARMY
SMITH, MICHAEL 59 US ARMY RESERVE
ST. AUBIN, LEO 62 US NAVY
STAIB, ROBERT LEE 58 USAF
STARKWEATHER, JAMES 64 USAF
STEGENGA, DALE 62 US ARMY
STERNEMANN, REINHARD J OSA TCH USAF
STETINA, ANTHONY R. 61 US ARMY
STRONSKI, SIGMUND (JOHN) 66 USMC
STUMPF, MIKE 67 US ARMY
SULLIVAN, JOSEPH 66 USMC
SWIONTEK, STANLEY 61 USAF RIP
SZABO, STEVEN 61 USMC
TAYLOR, LLOYD 87 US ARMY
TAYLOR, WILLIAM 66 USMC
THURMAN, ROBERT 60 US ARMY
TRAVIS, RUSSELL 75 US ARMY RIP
TROPP, RICHARD J 65 USAF
TULLY, MATT 64 USMC RIP
ULRICH, EDWARD 55 US ARMY
VALLORTIGARA, JOHN 65 US ARMY
VAN ETTEN, TOM 59 USMC
VAN HAZEBROECK, CONRAD 63 USAF
VAN OOSTERHOUT, JOSEPH 65 US NAVY
VARDA, JAMES 61 US ARMY
VORIS, JAMES P 65 US NAVY RIP
VORIS, WILLIAM 65 US ARMY
WALEGA, RICHARD 66 US ARMY
WALLER, ARTHUR 87 USMC
WALSH, JAMES R. 61 US ARMY
WATKINS, ROBERT 78 USAF
WATSON, GREG 69 US ARMY
WEAVER, SEBASTIAN 79 USMC
WEBER, GEORGE 62 US COAST GUARD
WELSFORD, ROBERT C 68 US ARMY RIP
WILCOXON,DARREL JR 86 USMC
WILKUS, ROBERT 55 US ARMY RIP
WILLIAMS, RICHARD 62 US ARMY
WILSON, DERRICK 80 USAF
WISZNIEWSKI, ROBERT L OSA TCH US ARMY RIP
WITHERS, LLOYD 64 US NAVY
WOLF, JOSEPH 55 US NAVY
WOOD, DONALD 63 US NAVY
WOOD, KENNETH 65 USMC RIP
YOUNG FRANCIS  W. (FRANK) 63 US NAVY
YOUNG, DARNELL L 78 USAF
YOUNG, KENNETH 60 US NAVY
YOUNGMAN, ROBERT W. 61 AIR NATIONAL GUARD
YOUPEL, ANDREW G. 66 US NAVY
ZACKEY, RALPH L. 70 USMC RIP
ZATARSKI, CASIMIR E. 70 US ARMY RIP
ZATARSKI, JOHN 67 US ARMY
ZIEMBA, JOHN 60 US ARMY