Nov. 11, 2013

[Bob Peetz - Webkeeper]

 

Today, as we thank and remember, let us thank and remember:

 

The VAL-4 “Black Ponies”

 

PlankOwners

 

* ADJ Don Abernathy * ADJ Bill Allison * AMH Richard Ask *

* AMS Harry Ball * LCDR Ron Ballard * LCDR Bill Bartlett *

* AME Bobby Batson * LTJG Denny Bennett * AMH William Black *

* ADJ Arthur Bowman * PR John Breen * LTJG Mick Brennan *

* LTJG Jim Brewster * In Service Loss * AE Jim Broadfoot *

* ADJ Arthur Brown * AMS Frederick Burgess *

* LCDR John Butterfield * LTJG Bob Campbell * AO Dave Campfield *

* ADJ Norman Cantrell * CS Alfredo Carlos * LTJG Jim Chadwick *

* AT Ronald Clark * LTJG Daniel Conrad * AMHC John Conroy *

* AE Omer Copeland * AMS Larry Critchfield * AZ Marlin Cross *

* ADJC Joe Crosson * AZ William Crouse * AMS John Davis *

* PR Joseph Denman * ATN Louis Diaz * AE Doug Donnelly *

* LTJG Peter Dunn * ATN Bruce Durand * LTJG Dave Edwards *

* AME Jim Elias * ATN David Erck * LTJG Glenn Ewing *

* AO Rod Faubion * LCDR Don Florko * AMS Tom Fontana *

* LTJG Barry Fry * PN Larry Fry * AT Bill Garrett *

* LT Jerry Goodman * AE Thomas Goodyear * PR Robert Gustafson *

* YN Harold Hanford * AT Ray Hartfield * AO Barry Heinbigner *

* ADC Charles Henning * LCDR Fred Hering * ADJ Leonard Hoel *

* AE David Janke * AE Gilbert Johnson * AOC James Johnson *

* LTJG Jeff Johnson * ADJ Larry Johnson *

* ADJ 'Johnnie' Johnson * In Service Loss * YN Donald Jones *

* AO William Kebschull * LTJG Mike Kersey * AZ Charles Krumel *

* AE 'Buddy' Labhart and LT 'Flash' Leebern * In Service Losses *

* ATN Robert Lemons * ADJ David Lewis * ADJ Neal Linville *

* ATN Frank Loeblich * AMS Michael Long * ADJ Jerry Longmire *

* AMH 'Dick' Lutes * PN Larry Majors * ADJ Gerd Marker *

* LTJG Aubrey Martin * Killed In Action * WO 'Gunny' Masson *

* AOC James Millard * ADJ Francis Mindicino * AT Bill Mitchell *

* AE Gary Painter * ADJ 'Vern' Morelius * AO Phillip Palzkill *

* PN Terry Phillips * PN Ernie Pizarro * ADJ 'Woody' Plank *

* LTJG Dick Pratt * LTJG Mike Quinlan * AMH Bill Quinn *

* ADJ Wendell Quinton * AMS Fred Revell * LT Gary Rezeau *

* ADJ Jack Riley * ABH 'Boats' Rittenhouse *

* LTJG Billy Robertson * AT James Rowlett * AME 'Rusty' Rush *

* LT Pete Russell * Killed In Action * AMS John Sanchez *

* CS 'Sandy' Sandau * LT Charles Sapp * LT Arthur Savard *

* ADJ Richard Schaefer * LCDR Al Schauer * CDR Marty Schuman *

* AMS Ronald Schweigert * AO Richard Seeger * ATN Ken Seibert *

* AO Richard Self * AZ Steve Sheary * LTJG Dan Sheehan *

* ADJ 'Jack' Sibert * LTJG Roy Sikkink * Killed In Action *

* AO Robert 'Shorty' Simkins * YN Pat Slaughter *

* ADJ Charles Smith * ATN Daniel Smith * ADJC R.E. Sorrell *

* AE Dave Stockley * LT Bob Stoddert * HM William Strader *

* AT Steve Sweeny * ATN Jerald Taylor * PN Robert Thompson *

* SD Leopolo Tinitigan * AK Glen Treece * AO Robert Valdez *

* AMHC Jean Vargo * AMH Jeff Vetter * AK Lorin Walcott *

* CYN Jim Wellens * ADJ Larry Westrope * ADJ Dan Weyant *

* LT Jerry Wheeler * AE Percy White * AE William White *

* AT 'Roy' Wiggs * CDR Gil Winans * AO James Wishon *

* PR Ernie Withers * LCDR 'ZZ' Zagortz * AK Paul Zinn *

 

Those Who Followed

 

* AO Dennis Adams * AO Richard Adams * AMS Timothy Adkins *

* AN Mario Alexandre * ATN Gaylord Allen * PN Dave Anding *

* LTJG Lyle Andvik * ADJ Morris Anteola * AE Charles Arnold *

* LT Jim Arthur * AO George Asbell * SA Dennis Ashmead *

* AE James Augustine * LTJG John Aunchman * AE Bill Austin *

* LTJG Tom Bailey * ADJ Bruce Baker * LTJG TY Baker *

* ABF John Barrett * AME Ken Barrett * AZ Charles Barton *

* LCDR Jere Barton * Killed In Action * AO Lloyd Bast *

* LTJG Ed Bastarache * PR Robb Bates * LCDR Jim Becker *

* LTJG Ron Beeley * AMS Gary Belanger * DK Joseph Bernstein *

* ADJ William Bertholf * LTJG Jerry Bever * ADJ Kevin Bialy *

* AO John Biblehimer *AZ Melvin Biggs * ADJ Wayne Bird *

* LTJG Peter Black * ABH Bob Blair * AN Mike Bogan *

* LTJG Jim Bohanna * SN Thomas Bolger * AO Steven Bond *

* AOC Cecil Bostick * AN John Boumila * ADJ Edward Bower *

* AO Haskell Braden * ABH Harold Bridges * LT Max Britton *

* ADJ William Brobst * AME Carl Brooks * AMS Fred Brooks *

* ADJ Blair Brown * AO Elton Brown * AE Francis Brown *

* LTJG Larry Brown * ADJ RB Brown * AME James Brown *

* AO Mike Bull * LTJG Jim Bumford * AO Homer Bunn *

* LT Ray Bunton * PR Will Burden * LTJG Devin Burke *

* AMH William Burns * CDR James Burton * ATR RE Bussemer *

* AN Randolph Butler * AMH Vernon Buxton * LTJG Mark Byars *

* PN James Caldwell * AZ Johnny Canezaro * YN Lou Caresia *

* AN Bob Carpenter * AMH Elmer Carson * AO Stu Carson *

* HM Clifford Carter * AE David Carter * AE Maurice Carter –

* ADJ Gordon Caudill* AO Richard Chambers * LCDR Steve Chappell –

* ADJ Gary Charf * YN Ronald Chesley * LTJG Sam Chipps *

* ADJ Terry Chissoe * LT David Church * AK Mike Cieslewicz *

* LT Addison Clark * ADJ Frank Clark * AZ Robert Cleland *

* AO Donald Cline * AN Darwin Cloud * AME Dale Coates *

* ADJ Joel Cochran * LTJG Tony Colantoni * AO Carl Collier *

* AO Tom Collins * AO William Cook * ADR Samuel Cooper *

* AOC Norman Corley * PN Conrad Cote * ADR Ken Cotten *

* AT Roy Cowan * AT James Cowen * AT Rich Cox –

* AMS Kenneth Crabtree* PN Walter Crawford * AT David Crockett *

* YN Kenneth Crosson * SD Eduardo Cuenca * LT James Cullen *

* ADJ James Cusick * PR Ronald Dale * LCDR Dean Davis *

* ASM Earl Davis * AK Ernest Davis * AT Francis Davis *

* AMS Gary Davis * CYN Jack Davis Jr * ADJ Don Day *

* SD Reynaldo Decastro * AMH Greg Delezynski * ADJ Willis Dempsey *

* LTJG Mike Despain * AEC David Devine * AN Ronald Devore *

* AO Michael Dewey * ADJ Glenn Dickerson * ADJ Orville Dillard *

* LCDR Bill Dobbs * ABH Otis Dodwell * ADJ Bruce Dolan *

* AO Dan Dooley * AMH Rodney Dragoo *

* YN Dale Dunbar * AE James Duty * AO Mike Duva –

* AE Donald Dye – ADJ Steven Dykes * AT William Eckert –

* ADJ Bob Edberg – PR Paul Ehrenfeld * AT Ron Elliot –

* LTJG Mel Etheridge Jr – AZ Dave Evans * AK Herb Evans Jr –

* ADJ John Evans Jr – AN James Evaristo * PN Philip Faden *

* LTJG Charlie Fail * LT Jim Falls * AZ Calvin Fancher *

* ADJ Al Fanelli * AE Wilbur Farling * AT Jimmie Farris *

* AO Frankie Faulkner * ADJ Bernard Fish * AMH Michael Fisher *

* ADJ Ordle Fitzgerald * CWO Sam Fleming * Lost In Service *

* LTJG Pete Ford * LTJG Graham Forsyth * AMS Jody Fowler *

* CYN Bill Fox * ATC Rich Francis * AE Ben Franklin *

* HM Dennis Freeman * ADJ James Freeman * AMS Mario Gabriel *

* PR Jim Gallece PR Thomas Garner AMS Bill Gause *

* ADJ Ralph Gerhab PR/BMH Ken Getchey LT Larry Getz MD *

* AO Grant Gilbert LT Dennis Gilleran ADJ Joseph Gilliam *

* LT Harry Gintzer SD Alfonso Gomez PR John Good *

* AE Mark Gottfried PR Robert Grabowski AK Peter Graham *

* AMS William Grant Jr AO Kenneth Grattaroti ABH Robert Graves *

* AMH Thomas Guice Jr ADJ Robert Gunder AO Robert Guth *

* AE David Haffermann AZ Jim Halawell AE Charles Hall *

* LT Gaylon Hall LCDR Jimmie Hanks LTJG Ross Hanover *

* LCDR Jim Hardie * YN Gary Hargett * AE JR Harkins AO Jim Harper *

* AOC Donald Harris * ABH Ronald Harris * LT Nick Harroun

* AN Richard Harte * AMS Bynum Hartman Jr * LTJG Don Hawkins

* AO James Haydt * AK Ronald Heard * AMHC Edward Heath *

* AEC Milburn Hedrick * DK Steven Heinecke * AO Tim Heiskell *

* AN William Henderson * AN Sam Hendricks * LTJG Lynn Henish *

* AZ Tom Herlacher * AO Daniel Herman * AZ Terry Hertz *

* PN Kenneth Hill * CYN David Hinkle * ADJ William Hogeboom *

* YN Patrick Holden * ATN Franz Holscher * LTJG Larry Hone *

* AO Cickie Honea * AT James Horvath * LT Howard Hotchkiss *

* ADJC Harold Howard * AN Darwin Howell * ADRC Robert Hoyle *

* YNC Carl Huckleberry * ADJ Paul Hunsicker * YN LL Hunt *

* ATR Lawrence Hunt * LT Bob Hurley * ADJ George Ison Jr *

* CS Aureilo Jackson * AK Michael Jackson * CYN Charles James *

* AMS John Jeffrey * AZ Russell Jenkins * ADJ Mark Jensen *

* ADJ Curtis Johnson * AK Gary Johnson * ADJ Martin Johnson *

* AE Roger Johnson * SN Thomas Johnson * CS David Jones *

* AO Paul Jones * AD Robert Jones * AS William Jones *

* AN Alex Jordan Jr * LTJG Steve Josephson * AO David Joyce *

* AMS Dennis Juelfs * ADJ Avarille Justice * AK Bryan Kaplan *

* LTJG Charles Karlan * PN Patrick Keith * AME Dennis Kellams *

* LTJG Joseph Keller * LTJG Ray Kellett * AMS Ben Kelley *

* AO Loyce Kennedy * ADJ Robert Kindsvater * AT Steven Kiser *

* AT Lynn Kistler * AMH Jerry Kistner * AMH Teddy Kitchen *

* ADJ Robert Klein * CDR Verle Klein * AA John Klesk *

* AN David Knight * PN Neil Korth * AE Mike Kotula *

* ABH William Krause * SN Dennis Krawiec * AT Steve Kubec *

* ADJ Terrence Laatsch * AK Leo Lacharite * AO Robert Lamb *

* LTJG Mike Lamberto * ADJ Roy Langlitz * AOC Chester Langlois *

* LCDR Tom Langston * AMH Elmer Larson * ADJ Edward Lattimore *

* LTJG Larry Laughon * AO Bill Laur * LT Kit Lavell *

* ADJ Vince Lecrann * LT George Leever * AO Jon Lefferts *

* AO Steven Lemay * ADJ Ken Lemke * ADJ James Lepinski *

* AO Robert Letzelter * ABH William Liggett * AOC Charles Lindsey *

* AT Robert Lippert * LTJG Ben LoBalbo * AN Rene Loera *

* AMS Joseph Lombardo * USMC CAPT Carl Long * Killed In Action *

* ABF John Louvier * ADJ Terry Lunsford *

* LT Robert Lutz * Killed In Action * AME Gary Lux * AE Jacob Lux *

* LCDR Fred Lynch * ATN Mark Macy * LTJG Ed Madden *

* LT Gerry Mahoney * USMC CAPT Nyle Mann * AO Jimmy Markle *

* AE William Marks * AT Gregory Mary * YN/RM Tom May *

* LTJG Lance Mayhew * AE Jere McCarthy * AO Thomas McClain *

* LT John McColly * AMH Robert McCracken * LT Tom McCracken *

* LTJG Hugh McCullom * AT Ronald McDonald * ADJ Leroy McGuire *

* CS Gregory McHattie * ATN Michael McKean * AO Ronald McKoy *

* AT Frank Meade * WO John Meadows * ADCS Thomas Meikle *

* HM Harold Menefee * LTJG Alan Meszaros * AO Jeffrey Mihalik *

* AO Jerry Miles * AZ Bruce Miller * PR Theodore Miller *

* AMH Vincent Miller * AMH Earl Milstead * LTJG Mike Monagan *

* ATN Bob Montgomery * AZ Jeff Montgomery * LTJG Jim Montgomery *

* LTJG Charlie Moore AE Walter Moore * ATN William Moore *

* AE Thomas Moorman * PR Earl Morgan * LTJG Raymond Morris *

* AT Charles Morton * ADJ Donald Mosley * LT Richard Murkland *

* DK Nedwin Nelson * AO Donald Newland * AMS John Newsom *

* AK James Novick * ADJ Charles Nunley * AT Gary Nuss *

* ADJ James Obarsky * AO Charles Ogwin * ADJ Gary Ohare *

= ADJ Dante Olaes * ADJ Clayton Oliver * ADC William Oneal *

* AO Bob Osborn * AT Richard Oubre * YN George Owens *

* AZ Dewey Owsley * ABH Ronald Painter * AO Nick Palko *

* ADJ Crockett Pancoast * AMHC Frank Parker Jr * LT Mike Parkes *

* LCDR Bob Pastre * AO George Patterson * AME Robert Peetz *

* LTJG John Pell * AO Gerald Pepper * AS Charles Perrault *

* SN Darrel Peterson * ADJ Robert Phelps * ADJ Steven Phelps *

* ADJ Charles Phillips * AMHC Everet Phillips * USMC 1LT K. Phipps *

* HM Gary Phillips * CDR Ronald Pickett * AN Timothy Pinnell *

* AOC Eldon Pipes * AO Bill Pippin * ADJ Joe Pokorny *

* AT Tom Poland * AMH Dennis Poledna * CDR Bob Porter *

* PR Ken Porter * ADJ Bobby Posey * AK Richard Powers *

* YN Ronald Prescott * CYN George Price * LTJG Mark Pyle *

* YN Skip Queen * AA Wendell Quigley * ADJ Phillip Rabalais *

* ADJC Raymond Radford * ADR Jay Radich * AT Craig Rasch *

* CDR Leonard Rausch * AO Jim Rawlins * AMS James Ray *

* AO Wayne Ray * ADJ Robert Raymond * AMSC Ronald Regan *

* AO Gene Reid * AO Marvin Reine * ADJ Donald Reithknecht *

* AN Huber Remick * AO Joseph Renna * SN Thomas Reside *

* ADJ Clarence Rettig * YN Abraham Richardson *

* AMH David Richardson * YNC Charles Roan * LT Bill Robb Jr *

* AMS William Roberts * AE Alfredo Robles * LT Stephen Rodgers *

* AME David Roe * PN Roman Romero * AN Randy Rose *

* LTJG Vernon Rosenberger * AO Mike Rotoli * ADJ William Rumpf *

* AMS William Ruzich * AO Michael Ryan * AME Stephen Salisbury *

* LTJG Neil Salmi * LTJG Steve Salzman * Lost In*Service *

* ADJ Alan Sampson * LTJG Joel Sandberg * Killed In Action *

* AK Lawrence Sardula * ADJ Stanley Sawyer * AT Forrest Scarpitto *

* ATC Ron Schiermeister * YN Roger Schlins * CDR Jay Schoenfeld *

* LTJG Bob Scholl * AO Elwyn Scott * ADJ Lee Scott *

* LT Roy Segars * AS David Semat * AO William Shaw *

* AO Michael O'Shay * ATN Daniel Sheets * LTJG Dana Sheldon *

* AMS Gary Shellum * AT Chris Shemet * AT Larue Shepard *

* ADJ Glenn Sherwood * LTJG Tim Sikorski * AMS Robert Sims *

* AMH Al Sinyard * AMS Harlan Sisler * AMH Jack Skwara *

* AO Mike Slavin * LT John Smalling * AO Carl Smith *

* LTJG Harold Smith * AE Louis Sombail * PN Mark Spedding *

* ADJ James Spradlin * ADJ Jeff Stadheim * AE Richard Stednitz *

* ADJ James Stephens * AO Jimmie Stevens * AE Willie Stewart *

* AT Carl Stone * ADJ 'Bud' Storch * SN Ronald Strangeland

* AE Cecil Strickland * ADJ Roger Strong * AO Thomas Struble *

* YNC Richard Stuhr * ADJ Richard Suhr * AO Paul Sullivan *

* LTJG Edward Sullivan Jr * AE Tim Tannheimer * AO Carl Taylor *

* ATN Donald Taylor * ADJ Issac Taylor * ADJC Pulliam Taylor *

* CYN John Tepaske * AT James Thomas * LCDR John Thomas *

* AO Dave Thompson * AS John Thornton * ABH James Tilley *

* YN Daniel Tindell * AZ Francis Tomaszewski III * AMSC William Torman *

* PR Richard Torres * AT Robert Townsend * CDR Bruce Turner *

* AN Stephen Tyler * LTJG Quentin Underkoffler * AA JD Underwood *

* AO Phillip Vanasse * AN Joel Vanik * AMS David Vickers *

* AO Terry Viets * AZ Ronald Villa * AO Wayne Walin *

* ADJ Douglas Walker * LTJG Frank Walther * AE Arden Wandall *

* LT Truman Ware * PN Edward Warren * Bill Watkins * ADJ Earl Watts *

* AMH Gerald Watts * AOC Edgar Webb * CS Lloyd Weber * ADJ Arnold Weeks *

* ADJ James Werblow * AMH Bob Wesley * LCDR John Westerman *

* AO Charlie Wheeler * AK Clarence Whetstone * AE William Whitaker *

* LCDR Bob White * ADJ Michael Whitehead * AMH Gary Whitson *

* AMS George Widel * WO1 Jeffrey Widmann * AE Charles Wiggonton *

* SN Stephen Wilcoxon * AE Lee Wiley * LCDR Kenneth Williams *

* ADJ Ray Williams * CYN Charles Willis * ADCS Thomas Wilson *

* QM Edward Wimbush * AE Robert Winkelman * AO Kenneth Winter *

* LTJG Mike Wolfe * Corey Wood * AME Herman Woodard * AO Richard Woods *

* LT Ed Woods * LTJG Randy Wyatt * LTJG Pete Wylie * AT Michael Yarman *

* AMHC John Yaworsky * AME Craig Young * ADJ Eugene Zameda * AN R Zeulch *

* AE Emmette Zimmerman * AT Barry Zobel * YN Amado Zolina *