US Navy Beach Jumpers Assoc.

U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers Association ‘Turbo Vestri Hostilis’ (727) 4-USNBJA

Website by R-Havekost, BOD Chairman

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.

~ A ~ 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 ~ B ~ 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.Apr.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. C 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 ~ C~ LTjg Ronald Carlson, BJU-1, 1969-72, d.2014 ENS Jack K. Carlton, BJU-6 1944-45, d.2008 RMCS George R. '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 BMSN John A. Chambers, BJU-1, 1965-67, d.Apr. 28, 2025 * ETR3 David Chapeau, BJU1, 1962-65, d.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- LTjg William J. Conner Jr.,BJU 1, 1943-46, d.2006 RM1 James W. Costilow, BJU-1, 1958-60, 70-74, d.2006 ETR2 Joseph Cox, BJU-2, 1966-69, d.Sep.7, 2023 * RM3 Robert A. Culp Jr., BJU-2, 1969-71, d.2012 ~D ~ RMCS David J. Davies, BJU-1 1963, d.Jul.14, 2020 ET2 Charles ‘Ted’ Davis, BJU-2, 1962-63, d.Feb.15, 2022 CWO2 Irving L. Denslow, BJU-2, 1966-69, d.2014 RM1 Jerry DeWeese, BJU-1, 1969-71, d. 2019 RD2 George ‘Chris’ Dinsmore, BJU-1, 1962-64, 70-72, d.Dec. 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, 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 John Barry Dwyer, Assoc.Member,Author of Seaborne Deception, d.2010 ~ E ~ 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, 1962-64, 70-72, d.2011 RM2 Clayton Engman, BJU1, 1959-63, d.2014 ~ F ~ 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 T-11,12,13, 1964-71,d.2016 ~ G ~ RM3/c Chester B. Gacek, BJU-9 1944-45, d.Jul.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 2004-21) d.Nov. 2021 LTjg George Gottemoeller, BJU1, 1968-71, d.2017 LTjg Henry S. Grauten, BJU-7, 1943-45, d.2015 RMCM Norman Graves, BJU-1, 19??, d.2001 RM2 Delbert James Gray, BJU-1 T-12, 1962-64, d.1986 CBM Thomas Cordiza Green, BJU-4, 1944, d.1952 ~ H ~ 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 T-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 T-12, 1964-67, d.2008 SKCS Kenneth L. Hill, BJU-2 1962-64, d.Sep. 30, 2020 ET3 Don Hilton, BJU-2, 1952-55, d.Jun. 29, 2023 ET2 Norman Hoatson, BJU-1, 1957-59, d.Jul. 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 ~ J ~ 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 T-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 ~ K ~ 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.Sep.5, 2022 CAPT William Kersting, BJU-1, 1963-66, d.Apr.1, 2018 SO3/MR1 Elton B. Kidd, BJU-1, 1951-52, d.Jun. 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.Jun. 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 L. Kropf Jr., BJU1, 1962-66, T-12-13, d.2015 ~ L ~ CDR Robert E. Lando, BJU-4, 1943-45, d.2013 ET3 Norman LaPointe, BJU-2, 1955-56, d.Sep. 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.Sep.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.Sep. 28, 2005 * CDR James P. Long, XO, BJU-2, 1966-68, d. Mar.7, 2016 RM1 Raymond Long, BJU-2, 1965-67, d.1981 ETR4 Ron Lovejoy, BJU1, 1969-72, d.Jun.12, 2016 ~ M~ 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.Oct. 28, 2022 QM3 John J Manfield Jr, BJU-2, 1955-56, d.Jan.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, T-11-12, 1968-69, d.2004 RD1 Nelson Margetts, BJU-1, 1963-69, d.1999 LT James W. Martin, BJU-2, 1969-71, d.1976 ETN3 Roland H. Mattoon, BJU-2, 1966-68, d. 2013 GMG1 George Matula, BJU2, 1969-73, d.Jan.11, 2015 RMC(PJ) Albert J. Mayville, BJU-1 , d.1993 QM1 James 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 T-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 T-12, 1961-64, d.Oct.27, 2023 EMC (PJ) John L. McLeod, BJU1, 1967-71, d.2016 LTjg John McNeil, BJU-1, 1969-70, d.2010 EN3 Pat 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.Jul.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 ~ N ~ 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 ~ O~ RM2 Dickie Ray Oden, BJU-1 T-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.Jul.1, 2024 * LCDR Carl Osborne, BJU-1, 1943-1945, d.1968 ~ P ~ PN3 Thomas Peterson, BJU-2, 1962, d.Jul.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, T-11,12,13,1965-72 (BJA Chaplain 2006-15) d.2015 PO2 Ruby Liston Prow, Jr. BJU-2, 1951-54, d.1998 ~ R~ CRM Robert Rainie, BJU1 & 9, 1943-45, d.2014 RD2, Dr. Roger G. Ramon, 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, 1970s, d.2008 YN3 Larry Root, BJU-1, 1967-68, d.Jun.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 T-12, 1962-64, d. 2001 RM3 Herman L. Ruckman, BJU-1, 1958-59, d.Mar.7, 2003 CTM2 Stanley Rumfield, BJU-1, 1963-66, d. Apr.25, 2019 SN Edward Ryan, BJU-2, 1957-59, d.Jun.1, 2017 ~ S ~ RMC Vicente Ben Sanchez, BJU1, d.Jul.6, 2013 * LTjg Louis Sander, BJU2, 1963-66, d.Mar.10, 2025 * QM2/c John 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 Schwartztrauber, BJU-2, 1952-54, d.2015 SK2c James 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.Apr.17,2014 BM1 Ernest Slattery, BJU2, 1955-56, d.2016 IC3 Danny W. Smithers, BJU-1, 1971-72, d.Dec.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.Aug.2022 RDC Richard Stuber, BJU-1, 1968-72, d.2012 ET3 Raymond Summa, BJU-2, 1971-73, d.Jul.3, 2019 RD3 Donald Sutherland, BJU-1, 1969-70, d.Jan.3, 2022 EWCM Raynor Swanson, BJU-1 T-12, 1963-68, d.2018 ~ T ~ LT Stephen L. Thomas, BJU2, 1965-66, d.2017 ETN3 David A. Thompson, BJU-1,1960'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.Sep.18,2024 ENFN Bruce H. Tucker, BJU-2 1968-69, d.Oct.23, 2023 ET2 John W. Tumey, BJU-1, 1958-61, d.Mar.4, 2021 ~ V ~ LT Daniel VanWinkle, BJU-1, 1963-66, d.Apr.28,2023 RM2c Charles Vordran, BJU-5 & 9, 1944-45, d.2019 ~ W ~ GM3 James E. Wall, BJU-1, 1951-54, d.Jun.2015 OSCM David Watson, BJU1, 1963-67, d.May 2018 RMC Richard Watson, BJU-1-T12, 1960-66, d.Nov.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 Witherspoon, BJU-1, 1962-64, 66-68, d.2007 LTjg Bernard Wolf, BJU2, 1952-54, d.2015 SFM3 Larry Woods, BJU1, 1961-63, d.2015 CDR Thomas Wootten, BJU-1, 1956-58, d.Dec.2011 ETN2 Sid Worthington, BJU-1, 1970-71, d.1991 LCDR Fulton R.Wynn , BJU-1, 1954-58, d.1983 ~ Y ~ ADJ3 James Yellow Eagle, BJU-1, 1966, d.Dec.14, 2022 ~ Z ~ LTjg Michael Zaveruka, BJU-2, 1960s, d.1991 ETR2 Steven D. Zeiger, BJU-2 , 1965-67, d.2009 This web page was developed in April 2001 and continues to this day to be a daily work in progress. Our information as to deceased Beach Jumpers is very limited and we would appreciate any help in listing a former Beach Jumper who is now deceased or who was killed in action. If anyone knows of a former Beach Jumper who has passed away, please email the webmaster@beachjumpers.com so that his information can be posted here on our Memorial page. Thank you

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In memory of the Navy Beach Jumpers who have gone to their final resting place. Fair winds and following seas.

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KIT=Killed in Training

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