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Beach Jumpers Memorial Page - Honor Roll
LTjg C.W. McNash, BJU-6, KIA: 1944, 30 December by kamikaze pilot
EM3/c John E. Kuenstier, BJU-7, KIT: 1945, 16 August by shark attack at Ocracoke Island
GMSN John Joseph 'Jack' McKay, BJU-1, KIT: 1953, Jan 15, San Diego Bay
RD2 William D. Alford, BJU-1, KIT: 1968, Oct. 24, Okinawa
FN Bart Burnett, BJU-1, KIT: 1968, Oct. 24, Okinawa
ETN2 Earl Franklin Houck Jr. Poseyville, IN, BJU-1 Teams 11, 12, 13, KIA: 1969, 16 February RVN
RD3 Felton Lee Mims, Dallas,TX, BJU-1 Teams 11, 13, GC: 1969, 12 March RVN
RM3 Billy Jerome Lott, FCG-2, Barcelona Harbor accident, line of duty, 1977
This flame shall burn eternally in the memory of the following
Beach Jumpers who were killed in action during wartime,
or died in training accidents.
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LTjg Richard H. Aishton II, BJU-5, 1943-45, d.2005
EN2 Donovan R. Allen, BJU-2, 1952-55, d.Sept. 16, 2017
LTjg James S. Allen, BJU-3 & 8, 1943-45,
d.2012
DCC Frederick W. Andrews, BJU-1 CTG80.4,1943, d.1968
RD2 Gary F. Aucoin, BJU2, 1968-71, d. 2018
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RMCS John Lowell Bagos, BJU-1, d.1979
RM2 Richard 'Rick' Barber, BJU2, 1971-73, d.2017
John J. Bartholdi III, BJU1-1968-71, d. Oct.30,2019
BMCS Manuel Barrientos Jr., BJU1, 1962-64, d.4-27-2020
LT Robert F. Barry, BJU-2, 1967-71, d.2005
YM3/c Francis Jerome Beall, BJU-5, 1943-46, d.1995
SFC Clayton M. Begley, BJU-2 , 1960's, d.2001
ETN3 Kurtis O. Bembry, BJU-1, 1970-72, d.2003
EN2 David H. Bengry, BJU-1, 1954-58, d.2001
CRM Edwin Benjamins, BJU-6, 1944-46, d.2012
LTjg Arthur J. Bennett, BJU-6 , WWII, Korea, d.1974
LT Burt Bittner, BJU6, 1943-46, d.Jan 25 2016
LT Samuel E. Blackard, BJU-1, WWII, d.1970
RD3 William Bobick, BJU1, 1967-68, d.Jan. 5, 2006
RD2 John C. Bohannan, BJU-2, 1969-71, d.2012
RD3 Robert Z. Boyer, BJU-1, Det. Charlie, 1968-70, d.1991
RM Patrick Boyland, BJU-2, 1960s, d.1989
EN2 Danny Boyum, BJU-1, 1971-73, d.May 12, 2023
SoM/2c Raymond A. Bradley, BJU-6, 1943-45, d.1982
LT Paul B. Bremicker, BJU-5, 1943-45, d.1991
QM2/c Charles B. Brewer, BJU-5 & 9, 1943-45, d.2009
RM2 Ronald Briggs, BJU-2, 1965-67, d.2021
RM1 William Brinson Sr., BJU-2, 1960-65, d.2012
ENS William R. Brotherton, BJU-2, 1943, d.1997
LCDR Donald E. Brown, BJU-1, 1957-59, d.Jan.4, 2019
CAPT Phil 'Buck' H. Bucklew, BJU-2 1951-55, d.1992
ENS Harvey Bullock, BJU-4, 1943-45, d.2006
BMSN William Burke, BJU-1, 1957-59, d.2010
MM1/c Paul Burkey, BJU-1, 1943-45, d.2005
EN2 James Burkholder, BJU2, 1966-68, d.2017
EN3 Paul Buser, BJU-1, 1968-70, d. Aug.8, 2011 *
GMC Samuel Jefferson Butler, BJU-2, 1963-70, d. 2001
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LTjg Ronald Carlson, BJU-1, 1969-72, d.2014
ENS Jack K. Carlton, BJU-6 1944-45, d.2008
RMCS George Rex 'GR' Cason, BJU 1, 1969-70, d.2006
RD3 John B. Casto, BJU-2 , 1970, d.2004
RD3 Ronald Casto, BJU2, 1964-65, d.Dec-2021
ETR3 David Chapeau, BJU1, 1962-65, f.Feb. 20, 2013
SK2 William Chesser, BJU-2, 1953-54, d.Aug.8, 2019
SK2 William Childress, BJU2, 1952-55, d. Jan. 24, 2019 *
LT Roy Coutinho, BJU-1, 1970-72, d. Jan.29, 2024 *
CWO3 Curtis G. Clark, BJU-1, 1955-59, d.2014
RM2 Edward Clark, BJU2, 1951-55, d.Aug.23 2019
LCDR William J. Clemente, BJU-2 & 1, 1953-56,62-70, d.2006
SO2/c Wilmer E. Cochran Jr., BJU-6, 1943-45, d.2008
RMCS Thomas 'Jerry' Collett, BJU-2, 1962-68 , d.2001
SK3 Harold Conley, BJU1, 1968-69, d.2018
ET1/c - LTjg William J. Conner Jr., BJU 1, 1943-46, d.2006
RM1 James W. Costilow, BJU-1 Team 13, 1958-60, 1970-74, d.2006
ETR2 Joseph Cox, BJU-2, 1966-69, d. Sept.7, 2023 *
RM3 Robert A. Culp Jr., BJU-2, 1969-71, d.2012
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RMCS David J. Davies, BJU-1 1963, d.July 14, 2020
ET2 Charles ‘Ted’ Davis, BJU-2, 1962-63, d.Feb.15, 2022
CWO2 Irving L. 'Denny' Denslow, BJU-2, 1966-69, d.2014
RM1 Jerry DeWeese, BJU-1, 1969-71, d. 2019
RD2 George ‘Chris’ Dinsmore, BJU-1, 1962-64 & 1970-72, d.December 2022
OS1 Sam Donaghy, FCG2, 1973-77, d.2007
CWO4 Robert Doornbos, BJU-1, 1968-71, d.Jan.18, 2020
RDM/1c Frederic Driscoll, BJU4, 1943-46, d. 2013
EM3 John 'JD' Droskoski, BJU-1 Team 12, 1967-73, d. 2009
RADM Lewis W. Dunton Jr., BJU-6, 1943-45, d.1992
ENS George D. Duro, BJU-6, 1944-45, d.1990
Associate Member John Barry Dwyer, Author of Seaborne Deception, d.2010
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DP1 Charles Eason, BJU-1, 1967-68, d. Aug.2, 2024 *
RMC Francis J. Egan Jr., BJU-1, 1964-71, d.1982
LTjg. Michael Eiben, BJU-1, 1967-68, d. Mar.23, 2023 *
Robert H. Eichholtz, BJU-2, 1956-58, d.1983
BM1/c Paul Leon Eker, BJU-4, 1944-45, d.1995
RD2 Lon B. English, BJU-1 Team 12, 1962-64, 70-72, d.2011
RM2 Clayton Engman, BJU1, 1959-63, d.2014
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ETN2 Richard M. Everett, BJU-1, 1966-72, d.2010
CAPT Douglas Fairbanks Jr., BJU-1, 1943, d.2000
CDR David Fallen, BJU-2 1971-73, d.Feb.16, 2022
ETM/2c Norris F. Fanning, BJU7, 1943-45 / BJA Sectry-Treasurer 2005-15, d. 2015
ET3 Carl J. Fogg, BJU1, 1969-71, d.2005
Mo MM3/c Hugh Eugene Fox, BJU-4, 1943-45, d.2003
RD3 Warren Frankenfield, BJU-2, 1954-56, d.2021
OS1 James A. Franklin, BJU1 Teams 11-12-13, 1964-71, d.2016
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RM3/c Chester B. Gacek, BJU-9 1944-45, d.July 10, 2023 *
RMSN Rodney Gallagher, BJU-2, 1953-54, d.Oct.16, 2023 *
CDR Stuart Giles, BJU-3, 1943-45, d.1997
OS2 David Glaza, BJU1, 1969-73 / BJA Board of Directors, d.Nov. 2021
LTjg George Gottemoeller, BJU1, 1968-71, d. 2017
LTjg Henry S. Grauten, BJU-7, 1943-45, d.2015
RMCM Norman 'Rocky' Graves, BJU-1, 19??, d.2001
RM2 Delbert James Gray, BJU-1 Team 12, 1962-64, d.1986
CBM Thomas Cordiza Green, BJU-4, 1944, d.1952
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RD3 Chuck Hanlon, BJU-2, 1969-70, d.2006
LCDR Lawrence Nye Hanna, BJU-7, 1943-46, d.1989
RMC Robert B. Hanson, BJU-1 Team 12, 1960-65, d.1985
AE1 John 'Jack' Harris, BJU-11, 1943-45, d. 2020
LT C. Felix Harvey, BJU-2, 1943-46, d.2014
SFM3 Wallace E. Harvey Jr., BJU-2, 1962-65, d.1986
ETN2 William Havyer, BJU-2, 1966-68, d.Jan.15, 2022
RD3 Simon Hayes, BJU-2, 1968-69, d.May 25, 2014
LCDR Robert Hazelwood, CO, BJU-1, 1958-60, d.2001
CDR James Hendry, CO-BJU-2, 1963-65, d.2012
LT Peter Hennessey, BJU-2, 1962-64, d.2007
SN Arthur S. Henoch, BJU3, 1943-46, d.2016
RM3 Rudolph 'Rudy' Herrera, BJU-1 Team 12, 1964-67, d.2008
SKCS Kenneth L. Hill, BJU-2 1962-64, d.Sept. 30, 2020
ET3 Don Hilton, BJU-2, 1952-55, d.June 29, 2023
ET2 Norman Hoatson, BJU-1, 1957-59, d.July 27, 2012
CAPT James 'Jim' Hobbs, BJU-1, 1953-56, d.2020
Ens. Joseph C. Hogan, BJU6, 1943-45, d.2016
PN3 James Hollers, BJU-2, 1961-63, d.Feb.7, 2010
CM2 Pierre Houle, FCG-2, 1981-83, d. Jan.20, 2014 *
RM3/c Joe Howard, BJU-9, 1943-46, d.1996
LTjg William Hower, BJU-1, 1960-62, d.2004
EN3 Dinwiddie Huffman, BJU-2, 1953-56, d. Sep.8,2016 *
EN2 Jim Hughes, BJU-1, 1967-70, d. May 9, 2021 *
RMC Jay Hurlbut, BJU-1, 1970-72, d.1998
RD3 Pete Hydiniak, BJU-1, 1965-69, d.2004
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CRT D.E. Jackson, BJU-1 & 9, 1943-44, d.1947
CMM John G. Jensen, BJU-1, 1942-45, d.1982
ET2 Joseph Johnson, BJU-2, 1965-67, d.2002
RMC William Ennis Johnson, BJU-1 Team 12, 1962-69, d.2003
IC3 Lynn S. Jones, BJU-1 , 1964-68, d. 2004
RD2 William Jones, BJU-1, 1965-68, d.Jan 14, 2017
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SR Harold Keele, BJU-1, 1964-66, d.2009
CAPT Larry Kelley, BJU-7 1943-45, d.2007
LTjg Richard Kenyon, BJU-2, 1969-72, d.Sept.5, 2022
CAPT William Kersting, BJU-1, 1963-66, d.Apr.1, 2018
SO3/MR1 Elton B. Kidd, BJU-1, 1951-52, d.June 2020
CDR Martin A. Kimball, FCG1, 1982-84, d. Feb.8, 2006 *
ETSN Ken Kisselburg, BJU-1, 1968-69, d. 2022
LTjg. Gary Kittelson, BJU-2, 1968-71, d.June 8, 2014
PN1 John Klein, BJU-2, 1969-72, d.1998
RT3/c Malcolm Kreske, BJU-9, 1944-45, d.2012
RM3 John Krolak, BJU-2, 1965-67, d.Aug.17, 2021
ETCS Robert Louis Kropf Jr., BJU1, 1962-66, Teams 12-13, d.2015
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CDR Robert E. Lando, BJU-4, 1943-45, d.2013
ET3 Norman LaPointe, BJU-2, 1955-56, d.September 2, 2023 *
CAPT Max H. Lasell, BJU2 1961-62, d.2017
GM1 Kenneth S. Lee, BJU-2, d.1998
LTjg C.W. Lee, BJU-1, 1957-58, d. Sept. 19, 2010 *
ENCS Thurman F. Lee, BJU-2, 1966-68, d.May 17, 2022
RM2 Joe Leonhardt, BJU-2, 1962-66, d.2006
LTjg John H. Locke, BJU-1, 1957-59, d. Sept. 28, 2005 *
CDR James P. Long, BJU-2, 1966-68, d. 3-7-2016
RM1 Raymond Long, BJU-2, 1965-67, d.1981
ETR4 Ron Lovejoy, BJU1, 1969-72, d.June 12, 2016
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RD2 Bruce MacGilvray, BJU-1, 1969-70, d.2020
GM1/c Robert Maguire, BJU-4 & 11, 1943-45, d.2013
LTjg. Patrick Mancuso BJU2, 1962-63, d.October 28, 2022
QM3 John J Manfield Jr, BJU-2, 1955-56, d.1-20-2008
RD3 Thomas A. Marco, BJU-1, 1963-66, d.2020
ENFN Al E. Marino, BJU-1, 1958-61, d.2021
RD3 David Margetts, BJU-1, Teams 11 & 12, 1968-69, d.2004
RD1 Nelson 'Lefty' Margetts, BJU-1, 1963-69, d.1999
LT James W. Martin, BJU-2, 1969-71, d.1976
ETN3 Roland H. 'Matt' Mattoon, BJU-2, 1966-68, d. 2013
GMG1 George Matula, BJU2, 1969-73, d.January 11, 2015
RMC(PJ) Albert J. 'AJ' Mayville, BJU-1 , d.1993
QM1 James 'Jake' McAndrew Jr., BJU-2, 1951-55, d.2011
LT Robert 'Mac' McBride, BJU2, 1954-55, d.2016
BM2c Alfred Bradley McCord, BJU-3, 1943-44, d.2000
LCDR Elmer L. McCormack, BJU1 Team 13, d.May 9, 2014
BM1 George McCue, BJU-2, 1957-65, d.2006
EN3 Kenneth McDermed, BJU-2, 1954-57, d. Apr.17, 2018 *
RM2 James McGregor, BJU1 Team 12, 1961-64, d.October 27, 2023
EMC (PJ) John L. McLeod, BJU1, 1967-71, d.2016
LTjg John McNeil, BJU-1, 1969-70, d.2010
EN3 Pat 'Sparky' McQuade, BJU-1, 1967-70, d.2007
Harold Burris Meyer, BJU-1, 1943-45, d.1984
RMC Herman J. Miller, BJU-2 1960-64, d.July 2, 2023
EM2 Wayne Miller, BJU-2 1970-73, BJA Board of Directors 2003-2024, d. May 29, 2024 *
GSCS (SW) Phillip S. Mohler, BJU-1 1960-64, d.2008
LTjg Phillip L. Moncrief, BJU1, 1967-69, d.2018
EN3 Charles W. Moore, BJU-2, 1956-59, d.May 10, 2020 *
SFM2 Frank Moore, BJU-2, 1963-65 / BJA Vice President 2003-05, d.2009
ET3 James 'Mick' Morrissey, BJU2 & 1, 1968-71, d.2016
LCDR George S. Mullen, BJU-9, 1944-45, d.1994
RD2 Gerald Lee Mulqueen,BJU-2, 1963-65, d.2012
ENS J. Max Munn, BJU-7, 1944-45, d.1997
EN3 Robert Munro, BJU-1, 1955-58, d.2004
CDR Chester A. Murphy, CO-BJU-2, 1967-70, d.2012
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FN Roger Nagel, BJU-1, 1970-71, d.2008
BMC William R. Neidigh, BJU-1, 1950-54, d.2001
ETC Gary Newberg, BJU-1, 1959-60, d.2007
LT Otto C. Niederer, BJU-1&2, 1943-45, d.2003
LT Donald E. Noblett, BJU-1, 1963-67, d.2010
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RM2 Dickie Ray Oden, BJU-1 Team 12, 1965-68, d.2008
EM1 William O'Donnell, BJU-2, 1958-63, d.2005
LT Austin G. Olney, BJU-6, 1944, d.2008
ET2 Ed O’Meara, BJU-1, 1969-72, d. July 1, 2024 *
LCDR Carl 'Bert' Osborne, BJU-1, 1943-1945, d.1968
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PN3 Thomas Peterson, BJU-2, 1962, d.July 2019
RD2 Donald Placek, BJU-2, 1958-61, d.Oct.2013
LT Charles A. Pollock, BJU-2, 1956, d.Nov.16, 2004
BM1/c Van Powell Jr., BJU-1, CTG80.4, 1943-45, d.1993
ETN3 William S. Preuss, BJU-1, 1960-61, d. Dec. 20,2023 *
CDR Robert Price, BJU-2, 1963-65, d. Aug. 12, 2020
OSCS Michael Prince Sr., BJU1, Teams 11-12-13, 1965-72 / BJA Chaplain 2006-15, d.2015
PO2 Ruby Liston Prow, Jr. BJU-2, 1951-54, d.1998
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CRM Robert 'Bob' Rainie, BJU1 & 9, 1943-45, d.2014
Dr. Roger G. Ramon, RD2, BJU1, d. May 26, 2010 *
BM2 Alan A. Ramsey, FCG-2, 1986-88, d. Jan. 25, 2022 *
RM3 Homer Ramsey, BJU-1, 1963-67, d.2013
SFM2 Charles Reynolds, BJU-2, 1964-66, d.Nov.30, 2021
CWO4 Donald Richardson, FCG-1, 1979, d. Nov. 21, 2021 *
OS1 Philip J. Richter Jr., FCG2, 1973-78, d.2016
RM3 Steve Rodolfich, BJU-1, 1957-60, d. Apr.27, 2011
ETC Williard Rogers, FCG-2, mid 1970s, d.2008
YN3 Larry Root, BJU-1, 1967-68, d.June 24, 2023 *
BM3 Clyde Ross, BJU-2, 1951-55, d.Aug.2021
ETM2/c Robert E. Roy, BJU-6, 1944-46, d.2010
RMCS John Metzler Ruble, BJU-1 Team 12, 1962-64, d. 2001
RM3 Herman L. Ruckman, BJU-1, 1958-59, d.March 7, 2003
CTM2 Stanley Rumfield, BJU-1, 1963-66, d. April 25, 2019
SN Edward Ryan, BJU-2, 1957-59, d.June 1, 2017
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RMC Vicente Ben Sanchez, BJU1, d. July 6, 2013 *
QM2/c John 'Jack' Sandwick, BJU-3, 1943-46, d.2013
FN William F. Scarnato, BJU-2, 1967-68, d. Sep.21, 2021 *
BMSN Oscar K. Schlegel , BJU-7, 1943-44, d.1968
LTjg Ervin Schutz, BJU-2, 1962-63, d.1988
Ens. (RADM ret.) Sayre 'Archie' Schwartztrauber, BJU-2, 1952-54, d.2015
SK2c James 'Jimmy' Scott, BJU-10, 1944-46, d.2017
EM3 Pearley Seekins, BJU-2, 1953-55, d.May 29,2012
ETMC George Seymour, BJU-1, 1963-66, d.2009
RD2 Donald Sherrill, BJU-2, 1951-55, d. Oct. 6, 2017 *
CAPT David E. Sigsworth, BJU-1, FCG-1, 1972-75, d.2007
SM2/c William E. Skinner, BJU-1, 1943-44, d.2006
LCDR Robert Skorheim, BJU-2, 1952-54, d. 4-17-2014
BM1 Ernest Slattery, BJU2, 1955-56, d.2016
IC3 Danny W. Smithers, BJU-1, 1971-72, d.December 25, 2021
ET2 Vincent Snowden, FCG-1, 1983-84, d.1984
CDR Robert C. Spencer, BJU-2, 1954-56, d.1992
LTjg Floyd M. Spessard, BJU-9 & 11, 1943-45. (Ret. 1978 CDR.), d.1990
RM1 Carl Stambaugh, BJU1, 1966-68, d.2017
SFM3 Michael Stamper, BJU-2, 1966-67, d.2011
RD2 Eugene Stanley, BJU-2, 1957-59, d.Nov.20, 2022
CDR Werner Steffen, BJU-1, 1962-65, d.August 2022
RDC Richard 'Dick' Stuber, BJU-1, 1968-72, 2012
ET3 Raymond ‘Rocco’ Summa, BJU-2, 1971-73, Jud.ly 3, 2019
RD3 Donald Sutherland, BJU-1, 1969-70, d.January 3, 2022
EWCM Raynor 'Swanny" Swanson, BJU-1 Team 12, 1963-68, d.2018
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LT Stephen L. Thomas, BJU2, 1965-66, d.2017
ETN3 David A. Thompson, BJU-1, late 1960's, d.2002
RMC Edward Timmons, BJU-1, 1966-69, d.May 26, 2020
RD3 Frank Toti Jr., BJU-1, 1969-70, d.2020
RD2 Barry Trauger, BJU1, 1968-71, d.Sept. 18,2024
ENFN Bruce H. Tucker, BJU-2 1968-69, d.Oct.23, 2023
ET2 John W. Tumey, BJU-1, 1958-61, d.March 4, 2021
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LT Daniel VanWinkle, BJU-1, 1963-66, d.April 28,2023
RM2c Charles Vordran, BJU-5 & 9, 1944-45, d.2019
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GM3 James E. Wall, BJU-1, 1951-54, d.June 2015
OSCM David Watson, BJU1, 1963-67, d.May 2018
RMC Richard Watson, BJU-1-T12, 1960-66, d.November 2021
OSC Norbert Welsh, BJU-1, 1960-63, d. May 6, 2019 *
OSCS George Wenzlaff Jr., BJU1, 1969-72, d.2015
CDR Berry D. Willis Jr., BJU-1, 1942-43 ( Lt. Fairbanks yeoman), d.2011
GM2/c Wayne B. Wilson Sr., BJU-3, 1943, d.1992
CDR Charles 'Bob' Witherspoon, BJU-1, 1962-64, 66-68, d.2007
LTjg Bernard 'Bernie' Wolf, BJU2, 1952-54, d.2015
SFM3 Larry Woods, BJU1, 1961-63, d.2015
CDR Thomas Wootten, BJU-1, 1956-58, d.December 2011
ETN2 Sid Worthington, BJU-1, 1970-71, d.1991
LCDR Fulton R.'Steamboat' Wynn , BJU-1, 1954-58, d.1983
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ADJ3 James Yellow Eagle, BJU-1, 1966, d.December 14, 2022
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LTjg Michael Zaveruka, BJU-2, 1960s, d.1991
ETR2 Steven D. Zeiger, BJU-2 , 1965-67, d.2009
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