VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

USNA 11th Company

74 Alumni

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 36 companies in the Brigade, though there were only eight in the late 1920s before expanding to 36 from the late 1940s to the late 1990s, and then back to 30 until the 2025-2026 academic year.

Some classes are in the same company for all four years, but this too has varied. Some classes are "shotgunned" (all midshipmen in a class, usually following plebe year, are moved randomly to a different company), while others are "shuffled" (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.

CAPT DONALD O. FAUST, USAF

Donald Faust

Class of 1956
Captain | US Air Force
August 27, 1962 (29 years old)
Operational loss 53rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
CAPT MICHAEL C. WUNSCH, USMC

Michael Wunsch

Class of 1966
Captain | US Marine Corps
July 28, 1969 (25 years old)
KIA 3rd Tank Battalion Vietnam Ground Silver Star HOFH24 USNA 11th Company
CAPT MICHAEL D. L. MORGAN, USMC

Michael Morgan

Class of 1967
Captain | US Marine Corps
November 2, 1973 (29 years old)
Operational loss Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323 Fixed Wing HOFH19 HOFH21 HOFH22 HOFH24 USNA 11th Company
CAPT MICHAEL F. KING, USMC

Michael King

Class of 1979
Captain | US Marine Corps
October 31, 1988 (31 years old)
Operational loss Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262 Helicopter USNA 11th Company
CAPT THOMAS J. MITCHELL, USN

Thomas Mitchell

Class of 1953
Captain | US Navy
April 13, 1974 (44 years old)
KIA 30th Naval Construction Regiment Ground Terrorism USNA 11th Company
CAPT WILLIAM C. ROGERS, USMC

William Rogers

Class of 1969
Captain | US Marine Corps
September 27, 1973 (26 years old)
Operational loss Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
CDR CHARLES R. STAPLER, USN

Charles Stapler

Class of 1939
Commander | US Navy
June 9, 1951 (35 years old)
KIA Air Group (CAG) 19 Korea Fixed Wing Navy Cross Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 11th Company
CDR DAVID R. VAUGHN, USN

David Vaughn

Class of 1972
Commander | US Navy
December 5, 1986 (36 years old)
Operational loss Attack Squadron (VA) 128 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
CDR MURDOCH M. MCLEOD, USN

Murdoch McLeod

Class of 1947
Commander | US Navy
April 29, 1965 (40 years old)
Operational loss Naval Air Test Center Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
CDR RICHARD H. RICHARDSON, USN

Richard Richardson

Class of 1951
Commander | US Navy
January 20, 1966 (36 years old)
Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 124 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
CDR ROBERT R. WILSON, USN

Robert Wilson

Class of 1952
Commander | US Navy
July 10, 1968 (41 years old)
Operational loss Attack Squadron (VA) 93 Helicopter Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star Brigade Commander USNA 11th Company
CDR VALENTIN G. MATULA, USN

Valentin Matula

Class of 1947
Commander | US Navy
July 20, 1965 (41 years old)
Operational loss Reconnaissance Attack (Heavy) Squadron (RVAH) 1 Vietnam Fixed Wing KIA-combat flight USNA 11th Company
CDR WILLIAM K. COKER, USN

William Coker

Class of 1943
Commander | US Navy
October 2, 1958 (38 years old)
Operational loss Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 1 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
COL ERNEST A. OLDS, USAF

Ernest Olds

Class of 1956
Colonel | US Air Force
March 11, 1968 (33 years old)
KIA 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron Vietnam Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 11th Company
ENS CARL H. ZIEHR, USN

Carl Ziehr

Class of 1942
Ensign | US Navy
May 8, 1942 (23 years old)
KIA Battle of the Coral Sea Pacific USS Lexington (CV 2) WWII Ship USNA 11th Company
ENS DWIGHT S. PATTEE, USN

Dwight Pattee

Class of 1968
Ensign | US Navy
June 3, 1969 (22 years old)
Operational loss USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) Ship USNA 11th Company
ENS FRANK S. LOMAX, USN

Frank Lomax

Class of 1940
Ensign | US Navy
December 7, 1941 (24 years old)
KIA Pearl Harbor Pacific USS Arizona (BB 39) WWII Ship USNA 11th Company
ENS HUGH H. GOODWIN, JR., USN

Hugh Goodwin, Jr.

Class of 1948
Ensign | US Navy
August 4, 1949 (25 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
ENS JAMES H. EVERSOLE, USN

James Eversole

Class of 1943
Ensign | US Navy
August 24, 1942 (23 years old)
KIA Battle of the Eastern Solomons Pacific USS Enterprise (CV 6) WWII Ship USNA 11th Company
LCDR CARL J. PETERSON, USN

Carl Peterson

Class of 1958
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
April 2, 1969 (32 years old)
KIA Patrol River Boat Squadron 57 Vietnam Riverine Bronze Star Ship Namesake USNA 11th Company
LCDR EDWARD E. DEGARMO, USN

Edward Degarmo

Class of 1940
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
June 7, 1945 (28 years old)
KIA Pacific Okinawa Torpedo Squadron (VT) 82 WWII Fixed Wing Navy Cross Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 11th Company
LCDR EDWARD J. BROMS, JR., USN

Edward Broms, Jr.

Class of 1965
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
August 1, 1968 (25 years old)
KIA Attack Squadron (VA) 66 Vietnam Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LCDR FORT E. LAND, USN

Fort Land

Class of 1942
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
November 22, 1945 (25 years old)
Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 80 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LCDR JAMES H. MCPHERSON, USN

James McPherson

Class of 1941
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
August 13, 1945 (26 years old)
KIA Pacific Fighting Squadron (VF) 16 WWII Fixed Wing Silver Star USNA 11th Company
LCDR JAMES T. PRESTON, USN

James Preston

Class of 1940
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
April 16, 1945 (27 years old)
KIA Pacific Okinawa USS Bryant (DD 665) WWII Kamikaze Ship Silver Star USNA 11th Company
LCDR JOHN C. KELLEY, USN

John Kelley

Class of 1938
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
November 11, 1943 (27 years old)
KIA Pacific Solomon Islands Fighting Squadron (VF) 33 WWII Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 11th Company
LCDR JOHN E. SHEPHERD, III, USN

John Shepherd, III

Class of 1939
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
March 28, 1945 (28 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Trigger (SS 237) WWII Submarine Silver Star Bronze Star Navy and Marine Corps Medal USNA 11th Company
LCDR NELSON J. ALLEN, USN

Nelson Allen

Class of 1939
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
November 19, 1943 (27 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Sculpin (SS 191) WWII Submarine Bronze Star USNA 11th Company
LCDR PHILIP C. DAVIS, USN

Philip Davis

Class of 1957
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
October 23, 1967 (32 years old)
Operational loss USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14) Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LCDR PHILIP M. ARMSTRONG, JR., USN

Philip Armstrong, Jr.

Class of 1953
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
June 8, 1967 (37 years old)
KIA USS Liberty (AGTR 5) Ship Navy Cross USNA 11th Company
LCDR ROBERT J. FOSSUM, USN

Robert Fossum

Class of 1943
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
September 1, 1954 (34 years old)
Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 11 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LCDR VINCENT M. SIM, USN

Vincent Sim

Class of 1938
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
May 6, 1946 (31 years old)
Operational loss Naval Air Test Center Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LT BLEECKER P. SEAMAN, JR., USN

Bleecker Seaman, Jr.

Class of 1941
Lieutenant | US Navy
February 16, 1945 (25 years old)
KIA Pacific Japan Bombing Fighting Squadron (VBF) 12 WWII Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LT BRET T. MILLER, USN

Bret Miller

Class of 2001
Lieutenant | US Navy
October 28, 2009 (30 years old)
Operational loss Training Squadron (VT) 27 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LT DANIEL E. ARNOLD, USN

Daniel Arnold

Class of 1940
Lieutenant | US Navy
September 9, 1943 (25 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Grayling (SS 209) WWII Submarine USNA 11th Company
LT FRANK H. DEAN, JR., USN

Frank Dean, Jr.

Class of 1943
Lieutenant | US Navy
September 7, 1945 (23 years old)
Operational loss Bombing Fighting Squadron (VBF) 5 Fixed Wing Silver Star USNA 11th Company
LT JACK L. BROWN, USN

Jack Brown

Class of 1941
Lieutenant | US Navy
October 29, 1943 (25 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LT JAMES J. LECLARE, USNR

James Leclare

Class of 1939
Lieutenant | US Naval Reserve
May 29, 1944 (28 years old)
Operational loss Drydock USNA 11th Company
LT JOHN D. PRUDHOMME, USN

John Prudhomme

Class of 1961
Lieutenant | US Navy
December 22, 1965 (28 years old)
KIA Attack Squadron (VA) 76 Vietnam Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross MIA USNA 11th Company
LT JOHN J. WILEY, USN

John Wiley

Class of 1961
Lieutenant | US Navy
April 10, 1963 (23 years old)
Operational loss USS Thresher (SSN 593) Submarine HOFH21 HOFH23 HOFH24 HOFH25 USNA 11th Company
LT JOHN W. KING, USN

John King

Class of 1937
Lieutenant | US Navy
August 15, 1942 (27 years old)
KIA Pacific Scouting Squadron (VS) 72 WWII Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LT KARL F. BORDER, USN

Karl Border

Class of 1939
Lieutenant | US Navy
October 11, 1942 (26 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LT NED W. METCALF, JR., USN

Ned Metcalf, Jr.

Class of 1987
Lieutenant | US Navy
March 21, 1991 (26 years old)
Operational loss Patrol Squadron (VP) 50 Fixed Wing VP-50 Collision USNA 11th Company
LT RICHARD L. LAWS, USN

Richard Laws

Class of 1962
Lieutenant | US Navy
April 3, 1966 (26 years old)
KIA Fighter Squadron (VF) 24 Vietnam Fixed Wing HOFH19 HOFH21 HOFH23 USNA 11th Company
LT RICHARD P. WILLIAMS, USN

Richard Williams

Class of 1966
Lieutenant | US Navy
June 30, 1969 (25 years old)
Operational loss Training Squadron (VT) 21 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LT ROBERT K. WOLTER, JR., USN

Robert Wolter, Jr.

Class of 1941
Lieutenant | US Navy
January 9, 1945 (26 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Colorado (BB 45) WWII Ship Fratricide USNA 11th Company
LT V. PATRICK BUCKLEY, USN

V. Patrick Buckley

Class of 1966
Lieutenant | US Navy
December 16, 1969 (25 years old)
KIA Light Photographic Squadron (VFP) 63 Vietnam Fixed Wing HOFH19 HOFH21 HOFH22 HOFH23 HOFH24 HOFH25 KIA-combat flight USNA 11th Company
LT WALTER R. SADLER, USN

Walter Sadler

Class of 1942
Lieutenant | US Navy
June 14, 1944 (26 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Golet (SS 361) WWII Submarine USNA 11th Company
LT WARREN P. STRONG, JR., USN

Warren Strong, Jr.

Class of 1940
Lieutenant | US Navy
December 18, 1943 (25 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LT WILLIAM C. LEEDY, USN

William Leedy

Class of 1938
Lieutenant | US Navy
May 18, 1943 (25 years old)
Operational loss Aleutians Patrol Squadron (VP) 62 WWII Fixed Wing KIA-combat flight USNA 11th Company
LT WILLIAM E. DAISLEY, JR., USN

William Daisley, Jr.

Class of 1988
Lieutenant | US Navy
March 15, 1993 (27 years old)
Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 101 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LT WILLIAM H. MENDENHALL, USN

William Mendenhall

Class of 1942
Lieutenant | US Navy
May 4, 1945 (25 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Lagarto (SS 371) WWII Submarine USNA 11th Company
LT WILLIAM R. CECIL, USN

William Cecil

Class of 1943
Lieutenant | US Navy
January 5, 1949 (27 years old)
Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 191 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTCOL FRANK P. KOLBE, JR., USMCR

Frank Kolbe, Jr.

Class of 1960
Lieutenant Colonel | US Marine Corps Reserve
July 19, 1981 (45 years old)
Operational loss Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 772 Helicopter HOFH19 HOFH21 HOFH22 HOFH23 HOFH24 USNA 11th Company
LTCOL HENRY M. SEREX, USAF

Henry Serex

Class of 1955
Lieutenant Colonel | US Air Force
April 2, 1972 (40 years old)
KIA 42nd Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron Vietnam Fixed Wing MIA USNA 11th Company
LTCOL JOHN S. MACLAUGHLIN, JR., USMC

John Maclaughlin, Jr.

Class of 1938
Lieutenant Colonel | US Marine Corps
January 25, 1944 (28 years old)
Operational loss Pacific Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 422 WWII Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTCOL ROBERT J. JOHNSON, JR., USMC

Robert Johnson, Jr.

Class of 1964
Lieutenant Colonel | US Marine Corps
October 9, 1982 (41 years old)
Operational loss Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312 Fixed Wing HOFH23 HOFH24 HOFH25 USNA 11th Company
LTJG ALEXANDER GROVES, II, USN

Alexander Groves, II

Class of 1937
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
August 2, 1940 (24 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTJG CALVIN R. GOSSETT, USN

Calvin Gossett

Class of 1945
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
February 16, 1948 (25 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTJG FRANCIS A. FLOOD, JR., USN

Francis Flood, Jr.

Class of 1953
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
August 23, 1956 (24 years old)
KIA Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1 Cold War Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 11th Company
LTJG FRED R. NEWELL, JR., USNR

Fred Newell, Jr.

Class of 1937
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Naval Reserve
January 22, 1945 (29 years old)
KIA Pacific Maryann WWII Ship Navy Cross Oryoku Maru POW USNA 11th Company
LTJG GARY J. HIRSCH, USN

Gary Hirsch

Class of 1968
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
November 5, 1969 (23 years old)
Operational loss Training Squadron (VT) 25 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTJG GEORGE L. GLEASON, USN

George Gleason

Class of 1951
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
March 31, 1954 (24 years old)
Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 31 Flight Deck USNA 11th Company
LTJG HARLEY S. HARRIS, JR., USN

Harley Harris, Jr.

Class of 1948
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
June 28, 1951 (26 years old)
KIA Attack Squadron (VA) 55 Korea Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTJG HEROLD A. HARVESON, USN

Herold Harveson

Class of 1937
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
December 7, 1941 (27 years old)
KIA Pearl Harbor Pacific USS Utah (AG 16) WWII Ship Ship Namesake USNA 11th Company
LTJG JAMES B. GINN, USN

James Ginn

Class of 1938
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
December 7, 1941 (27 years old)
KIA Pearl Harbor Pacific Cruiser Scouting Squadron (VO) 4 WWII Fixed Wing KIA-combat flight USNA 11th Company
LTJG JAMES P. KELLEY, USN

James Kelley

Class of 1951
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
November 13, 1953 (26 years old)
Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 21 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTJG JOHN F. WOODRUFF, USN

John Woodruff

Class of 1938
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
March 1, 1942 (26 years old)
KIA Battle of Sunda Strait Pacific USS Houston (CA 30) WWII Ship USNA 11th Company
LTJG JOHN G. WICK, USN

John Wick

Class of 1948
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
March 22, 1953 (27 years old)
Operational loss Patrol Squadron (VP) 34 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTJG OLIVIER R. BILLION, USN

Olivier Billion

Class of 1952
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
June 1, 1955 (25 years old)
Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 144 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTJG ROBERT B. HARPER, USN

Robert Harper

Class of 1944
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
February 20, 1946 (24 years old)
Operational loss Advanced Training Unit (ATU) 1 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company
LTJG WILLIAM C. WILLIAMSON, JR., USN

William Williamson, Jr.

Class of 1941
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
August 24, 1942 (22 years old)
KIA Battle of the Eastern Solomons Pacific USS Enterprise (CV 6) WWII Ship USNA 11th Company
MAJ JAMES R. BROMEYER, USMC

James Bromeyer

Class of 1937
Major | US Marine Corps
September 7, 1944 (28 years old)
KIA Pacific 1st Battalion, 4th Marines WWII Ship POW Shin'yō Maru USNA 11th Company
MAJ JOHN E. SHEDAKER, JR., USMC

John Shedaker, Jr.

Class of 1942
Major | US Marine Corps
October 11, 1948 (30 years old)
Operational loss Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 212 Fixed Wing USNA 11th Company