PT/IS-2 Charles "Chuck" P Elberti RVAH-6
Onboard USS America
Charles P. (Chuck) Elberti Obituary
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Major General Harold Joseph "Harry" Greene, United States Army
While not a Heavy Attack Officer or Sailor, and not even Navy/Marine Corps, we still need to note the passing of the highest ranking US military officer killed on foreign soil since Rear Admiral Rembrandt Cecil Robinson, who was killed in a helicopte
Read more…Capt. Barry Allen Gastrock, USN Retired, Former CO RVAH-5
Cdr. "Boom" Powell has reported (via Don Baily) the passing of former RVAH-5 Skipper Barry Gastrock.
Capt. Barry Allen Gastrock, USN retired, 77, of Downingtown, passed away suddenly on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014 at Bryn Mawr Hospital.
He was the
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1975 Memorial Service Handout for Cdr Hogan and LCdr Mulholland of RVAH-11
Robin Hartford passed on this photo of the Memorial Service Handout from the Saratoga (CV-60) for Cdr Hogan and LCdr Mulholland.
James Scott Bumgarner (AKA: James Garner), Merchant Marine, California Army National Guard, United States Army
James Garner, disarming leading man of film and television, dies at 86
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After working at several jobs he disliked, at sixteen Garner joined the United States Merchant Marine near the end of World War IILater, he joined the California Army National
Cdr. Lawrence "Larry" Mullaly (Rails) USN Retired
Sean Mullaly reports the passing of his Dad, Cdr Larry "Rails" Mullaly: "My father, Larry, passed away after his long battle with ALS last Thursday (June 12th). He was cremated and will be buried at Fort Snelling in Minneapolis MN. We haven't set a
Read more…Raymond G. "Skip" Zilliox
I'm not sure if Skip ever served in a Heavy Attack Squadron, but he was an I level ASB-12 and Verdan Tech and he ran the AIMD NAS Key West Avionics Corrosion Control shop for a few years in the mid to late 70s.
I wondered why he was so quiet on fac
Joe Angel Gamboa RVAH-9 (VAH-9)
Marvin Miller reports that former "Hoot Owl" Joe Angel Gamboa has passed away.
Read more…PRC James Edward Stanton
Marvin Miller has reported that James Stanton, formerly with RVAH-9, passed away yesterday, September 26, 2013, during heart surgery.
Obituary for James Edward Stanton
Marvin also reports that the memorial service most likely be held in Sanford a
Read more…David H. Venaleck
My neighbor, Dave Venaleck, passed away Wednesday. Even though he had been my neighbor for a few years he had never told me of his relationship with our community. I just found out today while expressing my condolences to his wife on her loss. Dave s
Read more…Chief Petty Officer Christopher Scott Kyle (US Navy, 1999 to 2009)
Born: April 8, 1974 Odessa, Texas, U.S. Died: February 2, 2013 Erath County, Texas, U.S.
May he have "Fair Winds and Following Seas" on his cruise to God.
Read more…Chief Samuel Milton Floyd
Tim Floyd reports the passing of his father, Samuel Floyd, on February 1, 2013. Then AT1 Floyd was Heavy-12's AT/Recon shop supervisor in the early 70s.
We will post more here when it becomes available.
Sam Floyd on the "Connie" in 1973 (Photo by
Leslie Jones, AQ2 RVAH-7
Leslie Jones, who was with RVAH-7 in the mid to late 70s passed away yesterday in Griffin Ga. Funeral services are being held at Haisten McCullough Funeral Home (Haisten McCullough Funeral Home ) in Griffin Ga, Monday 12/17/2012. The memorial page ha
Read more…AMCS William F. Kennedy USN Retired
William F. Kennedy, age 85, passed away November 28, 2012. He was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Mr. Kennedy retired after 30 years of service with the US Navy as a Chief, after his military career he worked for civil service from 1972- 1999 and
Read more…Salvatore Carollo
George Grimaldi passed on the word that former RVAH-1 sailor Salvatore Carollo passed away on March 5th, 2012.
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. I WANT TO NOTIFY EVERYONE ON THE DEATH OF A FORMER NAVY BUDDY. SALVATORE CAROLLO DIED ON MARCH 5TH 2012 FROM
"Jig Dog"...Departing
Rear Admiral James D. Ramage, universally known as Jig Dog, died at age 96. He was the only Enterprise (CV6) "blackshoe" officer who returned as an aviator, leading Bombing Squadron 10 in the Philippine Sea battle of June '44. The Rear Admiral "
Read more…ADJ-2 Marcus McHenry VAH-1/RVAH-1
Please take a look at this remembrance of Marcus by his friend Jack Leonard:
Read more…When Marcus McHenry, Richard B. Weston, and I attended Aviation Machinist’s Mate “A” School at Naval Air Technical Training School in Millington, Tennessee, we each excel
