Military Service
Thank You For Your Service
It is with great appreciation and in recognition of their service to our country that we dedicate this page to our classmates who served in the armed forces.
We request that you submit a photo of yourself (in uniform if possible) and send it along with the following information to Donna Davis Beneux at dbeneux@yahoo.com.
Name Awards and Decorations Additional Comments
Branch of Service Combat Duty (if applicable)
Date of Service Highest Rank Served
MIKE STUBBLEFIELD
U.S. ARMY
Service: JULY 1968-JULY 1970
Active Duty: Ft. Harrison, IN. & Ft. Rucker, AL.
Honorably discharged as a 1st LIEUTENANT
CHARLES HARTSFIELD
Naval OCS 3Years -1 year VA residency
Air Force 17 year career--including 2 years residency
1973-1993
1973-1993
Retired as a full COLONEL in 1993
JIM FLOYD
US Navy
Service: January 1969 – June 1972
Instructor, Dept. of Operations Research
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
Discharged as Navy LIEUTENANT
BILLY JOE GOLDEN, Jr.
UNITED STATES ARMY
Vietnam War Veteran
DONALD "DONNIE" JOYCE
UNITED STATES NAVY
ENSIGN, Res.
HAROLD AKRIDGE
US AIR FORCE
Service: 1963-1967
Vietnam Veteran
Honorably Discharged SSgt.
LEROY "SONNY" KOLB
UNITED STATES ARMY
Company: D Troup, Regiment: 4th
Cav. Batallion: 1st Sqdr.
Private 1st Class
Leroy died in service to his country in South Vietnam in a helicoper crash.
Tour of Duty: Dec. 11, 1965-April 9, 1966.
STEVE HOLLON
U.S.NAVY
Service: 1963-1964
Duty stations: San Diego, Dam Neck, Va., and Newport, RI
BARRY SELF
U.S.AIR FORCE
Service: 1963 to 1971
Combat Duty at Dong Ha Marine Base, Vietnam 1968/1969
Highest Rank Served - Staff Sergeant
ROBERT SLATER
U.S. ARMY
Commissioned - Second Lieutenant
Served in Vietnam War
Wounded and retired as First Lieutenant
RICHARD FULTNER
U.S.ARMY RESERVE
Entered 1966
Service: 32 year Career
KEN SHARP
U.S. AIR FORCE
Service: 5 years-Pilot
GEORGE BARHAM
AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Service: 6 years
DAVID BENEGAR
U.S. ARMY
Service: 1967-1969
FRED BRANDLI
U.S. AIR FORCE
Service: 4 years--Instructor
CHARLES CRABTREE
U.S. NAVY
Service: 1966-1977 enlisted; 1977 commissioned officer
JONH DANNER
U.S. AIR FORCE
Service: January 1964-February 1984
LARRY DEASON
U.S. NAVY; U.S. NAVY RESERVE
Seabees: 1963-1966; 1966-1972
Viet Nam War Veteran
DELMAR "BUTCH" EDWARDS
AIR FORCE - AIR NATIONAL GUARD
188th TAC Recon Group
Service: 1967-1973
Marksman-rifle
Airman 2nd Class
Marksman-rifle
Airman 2nd Class
MIKE FERRELL
U.S. NAVY
Service: 1969-1972
Lieutenant
DOUG HARTMAN
U.S. AIR FORCE
Service: 6 years
HAROLD HAISLIP, JR.
U.S. AIR FORCE
Service: Sept. 1963-Oct. 1984
Vietnam War Veteran
Retired: SMSGT
Service: Sept. 1963-Oct. 1984
Vietnam War Veteran
Retired: SMSGT
Carl Rose
U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE
1967-2003
Colonel
GARY FRANK PIGEON
U.S. ARMY RESERVE: 142nd artillery division
JOHN PIGG
U.S. AIR FORCE
September 1963-September 1967
Airman 1st Class
CLYDE R. "BUTCH" PAGE
U.S. NAVY
Service: October 24, 1966-August 9, 1970
Awards & Decorations: National Defense Metal
Commissary man Second Class (E-5)
Walter Boyd:
US Army Security Agency: July 1963 - July1967
Russian and German linguist; voice intercept specialist
Federal Republic of Germany
US Army Reserve July 1979 - July 1982
362d PSYOPS Co. - Fayetteville
German linguist and intelligence analyst
Diploma in Russian from Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California
Honorably discharged as a sergeant...
BASCOM FREEMAN
U.S. ARMY
John Crossno
US Army Security Agency
June 1963 - June 1967
German graduate of the Defense Language Institute Monterey, California
Served Field Station Berlin
Specialist 5
US Army Security Agency
June 1963 - June 1967
German graduate of the Defense Language Institute Monterey, California
Served Field Station Berlin
Specialist 5
Clayton Anderson
Branch of service: U.S. MARINES
Date of service: June 1963 to June 1967
Awards and decorations: Vietnam Service Medal with 2 Stars
Combat duty: June 1965 to March 1966, Danang, South Vietnam, 1ST Battalion, 9TH Marines (The Walking Dead)
Highest rank: E4-Corporal
Additional comments, We were the 2nd Marine unit to go into South Vietnam
Date of service: June 1963 to June 1967
Awards and decorations: Vietnam Service Medal with 2 Stars
Combat duty: June 1965 to March 1966, Danang, South Vietnam, 1ST Battalion, 9TH Marines (The Walking Dead)
Highest rank: E4-Corporal
Additional comments, We were the 2nd Marine unit to go into South Vietnam
Richard Phegley
UNITED STATES ARMY
1967 – 1969 Active duty with 1st Bn 73rd Field Artillery, 1st Armored Division, Ft Hood, TX
1969 – 1975 Active reserve duty with Civil Affairs and Wire Communications Training Units while in graduate school and early Exxon career.
Highest rank attained was Captain, USAR.
RON DEE WRIGHT
ARKANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Service: October 1966--October 1972
Rank: Tech Sargent E5
DAVID D SMITH: SSGT
AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Service:1967-1973
WILLIAM (BILL) GEORGE
AIR NATIONALl GUARD
1965-1972
Staff Sargent
Jet engine mechanic
AIR NATIONALl GUARD
1965-1972
Staff Sargent
Jet engine mechanic
NEAL WADE
US ARMY: 12th Calvary 3rd Recon
1965-1967
Sharp Shooter - Rifle - Machine gun - Good Conduct Medal - Overseas medal - Unit campain ribbon - A personal letter from then Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, thanking me for my service to my country and state of Arkansas.
Highest rank-Sgt. E5
US ARMY: 12th Calvary 3rd Recon
1965-1967
Sharp Shooter - Rifle - Machine gun - Good Conduct Medal - Overseas medal - Unit campain ribbon - A personal letter from then Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, thanking me for my service to my country and state of Arkansas.
Highest rank-Sgt. E5
LARRY LaFONTAINE
ARKANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD
188th Combat Support Group
189th Combat Support Group
Honor Graduate USAF Technical School
Staff Sargent
ARKANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD
188th Combat Support Group
189th Combat Support Group
Honor Graduate USAF Technical School
Staff Sargent