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George Wesley TomlinsU.S. ArmyBorn October 14, 1893. Died February 5, 1918George Wesley Tomlins was born in Rush Springs in the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma.  

S/Sgt. Thomas Gordon Jackson (Class of 1928)U.S. Army Air ForcesBorn May 16, 1908. Died October 20, 1945Thomas Gordon Jackson was a graduate of EHS, a member of the Class of 1928.

John Leon LucusU.S. ArmyBorn April 3, 1921.

Lt. Col. Clarence Finley Blanton (Class of 1939)U.S. Air ForceBorn September 11, 1921. Died March 11, 1968Clarence Finley Blanton was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force and Commander at Lima Site 85, 1043rd Radar Evaluation Squadron, 7th Air Force.

Freddie HobsonUSAF 10/23/1961 - 10/22/1965Served in Italy for 15 months and Texas for 33 months.Top secret security clearance.Honorably discharged as E-4 Sergeant.

Dan Castrop, 97, served in the Merchant Marines from 1945-46.

Larry ThomasonU.S. Army1966 - 68Vietnam 1967 - 68

David Abel Uribe-SheltonSpecialist in 2/504 PIR 82nd Airborne Division.Served 2017 - 2020.Part of rapid deployment to Iraq in support of the attack on U.S. embassy during the start of 2020.

Instructor pilot Josh McVay at Vance AFB, EnidMajor 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.