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1954
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First
Year Aboard

Rank/Rate
Year Left

Rank/Rate
Abell
Theodore L.
1953
RMSN
1954
RM3
Adams
Ernest
1954
SN
1955
SN
Adkins
John G.
1953
1954
BT3
Adkins
Johnny
1954
FPFN
1956
FP3
Ainslie
Robert F.
1954
BM2
1955
BM1
Alexander
Carl
1954
FA
1954
FA
Altman
Ronald H.
1953
YN3
1955
YN3
Amato
Vito J.
1954
BTC
1954
BTC
Anderson
Forrest P.
1953
ENS
1954
ENS
Anderson
Richard C.
1953
FA
1956
IC3
Ashurst
Albert J.
1952
ENS
1954
LTJG
Ashworth
James R.
1954
TESN
1954
TESN
Auer
Elmer
1952
SH2
1955
SH1
Auten
Bradley M.
1954
LCDR
1956
LCDR
Ayers
Judson F.
1954
ENS
1956
LTJG
Backer
Thomas L.
1953
DMSA
1956
QM2
Bailey
Carroll L.
1954
SN
1954
SN
Baisden
Robert
1954
SN
1955
YN3
Baker
David
1954
BM1
1954
BM1
Barrett
Lawrence
1954
SKSN
1954
SKSN
Barth
William A.
1954
EN1
1956
EN1
Barwick
Adrian
1953
BT2
1960
BT1
Bass
John B.
1954
EN1
1955
EN1
Baver
Jack B.
1952
SA
1956
RM3
Beck
Charles W.
1954
ENS(SC)
1955
LTJG
Becken
Halver M.
1952
1954
FN
Beckham
Edwin T.
1953
LTJG
1954
LTJG
Bell
John H.
1954
GM3
1954
GM3
Belote
Thomas R.
1954
FPC
1954
FPC
Benton
Rolla M.
1953
FN
1954
FN
Bessinger
August L.
1952
SN
1954
BM3
Biersteker
Bruce J.
1953
ENFN
1956
EN3
Bilodeau
E. L. R.
1954
CHPCLK
1954
CHPCLK
Black
Lloyd C.
1954
FN
1954
FN
Black
Roy H.
1952
SN
1954
BMSN
Blair
Donald T.
1952
SA
1954
RD2
Blanton
Robert L.
1953
SA
1955
SN
Blaylack
Harlon O.
1953
EN2
1954
ENC
Blaylock
Herbert D.
1954
BM3
1962
BM2
Bower
Clarence
1953
BM1
1954
BM1
Bowman
Henry J.
1953
RDSA
1954
RD3
Boyer
Frank M.
1953
SA
1954
SA
Branch
Frank N.
1953
ENS
1954
ENS
Bratrud
John W.
1954
FPFN
1954
FPFN
Brooks
Charles D.
1953
FN
1957
BT2
Brown
Clifford
1954
SD2
1955
SD2
Brucelas
Pastor
1954
SD1
1954
SD1
Buchanan
Carl R.
1954
SA
1955
YN3
Buchner
Donald E.
1953
FN
1956
BM3
Buffington
Paul J.
1954
RMSN
1954
RMSN
Bullis
Lonnie T.
1954
CSSN
1954
CSSN
Burden
Russell J.
1954
BMC
1958
BMGC
Bush
Earl J.
1953
SN
1959
YN3
Butler
John H.
1953
BM1
1954
BM1
Cannon
Marcus L.
1953
SDC
1954
SDC
Cardarelli
Nicholas
1952
S2C
1954
FN
Cardnal
Lyman B.
1954
MM1
1954
MM1
Cashman
Joseph V.
1953
FN
1955
FN
Cassidy
John D.
1954
GM3
1958
SM1
Castleberry
Jean H.
1954
QM2
1955
QM1
Chapman
George L.
1952
SA
1954
SN
Chapparone
Anthony L.
1953
ENS
1955
LTJG
Charles
James P.
1953
ENS
1956
LTJG
Chicoine
E. A.
1953
1954
SN
Cinnamon
Paul
1953
SA
1954
RMSN
Clancy
John F.
1953
BM3
1954
BM3
Clark
Versel E.
1953
SH3
1954
SH2
Cleveland
Norman P.
1952
LTJG
1954
LTJG
Clothier
Jay B.
1953
LT(SC)
1954
LT
Cogar
Robert P.
1952
RMSN
1956
RM2
Cook
Donald D.
1952
FA
1954
EM3
Cook
Robert H.
1954
EN3
1954
EN3
Corbitt
Robert J.
1952
SA
1954
SN
Cousins
Louis H.
1952
FA
1954
FN
Crawford
Ernest
1954
SD3
1954
SD3
Cregan
John D.
1954
ENS
1955
LTJG
Curtis
Earnest M.
1954
LTJG(MC)
1955
LT(MC)
Daum
Joseph M.
1954
SH1
1956
SH1
Davis
Harry J.
1953
SN
1955
CS3
Deadwyler
C. R.
1954
RMSN
1955
BM3
Dean
Raymond E.
1953
BM
1954
RMSN
Deboer
David L.
1954
BM3
1954
BM3
Degnan
John J.
1953
BM
1954
RM3
Del Vecchio
Eugene
1953
FN
1954
SN
Denich
Thomas S.
1953
SK3
1954
SK1
Depue
Melvin M.
1952
FA
1954
BT3
Devenney
W. G.
1954
ENFN
1954
ENFN
Devinney
D.
1953
YN
1954
YNC
Deyoung
John J.
1953
SN
1954
RD2
Diamond
John W.
1953
MMC
1954
MMC
Dicostanzo
A.
1953
FN
1954
FN
Dinovo
Bartolo
1953
SN
1955
SN
Doane
Edgar A.
1954
ENFN
1954
ENFN
Donahue
Daniel F.
1954
LT(SC)
1956
LT(SC)
Donaldson
Jimmie
1953
HN
1955
HM3
Dorrell
James A.
1954
SR
1954
SR
Drake
Donald F.
1954
LTJG
1955
LTJG
Dunham
Robert H.
1954
BM3
1954
BM3
Eddy
Denver D.
1953
ENS
1955
ENS
Eickwort
Louis
1953
CDR
1954
CDR
Enos
Lawrence
1954
LT
1956
LCDR
Erd
Charles R.
1952
MRFN
1954
MRFN
Evenosky
Leonard P.
1954
1954
SN
Falarz
Walter F.
1952
SN
1954
SN
Feeney
John E.
1954
MM3
1954
MM3
Fehr
Donald C.
1953
RMSN
1954
RMSN
Fernandez
Arthur J.
1952
ETSN
1955
ET1
Finfrock
Larry D.
1953
FA
1955
MM3
Flavell
Frederick T.
1952
FA
1954
BMSN
Francis
Clarence S.
1953
BM2
1958
BM2
Fraser
William C.
1953
SN
1954
SN
Freeman
Eddie E.
1953
SA
1954
SN
Frisino
Joseph A.
1953
MM3
1955
MM3
Garner
Billy R.
1954
ENFN
1954
ENFN
Garrett
Gene P.
1954
FTSN
1957
FT2
Garrett
Robert G.
1953
QM2
1954
QM2
Gaskell
Edward P.
1954
LTJG
1956
LT
Giles
Donald R.
1952
FA
1954
FT3
Gillum
Harold
1954
1957
SN
Gischel
Donald R.
1952
FN
1955
SF3
Goldschmidt
James E.
1954
SN
1956
RM3
Golingan
Fernando
1952
E-3
1957
E-4
Goodale
Elmer J.
1954
LTJG
1956
LTJG
Gordy
Harry J.
1953
EN3
1954
EN3
Gottesman
Leonard
1952
SA
1954
SN
Green
Carl S.
1953
1954
RD2
Griffin
Cecil B.
1954
TN
1954
TN
Guerrero
Roberto
1953
SN
1954
SN
Gunderson
Leon E.
1954
ME1
1954
ME1
Guthery
William A.
1953
SA
1954
SN
Hablitzel
Kenneth E.
1954
1954
EN2
Hacia
Frank
1954
SA
1956
BMSN
Hamilton
Earl
1954
ETSN
1956
ET2
Hanrahan
Paul B.
1954
ENS
1957
LTJG
Haring
Jacob A.
1953
SN
1955
BMSN
Hassman
George W.
1952
SN
1955
EM3
Healey
Dennis T.
1953
MMFA
1956
MM2
Helm
James W.
1954
SN
1954
SN
Hess
Paul J.
1954
LTJG
1956
LTJG
Hett
Marvin B.
1953
EN3
1954
EN2
Hewitt
Paul D.
1952
SA
1954
BT3
Higginbotham
Robert L.
1952
2LT USMC
1954
2LT USMC
Hilder
Frederick A.
1952
ENS
1954
ENS
Hilker
Dennis C.
1953
MR2
1955
MR2
Holloway
Melvin W.
1954
SN
1954
SN
Honaker
Kenneth R.
1952
SA
1955
BT3
Hooley
Thomas J.
1954
ENS
1956
LTJG
Horton
James H.
1954
SN
1954
SN
Howard
Harry
1954
MMFN
1954
MMFN
Hoyt
Gerald L.
1952
BM3
1954
BM2
Hughes
Milton F.
1954
EM3
1954
EM3
Hughes
Stephen B.
1954
1955
BM2
Husbands
Joseph M.
1952
ENS
1954
LTJG
Hyde
Robert A.
1954
SA
1957
BM3
Iiams
Robert W.
1954
1954
DK1
Imperato
John L.
1954
SA
1955
SA
Jackson
Dennis
1954
SA
1956
SN
Jeron
David P.
1953
EMFA
1955
EM3
Jestus
Howard D.
1954
ENFN
1954
ENFN
Johns
Richard L.
1954
SA
1956
SN
Johnson
Donald V.
1952
CS3
1954
CS2
Johnson
Edward K.
1953
GMSN
1954
GM3
Johnson
Fred D.
1953
SN
1954
SA
Johnson
Verne D.
1952
SKSN
1954
SK1
Johnson
Walter
1954
TN
1955
SN
Jones
Iver L.
1954
DC1
1957
DC1
Jones
John E.
1954
SA
1955
SN
Jones
Thomas G.
1954
PACT
1955
PACT
Jordan
Glenn A.
1954
BMC
1954
BMC
Judd
Frank K.
1952
EM3
1954
EM1
Kaminski
John A.
1953
SA
1955
SH3
Kanavel
Robert F.
1953
HMC
1955
HMC
Keith
Robert E.
1953
ENS
1955
ENS
Keplinger
Douglas A.
1952
1956
MM3
King
Robert H.
1953
SN
1954
SN
Kowalczuk
John
1953
SN
1954
SN
Krygier
Joseph
1954
SA
1957
CS3
Lamare
Frank C.
1954
CS2
1955
CS1
Lane
John G.
1953
ENS
1954
ENS
Lasauskas
William P.
1954
1LT USMC
1956
1LT USMC
Lechaton
Michael
1953
FR
1957
EM2
Lechner
Larry D.
1954
FN
1958
BT2
Lee
Darwin W.
1953
SN
1954
SN
Lewis
Robert A.
1954
ENFN
1955
EN3
Lieurance
Floyd M.
1953
EM3
1955
EM1
Liff
Donald E.
1953
SH3
1955
SH3
Lingg
Michael G.
1953
BM3
1954
BM3
Lorentsen
Fred J.
1953
SHSN
1957
SHSN
Lucio
John C.
1954
YNSN
1954
YNSN
Maguire
James J.
1953
SN
1954
BM3
Maher
Charles T.
1953
ENS
1955
ENS
Manders
Karl L.
1953
LT(MC)
1954
LT(MC)
Maness
Charles W.
1954
SK3
1954
SK3
Mann
William A.
1954
SN
1955
SN
Manzano
Antonio
1953
SD3
1955
SK3
Marshall
Lum C.
1953
SA
1956
SA
Martin
Carl V.
1953
1955
EM2
Materne
Francisco C.
1953
SD3
1955
SD3
Mays
Jacklon G.
1954
LTJG
1955
LTJG
McCombs
William E.
1952
CGM
1954
CGM
McCumber
Paul S.
1953
SN
1954
SN
McMahan
James A.
1954
BT3
1954
BT3
McNamara
Dennis J.
1953
CS1
1956
CS1
Meeks
Jess
1954
BM3
1955
BM2
Middlebrooks
Melvin L.
1954
SK1
1957
SK1
Mihalko
Andrew J.
1953
CS3
1954
CS3
Miller
James D.
1954
SA
1958
RM2
Miller
Lawrence M.
1952
ELEC
1956
ELEC
Miller
Melvin K.
1954
SN
1954
SN
Miller
Ronald J.
1953
SN
1954
SN
Millon
Edward J.
1953
MM3
1954
MM2
Mitchell
Arlyn L.
1952
S1C
1954
S1C
Mohn
Richard N.
1954
SA
1956
EN3
Montgomery
S. Phelps
1954
ENS
1957
LTJG
Moore
Elvious E.
1954
CSC
1955
CSC
Moore
Hugh
1954
LCDR
1954
LCDR
Moore
Kenneth L.
1954
BM3
1963
BM1
Moore
Marion C.
1952
TN
1954
SA
Moreland
William C.
1954
CSC
1954
CSC
Morris
Eugene P.
1953
FN
1954
DCFN
Morrison
Claude O.
1954
CDR
1955
CDR
Munger
Malcolm T.
1954
CAPT
1955
CAPT
Neimeyer
Arthur R.
1954
MM3
1955
MM2
Nixon
Carl R.
1952
SN
1955
SN
Oconnell
Thomas E.
1954
SA
1956
CS3
Oneil
Lawrence M.
1954
BM2
1954
BM2
Ortolon
James C.
1952
S1C
1954
S1C
Otten
Teddy W.
1953
CS3
1955
CS2
Overfield
Robert L.
1954
SA
1954
SA
Overton
Victor L.
1953
CHBOSN
1954
CHBOSN
Overturf
Opal D.
1954
EN2
1954
EN2
Oviatt
Morris W.
1954
BM3
1955
BM3
Pappas
George
1954
CS1
1954
CS1
Patch
Alan C.
1952
RMSN
1954
RM3
Paulsen
Carsten E.
1953
SN
1956
QM3
Payne
Paul D.
1954
1955
FN
Pelfrey
Forrest H.
1954
FPFN
1956
FP2
Pettey
James E.
1952
SH1
1954
SH1
Pickenpaugh
John O.
1952
CHMACH
1954
CHMACH
Pierce
Ben E.
1954
ENS
1955
ENS
Pierce
William R.
1953
LTJG
1954
LTJG
Platt
C. Keith
1954
SN
1955
SN
Post
Robert L.
1954
EN3
1954
EN3
Powers
Walker O.
1952
BM3
1954
BM2
Ramage
Lawson P.
1953
CAPT
1954
CAPT
Reding
Patrick G.
1952
SN
1954
RMSN
Rees
Lewis W.
1953
RM2
1954
RM1
Reichert
Paul L.
1952
FN
1954
EM3
Reinhardt
W. E.
1953
FT3
1955
FT1
Rice
William K.
1954
SA
1956
SN
Richard
Norman E.
1954
SA
1957
YN3
Richter
Fred W.
1953
QMSN
1955
QM3
Riley
Woody E.
1952
BM3
1955
BM2
Rimbeck
Joseph A.
1952
SA
1956
SK3
Ringer
Gary E.
1954
SN
1957
YN3
Robinson
Evan R.
1953
PNSN
1954
PN2
Robsahm
Leon E.
1952
CS3
1954
CS2
Romanovich
Andrew
1953
EMC
1955
EMC
Ronek
Ronald J.
1953
SN
1955
QMSN
Roshto
Henry
1954
GM2
1954
GM2
Rotenberry
H. W.
1953
SA
1955
SN
Royea
James L.
1954
SA
1956
EN3
Rozelle
Frederick B.
1954
1954
TESN
Sales
Raymond E.
1954
SA
1956
FN
Sampson
Gerald D.
1952
SN
1954
BTM3
Schaefer
Ronald J.
1952
SN
1954
SN
Schaffer
Donald R.
1954
LT
1954
LT
Scherman
Ernest
1952
BM2
1958
BM1
Schmieder
Raymond P.
1953
RM2
1954
RM2
Schooley
Gary L.
1954
SN
1955
SN
Schreiber
Donald L.
1954
ENS
1956
ENS
Schwieder
Burton K.
1954
SN
1954
SN
Self
Proscott A.
1954
MMC
1954
MMC
Sellers
Clarence
1953
1955
SH3
Sessions
Jerry
1952
EN3
1955
EN2
Shaw
James W.
1952
ICFN
1954
IC2
Shearl
James C.
1953
RM1
1955
RM1
Shepard
Lester
1954
BM2
1954
BM2
Shocket
Murray G.
1954
ENS(SC)
1955
ENS(SC)
Shye
George R.
1952
FA
1954
IC3
Siler
Richard S.
1953
SN
1954
SN
Sipes
Frank N.
1953
E-5
1954
E-5
Skelton
Leonard M.
1953
SN
1954
SN
Slomkowski
Edward
1952
SN
1954
FN
Smith
Kenneth V.
1953
SA
1954
SN
Smith
Ralph C.
1953
CDR
1954
CDR
Smith
Ventry W.
1954
HM2
1954
HM2
Southerland
Albert C.
1952
SA
1954
BT3
Steiner
Richard J.
1953
ENS(SC)
1954
ENS(SC)
Stevens
Wayne F.
1953
SA
1955
SA
Stinson
Henry C.
1952
S2C
1956
SN
Stokes
Wilburn E.
1954
MN
1954
MN
Stone
Robert E.
1953
SN
1954
SN
Stromstedt
Carl R.
1952
1954
EN3
Swanson
Herbert N.
1954
SA
1954
SA
Swett
Lawrence B.
1954
SHSN
1954
SHSN
Taylor
Linwood E.
1953
SA
1956
MM1
Tehan
Jon D.
1954
SA
1957
SM2
Thomas
James E.
1954
RMC
1954
RMC
Tillman
Wayne
1954
BM3
1956
Tingler
Verledo F.
1953
BM2
1954
BM1
Torrez
Henry V.
1952
GM2
1954
GM2
Trettin
William C.
1952
CHCARP
1955
CHCARP
Trinca
Peter A.
1953
LCDR
1954
LCDR
Trojan
Frank M.
1953
SN
1956
BM3
Vandall
Coy B.
1953
SA
1954
SN
Vanden Heuvel
Robert E.
1952
ENS
1954
ENS
Vander Well
Lester N.
1954
SN
1957
YN3
Vandyke
Richard M.
1954
SA
1955
SN
Vaughn
Dale D.
1954
SA
1956
RD3
Volchko
Steve
1952
PACT
1954
PACT
Vondrak
James M.
1953
MMFN
1954
MMFN
Waddington
Herbert
1953
SN
1954
SN
Wakelee
David M.
1952
ENS
1954
LTJG
Warms
Donald E.
1953
QMC
1955
QMC
Weaver
Merrill E.
1953
SA
1955
SN
Wegner
Alfred E.
1954
GMMSN
1954
GMMSN
Welsh
Richard W.
1953
LTJG
1954
LTJG
West
Donald C.
1954
BM2
1956
BM2
West
James C.
1954
BM3
1954
BM3
Wheeler
Joseph A.
1953
QMSN
1954
QMSN
White
Ralph C.
1952
FN
1954
EM3
White
Robert
1954
TA
1955
TN
Whitmire
Charles W.
1953
BMC
1954
BMC
Whyno
Peter P.
1952
BM3
1955
BM3
Wilcox
Robert W.
1954
FPFN
1956
FOP3
Wildermuth
Charles W.
1953
SA
1954
RDSN
Williamson
Robert L.
1954
SK3
1954
SK3
Williamson
Rodney M.
1952
QMQSN
1954
QMQ3
Wilson
Aubrey F.
1954
BM3
1963
BM1
Wilson
James G.
1953
ENS
1955
LTJG
Wittwer
John R.
1954
SA
1956
SM3
Wokoun
Harold A.
1952
FA
1954
EM3
Wood
Donald W.
1954
SA
1955
FN
Woodard
Melvin J.
1952
TE3
1954
TE2
Wright
James
1954
QM1
1955
QM1
Yarnall
Marlin J.
1952
SA
1956
SN
Yoiner
Joseph K.
1954
FA
1954
FA
Zimmerman
John J.
1953
DC3
1954
DCFN

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