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          French High School
          Beaumont,Texas


          Never Forget

          We Salute All Our Heroes!

      I started this page as a tribute
      to our FHS Viet Nam Fallen Veterans.
      But I couldn't in my heart and soul do a
      Veterans Page
      and not remember ALL servicemen
      and women of all branches,
      of all wars who served in order to keep our country free.
      And to those who sacrificed their lives to make
      America the greatest country in the world.
      God Bless each of you.

      Thank You




      I'm not one to write poems, nor to express myself so openly, but I have to tell you, doing this page has brought a many a tear to my eyes. While searching for graphics for this page I came across so many names and stories of family members that were lost in the war.
      You can't visit these pages and see the names of fathers, sons, brothers, friends and not feel the impact of the wars. So many lives lost.
      58,000 members of our generation who left for Vietnam didn't come back alive. Nearly 2,000 are still listed as MIA's. And so many came back so emotionally wounded by their experiences that they will never fully recover.
      I get a lump in my throat each time I read the names on
      The WALL, when I pass the VA Cemetery, the VA Hospital or see our homeless veterans on the street.
      This is our way of saying
      a Special Thanks to all the servicemen and women who fought for
      OUR FREEDOM.




    FHS Veterans
    *Norman L. Chase Jr - class of '42 - U.S. Army

    Richard Bess - class of '49 - USAF

    Raymond DD Barrow - class of '50 - USMC
    *Jasper "Jake" Perello - class of '50 -USAF
    Bobby Riggs - class of '50 - USAF
    Allen Royse - class of '50 - USAF
    Kenneth "Stone" Wall - class of '50 - USAF

    Bill Pryne - class of '52 - U.S. Army
    *Donald Gene Kerr - class of '52 - U.S. Army

    Carl Anderson - class of '53 - USMC
    Robert W. Crawford - class of '53 - USMC
    Raleigh E. Cunningham - class of '53 - USMC
    *Bobby Franklin - class of '53 - USMC
    Glenn Green - class of '53 - USMC
    Graham Griffin - class of '53 - USMC
    David Goss - class of '53 - USMC
    Ross E. Jackson - class of '53 - USMC
    Cecil R. Royse - class of '53 - USMC
    *Robert A. St. Clair - class of '53 - USMC
    Jimmy Suggs - class of '53 - USMC
    *Rodney A. Traver - class of '53 - USMC

    Don Fishero - class of '54 - USMC

    James "Pete" Langford - class of '55 - USMC

    George W. Bryant - class of '56 - U.S. Army
    Roy Bailey - class of '56 - USMC

    Bobby Bourland - class of '57 - U.S. Army
    Jimmy Broussard - class of '57 - U.S. Army
    Bobby Carroll - class of '57 - U.S. Navy
    Robert Earl Hamm - class of '57 - U.S. Army
    Don Hegele - class of '57 - U.S. Army
    Johnny French - class of '57 - U.S. Army
    G.A. Matthews Jr. - class of '57 - U.S. Army
    Gene Moulden - class of '57 - U.S. Army
    Bruce Obannion - class of '57 - U.S. Army
    Richard L. Smith - class of '57 - U.S. Army
    Kendall Stockholm - class of '57 - USMC
    Charles Wilson - class of '57 - U.S. Army

    Bobby Burford - class of '58 - USAF
    William H English - class of '58 U.S. Navy
    Lawrence Morgan - class of '58 - U.S. Army
    Robert J. Swain - class of '58 - U.S. Army

    Curtis Allen - class of '59 - USMC
    Joe Bonura - class of '59 - U.S. Army
    Lonnie Brown - class of '59 - USMC
    John Chapman - class of '59 - USMC
    Milton Dominy - class of '59 - USMC
    Charles Frink - class- U.S. Army
    Mack Hanson - class of '59 - USMC
    Howard Huff - class of '59 - USMC
    Herschel Irwin - class of '59 - USMC
    Hoy W. Kelley - class of '59 - USMC
    James Mathews - class of '59 - USMC
    Harvey McCraw - class of '59 - USMC
    Ron Ozzio - class of '59 - USMC
    Gale Parks - class of '59 - USMC
    Mason C. Scarborough - class of '59 - USMC
    David Shoemake - class of '59 - U.S. Army
    Buddy Silvernail - class of '59 - USMC
    Robert Smith - class of '59 - USMC
    Bill Wiggins - class of '59 - USAF

    Nathan Cross - class of '60 - U.S. Army
    Palmer Hall - class of '60 - U.S. Army
    Larry Harvey - class of '60 - U.S. Army
    Ralph Hoffpauir - class of '60 - U.S. Army
    James (Jimmy) Johnson class of '60 - U.S. Navy
    Thomas C Karr - class of '60 - U.S. Navy
    Jack (Bo)Teague - class of '60 - USAF
    Robert (Bob) Leonard - class of '60 -USMC
    Buster F Tindel - class of '60 - USAF
    Herman Weber - class of '60 - U.S. Navy

    Lyndon J. Doyle - class of '61 - USMC & US Army
    Rusty Howard - class of '61 - USAF
    *Thomas (Tommy) Johnson - class of '61 - USAF
    Eugene J. "Gene" Pipes - class of '61 - U.S.C.G.
    Ray Jester - class of '61 - USAF & U.S. Navy

    Larry Glenn Buxton - class of '62 - U.S. Navy
    Larry Davis - class of '62 - U.S. Navy
    Glenn DeBartolo - class of '62 - U.S. Navy
    Luke Latino, Jr. - class of '62 - USAF
    Berton Middleton - class of '62 - USAF

    Bob Anderson - class of '63 - U.S. Navy
    Ron Eller - class of '63 - USAF
    Steve Fox - class of '63 - U.S. Army
    Bob Wall - class of '63 - U.S. Army

    Hugh Kelly - class of '64 - USMC
    Philip Lockhart - class of '64 - USAF
    Madeline Lutz - class of '64 - USAF
    Jim McSpadden - class of '64 - USAF
    Gary Scott - class of '64 - USAF
    Chester Slay - class of '64 - U. S. Army
    George Wiggins - class of '64 - U. S. Army
    John Wilson - class of '64 - U.S. Army
    Sammy Wilson - class of '64 - USAF

    Joseph L. Cascio - class of '65 - U.S. Navy
    Vester M. Hasson III - class of '65 - USAF
    Kenneth C.Legendre - class of '65 - U.S. Army
    Richard Mabry - class of '65 - USAF/TANG
    Bill Van Nolan - class of '65 - U.S. Navy
    Ralph Robinson - class of '65 - USMC
    Jimmy Peacock - class of '65 - USAF
    Haynes Potter Poole - class of '65 - U.S. Army
    Konnie M. Robbs Doyle - Class of '65 - U.S. Army & USAF (Currently serving on active duty)
     Terry Shaw - class of '65 - U.S. Navy
    Bobby Summers - class of '65 - USAF
    Michael J. Voorhies - class of '65 - USMC
    Rusty Wilson - class of '65 - USMC

    Michael R. Amy - class of '66 - USAF
    Mary Davis Chandler - class of '66 - USAF
    Nancy Collins - class of '66 - USAF
    Otis Fisher - class of '66 - U.S. Army
    Robin Lynn Harvey - class of '66 - U.S. Army
    Allen Ozment - class of '66 - USMC
    Walton Wayne Segree - class of '66 - U.S. Army
    Joseph M. Venable - class of '66 - USMC
    Ottie D. Walker – Class of ’66 – U.S. Army

    Joseph E. Budd - class of '67 - USMC
    Craig Hodge - class of '67 - U.S. Army
    Don Hilton - class of '67 - USMC
    Lewis Leach - class of '67 - USMC
    John W. Pace - class of '67 - U.S. Army
    Tim Parsons - class of '67 - USMC
    Art Shaw - class of '67 - U.S. Navy
    Fredrick T. Smith - class of '67 -U.S. Navy
    Ronnie Swain - class of '67 - U.S. Army
    Tom Thompson - class of '67 - U.S. Navy
    Dennis Winger - class of '67 - U.S. Navy

    Robert Bridgers - class of '68 - USMC
    Jim Bob Read - class of '68 - U.S. Army
    Wavelen W. Fielder - class of '68 - USAF
    Frank Kotlarz - class of '68 - USMC
    Tommy Webb - class of '68 - USMC

    *Lloyd William Ewart class of '69 - USMC
    Sammy W. Moffitt - class of '69 - U.S. Army
    Ron Shaw - class of '69 - U.S. Navy
    Robert E. Sterling Jr. - class of'69 - U.S. Navy

    Randy Allen - class of '70 - USAF
    John Henry Read - class of '70 - USMC
    Tim Hall - class of '70 - USAF
    Wiley Voorhies - class of '70 - U.S. Navy

    James Thomas Cates III. - class of '71 - USMC
    William E. Crutcher - class of '71 - U.S. Army
    Charlie Debney - class of '71 - U.S. Army
    Charlie Edwards - class of '71 - U.S. Navy
    Darrell Jackson - class of '71 - U.S. Navy
    Freddy G. Richardson - class of '71 - USMC

    Charles Booth - class of '72 - USAF
    Dusty S Cook - class of '72 - U.S. Navy
    Kirby Hattox - class of '72 - USAF
    B.W.(Wes) Hasson - class of '72 - USAF
    Peggy S. Parnell -Allen- Davis - class of '72 - U.S. Navy

    Joyce Crutcher Kaufmann - class of '73 - U.S. Navy

    Merita Knapp - class of '74 - U.S. Army
    Gerald J. Voorhies - class of '74 - U.S. Navy

    Ray Clausen - class of '75 - U.S. Army

    Kevin McNease - class of '77 - U.S. Navy
    Sandi Pryne - class of '77 - U.S. Army

    Sean Smith - class of '78 - U.S. Navy

    James R. Voorhies - class of '79 - U.S. Navy
    Russ Witt - class of '79 - USAF

    Phil Engstrom - class of '80 - USMC

    Royce E. Phillips - class of '81 - U.S. Navy
    Mark Roberts - class of '81 - USMC

    John Folmar - class of '82 - USMC

    Mark S. Renfro - class of '83 - U.S. Navy

    James W. McDuffie Jr. - class of '84 - U.S. Army
    David Frazier - class of '84 - U.S. Army
    Jessica Piper - class of '84 - U.S. Navy

    Kevin Domingue - class of '86 - USMC

    (* = deceased)
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    The above list is for ALL FHS VETERANS..
    Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard
    This is our way of saying THANK YOU !!
    If you were in the service please let me know so I can add you to the list...



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    ~~~ We Shall Not Forget The Price They Paid ~~~

    Raymond Turner - class of '49 - KIA - KOREA
    Charles Whatley - class of '50 - KIA (Korea - land mine)
    Jack Blake - U.S.Army - class of '62 - KIA
    Mickey Webster - U.S. Army - class of '62 - KIA
    Steven Boots - class of '63 - KIA
    Jerrell D. Scroggs - U.S. Navy - class of '65 - KIA
    Larry Wilkerson - U.S. Army -class of '67 - KIA
    Cliff Haley - USMC - class of '68 - KIA

    For more Information on these Alumni Please visit my new page:
    Never Forget





    The link below is a listing of all U.S. Vietnam War Casualties.
    This listing was compiled by Jay Ebert, USAF.
    These listings are based on the Home of Record information in the files of the National Archives
    Vietnam Casualties by State



    Below is a email I recieved, and thought it deserved to be posted!
    Thank you Tim!
     Maribeth, I want to thank you for your recognition of the veterans.
    Not only those from FHS, but also those from our generation.
    Your recognition of those who are currently serving our country,
    a generation after us that is making the sacrifice, is so important.
    Just a smile, handshake, and a heartfelt THANK YOU is all that is needed.
    My heart goes out those who have served our country
    and those who have made the ULTIMATE sacrifice,
    especially the Greatest Generation that went before us.
    I too, get a lump in my throat having seen the Wall,
    walking Arlington Cemetery in Washington D.C.
    and have seen the pictures of the crosses at Normandy, Luxembourg, Iwo Jima,
    Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Okinawa, and on and on.
    There are so many countless others
    lost at sea or have never been accounted for.
    They are the men and women
    who have made this country the greatest country on earth.
    Kindest Regards,
    Tim Hall '70 - USAF 1971-1975

    More Links

    [Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page]
    [ Federal Research Division ]
    [ Virtual Wall ]
    [ Good Morning Vietnam !! ]
    [ Reflections, Memories, & Images of Vietnam Past ]
    [ Official Naval Website ]





    WHEN YOU SEE A VETERAN......
    SHOW THEM THE PRIDE YOU HAVE IN THEM,
    BY TELLING THEM
    OR GIVING THEM A WARM SMILE AND A NOD OF THE HEAD.
    TO LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM...




    Poems by Palmer Hall
    These poems are reproduced from an anthology
    of poems and essays dealing with Viet Nam.
    "Father Buddha"
    Palmer is a Vietnam Veteran who served with the U.S. Army.



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