USNA 14th Company

From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall


The company is the most important unit in the Brigade of Midshipmen. Companies eat, sleep, study, drill, and compete together. Comprised of roughly 30-35 midshipmen from each of all four classes, they are led by 1/c Midshipmen. There are currently 30 companies in the Brigade, though this number has ranged from 8 in the late 1920s to 36 from the late 1940s to the late 1990s.

Some classes are in the same company for all four years; there is also "shotgunning" (all midshipmen in a class, usually following plebe year, are moved randomly to a different company) and "rifling" (again usually following plebe year, an entire group would move from one company to another). Even though many alumni were a part of more than one company during their four years at the Naval Academy, the list below is reflective of the company from which they graduated.



1943 Adams LB.jpg
Claude Adams, Jr.
Class of 1943

Lieutenant, US Navy

Montrose, California

July 28, 1946 (26 years old)

Operational loss, Patrol Squadron (VP) 28, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Arnt Hansen
Class of 1943

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Fargo, North Dakota

December 24, 1943 (23 years old)

KIA, WWII, Battle of the Atlantic, USS Leary (DD 158), Ship, USNA 14th Company


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Edmund Bevan
Class of 1943

Aviation Cadet, US Army

Trenton, New Jersey

September 17, 1943 (22 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company

★ He is not currently listed with his classmates in Memorial Hall.

1943 Bevan LB.jpg Edmund Bevan
Class of 1943
Aviation Cadet, US Army
Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company

★ He is not currently listed with his classmates in Memorial Hall.

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Chester Gates, Jr.
Class of 1943

Commander, US Navy

Baldwin City, Kansas

July 10, 1956 (34 years old)

Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 86, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Thomas Higgins
Class of 1944

Lieutenant, US Navy

Boston, Massachusetts

May 24, 1949 (29 years old)

Operational loss, Naval Air Test Center, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Clayton Roberts
Class of 1944

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Warroad, Minnesota

March 28, 1945 (23 years old)

KIA, WWII, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, Pacific, USS Trigger (SS 237), Submarine, USNA 14th Company


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Wilmer Ilsley, Jr.
Class of 1944

Ensign, US Navy

Tylertown, Mississippi

July 16, 1943 (21 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing Passenger, USNA 14th Company


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Louis Sugg
Class of 1944

Lieutenant, US Navy

Missoula, Montana

September 3, 1953 (32 years old)

Operational loss, Rhodes Scholar, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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John Lusby
Class of 1945

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Casper, Wyoming

May 29, 1950 (28 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Donald Hall
Class of 1945

Ensign, US Navy

Annapolis, Maryland

May 4, 1945 (21 years old)

KIA, WWII, Kamikaze, Okinawa, Pacific, USS Morrison (DD 560), Ship, USNA 14th Company


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Joseph Bolger, Jr.
Class of 1945

Commander, US Navy

Adams, Massachusetts

July 12, 1963 (40 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 161, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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John Beahan
Class of 1945

Ensign, US Navy

Michigan City, Indiana

July 10, 1945 (24 years old)

Operational loss, WWII, USS Blueback (SS 326), Submarine, USNA 14th Company



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Nels Gunderson, III
Class of 1946

Lieutenant, US Navy

Minneapolis, Minnesota

May 2, 1956 (33 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 23, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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James Snyder
Class of 1947

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

November 14, 1949 (23 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company

★ He is not currently listed with his classmates in Memorial Hall.

1947 Snyder LB.jpg James Snyder
Class of 1947
Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy
Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company

★ He is not currently listed with his classmates in Memorial Hall.

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Donald Apple
Class of 1948

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Indianapolis, Indiana

April 11, 1951 (24 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 23, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Richard Ryder
Class of 1948

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

South Orange, New Jersey

December 18, 1950 (25 years old)

Operational loss, USS Sealion (ASSP 315), Submarine, USNA 14th Company


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Stanwix Williams
Class of 1948

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Denmark, South Carolina

August 18, 1955 (29 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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William Keen
Class of 1948

Ensign, US Navy

Milford, Illinois

March 17, 1950 (26 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Jack Robbins
Class of 1948

Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps Reserve

Bemidji, Minnesota

January 16, 1969 (43 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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George Moffett, Jr.
Class of 1949

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Collingswood, New Jersey

October 24, 1952 (26 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 31, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Richard Seth
Class of 1949

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Baltimore, Maryland

February 25, 1954 (27 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 141, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Houston Hayward
Class of 1950

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Evanston, Illinois

January 31, 1953 (24 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 61, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company



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Donald Levisee
Class of 1951

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Alhambra, California

December 16, 1953 (24 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 52, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Henry Goelzer
Class of 1951

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

October 20, 1953 (25 years old)

Operational loss, Advanced Training Unit (ATU) 101, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company



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Richard Newnham
Class of 1953

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

April 12, 1956 (25 years old)

Operational loss, Composite Squadron (VC) 61, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Wendell Switzer, Jr.
Class of 1953

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Pensacola, Florida

September 1, 1955 (25 years old)

Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 42, Fixed Wing, Family, USNA 14th Company



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Donald Brown
Class of 1957

Lieutenant Commander, US Navy

Waco, Texas

March 10, 1967 (34 years old)

Operational loss, Vietnam, Fixed Wing Passenger, Task Force 115, USNA 14th Company


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Theodore Higgins
Class of 1957

Lieutenant, US Navy

Griffin, Georgia

February 11, 1964 (28 years old)

Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 192, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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William Garrity
Class of 1959

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Waterbury, Connecticut

January 8, 1962 (25 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 13, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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Patrick Wilkes
Class of 1963

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Barstow, California

November 10, 1965 (28 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 142, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company



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Stephen Schwarting
Class of 1967

Lieutenant, US Navy

Storrs, Connecticut

April 12, 1973 (28 years old)

Operational loss, Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company


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James Jones
Class of 1968

1st Lieutenant, US Marine Corps

Pontiac, Michigan

November 30, 1970 (24 years old)

KIA, Vietnam, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, US Marine Corps, Ground, USNA 14th Company



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Matthew Mason, III
Class of 1972

1st Lieutenant, US Marine Corps

Washington, D.C.

February 7, 1975 (24 years old)

Operational loss, Training Squadron (VT) 23, Fixed Wing, USNA 14th Company