Monarchs in the Military
We are so proud of the many alumni who have selflessly served our country to defend our freedom. It is an honor to recognize them on our Sentinels of Freedom Monument in the Grotto of Mater Dei High School where their names will forever be engraved on our great campus.
If you or a fellow alumni have served and are not on this list or if you have corrections to the list, please contact Kathleen Kelly ‘94 at [email protected] today.
Please include:
First and Last Name (Maiden Name if applicable)
MDHS Grad Year
Proof of Military Service
A photo of you in uniform (optional)
Please include:
First and Last Name (Maiden Name if applicable)
MDHS Grad Year
Proof of Military Service
A photo of you in uniform (optional)
We have created a Monarchs in the Military photo album, please send a photo of you in uniform with a short description to [email protected] if you would like it added to the album.
List updated April 29, 2024:
Seven Monarchs have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom:
Louis Dobbin II ‘61
US Marines – KIA, Vietnam
Philip Erickson ‘64
US Army – KIA, Vietnam
Jason Finan '00
US Navy – KIA, Iraq
US Army – KIA, Afghanistan
Ward L. Hooper Jr. ‘64
US Army – KIA, Vietnam
Thomas Orr ‘67
US Marines – KIA, Vietnam
Ronald Watson ‘64
US Army – KIA, Vietnam
| First Name | Last Name | Branch | Year | First Name | Last Name | Branch | Year | |
| Claire | Bennett | Marines | 1953 | Albert | Yunt | Air Force | 1968 | |
| Joel | Gill | Air Force | 1953 | Rosie | Adams | Navy | 1969 | |
| Daniel | Jerry | Navy | 1953 | Edward | Aguirre | Army | 1969 | |
| Francis | Keller | Air Force | 1953 | Mike | Brosius | Navy | 1969 | |
| Jack | Markel | Army | 1953 | Thomas | Gaffney | Navy | 1969 | |
| Ronald | Seibel | Army | 1953 | Daniel | Gatlin | Army | 1969 | |
| Larry | Appleton | Air Force | 1954 | Robert | Judith | Marines | 1969 | |
| Ricci | Chilson | Army | 1954 | Donald | Anderson | Army | 1970 | |
| Joseph | Garcia | Army | 1954 | Roderick | Frilot | Army | 1970 | |
| Michael | Halloran | Army | 1954 | Mike | Reyes | Army | 1970 | |
| David | Keller | Army | 1954 | Stephen | Seybold | Coast Guard | 1970 | |
| Francis | Layden | Coast Guard | 1954 | Stephen | Seybold | Coast Guard | 1970 | |
| Robert | Maine | Marines | 1954 | Dale | Bugbee | Air Force | 1971 | |
| Phyllis | Moffitt | Army | 1954 | Kathleen | Carson | Air Force | 1971 | |
| Charles | Schmitt | Army | 1954 | Edward | DeCarlo | Air Force | 1971 | |
| William | Verheyden | Air Force | 1954 | Mary | Hymel | Air Force | 1971 | |
| Deirdrie | Douville | Army | 1955 | Michael | McNiff | Air Force | 1971 | |
| Martin | Lovering | Army | 1955 | John | Melton | Navy | 1971 | |
| John | Maciha | Coast Guard | 1955 | Michael | Meoli | 1971 | ||
| Charles | McGrath | Marines | 1955 | Sean | Murphy | 1971 | ||
| Frank | Mendoza | Navy | 1955 | John | Robinson | Army | 1971 | |
| Thomas | Miller | Navy | 1955 | Steven | Rubino | Army | 1971 | |
| Anthony | Tirico | National Guard | 1955 | Kathleen | Salmas | Army | 1971 | |
| John | Allen | Air Force | 1956 | Edward | Torrence | Navy | 1971 | |
| Henry | Bigonger | National Guard | 1956 | Richard | Courtney | Air Force | 1972 | |
| James | Brown | Army | 1956 | Richard | Horn | Army | 1972 | |
| John | Casteix | Coast Guard | 1956 | Joseph | Knox | Marines | 1972 | |
| Victor | Coronado | Navy | 1956 | Mark | Lewis | Army | 1972 | |
| Richard | Dean | Air Force | 1956 | John | Thompson | Army | 1972 | |
| Ronald | Devos | Marines | 1956 | Walter | Trotechaud | Air Force | 1972 | |
| Salvador | Flores | Army | 1956 | John | Christ | Air Force | 1973 | |
| Terry | Gill | Army | 1956 | Vince | Balderrama | Marines | 1974 | |
| Dennis | Halloran | Army | 1956 | Mike | Buskuhl | Navy | 1974 | |
| Donald | Halloran | Air Force | 1956 | Jeffery | Cramer | Air Force | 1974 | |
| Larry | Knapp | Navy | 1956 | David | Deloge | Air Force | 1974 | |
| James | Markey | Navy | 1956 | Stephen | Graham | Air Force | 1974 | |
| Raymond | Morrissey | Coast Guard | 1956 | Thomas | Hirota | Army | 1974 | |
| Daniel | Musselman | Navy | 1956 | Michael | Simes | Army | 1974 | |
| Tom | Spalding | Army | 1956 | Mark | Spencer | Navy | 1974 | |
| Frank | Baker | Air Force | 1957 | James | Van Gorder | Air Force | 1974 | |
| Eugene | Borgna | Navy | 1957 | Greg | Viviano | Marines | 1974 | |
| Pete | Conaty | Army | 1957 | Daniel | Gahagan | Navy | 1975 | |
| Joseph | Crosby | Navy | 1957 | Ronald | Nowak | Army | 1975 | |
| John | Florance | Army | 1957 | Kevin | Simes | Army | 1975 | |
| Dave | Hitt | Air Force | 1957 | Dave | Bussiere | Navy | 1976 | |
| Bert | Hoffman | Army | 1957 | Michael | Duarte | Coast Guard | 1976 | |
| LOUIS | HOLGUIN | Army | 1957 | Jeffery | Grzecka | Air Force | 1976 | |
| Thomas | Kaelin | Army | 1957 | Bernardo | Madrid | Army | 1976 | |
| Thomas | Levandowski | Army | 1957 | Steven | Schrader | Air Force | 1976 | |
| Fred | Loya | Army | 1957 | Steven | Schrader | Air Force | 1976 | |
| Joel | McCullar | Navy | 1957 | John | Stemmer | Navy | 1976 | |
| George | O'Brien | Army | 1957 | Timothy | Lee | Air Force | 1977 | |
| Joe | Persek | Army | 1957 | Mark | Liekhus | Navy | 1977 | |
| Theron | Purdy | Navy | 1957 | Frank | Martinez | Navy | 1977 | |
| John | Swiderski | Air Force | 1957 | Jose | Gonzalez | Army | 1978 | |
| Robert | Baas | Navy | 1958 | Michael | King | Marines | 1978 | |
| John | Hannigan | Army | 1958 | Sean | Mercadante | Air Force | 1978 | |
| Thomas | Haupert | Navy | 1958 | Edward | Reynolds | Army | 1978 | |
| Robert | Read | Army | 1958 | Guy | Runkle | Army | 1978 | |
| John | Sachs | Army | 1958 | Stephen | vonRumpf | Marines | 1978 | |
| Leonard | Wurm | Army | 1958 | Greg | Maciha | Army | 1979 | |
| Robert | Chilson | Army | 1959 | Eric | Rumps | Marines | 1979 | |
| Dennis | Churchin | Marines | 1959 | Andrew | Turay | Army | 1979 | |
| Terry | Dean | Air Force | 1959 | Sheila | Urlaub | Navy | 1979 | |
| Charles | Dobson | Air Force | 1959 | William | Bonzer | Army | 1980 | |
| Patrick | Fernandez | Air Force | 1959 | James | Castle | Navy | 1980 | |
| Richard | Gordon | Marines | 1959 | Edwin | Dagostino | Navy | 1980 | |
| James | Hansen | Air Force | 1959 | Larry | Savidge | Air Force | 1980 | |
| Norman | Harms | Air Force | 1959 | Wayne | Nurmela | Air Force | 1981 | |
| Nicholas | Miller | Navy | 1959 | Bill | Tuli | Navy | 1981 | |
| Michael | O'Brien | Air Force | 1959 | Edward | Zamora | Marines | 1981 | |
| William | Schilling | Navy | 1959 | Charles | Cassidy | Navy | 1982 | |
| John | Appleton | Marines | 1960 | Joseph | Defraine | Navy | 1982 | |
| Ed | Casey | Army | 1960 | Daniel | Foley | Army | 1982 | |
| Gary | Cundall | Air Force | 1960 | Philip | Gray | Army | 1982 | |
| Susan | Curtis | Navy | 1960 | Eric | Leon | Army | 1982 | |
| Richard | Debevec | Army | 1960 | Paul | Macek | Air Force | 1982 | |
| Bill | Fury | Air Force | 1960 | John | Nelson | Army | 1982 | |
| Louie | Garcia | Air Force | 1960 | Matthew | Rumps | Marines | 1982 | |
| James | Gilmore | Air Force | 1960 | Armando | Sanbrano | National Guard | 1982 | |
| Michael | McCarthy | Army | 1960 | Diane | Llamas | Army | 1983 | |
| Herman | Neal | Air Force | 1960 | Mark | Paget | Army | 1983 | |
| Charles | Quilter | Marines | 1960 | Denise | Petersen | Navy | 1983 | |
| Lawrence | Rutherford | Air Force | 1960 | Lawrence | Rumps | Marines | 1983 | |
| Daniel | Salceda | Army | 1960 | Ward | Rovira | Army | 1984 | |
| Robert | Siegel | Army | 1960 | David | Bergman | Marines | 1985 | |
| Gregory | Aguirre | Army | 1961 | Herbert | Garza | Navy | 1985 | |
| James | Baer | Army | 1961 | Paul | Leatherman | Navy | 1985 | |
| William | Brennan | Army | 1961 | Troy | Liddi | Marines | 1985 | |
| Denny | Condon | Army | 1961 | Richard | Ross | Marines | 1985 | |
| Richard | DeFilippo | Army | 1961 | Alexander | Bautista | Army | 1986 | |
| Jay | Del Giorgio | Army | 1961 | David | Craig | National Guard | 1986 | |
| Louis | Dobbin | Marines | 1961 | Christina | Hardaway | Air Force | 1986 | |
| David | Fernandez | Coast Guard | 1961 | Mark | Lopez | Coast Guard | 1986 | |
| Frank | Gieser | Army | 1961 | Steven | Morehouse | Marines | 1986 | |
| Paul | Gresbrink | Marines | 1961 | Camille | Rumps | Marines | 1986 | |
| Michael | Layton | Army | 1961 | James | Senecal | Marines | 1986 | |
| William | LeVecke | Air Force | 1961 | Patrick | Amelotte | Marines | 1987 | |
| Anthony | Manemann | Army | 1961 | Raymond | Duval | Army | 1987 | |
| Patrick | Orr | Navy | 1961 | Wayne | Hunt | Marines | 1987 | |
| Mike | Roberts | Air Force | 1961 | Daniel | Markert | Army | 1987 | |
| Dennis | Wallevand | 1961 | James | McPhee | Army | 1987 | ||
| J. Scott | Williams | Army | 1961 | Lloyd | Nguyen | Marines | 1987 | |
| Charles | Anderson | Coast Guard | 1962 | Jeffrey | Leischner | Air Force | 1988 | |
| David | Andorka | Army | 1962 | Jeffrey | Leischner | Air Force | 1988 | |
| Jay | Diskin | Army | 1962 | Geoffrey | Petyak | Air Force | 1988 | |
| Ramon | Evans | Army | 1962 | David | Stewart | Air Force | 1988 | |
| David | Fales | Air Force | 1962 | Doug | Clark | Navy | 1989 | |
| Paul | Frank | Army | 1962 | Arturo | Horton | Army | 1989 | |
| Raphael | Frilot | Army | 1962 | Tyson | Hummel | Air Force | 1989 | |
| William | Hoyem | Army | 1962 | Jason | LeVecke | Marines | 1989 | |
| Thomas | Imm | Marines | 1962 | Steven | Spruill | Marines | 1989 | |
| Paul | Kaiser | 1962 | Adam | Straub | Army | 1989 | ||
| Brian | Lapworth | Army | 1962 | Michael | Erickson | Air Force | 1990 | |
| John | Markel | Marines | 1962 | Eric | Fletcher | Army | 1990 | |
| Juan | Mendoza | Navy | 1962 | Alejandro | Lopez | Marines | 1990 | |
| John | Pangrazio | Air Force | 1962 | Nestor | Perone | Air Force | 1990 | |
| Michael | Smith | Air Force | 1962 | Edward | Wagner | Navy | 1990 | |
| Robert | Sullivan | Army | 1962 | David | Diaz | Air Force | 1991 | |
| Edward | Wagner | Army | 1962 | Stephen | Karson | Navy | 1991 | |
| Kenneth | Walsh | Army | 1962 | Manuel | Leon | 1991 | ||
| Robert | Weidner | Army | 1962 | Michael | Lodyga | Air Force | 1991 | |
| Stan | Woods | Army | 1962 | John | Miller | Army | 1991 | |
| Robert | Adams | Army | 1963 | Rebecca | Saydak | Air Force | 1991 | |
| Rolfe | Bolle | Army | 1963 | Victor | Suarez | Army | 1991 | |
| Brian | Crammer | Army | 1963 | A. Isabel | Velasco | Marines | 1991 | |
| Conchita | Evans | Air Force | 1963 | Theodore | Brenner | Navy | 1992 | |
| Anne | Evans | Coast Guard | 1963 | Jesus | Cota | Navy | 1992 | |
| Craig | Frilot | Marines | 1963 | Lewis | Cox | Army | 1992 | |
| John | Godinho | Army | 1963 | Andy | Cruz | Marines | 1992 | |
| Bob | Gunton | Army | 1963 | Kenneth | Reed | Marines | 1992 | |
| Helios | Hernandez | Navy | 1963 | Scott | Tardie | Navy | 1992 | |
| Don | Imm | Marines | 1963 | Michael | Tobin | Marines | 1992 | |
| James | Mitchell | Army | 1963 | Robert | Valeriote | Navy | 1992 | |
| Russell | O'Campo | Air Force | 1963 | Gerald | Yap | Air Force | 1992 | |
| John | Powers | Army | 1963 | Matthew | Zamiska | Air Force | 1992 | |
| Manuel | Rivera | Army | 1963 | Craig | Frangente | Navy | 1993 | |
| Charles | Roberts | Army | 1963 | Ron | Huckabee | Marines | 1993 | |
| Carol | Schneider | Navy | 1963 | Thomas | Schaefer | Air Force | 1993 | |
| Robert | Watson | Air Force | 1963 | Damian | Aguilar | Navy | 1994 | |
| Robert | Womack | Army | 1963 | Scott | Boisvert | Army | 1994 | |
| Edward | Campea | Air Force | 1964 | Michael | Foster | Marines | 1994 | |
| Gerald | Canale | Air Force | 1964 | Michael | Sulkin | Marines | 1994 | |
| Michael | Duran | Army | 1964 | Luis | Valdivia | Navy | 1994 | |
| Ralph | Endrizzi | Army | 1964 | Norma | Aranda | Army | 1995 | |
| Philip | Erickson | Army | 1964 | John | Flynn | Air Force | 1995 | |
| Ward | Hooper | Army | 1964 | Gabriel | Rivas | Army | 1995 | |
| Joseph | Lambert | 1964 | Jason | Rubi | 1995 | |||
| Sal | Manzella | Air Force | 1964 | Jeffrey | Felix | Navy | 1996 | |
| Michael | Martellotti | Marines | 1964 | Rick | Gonzales | Marines | 1996 | |
| Ronald | Oliveri | Air Force | 1964 | Yu Gregg | Maeda | Navy | 1996 | |
| Ron | Paino | Navy | 1964 | Zachariah | Pricer | Marines | 1996 | |
| Lawrence | Russell | Army | 1964 | Joseph | Flores | Marines | 1997 | |
| Donald | Scelsa | Coast Guard | 1964 | Fredrick | Harlambakis | Navy | 1997 | |
| Dean | Smith | Marines | 1964 | Ian | Kirschke | Navy | 1997 | |
| Don | Smith | Army | 1964 | Brian | Manibusan | Air Force | 1997 | |
| Daniel | Thompson | Army | 1964 | Catherine | Miller | Army | 1997 | |
| James | Tidgewell | Army | 1964 | Scott | Nale | Army | 1997 | |
| Ronald | Watson | Army | 1964 | Jesse | Wade | Air Force | 1997 | |
| Tony | Witkay | Army | 1964 | Morgan | Barrett | Army | 1998 | |
| James | Albers | Navy | 1965 | Ricardo | Gutierrez | Marines | 1998 | |
| David | Beck | Army | 1965 | Howard | Lilienfeld | Army | 1998 | |
| William | Cross | Navy | 1965 | James | Aldana | Army | 1999 | |
| Daniel | Cruz | Navy | 1965 | Ian | Moloney | Army | 1999 | |
| Thomas | Dowd | Navy | 1965 | Ivan | Aguirre | Marines | 2000 | |
| Perry | Fletcher | Army | 1965 | Brian | Costanzo | Navy | 2000 | |
| Stephen | Groetsch | 1965 | Jose | Galeano | Navy | 2000 | ||
| Timothy | Hunstiger | Army | 1965 | Christina | Rasch | Army | 2000 | |
| Gabriel | Jimenez | Air Force | 1965 | Juan Jose | Sanchez | Marines | 2000 | |
| Edward | Kraus | Army | 1965 | Maile | Shimoda | Navy | 2000 | |
| Michael | Madden | Marines | 1965 | Joseph | Stalnaker | Marines | 2000 | |
| Scott | Markel | Army | 1965 | Sean | Warren | Marines | 2000 | |
| Douglas | McIntosh | Army | 1965 | Cody | Boillot | Air Force | 2001 | |
| Michael | Moran | Army | 1965 | Joseph | Groff | Air Force | 2001 | |
| William | O'Connor | 1965 | James | Job | Marines | 2001 | ||
| John | Probst | Army | 1965 | Jeffrey | Lovas | Marines | 2001 | |
| Patrick | Regan | Army | 1965 | Michael | Medina | Air Force | 2001 | |
| William | Smith | Navy | 1965 | Mary | Muller | Army | 2001 | |
| Daniel | Sokol | Air Force | 1965 | Jose | Robles | Marines | 2001 | |
| Michael | Spellman | Marines | 1965 | Michael | Gallagher | Marines | 2002 | |
| Joseph | Tomkinson | Army | 1965 | Matthew | Mendez | Navy | 2002 | |
| Alfred | Valdez | Air Force | 1965 | Erin | Bevacqua | Marines | 2003 | |
| Richard | Appleton | Army | 1966 | Parker | Erickson | Army | 2003 | |
| Michael | Badger | Army | 1966 | Anthony | Gallegos | Marines | 2003 | |
| Eric | Beveridge | Army | 1966 | Jose | Torres | Marines | 2003 | |
| Dennis | Callahan | Air Force | 1966 | Marshall | Travis | Army | 2003 | |
| David | Chadband | Army | 1966 | Alexander | Williams | Air Force | 2003 | |
| Greg | Cleary | Army | 1966 | Eric | Barrett | Army | 2004 | |
| Joseph | Desmond | Army | 1966 | Oscar | Bonilla | Marines | 2004 | |
| Timothy | Duffy | Army | 1966 | Sean | Fryer | Navy | 2004 | |
| Melvin | Frilot | Marines | 1966 | Miguel | Madrigal | Navy | 2004 | |
| Robert | Gallardo | Army | 1966 | Matthew James | Paulino | Navy | 2004 | |
| Conrad | Hanson | Army | 1966 | Daniel | Ruiz | 2004 | ||
| Raymond | Hernandez | Air Force | 1966 | Jasmine | Ruvalcaba | Navy | 2004 | |
| Joseph | Janusz | Marines | 1966 | Sean | Weikel | Army | 2004 | |
| Jerome | Linenkugel | Army | 1966 | Derek | Dang | Marines | 2005 | |
| Joseph | Lussier | Army | 1966 | Jason | Tiritilli | Army | 2005 | |
| Joe | Macias | Army | 1966 | Benjamin | Zembik | Army | 2005 | |
| Dennis | Malek | Army | 1966 | Monique | Bienvenu | Air Force | 2006 | |
| James | Marzo | Army | 1966 | Matthew | Folkman | Navy | 2006 | |
| Vincent | Morgan | Army | 1966 | Norman | Lawler | Army | 2006 | |
| Mark | Murphy | Army | 1966 | Michael | Marshall | Air Force | 2006 | |
| Lawrence | Paino | Navy | 1966 | Matthew | Muggia | Army | 2006 | |
| Joseph | Quintana | Air Force | 1966 | Sean | Theriault | Army | 2006 | |
| Steven | Rathbone | Air Force | 1966 | Kevin | Crisostomo | Air Force | 2007 | |
| Robert | Rivera | Army | 1966 | Donald | Fryer | Navy | 2007 | |
| Bill | Schuster | Army | 1966 | Tyler | Holtz | Army | 2007 | |
| William | Smith | Army | 1966 | Fernando | Sandoval | Marines | 2007 | |
| Lee | Terry | Army | 1966 | Kyle | Valente | Army | 2007 | |
| Carlos | Aguirre | Army | 1967 | Christopher | Jenkins | Air Force | 2008 | |
| James | Aldana | Army | 1967 | Ryan | Mumma | Army | 2008 | |
| Dave | Gunderman | Army | 1967 | Samantha | O'Connor | Army | 2008 | |
| Thomas | Orr | Marines | 1967 | Matthew | Cooper | Air Force | 2009 | |
| Michael | Smith | Army | 1967 | Casey | Hopkins | 2009 | ||
| Stephen | Stoffel | Air Force | 1967 | Andrew | Josephson | Air Force | 2009 | |
| Patrick | Terry | National Guard | 1967 | Nicholas | Llamas | Army | 2009 | |
| Charles | Beckwith | Navy | 1968 | Nicholas | Losoya | Air Force | 2009 | |
| Matt | Gaffney | Navy | 1968 | Brian | Luna | Marines | 2009 | |
| Steven | Galvan | Navy | 1968 | Briana | Sandoval | Marines | 2009 | |
| Roger | Genereux | Army | 1968 | Cory | Colleary | Navy | 2010 | |
| Diana | Gomez | Air Force | 1968 | Brenton | Reasin | Navy | 2010 | |
| George | Kingston | Navy | 1968 | Jeremy | Roberts | Army | 2010 | |
| William | Maltby | Coast Guard | 1968 | Ryan | Thompson | Air Force | 2010 | |
| Greg | Mathiesen | Air Force | 1968 | George | Pereyra | Navy | 2011 | |
| Reymundo | Montoya | Army | 1968 | Andrew | Kozak | Air Force | 2012 | |
| Richard | Paino | Navy | 1968 | Robert | Madrigal | Army | 2012 | |
| KEITH | REGAN | Army | 1968 | Christian | Reasin | Navy | 2012 | |
| Robert | Schive | Navy | 1968 | Madeline | Mearsch | Air Force | 2014 | |
| CHARLOTTE | SHEAN | Navy | 1968 | Rece | Goodman | Navy | 2015 | |
| Patrick | Sheridan | Army | 1968 | Austin | Willkom | 2015 | ||
| Edward | Spraitz | Navy | 1968 | Sam | Gold | Army | 2017 | |
| Robert | Stewart | Army | 1968 | Zachary | Ned | Marines | 2017 | |
| Richard | Therrien | Army | 1968 | Mason | Kolinchak | Army | 2018 | |
| Thomas | Trunk | Army | 1968 | Nicholas | Andruss | Navy | 2019 | |
| Joseph | Vielma | Air Force | 1968 | Sophia | Chiaramonte | Air Force | 2019 | |
| Adan | Osorio | Marines | 2020 |
