Homer Don Wright
Born May 29, 1915
Died June 14, 1944
EHS graduate Class of 1935.
A Ship’s Cook in the U.S. Navy whose services were highly desired.
Perished at sea aboard the submarine USS Golet off the coast of Japan just two weeks before his son was born.
Instructor pilot Josh McVay at Vance AFB, Enid
Major Josh McVay is currently a pilot with the Oklahoma Air National Guard.
Josh has served multiple combat deployments across the world including in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He currently flies MC12s out of Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.
Kit McVay in Iraq, 2007.
SSgt Kit McVay served in the United States Army for 10 years. Kit also served in multiple combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Kit is an attorney in Tulsa.
Lloyd W. Carroll
1958-1960 and 1961-1962
U.S. Army
A 143 SIG. BN 3 AM DIV.
Frankfurt, Germany.
Carroll was a radio operator that did the Morse Codes.
Larry Thomason
Army 1966 - 1968
Alabama and Vietnam.
Robert Morse
Born Oct. 5, 1932
Died Jan. 10, 1951
Attended El Reno schools from grade school through his freshman year at El Reno High School.
Was an E-2 Private serving as a Light Weapons Infantryman in G Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
Michael C. Kelly
Army, active duty May 1975 - May 1978 Fort Lewis, Wash.
Robert King Townsend
Born Feb. 24, 1907
Died June 2, 1944
His family had a long, pioneer connection to El Reno.
Townsend trained pilots on the Henry Bomhoff farm airfield west of El Reno as part of the El Reno Junior College pilot training program.
He gave his life trying to rescue others during World War II, even sacrificing himself for his radioman when it was apparent that the Grumman Goose aircraft they were flying was soon to crash.
