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
ARENDT, ALAN
74
US NAVY
AUTENRIETH, ROBERT
62
USMC
BARRY, DENNIS
65
NATIONAL GUARD
BARTH, RICHARD
67
US ARMY
BARTHOLOMEW, MARK
69
US ARMY
BEAVERS, CHARLES
79
US ARMY
BECKA, DONALD
63
US ARMY
BELL, HUGH
60
US ARMY
BESSER, DENNIS
66
US ARMY
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
BORST, JOSEPH
65
US NAVY
BOWMAN, DONALD
59
US NAVY
BOYLAN, MICHAEL
64
BRAZZALE, RICHARD D
58
US NAVY
BROWN, TRACY
87
US ARMY
BROWN, WILLIAM
60
USAF
BRUNDERMAN, EDWARD
67
USAF
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
CALVANO, CHARLES
59
US NAVY
CAMPAGNOLO, MICHAEL
66
US ARMY
CAMPAGNOLO, RICHARD
59
USMC
CAMPBELL, FRANCIS
79
US ARMY
CANNON, TOM
68
US ARMY
CARTER, PHILIP
68
US ARMY
CASEY, JERRY
64
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
CIMAROLLI, ROBERT
60
US ARMY
CLAM, CHARLES
64
US ARMY
CLANCY, CRAIG M.
65
USMC
CLIFFORD, JOHN
66
USMC
COLE, KENNETH
62
USAF
COLE, MARTIN
59
US NAVY
CONLEY, THOMAS J
65
US ARMY
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
COTTON, IRA A
78
COVERICK, TIMOTHY J.
73
US NAVY
CRAWFORD, TED
67
CPD
CRONQUIST, THOMAS
68
US ARMY
CROWLEY, PATRICK J
63
US ARMY
CULLEN, BARRY
64
USMC
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
CZERWINSKI, BERNIE
69
USMC
DABROWSKI, JAMES
68
USMC
DAGENAIS, GERALD
61
USAF
DALLEMOLLE, ERNEST (SKIP)
67
USAF
DALTON, JACK M.
65
US ARMY
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
DESMOND, DENNIS
67
US NAVY
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
DOIG, GREG
74
US ARMY
DOMAR, ROBERT P
64
US ARMY
DONATI CHESTER
65
IL NATIONAL GUARD
DONNELLY, PHILIP
62
US ARMY
DOODY, JOHN T.
62
US ARMY
DREZNES, JACK
66
US ARMY
DROBICK, BILL
66
US ARMY
DUBIEL, TERRY
68
US ARMY
DUBIN, RONALD
63
US ARMY
DUFFIN, LAWRENCE J.
65
US NAVY
DUFFY, THOMAS
63
US ARMY
DUFFY, WILLIAM
64
US NAVY
DUGAN, LARRY
69
US NAVY
DUNNE, THOMAS
59
USMC
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
EVANS, ROBERT
60
US ARMY
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
FITZGERALD, STEPHEN
60
USMC
FITZPATRICK, BERNARD (DAN)
69
US ARMY
FLEMING, JERRY
66
US ARMY
FOGES, JOHN
62
USMC
FOLEY, JOHN
75
US ARMY
FOWLER, JAMES (SKIP)
62
US ARMY
FRJELICH, JOSEPH
66
US ARMY
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
GAINER, TIMOTHY
61
US ARMY
GARCIA, WILLIAM
69
US ARMY
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
GEISERT, BARRY
66
USMC
GEISS, RICHARD J.
66
USAF
GILMAN, JOHN L. OSA
TCH
US ARMY
GLASEN, RONALD R.
56
US NAVY
GLIM, MARK
68
USAF
GLIM, PAUL B.
70
USAF
GODSELL, MIKE
60
US NAVY
GORMAN, MICHAEL E.
60
US NAVY
GORMAN, WILLIAM
65
USAF
GRABOWSKI, LEONARD
59
US NAVY
GRAF, JOHN
71
USMC
GRAF, WILLIAM
59
US ARMY
GRASKE, GEORGE
56
US NAVY
GRASKE, KENNETH W.
61
US ARMY
GREEN, RONALD MD
55
USAF
GREGORY, VERNON
69
US ARMY
GRIFFIN THOMAS E. OSA
TCH
US NAVY
GRIFFIN, FATHER TOM OSA
72
US NAVY
GRIFFIN, TOM
63
USMC
GROBOSKI, FRANK
64
USMC
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
HEISSE, EDWIN
57
US ARMY
HEITZMANN, DENNIS
64
US ARMY
HEITZMANN, THOMAS
60
US COAST GUARD
HENNESSEY, WILLIAM J
62
US ARMY
HERMANEK, PHILLIP
66
US ARMY
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
HOJNACKI, ROBERT
69
US ARMY
HOKE, MICHAEL
62
US ARMY
HOLAN, MICHAEL F
64
US ARMY
HORVATH, TOM
64
US ARMY
HOWARD, RICHARD
62
USAF
HUBBARD, DELWIN REV
78
USAF
HUMPHREY. PAUL
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
JANULIS, RAYMOND
TCH
US ARMY/USAF
JAROSKY, JOSEPH F.
61
US ARMY
JAVORKA, DAN
66
US ARMY NAT GD
JESS, JACK M.
65
US ARMY
JOHNSON, JOSEPH A.
73
USAF
JOHNSON, RICHARD C.
61
US NAVY
JOHNSON, ROBERT
61
US NAVY
JONES, KEN
58
USMC
JONES, RON
60
USMC
JOSEPH, WILLIAM
61
US NAVY
JULA, MICHAEL
66
US NAVY
KACHIROUBAS, ANDREW
71
US ARMY
KAFFKA, RICHARD G.
68
US NAVY
KANE, WILLIAM
59
USAF
KARL, GEORGE
64
US ARMY
KATUZNY, LAWRENCE
61
US ARMY
KATUZNY, WALTER
59
US ARMY
KAVANAUGH, PAUL G
65
US ARMY
KEANE, DANIEL
56
US ARMY
KEARNEY, JIM
59
US ARMY
KEIM, ED
64
US ARMY
KIELBOWSKI, DAVE
72
US ARMY
KING, JOHN P
64
USMC
KING, TOM
62
US ARMY
KINNEY, MICHAEL MD
55
USPHSCC
KIRCHNER, FRED
65
US NAVY
KISER, JEFFREY
67
USAF
KLAUSNER, KEN
67
ILANG USAF
KLUCKER, RUSSELL
61
USMC
KNOR, FRANK
62
US ARMY
KOBAR, GEORGE
64
USAF
KOCH, TIMOTHY
61
USAF
KOCSIS, JOHN
67
US ARMY
KOKO, DAVID G
63
USMC
KOKO, PAUL
58
US ARMY
KOLAR, KEN
71
US COAST GUARD
KRAL, ALBERT
71
USAF
KRAUSE, ROBERT
68
US ARMY
KRECIOCH, REGINALD
60
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
LEMON, JEFFREY
61
USAF
LENCZYCKI, RONALD
61
US ARMY
LENZINI, CHARLES L.
61
US ARMY
LEUBSCHER, WILLIAM
65
US NAVY
LEWIS, KEN
59
US ARMY
LIND, MICHAEL
66
US NAVY
LIS,JIM
64
LOFRANO, CHARLES
67
USMC
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
LYNCH, KEVIN
65
ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD
MACRI, FRANK
60
US ARMY
MACRI, RAY
64
US ARMY
MADEL, JAMES
68
US ARMY
MAGEE, DENNIS
66
US ARMY
MAHONEY, MICHAEL
64
US NAVY
MAKRIS, KENNETH
64
US NAVY
MANTHEY, JOHN
62
US ARMY
MARCHESE, ED
64
US ARMY
MARIANOVICH, PETER J.
56
USMC
MARKOVICH, JOHN
63
US ARMY
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
MAYES, JAMIE
78
USAF
MCCABE, RICH
64
US ARMY
McCANN, BRIAN
65
US ARMY
MCGRANE JR., WILLIAM
62
US ARMY
MCGREAL, TOM P
58
US ARMY
McHALE, CLEMENT C. OSA
TCH
US NAVY
McMAHON, SHAWN J.
81
USAF
McMASTER, KEN
70
US ARMY
McNICHOLAS, WALTER F. OSA
TCH
US NAVY
McQUAID, KEVIN JAMES
71
US NAVY
MCSHERRY, DONALD
64
USAF
MEREDITH, ERIC
87
US NAVY
MEYERING, WILLIAM A
62
US NAVY
MEYERING, WILLIAM A
63
US ARMY
MILLER, DAVID
66
US NAVY
MILLER, RICHARD
60
US ARMY
MILLER, ROBERTÂ M
65
USMC
MION, RICHARD V.
56
US ARMY
MISEK, RONALD
63
US ARMY
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
O'DONNELL, MARK
69
USMC
O'HARA, JIM
65
US ARMY
O'HARE, MARK
72
US NAVY
ORMSBY, RICHARD
67
USMC
OSKILANEC, WILLIAM J
64
USMC
OSTAPOWICZ, KENNETH
61
US ARMY
OSTER, JOSEPH
62
US ARMY
OTTO, WILLIAMÂ F.
59
US ARMY
OUIMET, JAMES
65
US NAVY
PAGOREK, ANDREW
66
US ARMY
PALA, STANLEY
58
US ARMY
PALLANTI, THOMAS
68
US ARMY
PALMER, RONALD
66
US ARMY
PANOZZO, PETE
69
USAF
PARRISH, JAMES
62
USMC
PAUL, RICHARD A.
60
US ARMY
PAWLAK, JOHN
67
US ARMY
PERKINS, DON
60
US ARMY
PETERS, BILL
62
US ARMY
PETERSON, ROBERT
60
US ARMY
PETERSON, RON
65
USMC
PETRIZZO, RUSS
68
US ARMY
PICKETT, RICHARD P.
62
USMCR
PIONTEK, FRANCIS
67
USMC
PONSEIGO, BILL
61
USAF
PRATSCHER, CHARLES
71
US ARMY
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
QUINN, JIM
70
US ARMY
RADAVICH, ED
65
NATIONAL GUARD
RANGEL, DENNIS
59
US ARMY
RATUSZNY, LAWRENCE
64
US NAVY
RATUSZNY, LEONARD
60
US ARMY
RECUPIDO, PATRICK F.
65
US NAVY
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
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
US NAVY
SCHURMAN, ROBERT J. OSA
TCH
US NAVY
SCHWAB, THOMAS V
66
US NAVY
SCHWARTZ, FRANCIS
66
US ARMY
SCHWARZ, ROBERT
60
USMC
SEIBT, LARRY
65
US ARMY
SEPUTIS, CHARLES
58
USAF
SHEFTS, ROBERT F.
64
US ARMY
SHEILS, JOHN
61
US ARMY
SHELTON, DR.RICHARD
63
USMC
SHELTON, JAMES R
78
USAF
SHEPHERD, BRET D.
84
USAF
SHIRLEY, JOHN T. OSA
TCH
USAF
SHUPRYT, JAMES
69
US ARMY
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
SOBECKE, JAMES B.
61
US ARMY
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
SZABO, STEVEN
61
USMC
TAYLOR, LLOYD
87
US ARMY
TAYLOR, WILLIAM
66
USMC
THURMAN, ROBERT
60
US ARMY
TRAVIS, RUSSELL
75
US ARMY
TROPP, RICHARD J
65
USAF
TULLY, MATT
64
USMC
TYLER, AARON W.
74
US ARMY
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
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
WHITMAN, PAUL
65
USAF
WILCOXON,DARREL JR
86
USMC
WILKUS, ROBERT
55
US ARMY
WILLIAMS, RICHARD
62
US ARMY
WILSON, DERRICK
80
USAF
WISZNIEWSKI, ROBERT L OSA
TCH
US ARMY
WITHERS, LLOYD
64
US NAVY
WOLF, JOSEPH
55
US NAVY
WOOD, DONALD
63
US NAVY
WOOD, KENNETH
65
USMC
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
ZATARSKI, CASIMIR E.
70
US ARMY
ZATARSKI, JOHN
67
US ARMY
ZIEMBA, JOHN
60
US ARMY