VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

    Gun Explosion

    13 honorees
    LT DAVID D. WEMPLE, USN

    David Wemple

    Class of 1863
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    December 24, 1864 (21 years old)
    KIA First Battle of Fort Fisher USS Juniata (1862) Civil War Ship Gun Explosion
    LT JOHN M. HUDGINS, USN

    John Hudgins

    Class of 1894
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    April 14, 1906 (34 years old)
    Operational loss USS Kearsarge (Battleship No. 5) Ship Gun Explosion Plaque in Memorial Hall
    LT WILLIAM C. DAVIDSON, USN

    William Davidson

    Class of 1895
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    April 13, 1904 (31 years old)
    Operational loss USS Missouri (Battleship No. 11) Ship Gun Explosion
    LT JOSEPH W. GRAEME, USN

    Joseph Graeme

    Class of 1897
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    April 14, 1906 (30 years old)
    Operational loss USS Kearsarge (Battleship No. 5) Ship Gun Explosion Plaque in Memorial Hall
    LTJG ERNEST A. WEICHERT, USN

    Ernest Weichert

    Class of 1899
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
    April 13, 1904 (26 years old)
    Operational loss USS Missouri (Battleship No. 11) Ship Gun Explosion Plaque in Memorial Hall
    LT CASPAR GOODRICH, USN

    Caspar Goodrich

    Class of 1901
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    July 15, 1907 (26 years old)
    Operational loss USS Georgia (Battleship No. 15) Ship Gun Explosion Ship Namesake Plaque in Memorial Hall
    MIDN THOMAS WARD, JR., USN

    Thomas Ward, Jr.

    Class of 1903
    Midshipman | US Navy
    April 13, 1904 (21 years old)
    Operational loss USS Missouri (Battleship No. 11) Ship Gun Explosion Naval Academy Cemetery Plaque in Memorial Hall
    MIDN WILLIAM E. T. NEUMANN, USN

    William Neumann

    Class of 1903
    Midshipman | US Navy
    April 13, 1904 (22 years old)
    Operational loss USS Missouri (Battleship No. 11) Ship Gun Explosion Plaque in Memorial Hall Naval Academy Cemetery
    LT ARTHUR G. CAFFEE, USN

    Arthur Caffee

    Class of 1904
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    November 19, 1910 (27 years old)
    Operational loss Indian Head Proving Ground Gun Explosion Plaque in Memorial Hall
    LTJG THOMAS E. ZELLARS, USN

    Thomas Zellars

    Class of 1921
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
    June 12, 1924 (25 years old)
    Operational loss USS Mississippi (BB 41) Ship Gun Explosion Ship Namesake Plaque in Memorial Hall
    ENS WILLIAM G. MCCREA, USN

    William McCrea

    Class of 1922
    Ensign | US Navy
    June 12, 1924 (24 years old)
    Operational loss USS Mississippi (BB 41) Ship Gun Explosion
    ENS MARCUS ERWIN, JR., USN

    Marcus Erwin, Jr.

    Class of 1923
    Ensign | US Navy
    June 12, 1924 (23 years old)
    Operational loss USS Mississippi (BB 41) Ship Gun Explosion
    CAPT EDWARD J. TRUMBLE, USMC

    Edward Trumble

    Class of 1925
    Captain | US Marine Corps
    February 18, 1937 (34 years old)
    Operational loss USS Wyoming (BB 32) Ship Gun Explosion