KHS65's TOM HOLLEY HAS A NEW GIG!

At our recent reunion, Tom told me about his new chain of retail stores, HERE TODAY.  Monday I had the opportunity to visit the one in Arnold.  What an adventure!  Easy to find, clean, neat, friendly, efficient employees and great prices on all sorts of STUFF!!!  What more can a girl want?  You can see their locations at www.heretodaystores.com, and see them at Here Today on Facebook.  A great way to save some money, support our classmate's venture and have a fun shopping experience!!! And you don't have to go to Walmart to save a few bucks.  Tom, we're excited for your new adventure, keep up the good work.  

And even better, yesterday morning Tom was the featured guest on KMOV's morning show with Claire Kellett visiting his new Lake St. Louis store...he was GREAT, I told him he should have been a stand-up comedian....

Alphabetical summary list of KHS65 Veterans

HONORING OUR VETERANS – THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!

 In preparing a poster for our 50th Reunion Party, I made an alphabetized list.  Please see all posts in the Label VETERANS AFFAIRS for the details of the service of many of these classmates.  If you are aware of others, or if you wish to add to the information already posted, PLEASE advise.  

January, 2026 unfortunately many of our veterans have died.  I have updated this list, didn't do a final proof read yet, but I want to note that many of the deceased's listings have obituaries so scroll through the VETERANS AFFAIRS label and you'll find them OR go to the SEARCH box on the right side and type in the name, posts on that person will appear.

10/13/15 - Two new names have been added from our Reunion Weekend.   Those with * by their names, and maybe some I missed, were in attendance at our 50th Anniversary Reunion this weekend.  Thank you for being with us!  We recognized our Veterans with a poster bearing their names, red/white & blue ribbons for their lapels and a big round of applause at the beginning of our dinner Saturday night.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ****THIS LIST WAS UPDATED 1/31/2026

The late Bob Albrecht, Korea 1960s

Larry Allin, Combat Medic 1st Cavalry, Vietnam 68-69 
*Dale Andrews, 1st Cavalry Division, Viet Nam '66-'67

Buzz Angeli, USMC 66-59, E-4 Viet Nam class of '67
*Bill Bailey, Reserves, but I forgot which service!

Bob Baker, Army Viet Nam

Mike Bartholomew, 6 years USN, 3 tours to Viet Nam
The late Andy Bastman, Air Force Officer

The late Jeff Beardsley, non-combat death Viet Nam 1968
*Jim Bilhorn, US Army

Howard Boltz, Merchant Marine

Mike Bosworth, Lt. JG Navy, 70-72; Virginia Beach, & Newport, RI
the late Bill Bowden, US Army 2 years, one of which in Viet Nam

the late Phil Brown
Bob Buckles, Aviation Storekeeper, US Army, Cuba, FL, VA & Europe 

Mike Caldwell USAF Viet Nam era pilot of KC-135 mid-air refueling for 7 years. 
*Gary Carpenter, MD, Retired Army

the late Bob Casey, Naval Aviation with the National Guard

The late Barney Coman Joined the Navy in 1965. He was an Aerographer’s Mate and later transitioned to Photographer’s Mate serving 20 plus years, retiring as Chief Petty Officer
Toby Cotton, SP/5, Army, Korea  

Jim Day OWES ME HIS LISTING!!!!

Ed Deatherage, Military, stationed in Europe

John De Ruiter, 70-72

Bill Easton, Army, Ft. Carson and other places, 7 year tour
John Emerson, 2 years in U S Army
*John Evans, USAF, 1st Lt.
*Dell Ferguson, USAF 66 - 70, to Pakistan, TX, Okinawa
*Jeff Frahm, USAF, jet aircraft mechanic
Larry Fulkerson, USAF 69-73, Staff Sgt., TX, OK, AK, SD

Butch Goodrich, Army Viet Nam 68-69

George Gottschalk, USN, 66 - 70, based at Portsmouth, NH Engineman E-4
The late *John Guyer, MO Natl Guard Sgt, E-5
The late Otis Harris, USN 66 - 70

Doug Hayman 
The late Joseph W (Bill) Heister, US Army Spec 4; 2 time Purple Heart awardee
*Earl Herweck, USCG, 1966-70, EMI, based in MD, served as ice breaker

Scott Heuer, Air Force Band with Alan Yount
Brian Higgins, USAF Reserves in 1975 (I found out somehow he went to military school)

Richard Hodill Naval ROTC at Northwestern then time in service 

John Hines

*Steve Huber, Captain in USAF, navigator trainer, pilot training, electronic warfare officers school.  Duty in Guam and Thailand
Jim Huddleston,  67 – 70  US Army, in Ethiopia & elsewhere

The late Charles Huebner, US Army
The late Bill Illing, 4.5 years in Hawaii on shore duty; worked in mental health activities related to drug & alcohol abuse and 1 year outpatient clinic duty

Eric Johns

The late Russ Jaeger

*Tom Justison USAF 1966-1970, serving in TX, MS & Okinawa, trained in broadcasting & air traffic control; in ’75 Sgt traveling with USAF singing group

Todd Kamp, US Army 
Denny Keane, U S Army, 4 years in Germany
Rick Kohler, USAF 4 years, Staff Sgt, E-5
Bob Kraus, USN, gunner's mate, 2nd Class Petty Officer, 66-70
Gary Lasadose, USN on the USS FD Roosevelt
Nick Lattimore, US Army, Captain, Ft. Hood, Viet Nam & Ft. Bliss

Mark Lawler USN

Al Lawrence US Army, Viet Nam 68-69

Lary Lazier, Army Reserves (and a recent retiree of the Kirkwood Fire Department where he served us well for many years)
Art Leavens active duty USN Reserve 70-72, OCS, 1^st LT jg, 3 deployments

Dave Lewis, US Army, 3 years in Germany
Jim Livesay, USAF 4 years, Turkey & Minnesota
Russell Magee, 1st Lt., Viet Nam, Bronze Star & Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry

Nelson Mann, 1st Lt, 1969-72 

The late Tom Marenholz service info unknown
The late Mickey Marietta, Jr., 1975 Navy Air Reserves; he saw all of Europe, the North Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean & every port from ME to TX.
*Ron Masters, USN, Dentist; Jungle Survival School with USMC in Panama Canal Zone.

*Ken McBride, USMC, Jan 66 to Jan 68; Vietnam starting in DaNang and ending in DucPho.

The late Doug McKelvy, 4 years, 1st Lt., 3 years in Germany; worked on NATO bases with German Luftwaffe & Dutch Army for 3 years.  He currently reposes in peace at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery here in St. Louis County.
*John Michener, US Army 2 years, stationed in Germany

Bill Mikko 
The late Richard Mills, USMC, trained Quantico, served in DaNang, South Viet Nam and Camp Pendleton, Sgt E-5.
Jim Moriarity, US Army, 1970 Mekong Delta
J. David Mueller, USAF Academy 66-70, in 1975 was Captain stationed at Mather AFB, CA & served in Viet Nam

The late Gene Muir, US Army SPC-4, now living in the greater St. Louis area 

Rusty Nelson, USN 

Ray Noll, USMC 4 years, 1st Lt, Infantry Platoon Commander/Air Controller Quantico & Pendleton, Western Pacific

The late *Jim Olson, KS Air National Guard  

*Bob O'Neill  USA crewchief CH-47 Chinook; 82d Airborne Div. Joined Reserves, 1986 back to Ft. Eustis, VA. UH-60 Blackhawk school; one of 1st Hawks at beautiful downtown Kuwait international airport

Charlie Nemec 

Alan Painter, 4 years on the USS Enterprise, CVAN-65.
The late Austin Parham was in the National Guard

The late Jim Persons, USN
Ron Persons, USN 1969-70, stationed in the Western Pacific, similar to Ray Noll, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Hawaii, Korea & Philippines
Mike Pigg, Airman 1st Class, Alaska, Guam and Stateside duty
Mike Pollman, US Army, 2 years as a flight engineer.
The late *Ric Porte, USN, 2 years in Viet Nam.  

The late John Prill, 27 years, 6 months, 4 days; USCG, retired as Chief Warrant Officer 4

The late Jerome Rawlings, Army, Sp 4, MP killed in action, Pleiku, 1968

Rocky Reece, US Army, Mannheim, Germany
Bill Reynolds, US Army #-5 in VA, Hawaii and CTR
*Ric Roberts, retired Career Navy, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class, many duty stations. 

Jim Russell, US Army, 69-71 Viet Nam; interrogation specialist & Vietnamese linguist in military intelligence. 

Jim Scheidt, US Army, Viet Nam, 67-68
*Judge Gary Schmidt, 1st Lt., Viet Nam
Richard (Dick) Schmidt, USN, Norfolk, Boston, Newport & 6 month cruise around South America 

Ervin (Scotty) Scott

Jamie Sehl, US Army 1968-73, Chief Warrant Officer, 2 tours Viet Nam, 69 & 73.  Flight training & pilot school instructor

Bob Shank, US Army 2 years, Viet Nam as a spy!
Wick Short, US Army 3 years, 1st Lt.
*Paul Silman, USN 66 - 70, stationed at Pearl Harbor
Clay Singleton, ROTC Scholarship; US Army 1st Lt., 1st Armored Div; Germany
Bill Snyder, USAF, Staff Sgt, 1969-73, 2 years Korea & Japan
The late Linda Stevens, RN., US Army Nurse Corps 69-70

The late Reed Stites, U S Army 1966-70, 2 tours in Viet Nam, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
*Don Stream, USN, stationed MD, FL, Sicily and Iceland, 4 years, E-5
*Dean Swisher, US Army, Heidelberg, Spec 5
*Steve Swofford, US Army 1970-71
Gene Talley, 1966-1970, duty in Okinawa "in the service"

John A. Thompson, USAF Academy & Air Force service 
The late *Jack Toman, Army Band, 1966 to 1973 traveled extensively- see obituary & Alan Yount post 11/13/14
Dan Truman, USN

The late Byron Vermillion, U S Navy

The late *Nelson Wainwright, U S M C 

The late Jim Waters -died Oct. 2004, [buried Jefferson Barracks] of agent orange exposure in Viet Nam

*Bill Watts, US Army, Nuclear Weapons School, member of Nuclear Emergency Team for S E Asia, Ft. Ord, Sandia Base, NM & Okinawa

Tom Webdell 

*Frank West, USAF 65-69
Rich Whelove, "...took a sabbatical [from college] under the auspices of Uncle Sam to Tonsun Hnut & Ft. Sill with a side trip to Bangkok."  

John Winkler

The late Alan Yount, 6 years trumpet player, Natl Guard Band 68-74, & USAF Band, see post of 11/13/14 and his obituary. There are also more posts about him in this Veterans Affairs category.

 

 

Reunion tidbits

Sending all our biggest get well wishes to Linda Girard Day who is having a tough time now....she needs our good vibes and prayers.  It looks like she won't be able to join us for the party, but we hope JD might be able to pop in and at least take home some gossip to cheer Linda a bit...GET WELL LINDA!!!!

There will be a funeral reception on FRIDAY at P J's in Kirkwood from 2 to 5pm.  If you are planning to go there, be aware the parking in that part of town is a bear, so just be patient; parking on the surrounding streets (no meters), and other lots is available, just drive around a bit.  I'm sure the public part of the restaurant will have normal clientele, the reception will be in the adjoining space, so don't stay away if you are yearning for a great P J Burger, just be aware...

Remember we are having a cash bar, and also while your wallets are open, we're having a few Silent Auction items - no not ski trips to Aspen, or a new car, but some KHS65 memorabilia, think t-shirts and mugs, teddy bear w/ Kirkwood shirt, some nice ceramic steins, one KHS Alumni and one of a Kirkwood landmark, can coozies, just some fun "stuff" - money going to Class Reunion kitty.