ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Thursday, January 16, 1997 TAG: 9701170014
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-6 EDITION: METRO
ARMY PVT. FORREST L. SEAGLE IV, son of Forrest Seagle of Roanoke and Denise Battle of Salem, has graduated from basic military training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
Seagle is a 1994 graduate of Cave Spring High School.
MARINE PVT. JOSHUA E. HUGHES recently completed his basic training in Parris Island, S.C. Hughes is the son of Wayne and Debbie Hughes of Catawba.
NAVY AIRMAN BRIAN R. WATKINS, son of Ray and Emily Watkins of Roanoke, recently returned from a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Red Seas aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which launched aircraft that enforced no-fly zones in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq.
Watkins is a 1995 graduate of William Fleming High School.
NAVY PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS LYNN A. HAYTH, son of James and Ruth Hayth of Buchanan, recently returned from a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Red seas aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.
Hayth is a 1982 graduate of James River High School.
NAVY PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS CURTIS ALSTON, son of Thomas and Malai Thornton of Roanoke, recently returned from a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Saipan.
Alston is a 1993 graduate of William Fleming High School.
MAJ. JOHN A. PILCHER, son of John and Rebecca Pilcher of Roanoke, recently received the Air Force Achievement Medal for his outstanding service while on a humanitarian mission to Manta, Ecuador.
Pilcher is a medical team member from Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. In Ecuador, the medical teams assisted in the care of more than 60 Ecuadoreans who were severely burned when an American civilian cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Manta.
NAVY SEAMAN RECRUIT BELINDA H. SMITH, daughter of Gary W. Smith of Buchanan and Janice S. Peters of Roanoke, recently completed basic training at Great Lakes, Ill.
Smith is a 1992 graduate of James River High School.
LT. LEE MESSIMER, son of Harry Messimer of Salem and Melvenia Messimer of Roanoke, was recently promoted to his present rank in the Navy Reserve.
Messimer is a 1983 graduate of Northside High School.
PFC. JAMIE W. KOCH, son of Shelby J. and Robert M. St.Clair, has received the Army Achievement Medal. The medal is awarded for meritorious service, acts of courage or other outstanding accomplishments.
Koch is a heavy-wheel vehicle mechanic with the 503rd Maintenance Company at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C.
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