Unto the Almighty we commend the souls of our departed shipmates, and we commit their bodies to the deep; in sure and certain hope that one day she will give up her dead."

Name

Years aboard the Essex Date of Death
Joseph Rodriguez 1951 - 1958 29 Apr 1991
*Leonard Feuer 1943 -1945 21 Jan 1994
James G. Schneider 1950 - 1952 15 Feb 2000
Carl MacDougall 1945 - 1945 11 Dec 2000
Lyle Anderson Unknown 20 Jan 2001
Ray B. Atwell 1944 - 1945 21 Jan 2001
Walter J. Talor 1950 - 1951 20 Apr 2001
William H. Myers 1962 - 1965 08 Jun 2001
William L. Servider 1943 - 1945 20 Jun 2001
Edwin R. Robertson 1944 - 1946 07 Jul 2001
E.A. Caudill 1943-1945 03 Sep 2001
Albert G. Hahn 1943 - 1945 12 Sep 2001
Edward W. Overton Jr 1944 - 1944 24 Sep 2001
Louis E. (Scotty) Scott 1961 - 1962 27 Sep 2001
William G. Holland 1942 - 1944 01 Oct 2001
LeRoy J. Hodgson 1950 - 1954 02 Oct 2001
Daniel T. Learned 1950 - 1952 11 Oct 2001
Walter Kankolenski 1944 - 1946 29 Nov 2001
James P. McGraw 1945 - 1946 xx Dec 2001
William H. Ainsworth 1942 - 1945 12 Dec 2001
Richard H. Volkema 1944 - 1945 12 Dec 2001
Hugh M. Dalzell 1950 - 1952 19 Dec 2001
Earl W. Shore 1953 - 1953 23 Dec 2001
John K. Whitehead WWII 24 Jan 2002
Martin D. Snavely 1944 - 1945 31 Jan 2002
Charles Clinton Fisher 1950 - 1952 26 Feb 2002
Albert B. Borris 1950 - 1952 26 Feb 2002
James E. Stewart 1944 - 1945 xx Feb 2002
Robert K. Chesley 1943 - 1944 21 Apr 2002
Richard Earl Laws 1950 - 1951 26 Apr 2002
William S. Couch XO LHD-2 (Ret) 28 Apr 2002
Robert Ray Douglas 1943 - 1945 07 Apr 2002
Robert E. Smith 1943 - 1945 24 May 2002
John Pershing Payne 1942 - 1945 26 Jun 2002
Ray Pekarek 1944 - 1946 02 Jul 2002
John C. Newell 1960 - 1962 14 July 2002
William Scott White, Sr. 1943 - 1946 03 Aug 2002
Robert A. Gulick 1942 - 1945 27 Aug 2002
John W. Ward 1944 - 1946 27 Aug 2002
Albert "Gus" Waack 1950 - 1955 02 Sept 2002
Richard V. Pruss 1959 - 1962 02 Sept 2002
Robert R. Goodrich Air Group 83 Pilot 10 Sep 2002
Norman L. Adams 1942 - 1946 08 Oct 2002
Philip J. Baird 1942 - 1945  09 Oct 2002
Harold Manwaring 1943 - 1946 13 Oct. 2002
Leonard J. Dove 1943 - 1945 14 Oct. 2002
Joe Stubbs 1967 - 1969 07 Nov 2002
William L. Horton 1943 - 1945 05 Dec 2002
Robert O'Brien  (Associate Member) Built Model of Essex/Donated to Hornet Museum 28 Dec 2002
Rear Admiral W.F. Rodee 1952 01 Jan 2003
John J. Diggin Sr 1943 - 1946 12 Jan 2003
Daniel E. Provost 1942 - 1945 17 Jan 2003
James M. Loy 1943 - 1945 22 Mar 2003
Thomas Manville 1965 - 1966 16 Apr 2003
Dominick P. Yocius 1943 - 1945 20 Apr 2003
Bob M. Morgan 1944 - 1945 12 May 2003
Alex L. Shutko 1943 - 1946 24 Jun 2003
Max E. Burnside 1943 - 1945 27 Jun 2003
Wayne E. Stevens 1951 - 1954 07 Jun 2003
Frank Smashe 1950 - 1953 23 Jun 2003
*Joe Riley 1958 - 1961 27 Jun 2003
Buddy Lubitz 1942 - 1945 12 Aug 2003
Robert G. Hires 1958 - 1959 08 Aug 2003
John J. Neary 1944 - 1945 17 Aug 2003
Ralph H. Wilson 1943 - 1945  27 Aug 2003
Edwin L. Roy 1953 - 1957  19 Oct 2003
Kenneth.E. Hirdler 1944 - 1946 28 Oct 2003
Glen W. Sloan  Associate Member  03 Nov 2003
Glendon H. Blenkhorn 1943 - 1947 12 Nov 2003
George Wesley Norman 1957 - 1961 26 Dec 2003
Manuel M. Serrano 1943 - 1944 07 Jan 2004
Ronald J. Thompson 1960 - 1963 17 Jan 2004
Anthony F. LoCoco 1943 - 1945 20 Jan 2004
Philip F. Ard  1942 - 1945 29 Jan 2004

*Sam Carroll Dear

1943 - 1945

17 Feb 2004

*Frederick W. Biermacki 1960's 18 Feb 2004
Paul J. Madden 1944 - 1946 20 Feb 2004
*William R. Moncrief 1960's 08 Mar 2004
*Jerome Anthony Rapp Jr. Unknown 10 Mar 2004
*Richard A. Hartig 1960 - 1963 27 Mar 2004
*Charles Arthur Hoover Jr. Pilot in VA-113  31 Mar 2004
John M. Cassady 1943 - 1945 26 Apr  2004
Charles J. Hinn 1944 - 1946 27 Apr  2004
Bennie C. Jones 1956 13 May 2004
Robert H. Coder 1950 - 1952 27 May 2004
James Daniels III, Capt. USN Retired 1951 -1953 & 1956 -1957 20 Jun 2004
*Jess Cook 1950 - 1954     Jun 2004
*James F. Rigg  (Air Group 15 ) 1944 -  11 Jul 2004
Luverne N. Link 1953 - 1956 11 Jul 2004
*Ernest F. DesChamps 1944 04  Sep 2004
Leopold "Leo" Beyer 1943 - 1945 06 Sep  2004
Donald L. Sharrow 1950 - 1951 19 Sep 2004
Thomas G. Meek 1950 - 1952 29 Oct 2004
Francis Y. Thigpen Capt USN (Ret 1945 -Air Group 83 26 Nov 2004
Richard F. Jamieson 1943 - 1945 06 Dec  2004
Horst (Al) Petrich Captain USN (Ret) 1967 - 1969 17 Dec 2004
James G. Bryson 1943 - 1945 03 Jan 2005
Charles B. Ehrgood 1944 31 Jan 2005
Frank L. Norris 1943 - 1952 04 Feb 2005
Bill Lane 1950 - 1954 05 Feb 2005
August (Augie) A. Galante 1944 - 1947 24 Feb 2005
John W. Younts 1943 - 1945 11 Mar 2005
*Hal Dwaine Bond Korean War 12 Mar 2005
Eugene N. Hargrave 1943 - 1944 03 Apr 2005
George A. Kirshbaun 1944 - 1945 07 Apr 2005
James Junior Nance 1943 - 1945 15 May 2005
*William J. Cunningham Korean War 06 June 2005
*Robert C. Rathman WW11 19 Jun 2005
Lawrence J. Huck Jr 1942 - 1945 01 July 2005
Floyd "Doug" Sipe 1950 - 1953 12 July 2005
*James Warren Snyder Jr 1944 21 July 2005
David J. Roach lll 1950 - 1952 21 July 2005
*Raymond R. Bastian Unknown 24 July 2005
Shell Blanscet 1943 -1945 08 Aug 2005
William D. Jones 1943 - 1945 13 Aug. 2005
Edward W. Bucklew 1951 10 Mar 2005
Frank A. Jaworski  1943 - 1945 05 May 2005
George Kirshbaum 1944 - 1945 07 May 2005
Roy Bruninghaus

LSO (Landing Signal Officer) for

Air  Groups  15, 4 and 83

1944 - 1945

07 July 2005
*Raymond Bastian (Marine Detachment) 1943 - 1945 20 July 2005
Peter Duncan, Cmdr. USNR (ret)

Son of Adm. Donald B. Duncan,

first Skipper of the Essex

19 Aug 2005
*Victor F. Turselli 1943 - 1945 29 Aug 2005
*Jerry R. Whiddon 1950 - 1952 09 Sept 2005
*Donald O. Morgan Korean War 18 Sept 2005
Harold J. Melbye 1952 - 1953 24 Sept 2005
Max R. Boschke 1943 - 1945 25 Sept 2005
John C. Kane U.S. Navy Captain (ret) Associate Member 11 Oct 2005
Earl A. Lewis (Plank Owner) 1942 - 1944 21 Oct 2005
*Michael Adams, JR. 1951 - 1954 22 Oct 2005
*Frederick L. Bailey -Air Group 9 1943 - 1944 09 Nov 2005
Walter T. McGowan 1943 - 1945 14 Nov 2005
J. Harold McCard  Plank Owner 1942 - 1945 17 Nov 2005
David A. Hord 1943 - 1944 07 Dec 2005
Eugene R. Forbragd 1943 - 1945 07 Dec 2005
*Robert Eugene Van Dermay 1950's 16 Dec 2005
*Louie Greenwell 1951 - 1953 21 Dec 2005
Thomas S. Peck 1943 - 1946 01 Jan 2006
*David Osborne WW11 18 Jan 2006
William E. Benedix (Plank Owner) 1942 - 1945 23 Jan 2006
*Russell J. Carr WW11 30 Jan 2006
*Luther David Lawrence Pilot in Air Group 83 02 Feb 2006
Charles F. Loehr 1944 18 Feb  2006
*Walter "Wally" Pavelski 1950's 22 Feb 2006
Robert "GUNS" Sourisseau 1955 - 1958 25 Feb 2006
Thomas E. Schwartzkope 1943 - 1946 15 Apr 2006
John S. Hadden 1958 - 1960 18 Apr 2006
Calvin C. Helmick  (Plank Owner) Auctioneer 1942 - 1944  26 Apr 2006
*Richard DeMott

Pilot in VF 9

1943 - 1944

02 May 2006
Edward J. Schneider 1944 - 1946 05 May 2006
Elster S. Haile Lt.

ComCarDiv-1

1944-1945

01 June 2006
*Donal G. Peterson 1944-1945 Buccaneer Cartoonist 28 June 2006

*Armstead B. "Chick" Smith Capt.

Air Group 9

13 Mar 1943 -27 Feb 1944

20 July  2006
Marion C. Farmer  1943 - 1945 19 Sep 2006
Joseph S. Rose HMC 1950 - 1952 07 Oct 2006
Leo J. Flautt 1943 - 1946 11 Oct 2006
*Porter F. (Andy) Anderson 1943 - 1946 31 Oct 2006
Walter W. Flynn 1943 - 1945 02 Nov 2006
J. Carl Vaughan Jr.  1943 - 1945 16 Nov 2006
*Edward Dalton 1951 - 1953 16 Nov 2006
Edward J. Nash 1944 - 1946 16 Dec 2006
Edmund W. Hillenburg Sr. 1957 - 1961 29 Dec 2006
Nello Pierozzi 1950 - 1952 xx Jan 2007
Dr. Orlando F. Furno 1943 31 Jan 2007
Lyle P. Hendickson  1943 - 1945 09 Feb 2007
William Lee Dulaney 1945 - 1946 15 Feb 2007
*Joseph Rowan White 1963 - 1964 24 Feb 2007
Jess Bagshaw 1952 - 1956 02 Apr 2007
*Henry Potter Griffin Jr. 1943 - 1946 21 Apr 2007
Allan Sandvig 1944 - 1946 01 May 2007
Conrad L. Perrier 1950 - 1952 02 May 2007
*Paul Henry Ennis WWII 27 Jun 2007
Russell Harrison Fisher 1951 - 1952 18 Jul 2007
Thomas Marshall Radioman with Air Group 15  23 Jul 2007
John M. Carter 1943 - 1944 Unknown
Walter Williams 1943 08 Aug 2007

 

Family Members
 

 

Name

Relationship Date of Death
Evelyn Brunner Weins Mother-In-Law of Gene Dickhudt 17 Oct 2001
David Lee Stepson of Bruce Sims 10 Nov 2001
Doris (Dot) Gold Widow of Jack Gold 27 Dec 2001
Dorothy Nash Wife of Archie Nash 13 Feb 2002
Marilyn Kay Lisowsky Wife of Jaroslaw Lisowsky 19 Mar 2002
Doris Sipe Wife of Floyd "Doug" Sipe 18 Apr 2002
Dr. Florentino Villariasa, Jr. Brother-In-Law of Wayne L. Bouck 14 Jul 2002
Florence Genet Mother of Dan Genet 25 Aug 2002
Harold Scales Brother of Richard Scales 27 Sep 2002
Michael Reeve Son of Member Bruce A. Reeve 06 Nov 2002
Margaret Adams Wife of Member Norman Adams 08 Oct 2002
John J. Falvey Bother-in-Law of George Szpak 15 Oct 2002
Michael Reeve Son of Member Bruce A. Reeve 06 Nov 2002
Jeanne Bentley Wife of Member John Bentley 17 Feb 2003
Joanne Galante Wife of Member August A. Galante 07 Feb 2003
Mary Marshall  Wife of Member Thomas Marshall
Elizabeth Piorkowski Wife of Member Thomas Piorkowski
Ida Tatum Wife of Member Richard E. Tatum
Sadie Acree Mother of Member Edward R. Acree 26 Apr 2003
Eunice Fortin Wife of Donald Fortin 23 July 2003
Roseanne Everett Daughter of Bob & Irene Zeller 17  Dec 2003
Valjeane C. Fitch Wife of Don Fitch 19 Jan 2003
Martha Vaughan Wife of Carl Vaughan 18  Feb 2004
Ann Kappelman Wife of Richard Kappelman 23 Feb 2004
Myrtle Alene McCammon Mother of Charles McCammon 26 Feb 2004
June Kent Wife of George Kent 19 Oct 2004
Florence J. Truskot Wife of Frank J. Truskot 04 Dec 2004
David Allen Son of Joe and Wanda Ellen 05 July 2005
Elizabeth Prom Wife of Richard L. Prom 31 Aug 2005
Helen Mae Beall Wife of Deceased Member Charles E. Beall Sr. 24 Nov 2005
Phyllis L. Lynch Wife of Plank Owner Calvin C. Lynch 26 Mar 2006
Eloise Lawhead Wife of Life Member Charles E.Lawhead 20 Apr  2006
Daniel Emswiler Son of Bob and Lois Emswiler 07 Aug 2006
Mary Hickey Mother of Maryann Hansen 16 Dec. 2006
Willard B. Locklear Father of Charity Revels 15 Feb  2007
Vicki Carter Sister of Member Merdick Burr     July  2007
Laura Arlene Brooker Mother of Member Jim Brooker 31 Mar 2007
Pat Marney Wife of Member Ray Marney 17 Apr  2007
Mary Paterno Wife of Deceased Member Frank Paterno 01 May 2007
Maude Thompson Mother of Norm Thompson 14 Jun 2007
Norma Christensen Wife of William Christensen 09 July 2007
Margaret M. Rathman Wife of Robert C. Rathman 21 Feb 2007

 

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