Class of 1940
Class of 1940
Graduates: 456
Non-graduates: 256
On Virtual Memorial Hall: 91
Carl Weeden
Class of 1940
ENS, USN
Trinidad, Colorado
December 7, 1941 (25 years old)
KIA, WWII, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona (BB 39), Ship Namesake, Ship
Irvin Thompson
Class of 1940
ENS, USN
Ketchikan, Alaska
December 7, 1941 (24 years old)
KIA, WWII, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, USS Oklahoma (BB 37), Ship
Edward Cloues
Class of 1940
ENS, USN
Warner, New Hampshire
December 7, 1941 (23 years old)
KIA, WWII, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona (BB 39), Ship Namesake, Ship
Howard Merrill
Class of 1940
ENS, USN
Utah
December 7, 1941 (23 years old)
KIA, WWII, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona (BB 39), Ship Namesake, Ship
Marshall Darby, Jr.
Class of 1940
ENS, USN
Reno, Nevada
December 7, 1941 (23 years old)
KIA, WWII, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, USS Oklahoma (BB 37), Ship Namesake, Ship
Joseph Hittorff, Jr.
Class of 1940
ENS, USN
Collingswood, New Jersey
December 7, 1941 (25 years old)
KIA, WWII, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, USS Oklahoma (BB 37), Ship
Alva Nethken
Class of 1940
ENS, USN
Ruston, Louisiana
March 1, 1942 (25 years old)
KIA, WWII, Battle of Sunda Strait, Pacific, USS Houston (CA 30), Ship
Fred Mallory
Class of 1940
ENS, USN
Thomaston, Georgia
March 1, 1942 (23 years old)
KIA, WWII, Battle of Sunda Strait, Pacific, USS Houston (CA 30), Ship
Coleman Sellers, IV
Class of 1940
ENS, USN
Daylesford, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1942 (24 years old)
KIA, WWII, Battle of Sunda Strait, Pacific, USS Houston (CA 30), Ship
Robert Allsopp
Class of 1940
LTJG, USN
East Orange, New Jersey
May 8, 1942 (26 years old)
KIA, WWII, Battle of the Coral Sea, Pacific, USS Neosho (AO 23), Ship
Raymond Murray
Class of 1940
LTJG, USN
Whitestone, New York
August 9, 1942 (25 years old)
KIA, WWII, Battle of Savo Island, Pacific, USS Vincennes (CA 44), Ship
John Spears
Class of 1940
LTJG, USN
Chattanooga, Tennessee
August 9, 1942 (24 years old)
KIA, WWII, Battle of Savo Island, Pacific, USS Vincennes (CA 44), Ship
Billy Brundidge
Class of 1940
1LT, USA
Dallas, Texas
August 25, 1942 (23 years old)
Operational loss, 97th Coast Artillery, Ground, Non-graduate
William Mathews, Jr.
Class of 1940
FO, RCAF
New York
November 9, 1942 (26 years old)
Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, WWII, Mediterranean, No. 69 Squadron (RAF), Fixed Wing, Non-graduate
John Hanna
Class of 1940
LT, USN
Pueblo, Colorado
November 13, 1942 (26 years old)
KIA, WWII, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Pacific, USS San Francisco (CA 38), Ship
Thomas Roddy
Class of 1940
LT, USN
Ronbury, Massachusetts
November 13, 1942 (25 years old)
KIA, WWII, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Pacific, USS Juneau (CL 52), Ship
John Blodgett
Class of 1940
LT, USN
Tulsa, Oklahoma
November 13, 1942 (24 years old)
KIA, WWII, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Pacific, USS Juneau (CL 52), Ship
William Guice, Jr.
Class of 1940
LT, USN
Biloxi, Mississippi
November 13, 1942 (25 years old)
KIA, WWII, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Pacific, USS Barton (DD 599), Ship
Virgil Lusk
Class of 1940
CAPT, USA
Carlsbad, New Mexico
March 9, 1943 (26 years old)
Operational loss, 330th Fighter Squadron, Fighter Ace, Fixed Wing, Non-graduate
Jay Noble, Jr.
Class of 1940
LTJG, USN
Lockport, New York
August 16, 1942 (25 years old)
Operational loss, Fixed Wing Passenger, Transport Squadron (VR) 2
Charles Deterding, Jr.
Class of 1940
LTJG, USN
Youngstown, Ohio
August 16, 1942 (26 years old)
Operational loss, Fixed Wing Passenger, Transport Squadron (VR) 2
Thomas McGrath
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Tucson, Arizona
September 17, 1943 (25 years old)
Silver Star, Bronze Star, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Pompano (SS 181), Submarine
Richie Henderson
Class of 1940
LT, USN
Fredericksburg, Virginia
October 11, 1943 (25 years old)
Silver Star, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Wahoo (SS 238), Submarine
William Burgan
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Baltimore, Maryland
October 11, 1943 (25 years old)
Silver Star, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Wahoo (SS 238), Submarine
Donald Scheu
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Buffalo, New York
January 5, 1944 (25 years old)
Silver Star, Bronze Star, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Scorpion (SS 278), Submarine
Carthel Smith, Jr.
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Prestonburg, Kentucky
February 26, 1944 (27 years old)
Silver Star, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Grayback (SS 208), Submarine
Clarence Blair
Class of 1940
LT, USN
Arriba, Colorado
July 1, 1944 (26 years old)
Operational loss, WWII, Fighting Squadron (VF) 13, Pacific, Fixed Wing
Leon Chabot
Class of 1940
CAPT, USMC
Gardner, Massachusetts
September 7, 1944 (27 years old)
Silver Star, KIA, POW, WWII, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Pacific, Shin'yō Maru, Ship
Edward O'Brien, Jr.
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
West Medford, Massachusetts
October 3, 1944 (27 years old)
Silver Star, Bronze Star, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Seawolf (SS 197), Fratricide, Submarine
Dolive Durant, Jr.
Class of 1940
LT, USNR
Mobile, Alabama
October 13, 1943 (26 years old)
KIA, WWII, Atlantic, Bombing Squadron (VB) 111, Fixed Wing, Non-graduate
Richard Mason, Jr.
Class of 1940
LT, USN
Camden, Arkansas
November 8, 1944 (28 years old)
Silver Star, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Growler (SS 215), Submarine
Donald Banker
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Duluth, Minnesota
November 6, 1944 (27 years old)
Navy Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, WWII, Bombing Squadron (VB) 2, Pacific, Fixed Wing
Walter Shaffer
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Reading, Pennsylvania
November 16, 1944 (28 years old)
Legion of Merit, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Scamp (SS 277), Submarine
George Williams
Class of 1940
LTJG, USNR
Park Rapids, Minnesota
November 24, 1943 (26 years old)
KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Liscome Bay (CVE 56), Ship, Non-graduate
William Hodnett, Jr.
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Martinsville, Virginia
December 3, 1944 (26 years old)
Bronze Star, KIA, WWII, Battle of Ormoc Bay, Pacific, USS Cooper (DD 695), Ship
Thomas McCann
Class of 1940
LT, USNR
Kentucky
December 14, 1944 (27 years old)
KIA, WWII, Fighting Squadron (VF) 45, Pacific, Fixed Wing, Non-graduate
William Butler
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Downey, California
February 4, 1945 (28 years old)
Bronze Star, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Barbel (SS 316), Submarine
Charles Wood, Jr.
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Princeton, Kentucky
March 22, 1945 (27 years old)
KIA, WWII, Pacific, Patrol Bombing Squadron (VPB) 149, Fixed Wing
Henry Graham
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Sea Cliff, Long Island, New York
April 11, 1945 (27 years old)
Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, WWII, Bombing Fighting Squadron (VBF) 83, Okinawa, Pacific, Fixed Wing
James Preston
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Lewisburg, West Virginia
April 16, 1945 (27 years old)
Silver Star, KIA, WWII, Kamikaze, Okinawa, Pacific, USS Bryant (DD 665), Ship
Edward Degarmo
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Lima, Ohio
June 7, 1945 (28 years old)
Navy Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, WWII, Okinawa, Pacific, Torpedo Squadron (VT) 82, Fixed Wing
Fraser Knight
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Miami, Florida
June 18, 1945 (28 years old)
Silver Star, Bronze Star, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Bonefish (SS 223), Submarine
Paul Thompson
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
San Francisco, California
June 29, 1945 (28 years old)
Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, WWII, Fixed Wing
Charles Sawers
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Columbia, Missouri
July 24, 1945 (28 years old)
Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, WWII, Bombing Fighting Squadron (VBF) 16, Pacific, Fixed Wing
Donald Tripp
Class of 1940
LT, USNR
Michigan
October 12, 1944 (28 years old)
Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, WWII, Fighting Squadron (VF) 19, Pacific, Fixed Wing, Non-graduate
Merlin Paddock
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Wayne, Nebraska
April 16, 1945 (28 years old)
Navy Cross, KIA, WWII, Fighting Squadron (VF) 23, Japan, Pacific, Fixed Wing
David Purdon
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Larelton, Long Island, New York
October 27, 1950 (34 years old)
Operational loss, Composite Squadron (VC) 5, Video, Fixed Wing
Hugh Wood, Jr.
Class of 1940
LCDR, USN
Dayton, Ohio
December 19, 1950 (34 years old)
Navy Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, Fixed Wing
Denny Phillips
Class of 1940
CDR, USN
Honolulu, Hawaii
January 23, 1953 (34 years old)
Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, Korea, Fighter Squadron (VF) 11, Fixed Wing
John Micheel
Class of 1940
CDR, USN
Cavour, South Dakota
January 31, 1953 (36 years old)
Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, Korea, Attack Squadron (VA) 923, Fixed Wing
John Rockwell, Jr.
Class of 1940
CDR, USN
Wellsville, New York
February 13, 1956 (36 years old)
Navy Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, Fixed Wing
Philip Weems, Jr.
Class of 1940
MAJ, USMCR
Annapolis, Maryland
July 1, 1943 (26 years old)
Operational loss, 3rd Special Weapons Battalion, Family, Pacific, Non-graduate
He is not currently listed with his classmates in Memorial Hall.
Rob McNagny, Jr.
Class of 1940
1LT, USA
Columbia City, Indiana
February 17, 1943 (26 years old)
Operational loss, 303rd Fighter Squadron, US Military Academy, Fixed Wing, Non-graduate
He is not currently listed with his classmates in Memorial Hall.
Pages in category "1940"
The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total.
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- WILLARD A. SAMPSON, LCDR, USN
- CHARLES H. SAWERS, LCDR, USN
- DONALD S. SCHEU, LT, USN
- ALAN H. SCHIRMER, LT, USN
- COLEMAN SELLERS, IV, ENS, USN
- WALTER L. SHAFFER, LCDR, USN
- CARTHEL H. SMITH, JR., LT, USN
- ORVILLE S. SMITH, ENS, USN
- JOHN P. SPEARS, LTJG, USN
- ROBERT C. STIMSON, LT, USN
- WARREN P. STRONG, JR., LT, USN
