USS Fletcher DD-445 Commissioning (plank owners) roster
June 30, 1942
1942 Fitting Out Crew, Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, Kearny, New Jersey
Back Row L-R: J.F. Gephart MM1, R.W. Scott FC1, J.A. Massuci TM1, R.S. Peaslee WT1, John Krug MM1, R.C. Burpeau shipfitter, unknown, F.C. Clarke MM1, T.C. Winter RM1, J.G. Davis storekeeper, Walt Smudzin EM1, Earl Smith yeoman, unknown, G. Zimmerman MM1.
Middle Row L-R: Paul Cain EM2, Jim Atkins EM3, unknown, unknown, Figone EM3, Towner watertender, unknown, J.N. Grisham CM1, F.D. Eaton BMC, unknown commissary steward, unknown, unknown, unknown, W.W. Montgomery MMC.
Front Row L-R: M.D Auglin TMC, unknown, “Pappy” Kirsch EMC, Theodore Yost MMC, Ensign A.H. Murray, Lieutenant Commander J.C. Wylie executive officer, Lieutenant Commander William M. Cole commanding officer, Ltjg. Hughes engineering officer, unknown, Ensign P.B. McLean assistant engineering officer, C.N. Martin MMC.
OFFICERS
COLE, William M. LtCdr Commanding Officer
WYLIE, J. C. (Bill) I.tCdr Executive Officer
HUGHES, J. G. Lt. Engineering Officer
DAVENPORT I. J. (Dave) Lt.(Jg.) Gunnery Officer
WILSON, A. Chesley Lt.(Jg.) Damage Control Officer
BLENDER, W. M. Lt.(Jg.) Medical Officer
SULLIVAN Jr., Walter S. Ensign Communication Officer
REINHARDT, Charles B. Ensign Asst. Gunnery Officer
HAMILTON Jr., S. J. Ensign Torp/Depth Charge Officer
McLEAN, Phillips B. Ensign Asst. Engineering Officer
SINCLAIR, Donald C. Ensign Asst. Engineering Officer
MURRAY, Arthur H. Ensign Asst. Engineering Officer
CREW
ADEY, Richard S2c
AGNEW, Clarence AS
ALLEN, John Richard, Jr. S1c
ALLEN, Ray Vaden S2c
ALLEY, Clarence Cleo S1c
ALOCHNY, Stanley Paul AS
ANDERSON, John Junior Bkr2c
ANGLIN, Melvin Dixon CTM(PA)
ASHLEY, William Carlton AS
ATKINS, James Louir EM3c
AULDRIDGE, Leonard C., Jr. AS
AUSTIIN, Milton Homer FC3c(R)
AVINO, Joseph Edward RM3c
AWE, Lester Dean S2c
BABER, John Edward SC2c
BAGLEY, J. W. AS
BAKER, Jay Walter AS
BEASLEY, James Leo S1c
BEEBE, Donald William S2c
BENDER, Elmer Charles AS
BLEVINS, Millard MM1c
BOETTCHERT, Marvin Albert S2c
BOOTH, Dean F2c
BOOTH, John "J" Pershing AS
BOSTIC, Charles Marvin AS
BRAMEN, Douglas Joseph S1c
BRATTON, Kenneth Wayne S2c
BREAUX, John Irvin MM2c
BRELAND, Ralph Clendon AS
BRIGGS, John Augustus AS
BROOME, Warrern Wright AS
BROWN, Gene Edward F1c
BROWN, Paul Joseph, S1c
BRUNTON, Rankin Gerald S2c
BRUTON, Albert Wilkinson AS
BURPEAU, Rodman Charles T. SF2c
CANE, Paul Livingstone EM2c
CARL, Lynn Gifford TM3c
CASTRO, Jesus S1c
CHRISTIAN, Louis CY(PA)
CLASON, Lewis Jay PhM3c
CLARKE, Frederick Charles MM1c
COBB, Charles David SM1c
COLLINS, John James RM3c
COMBS, Roy Edward AS
CORLEY, John Hubert, Jr. S1c
CORLEY, Robert Lee AS
CROZIER, David T. AS
CUMMISKEY, John Thomas S1c
CURREN, Cecil Rhuben AS
DAHLKE, Donald Herbert S1c
DAVIS, James Gordon SK1c
DAVIS, Ray Huston RM1c
DEAL, Henry Heywood AS
DE BLAKE, Donald Arthur S1c
DICKENSON, Waldo Edward RM2c
DICKENSON, Robert Earl S1c
DICKSON, Richard McDonald BM2c
DODSON, Howard "A" S1c
DONALDSON, Harry AS
DOSS, Vernon Lloyd PhM2c
DOWNEY, Robert George S1c
DOWNS, James Joseph GM3c
DRAPER, John Merrill AS
DUNFORD, Charles James AS
EATON, Francis Dennis CBM(AA)
EDGE, David Livingstone AS
EDWARDS, Robert William F3c
ELDER, Timothy Raymond AS
EMMONS, Pearle William AS
EPPS, Rayford TraTnel AS
EURE, Granville Fills, Jr. AS
EXUM, Earl William AS
FAGAN, Clyde Matthew AS
FARRISH, William Everett AS
FIGONE, Albert EM3c
FLEMING, Clifford Boyden AS
FLOYD, Willis Hudson AS
FOLEY, Robert Joseph S1c
FORD, Ulyss Reed S1c
FOUNTAIN, Richard Cerrow AS
FOWLER, Henry Douglas AS
FOWLER, Lloyd Julian AS
FREER, Abner Ernest AS
FRIEBIS, Joseph William S1c
FUNTERA, Felix OSlc
GEPHART, James Frederick MM1c
GIBBS, James Dan AS
GODWIN, William Jasper AS
GOSHEN, William Eugene S1c
GOUGH, Harold Joseph Cox
GRISHAM, John Nelson CM1c
GUNNELL, Hudson Franklin AS
GWINN, Lester Ray AS
HALL, William Norman AS
HAMPTON, Alfred Erastus, Jr. S2c
HANDLEY, Darien Henry AS
HARRIS, Alfred William S1c
HATCHER, John Thomas AS
HAYHURST, Roy Forrest, Jr. AS
HEALY, Marvin Wells S1c
HENWOOD, William Charles GM3c
HERTZOG, Edward Lee AS
HICKS, Jeptha Brown M1c
HILL, Lewis Pernoskey S1c
HOGAN, Walter John S1c
HOLLIDAY, Thomas Baker S2c
HORSMAN, Edward Augustus S2c
HOWARD, Joseph Oliver, Jr. MM2c
HUDELSON, Clarerce Hubert CGM(PA)
HUFF, Thomas Howard AS
HUGGARD, Douglas James FC2c
HUNTER, Robert Jackson AS
HURLEY, Everett "J" TM3c
HYATT, James Pershing AS
HYLTON, Russell Howard AS
JACKSON, Oscar Mont AS
JAMES, Douglas Howard AS
JARRELL, James William AS
JENKINS, Leland Clay S1c
JOHNSON, Richard Lewis S1c
JOINER, James Fred S1c
JONES, Maurice "H" S1c
JUSTICE, Banner AS
KAZMOUZ, Charles Eugene S1c
KECKLER, Ray Bennard AS
KENNEDY, Robert Charles AS
KENNY, Edward Charles MM2c
KERINS, John Francis EM3c
KIRBY, Edly Rexford AS
KIRK, George Franklin Cox
KIRSCH, Edward Howard CEM(PA)
KNIGHT, Samuel Bradley S2c
KNOTTS, Louis Josiah 3rd AS
KRUG, John Martin MM1c
LANGDON, Frank Edward AS
LAZZARO, Robert F1c
LEDFORD, Billie George AS
LEE, Robert Edward SC1c
LEWIS, Arthur Donald, Jr. S1c
LEWIS, Norman Stepp B2c
LEWIS, Rudolph Milton Matt3c
LOVEDAY, Jack John MM3c
LUKACIK, George Joseph SM3c
LYTLE, Major Charles Halbert Matt3c
MACE, Sidney Leroy AS
MACFARLAND, Earl Charles SM2c
MACKIN, Dean Lawrence S1c
MAITS, Thomas William AS
MARSHALL, Robert Alexander AS
MARTIN, Carl Neely CM(AA)
MASUCCI, John Angelo TM1c
MCBURNETT, James Levon AS
MCCARTHY, William Joseph RM3c
MCCLURE, William Lee, Jr. AS
MCGRAW, Joe Willia AS
MCMILLEN, William Thompson EM3c
MEDLOCK, Hoke Smith AS
MEISER, Albert William S1c
MONTGOMERY, Wyatt Webster CMM(PA)
MOORE, Buford Clinton AS
MULLEN, Ernest Carl AS
MULLIS, James Carl AS
NEELY, Paul Stephenson AS
NIELSON, Carl Gregers BM2c
NOBLE, John Richard MM2c
NOPPENBERGER, Richard C. AS
ORIVELLO, Candido OC2c
ORR, Sloan Mitchell AS
PATAT, James Clifford AS
PEASLEE, Randolph Stevens WT1c
PEER, James Frarklin S1c
PERRY, Joseph John AS
PITTSONBERGER, William Ray AS
POTTER, George Weyman AS
PURDUE, Kenneth Randall AS
PURDUM, Herbert Russell RM2c
RADA, Henry Andrew AS
RASINSKI, Edward Benedict AS
RAY, Rilmon Davis AS
REDDISH, Green Berry AS
REDDISH, Joe Raiford AS
REDMAN, Virgil Lee CPhM(PA)
RICH, Wallace Neale CQM(PA)
RICHARDSON, Isaac Burnil AS
RICHARDSON, Theodore GM2c
RICHMOND, Billy Karr AS
RIGGS, Claud Theodore F2c
ROGERS, Aenos James S1c
RUSSELL, Wilbur Leland GM2c
SCHUMANN, Leonard Alvin CCStd(AA)
SCOTT, Robert Warren FClc
SENGER, Rollin Francis S1c
SETTER, James Frank S2c
SHARP, William Woodrow S1c
SHINE, Willie James Matt1c
SHUGARD, Francis Bland S1c
SIMMS, Paul William AS
SINCLAIR, Thomas AS
SINK, Paul Burton, Jr. S1c
SMART, Vie Millard RM1c
SMITH, Alexander Macrae S2c
SMITH, Earl Edward Y3c
SMITH, Earl Leon AS
SMUDZIN, Walter Stanley EM1c
SPAIN, Lee S1c
STEWART, Elmer Earl BM2c
STEWART, James Franklin AS
STONE, Reed Simmons AS
STORY, Frank Junior AS
STRICKER, Emoryy Franklin CWT(PA)
STRICKLAND, Dan S2c
STROUD, George Thomas F1c
STUMP, Leonidas Park CFC(AA)
THOMAS, Abraham, Jr. AS
THOMAS, Henry William S1c
THOMPSON, Matthew Paul S2c
THOMPSON, William Harold S2c
TIGARD, Beverly Firley F2c
TOPALIAN, Edward John S2c
TOWNER, Delbert Irvin WT1c
TREMRATH, Samuel Thomas QM2c
VIEHAUSER, Robert Joseph F1c
WALKER, Edward George S1c
WATTS, Billy Burke S2c
WEATHERHEAD, John Henry F2c
WEEKS, Warren Robert Slc
WESTON, Robert Clarence FC3c
WILHELM, Frank Steven GM3c
WILLIAM, Artie Bevis AS
WILLIAM, James Fred AS
WIMMER, Bernard Wilson SC3c
WINTER, Thomas Cole, Jr. RM1c
WOLFENBARGER, Charles Everett S1c
WOOLFOLK, William Cecil AS
WROBLEWSKI, Leopold Marion EM2c
WYATT, William Thomas AS
WYATT, Wilton William AS
YATES, Robert Harrison, Jr. AS
YOCT, Theodore CMM(PA)
YOUNGMAN, James Edward AS
ZAMDA, John CRM(PA)
ZIMMERMAN, George MM1c