Honor Our Fallen Heroes

From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall


The alumni below are going to be specifically remembered by family, shipmates, and friends at the Honor Our Fallen Heroes event at the Naval Academy on November 15, 2025.

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George MacKenzie, Jr.
Class of 1931

Lieutenant Commander, US Navy

Brooklyn, New York

March 15, 1943 (32 years old)

Navy Cross, KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Triton (SS 201), Ship Namesake, Submarine, HOFH25, USNA 6th Company


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Earl Hackman, Jr.
Class of 1943

Lieutenant, US Navy

Landsdale, Pennsylvania

August 6, 1945 (25 years old)

KIA, WWII, Pacific, USS Bullhead (SS 332), Submarine, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 1st Company




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David Lloyd
Class of 1956

Lieutenant Commander, US Navy

Joliet, Illinois

May 22, 1968 (33 years old)

Operational loss, USS Scorpion (SSN 589), Submarine, HOFH25, USNA 18th Company


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John Wiley
Class of 1961

Lieutenant, US Navy

Altoona, Pennsylvania

April 10, 1963 (23 years old)

Operational loss, USS Thresher (SSN 593), Submarine, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 11th Company





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Douglas Vaughan
Class of 1966

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Prospect Heights, Illinois

May 20, 1969 (25 years old)

Bronze Star, KIA, Vietnam, Naval Advisory Group, Vietnam, Ground, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 34th Company




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Garwood Bacon
Class of 1968

Lieutenant, US Navy

Palmyra, New Jersey

August 23, 1975 (29 years old)

Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 35, Fixed Wing, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 5th Company


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Gerald Anderson, Jr.
Class of 1969

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Arizona

July 16, 1970 (24 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing, HOFH25, USNA 1st Company


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David Lumsden
Class of 1969

Lieutenant, US Navy

San Francisco, California

November 20, 1974 (27 years old)

Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 95, Fixed Wing, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 3rd Company


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John MacSwain
Class of 1974

Lieutenant, US Navy

Merrill, Wisconsin

February 23, 1979 (26 years old)

Operational loss, USS Inchon (LPH 12), Ship, HOFH25, USNA 4th Company

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

1974 MacSwain LB.jpg John MacSwain
Class of 1974
Lieutenant, US Navy
Operational loss, USS Inchon (LPH 12), Ship, HOFH25, USNA 4th Company

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

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Patrick Kilcline
Class of 1975

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

McLean, Virginia

July 16, 1978 (25 years old)

Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 211, Fixed Wing, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 33rd Company


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Mark Gontkovic
Class of 1976

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

December 6, 1979 (26 years old)

Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 35, Fixed Wing, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 28th Company


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Stephen Scott
Class of 1977

1st Lieutenant, US Marine Corps

Daly City, California

February 13, 1980 (25 years old)

Operational loss, Training Squadron (VT) 25, Fixed Wing, HOFH25, USNA 36th Company



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Gerald DeConto
Class of 1979

Captain, US Navy

Sandwich, Massachusetts

September 11, 2001 (44 years old)

KIA, 9/11, Terrorism, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 7th Company


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Michael Wilson
Class of 1981

Lieutenant, US Navy

Medford Lakes, New Jersey

May 22, 1986 (27 years old)

Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 65, Fixed Wing, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 8th Company









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Brian Bourgeois
Class of 2001

Captain, US Navy

Katy, Texas

December 7, 2021 (43 years old)

Bronze Star, Operational loss, SEAL, Fast rope, HOFH25, USNA 8th Company


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J. Brendan Looney
Class of 2004

Lieutenant, US Navy

Owings Mills, Maryland

September 21, 2010 (29 years old)

Bronze Star, KIA, Afghanistan, Global War on Terrorism, SEAL, Helicopter, HOFH24, HOFH25, USNA 18th Company