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Herbert Wescoat
Class of 1923
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
April 4, 1933
(32 years old)
Operational loss
USS Akron (ZRS 4)
Airship
Video
John Waldron
Class of 1924
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
June 4, 1942
(41 years old)
KIA
Battle of Midway
Pacific
Torpedo Squadron (VT) 8
WWII
Fixed Wing
Navy Cross
Ship Namesake
Family
Video
Charles Redfield
Class of 1926
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
April 4, 1933
(31 years old)
Operational loss
USS Akron (ZRS 4)
Airship
Video
Cyrus Clendening
Class of 1927
Lieutenant (j.g.)
|
US Navy
April 4, 1933
(28 years old)
Operational loss
USS Akron (ZRS 4)
Airship
Video
Weldon Hamilton
Class of 1928
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
June 8, 1943
(36 years old)
Operational loss
Air Group (CAG) 11
Fixed Wing Passenger
Navy Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Video
USNA 3rd Company
Byron Newell
Class of 1930
Lieutenant Commander
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US Navy
October 26, 1942
(32 years old)
KIA
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Pacific
USS Hornet (CV 8)
WWII
Ship
Ship Namesake
Video
USNA 5th Company
Ernest Evans
Class of 1931
Commander
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US Navy
October 25, 1944
(36 years old)
KIA
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle off Samar
Pacific
USS Johnston (DD 557)
WWII
Ship
Medal of Honor
Bronze Star
Ship Namesake
Video
USNA 6th Company
Minter Dial
Class of 1932
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
January 9, 1945
(33 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Enoura Maru
USS Napa (AT 32)
WWII
Ship
Navy Cross
Oryoku Maru
POW
HOFH25
Video
USNA 7th Company
Fred Connaway
Class of 1932
Commander
|
US Navy
November 19, 1943
(32 years old)
KIA
Pacific
USS Sculpin (SS 191)
WWII
Submarine
Silver Star
Video
USNA 3rd Company
Jack Wintle
Class of 1932
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
November 13, 1942
(34 years old)
KIA
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Pacific
USS San Francisco (CA 38)
Task Force 67
WWII
Ship
Navy Cross
Video
USNA 3rd Company
George McCutchan
Class of 1933
Commander
|
US Navy
August 24, 1944
(33 years old)
Operational loss
Air Group (CAG) 11
Fixed Wing
Video
USNA 7th Company
Philip Torrey, Jr.
Class of 1934
Commander
|
US Navy
February 16, 1945
(31 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Japan
Air Group (CAG) 9
WWII
Fixed Wing
Navy Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Video
USNA 2nd Company
Frederick Schrader
Class of 1935
Commander
|
US Navy
October 13, 1944
(31 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Formosa
Air Group (CAG) 11
WWII
Fixed Wing
Distinguished Flying Cross
Video
USNA 1st Company
James Southerland, II
Class of 1936
Commander
|
US Navy
October 12, 1949
(37 years old)
Operational loss
Fixed Wing
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
Fighter Ace
Video
USNA 1st Company
Norman Doudiet
Class of 1939
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
November 13, 1942
(26 years old)
KIA
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Pacific
USS Juneau (CL 52)
WWII
Ship
Video
USNA 6th Company
David Purdon, Jr.
Class of 1940
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
October 27, 1950
(34 years old)
Operational loss
Composite Squadron (VC) 5
Fixed Wing
Video
USNA 10th Company
Charles Conrey
Class of 1941
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
December 26, 1943
(26 years old)
KIA
Pacific
USS Brownson (DD 518)
WWII
Ship
Video
USNA 3rd Company
Robert Thomsen
Class of 1945
Ensign
|
US Navy
April 16, 1945
(22 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Laffey (DD 724)
WWII
Kamikaze
Ship
Navy Cross
Video
USNA 7th Company
Robert Bell
Class of 1952
Major
|
US Air Force
May 16, 1965
(34 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 162
Vietnam
Ground
Video
USNA 22nd Company
John Florance, Jr.
Class of 1953
Commander
|
US Navy
January 31, 1969
(38 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 102
Fixed Wing
Video
USNA 6th Company
James Wiley
Class of 1954
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
February 22, 1959
(26 years old)
Operational loss
Fighter Squadron (VF) 114
Fixed Wing
Video
USNA 24th Company
David Wright
Class of 1957
Major
|
US Air Force
November 13, 1970
(35 years old)
KIA
14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Vietnam
Fixed Wing
MIA
Video
USNA 22nd Company
Megan McClung
Class of 1995
Major
|
US Marine Corps Reserve
December 6, 2006
(34 years old)
KIA
Iraq
Global War on Terrorism
Ground
Bronze Star
Ship Namesake
Video
Woman
USNA 23rd Company
James Blecksmith
Class of 2003
2nd Lieutenant
|
US Marine Corps Reserve
November 11, 2004
(24 years old)
KIA
Iraq
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
Global War on Terrorism
Ground
Video
USNA 26th Company
Joshua Watson
Class of 2019
Ensign
|
US Navy
December 6, 2019
(23 years old)
KIA
Global War on Terrorism
Navy and Marine Corps Medal
Terrorism
Video
HOFH23
HOFH24
USNA 10th Company