U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers Association
  ‘Turbo Vestri Hostilis’
  (727) 4-USNBJA
 
 
 
  Copyright 1996-2025
  All rights reserved
                                                                                                                                                                                 US Navy Beach Jumpers Assoc.                                  ®beachjumpers.com, beachjumpers.org, usnavybeachjumpers.org, usnbja.org 
 
 
 
  Website by R-Havekost,
  BOD Chairman
 
 
 
 
  Beach Jumpers Memorial Page - Honor Roll
   
 
  
  
 
  This flame shall burn eternally in the memory of the following 
  Beach Jumpers  who were killed in action during wartime,
  or died in training accidents.
 
 
 
 
  ~ A ~
  LTjg Richard H. Aishton II, 
  BJU-5, 1943-45, 
  
  d.2005
  EN2 Donovan R. Allen, 
  
  BJU-2, 1952-55,  
  
  d.Sept.16, 2017 
  LTjg James S. Allen, 
  
  
  BJU-3&8, 1943-45, 
  
  d.Oct.14, 2012
  DCC Frederick W. Andrews, 
  BJU-1 CTG80.4,1943, 
  d.1968
  RD2 Gary F. Aucoin, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1968-71,  
  
  d. Aug.8, 2018
  ~ B ~
  RMCS John Lowell Bagos, 
  BJU-1, 
  
  
  
  d.1979
  RM2 Richard 'Rick' Barber, 
  BJU-2, 1971-73,  
  
  d.Apr.22, 2017
  John J. Bartholdi III, 
  
  
  BJU-1,1968-71, 
  
  d.Oct.30, 2019
  BMCS Manuel Barrientos Jr., 
  BJU-1, 1962-64, 
  
  d.Apr.27, 2020 
  LT Robert F. Barry, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1967-71,  
  
  d.2005
   YM3/c Francis Jerome Beall, 
  BJU-5, 1943-46,  
  
  d.1995
  SFC Clayton M. Begley, 
  
  BJU-2 , 1960's,  
  
  d.2001
  ETN3 Kurtis O. Bembry, 
  
  BJU-1, 1970-72,  
  
  d.2003
  EN2 David H. Bengry, 
  
  BJU-1, 1954-58,  
  
  d.2001
  CRM Edwin Benjamins, 
  
  BJU-6, 1944-46,  
  
  d.Sep.25, 2012
  LTjg Arthur J. Bennett, 
  
  BJU-6 , WWII, Korea,  
  d.1974
  LT Burt Bittner, 
  
  
  
  BJU-6, 1943-46, 
  
  d.Jan.25, 2016 
  LT Samuel E. Blackard, 
  
  BJU-1, WWII,  
  
  
  d.1970
  RD3 William Bobick, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1967-68, 
  
  d.Jan.5, 2006 
  RD2 John C. Bohannan, 
  
  BJU-2, 1969-71,  
  
  d.Nov.17, 2012
  GM3 Henry ‘Bucky’ Boyea
  
  BJU-2, 1953-56
  
  
  d. Nov.6, 2024*
  RD3 Robert Z. Boyer, 
  
  BJU-1, Det. C 1968-70,  
  d.1991
  RM Patrick Boyland, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1960s,  
  
  
  d.1989
  EN2 Danny Boyum, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1971-73, 
  
  d.May 12, 2023 
  SoM/2c Raymond A. Bradley, 
  BJU-6, 1943-45,  
  
  d.1982
  LT Paul B. Bremicker, 
  
  BJU-5, 1943-45,  
  
  d.1991
  QM2/c Charles B. Brewer, 
  BJU-5&9, 1943-45,  
  
  d.May 25, 2009
  RM2 Ronald Briggs, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1965-67,  
  
  d.May 16, 2021 
  RM1 William Brinson Sr.,
  
  BJU-2, 1960-65,  
  
  d.Jun.1, 2012
  ENS William R. Brotherton, 
  BJU-2, 1943,  
  
  
  d.1997
  LCDR Donald E. Brown, 
  
  BJU-1, 1957-59, 
  
  d.Jan.4, 2019 
  CAPT Phil 'Buck' H. Bucklew, 
  BJU-2, 1951-55,  
  
  d.Dec.30,1992
  ENS Harvey Bullock, 
  
  BJU-4, 1943-45,  
  
  d.Apr.23, 2006
  BMSN William Burke, 
  
  BJU-1, 1957-59,  
  
  d.2010
  MM1/c Paul Burkey, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1943-45,  
  
  d.Jun.15, 2005
  EN2 James Burkholder, 
  
  BJU-2, 1966-68,  
  
  d.Sep.20, 2017
  EN3 Paul Buser,
  
  
  BJU-1, 1968-70, 
  
  d. Aug.8, 2011 
  GMC Samuel Jefferson Butler, 
  BJU-2, 1963-70, 
  
  d. 2001
  ~ C~
  LTjg Ronald Carlson, 
  
  BJU-1, 1969-72,  
  
  d.Aug.18, 2014
  ENS Jack K. Carlton, 
  
  BJU-6, 1944-45,  
  
  d.Feb.26, 2008
  DC3 Joseph Carter,
  
  
  BJU-2,  1963-66,
  
  d.Apr. 16, 2022 *
  RMCS George R. 'GR' Cason, 
  BJU-1, 1969-70,  
  
  d.Oct.6, 2006
  RD3 John B. Casto, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1970,  
  
  
  d.Apr.26, 2004
  RD3 Ronald Casto, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1964-65, 
  
  d.Dec.11, 2021
  BMSN John A. Chambers, 
  BJU-1, 1965-67, 
  
  d.Apr.28, 2025 *
  ETR3 David Chapeau, 
  
  BJU-1, 1962-65, 
  
  d.Feb.20, 2013 
  SK2 William Chesser, 
  
  BJU-2, 1953-54, 
  
  d.Aug.8, 2019
  SK2 William Childress, 
  
  BJU-2, 1952-55, 
  
  d.Jan.24, 2019 
  LT Roy Coutinho, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1970-72, 
  
  d.Jan.29, 2024 
  CWO3 Curtis G. Clark, 
  
  BJU-1, 1955-59,  
  
  d.Feb.6, 2014
  RM2 Edward Clark, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1951-55, 
  
  d.Aug.23 2019
  LCDR William J. Clemente, 
  BJU-2&1,1953-56,62-70  d.Sep.12, 2006
  SO2/c Wilmer E. Cochran Jr., 
  BJU-6, 1943-45,  
  
  d.Apr.6, 2008
  RMCS Thomas 'Jerry' Collett,
  BJU-2, 1962-68 ,  
  
  d.2001
  SK3 Harold Conley, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1968-69,  
  
  d.Jul.30, 2018
  ET1- LTjg William J. Conner Jr.,BJU-1, 1943-46,  
  
  d.Sep.27, 2006
  OSCS Kenneth ‘KO’ Cook,
  BJU-1, 1959-63
  
  
  d.Jul.8, 2014*
  RM1 James W. Costilow, 
  
  BJU-1, 1958-60, 70-74,  
  d.Jun.18, 2006
  ETR2 Joseph Cox, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1966-69,  
  
  d.Sep.7, 2023 
  RM3 Robert A. Culp Jr., 
  
  BJU-2, 1969-71,  
  
  d.Nov.19, 2012
  ~D ~
  RMCS David J. Davies, 
  
  BJU-1 1963, 
  
  
  d.Jul.14, 2020 
  ET2 Charles ‘Ted’ Davis, 
  
  BJU-2, 1962-63, 
  
  d.Feb.15, 2022 
  CWO2 Irving L. Denslow, 
  
  BJU-2, 1966-69,  
  
  d.Jan.19, 2014
  RM1 Jerry DeWeese, 
  
  BJU-1, 1969-71, 
  
  d. Dec.14, 2019 
  RD2 George ‘Chris’ Dinsmore, 
  BJU-1, 1962-64, 70-72, 
  d.Dec.5, 2022 
  OS1 Sam Donaghy, 
  
  
  FCG2, 1973-77,  
  
  d.2007
  CWO4 Robert Doornbos, 
  
  BJU-1, 1968-71, 
  
  d.Jan.18, 2020 
  RDM/1c Frederic Driscoll, 
  
  BJU-4, 1943-46, 
  
  d. Apr.2, 2013
  EM3 John 'JD' Droskoski, 
  
  BJU-1, 1967-73, 
  
  d. 2009
  RADM Lewis W. Dunton Jr., 
  BJU-6, 1943-45,  
  
  d.Jan.9, 1992
  ENS George D. Duro, 
  
  BJU-6, 1944-45,  
  
  d.1990
  John Barry Dwyer, 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  d.Sep.19, 2010
  Assoc.Member,Author of Seaborne Deception,
  The History of Navy Beach Jumpers  
  
  
  ~ E ~
  DP1 Charles Eason, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1967-68, 
  
  d.Aug.2, 2024 
  RMC Francis J. Egan Jr., 
  
  BJU-1, 1964-71,  
  
  d.1982
  LTjg. Michael Eiben, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1967-68,  
  
  d.Mar.23, 2023 
  Robert H. Eichholtz, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1956-58,  
  
  d.1983
  BM1/c Paul Leon Eker, 
  
  BJU-4, 1944-45,  
  
  d.1995
  RD2 Lon B. English, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1962-64, 70-72,  
  d.Nov.12, 2011
  RM2 Clayton Engman, 
  
  BJU-1, 1959-63,  
  
  d.Jul.14, 2014
  ETN2 Richard M. Everett,
  
  BJU-1, 1966-72
  
  
  d. Mar.15, 2010
  ~ F ~
  RMC Edward F. Fahey, 
  
  BJU-1, 1958-60,65-66
  d.Aug.20,2021*
  CAPT Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 
  BJU-1, 1943,  
  
  
  d.May 7, 2000
  CDR David Fallen, 
  
  
  BJU-2 1971-73, 
  
  d.Feb.16, 2022 
  ETM/2c Norris F. Fanning, 
  BJU-7, 1943-45 
  
  d.Nov.5, 2015
  (BJA Sectry-Treasurer 2005-15)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ET3 Carl J. Fogg, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1969-71,  
  
  d.2005
  Mo MM3/c Hugh Eugene Fox, 
  BJU-4, 1943-45,  
  
  d.2003
  RD3 Warren Frankenfield, 
  BJU-2, 1954-56,  
  
  d.Feb.18, 2021
  OS1 James A. Franklin, 
  
  BJU-1 T-11,12,13,1964-71 d.Aug.21, 2016
  ~ G ~
  RM3/c Chester B. Gacek, 
  
  BJU-9 1944-45, 
  
  d.Jul.10, 2023 
  RMSN Rodney Gallagher, 
  
  BJU-2, 1953-54, 
  
  d.Oct.16, 2023 
  CDR Stuart Giles, 
  
  
  BJU-3, 1943-45,  
  
  d.1997
  OS2 David Glaza, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1969-73 
  
  
  d.Nov. 2021
  (BJA Board of Directors 2004-21)
  
  
  
  
  
   
  LTjg George Gottemoeller, 
  BJU-1, 1968-71, 
  
  d.2017
  LTjg Henry S. Grauten, 
  
  BJU-7, 1943-45,  
  
  d.Sep.2, 2015
  RMCM Norman Graves, 
  
  BJU-1, 19??,  
  
  
  d.2001
  RM2 Delbert James Gray, 
  
  BJU-1 T-12, 1962-64,        d.1986
  CBM Thomas Cordiza Green, 
  BJU-4, 1944,  
  
  
  d.1952
  ~ H ~
  RD3 Chuck Hanlon, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1969-70,  
  
  d.Jun.21, 2006
  LCDR Lawrence Nye Hanna, 
  BJU-7, 1943-46,  
  
  d.1989
  RMC Robert B. Hanson, 
  
  BJU-1 T-12, 1960-65,  
  d.1985
  AE1 John 'Jack' Harris, 
  
  BJU-11, 1943-45, 
  
  d. Dec.29, 2020 
  LT C. Felix Harvey, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1943-46,  
  
  d.Jan.2, 2014
  SFM3 Wallace E. Harvey Jr., 
  BJU-2, 1962-65,  
  
  d.1986
  ETN2 William Havyer, 
  
  BJU-2, 1966-68, 
  
  d.Jan.15, 2022 
  RD3 Simon Hayes, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1968-69, 
  
  d.May 25, 2014 
  LCDR Robert Hazelwood, CO,  BJU-1, 1958-60,  
  
  d.2001
  CDR James Hendry, CO,
  
  BJU-2, 1963-65,  
  
  d.2012
  LT Peter Hennessey, 
  
  BJU-2, 1962-64,  
  
  d.Apr.15, 2007
  SN Arthur S. Henoch, 
  
  BJU-3, 1943-46,  
  
  d.Jan.22, 2016
  RM3 Rudolph 'Rudy' Herrera, 
  BJU-1 T-12, 1964-67,  
  d.2008
  SKCS Kenneth L. Hill, 
  
  BJU-2 1962-64, 
  
  d.Sep.30, 2020 
  ET3 Don Hilton, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1952-55, 
  
  d.Jun.29, 2023
  ET2 Norman Hoatson, 
  
  BJU-1, 1957-59, 
  
  d.Jul.27, 2012 
  CAPT James 'Jim' Hobbs, 
  BJU-1, 1953-56,  
  
  d.Dec.2, 2020 
  Ens. Joseph C. Hogan, 
  
  BJU-6, 1943-45,  
  
  d.Aug.18, 2016
  PN3 James Hollers, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1961-63, 
  
  d.Feb.7, 2010 
  CM2 Pierre Houle, 
  
  
  FCG-2, 1981-83, 
  
  d.Jan.20, 2014 
  RM3/c Joe Howard, 
  
  
  BJU-9, 1943-46,  
  
  d.1996
  LTjg William Hower, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1960-62,  
  
  d.Sep.3, 2004
  EN3 Dinwiddie Huffman, 
  
  BJU-2, 1953-56, 
  
  d.Sep.8,2016 
  EN2 Jim Hughes, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1967-70, 
  
  d.May 9, 2021 
  RMC Jay Hurlbut, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1970-72,  
  
  d.1998
  RD3 Pete Hydiniak, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1965-69,  
  
  d.2004
  ~ J ~
  CRT D.E. Jackson, 
  
  
  BJU-1&9, 1943-44,  
  d.1947
  CMM John G. Jensen, 
  
  BJU-1, 1942-45,  
  
  d.1982
  ET2 Joseph Johnson, 
  
  BJU-2, 1965-67,  
  
  d.Mar.9, 2002
  RMC William Ennis Johnson, 
  BJU-1 T-12, 1962-69,  
  d.Aug.23, 2003
  IC3 Lynn S. Jones, 
  
  
  BJU-1 , 1964-68, 
  
  d.Mar.19, 2004
  RD2 William Jones, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1965-68, 
  
  d.Jan.14, 2017 
  ~ K ~
  SR Harold Keele, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1964-66,  
  
  d.2009
  CAPT Larry Kelley, 
  
  
  BJU-7  1943-45,  
  
  d.2007
  LTjg Richard Kenyon, 
  
  BJU-2, 1969-72, 
  
  d.Sep.5, 2022 
  CAPT William Kersting, 
  
  BJU-1, 1963-66, 
  
  d.Apr.1, 2018 
  SO3/MR1 Elton B. Kidd, 
  
  BJU-1, 1951-52, 
  
  d.Jun. 2020
  SK2 Franklin Kilburn,
  
  
  BJU-2, 1961-62
  
  
  d.Jul 24, 2023 *
  CDR Martin A.  Kimball, 
  
  FCG1, 1982-84, 
  
  d.Feb.8, 2006 
  ETSN Ken Kisselburg, 
  
  BJU-1, 1968-69, 
  
  d.2022 
  LTjg. Gary Kittelson, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1968-71, 
  
  d.Jun.8, 2014 
  PN1 John Klein, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1969-72,  
  
  d.1998
  RT3/c Malcolm Kreske, 
  
  BJU-9, 1944-45,  
  
  d.Mar.9, 2012
  RM3 John Krolak, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1965-67, 
  
  d.Aug.17, 2021 
  ETCS Robert L. Kropf Jr., 
  
  BJU-1, 1962-66, T-12-13,  d.Oct.25, 2015
  ~ L ~
  CDR Robert E. Lando, 
  
  BJU-4, 1943-45,  
  
  d.Feb.27, 2013
  ET3 Norman LaPointe, 
  
  BJU-2, 1955-56, 
  
  d.Sep. 2, 2023 
  CAPT Max H. Lasell, 
  
  BJU-2 1961-62,  
  
  d.2017 
  GM1 Kenneth S. Lee, 
  
  BJU-2,  
  
  
  
  d.1998
  LTjg C.W. Lee, 
  
  
  
  BJU-1, 1957-58, 
  
  d.Sep.19, 2010 
  ENCS Thurman F. Lee, 
  
  BJU-2, 1966-68, 
  
  d.May 17, 2022 
  RM2 Joe Leonhardt, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1962-66, 
  
  d.2006
  LTjg John H. Locke, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1957-59, 
  
  d.Sep.28, 2005 
  CDR James P. Long, XO,
  
  BJU-2, 1966-68,  
  
  d. Mar.7, 2016 
  RM1 Raymond Long, 
  
  BJU-2, 1965-67,  
  
  d.1981
  ETR4 Ron Lovejoy, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1969-72, 
  
  d.Jun.12, 2016 
  ~ M~
  RD2 Bruce MacGilvray, 
  
  BJU-1, 1969-70,  
  
  d.Dec.8, 2020 
  GM1/c Robert Maguire, 
  
  BJU-4&11, 1943-45,  
  d.2013
  LTjg. Patrick Mancuso,
  
  BJU-2, 1962-63, 
  
  d.Oct. 28, 2022 
  QM3 John J Manfield Jr, 
  
  BJU-2, 1955-56, 
  
  d.Jan.20, 2008
  RD3 Thomas A. Marco, 
  
  BJU-1, 1963-66,  
  
  d.Dec.18, 2020 
  ENFN Al E. Marino, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1958-61,  
  
  d.Jan.30, 2021 
  RD3 David Margetts, 
  
  BJU-1, T-11-12, 1968-69,  d.2004
  RD1 Nelson  Margetts, 
  
  BJU-1, 1963-69, 
  
  d.1999
  LTjg John C. Marscher Jr.
  
  BJU-2, 1954-57
  
  
  d. Feb.22, 2020 * 
  LT James W. Martin, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1969-71,  
  
  d.1976
  ETN3 Roland H. Mattoon, 
  
  BJU-2, 1966-68, 
  
  d. 2013
  GMG1 George Matula, 
  
  BJU-2, 1969-73, 
  
  d.Jan.11, 2015 
  RMC(PJ) Albert J. Mayville, 
  BJU-1 ,  
  
  
  
  d.1993
  QM1 James McAndrew Jr., 
  BJU-2, 1951-55,  
  
  d.Oct.18, 2011
  LT Robert 'Mac' McBride, 
  
  BJU-2, 1954-55,  
  
  d.2016
  BM2c Alfred Bradley McCord, 
  BJU-3, 1943-44,  
  
  d.2000
  LCDR Elmer L. McCormack, 
  BJU-1 T-13, 
  
  
  d.May 9, 2014 
  BM1 George McCue, 
  
  BJU-2, 1957-65,  
  
  d.2006
  EN3 Kenneth McDermed,
  
  BJU-2, 1954-57, 
  
  d.Apr.17, 2018 
  RM2 James McGregor, 
  
  BJU-1 T-12, 1961-64, 
  d.Oct.27, 2023 
  EMC (PJ) John L. McLeod, 
  BJU-1, 1967-71,  
  
  d.Sep.29, 2016
  LTjg John McNeil, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1969-70,  
  
  d.2010
  EN3 Pat McQuade, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1967-70,  
  
  d.Feb.1, 2007
  Harold Burris Meyer, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1943-45,  
  
  d.1984
  RMC Herman J. Miller, 
  
  BJU-2 1960-64, 
  
  d.Jul.2, 2023 
  EM2 Wayne Miller, 
  
  
  BJU-2 1970-73, 
  (BJA Board of Directors 2003-2024) 
  
  
  
  
  
  d. May 29, 2024 
  GSCS (SW) Phillip S. Mohler, 
  BJU-1 1960-64,  
  
  d.Jul.5, 2008
  LTjg Phillip L. Moncrief, 
  
  BJU-1, 1967-69,  
  
  d.2018
  EN3 Charles W. Moore, 
  
  BJU-2, 1956-59, 
  
  d.May 10, 2020  
  SFM2 Frank Moore, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1963-65                 d.Jul.28, 2009
  (BJA Vice President 2003-05)  
  
  
  
  
  
  ET3 James 'Mick' Morrissey, 
  BJU-2&1, 1968-71,  
  
  d.Aug.17, 2016
  LCDR George S. Mullen, 
  
  BJU-9, 1944-45,  
  
  d.Apr.29, 1994
  RD2 Gerald Lee Mulqueen,
  BJU-2, 1963-65,  
  
  d.Aug.10, 2012
  ENS J. Max Munn, 
  
  
  BJU-7, 1944-45,  
  
  d.1997
  EN3 Robert Munro, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1955-58,  
  
  d.Apr.1, 2004
  CDR Chester A. Murphy, CO
  BJU-2, 1967-70,  
  
  d.Jul.19, 2012
  ~ N ~
  FN Roger Nagel, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1970-71, 
  
  d.Oct.29, 2008
  BMC William R. Neidigh, 
  
  BJU-1, 1950-54, 
  
  d.2001
  ETC Gary Newberg, 
  
  
  BJU-1,  1959-60,  
  
  d.Oct.24, 2007
  LT Otto C. Niederer, 
  
  
  BJU-1&2, 1943-45,  
  
  d.Dec.5, 2003
  LT Donald E. Noblett,
  
  BJU-1, 1963-67,  
  
  d.2010
  ~ O~
  RM2 Dickie Ray Oden, 
  
  BJU-1 T-12, 1965-68,  
  d.Jun.6, 2008
  EM1 William O'Donnell, 
  
  BJU-2, 1958-63,  
  
  d.Jun.23, 2005
  LT Austin G. Olney, 
  
  
  BJU-6, 1944,  
  
  
  d.Feb.28, 2008
  LCDR Carl Osborne, 
  
  BJU-1, 1943-1945,  
  
  d.1968
  ~ P ~
  PN3 Thomas Peterson,
  
  BJU-2, 1962, 
  
  
  d.Jul.16, 2019 
  RD2 Donald Placek, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1958-61, 
  
  d.Oct.8, 2013
  LT Charles A. Pollock, 
  
  BJU-2, 1956, 
  
  
  d.Nov.16, 2004
  BM1/c Van Powell Jr., 
  
  BJU-1, CTG80.4,1943-45, d.1993
  ETN3 William S. Preuss, 
  
  BJU-1, 1960-61, 
  
  d.Dec.20,2023 
  CDR Robert Price, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1963-65, 
  
  d.Aug.12, 2020 
  OSCS Michael Prince Sr., 
  
  BJU-1,T-11,12,13,1965-72  d.Apr.26, 2015
  (BJA Chaplain 2006-15)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PO2 Ruby Liston Prow, Jr.  
  BJU-2, 1951-54,  
  
  d.1998
  ~ R~
  CRM Robert Rainie, 
  
  
  BJU-1&9, 1943-45,  
  
  d.Sep.28, 2014
  RD2, Dr. Roger G. Ramon,  
  BJU-1, 
  
  
  
  d. May 26, 2010 
  BM2 Alan A. Ramsey, 
  
  FCG-2, 1986-88, 
  
  d. Jan.25, 2022 
  RM3 Homer Ramsey, 
  
  BJU-1, 1963-67,  
  
  d.Feb.27, 2013
  SFM2 Charles Reynolds, 
  
  BJU-2, 1964-66, 
  
  d.Nov.30, 2021 
  CWO4 Donald Richardson, 
  FCG-1, 1979, 
  
  
  d.Nov.21, 2021 
  OS1 Philip J. Richter Jr., 
  
  FCG2, 1973-78,  
  
  d.Aug.15, 2016
  RM3 Steve Rodolfich, 
  
  BJU-1, 1957-60,  
  
  d.Apr.27, 2011 
  ETC Williard Rogers, 
  
  FCG-2, 1970s,  
  
  d.2008
  YN3 Larry Root, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1967-68,  
  
  d.Jun.24, 2023 
  BM3 Clyde Ross, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1951-55, 
  
  d.Aug.2021 
  ETM2/c Robert E. Roy, 
  
  BJU-6, 1944-46,  
  
  d.Jul.14, 2010
  RMCS John Metzler Ruble, 
  BJU-1 T-12, 1962-64, 
  d. 2001
  RM3 Herman L. Ruckman, 
  BJU-1, 1958-59, 
  
  d.Mar.7, 2003
  CTM2 Stanley Rumfield, 
  
  BJU-1, 1963-66,  
  
  d. Apr.25, 2019 
  SN Edward Ryan, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1957-59, 
  
  d.Jun.1, 2017 
  ~ S ~
  RMC Vicente Ben Sanchez,
  BJU-1, 
  
  
  
  d.Jul.6, 2013 
  LTjg Louis Sander, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1963-66, 
  
  d.Mar.10, 2025 *
  QM2/c John Sandwick, 
  
  BJU-3, 1943-46,  
  
  d.2013
  FN William F. Scarnato, 
  
  BJU-2, 1967-68, 
  
  d.Sep.21, 2021 
  BMSN Oscar K. Schlegel , 
  BJU-7, 1943-44,  
  
  d.1968
  LTjg Ervin Schutz, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1962-63,  
  
  d.1988
  Ens.(RADM ret.) Sayre Schwartztrauber, 
                                                     BJU-2, 1952-54,  
  
  d.Apr.8, 2015
  SK2c James Scott, 
  
  
  BJU-10, 1944-46,  
  
  d.2017
  EM3 Pearley Seekins, 
  
  BJU-2, 1953-55, 
  
  d.May 29,2012 
  ETMC George Seymour, 
  
  BJU-1, 1963-66,  
  
  d.Apr.24, 2009
  RD2 Donald Sherrill, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1951-55, 
  
  d.Oct.6, 2017  
  CAPT David E. Sigsworth, 
  BJU-1, FCG-1, 1972-75,   d.2007
  SM2/c William E. Skinner, 
  
  BJU-1, 1943-44,  
  
  d.Dec.22, 2006
  LCDR Robert Skorheim, 
  
  BJU-2, 1952-54, 
  
  d.Apr.17,2014 
  BM1 Ernest Slattery, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1955-56,  
  
  d.May 12, 2016
  IC3 Danny W. Smithers, 
  
  BJU-1, 1971-72, 
  
  d.Dec.25, 2021 
  ET2 Vincent Snowden, 
  
  FCG-1, 1983-84,  
  
  d.1984
  CDR Robert C. Spencer, 
  
  BJU-2, 1954-56,  
  
  d.1992
  LTjg Floyd M. Spessard, 
  
  BJU-9&11, 1943-45.  
  d.1990
  (Ret. 1978 CDR.),  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  RM1 Carl Stambaugh, 
  
  BJU-1, 1966-68,  
  
  d.Oct.20, 2017
  SFM3 Michael Stamper, 
  
  BJU-2, 1966-67,  
  
  d.Jan.11, 2011
  RD2 Eugene Stanley, 
  
  BJU-2, 1957-59, 
  
  d.Nov.20, 2022 
  CDR Werner Steffen, 
  
  BJU-1, 1962-65,  
  
  d.Aug.2022 
  RDC Richard Stuber, 
  
  BJU-1, 1968-72,  
  
  d.Oct.31, 2012
  ET3 Raymond Summa, 
  
  BJU-2, 1971-73, 
  
  d.Jul.3, 2019
  RD3 Donald Sutherland, 
  
  BJU-1, 1969-70, 
  
  d.Jan.3, 2022 
  EWCM Raynor Swanson, 
  
  BJU-1 T-12, 1963-68,  
  d.2018
  ~ T ~
  LT Stephen L. Thomas, 
  
  BJU-2, 1965-66,  
  
  d.Mar.1, 2017
  ETN3 David A. Thompson, 
  BJU-1,1960's,  
  
  
  d.2002
  RMC Edward Timmons, 
  
  BJU-1, 1966-69, 
  
  d.May 26, 2020 
  RD3 Frank Toti Jr., 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1969-70,  
  
  d.Jul.29, 2020
  RD2 Barry Trauger, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1968-71, 
  
  d.Sep.18,2024
  ENFN Bruce H. Tucker, 
  
  BJU-2 1968-69, 
  
  d.Oct.23, 2023 
  ET2 John W. Tumey, 
  
  BJU-1, 1958-61, 
  
  d.Mar.4, 2021 
  ~ V ~
  LT Daniel VanWinkle, 
  
  BJU-1, 1963-66, 
  
  d.Apr.28,2023 
  RM2c Charles Vordran, 
  
  BJU-5&9, 1944-45,  
  
  d.Dec.14, 2019
  ~ W ~
  GM3 James E. Wall, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1951-54, 
  
  d.Jun.28, 2015
  OSCM David Watson, 
  
  BJU-1, 1963-67,  
  
  d.May 1, 2018
  RMC Richard Watson, 
  
  BJU-1-T12, 1960-66, 
  d.Nov.24, 2021
  OSC Norbert Welsh, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1960-63, 
  
  d.May 6, 2019 
  OSCS George Wenzlaff Jr., 
  BJU-1, 1969-72,  
  
  d.Aug.22, 2015
  CDR Berry D. Willis Jr., 
  
  BJU-1, 1942-43 
  
  d.Jul.4, 2011
  (Lt. Fairbanks yeoman),  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  GM2/c Wayne B. Wilson Sr., 
  BJU-3, 1943,  
  
  
  d.1992
  CDR Charles Witherspoon, 
  BJU-1, 1962-64, 66-68,     d.Apr.7, 2007
  LTjg Bernard Wolf, 
  
  
  BJU-2, 1952-54,  
  
  d.Apr.5, 2015
  SFM3 Larry Woods, 
  
  
  BJU-1, 1961-63,  
  
  d.Aug.15, 2015
  CDR Thomas Wootten, 
  
  BJU-1, 1956-58,  
  
  d.Dec.8, 2011
  ETN2 Sid Worthington, 
  
  BJU-1, 1970-71,  
  
  d.1991
  LCDR Fulton R.Wynn , 
  
  BJU-1, 1954-58,  
  
  d.1983
  ~ Y ~
  ADJ3 James Yellow Eagle, 
  BJU-1, 1966,  
  
  
  d.Dec.14, 2022 
  ~ Z ~
  LTjg Michael Zaveruka, 
  
  BJU-2, 1960s,  
  
  
  d.1991
  ETR2 Steven D. Zeiger, 
  
  BJU-2 , 1965-67,  
  
  d.Sep.10, 2009
  This web page was developed in April 2001 and continues to this day to be a daily work in progress. Our 
  information as to deceased Beach Jumpers is very limited and we would appreciate any help in listing a former 
  Beach Jumper who is now deceased or who was killed in action. If anyone knows of a former Beach Jumper 
  who has passed away, please email the webmaster@beachjumpers.com so that his information can be posted 
  here on our Memorial page. 
  Thank you
  
 
  Beach Jumper Honor Roll, continues
 
 
  Our former shipmates who have passed on, you are not forgotten.
  (Rank/Name/Unit/Yr Served/Yr.Death)
 
 
  = obit recently added, notified or discovered
 
 
 
            __  = underlined names are linked to a personal obituary page
 
 
  *
 
 
  In memory of the Navy Beach Jumpers 
  who have gone to their final resting place.
  Fair winds and following seas.
 
 
  KIA=Killed in action
 
 
  KIT=Killed in Training
 
 
  Beach Jumper Honor Roll
 
 
  Remember to refresh this page periodically to view the most recent updates
 
 
 
 
 
 
  LTjg C.W. McNash, BJU-6,  KIA: 30 December 1944, by kamikaze pilot
  EM3/c  John E. Kuenstier, BJU-7,   KIT: 16 August 1945, by shark attack at Ocracoke Island
  GMSN  John Joseph 'Jack' McKay, BJU-1,  KIT: 15 January 1953,  San Diego Bay
  RD2 William D. Alford, BJU-1, KIT: 25 October 1968, Okinawa
  FN Bart  Burnett,  BJU-1,  KIT: 24 October 1968, Okinawa
  ETN2 Earl Franklin Houck Jr. Poseyville, IN, BJU-1 Teams 11, 12, 13, KIA: 16 February 1969,   RVN
  RD3 Felton Lee Mims, Dallas,TX, BJU-1 Teams 11, 13, GC: 12 March 1969,   RVN
  RM3 Billy Jerome Lott, FCG-2, Barcelona Harbor accident, line of duty,  17 January 1977
  c
  
 