USS Gambier Bay (CVE 73) and Composite Squadron VC10

Remembering our Killed and Missing in Action

USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE-73)
and
COMPOSITE SQUADRON VC-10
MEMORIAL MONUMENT

FORT ROSECRANS NATIONAL CEMETERY
POINT LOMA, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA
Dedication ceremony October 24, 1996

Erected with the assistance of
Mr. John Ibe
Survivor, St. Lo CVE - 63

"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself be forgotten."
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). Quoted from a speech on July 27, 1920,
in Northampton, Massachusetts while accepting the Republican vice-presidential nomination.

"Carrier Life"
by Lt. John P. Sanderson

The poem "Carrier Life" was written by LT. John P. Sanderson just days before a fatal catapult launch that claimed his life and the lives of his crewmen J.L. Richards and William Zanon on July 26, 1944 off Saipan, Marinas Islands. Click to Read the Poem.

The names appearing on the lower portion of this page are of men who gave their life fighting for our country and the freedoms that we cherish. The following alphabetical links provide a picture (if available) of each man, his rank, age when killed in action, and hometown. Clicking on those pictures will give you an enlarged view.
Ships Company - Missing / Killed in Action
Alphabetical Links
Allen through Crawford	Davis through Jordan
Kalbe through Pruitt	Rawlings through Worland
VC10 - Missing / Killed in Action
Bacon through Zanon

Ship's Company Personnel Lost in Action

	ALLEN, Robin E. Phm2C ALM, Frederick E. S2C ALTIMAN, Charles M. S2C ARPIN Louis W. S1C A VERILL, Donald E. S1C BAILEY, Rollie D. S2C BARNETT, Mearl L. S2C BARRETT, Marshall C. S2C BERDAHL, Alfred R. MM2C BERNING, Leslie E. S2C BERRY, John M. MM3C BISHOP, Floyd E. S2C BLAKE, Glenn E. MM3C BOWERS, John W. Jr. SF3C BROWN , Scott S2C BROWN , McLain R. FC3C BROWN, Kenneth V. S1C BUDERUS, William H. LT BUFORD, John D. Jr. CWO BUTTRY, Robert H. HA1C CAMBRA, Edward S1C CASE, Leonard P. RM2C CHOATE, Edward A. COX CHRISTENSEN, Julius K. S2C COLE, Norman L. S2C CONKLIN, John L. S1C COWLES, Marion D. MM3C CRAWFORD, William E. S2C CRAWFORD, George A. ACMM DAVIS, J.C. StM1C DEERY, Robert J. S2C DEVINE, Harold P. WT3C EDMONDSON, Joseph C. Lt(jg) FAUST, Anthony S. RM3C FINCH, George G. CWO FISH, Joe S. SK2C FORAN , Harvey L. Ptr2C FORSYTHE, John A. F1C FRANKLIN, Edmond T. WT2C GEPPELT, Robert G. CRM GIBSON, Maurice D. S1C GILMAN, Clinton 0. S1C GRAY, FrankW. S1C HANNA, John M. S1C HARRELL, Rossie Stm 1C HARTSOC, James L. MM3C HATHEWAY, Ivan E. AOM3C HENDERSON, James D. SC2C HENRY, Wilfred RM3C HERTERSTEIN , Arthur E. S2C HOLLAND, James L. S1C HOLT, LeoW. EM2C HOOKS, Carson L. COX HORN, William D. F1C JACKSON, John M. StM1C JARRELL, Harvey Jr. S2C JOHNS, Otto J. Jr. S2C JOHNSON, William StM1C JORDAN, Robert L. MM2C	KALBE, Walter H. CMM KAMATS, Mike T. F1C KEENAN, John F. S1C KIMBALL, Sidney C. LT KIRK, Bob S2C KLOTKOWSKI, Henry S. S2C KNIGHT, Robert W. SK2C KOZLOWSKI, George J. S2C LARKIN, Joseph B. AOM2C LAURN, Alvin E. WT 1C LE MAIRE. John R. S2C LEWIS, Angelo P. S2C LUCCHESI, Louis L. S2C MARSHALL, Walter F. SC3C MARTIN, Leonard G. SC1C MAYES, Morrison W. S1C McDONOUGH, Thomas E. GM3C McLAUGHLIN, Henry A. S2C MILLER, George PhoM2C MUDD, Raymond L. S1C MUNIZ, Eugene, WT2C MURRAY, Eugene T. S1C NASLUND, Lage T. F1C PARMANTJE, John J. S1C PILGRIM, Edward F. CWT PITTMAN , Everett EM2C PRIBISKO, Mike J. F1C PROKOP, Edward J. AMM3C PRUITT, Forest W. BM1C RAWLINGS, Cecil A. S1C RAYMOND, Ralph N. BM2C REYNOLDS, Homer R. S2C RICHARDSON, Hubert L. StM1C RIZZO, Charles V. SC3C RUFFIN, Reginald F. SC3C SABOVIK, John D. AMM3C SCHNIEDERJANS, Daniel J. S2C SHIPLEY, Roger E. FC1C SHORT, Edward B. S1C SHRIVER, Warren F. F1C SICHERMAN , Burton H. PhM2C SKAGGS, Ralph L. SK2C SMEHYL, Charles MoMM1C SMITH, William F. F2C SMITH, Ernest J. GM2C SMURDA, John R. AMM2C STONE, Harold R. M1C STONER, Lyle T. SK3C STRAITON, James L. F1C STURDY, Billy G. S2C TELLIER, Leslie W. MM2C THOMAS, Harrell A. SC3C TREECE, Otis A. S2C WALL, Theodore S2C WEISS, Freddie E. AOM2C WHITE, Edgard S2C WHITTED, Raymond C. AOM3C WILDER, Paul WT1C WILLIAMS, Junior R. S2C WORLAND, Manuel F. S1C
COMPOSITE SQUADRON VC-10 PERSONNEL
	BACON, Jack D. AMM2C BELL, Vereen M. LT COLLINS, Paul E. ARM3C DAHLEN, Walter A. LT(jg) GALLAGHER, William LT(jg) GARDNER, Rudolph S. ARM3C GILLIATT, Dean W. LT(jg) HOLLY, Leonard AMM3C MENTLICK, William E. ART1C	PHIPPS, John S. ENS PUGH, James E. RANSOM, Larry B. AMMP2C RICHARDS, Jack L. ARM3C RIVERS, Howard M. ARM2C SAINT, George M. ARM 2C SANDERSON, John P. Jr. LT(jg) SEYMOUR, Hovey ENS STEWART, Wayne H. LCDR ZANON, William L. AMM2C

Reserved

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