Austin High School
and
Decatur High School
are glad to honor our graduates who currently serve in all branches of the Armed Forces of the United States.
As Christmas has come and gone, we want you to take time to remember those who have graduated from Austin High School and Decatur High School and are currently serving our country in all branches of the Armed Forces. These men and women have gone far beyond the walls of their respective schools and now represent Decatur and the State of Alabama in the constant defense of the freedoms we enjoy. Please remember them in your thoughts and prayers as they serve our country across the United States and around the world.
Those marked with an asterisk are currently serving or have served in a combat zone.
Please send any new or updated information you have about these or others who are serving to Terry.Moore@dcs.edu and we will keep the list current.
America the Beautiful
Oh beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
Eric B. Aldridge*
Austin High School
1992
AL Army National Guard
Iraq
Troy Allen
Austin High School
2005
Navy, Nuclear Power
Training Cmd, SC
Alan Beauchamp*
Austin High School
2001
US National Guard
Served Afghanistan
Justin Bellamy*
Austin High School
2002
Army
Home from Gulf
Joel Berenbak
Austin High School
1999
Army
Fort Campbell, KY
Thomas Bodine*
Decatur High School
1993
Navy
Atsugi, Japan
Scott Braddock*
Decatur High School
1993
Navy
Lemoore, CA
Clay Brown
Austin High School
2006
Navy
Andrew Breland
Austin High School
2006
Navy
J. J. Clack*
Austin High School
1998
Army
Iraq
Dustin Coffey
Decatur High School
1997
Navy
USS Enterprise
Jimmy Collins*
Decatur High School
1994
Army
Ft Lewis, WA
Ann Marie Cook
Decatur High School
2000
Navy
Pensacola, FL
Phillip Denson*
Austin High School
1996
Air Force
Iraq – 2nd Tour
Eddie Douglas
Austin High School
1997
Air Force
Mid-Air Refuel Pilot
Todd Eaves
Austin High School
2002
Army
Fort Stewart, GA
Ryan Edney*
Austin High School
2003
Marines
Iraq
Jonathan Ellis
Austin High School
1997
Air Force
Lackland AFB Hospital
Michael English*
Decatur High School
2003
Army (Medic)
Baghdad, Iraq
Christopher R. Furlough*
Austin High School
2001
Marines
Iraq – 2nd Tour
Heath Garrison
Austin High School
2001
USAF Reserve
Maxwell AFB, AL
Reginald Gholston
Austin High School
2001
Army
Fort Bragg, NC
Jonathan Glaze*
Austin High School
1994
Marines
Home from Iraq
Tyler Glaze
Austin High School
2006
Marines
Ft Sill, OK
Ashley Gochneaur
Austin High School
2003
Army
Fort Gordon, GA
Ryan Grisham
Austin High School
2004
Navy
Aaron Gustin*
Austin High School
2002
Army
Home from Iraq
Clay Harris
Austin High School
2002
Navy Seal
California
Jeffrey Scott Hartsfield
Decatur High School
2000
Army
Alabama
Jason Haynes
Austin High School
2001
Army
Korea
Adam Henderson*
Austin High School
2001
Navy
Iraq
Daniel Hicks*
Decatur High School
1997
Army
Iraq
Patrick Cullen Howell
Decatur High School
2006
Navy
Great Lakes, IL
David Hudson
Austin High School
1992
Navy
USS Ronald Reagan
Stephen Hudson*
Austin High School
1992
Navy
Mayport NAS, FL
Perry M. Jarman*
Austin High School
1984
Central Command
Iraq – 2nd Tour
Dwight M. Jett, Jr*
Austin High School
1981
AL Army National Guard
Bagdad, Iraq
Jennifer Kicker
Austin High School
1997
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Owen B. Manley
Decatur High School
2004
Navy
China Lake, CA
Jesse McKee*
Austin High School
2000
Air Force
Maxwell AFB, AL
Peter Moncrief
Austin High School
1995
Army
Medic
Kevin Mowery*
Austin High School
2001
Army
Ft Polk LA
Jason Olson
Austin High School
2004
Coast Guard
Davis Ozier
Decatur High School
2001
Army
Ft Bragg, NC
Seth Palmer
Austin High School
2000
Army
Fort Campbell, KY
Katie Payton
Austin High School
2006
Navy
Great Lakes, IL
Joel Phillips*
Decatur High School
1993
Marines
San Diego, CA/Iraq
Jeffrey Pool*
Austin High School
2004
Army
Iraq
J. T. Porter
Austin High School
1997
Marines
Camp Pendleton, CA
Ryan Proctor
Austin High School
2001
Air Force
Japan
Josh Rath*
Austin High School
2004
Army
Iraq
Brent Raines
Austin High School
2005
Navy, Nuclear Power
Training Cmd, SC
Adam Schlagenhauf*
Decatur High School
1995
National Guard
Home from Iraq
Matt Schlagenhauf*
Decatur High School
1997
National Guard
Home from Iraq
Lyle Schnieder
Austin High School
2004
Air Force
Daniel Schopp
Decatur High School
2005
Navy
New Hampshire
Michael Shelton*
Decatur High School
2005
Army
Afghanistan
Brandon Simmons*
Austin High School
2002
Army
Home from Gulf
Tim Simpson*
Austin High School
1984
Army Reserve
Iraq
Bryan Stewart
Decatur High School
2001
Army
Ft Stewart, GA
Sean Stewart
Austin High School
2001
USAF Reserve
Maxwell AFB, AL
Clayton Thomas
Austin High School
2006
Marines
Parris Island, SC
Adam Towe
Decatur High School
2000
US Marine Corps
Jason Tunnicliff*
Austin High School
1998
Army
Decatur, AL
Jeffrey Tunnicliff
Austin High School
2006
Army
Ft Leonard Wood, MO
Thomas A. Underwood*
Austin High School
1989
Army
Joe Vess
Austin High School
2004
Marines
Jared Casey Vinson
Decatur High School
2006
Army
Ft Knox, KY
Valerie Wahoski
Austin High School
2001
Navy
Nikki Wallace
Austin High School
2001
Air Force
Scott AFB, IL
Chuck Watwood
Austin High School
2001
Air Force Reserve
Maxwell AFB, AL
Wade Wiggins
Austin High School
200
Air Force
Eglin Air Force Base
Webb Wiggins
Austin High School
2000
Air Force
Eglin Air Force Base
Byron Williams*
Austin High School
2004
Army
Iraq/Ranger Training
Stuart Woodfin
Austin High School
2000
Coast Guard
Alaska
Michael Woodruff
Austin High School
2004
Navy
Jacksonville, FL