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| Shipmate |
 |
Rank/Grade |
|
Years Served |
|
Theatre |
|
Died |
|
Abono, Placid |
|
S1c |
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Acciacca, Fred U. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1994 |
Adkins, Ollie |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Alarcon, Norbert |
|
FN |
|
1953 |
|
|
|
|
Allen, Robert |
|
MM1 |
|
1952-1955 |
|
|
|
|
Almaro, Rogelio R. |
|
MSC |
|
1978 |
|
|
|
1997 |
Andrews, John Douglas |
|
CDR |
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
1982 |
Androy, Donald A |
|
ET2 |
|
1957-1959 |
|
|
|
1961 |
Ascemzi, Dante |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1990 |
Ascemzi, Dante |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1990 |
Avery, Julis W |
|
SN |
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1971 |
Ayers, Frank W |
|
CDR (XO) |
|
1947-1949 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Bachofen, Ernest |
|
RMSN |
|
1951 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Ballhauve, James |
|
RMSN |
|
1951-1954 |
|
|
|
|
Baptista, Domingos |
|
|
|
|
|
Korea |
|
|
Baptista, William M. |
|
|
|
|
|
Korea |
|
|
Barefoot, Robert |
|
BT3 |
|
1955-1959 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Barnett, George B. |
|
ENS |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
1969 |
Beck, Harry P. |
|
CM2 |
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
2000 |
Becom, Gary R. |
|
FP3 |
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1959 |
Bell, Howard F. (Frank) |
|
|
|
1980 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Blanchard, Kenneth D. |
|
EM3 |
|
1962-1963 |
|
|
|
1986 |
Bly, James H. |
|
BMC |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Bobby, Lavern |
|
|
|
1946-1947 |
|
|
|
|
Boduch, Walter C. |
|
QM3 |
|
1964-1966 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Boespflug, Valentine |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Borrell, Lonnie L. |
|
BT |
|
1963/1966 |
|
|
|
1986 |
Boyer, Floyd R |
|
|
|
|
|
Korea |
|
1998 |
Bradford, George T |
|
RMC |
|
1974 |
|
|
|
2003 |
Brady, Joseph F. |
|
MM2 |
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
1968 |
Braley, James G. |
|
FN |
|
1962 |
|
|
|
1964 |
Bratten, James |
|
|
|
1946 |
|
|
|
1981 |
Braunns, Floyd C. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1985 |
Bridges, Robert L. |
|
GM??? |
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
Brooks, William E. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brown, Allen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brown, Bannon |
|
PHM3 |
|
1946-1947 |
|
|
|
|
Brown, John E. |
|
MM3 |
|
1948-1951 |
|
Korea |
|
1968 |
Buckner, Bill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buell, Thomas C. |
|
CDR |
|
1953-1955 |
|
|
|
1994 |
Burkhead, Alfred L. |
|
|
|
1951 |
|
|
|
|
Burkhead, Edward |
|
BMSN |
|
1953 |
|
Korea |
|
2003 |
Burnett, C.L. |
|
S1c |
|
1946 |
|
|
|
|
Burnham, Johnny W |
|
ET3 |
|
1959 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Butler, Gordon S. |
|
|
|
1946 |
|
|
|
1992 |
Carde, F.H. (Hank) |
|
LT |
|
1969-1973 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Carr, Earl C. |
|
GM |
|
1944-1945 |
|
|
|
|
Carstens, Malcom H. |
|
ENS-LTJG |
|
1967-1969 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Chevalier, Elmer W |
|
EM3 |
|
1953-1955 |
|
|
|
2005 |
Christensen, Vannoy |
|
PF2 |
|
1960-1962 |
|
|
|
1998 |
Christmas, Robert L. |
|
BT3 |
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1989 |
Ciampi, Thomas |
|
S1c |
|
1946 |
|
|
|
|
Clark, R.C. |
|
CS1 |
|
1952-1956 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Clausnitzer, Frazer W. |
|
ET2 |
|
1949-1952 |
|
|
|
2005 |
Cline, George L |
|
SO3 |
|
1954-55 |
|
|
|
1991 |
Comer, William P. |
|
|
|
1946 |
|
|
|
|
Conklin, Bob |
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
|
|
Corbett, Raymond K. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cox, Edgar L. |
|
FCC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crofton Jr., Walter M. |
|
LTG |
|
1953 |
|
|
|
2004 |
Crowell, James W. |
|
SKSN |
|
1949-1952 |
|
|
|
|
Cull, William F. |
|
SK1 |
|
1960-1962 |
|
|
|
|
Cullen, Francis M. |
|
|
|
1946 |
|
|
|
1991 |
Cummings, Loyd L. |
|
ETR3 |
|
1970-1972 |
|
|
|
2003 |
Daft, Doral D. |
|
|
|
1946 |
|
|
|
1972 |
Davis, Larry R. |
|
EMFN |
|
1971 |
|
|
|
1996 |
Davis, Morris L. |
|
S1C |
|
1945/1946 |
|
|
|
1998 |
Dee, John L. |
|
ENS |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Durante, Enoch |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Eckles, Joe H |
|
BM1 |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1991 |
Edsall, Glen A. |
|
SN |
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1998 |
Elwell, Thomas L. |
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
|
1995 |
Evans, Robert E. |
|
RM3 |
|
1949-1954 |
|
|
|
|
Flora, James W. |
|
|
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
1991 |
Fox, Cyril |
|
CO#5 |
|
1950 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Foxwell, David G. |
|
LT |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
Frajman, George A |
|
F1c |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
1992 |
Francisco, Thoral |
|
S1c |
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
|
Frederick Jr., Bert J. |
|
|
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
1992 |
French, Thomas M. |
|
|
|
1952-1955 |
|
|
|
|
Fulford, Sam D. |
|
|
|
1968-1970 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Gattis, Clarence W. |
|
|
|
1950-1954 |
|
|
|
|
Gaus, Lawrence W. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1977 |
Gieseke, Willard C. |
|
ENS |
|
1947 |
|
|
|
|
Gilbertson, James T. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1991 |
Gill, Glen R. |
|
|
|
1945-1947 |
|
|
|
1994 |
Goodgion, Billie D. |
|
|
|
1945-1947 |
|
|
|
1994 |
Grady, T. W. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grady, Theodore W |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Grandboise, David O. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Greer, Harold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greer, Herbert |
|
RD?? |
|
1951-1953 |
|
|
|
|
Gunderson, Lawrence |
|
EM1 |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Hale, Gerry |
|
DK2 |
|
1958 |
|
|
|
|
Hale, Jerry |
|
DK2 |
|
1958 |
|
|
|
|
Hanson, D.J. |
|
LCDR |
|
1952-1955 |
|
|
|
|
Harbaugh, Eugene D. |
|
EN2 |
|
1963-1966 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Harney, Joseph G. |
|
SN |
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1994 |
Hart, Len C. |
|
ET3 |
|
1961-1962 |
|
|
|
|
Hartmeyer, Philip L. |
|
BT |
|
1949-1950 |
|
Korea |
|
2001 |
Hatchel, James Lee |
|
|
|
1951-1952 |
|
|
|
1987 |
Hawk, Charles Kenneth |
|
QMC |
|
1973-1975 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Hitchens, Robert J. |
|
RD3 |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1990 |
Holbrook, James G. |
|
LCDR |
|
1961-1963 |
|
|
|
1975 |
Horton, Norman B. |
|
BT2 |
|
1954-1958 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Hosfeldt, Hubert H. |
|
SM3 |
|
1945-1947 |
|
|
|
|
Hull, Harry |
|
ADM CO#4 |
|
1948-1950 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Jackson, Warren |
|
Capt/CO # |
|
|
|
|
|
2003 |
James, Frederick F. |
|
F1c |
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Jennings, Harold |
|
BT3 |
|
1945-1949 |
|
|
|
1990 |
Kahl, Robert H. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1993 |
Kanakanui, William A. |
|
ENS |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
Kennedy, Erville |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kestner, James |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keyser, Carroll R. |
|
LTJG |
|
1948-1949 |
|
|
|
|
Kieran, Jack E |
|
S1c |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
Kinner, Archie |
|
BM3 |
|
1951-1956 |
|
|
|
|
Kruck, Thomas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lane, Edward L. |
|
MM3 |
|
1946-1947 |
|
|
|
1995 |
LaSalle, William S. ("Frenchy" or "Jim") |
|
MMC |
|
1957-1963 |
|
|
|
1995 |
Latham, Bob |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lay, James T. |
|
Capt(CO#3) |
|
1947-1948 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Lefkowitz, Nathan |
|
TM3 |
|
1948-1950 |
|
|
|
|
Lewandowski, Leon |
|
RD2 |
|
1958 |
|
|
|
|
Lewis, Samuel A. |
|
GM3 |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
1993 |
Llamas, Alfonso R. |
|
GMSN |
|
1951 |
|
|
|
|
Lloyd, James Edward |
|
|
|
1969-1970 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Luke, Milton E. |
|
BM2 |
|
1952-1956 |
|
|
|
|
Lussenheide, William G. |
|
FN |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
1985 |
Lyckman, John |
|
MMFN |
|
1971 |
|
|
|
|
Maese, David |
|
HM1 |
|
1965-1967 |
|
|
|
1997 |
Malicki, Thomas J. |
|
BT3 |
|
1960-1962 |
|
|
|
|
Mathis, Roy |
|
|
|
1955 |
|
|
|
|
Maxwell, William |
|
BM1 |
|
1951-1954 |
|
|
|
1999 |
McClure, Paul E. |
|
RD2 |
|
1958-1960 |
|
|
|
1997 |
McCulley, John R. |
|
BM3 |
|
1968-1969 |
|
Vietnam |
|
2002 |
McGreath, Jr., John J. |
|
SN |
|
1950-1952 |
|
|
|
1983 |
McNamara, William L. |
|
LCDR |
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
McQuein, George |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mears, Vernon R. |
|
SO1 (??) |
|
1960-1962 |
|
|
|
1996 |
Mendenhall, Ted A. |
|
FN |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
Metcalf, Lloyd |
|
ICC |
|
1962-1963 |
|
|
|
1994 |
Mickschel, Robert |
|
|
|
1953 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Minich, Aloysius C. |
|
SHCA |
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1991 |
Miranda, Jr., Cristobal |
|
RD3 |
|
1957-1960 |
|
|
|
1997 |
Moffitt, Virgil R. |
|
ENS |
|
1947 |
|
|
|
|
Moschitta, Daniel D. |
|
|
|
1945/1946 |
|
|
|
1998 |
Mosle, Harry A |
|
LTJG |
|
1960-1962 |
|
|
|
|
Mumme, Russell E. |
|
MM2 |
|
1945-1946 |
|
Pacific |
|
2004 |
Newquist, Lee V. |
|
F1c |
|
1948 |
|
|
|
|
Nottingham, Cecil N. |
|
CSC |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
O'Barr, Clayton D. |
|
QM3 |
|
1956-1958 |
|
|
|
1986 |
Parsons, Willard |
|
RDSN |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1993 |
Pate, Malcolme F. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1988 |
Patterson, Jerome |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payne, Elbert J. |
|
WT3 |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Pearce, Ronald R. |
|
RDSN |
|
1948 |
|
|
|
|
Perdock, Theodore F. |
|
ET2 |
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Pete, Malcome F. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1988 |
Peters, Gary |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 |
Pinner, Archie |
|
BM3 |
|
1951-1956 |
|
Korean |
|
1993 |
Pinner, Jeff D. |
|
BT1 |
|
1951-1955 |
|
Korean |
|
2001 |
Pitiak, Steven |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Plante, Noel |
|
|
|
1945-1946 |
|
|
|
|
Plato, John E. |
|
S1c |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
Probst, Joe |
|
|
|
1956 |
|
|
|
|
Pryor, Frank P. |
|
LCDR |
|
|
|
|
|
1999 |
Ramer, Ferrell O. |
|
|
|
1957-1958 |
|
|
|
|
Ranson, Milan W. |
|
LT |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
Ratcliff, Charles |
|
LT |
|
1954 |
|
|
|
1954 |
Reinke, Walter (Buck) |
|
|
|
|
|
Korea |
|
|
Reitenhour, Richard |
|
|
|
1964 |
|
|
|
|
Reppen, Norman J. |
|
LTJG |
|
1967 |
|
|
|
1994 |
Riggs, Edward E. |
|
QMSN |
|
1947-1948 |
|
|
|
2000 |
Risner, Tom |
|
RD2 |
|
1955/1957 |
|
|
|
2004 |
Rives, Henry C. |
|
FN |
|
1947-1951 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Rohan, John F. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1982 |
Rose, Ray |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Royal, Ben H. |
|
SN |
|
1953-1957 |
|
|
|
1995 |
Ruege, Arthur J |
|
ET3 |
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1997 |
Russell, Kenneth |
|
Capt. |
|
1982 |
|
|
|
1992 |
Russo, Carman |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salazar, Jon ((Carlos)) |
|
|
|
1949-1952 |
|
|
|
|
Saltalamacchia, Jr., Joseph G. (Salty) |
|
SFC |
|
1960-1964 |
|
Pacific |
|
1996 |
Saunders, Perry G. |
|
PN1 |
|
1961-1964 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Savoy, Hyshall |
|
|
|
1973 |
|
|
|
2000 |
Saxton, Thomas L. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1974 |
Scruggs, Cecil J. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1988 |
Sears, Ernest E |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
|
Sedlacek, Vernon |
|
|
|
1951-1954 |
|
|
|
1975 |
Self, Robert E |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1989 |
Shanklin, Adrian E. |
|
Coxwain |
|
1945-1948 |
|
|
|
2004 |
Sharnik, George M. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sharp, George M. |
|
|
|
1946 |
|
|
|
|
Shelton, Vernon |
|
BT3 |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
Shipe, John M. |
|
SN |
|
1951-1954 |
|
|
|
|
Shockey, Patric |
|
TMC |
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1987 |
Shortman, Gordon R. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1988 |
Simard, Marcel R. (Frenchie) |
|
|
|
1945-1947 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Slingluff, Donald J. |
|
|
|
1947 |
|
|
|
|
Smedburg, Gus |
|
MM2 |
|
1950-1954 |
|
|
|
2000 |
Smile, Thomas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Smiley, Thomas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Smith, Ralph E. |
|
SM2 |
|
1947-1952 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Smith, Victor G ("Smitty") |
|
GM |
|
|
|
Korea |
|
1996 |
Snow, William C. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sochocky, Patrick |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sochowicz, Donald J. |
|
|
|
1947-1949 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Spinelli, Louis P. |
|
|
|
1946 |
|
|
|
1998 |
Stinson, Thomas |
|
FT3 |
|
1946 |
|
|
|
|
Stone, Calvin E. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Stratton, Douglas H. |
|
|
|
1957-1959 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Strawn, Bob |
|
|
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1999 |
Tally, Marvin H. |
|
F1c |
|
1946-1947 |
|
|
|
1996 |
Teeter, Robert W. |
|
LTJG |
|
1952-1954 |
|
|
|
2001 |
Tenney, Richard |
|
SM3 |
|
1967-1968 |
|
|
|
|
Tesh, Charles P. |
|
(CO#?)RADM |
|
1963/1964 |
|
|
|
2000 |
Thompson, Keith R. (Ray) |
|
BT?? |
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
Thorn, Steve L. |
|
SN |
|
1969-1970 |
|
|
|
2000 |
Tidwell, Gerald |
|
|
|
1957 |
|
|
|
|
Tinkle, Elmer E. |
|
S1c |
|
1946-1949 |
|
|
|
1992 |
Tinkle, Kelmer C. |
|
S2c |
|
1946-1948 |
|
|
|
1993 |
Torvinen, Harold (Swede) |
|
SN |
|
1949-1952 |
|
|
|
|
Tymjack, Daniel E (Dan) |
|
Radioman 3 |
|
Early 1945 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Valdez, Richard |
|
PN3 |
|
1953-1955 |
|
|
|
|
Van Orden, Robert R |
|
FT3 |
|
50-54 |
|
|
|
2004 |
Vincent, Howard K. |
|
MMC |
|
1949 |
|
|
|
|
Waddle, George |
|
|
|
1949-1951 |
|
|
|
2000 |
Warren, Oscar L. |
|
F1c |
|
1947 |
|
|
|
1995 |
Wasson, Paul O. |
|
SH2 |
|
1950-1954 |
|
|
|
|
Wennick, Donald E. |
|
SN |
|
1945-1948 |
|
|
|
1993 |
Whitby, Roy L. |
|
TM2 |
|
1946-1948 |
|
|
|
1972 |
White, Robert W. |
|
|
|
1954-1958 |
|
|
|
|
Whitehurst, Charles A. |
|
|
|
1952 |
|
|
|
|
Wiles, Arvil |
|
|
|
1952-1955 |
|
|
|
2000 |
Wiles, Darrell |
|
|
|
1952-1955 |
|
|
|
1992 |
Williams, Willie |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WILLIAMS, Sr., Harry ("Little Willie") |
|
MM3 |
|
1952-55 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Winegar, Harry J. |
|
|
|
1946-1947 |
|
|
|
1994 |
Witherill, John D. |
|
BTC |
|
1970-1972 |
|
|
|
1998 |
Wolf, Thomas R. |
|
|
|
1947 |
|
|
|
|
Wood, William R. |
|
IC3 |
|
1954-1956 |
|
|
|
1993 |
Worthen, Fred V. |
|
GMG1/LCDR |
|
1944-1973 |
|
|
|
2002 |
Wroten, George O. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1993 |
Yates, Edgar L |
|
Capt |
|
1952-1953 |
|
Korea |
|
1989 |
York, Berry A. |
|
RD3 |
|
1950-1954 |
|
Korea |
|
1988 |
York, Raymond G. |
|
BM3 |
|
1952-1957 |
|
|
|
1992 |
Zahrt, Norman F. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1971 |
Zapula, Linton L. |
|
|
|
1945 |
|
|
|
1989 |
Zini, Victor |
|
|
|
1957 |
|
|
|
1986 |
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