2003 | CDR Laurel S. Clark | Died in Columbia accident during re-entry from STS-107. |
CAPT David M. Brown | Died in Columbia accident during re-entry from STS-107. | |
1993 | LCDR Dale W. Phillips | Died 8 SEP in an AH-1W helicopter accident at Camp Pendleton |
1991 | Manley L. Carter | Killed in commercial airline crash while on NASA business |
1987 | LT Stephen Chetneky | Died 12 AUG in a TAV-8A accident at Cherry Point |
1983 | CDR Ivan Choi | Died 21 MAR when C-1A crashed on Mount Ranier |
1982 | LT Charles W. Gehrke | Died 1 MAR in a mid-air T-34C accident in Pensacola |
1978 | LCDR Stuart W. McEwen | Died 2 MAR in a T-34C in Pensacola on first flight of Flight Surgeon training syllabus |
1970 | Don Sampson | Killed in F-4 on instrument approach into NAS Point Mugu |
1969 | CDR Andrew W. Stevenson | Killed when helicopter off the Constellation crashed into the
sea Story about crash under "The Miracles Continue" |
1968 | LT William E. Ricker | Missing in Action 28 OCT in a Marine TA-4F from MAG-31 around Dong Ha, Viet Nam |
LT Stanley N. Lewis | Died 31 JAN in a bunker hit by enemy rockets at Chu Lai, Vietnam | |
1967 | LT Curtis R. Baker | Died 30 MAR in a helicopter accident in Da Nang, Vietnam |
1966 | LCDR Richard E. Donahue | Died 26 OCT in a fire on the USS Oriskany off the coast of Viet Nam |
LT Lloyd P. Hyde | Died 26 OCT in a fire on the USS Oriskany off the coast of Viet Nam | |
1964 | LT Arnold J. Goldstein | Died 19 JUL in an aircraft accident off the Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-46) |
LT Charles R. Moberly | Died 8 MAR in an aircraft accident in the vicinity of Taiwan | |
1963 | LT Bruce C. Farrell | Died 8 OCT in a HMM-361 helicopter accident on a rescue mission outside Da Nang, South Vietnam |
1962 | LT Gerald C. Griffin | Died 7 OCT in a helicopter accident in South Vietnam |
LT John P. Brown | Died 12 JAN in an aircraft accident in the North Atlantic | |
1961 | LCDR Victor A. Prather, Jr. | Drowned 4 MAY after ascending to an all-time manned balloon altitude of 113,740 feet then falling from the helicopter rescue hoist at sea |
1959 | LT James C. Okel | Died 4 MAR in an aircraft accident in Milton |
1958 | LT Arthur V. Roberge | Died 10 OCT in an aircraft accident North Adams, MA |
1957 | CAPT Elmer B. Johnson | Died 27 APR in an aircraft accident |
1952 | LT J. E. Shropshire, Jr. | Died 8 AUG on the USS Boxer of the coast of Korea |
1951 | LT George L. Hardgrave, Jr. | Died 22 APR in an aircraft accident Iwakuni, Japan |
LCDR Clyde J. Farless, Jr. | Died 6 MAR in an aircraft accident in the Atlantic | |
1945 | LT Joseph G. Sandler | Died 16 NOV |
LT Harold B. Thornburg | Killed in Action 21 SEP | |
LT William J. Wagner | Died 17 SEP in an aircraft accident | |
LCDR Lyman F. West | Died 13 AUG in an aircraft accident | |
LT Francis H. Needle | Died 27 JUL in an aircraft accident | |
LT Earl M. Anderson | Died 5 JUL in a mid-air accident | |
LT John F. Geraghty | Died 24 JUN in an aircraft accident in the Asiatic Theater | |
LT Paul G. Schroeder | Died 11 MAY | |
LT Arnold Breckenridge | Died 3 MAY in a Blimp explosion in Santa Ana | |
LCDR Tom T. Flaherty | Died 11 APR in an aircraft accident | |
LT Jesse R. Battenfeld, Jr. | Died 15 FEB in an aircraft accident on a routine flight | |
1944 | CAPT Harry H. Jackson, Jr. | Died 22 DEC |
LCDR Wayne H. Stewart | Killed in Action 25 OCT in the Asiatic theater | |
LTJG Woodman B. Pomeroy | Aircraft accident 13 JUL | |
1943 | LT Charles E. Rethers | Aircraft accident 27 MAY |
1942 | CDR Eric E. Liljencrantz | Died in a dive bomber accident 5 NOV in Pensacola |
LTJG Henry R. Ringness | Died 17 OCT at Guadacanal due to enemy shelling of the beach More of the story at http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/amphib/apd100.htm and thelastplaneup.com | |
Porter Hoidale | Killed in World War II | |
LT James F. Handley | Died 1 MAR on the USS Pecos | |
LTJG James P. Dean | Killed in aircraft accident in Rio | |
LCDR Richard P. Wilson | Killed in aircraft accident Olathe, KS | |
LCDR Victor Gang | Drowned after being washed overboard in the Pacific from the USS Santee | |
CDR Meinolph V. Kappius | Missing in Action on routine flight | |
LTJG Felix B. Long, Jr. | Killed in plane crash at Guadalcanal | |
CAPT Raymond W. Hege | Killed in Action | |
LCDR John W. Fisher | Killed when ship (AG-18) was bombed and sick bay hit | |
LT Walter E. Brown | Killed in plane crash at Guadalcanal in Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) |
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