In Memoriam

"So Proudly They Served"

Eternal Rest, Grant Unto Them, Oh Lord,
Let perpetual light shine upon them,
May Their Souls and All the Souls of the Faithful Departed,
through the mercy of God, Rest in peace.

Amen

TINIAN
Killed in Action - 14 June 1944

GM2c James A. Puder
F2c James G. Stephens
S2c Jess Venegas

OKINAWA
Killed in Action - 27 May 1945

Lt.(jg) Stanley Truscott Bassett
Ensign Francis Lawrence Brady
Ensign Denford Allen Brumbaugh, SC
Lt.(jg) Raymond Earl Eiserman
Lt.(jg) Ford Powell Eshleman, MC
Lt.(jg) John Michael Golden
Lt. Jack "B" Lahmer, Executive Officer
Lt.(jg) Jason A. Lodwick
GM3c Joseph William Adair
Slc Kenneth Arnold Aubens
EM2c Arthur Delmont Austin
Slc David Thomas Austin
S2c(RM) William Earl Bell
SSM(L)2c Raymond Arthur Bigley
RdM3c Vincent Anthony Bernabucci
S1c Merlin Wallace Billman
S1c Robert Edward Budlong
S1c Friend Joseph Burton
SC2c Jesse Martin Capps
MM3c Theron Tristram Coffin
SF3c Chester Dudzinski
S1c James Kennell Dye
RdM3c Henry Walter Dzialo
TM3c Robert Emes Eads
CCS CurtisWilliam Ezzell
S2c Harold Lloyd Freeman
F1c(EM) George Tate Greer, Jr.
S1c Frtiz Charlie Haar
WT2c Dennis Moyer Hancock
S1c Robert Preston Harper
StM1c James Boyde Harris
F1c Angelo Augustine Iafrati
S1c(Y) Lowell Rosco Irwin
CBM Edward Kline Kelley
WT1c Leopold John Kordas
S1c Thomas Leo Layne
S2c Clarence Manuel Lepoma
S1c Charles Calvin Lively
S2c Thomas Dale Long
S2c Mord Gallington Malone, Jr.
S1c Hugh John McManus, Jr.
SM3c George Charles Minarck
BM2c Byron "J" Morris
QM1c William Napier O'Brien
BM1c Arnt George Odegaard
RM1c James Thomas O'Neill
S2c(RM) Arthur Lee Parten
MM1c Alex Poloz
CWT James Vincent Ragosta
FCO3c Pryor Yates Ray
S2c(TM) Donald Robert Robin
RdM1c Eugene Schneider
TM3c Donald Ralph Schofield
F1c(B) Charles Cincere Smith
EM3c Harry Spain Smith
CM2c Frank Socko
S2c John Edwin Stern
S1c Haldon Maurice Stratton
Y3c Raymond William Steurnagel, Jr.
SC2c Paul Frederick Strandberg
Y3c Francis Amel Tatro
Cox Walter Ernest Teetsel
S1c Fred West
StM1c Edward James White
M1c Elmer Elsworth Williams, Jr.
RdM2c Harry Edmund Wilcox
WT2c Michal Zemlin


DIED IN SERVICE

GM3c Peter Hatam
ENFA Michael D. Haughey
EMFN Arthur Littlejohn
MM1 Paul T. Schimpf


"We, who remain to carry on should not think of our
shipmates who have departed from us after WWII,
but rather they have been transferred to a celestial ship
or station, where we hope all of us
may be shipmates again."