Saturday, April 19, 2014

USS Iowa Remembered

25 years ago today, April 19th, 1989, the USS Iowa suffered an explosion in the number two 16 inch gun turret. As a result, 47 crewmen lost their lives. Today, we honor those who perished and vow to never let the sacrifice they made in service to the Navy and our country be forgotten.

Tung Thanh Adams
Fire Controlman 3rd class 
Alexandria, VA
Robert Wallace Backherms
Gunner's Mate 3rd class 
Ravenna, OH
Dwayne Collier Battle
Electrician's Mate, Fireman Apprentice
Rocky Mount, NC
Walter Scot Blakey
Gunner's Mate 3rd class 
Eaton Rapids, MI
Pete Edward Bopp
Gunner's Mate 3rd class 
Levittown, NY
Ramon Jarel Bradshaw
Seaman Recruit 
Tampa, FL
Philip Edward Buch
Lieutenant, Junior Grade 
Las Cruces, NM
Eric Ellis Casey
Seaman Apprentice 
Mt. Airy, NC
John Peter Cramer
Gunners Mate 2nd class 
Uniontown, PA
Milton Francis Devaul Jr.
Gunners Mate 3rd class 
Solvay, NY
Leslie Allen Everhart Jr.
Seaman Apprentice 
Cary, NC
Gary John Fisk
Boatswains Mate 2nd class 
Oneida, NY
Tyrone Dwayne Foley
Seaman 
Bullard, TX
Robert James Gedeon III
Seaman Apprentice 
Lakewood, OH
Brian Wayne Gendron
Seaman Apprentice 
Madera, CA
John Leonard Goins
Seaman Recruit 
Columbus, OH
David L. Hanson
Electricians Mate 3rd class 
Perkins, SD
Ernest Edward Hanyecz
Gunners Mate 1st class 
Bordentown, NJ
Clayton Michael Hartwig
Gunners Mate 2nd class 
Cleveland, OH
Michael William Helton
Legalman 1st class 
Louisville, KY
Scott Alan Holt
Seaman Apprentice (SA)
Fort Meyers, FL
Reginald L. Johnson Jr.
Seaman Recruit 
Warrensville Heights, OH
Nathaniel Clifford Jones Jr.
Seaman Apprentice 
Buffalo, NY
Brian Robert Jones
Seaman 
Kennesaw, GA
Michael Shannon Justice
Seaman 
Matewan, WV
Edward J. Kimble
Seaman
Ft. Stockton, TX
Richard E. Lawrence
Gunners Mate 3rd class 
Springfield, OH
Richard John Lewis
Fire Controlman, Seaman Apprentice 
Northville, MI
Jose Luis Martinez Jr.
Seaman Apprentice 
Hidalgo, TX
Todd Christopher McMullen
Boatswains Mate 3rd class 
Manheim, PA
Todd Edward Miller
Seaman Recruit 
Ligonier, PA
Robert Kenneth Morrison
Legalman 1st class 
Jacksonville, FL
Otis Levance Moses
Seaman 
Bridgeport, CN
Darin Andrew Ogden
Gunners Mate 3rd class 
Shelbyville, IN
Ricky Ronald Peterson
Seaman 
Houston, MN
Mathew Ray Price
Gunners Mate 3rd class 
Burnside, PA
Harold Earl Romine Jr.
Seaman Recruit 
Brandenton, FL
Geoffrey Scott Schelin
Gunners Mate 3rd class 
Costa Mesa, CA
Heath Eugene Stillwagon
Gunners Mate 3rd class 
Connellsville, PA
Todd Thomas Tatham
Seaman Recruit 
Wolcott, NY
Jack Ernest Thompson
Gunners Mate 3rd class 
Greeneville, TN
Stephen J. Welden
Gunners Mate 2nd class 
Yukon, OK
James Darrell White
Gunners Mate 3rd class 
Norwalk, CA
Rodney Maurice White
Seaman Recruit 
Louisville, KY
Michael Robert Williams
Boatswains Mate 2nd class 
South Shore, KY
John Rodney Young
Seaman 
Rockhill, SC
Reginald Owen Ziegler
Senior Chief Gunners Mate 
Port Gibson, NY

 

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