In Memoriam

Dedicated to the memory of all who served aboard the USS King (DLG-10/DDG-41)

The following list of King Shipmates who have passed on is by no means complete. Please notify Webmaster@USSKing.com for any corrections or additions.
Name
Year Aboard
Notes Rank/Rate
Date of Death
Kenneth W. Grubb
1969
Lost in the fire and explosion in #1 Fireroom
BT2
23 MAY 1969
Gene Lamar Ware
1969
Lost in the fire and explosion in #1 Fireroom
BT2
23 MAY 1969
Martin "Marty" Brown
1965
Lost in the fire and explosion in #1 Fireroom
BT3
23 MAY 1969
Joseph Dennis Fischer
1965
Lost in the fire and explosion in #1 Fireroom
BT3
23 MAY 1969
Carl Harnisfeger, Jr.
1965
RM1
OCT 1969
Arthur Calvin "Cal" Ward
1970
IC2
1970
M. R. Oakley
1970
SK1
1971
Larry R. Yarnell
1970
LT(jg)
30 JUN 1971
Scott E. Wold
1967
BT2
25 NOV 1971
Larry Malone
1967
RD3
18 OCT 1972
Jose Jalocon Javines
1973
Fatally injured during helicopter transport to USS King
EMC
8 JAN 1973
David McGlothin
CWO1
1973
Bobby L. Kimbrough
1960
BT2
JUL 1975
Daniel Osborn
1977
EM3
1980
Richard Bilicek
1977
Lost at sea in violent storm during Operation Safe-Pass '80
HT2
7 FEB 1980
Steven Campbell
1979
Lost at sea in violent storm during Operation Safe-Pass '80
SN
7 FEB 1980
Edwin Traylor
1980
Lost at sea in violent storm during Operation Safe-Pass '80
SN
7 FEB 1980
Randy Mace
OSSN
DEC 1980
Melvin Earl Bustard
1960
First Commanding Officer of the USS King
CDR
18 JUL 1984
Charles Michael McMinn
1960
RD
13 AUG 1984
George Hanson
1966
IC3
David Allen Friece
1970
FTM2
1 APR 1985
Frank H. Sonntag
1962
Commanding Officer, 1962-1963
CDR-CAPT
23 OCT 1986
Steven Madden
1968
ENS
1990
Thomas J. Mannino
1981
OSSN
SEP 1990
Beaver L. Root
1967
ET3
22 JAN 1994
Michael J. Fleming
1960
ETC
7 APR 1994
Don H. Puariea
1960
ENS
13 JUN 1994
John Christenson
1967
RDC
2 AUG 1994
Walter Cybulski
1964
RM2
27 DEC 1994
Joe R. Styles
1965
GMGC
17 JUN 1995
Bob L. Downey
1967
RD2
1995
William Peter Roberts
1970
RD3
7 JAN 1996
Edward Conrad
1963
FTC
MAR 1996
Lyle K. Head
1960
MM3
JAN 1997
Ray Pride
1971
SH3
1997
Wendell Leach
1965
SM2
5 MAR 1998
Larry Gleason
1969
RD1
1 DEC 1998
Danny Earl Chazell
1960
GMG
19 SEP 1999
Andy Manzo
1969
RD3
26 OCT 1999
Jack Maryland Odem
1966
CSC
25 JAN 2000
Larry D. Burd
1962
RD2
15 FEB 2000
Elroy "Bill" Roybal
1960
RD2
12 MAY 200
Fred Clark Mayreis
1963
ER2
12 AUG 2000
Stanley Crawford Roach
1965
FTCM
20 DEC 2000
Dempster McKee Jackson
1970
Commanding Officer, 1970-1971
CDR-RADM
3 APR 2001
Charles P. Tesh
1965
Commanding Officer, 1965-1966
RADM
4 JUN 2001
Robert J. Michaels
1960
First Engineering Officer
LT
OCT 2001
Frank L. Lone Elk
1960
USS King's first Boatswain's Mate
BM3
OCT 2001
Delton B. Roundy
1960
QM3
22 NOV 2001
Hilton James Fouquier
1962
DSCM
22 DEC 2001
Paul Sansverie
1981
SN
21 FEB 2002
George B. Osborn, Jr.
1967
SKCS
17 MAR 2002
Thomas B. Buell
1960
First Missile Officer
LT-CDR
26 JUN 2002
Jeston David "Sumo" Fowler
ET3
2 SEP 2003
Loren Worley
1963
LCDR
12 SEP 2003
Burton A. Robbins III
First ASW Officer
LT(jg)
Roger Church
John B. "Spitz" Spirauskas, Jr.
1977
BM2
15 MAY 2003
John N. Davids
1968
RD3
19 OCT 2003
Murlen Cecil Skinner
1965
BT3
30 OCT 2003
Ronald L. Battye
1960
MM2
1 APR 2004
David Halstead
1986
ET3
15 APR 2004
William J. Hill
1970
LCDR
22 APR 2004
Thomas E. Barnes, Jr.
1984
CWO-LCDR
29 APR 2004
Donald DeTemple
1970
BT2
14 JUN 2004
Tilmon James Cossey
1961
MM3
2 AUG 2004
Brian Fred Almasi
27 AUG 2004
Donald Ralph Anderson
1973
Commanding Officer, 1973-1974
CDR-CAPT
6 SEP 2004
Robert William VerVoorn
CDR
19 SEP 2004
James R. Walter
1960
ETCM
20 SEP 2004
Patrick Healy
1967
LCDR
25 OCT 2004
John William "Cactus Jack" Titus
1967
RD2
23 APR 2005
Dennis Morneau
1967
28 AUG 2005
Charles F. Brown
1963
Fire Control Officer
LCDR
12 JUN 2006
William L. Read
1966
Commanding Officer, 1966-1968
CDR-VADM
16 JAN 2007
Fred Warren Hill
OSC
18 FEB 2007
Douglas Howe
1960
RM2
SEP 2007
Joseph Graeme Separk
1961
BT3
16 OCT 2007
James C. West
1960
ICC
21 DEC 2007
Neil Allen Smith
1977
FTG2
13 NOV 2008
Joe Beers
1977
MM
2008
Jack S. Fontanilla
1964
RM3
1 JAN 2009
Howard "Buddha" Baxter
1968
RD1
14 JAN 2009
Richard A. Mantuel
1970
FTMC
17 FEB 2009
Douglas L. Swires
1960
GMGC
13 MAR 2009
Martin K. "Marty" Huelbig
1977
GMM3
18 AUG 2009
Roger R. Lynd
1960
BM2
27 AUG 2009
Robert H. Saxby
1960
FTCM
1 NOV 2009
Edward J. Siegrist, Jr.
1960
LT
FEB 2010
James "Gary" Ganz
1971
LCDR
5 MAR 2010
Raymond W. Hine
1967
CAPT
17 MAR 2010
Norman Eubanks
1969
RD1
5 MAY 2010
Leonard J. Goltz, Jr.
1961
BT2
15 MAY 2010
Patrick Wayne Keays
1966
RDC
11 JUN 2010
Richard M. Keith
1960
MMCS
17 JUN 2010
Albert Peter Stello, Jr.
1966
FTC
7 JUL 2010
William O. "Bill" French
1960
GMM3
12 JUL 2010
Michael Bernard Sullivan
1968
RD2
13 JUL 2010
Leo W. Gottsch
1963
BT1
3 AUG 2010
Alfred "Ram" Ramirez
1969
SM1
11 SEP 2010
David E. Woodbury
1963
CAPT
17 DEC 2010
Richard Lee Chase, Sr.
1965
BT3
18 JAN 2011
Brian L. McGlaun
1964
RD3
10 MAY 2011
Ronald D. Bell
SH2
1 AUG 2011
Frank S. Herrick, Jr.
1964
DS2
28 AUG 2011
Jeffrey Trave Tanner
FTM3
2 NOV 2011
Lyndon Clark "Lyn" Hargrove
1960
BMSN
8 FEB 2012
David A. Nesbitt
1960, 1965
STGCS
15 FEB 2012
Edwin Lee Baird
1979
EM2
17 MAR 2012
Daniel D. Pietenpol
1977
MM2
27 APR 2012
Robert M. Tajima
1967
RD2
1 JUL 2012
Harry A. Pate
1960
SO1
3 NOV 2012
Raymond Lee "Ray" Marshall
1960
SOG2-LCDR
18 FEB 2013
Donald Francis Springer
1962
LCDR
14 APR 2013
William D. "Bill" Schreffelr
1965
FTM1
2 JUN 2013
Jonathan Kammen
1968
GMG3
23 JUL 2013
Wayne W. Bishop
1985
GMM2
27 JUL 2013
Gerald P. "Jerry" Cook
1960
SN-PH1
6 SEP 2013
Roger Dale Nelson
1965
FN
22 OCT 2013
Mark E. "Rick" Tuel
1967
29 DEC 2013
David R. Cordray
1960
PN3-LCDR
19 APR 2014
Allen E. "Codge" Null
1968
RD
14 JUL 2014
William Chapman
1963
DC1
2014
Gene A. "Gino" Kristoff
1969
OS2
30 JUL 2014
Charles A. Machon
1960
14 SEP 2014
Donald L. "Don" Gischler
1963
RD3
27 DEC 2014
Scott Branger
MM3
APR 2015
Thomas Henry Mealey, Jr.
1965
ASW Officer
LT-CAPT
20 APR 2016
Robert Frederick Grode
1962
RD3
26 APR 2016
Dave Hellmer, Jr.
1990
GMM2
5 JUL 2016
Russel Dean Harris
23 MAR 2017
Robert William "Bob" Topartzer
1960
MT2
10 JUL 2016
David C. Van Benthuysen
1897
BT2
OCT 2016
Steven Lee "Red" Haines
1969
BT3
8 JUL 2017
Richard Anderson, Jr.
1962
DSCA
9 AUG 2017
Gerald Sturm
1965
15 OCT 2017
Henry Whitefield Klipple
1960
SM3
13 DEC 2017
Peter Beatty
1968
RD2
31 DEC 2017
Larry Layman
1965
Executive Officer
CDR-RADM
20 JAN 2018
Robert "Bob" Butkus
1969
SM3
4 FEB 2018
Erwin Fahrni
1968
BT2
26 MAR 2018
Jim Tedder
1965
GMM3
17 APR 2018
Rodney Poore
1987
MM
2 JUN 2018
Dennis Christopher
1967
RD3
30 NOV 2018
Ray Santos
1973
BM3
21 JAN 2019
William "Bill" Salfer
BM2
13 MAR 2019
James "Woody" Woodill
21 APR 2019
Warren Ralph Amole, Jr.
OS2
24 JUN 2019
Eric Johnson
1987
JUL 2019
Clifton Redden, Jr.
EM2
5 DEC 2019
John Harris
BMSN
2019
Winfred Leon Morris
27 MAY 2020
Paul Bushay
CS3
20 JUN 2020
Leroy "Gene" Shaughnessy
1960
ET3
20 JUN 2020
Bob Hatchette
1970
IC2
JUN 2020
David Snyder
1982
OS2
1 JUL 2020
Vernon Kahler
1970
SM
19 AUG 2020
John Ebey
1987
FCCM
8 NOV 2020
Kelvin King
BM2
APR 2021
Frank W. Boers, Jr.
1963
RM3
16 JUN 2021
Kevin Olsen
LT
SEP 2021
Frederick C. Wright
1969
MM2
10 OCT 2021
David Diers
21 OCT 2021
Kenneth Paul "Ken" Gandolfo
9 NOV 2021
Richard L. Fisher
1960
GM3
24 DEC 2021
Jesse Realme
1980
OS3
2021
Steve Breidinger
MM
14 APR 2022
David Wayne Wood
BT
12 JAN 2023
Doug Utley
1985
GMM1
10 MAR 2023
Michael Howard
1987
FC2
8 APR 2023
Walter Pennington, Sr.
1961
IC2
20 JUN 2023