USNA 35th 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.

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Joseph Kanevsky

Class of 1949

Lieutenant, US Navy

Racine, Wisconsin

June 6, 1957 (30 years old)

Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, All Weather Fighter Squadron (VFAW) 3, Fixed Wing, USNA 35th Company

	Joseph Kanevsky
	Class of 1949
	Lieutenant, US Navy
	Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, All Weather Fighter Squadron (VFAW) 3, Fixed Wing, USNA 35th Company

Morgan Groover, Jr.

Class of 1950

Ensign, US Navy

Tempe, Arizona

March 11, 1951 (23 years old)

KIA, Korea, Boat, USS Saint Paul (CA 73), USNA 35th Company

	Morgan Groover, Jr.
	Class of 1950
	Ensign, US Navy
	KIA, Korea, Boat, USS Saint Paul (CA 73), USNA 35th Company

William Morris, III

Class of 1966

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Mobile, Alabama

June 6, 1968 (24 years old)

KIA, Vietnam, Inshore Undersea Warfare Group 1, Riverine, USNA 35th Company

	William Morris, III
	Class of 1966
	Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy
	KIA, Vietnam, Inshore Undersea Warfare Group 1, Riverine, USNA 35th Company

Hal Castle, Jr.

Class of 1967

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Norfolk, Virginia

April 28, 1969 (23 years old)

KIA, Vietnam, Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) (HA(L)) 3, Helicopter, USNA 35th Company

	Hal Castle, Jr.
	Class of 1967
	Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy
	KIA, Vietnam, Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) (HA(L)) 3, Helicopter, USNA 35th Company

John Martin

Class of 1967

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Youngstown, Ohio

November 25, 1969 (24 years old)

Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 172, Fixed Wing, USNA 35th Company

	John Martin
	Class of 1967
	Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy
	Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 172, Fixed Wing, USNA 35th Company

Michael Smith

Class of 1967

Captain, US Navy

Beaufort, North Carolina

January 28, 1986 (40 years old)

Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA, Space, USNA 35th Company

	Michael Smith
	Class of 1967
	Captain, US Navy
	Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA, Space, USNA 35th Company