In Memoriam

Shipmates

BM2 Travis Acosta – VLM
LT Peter Armatis – VLM
FC3 Jeffrey Boose
LCDR Oscar Bowlin
YN1 Mark Burton
EMC Frank Bynum
CAPT Chris Cigna – also see
DCFN Lesley Clanton
SN Erik Custis (Plankowner)
HM3 Brent Danicke (Plankowner)
OSC Teddy Dewayne Easter (Plankowner)
BM1 Anthony Flowers
BM1 Shawn Grey
GSMC Gilbert Henry (Plankowner)
IC2 Terry Jeffries (Plankowner)
SH3 Cedric Jones (Plankowner)
BM2 Brent Koel (Plankowner)
ENCS Kevin Kramer
GMC Gordon Dale Mathis (Plankowner)
CWO4 Nicholas Moore (Plankowner)
PNCM Rameses Nabong
GM2 Stephanie Nguyen
GSCS Stephen O’Conner – VLM
Lt Jeffery R. Pitel (Plankowner) – VLM
BMCS Scott Portell (Plankowner) – VLM
FC1 Jason Potts
OS1 Charles Priebe (Plankowner)
MRFN Drew Roones
FCCM Steven Rutkowski
HT2 Larry R Shaw (Plankowner)
SR David Spearman
FC2 Kenneth Stalder (Plankowner)
OS1 Ron Stevick (Plankowner)
GSMC Chuck Vanzant
STG2 Zachary Walz – VLM
SM3 Jacob Wheaton
FCCM Joseph Frank Wojewodzic Jr. (Plankowner)

Other Contributors & Supporters

Kevin J Brennan, PhD (Aegis Ashore Deckhouse Design)
Charles Burke (Admiral Burke Nephew)
William Hagget (BIW President at Delivery)
RADM Virgil Hill (COTF Director)
Steven M. Kuvik (AEGIS BMD Fleet Install and Support)
Mr. Dave McComb (WWII Destroyer Historian, DestroyerHistory.org)
RADM Paul Robinson (Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Commissioning)
Captain Earl Walker (BIW Sea Trial Captain)
Marc Weaver (Admiral Burke grand nephew)

If you know of an omission from this list, either a shipmate’s name or link to an obituary, Find-a-Grave, or VLM, please contact us.

We make every effort to ensure we link to the correct obituary, Find-a-Grave, or VLM, when available. And sometimes the obituary links change or become invalid. If you find an error, please contact us.

Veterans Legacy Memorial

The VA has started a new project that is sort of a mash-up of find-a-grave and ancestry for military veterans. You can search for a veteran’s grave. Shipmates, friends, and family can submit memories, awards, & photos. See cem.va.gov/VLM/