USNA 33rd Company
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.
Edgar Rawsthorne
Class of 1949
CDR, USN
Nogales, Arizona
December 29, 1965 (40 years old)
Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, Vietnam, Fighter Squadron (VF) 92, MIA, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Edgar Rawsthorne |
Class of 1949 | |
CDR, USN | |
Distinguished Flying Cross, KIA, Vietnam, Fighter Squadron (VF) 92, MIA, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Channing Gardner
Class of 1949
LTJG, USN
Duluth, Minnesota
May 29, 1952 (25 years old)
Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, Korea, Fighter Squadron (VF) 653, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Channing Gardner |
Class of 1949 | |
LTJG, USN | |
Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, Korea, Fighter Squadron (VF) 653, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Christopher Braybrooke
Class of 1950
LTCOL, USAF
Boonton, New Jersey
October 8, 1967 (39 years old)
Operational loss, Vietnam, 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Christopher Braybrooke |
Class of 1950 | |
LTCOL, USAF | |
Operational loss, Vietnam, 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Thomas Jenike
Class of 1950
LTJG, USN
Hillsboro, Ohio
August 1, 1952 (26 years old)
Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 175, Map, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Thomas Jenike |
Class of 1950 | |
LTJG, USN | |
Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 175, Map, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
John Harrington
Class of 1967
LTJG, USN
South Orange, New Jersey
September 28, 1968 (23 years old)
Operational loss, Training Squadron (VT) 22, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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John Harrington |
Class of 1967 | |
LTJG, USN | |
Operational loss, Training Squadron (VT) 22, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Gregg Owens
Class of 1967
CDR, USN
Cressona, Pennsylvania
November 8, 1983 (38 years old)
Operational loss, Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 24, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Gregg Owens |
Class of 1967 | |
CDR, USN | |
Operational loss, Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 24, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Orville Kollasch
Class of 1968
LT, USN
Estherville, Iowa
June 7, 1972 (26 years old)
Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 122, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Orville Kollasch |
Class of 1968 | |
LT, USN | |
Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 122, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Michael Martin
Class of 1971
LT, USN
Nebraska
October 13, 1979 (31 years old)
Operational loss, Light Photographic Squadron (VFP) 63, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Michael Martin |
Class of 1971 | |
LT, USN | |
Operational loss, Light Photographic Squadron (VFP) 63, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Richard Been
Class of 1972
LTJG, USN
Hondo, Texas
August 25, 1975 (26 years old)
Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 101, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Richard Been |
Class of 1972 | |
LTJG, USN | |
Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 101, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Dennis O'Malley
Class of 1972
LT, USN
New York
May 15, 1977 (25 years old)
Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 102, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Dennis O'Malley |
Class of 1972 | |
LT, USN | |
Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 102, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Patrick Kilcline
Class of 1975
LTJG, USN
McLean, Virginia
July 16, 1978 (25 years old)
Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 211, Fixed Wing, HOFH21, HOFH22, USNA 33rd Company
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Patrick Kilcline |
Class of 1975 | |
LTJG, USN | |
Operational loss, Fighter Squadron (VF) 211, Fixed Wing, HOFH21, HOFH22, USNA 33rd Company |
Jeffrey Ohl
Class of 1982
2LT, USMC
Huntington, West Virginia
September 23, 1983 (23 years old)
Operational loss, Training Squadron (VT) 3, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Jeffrey Ohl |
Class of 1982 | |
2LT, USMC | |
Operational loss, Training Squadron (VT) 3, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
David Greene
Class of 1986
LTCOL, USMCR
Camden, New York
July 28, 2004 (39 years old)
KIA, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 775, Helicopter, HOFH19, USNA 33rd Company
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David Greene |
Class of 1986 | |
LTCOL, USMCR | |
KIA, Global War on Terrorism, Iraq, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 775, Helicopter, HOFH19, USNA 33rd Company |
Paul Ambrogi
Class of 1988
LT, USN
Richmond, Virginia
July 23, 1993 (26 years old)
Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 75, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Paul Ambrogi |
Class of 1988 | |
LT, USN | |
Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 75, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Matthew Bancroft
Class of 1994
CAPT, USMC
Redding, California
January 9, 2002 (29 years old)
Operational loss, Afghanistan, Global War on Terrorism, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Matthew Bancroft |
Class of 1994 | |
CAPT, USMC | |
Operational loss, Afghanistan, Global War on Terrorism, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Frank Wittwer
Class of 1994
LCDR, USN
Deridder, Louisiana
January 18, 2006 (35 years old)
Operational loss, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company
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Frank Wittwer |
Class of 1994 | |
LCDR, USN | |
Operational loss, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97, Fixed Wing, USNA 33rd Company |
Pages in category "USNA 33rd Company"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.