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Battle of Savo Island
19
honorees
Samuel Moore
Class of 1913
Captain
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(50 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Quincy (CA 39)
WWII
Ship
Ship Namesake
William Gray
Class of 1921
Commander
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(45 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Quincy (CA 39)
WWII
Ship
William Eaton
Class of 1921
Commander
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(42 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Astoria (CA 34)
WWII
Ship
Raymond Hansen
Class of 1922
Commander
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(43 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Vincennes (CA 44)
WWII
Ship
HOFH19
HOFH21
HOFH22
HOFH24
HOFH25
Edward Metcalfe
Class of 1922
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
August 9, 1942
(44 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Quincy (CA 39)
WWII
Ship
Eugene Elmore
Class of 1922
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(42 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Quincy (CA 39)
WWII
Ship
Ship Namesake
Raymond Tuttle
Class of 1922
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(43 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Quincy (CA 39)
WWII
Ship
Ship Namesake
Cleaveland Miller
Class of 1929
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(35 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Vincennes (CA 44)
WWII
Ship
USNA 1st Company
John Bisson
Class of 1930
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(33 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Vincennes (CA 44)
WWII
Ship
USNA 1st Company
Costello Massey
Class of 1932
Lieutenant
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US Naval Reserve
August 9, 1942
(33 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Quincy (CA 39)
WWII
Ship
Non-graduate
Herbert Carroll, Jr.
Class of 1934
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(30 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Astoria (CA 34)
WWII
Ship
Ship Namesake
USNA 4th Company
Irving McCann, Jr.
Class of 1935
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(28 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Vincennes (CA 44)
WWII
Ship
USNA 2nd Company
John Spears
Class of 1940
Lieutenant (j.g.)
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(24 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Vincennes (CA 44)
WWII
Ship
USNA 6th Company
Raymond Murray
Class of 1940
Lieutenant (j.g.)
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(25 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Vincennes (CA 44)
WWII
Ship
USNA 8th Company
Alexander Butsko
Class of 1942
Ensign
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(21 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Vincennes (CA 44)
WWII
Ship
USNA 5th Company
Henry Whitehurst, Jr.
Class of 1942
Ensign
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(22 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Astoria (CA 34)
WWII
Ship
Ship Namesake
USNA 3rd Company
John Villepigue, Jr.
Class of 1942
Ensign
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(22 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Quincy (CA 39)
WWII
Ship
USNA 5th Company
Arthur Diirck, Jr.
Class of 1943
Ensign
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(21 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Vincennes (CA 44)
WWII
Ship
USNA 2nd Company
Walter Nock, Jr.
Class of 1943
Ensign
|
US Navy
August 9, 1942
(22 years old)
KIA
Battle of Savo Island
Pacific
USS Astoria (CA 34)
WWII
Ship
USNA 19th Company