Memorials

Requiem

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This is the verse you grave for me:
'Here he lies where he longed to be;
Here is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.'

Robert Louis Stevenson

Final Honors

For our fallen brothers & sisters- a multimedia presentation well worth watching!


Individual Memorials - click here to view


Name
 
Rank/rate
Pyro Years
Date Of Passing
Adrians
Russell
 
AE-1
 
Allard Wesley J. CWO4 R AE-24, 59-62 9/07
Armbruster
Augustus M.
EMC/CWO4
AE-1, 40-45
 
Barlow
Milton M.
LT
AE-24, 62-63
Cancer 99
Barksdale Richard RDM2 AE-1, 43-46  
Bayers
John A.
LCDR Supply/Disbursing Off.
59-60 Plank Owner
1990
Bennett
William E. "Biff"
BMCM
AE-24, 63-64
Cancer 98
Bessey Jr.
Roland B.
CDR/CAPT/CO
AE-24, 78-80
12/2001
Bird
John Peter
Ops/1st LT
AE-24, 63-66
 
Blease
Robert C.
ETN2
AE-24, 60-63
1/26/81
Boyette
Henry Wayne
GM3
AE-24, 62
 
Browning
James W.
 
AE-1
05/08/05
Byers
Dwight E. "Gene"
MM1/MMC
AE-24, 62-69
Heart Attack 7/3/03
Carey Junior L EM AE-24 2008
Cordes Kark H.   AE-1 Cancer 2/22/1991
Crosland Warren   AE-1 2008
Darrah
John C.
SM3
AE-24, 68-70
Heart Attack 1972
Dawson
Howard W.
Captain/CO
AE-24, 64-66
 
Deal Allison DCCS AE-24, 64-66 5/15/2006
Dolly
Thomas John
RD3
AE-24, 64-66
Stroke 12/25/00
Douchette
Arthur
 
AE-1, Pearl Harbor
 
Emsberger Michael D. SN AE-24, 64-68  
Engels
Rick
BT2
AE-24, 1988
AIDS 2/3/96
Ensor
Harold E.
DC1
AE-24, 64-65
 
Farmer
Michael D.
EMCS(SW)
AE-24, 89-94
Brain cancer, 2003
Fitzwater
Dean E.
CM1
40-43, Pearl Harbor
2/26/01
Foster
Gary Duane
GMSN
AE-24, 62-63
KIA Vietnam
Gadberry
William F.
Warrant/Gunner
AE-1, Pearl Harbor
Heart Attack 1966
Gersuk
Isper Jerome
Captain/CO
AE-24, 66-67
11/1/96
Gillespie
Derrell G. "Glip"
QM3/2
AE-24, 64-66
05/13/05 Cancer
Raymond P. "Rags"
RDC
AE-24, 63-66
06/11/06 Cancer
Gomand
Charles W.
BT3
AE-24, 64-67
01/19/00
Goodman
Billy Allen
RM3
AE-24, 62-64
Fire NCS Yokosuka
Green
George G.
Sk3
40-46, Pearl Harbor
3/99 Cancer
James Kenneth
FTG3
AE-24,60-63
86
Grieb
Carl
EM2
AE-1,WW2
2003
David I.
GM2
AE-1, 44-46
12/31/03
Healey
Vincent P.
Captain/CO
AE-24,62-63
 
Hendrickson, SR Guy W. SN AE-24 69-71 4/7/2007 Cancer
Hinton
William H.
HMC
AE-24,64-66
Cancer 97
Hisel
Paul
SK2
AE-1, 43-46
11/3/05
Hochstetler/Ernsberger
Michael D.
SN
AE-24,64-68
7/22/03
Kenneth C. "K.C."
Captain/CO
AE-24, 68-69
6/17/2004
Hughes
Scott W.
CWO4
AE-1, Pearl Harbor
10/94
Hunt Donald M. CMM AE-1, Pearl Harbor 8/29/07
Jennings Russell L. CGM AE-1, Pearl Harbor 3/1984
Kelly Robert S1c AE-1 12/5/2007
Labar Clayton SK3 AE-1 6/23/07
LaFave
Douglas D.
SN
AE-24, 62-64
 
Lindsey
Robert G.
SMSN
AE-24, 62-64
 
Lamach Joseph R Div AE-1  
Lucas
Vincent George
Painter First Class
AE-1, 20-23
3/1/1970
Lynch
Robert Lee
LTjg
AE-24, 63-66
 
Paul C.
EM1
AE-1, 39-43
09/21/2004
McNally
Alan
BKR3
AE-1, 44-46
5/13/2003
Richard O. (Mac)
HM1/HMC
AE-1, 41-42
 
Madsen
John B.
SM3
AE-1
07/2003
Manchester
Charley (Chic) Lee
 
AE-1, Pearl Harbor
11/92 Cancer
Wayne A.
MM1
AE-1
02/04/99
Markus
Adrian
 
AE-24
 
Meyer, Sr Raymond F. CS1 AE-24, 72-74 2/3/1989
Miller, Jr.
Herbert L.
RD3
AE-24, 62-64
11/12/99
Moody, Jr.
Robert G.
SH2
AE-24, 1961
2002
Norman L.
BM-2
AE-1 41-45
05/23/92
Moshenrose Charles A. LT/LCDR AE-24 2006
Curtis Realigh
BMC
AE-1, 39-43
1993
Padgett
William "Pappy"
 
AE-1
 
Irvin H.
BM2
AE-1, 42-45
12/14/2004
Partlow
Edgar Tom
BM2
AE-1, 43-46
12/24/2003 Cancer
Partridge
Richard D.
RD2
AE-24, 64-67
10/20/2003 Cancer
Powell
Virgil
Chief Gunners Mate
AE-1, 39-41
05/14/80
Ramirez, Jr.
Vincent
SN
AE-24, 79-82
10/05
Ritchie
Louis
SM3
AE-1, 43-44
07/06/2001
Robinson
Aubrey S.
HMC
AE-24, 62-63
99
Rogozinski
Sebastian J.
SK2 AE-1
AE-1, 42-45
April 2004
Rothe
Willis B.
BMC
AE-1, 40-43
Jan. 2002
Schearer Terry K. FN/HTC AE-24 2008
Sedoris
Louis
LT and MPA
AE-24,62-64
03/09/2002
Sinatra
Sal J.
Sea1c
AE-1, Pearl Harbor
Heart Attack 1966
Smith
Bobby Allen
GMSN
AE-24,61-64
89
Snipes
Beecher
Captain/CO
AE-24,61-62
 
Stringham
Roland A.
F2c
41-42, Pearl Harbor
07/31/2004
Summers Harold Max GMGC AE-24 6/1/2008
Thompson
Ralph L.
SK2
AE-1, 42-46
7/5/2003
Vezzali
Leo H.
MM2
AE-1, 43-45
 
Waldo Stanley V. SN AE-24, 63-64 6/8/07
Wales
John R.
CAPT
AE-24, 59-61
April 2002 Cancer
Walters
Mark A.
MM3
AE-24, 69-71
08/16/96 Heart Attack
Watrous
David I.
BT3/BTC
AE-24, 59-62
 
Wells Charles (Chuck) BM3 AE-24, 79-83 6/21/2008 Cancer
Wiese
Charles William
CDR XO
 
62
Williamson
Roy A.
CM1/CMC
39-43, Pearl Harbor
06/2005
Wolfrey
Michael L.
SN
AE-24, 65-67
05/26/96 heart disease
Wright
Gene
 
AE-1
03/16/01

Memorials

Captain Robert W. Smiley Sr.

James Kenneth Green

Wayne A. Mansfield

Norman L. Moore

David I. Hale

Curtis Realigh Nixon

Kenneth C. "K.C." Holm

Paul C. McKinney

Richard O. (Mac) MacDonald

Irvin H. Palm

Reunion Memorial at Sea - 2007

Raymond P. Gillman

 

Joseph Lamach

 

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