PLANKOWNERS--ENLISTED

 

The following are the names of the crew on board when the USS WILKES was commissioned April 22, 1941.  These men were our PLANK OWNERS.

 

NAME                    RATE              PLACE ENLISTED

 

Ahern, Edward J.        EM 1/c            Washington, DC 

Armstrong, Robert J.    RM 1/c            Portsmouth, VA

Ashley, Charles A.      AS                New Haven, CT

Ashbacker, Nathan L.    MM 2/c            Des Moines, IA

Baldwin, Grover W.      SF 2/c            Mare Is, CA

Bamford, William H.     SF 2/c            Boston, MA

Beach, Russel S.        FM 1/c            Boston, MA

Beatty, Alfred C.       AS                Pittsburgh, PA

Beck, George W. Jr      Y 3/c             Washington, DC

Berry, Johnny R.        GM 3/c            Nashville, TN

Betz, Joseph O.         M 2/c             Cincinnati, OH

Bishop, Robert W.       CMM (PA)          Boston,MA

Blevens, Johnny E.R.    Sea l/c           Richmond, VA     

Blinke, Bernard J.      F 1/c             Baltimore, MD

Bonnallie, Loral F.     Sea 1/c           Seattle, WA

Brandman, Harold        AS                New Haven, CT

Braxton, John           MATT 2/c          New York City

Brown, Haskel D.        Sea 1/c           Nashville, TN

Buckley, Joseph V.      CWT(PA)           San Diego,CA

Buck, Earl A. Jr.       Cox               Phila, PA

Burgess, Harold A.      MM 1/c            --

Buskirk, Victor F.      AS                Phila, PA

Cadle, David D.         AS                Pittsburgh,PA

Carpenter, George O.    WT 2/c            New York City

Carrigan, Vincent D.    F 2/c             Nashville, TN

Carter, Arthur J.       CPAM (PA)         New York City

Chonka, Michael         AS                New Haven, CT

Collier, Ralph W.       TM 3/c            Nashville, TN

Conlin, Lawrence P.     WT 2/c            Boston, MA

Cox, William B. Jr      F 1/c             Raleigh, NC

Crabb, Basil M.         MM 1/c            Bremerton, WA

Cravens, Carl A.        OS 3/c            Little Rock, AK

Croley, George W.       SM 3/c            Louisville, KY

Dean, Bailey L.         OFC (AA)          San Diego, CA

DeBlasis, Alfred F.     Sea 1/c           Pittsburgh, PA

Decker, Ralph L.        TM 1/c            San Diego, CA

Delph, Charles I.       CEM (PA)          Washington, DC

Deskovich, Merko        Sea 1/c           New York City

Eft, Leslie E.          F 3/c             Chicago, IL

Elsier, Dominic J.      CMM (PA)          San Diego, CA

Favro, Owen O.          AS                Boston, MA

Ferren, Philip P.       Sea 1/c           Boston, MA

Fitzgerald, Hiram C. J. EM 3/c            Dallas, TX

Fitzgerald, John        AS                Albany, NY

Foreman, Charles        MAMTH  1/c        Washington, DC

Frank, Harold J.        AS                New York City

Gabriel, Gustave E.     AS                Phila, PA

Geisendorff, Ralph L.   Sea 1/c           Indianapolis, IN

Giese, Carl             MM 2/c            San Pedro, CA

Gonzales, Benigno       OCLC FR           Norfolk, VA

Goodwin, Ralph E.       PHM 2/c           Boston, MA

Gottschalk, Walter J.   AS                New York City

Gray, Edward R.Jr       AS                Springfield, MA

Grobsmith, Dennis E     AS                Albany, NY

Gunnels, Joseph H.      CCST DI (AA)      San Diego, CA

Hall, Dwight L.         F 3/c             Raleigh, NC

Hansen, LLoyd J.        FLC               Salt Lake City, UT

Harden. James E.        RM 3/c            Raleigh, NC

Hawkins, William F.     F 2/c             Nashville, TN

Hayes, William F.       AS                Boston, MA

Hiler, Jerome L. R.     F 2/c             Indianapolis, IN

Hines, Arthur H.        MATT l/C          New Haven, CT

Hon, Alvis M.           MM 2/c            Dallas, TX

Jowdy, Albert M         CCM (AA)          Portland, OR

Kelly, Edward           Sea 1/c           Brooklyn

Kelley, Lawrence E      F 2/c             Birmingham, AL

Kelly, Thomas M         AS                Springfield, MA

Kemmerer, Henry C       AS                Phila, PA

King, Fred E            AS                Boston, MA

King, John H. Jr        AS                Phila, PA

Kirk, James             SC 3/c            Louisville, KY

Klovach, Peter          AS                NY

Koegler, George H       CRM (PA)          Hawaii

Kolodzey, George J      AS                Phila, PA

Lawrence, Anthony J     EM 2/c            NY

Leone, George           Sea 1/c           Phila, PA

LePage, George R        WT 1/c            San Diego, CA

Lewis, Shem L           Sea 1/c           Raleigh, NC

Lyndon, Stephen         AS                Boston, MA

Mackavage, Leo J        AS                Phila, PA

Manning, James E        Sea 2/c           Macon, GA

Markley, Raymond E      MM 1/c            Seattle, WA

Marshall, Robert W      MM 1/c            Kansas City, MO

Martin, Edward G H      AS                Buffalo, NY

Mast, John M            F 1/c             Des Moines, IA

Matheney, Harold W      TM 3/c            St Louis, MO

Matus, Albert W         WT 1/c            Buffalo, NY

McCarthy, Edward L      AS                Boston, MA

McCleary, William H, Jr AS                Pittsburgh, PA

McKenna, Thomas F       CTM (PA)          Phila, PA

McQuillan, Andrew J     AS                Phila, PA

Meichen, Harold P       Sea 1/c           Detroit, MI

McLaws, Melvin          Sea 1/c           San Diego, CA

McPherson, Henry Y      AS                Boston, MA

Mello, Charles          AS                Boston, MA

Mercer, John R.         F 1/c             St Louis, MO                 

Michel, Elmer J.        AS                Buffalo, NY

Miller, Charles P.      MM 2/c            Washington, DC

Miller, George W.       MM 1/c            San Diego, CA

Mitchell, Malcolm       Sea 1/c           New Orleans, LA

Morago, Lawrence R.     SC 2/c            --

Myers, Fred F.          CMM (PA)          San Diego, CA

Myers, Merle D.         CM 2/c            Des Moines, IA

Nagel, James A.         Cox               Cleveland, OH

Nass, Edmund E.         RM l/c            Pearl Harbor

Neilson, Max A.         BMKR 2/c          Boston, MA

Nerison, George         AS                Phila, PA

Nolfi, Americo          Sea 2/c           New York City

Ober, Harold L.         F 1/c             Los Angeles, CA

Ostroski, Robert        SEA 2/c           Richmond, VA

Paris, Giacomo          F 1/c             Buffalo, NY

Paterson, Donald        FC 2/c            Mare Island, CA

Poush, Richard E.       MM 2/c            Washington, DC

Pratt, Arnold A.        CBM (AA)          San Francisco, CA

Quintal, John Jr.       AS                Boston, MA

Ray, Paul               MATT 2/c          New York City

Renton, Robert H. Jr.   AS                New Haven, CT

Rhody, Sylvester M.     SC 1/c            Long Beach, CA

Rich, Claude            CMM (PA)          San Diego, CA

Ridgway, Claude H.      MM 1/c            Pittsburgh, PA

Ross, Miller            MM 1/c            Portsmouth, VA

Rubin, Louis            AS                New York City

Schmidt, Carl W. Jr.    SM 2/c            Washington, DC

Schwartz, Louis R.      F 2/c             New York City

Scott, Walter I.        FC 1/c            New York City

Seddon, James G.        WT 2/c            Houston, TX

Senakiewich, Charles J. MM 2/c            Cleveland, OH

Shandrick, Frank A.     AS                Pittsburgh, PA

Shannon, Hugh McD.      F 2/c             Washington, DC

Simens, John C.         F 3/c             Boston, MA

Sloan, Edward C. Jr.    Sea 1/c           Brooklyn

Slocum, Paul W.         SK 1/c            Pearl Harbor           

Smith, Edrick A.        F 3/c             Boston, MA

Smith, Henry S.         F 2/c             Boston, MA

Smith, Maxwell          MATT 1/c          Newport, RI

Spangler, Dewey H. Jr.  F 2/c             Richmond, VA

Spinney, George E.      AS                Boston, MA

Sproul, Charles A.      AS                Phila, PA

Staab, Martin W.        Sea 1/c           Phila, PA

Stamm, Charles W.       MM 1/c            Boston, MA

Stanley, Harry S.       Sea 1/c           Des Moines, IA

Starr, Albert L.        Sea 1/c           Des  Moines, IA

Stewart, Hugh V.        F 2/c             New Orleans, LA

Sward, Frederick W. Jr. Sea 1/c           New York City

Symonds, John W.        AS                Boston, MA

Thorne, William F.      AS                New York City

Thurman, Fred H.        RM 2/c            -----

Unger, Charles W. Jr.   AS                New York City

Vallone, Carl           AS                Phila, PA

Voelker, Lee Jr.        F 2/c             Louisville, KY

Wagman, John W.         FC 3/c            Indianapolis, IN

Waits, John E.          F 1/c             San Diego, CA

Warner, Leo G.          AS                Boston, MA

Warren, Andrew          AS                Pittsburgh, PA

Welbourn, Robert A.     MM 2/c            San Fran, CA

Wesolowski, Constantine BM 1/c            New York City

Whitaker, Joe R.        F 1/c             San Fran, CA

Whitman, Ellery A.      Sea 1/c           Mare Island, CA

Wickles, Lawrence G.    AS                Buffalo, NY

Wilbur, Harold A.       GM 2/c            Omaha, NB

Wright, James L.        Sea 1/c           Little Rock, AK

Yates, Henry C.         F 1/c             Washington, DC

Zyats, Andrew           AS                Phila, PA

 

Total 164----

 

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