WILLIAM D. SAMPLE, RADM, USN

From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall
William Sample '19

Date of birth: March 9, 1898

Date of death: October 2, 1945

Age: 47

Lucky Bag

From the 1919 Lucky Bag:

1919 Sample LB.jpg

William Dodge Sample

At Large

BILL is an Army Junior, but he saw the error of his ways in time to correct them, and so we have him with us now in the old Navy.

He is an inveterate fusser, never missing a Saturday, but from the wide variety that he favors with his company and the nonchalant manner in which he goes about the game, we are forced to conclude that he only regards it as a pastime and that the real thing is waiting for him—he doesn't claim any particular residence so we can't say just where she's at. Perhaps West, or maybe over in the Islands, or down on the Border—you never can tell with these Army people.

As if it were not enough of a handicap to have to live down an Army reputation, Bill has the additional hardship of living with Bunny Cochran, and if any one can live around Bunny, and listen to his line, especially since he has left the ranks of the Red Mikes, and still remain in his right mind he deserves a lot of credit.

If you 'd ever seen Bill in a blanket and feather headdress, you might have thought it was Chief Eaglebeak himself, but as soon as he opened his mouth you would have seen your mistake, for who can imagine Bill with his quiet drawl, giving a real blood-curdling war-whoop?

Can you imagine a combination vacuum cleaner and steam shovel standing down on a helpless little Mess Hall meal, with decks cleared for action? If so, you can get an idea of Bill eating, especially after those little cruises you take up the river when you're out for crew. Even the entertainment he provided as "Mr. Simple" during Plebe year couldn't stop him. But in spite of all that, the Navy will get a real officer when Bill graduates, provided the Army doesn't win him back again.

Honors: Buzzard; Plebe Football Squad; Football Squad 3; Crew Squad 4, 3.


The Class of 1919 was graduated on June 6, 1918 due to World War I. The entirety of 2nd class (junior) year was removed from the curriculum.

1919 Sample LB.jpg

William Dodge Sample

At Large

BILL is an Army Junior, but he saw the error of his ways in time to correct them, and so we have him with us now in the old Navy.

He is an inveterate fusser, never missing a Saturday, but from the wide variety that he favors with his company and the nonchalant manner in which he goes about the game, we are forced to conclude that he only regards it as a pastime and that the real thing is waiting for him—he doesn't claim any particular residence so we can't say just where she's at. Perhaps West, or maybe over in the Islands, or down on the Border—you never can tell with these Army people.

As if it were not enough of a handicap to have to live down an Army reputation, Bill has the additional hardship of living with Bunny Cochran, and if any one can live around Bunny, and listen to his line, especially since he has left the ranks of the Red Mikes, and still remain in his right mind he deserves a lot of credit.

If you 'd ever seen Bill in a blanket and feather headdress, you might have thought it was Chief Eaglebeak himself, but as soon as he opened his mouth you would have seen your mistake, for who can imagine Bill with his quiet drawl, giving a real blood-curdling war-whoop?

Can you imagine a combination vacuum cleaner and steam shovel standing down on a helpless little Mess Hall meal, with decks cleared for action? If so, you can get an idea of Bill eating, especially after those little cruises you take up the river when you're out for crew. Even the entertainment he provided as "Mr. Simple" during Plebe year couldn't stop him. But in spite of all that, the Navy will get a real officer when Bill graduates, provided the Army doesn't win him back again.

Honors: Buzzard; Plebe Football Squad; Football Squad 3; Crew Squad 4, 3.


The Class of 1919 was graduated on June 6, 1918 due to World War I. The entirety of 2nd class (junior) year was removed from the curriculum.

Loss

William was lost on October 2, 1945 when the seaplane he was aboard crashed on Honshu, Japan. He was Commander, Carrier Division 22.

There is more on the flight and search operations. The wreckage wasn't located until November 1948.

Biography

From Wikipedia:

William Dodge Sample (9 March 1898 – 2 October 1945) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and an Escort Carrier Division commander in World War II. He was the youngest rear admiral in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II.

Sample was born in Buffalo, New York and graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in June 1918.

During World War I, Sample served aboard the transport Henderson. For meritorious service during a fire onboard Henderson, he received a letter of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy. Detached in August 1918, he served on several destroyers based at Queenstown, Ireland. He remained in the European Waters Detachment after the end of World War I.

In December 1921, Sample was transferred to the gunboat Pampanga in the Asiatic Fleet.

Sample attended flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida and was designated a Naval Aviator on 23 June 1923. Shortly thereafter, he served as Commanding Officer of Scouting Squadron VS-1. In the 1920s, he successively served in the Aviation Departments of the light cruisers Raleigh and Richmond, and battleships Arizona and New York.

Sample served on board the aircraft carriers Saratoga and Lexington, commanding Fighter Squadron VF-5 on the latter from 1932-1934. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, Sample saw duty at the Bureau of Aeronautics from 1935-1937 followed by duty as Navigator on Ranger in 1938. In 1939, Sample was assigned as Air Operations Officer on Yorktown. His last duty before World War II was as Supervisor of Aviation Training at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.

At the outbreak of World War II, he assisted in the conversion of the oil tanker Santee into an escort carrier. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to Commander. Assuming command of Santee on her commissioning, he was awarded a letter of commendation for service during Operation Torch (the invasion of North Africa).

Captain Sample assumed command of Intrepid on 19 April 1944. In May 1944, he was transferred to serve as Commanding Officer of Hornet and in the ensuing months participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and a strike against the Volcano Islands.

In late summer 1944, Sample was promoted to Rear Admiral, flying his flag aboard the escort carrier Marcus Island as Commander, Carrier Division 27 (CarDiv 27), for the invasion of Palau. In October 1944, at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, his CarDiv 27 was part of Task Unit 77.4.2 (TU 77.4.2, otherwise known as Taffy II) at the Battle off Samar under Rear Admiral Felix B. Stump. In early 1945, Commander, CarDiv 27, and Marcus Island supported the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Philippines. For the Invasion of Okinawa, Sample moved his flag to CarDiv 22 and Suwannee.

During the Leyte invasion, Rear Admiral Sample "desired a better view of operations" and decided to hitch a ride in a torpedo bomber. He lay in the "tunnel gun" position and observed through the window below the tail. The plane was hit by antiaircraft fire. Sample was severely cut on the head and shoulders. James C. Edinger, ARM3c, USNR, of Foxburg, Pennsylvania, came down from the "blister" where he was manning a .50 in (13 mm) machine gun, and applied first aid. Edinger said that it took them more than an hour to return to Marcus Island, during which he kept kicking Sample in the face with his foot to keep the Admiral from passing out. Sample was a big man: Edinger was afraid that if they ended up in the water, he wouldn't be able to get him out of the plane. Each time Sample would warn Edinger to make sure the .30 cal machine gun in the tail was empty. He was afraid that when they landed the gun would go off. Later, Sample explained to Edinger that he could see the headlines in the paper, "Admiral lands upon carrier: shoots hole in deck". According to the ship's surgeon, Commander Lee, "the excellence of Edinger's treatment helped prevent infection". Admiral Sample was awarded the Purple Heart, and at Sample's request, Edinger was promoted to Aviation Radio Man, Second Class.

On 2 October 1945, shortly after the war ended, Sample was listed as missing after his Martin PBM Mariner aircraft failed to return from a familiarization flight near Wakayama, Japan. Rear Admiral Sample was officially declared dead on 3 October 1946.

The remains of Sample, Capt. Charles C. McDonald of Suwannee (CVE-27), and the seven members of the flight crew were discovered in the wreckage of the aircraft on 19 November 1948, recovered, and returned to the United States to be interred together at Arlington National Cemetery on 17 May 1949.

William was survived by his wife, Mary Lee, and daughter, Carolyn. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Another biography was written before his death. From "History of U.S.S. Intrepid 16 August 1943 — 1 March 1945":

Captain Sample was born in Buffalo, New York, March 9, 1898, the son of W. R. Sample, now Brigadier General, USA, Retired. He attended grade schools in Chicago, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri, and Spokane and Seattle, Washington, and in the Philippines. He had his high school education in the Lowell High School, San Francisco, and the New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico, and was appointed to the Naval Academy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915. He was graduated with the class of 1919 on June 6, 1918, was commissioned Ensign on June 7. His subsequent promotions are as follows: Lieutenant (junior grade) September 21, 1918; Lieutenant, June 3, 1922; Lieutenant Commander, January 5, 1933; Commander, January 1, 1939; Captain, June 17, 1942.

After graduation in 1918, Captain Sample was ordered to duty and destroyers based in Queenstown, serving in the USS Bixie, USS Trippe and USS Wilkes. He remained on duty in European waters for 2 1/2 years after the war, during which time he had consecutive duty in the USS Lansdale, USS Pittsburgh, USS Olympia, and as U.S. Naval Representative at Italian Naval Headquarters, Pola, Italy. He joined the USS Southard in July, 1920 and early in 1921, cruised in her to the Asiatic Station via the Suez Canal. He was transferred to the USS Wilmington in January, 1922, and from that ship to the USS John D. Edwards in May of that year.

After Captain Sample's return to the United States in December, 1922, he was ordered to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight tarining, reporting on January 4, 1923. He was designated Naval Aviator on June 23, of that year and attached in September. After two months in the Naval Unit, Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood Maryland, he reported to the USS Wright, Flagship Aircraft Squadrons, Scouting Fleet, for duty in Scouting Squadron 1 (F5L). In November, 1924, he was assigned to duty in Observation Squadron 3, attached to the Light Cruisers and served in that squadron based consecutively on the USS Raleigh and the USS Richmond.

Captain Sample was stationed at Pensacola from January, 1926 until July, 1928. From August, 1928, until May, 1931, he served consecutively in Observation Squadron Three based on the USS New York, and in Scouting Squadron Two based on the Saratoga. He was General Inspector of Naval Aircraft, Central District, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, from June, 19311 until June, 1932. Following that dirty he was aide and flag secretary on the staff of the late Rear Admiral John Halligan, when that Admiral was Commander Aircraft, Scouting Force; (name changed to Base Force upon reorganization of Naval Aeronautical forces on April 1, 1933) and Aircraft, Battle Force. In June, 1934, Captain Sample joined Fighting Squadron Five based on the USS Lexington as Squadron Commander and in June, 1935, he reported for dut in the Plans Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. he returned to see duty in June, 1938, has navigator of the USS Ranger and in April, 1939, he transferred to duty as operations officer on the staff of Vice Admiral Charles Adams Blakely, Commander Aircraft, Battle Force, USS Yorktown, flagship. Captain Sample relieved Rear Admiral (then Commander) T. L. Sprague as Superintendent of Aviation Training at the Naval Air Stations, Pensacola, Florida, in June, 1940, and later was Executive Officer until June, 1942, when he reported to the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, for duty fitting out the USS Santee of which he assumed command when commissioned.

In may 1943 he was ordered to duty at Headquarters, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet as operations officer of the 10th fleet.

Ordered to the Intrepid in April 1944, Captain Sample stayed a month before being ordered elsewhere.

Photographs

Legion of Merit

From Hall of Valor:

(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral [then Captain] William Dodge Sample, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit (Posthumously) for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. HORNET (CV-12), on 20 June 1944.

General Orders: Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 362 (April 1947)
Service: Navy
Division: U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12)

Namesake

USS Sample (FF 1048) was named for William; the ship was sponsored by his daughter.

Related Articles

Charles McDonald '24 was also lost in this crash.

Navy Directories & Officer Registers

The "Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps" was published annually from 1815 through at least the 1970s; it provided rank, command or station, and occasionally billet until the beginning of World War II when command/station was no longer included. Scanned copies were reviewed and data entered from the mid-1840s through 1922, when more-frequent Navy Directories were available.

The Navy Directory was a publication that provided information on the command, billet, and rank of every active and retired naval officer. Single editions have been found online from January 1915 and March 1918, and then from three to six editions per year from 1923 through 1940; the final edition is from April 1941.

The entries in both series of documents are sometimes cryptic and confusing. They are often inconsistent, even within an edition, with the name of commands; this is especially true for aviation squadrons in the 1920s and early 1930s.

Alumni listed at the same command may or may not have had significant interactions; they could have shared a stateroom or workspace, stood many hours of watch together… or, especially at the larger commands, they might not have known each other at all. The information provides the opportunity to draw connections that are otherwise invisible, though, and gives a fuller view of the professional experiences of these alumni in Memorial Hall.

January 1919
Lieutenant (j.g.), tempo, Naval Headquarters, London, England

January 1920
Lieutenant (j.g.), Naval Port Office, Trieste, Austria
January 1921
Lieutenant (j.g.), USS Southard
January 1922
Lieutenant (j.g.), USS Wilmington

Others at this command:
May 1923
Lieutenant, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

September 1923
Lieutenant, Scouting Plane Squadron 1
January 1924
Lieutenant, staff, Aircraft Squadrons, Scouting Fleet, USS Wright

March 1924
Lieutenant, Aircraft Squadrons, Scouting Fleet, USS Wright

May 1924
Lieutenant, Scouting Plane Squadron 1
July 1924
Lieutenant, Scouting Plane Squadron 1
September 1924
Lieutenant, Scouting Plane Squdron 1
November 1924
Lieutenant, Scouting Plane Squdron 1
January 1925
Lieutenant, USS Raleigh
March 1925
Lieutenant, USS Raleigh
May 1925
Lieutenant, USS Raleigh
July 1925
Lieutenant, USS Richmond

October 1925
Lieutenant, USS Richmond

July 1928
Lieutenant, Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 1B, USS Arizona

Others at or embarked at USS Arizona:
October 1928
Lieutenant, Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 1B, USS Arizona

Others at or embarked at USS Arizona:
January 1929
Lieutenant, Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 3B, USS New York

Others at or embarked at USS New York:
ENS Robert Hollenbeck '26 (USS New York)
ENS Douglas Fox '26 (USS New York)
ENS James Willis '27 (USS New York)
April 1929
Lieutenant, Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 3B, USS New York

Others at or embarked at USS New York:
ENS Robert Hollenbeck '26 (USS New York)
ENS Douglas Fox '26 (USS New York)
ENS James Willis '27 (USS New York)
July 1929
Lieutenant, Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 3B, USS New York

Others at or embarked at USS New York:
LCDR Charles Cecil '16 (Battleship Division 3)
LTjg Robert Hollenbeck '26 (USS New York)
ENS Douglas Fox '26 (USS New York)
ENS James Willis '27 (USS New York)
ENS Howard Garner '29 (USS New York)
October 1929
Lieutenant, Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 3B, USS New York

Others at or embarked at USS New York:
LCDR Charles Cecil '16 (Battleship Division 3)
LTjg Robert Hollenbeck '26 (USS New York)
ENS Hugh Black '26 (USS New York)
LTjg Douglas Fox '26 (USS New York)
ENS James Willis '27 (USS New York)
ENS Howard Garner '29 (USS New York)
January 1930
Lieutenant, Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 3B, USS New York

Others at this command:

Others at or embarked at USS New York:
LCDR Charles Cecil '16 (Battleship Division 3)
LTjg Hugh Black '26 (USS New York)
LTjg Douglas Fox '26 (USS New York)
ENS James Willis '27 (USS New York)
ENS Howard Garner '29 (USS New York)
April 1930
Lieutenant, Observation Plane Squadron (VO) 3B, USS New York

Others at this command:

Others at or embarked at USS New York:
LTjg Hugh Black '26 (USS New York)
LTjg Douglas Fox '26 (USS New York)
ENS James Willis '27 (USS New York)
ENS Howard Garner '29 (USS New York)
October 1930
Lieutenant, Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B, USS Saratoga


Others at or embarked at USS Saratoga:
CDR Melville Brown '10 (USS Saratoga)
LT Thomas Fisher '18 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LT Van Moore '19 (USS Saratoga)
LT Dixie Kiefer '19 (USS Saratoga)
LTjg Walter Leach, Jr. '24 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Creighton Lankford '25 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg Carlton Hutchins '26 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Charles Signer '26 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Robert Symes '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Renwick Calderhead '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Warren Graf '27 (USS Saratoga)
LTjg Julian Greer '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
ENS Weldon Hamilton '28 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
ENS Jacob Britt '29 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Charles Hart '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS James Clarkson '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Dudley Morton '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS John Craig '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS James Kyes '30 (USS Saratoga)
January 1931
Lieutenant, Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B, USS Saratoga


Others at or embarked at USS Saratoga:
CDR Melville Brown '10 (USS Saratoga)
LT Thomas Fisher '18 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LT Van Moore '19 (USS Saratoga)
LT Dixie Kiefer '19 (USS Saratoga)
LTjg Walter Leach, Jr. '24 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Creighton Lankford '25 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg Carlton Hutchins '26 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Charles Signer '26 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Robert Symes '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Renwick Calderhead '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Warren Graf '27 (USS Saratoga)
LTjg Julian Greer '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
ENS Weldon Hamilton '28 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
ENS Jacob Britt '29 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Charles Hart '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS James Clarkson '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Dudley Morton '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS John Craig '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS James Kyes '30 (USS Saratoga)
April 1931
Lieutenant, Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B, USS Saratoga


Others at or embarked at USS Saratoga:
CDR Melville Brown '10 (USS Saratoga)
LT Thomas Fisher '18 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LT Van Moore '19 (USS Saratoga)
LT Dixie Kiefer '19 (USS Saratoga)
LTjg Walter Leach, Jr. '24 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Creighton Lankford '25 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg Carlton Hutchins '26 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Charles Signer '26 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Robert Symes '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Renwick Calderhead '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
LTjg Warren Graf '27 (USS Saratoga)
LTjg Julian Greer '27 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
ENS Weldon Hamilton '28 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
ENS Jacob Britt '29 (USS Saratoga)
ENS James Clarkson '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS James Kyes '30 (USS Saratoga)
July 1931
Lieutenant, general inspector of aircraft, Central District, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
October 1931
Lieutenant, general inspector of aircraft, Central District, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
January 1932
Lieutenant, general inspector of aircraft, Central District, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
April 1932
Lieutenant, general inspector of aircraft, Central District, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
October 1932
Lieutenant, flag secretary, Aircraft Squadrons, USS Lexington


Others at or embarked at USS Lexington:
LT Harry Brandenburger '21 (USS Lexington)
LT Edwin Crouch '21 (USS Lexington)
LT William Ault '22 (Torpedo and Bombing Squadron (VT) 1S)
LTjg Eugene Lindsey '27 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Henry Twohy '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5S)
ENS John Yoho '29 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3S)
ENS Edwin Kelly '30 (Torpedo Squadron (VT) 1B)
ENS Lance Massey '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3S)
ENS Walter Bailey '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Eugene Lytle, Jr. '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS John Fairbanks, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Albert Major, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS William Thorn '32 (USS Lexington)
January 1933
Lieutenant, flag secretary, Aircraft Squadrons, USS Lexington


Others at or embarked at USS Lexington:
LT Harry Brandenburger '21 (USS Lexington)
LT Edwin Crouch '21 (USS Lexington)
LT William Ault '22 (Torpedo and Bombing Squadron (VT) 1S)
LTjg Eugene Lindsey '27 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Henry Twohy '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5S)
ENS John Yoho '29 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3S)
ENS Edwin Kelly '30 (Torpedo Squadron (VT) 1B)
ENS Victor Gaulin '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3S)
ENS Lance Massey '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3S)
ENS Walter Bailey '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Eugene Lytle, Jr. '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS John Fairbanks, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Albert Major, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS William Thorn '32 (USS Lexington)
April 1933
Lieutenant, flag secretary, Aircraft Squadrons, Base Force, US Fleet, USS Wright

Others at this command:
July 1933
Lieutenant, flag secretary, Aircraft Squadrons, USS Saratoga


Others at or embarked at USS Saratoga:
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
2LT Ernest Pollock '28 (Scouting Squadron 14-M)
LTjg William Arthur '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg William Oliver '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Lloyd Greenamyer '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
ENS James Clarkson '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Byron Newell '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS George Ottinger '32 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Frank Latta '32 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Paul Burton '33 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Robert Fair '33 (USS Saratoga)
October 1933
Lieutenant Commander, flag secretary, Aircraft Squadrons, USS Saratoga

Others at this command:

Others at or embarked at USS Saratoga:
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
2LT Ernest Pollock '28 (Scouting Squadron 14-M)
LTjg William Arthur '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Lloyd Greenamyer '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg James Clarkson '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Byron Newell '30 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Cleon Felton '31 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
ENS James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
ENS George Ottinger '32 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Frank Latta '32 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Paul Burton '33 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Robert Fair '33 (USS Saratoga)
April 1934
Lieutenant Commander, flag secretary, Aircraft Squadrons, USS Saratoga

Others at this command:

Others at or embarked at USS Saratoga:
LT Matthias Marple, Jr. '23 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
2LT Ernest Pollock '28 (Scouting Squadron 14-M)
LTjg Mathias Wyatt '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 6B)
LTjg Lloyd Greenamyer '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 1B)
LTjg Charles Ostrom '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 2B)
ENS James Murphy '31 (Torpedo Plane Squadron (VT) 2B)
ENS George Ottinger '32 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Frank Latta '32 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Paul Burton '33 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Robert Fair '33 (USS Saratoga)
July 1934
Lieutenant Commander, commanding officer, Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B, USS Lexington


Others at or embarked at USS Lexington:
LCDR Ryland Tisdale '15 (USS Lexington)
LT James Carney '21 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Edwin Kelly '30 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 1B)
LTjg Victor Gaulin '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3B)
LTjg Lance Massey '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Edward Worthington '34 (USS Lexington)
October 1934
Lieutenant Commander, commanding officer, Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B, USS Lexington


Others at or embarked at USS Lexington:
LCDR Ryland Tisdale '15 (USS Lexington)
LT James Carney '21 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Edwin Kelly '30 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 1B)
LTjg Victor Gaulin '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3B)
LTjg Baylies Clark '30 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 1B)
LTjg Lance Massey '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS Philip Ashworth '31 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3B)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Edward Worthington '34 (USS Lexington)
January 1935
Lieutenant Commander, commanding officer, Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B, USS Lexington


Others at or embarked at USS Lexington:
LT William Eaton '21 (USS Lexington)
LT James Carney '21 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Edwin Kelly '30 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 1B)
LTjg Victor Gaulin '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3B)
LTjg Baylies Clark '30 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 1B)
LTjg Lance Massey '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS Philip Ashworth '31 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3B)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Edward Worthington '34 (USS Lexington)
April 1935
Lieutenant Commander, commanding officer, Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B, USS Lexington


Others at or embarked at USS Lexington:
LT William Eaton '21 (USS Lexington)
LT James Carney '21 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Victor Gaulin '30 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3B)
LTjg Baylies Clark '30 (Bombing Plane Squadron (VB) 1B)
LTjg Lance Massey '30 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Philip Ashworth '31 (Scouting Plane Squadron (VS) 3B)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Edward Worthington '34 (USS Lexington)
October 1935
Lieutenant Commander, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.

Others at this command:
January 1936
Lieutenant Commander, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.

Others at this command:
April 1936
Lieutenant Commander, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.

Others at this command:
July 1936
Lieutenant Commander, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.

January 1937
Lieutenant Commander, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.

April 1937
Lieutenant Commander, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.

September 1937
Lieutenant Commander, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.

January 1938
Lieutenant Commander, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C.

July 1938
Lieutenant Commander, navigator, USS Ranger


Others at or embarked at this command:
LT Donald Lovelace '28 (Scouting Squadron (VS) 41)
LT William Pennewill '29 (Scouting Squadron (VS) 42)
LTjg Harrington Drake '31 (Bombing Squadron (VB) 4)
LTjg William Townsend '32 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 4)
LTjg Frederick Schrader '35 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 4)
January 1939
Lieutenant Commander, navigator, USS Ranger


Others at or embarked at this command:
LT Donald Lovelace '28 (Scouting Squadron (VS) 41)
LT William Pennewill '29 (Scouting Squadron (VS) 42)
LTjg Harrington Drake '31 (Bombing Squadron (VB) 4)
LTjg William Townsend '32 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 4)
LTjg Frederick Schrader '35 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 4)
October 1939
Commander, operations officer, Aircraft, Battle Forces, USS Yorktown

Others at or embarked at USS Yorktown:
LTjg James Averill '27 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 5)
LTjg Edward Worthington '34 (Scouting Squadron (VS) 5)
LTjg Stuart Stephens '34 (USS Yorktown)
LTjg Thomas Cummins '35 (Bombing Squadron (VB) 5)
LTjg Milton Ricketts '35 (USS Yorktown)
LTjg Samuel Adams '35 (Bombing Squadron (VB) 5)
LTjg John Curtis '35 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 5)
LTjg John Daub, Jr. '36 (Carrier Division 2)
LTjg Jack Moore '36 (Torpedo Squadron (VT) 5)
ENS Andrew Gardner '39 (USS Yorktown)


Class of 1919

William is one of 11 members of the Class of 1919 on Virtual Memorial Hall.

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