VMD-154 Veteran Memorials

"All Gave Some"

Dedicated to the memory of all deceased members of USMC Squadron VMD-154.

* An asterisk indicates that information was obtained from the Social Security Death Index and is unconfirmed.


This memorial page is currently being revised. Eventually all veteran memorials will appear at the following link:
VMD-154 Association Memorials


ANDREWS, Roger C.

ANTHONY, Arthur L.

BASIL, Peter J.

BECKHAM, Charles

BECKHAM, Uvie James, Jr.
(brother of Jack Wallace Beckham)
born 9/3/1919 - died 8/12/1981
resided Long Beach, CA

BEDNAREK, John J.

BENVIE, Purvis Hayes Jr.
born 7/15/1919 - died 8/21/1970
died Brockton, MA

BESMER, Walter H.

BIBEE, Albert Jack
born 1/13/1918 - died 4/19/1982
died Tulare, CA

BLACKBURN, James K.
born 10/7/1920 - died 2/3/1986
resided Allen Park, MI

BOGGY, Raymond Edgar *
born 5/5/1925 - died 11/12/1988
resided Oceanside, CA

BORSTEIN, Paul
born 4/5/1922 - died 10/4/1998
resided Windsor, CT

BOUFFARD, Claude Francis *
born 8/9/1923 - died June 1965
died Brevard, FL

BOWERS, Wilbur L.
born 7/2/1918 - died 10/22/2001
resided Boynton Beach, FL

BRACKETT, Fillmore Hill *
born 12/31/1905 - died 2/13/1984
resided Santa Cruz, CA

BRADLEY, Donal K.
born 8/15/1916 - died 6/9/1991
resided Rockford, IL

BRANDES, Maynard E. *
born 12/12/1919 - died 5/22/1995
Royal Oak, MI

CADIEUX, Henry F. "Hank"
born 8/19/1912 - died 11/9/1990
resided Bonner, MT

CASEY, Van D.

CHAMBERS, John L.

CLOUD, Noah Edward
born 6/21/1920 - died 9/23/1998
resided Costa Mesa, CA

COPSEY, Kenneth B.
born 6/29/1920 - died 7/13/1983
resided San Jose, CA

CRAIG, Lloyd A.

CUMMINGS, John R.
born 5/8/1922 - died 11/16/2000
resided St. Inigoes, MD

CYWINSKI, Thaddeus J. *
born 5/2/1921 - died 8/15/1975

DAHLE, Manford B. *
born 3/2/1912 - died 2/18/1976
resided Kerr County, TX

DUPLAIN, Frank J., Jr.
born 4/30/1920 - died 7/6/1991
resided Blanchester, OH

ELLIS, Bruce Wallace
born 6/22/1920 - died 2/24/1995
resided Mission Viejo, CA

ENGELHARDT, Harold Henry "Hal"
born 10/20/1918 - died 12/16/1990
resided San Bernardino, CA

FALLIS, Norman L. *
born 3/28/1923 - died Sep 1981
resided Iowa

FERGUSON, Walter

FISH, Robert M.

FITZPATRICK, John F.
born 11/12/1915 - died May 1983
resided Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT

FLAMMANG, John Frank *
born 4/11/1921 - died 3/13/1985
resided Chagrin Falls, OH

FONDAW, Oscar Adelbert *
born 11/23/1919 - died 7/12/1995
resided San Diego, CA

FOY, Harry Francis, Jr.
born 6/7/1924 - died Jan 1978
resided Greenwood Lake, NY

GILMORE, Harold W.

GOODWIN, Benjamin S.

GRANGAARD, James C. *
born 5/17/1921 - died 9/12/1999
resided River Falls, WI

GRANTHAM, Marvin R. *
born 3/17/1922 - died 1/28/1988
resided Newport, AR

GREEN, Isadore R.

GREEN, Jerry Downing
born 1/9/1924 - died 1/28/1997
resided Beaver, WV

GROGAN, Joseph R., Jr.

GUIDRY, Pierre D. *
born 3/12/1921 - died 12/22/1990
resided Woodville, TX

HAJEK, Louis D. *
born 12/3/1920 - 5/19/1967
resided Lassen, GA

HARDIN, Harley Sommerville
born 9/14/1919 - died 4/17/1985
resided Shingle Springs, CA

HARPER, Marcus N.
born 11/10/1910 - died 6/26/1997
resided Birmingham, AL

HARRIS, Edward Williamson, Jr. (M/Sgt)
born 12/25/1919 - died 12/21/1994
resided Austin, TX

HAWKINS, Arden Melvin
born 4/25/1921 - died 6/30/1984
resided Fenton, MO

HAZLETT, Chesley *
born 12/12/1915 - died Jul 1978
resided Birmingham, AL

HELMS, Harold

HEMMINGER, John L.

HENNINGTON, Joe
born 2/18/1917 - died 1/4/1985
resided Crystal Springs, MS

HERMANN, Ronald Paul
born 2/20/1921 - died 7/30/1997
buried Bemidji, Beltrami Co., MN

HIRST, Irving R.
born 8/30/1924 - died 4/15/1994
resided Biddeford, ME

HOBART, Harrison Samuel
born 3/29/1921 - died 10/17/1978
resided Lake Tahoe, CA

HOLETON, Dorrell Fredrick *
born 9/16/1922 - died 12/31/1992
resided Clawson, MI

HOUG, Ronald C.
born 8/18/1922 - died 4/2/1995
resided Strawberry Point, IA

HUSS, Edwin L.
born 12/20/1911 - died 2/7/1993
resided Aurora, IL

JAKUPCAK, Joseph A. "Joe"
born 27 Nov 1919 - died 11/8/1998
resided Marseilles, IL

JESSEN, Jesse Altho
born 4/11/1922 - died 3/3/1987
resided Hugo, OK

JOHNSON, Leonard Ralph
died 1976
resided Medford, OR

JONES, Albert L.
Lt. Colonel USMC Retired
born 11/11/1918 - died 1/4/1987
resided Arlington, VA

KLEIN, Leon E.
born 24 Aug 1917 - died 11/23/1997
resided Carson, CA

KOSZAREK, Kenneth B. *
born 3/22/1921 - died 11/20/1997
resided Bruce Crossing, MI

LAMBIRTH, Franklin

LISICKY, Joseph Francis
born 9/7/1917 - died 11/6/1994
resided Allentown, PA

LONGANECKER, Robert K.

LOUNSBERRY, William

MANION, Henry C.
born 5/20/1920 - died 10/23/1986
resided West Plains, MO

MARKLE, Franklin
born 11/26/1919 - died 6/4/2002
resided Independence, MO

MARRA, Frank Joseph
died before 1961

McINTOSH, Willard E.

McLAURIN, Kincaid
born 6/17/1914 - died 5/17/1987
resided Savannah, GA

McNAUGHTON, Paul Thomas
born 11/21/1919 - died 7/16/2000
resided Sutherlin, OR

MERMUYS, Gerard C.
born 3/27/1921 - died 9/10/2001
resided St. Clair Shores, MI

MICHAEL, George L.

MIKULA, John Paul
born 4/27/1920 - died 2/25/1989
resided Lansing, MI

MILES, Earl Clarence

MULVIHILL, Thomas E.

MURPHY, Joseph H.

MYKING, Brenten Garfield
Colonel USMC Retired
born 5/17/1920 - died 8/30/1999
resided Hendersonville, NC

NICHOLSON, Leo P.
born 10/6/1923 - died 6/18/2001
resided Glendora, CA

PARSONS, Gerald Jack
born 4/13/1920 - died 1/7/1998
buried IA

PATTERSON, Iggie

PETERSON, Robert Arnold
born 9/21/1916 - died 6/7/1992
resided Alameda, CA

PFAFF, Richard W.
born 5/30/1923 - died 4/29/1996
resided Detroit, MI

PITTS, Uel Edwin
born 1918 - died 6/3/1976
resided Dallas Co., TX

POURNELLE, George Henry *
born 7/13/1918 - died 9/1/1972
resided San Diego, CA

POWERS, Robert J.
born 5/8/1920 - died 10/5/1988
resided Fayetteville, PA

RAYMOND, Burton G.
born 6/6/1925 - died 8/29/2001
resided Livingston, TX

REPICKY, John J.

RIPPIE, William C.

ROBERTS, William B., Jr.
born 11/15/1922 - died 7/18/1996
resided East Longmeadow, MA

ROSEN, John L.
born 4/15/1919 - died 12/10/2001
resided Chula Vista, CA

ROWLAND, Albert Roger
died 7/31/1999
buried Riverside National Cemetery, CA

RUSSELL, Jack R.
born 5/6/1915 - died 6/10/1990
resided Albuquerque, NM

SAKAS, John S.
born 7/3/1921 - died 10/1/1993
resided Struthers, OH

SALAS, Norman

SCHNEIDER, William R. "Snitzie"
born 1/1/1919 - died 6/4/1994
resided Buffalo, NY

SCHRIDER, Edward F.
born 2/23/1922 - died 10/24/1987
resided Lake Wales, FL

SCHRIDER, John A.

SHERIDAN, Emmett Hugh

SIMMS, William A. "Bill"
born 10/1/1921 - died 9/1/2001
resided Chardon, OH

STILWELL, Ted R.
born 12/18/1921 - died 2/28/1997
buried Mission Hills, Sumnerville, MI

STURGES, Charles E.

SWITZENBERG, John Henry
born 6/7/1925 - died 6/18/1972
resided Lancaster, PA

TARVER, Jack Allen
resided Dallas, TX

THOMAS, Earl Brewer

THOMPSON, Edward A.
born 8/4/1920 - died June 1983
resided Joliet, IL

THORNTON, Ralph Jay, DDS
born 5/15/1915 - died 12/22/1997
resided Lewisville, TX

TOOKER, Guy Willard
born 3/15/1926 - died 6/6/1998
resided Houston, TX

VANCE, Gibson P. Jr.
born 2/10/1921 - died Jul 1978

VAN LENGEN, Edward
born 2/21/1917 - died August 1986
resided Melbourne, FL

VARLAND, Marshall I.

WALKER, Raymond E.
born 11/16/1920 - died 2/18/2004
resided Las Vegas, NV

WALTERS, Elmer Newton
born 2/5/1916 - died 6/3/1987
resided Couer D'Alene, ID

WARD, John Evert (CWO)
born 1898 - died 1976
resided Las Vegas, NV

WARREN, Cecil C.
born 8/30/1920 - died 9/8/1989
resided Forney, TX

WARRICK, Ernest G. Jr.
born 1/27/1917 - died Dec 1966
resided New Baltimore, Macomb Co., MI

WILEY, John H. Jr., M.D.
born 5/19/1922 - died 12/28/1996
resided Birmington, AL

WILLS, Donald L.
born 5/12/1924 - died 10/6/2003
resided Monmouth, IL

WILSON, Gene Oliver
born 3/12/1919 - died 2/15/1985
resided Brookpark, OH

WOOD, Charles McC.

WOOD, Chester M. "Chet"
born 4/17/1916 - died 7/9/1994
resided Orange, CA

WOODS, Donald B.
born 5/1/1922 - died 7/29/2002
resided Fitchburg, MA

WRIGHT, Harold V. Sr.
died 1978

ZAPALAC, Paul Irvin *
born 6/26/1922 - died 10/14/1987
resided Trinity, TX

ZERBA, Frank James
born 10/20/1924 - died 5/29/1987
resided Spokane, WA

ZOGAS, Nicholas P.
born 3/12/1918 - died 5/25/2000
resided Rockaway Park, NY

ZSCHERING, Herbert B.
born 9/13/1920 - died 3/22/1983
resided Waterford, MI


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