Boat Squadron 1 - Coastal Squadron 1
Deceased "Swiftees"
These Swiftees' have accepted their final assignment and joined the Staff of the Supreme Commander
| Name | Rank/Rate | Assignment | Deceased | Last Residence | Comments |
| Ronald Bruce Gagnon | RD2 | PCF 89 | 3 June 2010 | Cape Coral, FL | Retired US Navy Chief |
| Walter Lee Ball | EN2 | PCF 62 | 18 May 2010 | Mountain Rest, SC | |
| Ronald Mack Rinehart | EN1 | PCF 79 | 1 April 2010 | Dayton, TX | Retired US Navy Petty Officer 1st Class |
| Albert W. Porter | BM1 | PCF 43 | 17 March 2010 | Port Hadlock, WA | Middle name unknown |
| David Garner Wilbourne | LTJG | PCF 77, 101 | 18 January 2010 | Corpus Christi, TX | Retired US Navy Captain |
| John Thomas Oliver | SN | PCF 11 | 11 January 2010 | Carthage, NC | |
| Preston M. Nelson Jr | BM3 | PCF 5 | 11 December 2009 | Wagoner, OK | Middle name unknown |
| Edwin Bernard West Sr | QM1 | PCF 32, 65, 87 | 3 December 2009 | Virginia Beach, VA | |
| Charles Ray Dorsey | EN2 | PCF 3, 92 | 20 November 2009 | Corpus Christi, TX | |
| Edward Patrick McCauliffe | BM3 | PCF 24 | 14 October 2009 | Wellsboro, PA | |
| Dolen Wade Littleton | EN1 | 11 October 2009 | Gautier, MS | Retired US Navy Senior Chief boat assignment unknown |
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| Norman Edward LeDuc | GMG2 | PCF 3, 9, 74, 91 | 10 October 2009 | Manchester, NH | Retired US Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class |
| George Edward Cleary | RDSN | PCF 49, 99 | 30 September 2009 | Cleveland, OH | |
| William Loyed Clark | EN3 | PCF 35, 102 | 28 September 2009 | McCloud, CA | |
| Kenneth W. Thorsson | RMSN | PCF 16 | 27 August 2009 | Elgin, IL | Middle name unknown |
| Stacy Lewie Parrish | GMG2 | PCF 24 | 16 July 2009 | Mobile, AL | |
| Lawrence Charles Kuentzel | QM3 | PCF 11, 20, 92, 139 | 22 June 2009 | Virginia Beach, VA | Retired US Navy Chief |
| Ronald Glenn Henderson | BM3 | PCF 101 | 30 May 2009 | Sioux City, IA | |
| Kenneth Edward Ehrhardt Jr | EN2 | PCF 22 | 11 April 2009 | Peoria, AZ | |
| William Albert Colgan | RD3 | CSC | 9 April 2009 | El Cajon, CA | |
| Lawrence T. Kassha | RM3 | 19 March 2009 | Marinette, WI | Middle name/boat assignment unknown | |
| Samuel Irving Abolafia | RD3 | PCF 28 | 12 March 2009 | Lake Worth, FL | |
| Howard William Gerwolls | RM1 | Staff | 9 February 2009 | Westland, MI | Retired US Navy Petty Officer 1st Class |
| Vincent Jay Feuerborn | LTJG | 30 January 2009 | Galveston, TX | Retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander boat assignment unknown |
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| Daniel Phillip Zorn Jr | EN2 | Advisor | 28 December 2008 | Camas, WA | |
| Donald Hamilton Patterson | LTJG | PCF 98 | 26 July 2008 | Virginia Beach, VA | |
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Douglas Owen Yeaman |
GMG3 | PCF 19 | 21 June 2008 | Riverside, CA | Retired US Navy Chief |
| Jerry Joel Vogel | BM3 | 5 May 2008 | Denver, CO | boat assignment unknown | |
| Edward Miller Lammons III | SN | PCF 53 | 26 February 2008 | Tampa, FL | |
| James Lawrence Burke | LT | PCF 56 | 21 February 2008 | El Cajon, CA | Retired US Navy Captain |
| Don Arthur Voss | EN2 | PCF 5 | 1 February 2008 | Mesa, AZ | |
| James Delbert Sarver | LCDR | Advisor | 29 January 2008 | Walkerton, IN | |
| Robert Baker Shirley | LTJG | PCF 45 | 5 January 2008 | Heath, TX | webmaster http://www.PCF45.com |
| Nguyen Luong Thuat | Trung Uy | PCF 58, 3854 | 20 November 2007 | Renton, WA | |
| Ronald Norris Lantz | EN3 | PCF 693 | 10 November 2007 | Houston, TX | |
| Billy Price Carwile | GMG3 | PCF 73, 102, 691 | 18 September 2007 | Fayetteville, NC | |
| Jerry Edward Cline Sr | RM1 | Staff | 15 July 2007 | China Grove, NC | |
| Charles Lester Trahan | BM3 | 26 February 2007 | Abbeville, LA | boat assignment unknown | |
| Mitchell Chance Gibbons-Neff | LTJG | PCF 22, 50 | 4 February 2007 | Rowayton, CT | |
| Fred Richard Cooper | BM3 | PCF 11, 20, 92, 139 | 28 January 2007 | West Pelzer, SC | |
| William Thomas Langham | BM3 | PCF 18 | 12 January 2007 | Beaumont, TX | Retired US Navy Chief |
| Wiley A. Ramsey | GMG2 | PCF 88 | 26 December 2006 | Farmerville, LA | Middle name unknown |
| Grover Leroy Handley | SFC | 4 December 2006 | Crescent City, CA | boat assignment unknown | |
| Carl Edmond Hanker | MR2 | PCF 68 | 2 November 2006 | San Diego, CA | Retired US Navy Petty Officer 1st Class |
| Gary Arnold Helvey | EN2 | PCF 100 | 30 August 2006 | Beloit, KS | |
| Andrew George Miller | RM3 | PCF 11, 61 | 11 August 2006 | Hillsboro, OR | |
| James Warren Rote | LTJG | 13 July 2006 | Carmel, CA | boat assignment unknown | |
| Thomas Gordon Forrest | RD2 | PCF 28, 102 | 1 May 2006 | Harper Woods, MI | |
| Edward Joseph Chimera Sr | RM1 | 18 February 2006 | Pompano, FL | boat assignment unknown | |
| Francis Michael Hanrahan | QM2 | 27 January 2006 | Seaford, DE | boat assignment unknown | |
| John David Davis | LTJG | PCF 19, 80 | 21 January 2006 | Niles, OH | |
| Charles Erwin Vessey Sr | RM3 | PCF 92 | 21 October 2005 | Niangua, MO | |
| Eugene Raymond Popp | GMGSN | PCF 21, 75 | 11 October 2005 | Ceres, CA | |
| Norvell Gardiner Ward | Captain | Staff | 19 July 2005 | Atlantic Beach, FL | Retired US Navy Rear Admiral - Upper |
| William Darcy Hart | ETR3 | Staff | 30 June 2005 | El Cajon, CA | |
| Dale Martin Goff | BM2 | PCF 9 | 25 June 2005 | Tacoma, WA | Retired US Navy Chief |
| Wallace Marshall Kelly | GMG2 | PCF 17 | 29 May 2005 | Chula Vista, CA | |
| Billy Keith Hyde | BM1 | PCF 68 | 8 March 2005 | Carson City, NV | Retired US Navy Chief |
| Dennis Lee Bright | RD3 | PCF 42 | 13 January 2005 | Bicknell, IN | |
| Wesley Maxwell Dubose | RMSN | PCF 25 | 7 November 2004 | Longview, TX | |
| Douglas Will Jackson | GMG3 | PCF 16 | 12 October 2004 | Jenson, UT | |
| Peter Donald Luhrs | EN3 | PCF103 | 5 September 2004 | Bedford, VA | |
| Charles Richard Tinstman | ENC | PCF 9 | 30 August 2004 | San Diego, CA | |
| Steven E. Burdette | BM3 | PCF 47 | 22 July 2004 | Ladoga, IN | Middle name unknown |
| Curtis Francis Torrey | LTJG | PCF 100 | 21 July 2004 | Berwyn, PA | |
| Robert Carroll Lehman Jr | EN3 | PCF 19, 20 | 12 June 2004 | Largo, FL | |
| Henry Berman III | QM2 | PCF 5, 9, 94 | 8 June 2004 | DeLeon Springs, FL | |
| Alan Grady Hodge | CDR | Staff | 19 May 2004 | Rancho Bernardo, CA | Retired US Navy Captain |
| James Gratton Grimes | BM2 | PCF 65 | 7 May 2004 | Honolulu, HI | Retired US Navy Senior Chief |
| John Herman Gollette | GMG2 | PCF 93 | 30 April 2004 | Mulga, AL | |
| Ronald Lee Wood Sr | EN2 | PCF 78, 101 | 18 April 2004 | Denton, MD | Retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander |
| David Franklin Parsons Jr | RM3 | PCF 44, 48 | 20 February 2004 | Lakeland, FL | |
| Dennis Micheal Hughes | QM3 | 19 December 2003 | Manhattan, IL | boat assignment unknown | |
| Anthony Edmond Eulette | GMG3 | PCF 20 | 7 December 2003 | Santee, CA | |
| John Branca | EN1 | PCF 63 | 29 November 2003 | Imperial Beach, CA | Retired US Navy Petty Officer 1st Class |
| Raymond Lloyd Haglund | Advisor | 17 August 2003 | Mount Vernon, WA | exact rate unknown | |
| Wray Albert Humbyrd | STG3 | PCF 24, 71 | 23 July 2003 | Westport, WA | |
| Larry B. Heavner | EN2 | PCF 19 | 1 July 2003 | Moorefield, WV | Middle name unknown |
| Melvin Julian Lien | QM1 | PCF 56, 62, 73 | 16 June 2003 | Winter Park, FL | |
| Ronald James Evans | EN1 | PCF 25 | 24 March 2003 | Norfolk, VA | |
| Clarence Mims Coley | BM1 | PCF 9 | 19 March 2003 | Newark, NJ | |
| Robert James Kajer | GMG1 | PCF 9 | 6 March 2003 | Mesa, AZ | |
| Lawrence William Mack | PN1 | Staff | 1 March 2003 | Pensacola, FL | |
| Dennis Lee Wilson | GMG3 | PCF 80 | 13 February 2003 | Middleville, MI | |
| Thomas N. Richman | LTJG | 27 January 2003 | Millersville, MD | Middle name/boat assignment unknown | |
| Wadie Marvin Moore | BM1 | PCF 24, 98 | 9 January 2003 | Lillington, NC | |
| Joseph Stephen Quartuccio | HM1 | Staff | 12 November 2002 | Sierra Vista, AZ | Founder "Swift Boat Sailors Association" |
| Thomas Terrence Triplett | LT | Staff | 9 November 2002 | Virginia Beach, VA | |
| Ralph Thomas Singleton | EN2 | PCF 97 | 17 August 2002 | Dallas TX | |
| Roy Eugene Stafford | GMG2 | PCF 23 | 29 May 2002 | Dickinson, TX | |
| Allan Kent Coombs, LT | LT | PCF 78 | 28 April 2002 | Addison, NY | |
| Arnold Thomas Castleman | GMG1 | PCF 21 | 21 April 2002 | Kuna, ID | Retired US Navy Chief |
| Donald Lee Ford | GMG1 | PCF 18 | 21 April 2002 | Crayne, KY | |
| William Curtis Spencer Jr | BM1 | PCF 20, 43, 81 | 20 January 2002 | Everett, WA | |
| Norman Joseph Pattarozzi | LTJG | 8 November 2001 | Dandridge, TN | Retired US Navy Captain boat assignment unknown |
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| Lon Stewart Wadman | RM3 | PCF 80 | 18 October 2001 | Bemidji, MN | |
| Emillio John Sangillo | BMC | 1 October 2001 | Goose Creek, SC | boat assignment unknown | |
| Lawrence Paul Benson | LTJG | PCF 59 | 19 September 2001 | Toledo, OH | |
| John Joseph Cox Jr | EN1 | PCF 43, 52, 81 | 17 June 2001 | Poplar Grove, IL | |
| Joseph Otto Sowards | EN2 | PCF 11 | 19 March 2001 | Montgomery, WV | |
| Charles Louis Volk Jr | LT | 17 March 2001 | location/boat assignment unknown | ||
| James Leon Jolivette | SN | 14 February 2001 | Scott, LA | boat assignment unknown | |
| Gary Erwin Erlandson | TM2 | PCF 23, 40, 44 | 10 January 2001 | Waterloo, IA | |
| Peter A. Roe | LTJG | PCF 98 | 13 September 2000 | Norcross, GA | Middle name unknown |
| Duane Eugene Garner | GMGSN | PCF 70, 71 | 3 August 2000 | Keller, TX | |
| Frederick J. Krolczyk | EN2 | PCF 78, 81 | 22 June 2000 | Dearborn, MI | Middle name unknown |
| Elton Roger Key | BM2 | PCF 15 | 18 May 2000 | Hartford, WI | |
| Parker S. Linton Jr | LT | PCF 22 | 1 April 2000 | South Beach, NY | Middle name unknown |
| William Byers Grundy Sr | GMG2 | PCF 3 | 28 February 2000 | Louisville, KY | |
| Willard Shelby Hamilton | SM3 | PCF 63, 88 | 25 February 2000 | Jewett City, CT | |
| Wallace James Hogue | BM2 | PCF 16 | 19 January 2000 | Simpsonville, SC | |
| Jack Edwyn McDaniel | EN2 | PCF 16, 69 | 31 December 1999 | Ozona, TX | |
| Larry Lee Wolpert | BM3 | PCF 15 | 6 November 1999 | Lincoln, IL | |
| Alton Raybou Gunter | EN2 | PCF 26, 31 | 28 July 1999 | Garland, TX | |
| Darrell Max Waldrup | EN2 | PCF 6 | June 1999 | Pascagoula, MS | exact date unknown |
| Frank Kelly McCutchen Jr | LTJG | PCF 78 | 24 May 1999 | Virginia Beach, VA | |
| Alexander Radisa | QM2 | PCF 19, 55 | 29 December 1998 | Akron, OH | |
| John Newton Thompson | SA | PCF 16 | 28 August 1998 | Jasper, AL | |
| Henry Baker Aiku Sr | EN2 | PCF 22, 50 | 17 August 1998 | Kailua, HI | |
| Wesley John Shelp | RDSN | PCF 73 | 17 July 1998 | Auburn, IA | |
| Earl Nathan Hollister | GMG3 | PCF 3 | 12 July 1998 | New Hanover, NC | |
| Alvin Lee Harden | RD3 | PCF 40, 51, 61 | 11 July 1998 | Alta Loma, CA | |
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Ronald Statti |
1998 | Rate/date/location/boat assignment unknown | |||
| Thomas Michael Belodeau | RDSN | PCF 27, 57 | 10 November 1997 | Dracut, MA | |
| Gailen Peter Rhinehart | GMG2 | PCF 47, 51 | 25 August 1997 | Riverside, CA | |
| Charles Marvin Robinson | LTJG | PCF 9 | 14 May 1997 | Miami, FL | |
| Howard Wade Deplois | BM1 | PCF 73 | 3 January 1997 | Kalama, Or | |
| Alexander John Ogrinz III | LTJG | 19 December 1996 | Baltimore, MD | boat assignment unknown | |
| Daniel Charles Labahn | BM3 | PCF 38, 47 | December 1996 | Calumet City, IL | exact date |
| Vernon Eugene Walters | EN1 | PCF 80 | 29 November 1996 | South Hutchinson, KS | |
| John Patrick Murphy | LTJG | PCF 5 | 28 May 1996 | Southport, CT | |
| Eugene Arnold Castles | EN3 | PCF 60 | 22 May 1996 | Fort Worth, TX | |
| George Archer Sayres | BM2 | PCF 19 | 15 January 1996 | San Bernardino, CA | |
| Lawrence A. Jellison | BM2 | PCF 9 | 26 July 1995 | Jerseyville, IL | Middle name unknown |
| Joseph J. Mehfoud | GMG2 | 8 May 1995 | Richmond, VA | Middle name/boat assignment unknown | |
| Burton Lee Knight | LCDR | Staff | 27 February 1995 | Columbia, MD | Retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander |
| Carl Clayton Cloud | EN2 | PCF 3 | 5 January 1995 | Las Vegas, NV | Retired US Navy Chief |
| Herman Durwood Lavinghouse | GMG2 | PCF 28, 102 | 15 November 1994 | Picayune, MS | |
| Michael Harper Manis | RD? | PCF 103 | 20 May 1994 | Rock Island, Il | exact rate unknown |
| Harold E. Zahratka | GMG1 | PCF 89 | 11 February 1994 | Montgomery, MN | Middle name unknown |
| Charles Ellasces (sp) | QM2 | PCF 50, 75 | 1994 | Woodland, CA | exact name/date unknown |
| James William Barnhart | QM2 | 31 December 1993 | Lancaster, CA | boat assignment unknown | |
| Murice Marlin Simer | LT | PCF 26 | 19 October 1993 | Orange, TX | |
| John Arthur Fenton | SN | PCF 42 | 5 October 1993 | Milford, MA | |
| Robert T. Meron | BM1 | PCF 15 | 27 September 1993 | San Diego, CA | Middle name unknown |
| Michael Hans Holleson | GMG3 | PCF 27 | 8 August 1993 | Shelby, IA | |
| John Lewis Clark Black | 19 February 1993 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Rank/boat assignment unknown | ||
| Wayne Joel Drumm | EN2 | 6 December 1994 | San Diego, CA | boat assignment unknown | |
| Merhle E. Grable | BM2 | 29 May 1992 | Newark, DE | Middle name unknown | |
| Samuel Henry Corbett | QM2 | 12 August 1990 | location/boat assignment unknown | ||
| Stephen J. Carney | GMG1 | PCF 66 | 29 May 1990 | San Leandro, CA | |
| Lemah Patrick Fell | RM3 | PCF 101 | 14 January 1990 | Gautier, MS | |
| Robert Grey Stewart | LTJG | PCF 59, 88 | 22 November 1989 | Jacksonville, FL | |
| Garry L. Etherton | QM2 | PCF 64 | 14 April 1989 | Greeley, CO | |
| Elmo Russell Zumwalt III | LTJG | PCF 13, 35 | 13 August 1988 | Fayetteville, AR | |
| Alieff Larry Lindsey | GMG2 | PCF 98 | 21 July 1988 | Memphis, TN | Retired US Navy Master Chief |
| Michael Donald Sprang | EN2 | PCF 21 | 1988 | Jonesville, MI | exact date |
| Alan Douglas Bacon | June 1986 | Wichita, KS | Rate/date/boat assignment unknown | ||
| Vern Earl Ratcliff | GMG3 | PCF 38, 94 | 21 May 1986 | Shawnee, OK | |
| Pham Duy Tung | Trung Uy | PCF 3925 | 1985 | Saigon | exact date unknown |
| Robert Holcomb Wright | LTJG | PCF 9 | 8 September 1984 | Birmingham, AL | |
| Stephen Lewis Aasen | GMGSN | PCF 15, 81 | 3 November 1983 | Springfield, OR | |
| John Robert Anderegg | GMGSA | PCF 19, 80 | 8 October 1983 | Danville, IL | |
| Robert Earnest Farris | BM1 | PCF 16 | 25 October 1982 | San Diego, CA | |
| Wilfred Francis Bielitz Sr | GMG2 | PCF 24 | 14 December 1981 | Belmont, MA | |
| Merle Ernest Oliver | EN2 | PCF 60 | 1 February 1980 | Benton, ME | |
| Richard Kenneth Jankowsky | LTJG | PCF 15 | 28 January 1980 | San Diego, CA | |
| Donald R. Foreman | EN2 | PCF 21 | 1980 | was from Stockton, CA | Middle name/date/location unknown |
| Gordon Franklin Gilbert Jr | LT | PCF 6 | 5 August 1976 | Piggott, AR | |
| Jack Adair Herriott II | LT | Staff | 29 July 1976 | Springfield, VA | Joined US Army 1971 (Major) |
| Richard Charles Rader | RD3 | PCF 54 | 13 January 1976 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Edward R. Farrell | LT | Staff | 6 April 1975 | San Diego, CA | Middle name |
| John Henry Mitchell III | LTJG | PCF 51 | 30 June 1973 | LaPlata, MD | |
| Jerrell David Scroggs | BMSN | PCF 87 | 15 July 1970 | Beaumont, TX | |
| Freddie Lee Edwards Jr | BM2 | PCF 15 | 21 February 1970 | Kien Giang, South Vietnam | KIA on PBR 8132, was from Prichard, AL |
| Caroll G. Browning | GMG3 | PCF 101 | April 1968 | Jacksonville, FL | Middle name/date/location unknown |
| ??Louis?? Kuenker | SN | PCF 5 | exact name/date/location unknown | ||
| Albert Millener | SN | PCF 17 | exact date/location unknown | ||
| Glenn E. Norr | BM3 | PCF 52, 102 | Middle name/date/location unknown | ||
| James Rivers | BM1 | PCF 101 | exact date/location unknown | ||
| Joseph P. Breach | GMGSN | PCF 102 | Middle name/date/location unknown |
Note: The names and
information presented on this page have been carefully and methodically researched by
Larry Wasikowski, if you have
any additional information about
any of these
personnel or can fill in any of the missing
information, PLEASE do not hesitate to contact me.
Larry Wasikowski
larrywaz@swiftboats.net
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