ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
2022-2026
Pres. Larry Markaverich
V.Pres. Paul Fisher
Sectry-Treas. Roy Havekost
Co-Treas. Carl Kilhoffer
Chaplain Edward Salazar
Chaplain Charley Collins
SAA Roger Mills
Membership Chairman,
Ray O'Hara
Association Historian,
Dave Snell
EMERITUS
William Griffin, Treas.
John Spielmann, V.Pres.
Norris Fanning, Sectry-Treas.
Michael Prince, Chaplain
Frank Moore, V.Pres.
BOARD of DIRECTORS
2022-2028
Chairmn. Roy Havekost
Carl Kilhoffer
Wayne Miller
Tim Slattery
Bob Danenhower
EMERITUS
Vince Piscitelli, Director
David Glaza, Director
John McLeod, Director
Email:
admin@beachjumpers.com
OFFICE:
727-487-6252
FAX:
888-249-1769
U.S.N.B.J.A.
450-106 State Rd. 13N
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St. Johns, FL 32259
This association is comprised of
former shipmates who served on
active duty in a Beach Jumper
Unit or other unit as defined in
our association by-laws.
Information may be contained
on this website which was once
classified but has since been
declassified and is now available
to the general public, however,
many of our missions and duties
remain classified to this day.
Beach Jumpers 1942-72
Beach Jumpers
were U.S. Navy tactical cover
and deception units which
were organized under Admiral
H.K. Hewitt, then Commander
of Amphibious Forces and all
U.S. Naval Forces in
Northwest African waters and
the Western Mediterranean.
The concept for Beach
Jumpers came about as a
result of then Lieutenant
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.,
the Hollywood actor turned
naval officer during World War
II and having been detached
from "Blue Water" duty on the
high seas and assigned to
duty with British Admiral Lord
Louis Mountbatten and the
Combined Operations
Commandos in England.
Fairbanks Tribute
U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers Association
(727) 4-USNBJA
Copyright 1996-2025
All rights reserved
US Navy Beach Jumpers Assoc. ®beachjumpers.com, beachjumpers.org, usnavybeachjumpers.org
Website by R-Havekost,
BOD Chairman
‘Turbo Vestri Hostilis’
deceased
This website continues to be a work in progress !
- Ocracoke Island Memorial, Loop Shack Hill
- Beach Jumpers Memorial Honor Roll
- Deceased Members Personal Tributes
- CAPT Douglas Fairbanks Jr. USNR
- Members A-F
- Allen, Donovan, EN2, BJU2
- Allen, James LTjg BJU3&8
- Aucoin, Gary RD3, BJU2
- Barber, Richard RM2, BJU2
- Barry, Robert LT, BJU2
- Bartholdi, Joseph RD1, BJU2
- Benjamins, Edwin CRM, BJU6
- Bittner, Burt LT, BJU6
- Bobick, William, RD3, BJU1
- Bohannan, John RD2, BJU2
- Boyum, Danny EN2, BJU1
- Brewer, Charles QM3, BJU2
- Briggs, Ronald RM2, BJU2
- Brown, Donald, LCDR, BJU1
- Bucklew, Phil CAPT, BJU2
- Bullock, Harvey ENS, BJU4
- Burkey, Paul MM/1c, BJU1
- Burkholder, James EN2, BJU2
- Carlson, Ronald LT, BJU1
- Carlton, Jack ENS, BJU6
- Cason, GR RMCS, BJU1
- Casto, John RD3, BJU2
- Casto, Ronald RD3, BJU2
- Chapeau, David, ETR3, BJU1
- Clark, Curtis CWO3, BJU1
- Chesser, William, SK3, BJU2
- Clark, Edward RM2, BJU2
- Clemente, Wm. LCDR, BJU2&1
- Cochran,Wilmer, SM2c, BJU6
- Conley, Harold SK3, BJU1
- Conner, William Jr, LTjg, BJU1
- Costilow, James RM1, BJU1
- Coutinho, Roy LT, BJU1
- Culp, Ralph RM3, BJU2
- Davies, David RMCS, BJU1
- Davis, Charles T., ET2, BJU2
- Denslow, Irving CWO2, BJU2
- DeWeese, Jerry RM1, BJU1
- Dinsmore, G. Chris, RD2, BJU1
- Donaghy, Sam OS1, FCG2
- Doornbos, Robert, CWO4, BJU1
- Driscoll, Frederic RDm1/c, BJU4
- Dunton, Lewis RADM, BJU6
- Eiben, Michael, LTjg, BJU1
- English, Lon RD2, BJU1
- Engman, Clayton RM2, BJU1
- Everett, Richard ETN2, BJU1
- Fallen, David CDR, BJU2
- Fanning, Norris RT/2c, BJU7
- Frankenfield, Warren RD3, BJU2
- Franklin, James OS1, BJU1
- Members G-L
- Gacek, Chester RM3/c, BJU9
- Gallagher, Rodney RMSN, BJU2
- Glaza, David OS2, BJU1
- Grauten, Henry LTjg., BJU7
- Harris, John AE1, BJU11
- Hanlon, Charles RD3, BJU2
- Harvey, C.Felix LT, BJU2
- Havyer, William, ETN2, BJU2
- Hayes, Simon, RD3, BJU2
- Hendry, James CDR, BJU2
- Hennessy, Peter LTjg, BJU2
- Hill, Kenneth L. SKCS, BJU2
- Hoatson, Norman ET2, BJU1
- Hobbs, Jim CAPT, BJU1
- Hoffman, Benjamin LTjg, BJU2
- Hogan, Joseph ENS, BJU6
- Hollers, James PN3, BJU2
- Hower, William LTjg, BJU1
- Johnson, Joe ET2, BJU2
- Johnson, William RMC, BJU1
- Jones, Lynn IC3, BJU1
- Jones, William, RD2, BJU1
- Kenyon, Richard LTjg, BJU2
- Kersting, William CAPT, BJU1
- Kisselburg,Ken ETSN, BJU1
- Kittelson,Gary, LTjg BJU2
- Kreske, Malcom RT/3c, BJU9
- Krolak, John, RM3, BJU2
- Kropf, Robert ETCS, BJU1
- Lando, Robert CDR, BJU4
- Lane, Charles RD3, BJU1
- LaPointe, Norman, ET3, BJU2
- Lasell, Max CAPT, BJU2
- Lee, Thurman ENCS, BJU2
- Long, John P, CDR, BJU2
- Members M-S
- MacGilvray, Bruce RD2, BJU1
- Maguire, Robert GM/1c, BJU4 & 11
- Manfield Jr, John J, QM3, BJU2
- Marco, Thomas RD3, BJU1
- Marino, Al ENFN, BJU1
- Matula, George GMG1, BJU2
- McAndrew, James QM1, BJU2
- McBride, Robert LT., BJU2
- McCormack, Elmer LCDR, BJU1
- McCue, George BM1, BJU2
- McGath, Arthur, EN3, BJU2
- McGregor, James RM2, BJU1
- McLeod, John EMC, BJU1
- McQuade, Patrick EN3, BJU1
- Miller, Donald EN2, BJU2
- Miller, Herman RMC, BJU2
- Miller, Wayne EM2, BJU2
- Mohn, Larry ETN2, BJU1
- Mohler, Phillip GSCS, BJU1
- Moncrief, Phillip LTjg., BJU1
- Moore, Charles EN3, BJU2
- Moore, Frank SFM2, BJU2
- Morrissey, James ET3, BJU2 & 1
- Mullen, George LCDR, BJU9
- Mulqueen, Jerry RD2, BJU2
- Munro, Robert EN3, BJU1
- Murphy, Chester CDR, BJU2
- Nagel, Roger FN, BJU1
- Newberg, Gary ETC, BJU1
- Niederer, Otto LT, BJU1 & 2
- Oden, Dickie RM2, BJU1
- O'Donnell, William EM1, BJU2
- Olney, Austin LT, BJU6
- Peterson, Thomas PN3, BJU2
- Placek, Donald RD2, BJU2
- Price, Robert, CDR, BJU2
- Prince, Michael OSCS, BJU1
- Pollock, Charles LT, BJU2
- Rainie, Robert CRM, BJU1&9
- Ramsey, Homer RM3, BJU1
- Reynolds, Charles, SFM2, BJU2
- Richter, Philip RD1, BJU2
- Rodolfich, Steve, RM3, BJU1
- Root, Larry YN3, BJU1
- Ross, Clyde BM3, BJU2
- Roy, Robert ETM2/c, BJU6
- Rumfield, Stanley, CTM2, BJU1
- Sandwick, John QM/2c, BJU3
- Ryan, Edward SN, BJU2
- Scott, James SK2c, BJU10
- Seekins, Pearley, EM3, BJU2
- Seymour, George ETCM, BJU1
- Skinner, William SM /2c, BJU1
- Skorheim, Robert LTjg, BJU2
- Slattery, Ernest BM1, BJU2
- Smither, Danny IC3, BJU1
- Stambaugh, Carl RM1, BJU1
- Stamper, Michael SFM3, BJU2
- Stanley, Eugene, RD2, BJU2
- Steffen, Werner CDR, BJU1
- Stuber, Richard RMC, BJU1
- Summa, Raymond ET3, BJU2
- Sutherland, Donald RD3, BJU1
- Swanson, Raynor EWCM, BJU1
- Members T-Z
- Thomas, Stephen LT, BJU2
- Timmons, Edward, RMC, BJU1
- Toti, Frank RD3, BJU1
- Tucker, Bruce ENFN, BJU2
- Tumey, John W. ET2, BJU1
- VanWinkle, Daniel, LT, BJU1
- Vorndran, Charles RM/2c, BJU5 & 9
- Watson, David OSCM, BJU1
- Wall, James E. GM3, BJU1
- Watson, Richard RMC, BJU1
- Wenzlaff, George OSCS, BJU1
- Willis, Berry CDR, BJU1
- Witherspoon, Charles CDR, BJU1
- Wolf, Bernard LTjg, BJU2
- Woods, Larry SFM3, BJU1
- Wootten, Thomas CDR, BJU1
- YellowEagle, James ADJ3, BJU1
- Zeiger, Steve ETR2, BJU2
- - - - -Honorary Associates- - - -
- John B. Dwyer, Author, History of Navy Beach Jumpers
- Earl O'Neal, Ocracoke Island Historian
Members and Associates: If you have moved since you first joined the association
or if you have changed your phone number or email address since joining you need
to update your information with our admin office.
The association periodically mass emails our members with information. If your
email address is not up to date, you are missing this information.
If you have not recently received an email from the Beach Jumpers Association your email
address that we have on file may be out of date. If you want to receive notices that are
emailed periodically send your name, member number and email address to us at:
admin@beachjumpers.com and we will include you in the next email notice.
Personalized Beach Jumper Commemorative Plaque on
sale now. Order yours now in the Ships Store.
We are now accepting 2025 dues payments. Click on the link above for 2025 for more
details for payment. Some members already have credit for 2025 due to past double or
overpayment(s). Check here first to see if you are already paid.
If you haven't yet submitted your 2024 dues go to https://beachjumpers.com/2024dues.htm
for the current payment process.
If you are 80 yrs old, please email us the month and year of your birth so we can update
your status to Life Member for your membership card each year. Email:
admin@beachjumpers.com
BJU-1 and BJU-2 members can request a unit specific member list (Microsoft Excel) with
addresses, phone and emails via admin@beachjumpers.com . These lists, previously
obtained by secure login, are no longer available online for security and privacy reasons.
Association frameable membership certificates are now
on sale in the Ships Store
Established 2001
Resv’d space
Barry Trauger, RD2
BJU1 1968-71
d. Sept. 18, 2024
1126
2025 LIFE MEMBER cards will be mailed out on Friday, Nov.1st
to those life members who have during 2024 confirmed or verified
their information with our Admin Office. If we have not heard from
you in the past year please update your information at: