USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE-73)
and
COMPOSITE SQUADRON VC-10
MEMORIAL MONUMENT
FORT ROSECRANS NATIONAL CEMETERY
POINT LOMA, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
Dedication ceremony October 24, 1996
Erected with the assistance of
Mr. John Ibe
Survivor, St. Lo CVE -
63
"The
nation which forgets its defenders will be itself be forgotten." Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). Quoted from a speech on July 27, 1920,
in
Northampton, Massachusetts while
accepting
the Republican vice-presidential nomination.
The poem "Carrier Life" was written by LT. John P. Sanderson just days before a fatal catapult launch that claimed his life and the lives of his crewmen J.L. Richards and William Zanon on July 26, 1944 off Saipan, Marinas Islands. Click to Read the Poem.
The names appearing on the
lower portion of this page are of men who gave their life
fighting for our country and the freedoms that we cherish.
The following alphabetical links provide a picture (if available) of each
man, his rank, age when killed in action, and hometown. Clicking on those pictures will give you an enlarged view.
ALLEN, Robin E. Phm2C
ALM, Frederick E. S2C
ALTIMAN, Charles M. S2C
ARPIN Louis W. S1C
A VERILL, Donald E. S1C
BAILEY, Rollie D. S2C
BARNETT, Mearl L. S2C
BARRETT, Marshall C. S2C
BERDAHL, Alfred R. MM2C
BERNING, Leslie E. S2C
BERRY, John M. MM3C
BISHOP, Floyd E. S2C
BLAKE, Glenn E. MM3C
BOWERS, John W. Jr. SF3C
BROWN , Scott S2C
BROWN , McLain R. FC3C
BROWN, Kenneth V. S1C
BUDERUS, William H. LT
BUFORD, John D. Jr. CWO
BUTTRY, Robert H. HA1C
CAMBRA, Edward S1C
CASE, Leonard P. RM2C
CHOATE, Edward A. COX
CHRISTENSEN, Julius K. S2C
COLE, Norman L. S2C
CONKLIN, John L. S1C
COWLES, Marion D. MM3C
CRAWFORD, William E. S2C
CRAWFORD, George A. ACMM
DAVIS, J.C. StM1C
DEERY, Robert J. S2C
DEVINE, Harold P. WT3C
EDMONDSON, Joseph C. Lt(jg)
FAUST, Anthony S. RM3C
FINCH, George G. CWO
FISH, Joe S. SK2C
FORAN , Harvey L. Ptr2C
FORSYTHE, John A. F1C
FRANKLIN, Edmond T. WT2C
GEPPELT, Robert G. CRM
GIBSON, Maurice D. S1C
GILMAN, Clinton 0. S1C
GRAY, FrankW. S1C
HANNA, John M. S1C
HARRELL, Rossie Stm 1C
HARTSOC, James L. MM3C
HATHEWAY, Ivan E. AOM3C
HENDERSON, James D. SC2C
HENRY, Wilfred RM3C
HERTERSTEIN , Arthur E. S2C
HOLLAND, James L. S1C
HOLT, LeoW. EM2C
HOOKS, Carson L. COX
HORN, William D. F1C
JACKSON, John M. StM1C
JARRELL, Harvey Jr. S2C
JOHNS, Otto J. Jr. S2C
JOHNSON, William StM1C
JORDAN, Robert L. MM2C
KALBE, Walter H. CMM
KAMATS, Mike T. F1C
KEENAN, John F. S1C
KIMBALL, Sidney C. LT
KIRK, Bob S2C
KLOTKOWSKI, Henry S. S2C
KNIGHT, Robert W. SK2C
KOZLOWSKI, George J. S2C
LARKIN, Joseph B. AOM2C
LAURN, Alvin E. WT 1C
LE MAIRE. John R. S2C
LEWIS, Angelo P. S2C
LUCCHESI, Louis L. S2C
MARSHALL, Walter F. SC3C
MARTIN, Leonard G. SC1C
MAYES, Morrison W. S1C
McDONOUGH, Thomas E. GM3C
McLAUGHLIN, Henry A. S2C
MILLER, George PhoM2C
MUDD, Raymond L. S1C
MUNIZ, Eugene, WT2C
MURRAY, Eugene T. S1C
NASLUND, Lage T. F1C
PARMANTJE, John J. S1C
PILGRIM, Edward F. CWT
PITTMAN , Everett EM2C
PRIBISKO, Mike J. F1C
PROKOP, Edward J. AMM3C
PRUITT, Forest W. BM1C
RAWLINGS, Cecil A. S1C
RAYMOND, Ralph N. BM2C
REYNOLDS, Homer R. S2C
RICHARDSON, Hubert L. StM1C
RIZZO, Charles V. SC3C
RUFFIN, Reginald F. SC3C
SABOVIK, John D. AMM3C
SCHNIEDERJANS, Daniel J. S2C
SHIPLEY, Roger E. FC1C
SHORT, Edward B. S1C
SHRIVER, Warren F. F1C
SICHERMAN , Burton H. PhM2C
SKAGGS, Ralph L. SK2C
SMEHYL, Charles MoMM1C
SMITH, William F. F2C
SMITH, Ernest J. GM2C
SMURDA, John R. AMM2C
STONE, Harold R. M1C
STONER, Lyle T. SK3C
STRAITON, James L. F1C
STURDY, Billy G. S2C
TELLIER, Leslie W. MM2C
THOMAS, Harrell A. SC3C
TREECE, Otis A. S2C
WALL, Theodore S2C
WEISS, Freddie E. AOM2C
WHITE, Edgard S2C
WHITTED, Raymond C. AOM3C
WILDER, Paul WT1C
WILLIAMS, Junior R. S2C
WORLAND, Manuel F. S1C
COMPOSITE
SQUADRON VC-10 PERSONNEL
BACON,
Jack D. AMM2C
BELL, Vereen M. LT
COLLINS, Paul E. ARM3C
DAHLEN, Walter A. LT(jg)
GALLAGHER, William LT(jg)
GARDNER, Rudolph S. ARM3C
GILLIATT, Dean W. LT(jg)
HOLLY, Leonard AMM3C
MENTLICK, William E. ART1C
PHIPPS,
John S. ENS
PUGH, James E.
RANSOM, Larry B. AMMP2C
RICHARDS, Jack L. ARM3C
RIVERS, Howard M. ARM2C
SAINT, George M. ARM 2C
SANDERSON, John P. Jr. LT(jg)
SEYMOUR, Hovey ENS
STEWART, Wayne H. LCDR
ZANON, William L. AMM2C