Nov. 12, 1941

Langdon, John H.

Ensign (VT-8)

Crashed during carrier quals on
USS Long Island AVG-1

Mar. 28, 1942

Kampf, Bertrum P.

Ensign

Crashed during training at
San Diego, California

Apr. 23, 1942

Bennett, Arnold B.

Seaman 1st Class

Unknown shipboard accident

Apr. 25, 1942

Gallagher, Thomas A.

Aviation Radioman 2nd Class
(VB-8)

Crashed on recon mission during
the Doolittle Raid

Apr. 25, 1942

Randall, Gardner D.

Lieutenant
(VB-8)

Crashed on recon mission during
the Doolittle Raid

May 21, 1942

McGowan Jr., Stephen J.

Seaman 1st Class

Hit by propeller

May 21, 1942

Richter, Walter M. J.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class
(VB-8)

Crashed on recon mission
(8-B-9)

May 29, 1942

Milliman, Richard D.

Ensign (VS-8)

Crashed on recon mission

May 29, 1942

Pleto, Tony R.

Radioman 3rd Class (VS-8)

Crashed on recon mission

*

Abercrombie, William W.

Ensign (VT-8) (USNR)

Shot down (8-T-13)

Bibb Jr., Ross E.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-3)

Brannon, Charles E.

Ensign (VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Calkins, Max A.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-7)

*

Campbell, Geroge M.

Lieutenant (jg) (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-11)

Carr, Nelson L.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class
(VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Clark, Darwin L.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-10)

*

Creamer, William W.

Ensign (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-6)

Creasy Jr., Otway D.

Aviation Radioman 2nd Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-5)

Cummings Jr., Fred W.

Private 1st Class (USMC)

Gunfire during aircraft landing

Dobbs, Horace F.

Chief Radioman Pilot (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-14)

*

Ellison, Harold J.

Ensign (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-4)

*

Evans Jr., William R.

Ensign (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-3)

Fair, Charles E.

Aviation Ordnanceman 3C
(VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Fieberling, Langdon K.

Lieutenant (VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Field, George A.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-4)

Fisher, Ronald J.

Aviation Radioman 2nd Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-11)

Gaynier, Oswald J.

Ensign (VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

*

Gray, John P.

Ensign (VT-8) (USNR)

Shot down (8-T-7)

*

Groves, Stephen W.

Ensign (VF-8) (USNR)

Shot down (8-F-17)
over USS Yorktown CV-5

Hill Jr., George R.

Ensign (VF-8)

Ditched in ocean out of fuel

Hissem, Joseph M.

Ensign (VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Humfleet, Lowell E.

Private (USMC)

Gunfire during aircraft landing

Huntington, Robert K.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-16)

Ignatius, William B.

Platoon Sergeant (USMC)

Gunfire during aircraft landing

Ingersoll, Royal R.

Lieutenant

Gunfire during aircraft landing

Kelly Jr., Charles M.

Ensign (VF-8)

Ditched in ocean out of fuel

*

Kenyon Jr., Henry R.

Ensign (VT-8) (USNR)

Shot down (8-T-10)

Lawe, William C.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3C
(VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Lewis, Victor A.

Ensign (VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Maffei, Amelio

Aviation Radioman 1st Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-9)

Manning, Jay D.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3C
(VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Martin, Hollis

Aviation Radioman 2nd Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-15)

Mehltretter, John W.

Electrician's Mate 3rd Class
(VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Meuers, Arnold T.

Painter 2nd Class

Midway based
shot down

Meyer, Elmer A.

Seaman 2nd Class (VB-8)

Gunfire during aircraft landing

*

Miles, Robert B.

Aviation Pilot 1st Class (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-12)

*

Moore, Raymond A.

Lieutenant (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-2)

Moore, Ulvert M.

Ensign (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-8)

Oregon, Lyonal J.

Aviation Ordnanceman 3C
(VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Osburn, Arthur R.

Radioman 2nd Class
(VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

*

Owens Jr., James C.

Lieutenant (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-9)

Pettry, Tom H.

Aviation Radioman 1st Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-2)

Phelps, Bernard P.

Airman 2nd Class (VT-8

Shot down (8-T-13)

Picou, Aswell L.

Seaman 2nd Class (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-12)

Pitt, Howard W.

Seaman 1st Class (VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Polston, Francis S.

Seaman 2nd Class (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-6)

Sawhill, William F.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class
(VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-8)

*

Teats, Grant W.

Ensign (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-15)

*

Waldron, John C.

Lt. Commander (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-14)

Wilke, Jack W.

Ensign (VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

Woodside, Darrel D.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1C
(VT-8)

Midway based
shot down

*

Woodson, Jeff D.

Lieutenant (jg) (VT-8)

Shot down (8-T-5)

*

Bunch, Kenneth C.

Aviation Radioman 1st Class
(VS-8)

Awarded Air Medal

Ensign (VS-8) (USNR)

Awarded Distinguished
Flying Cross

June 9, 1942

Hawkins, James C.

Painter 3rd Class (VT-8)

Accident while refueling from
USS Cimarron

June 20, 1942

Chorak, Nicholas T.

Seaman 1st Class

Unknown shipboard accident

July 19, 1942

Bebas, Gus G.

Ensign (VB-8)

Crashed during training off
Barber's Point, Oahu, Hawaii
(Pilot)

July 19, 1942

Stevens, William M.

Ensign

Crashed during training off
Barber's Point, Oahu, Hawaii
(Passenger)

Aug. 19, 1942

Stuart, Champ T.

Aviation Radioman 1st Class
(VB-8)

In flight fire

Aug. 19, 1942

Tucker III, Alfred B.

Lt. Commander (VB-8)

In flight fire (CO of VB-8)

Aug. 22, 1942

Cook, James H.

Ensign (VT-8)

Take off accident at Guadalcanal

Aug. 22, 1942

Thompson, Charles E.

Seaman 2nd Class (VT-8)

Take off accident at Guadalcanal

Abbott, Earl A.

Seaman 1st Class

Abrams Jr., Charles H.

Carpenter's Mate 2nd Class

Acompanado, Pascual S.

Mess Attendant 2nd Class

Anderson Jr., Sewell D.

Seaman 1st Class

Barrios Jr., Uncas B.

Specialist Firefighter 2nd Class

Bergquist, William F.

Signalman 1st Class

Boatwright, Eddie M.

Steward's Mate 1st Class

Bolen, Norman

Bugler 1st Class

Borja, Adriana C.

OS/3C

Boroff, Darrell W.

Seaman 1st Class

Bower Jr., John C.

Lieutenant

Braithwaite, James F.

ACM

Briere, Wilfred F.

Specialist Firefighter 3rd Class

Brown, Earl C.

Seaman 2nd Class

Bumpus, Samuel E.

Specialist Firefighter 3rd Class

Bunton, Edward W.

ST/2C

Butler, John D.

Mess Attendant 2nd Class

Calhoun, Frank

CK/3C

Campbell, William F.

Fireman 2nd Class

Cawood, Ray M.

Seaman 1st Class

Clark, Melvin D.

Seaman 1st Class

Clark, Rufus C.

Lieutenant (jg)

*

Cook Jr., Morrill I.

Ensign (VF-72) (USNR)

Cope, Paul M.

Seaman 2nd Class

Cope, Robert K.

Seaman 1st Class

Cruz, Vicente A.

Steward's Mate 2nd Class

*

Daniel, Hugh S.

Private 1st Class (USMCR)

Died of wounds Oct. 28

Daniel, Virgle E.

Seaman 1st Class

Decker, William P.

Fire Controlman 2nd Class

Dewey, Russell L.

Private 1st Class (USMC)

Dibble, Reid M.

Fireman 1st Class

Dickerson, Robert E.

Private (USMC)

Dobra, John G.

Seaman 2nd Class

Donovan, Lawrence W.

Private 1st Class (USMC)

Dooren, Robert

Private 1st Class (USMC)

Driver, Morris C.

Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class

Dunnigan, Edward P.

Platoon Sergeant (USMC)

Dupree, McKinley

Mess Attendant 2nd Class

Edmonds, Bert C.

Aviation Ordnanceman 1C
(VT-8)

MIA on Guadalcanal, Solomons

Eldridge, Dalmos E.

Private 1st Class (USMC)

Ellis, Walter F.

Ship's Cook 3rd Class

Farrar, Danny

Mess Attendant 2nd Class

Franklin, John R.

Lieutenant (jg)

Garrison, Horace W.

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class

Garvey, Stephen A.

Private (USMC)

Gendron, Donald E.

Seaman 1st Class

George, James L.

Electrician's Mate 2nd Class

Gillette, Douglas W.

Lieutenant (jg)

Givens, Dempsey O.

ACM

Goss, Olander

Mess Attendant 3rd Class

Grant, Philip F.

Lieutenant (jg)

Gunter Jr., Joe

Mess Attendant 1st Class

Gwinn, Asa W.

Watertender 2nd Class

Hart, Theodore

Mess Attendant 3rd Class

Hawkins, James C.

Painter 3rd Class

Hill, William B.

Fireman 3rd Class

Hirsch, Ivan M.

Seaman 1st Class

Jackson, Oliver P.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class

Janicki, Teddy E.

Specialist Firefighter 3rd Class

Jarvis, Thomas L.

Ensign

Johnson, John M.

Lieutenant

Johnson, Thomas C.

Lieutenant

Kennedy Jr., James H.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class

Kilmer, Floyd D.

Aviation Radioman 1st Class

King, Elmer G.

CSF

Knowles, Ralph W.

Specialist Firefighter 1st Class

Kocevar, William A.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class

Koontz, Bob H.

Storekeeper 3rd Class

Kretschman, Oscar F.

Seaman 1st Class

Landis, Clyde B.

Seaman 1st Class

Landry, Dupont P.

Lieutenant (jg)

Lee, Albert M.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class

Lippert, Lawrence J.

Ship's Cook 2nd Class

Litt, Willard D.

Lieutenant

Locke, Earle N.

Mess Attendant 1st Class

Lockwood, Richard J.

Private 1st Class (USMC)

Loggan, Paul A.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class

Lovering, Oscar S.

Aviation Metalsmith 3rd Class

Maddox, Clinton N.

Carpenter's Mate 3rd Class

Majchrowski, Raymond B.

Seaman 1st Class

Manibusan, Jesus L.

OS/3C

Martin, Joseph C.

Seaman 2nd Class

Martin, Rodrick J.

Seaman 1st Class

Matlock, Tonny H.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class

Max, William A.

Corporal (USMC)

McElroy, Leslie C.

Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class

McGraw Jr., Carl C.

Fireman 2nd Class

Meirick, Herbert J.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class

Miller, Jules N.

Fireman 1st Class

Moore, Delbert J.

Private (USMC)

Moore, Ernest R.

Fireman 3rd Class

Morgan, Fred O.

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class

Nations, Allen Q.

Signalman 1st Class

Newell, Byron B.

Lt. Commander

Overstreet, Bussey A.

Watertender 2nd Class

Parrish, Leon G.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class

Penley, Charles H.

Seaman 1st Class

Penola, Fred H.

Signalman 3rd Class

Perrin, Ernest E.

Fireman 3rd Class

Pfortmiller, Lester R.

Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class

Powell Jr., Virgil E.

Seaman 1st Class

Prewitt, Jene R.

Fireman 3rd Class

Pruden, James N.

Mess Attendant 2nd Class

Quackenbush, John M.

Lieutenant

Quick, Donald L.

Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class

Rankin, Harry D.

Seaman 2nd Class

Rector, Earl H.

Corporal (USMC)

Reynolds, Roscoe M.

Mess Attendant 1st Class

Rich, Rodney S.

Gunner's Mate 3rd Class

Roberts Jr., William V.

Lieutenant (jg)

Romano, Donald C.

Specialist Firefighter 3rd Class

Rowley, Harry C.

Seaman 1st Class

Russell, J. M.

Seaman 1st Class

Russell, Johnie

Mess Attendant 2nd Class

Scheibier, Clarence T.

Chief Electrician's Mate

Sitkauskas, John F.

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class

Smallwood, John E.

Painter 1st Class

Smith, Glenn A.

Electrician's Mate 3rd Class

Smith, Harry A.

Signalman 3rd Class

Smith, John H.

Electrician's Mate 1st Class

Smith, Robert M.

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class

Smith, Vernon M.

Fireman 3rd Class

Squillante, Carmen

Private 1st Class (USMC)

Steinbrecher, John M.

Corporal (USMC)

Taimanglo, Joaquin J.

Officer's Cook 3rd Class

Thomas, Christy L.

Private (USMC)

Walters, Clyde E.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class

Ware, Joseph D.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class

Whetstone, Jr., Owens A.

Seaman 1st Class

White, Charles L.

Signalman 3rd Class

Young, Harold W.

Fireman 3rd Class

*

Awarded Navy Cross

Name

Rate

Notes

Bates, Frederick L.

Lieutenant (j.g.) USN

VB-8

(a)

Earnest, Albert K.

Ensign USNR

VT-8

Fisher, Clayton E.

Lieutenant (j.g.) USNR

VB-8

Friesz, Robert P.

Ensign USNR

VB-8

Gay, Jr., George H.

Ensign USNR

VT-8

Gee, Roy P.

Ensign USN

VB-8

King, Joe W.

Ensign USNR

VB-8

Lynch, John J.

Ensign USN

VB-8

Moore, Jr., Ben

Ensign USN

VS-8

Nickerson, Henry J.

Ensign USNR

VB-8

Ring, Stanhope C.

Commander

AG-8 Group Commander

White, Harold

Ensign USNR

VS-8

Widhelm, William J.

Lt. Commander USN

VS-8

Bradley, Russell J.

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class USN

VT-8

(c)

Hanson, Eugene R.

Lieutenant (j.g.) USNR

VT-8 (Midway based)

(b)

Harwood, Bruse L.

Lieutenant USN

VT-8

(c)

Larsen, Harold H.

Lieutenant USN

VT-8

March, James D.

Aviation Chief Ordnanceman's Mate USN

Mason, Charles P.

Captain USN

Commanding Officer

Powell, Ward F.

Lieutenant USNR

VT-6

Rodee, Walter F.

Commander USN

AG-8 Group Commander

(d)

Satterfield, Karl B.

Lieutenant (j.g.) USNR

VT-6

Skinner, Lyle M.

Watertender 1st Class USN

Stokley, George D.

Aviation Radioman 1st Class USN

VS-8

Tallman, Humphrey L.

Lieutenant (j.g.) USNR

Vose, Jr., James E.

Lieutenant USN

Williams, Evan K.

Aviation Pilot 1st Class USN

Wrenn, George L.

Ensign USN

(a):

Navy Cross and 2 Gold Stars (2 for Battle of Midway, 1 for Solomons).

(b):

Navy Cross and 2 Gold Stars. Lost in USS Princeton CVL-23.
(one Gold Star for Hornet)

(c):

Navy Cross and 1 Gold Star.

(d):

Awarded posthumously, later killed in action.