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38
honorees
Elmer Kiehl
Class of 1920
Captain
|
US Navy
April 2, 1945
(47 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Henrico (APA 45)
Transport Division 50
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
Arnold Isbell
Class of 1921
Captain
|
US Navy
March 19, 1945
(45 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Franklin (CV 13)
WWII
Ship
Distinguished Flying Cross
Ship Namesake
Louis Drexler, Jr.
Class of 1923
Commander
|
US Navy
May 12, 1945
(45 years old)
KIA
Okinawa
LST Group 47
WWII
Ground
Legion of Merit
Family
Robley Clark
Class of 1924
Captain
|
US Navy
May 1, 1945
(43 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Terror (CM 5)
Minesweepers Pacific
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
Bronze Star
Legion of Merit
William France
Class of 1924
Captain
|
US Navy
April 2, 1945
(42 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Henrico (APA 45)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
Bronze Star
James Willis
Class of 1927
Commander
|
US Navy
April 6, 1945
(38 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Bush (DD 529)
Destroyer Division (DESDIV) 48
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
Navy Cross
Legion of Merit
Family
Volckert Douw
Class of 1930
Commander
|
US Navy
April 29, 1945
(38 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Hazelwood (DD 531)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
Legion of Merit
USNA 2nd Company
David McDougal
Class of 1933
Lieutenant Colonel
|
US Marine Corps
June 14, 1945
(33 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
WWII
Ground
USNA 3rd Company
Walker Ethridge
Class of 1934
Commander
|
US Navy
March 20, 1945
(32 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Air Group (CAG) 47
Fighting Squadron (VF) 47
WWII
Fixed Wing
Navy Cross
USNA 5th Company
George Philip, Jr.
Class of 1935
Commander
|
US Navy
June 16, 1945
(33 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Twiggs (DD 591)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
Navy Cross
Silver Star
Ship Namesake
Family
USNA 7th Company
Gordon Schecter
Class of 1935
Commander
|
US Navy
March 18, 1945
(32 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Air Group (CAG) 45
WWII
Fixed Wing
Silver Star
Fighter Ace
USNA 7th Company
Ralph Embree
Class of 1936
Commander
|
US Navy
May 11, 1945
(30 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Air Group (CAG) 12
WWII
Fixed Wing
Navy Cross
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 5th Company
Frank Quady
Class of 1938
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
May 11, 1945
(29 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Bunker Hill (CV 17)
Task Force 58
WWII
Kamikaze
Ship
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star
USNA 12th Company
Walter Hering
Class of 1938
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
April 29, 1945
(27 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Hazelwood (DD 531)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
Bronze Star
USNA 6th Company
Richard Sampson
Class of 1938
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
April 4, 1945
(30 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Air Group (CAG) 40
WWII
Fixed Wing
USNA 6th Company
William Lamberson
Class of 1938
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
January 22, 1945
(28 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Fighting Squadron (VF) 3
WWII
Fixed Wing
Navy Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 4th Company
Alfred Wallace
Class of 1939
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
July 30, 1945
(29 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Cassin Young (DD 793)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
Silver Star
Bronze Star
USNA 8th Company
Clarence Becker
Class of 1939
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
May 18, 1945
(28 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Longshaw (DD 559)
WWII
Ship
USNA 10th Company
Rexford Ostrom
Class of 1939
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
April 10, 1945
(29 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Fighting Squadron (VF) 24
WWII
Fixed Wing
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 2nd Company
Richard Robinson
Class of 1939
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
April 8, 1945
(29 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Fighting Squadron (VF) 25
WWII
Fixed Wing
USNA 4th Company
Edward Grace
Class of 1939
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
March 26, 1945
(27 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Halligan (DD 584)
WWII
Ship
Silver Star
USNA 5th Company
Edward Degarmo
Class of 1940
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
June 7, 1945
(28 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Torpedo Squadron (VT) 82
WWII
Fixed Wing
Navy Cross
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 11th Company
James Preston
Class of 1940
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
April 16, 1945
(27 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Bryant (DD 665)
WWII
Kamikaze
Ship
Silver Star
USNA 11th Company
Henry Graham, Sr.
Class of 1940
Lieutenant Commander
|
US Navy
April 11, 1945
(27 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Bombing Fighting Squadron (VBF) 83
WWII
Fixed Wing
Distinguished Flying Cross
USNA 5th Company
Walter Rupert, Jr.
Class of 1943
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
May 28, 1945
(24 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Drexler (DD 741)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
USNA 17th Company
Alexander McEwen
Class of 1943
Lieutenant
|
US Navy
April 2, 1945
(24 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Dickerson (APD 21)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
USNA 17th Company
Elbert Heim, Jr.
Class of 1943
Lieutenant
|
US Naval Reserve
March 27, 1945
(24 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Fighting Squadron (VF) 82
WWII
Fixed Wing
Navy Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Order of the Red Star
Non-graduate
Howard McBride
Class of 1944
Lieutenant (j.g.)
|
US Navy
April 20, 1945
(25 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
Bombing Squadron (VB) 82
WWII
Fixed Wing
Non-graduate
KIA-combat flight
George Hart
Class of 1944
Lieutenant (j.g.)
|
US Navy
April 14, 1945
(23 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Sigsbee (DD 502)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
USNA 4th Company
Arthur Day
Class of 1945
2nd Lieutenant
|
US Marine Corps
June 14, 1945
(23 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
1st Battalion, 1st Marines
WWII
Ground
USNA 8th Company
Lloyd Wyatt, Jr.
Class of 1945
2nd Lieutenant
|
US Marine Corps
June 14, 1945
(22 years old)
KIA
Okinawa
1st Battalion, 29th Marines
WWII
Ground
USNA 8th Company
Charles McBride
Class of 1945
2nd Lieutenant
|
US Marine Corps
June 6, 1945
(24 years old)
KIA
Okinawa
1st Battalion, 4th Marines
WWII
Ground
USNA 14th Company
John Cummins
Class of 1945
2nd Lieutenant
|
US Marine Corps
June 4, 1945
(22 years old)
KIA
Okinawa
3rd Battalion, 1st Marines
WWII
Ground
USNA 10th Company
Foster Simonsen
Class of 1945
Ensign
|
US Navy
May 29, 1945
(22 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Shubrick (DD 639)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
USNA 9th Company
Robert Williams
Class of 1945
Ensign
|
US Navy
May 18, 1945
(23 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Longshaw (DD 559)
WWII
Ship
USNA 4th Company
Donald Hall
Class of 1945
Ensign
|
US Navy
May 4, 1945
(21 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Morrison (DD 560)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
USNA 14th 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
Horace Bayless
Class of 1945
Ensign
|
US Navy
April 6, 1945
(23 years old)
KIA
Pacific
Okinawa
USS Howorth (DD 592)
WWII
Ship
Kamikaze
USNA 20th Company