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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.
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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
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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
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LTjg Ronald Carlson,
BJU-1, 1969-72,
d.Aug.18, 2014
ENS Jack K. Carlton,
BJU-6 1944-45,
d.Feb.26, 2008
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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LT Daniel VanWinkle,
BJU-1, 1963-66,
d.Apr.28,2023
RM2c Charles Vordran,
BJU-5&9, 1944-45,
d.Dec.14, 2019
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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
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ADJ3 James Yellow Eagle,
BJU-1, 1966,
d.Dec.14, 2022
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LTjg Michael Zaveruka,
BJU-2, 1960s,
d.1991
ETR2 Steven D. Zeiger,
BJU-2 , 1965-67,
d.Sep.10, 2009
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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
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