VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

USNA 12th Company

80 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.

1LT DALE F. ELLIS, USAF

Dale Ellis

Class of 1952
1st Lieutenant | US Air Force
June 3, 1954 (24 years old)
Operational loss 83rd Air Rescue Squadron Helicopter USNA 12th Company
1LT HENRY N. PILGER, USMC

Henry Pilger

Class of 1970
1st Lieutenant | US Marine Corps
September 23, 1972 (24 years old)
Operational loss Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 Helicopter USNA 12th Company
1LT JAMES C. FLAHERTY, USAF

James Flaherty

Class of 1953
1st Lieutenant | US Air Force
April 7, 1958 (28 years old)
Operational loss 3545th Pilot Training Squadron Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
1LT JAMES W. PARMELEE, USAF

James Parmelee

Class of 1951
1st Lieutenant | US Air Force
August 26, 1954 (30 years old)
Operational loss 303rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
2LT EARL L. VALENTINE, JR., USMC

Earl Valentine, Jr.

Class of 1951
2nd Lieutenant | US Marine Corps
August 27, 1952 (24 years old)
KIA 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines Korea Ground Navy Cross USNA 12th Company
2LT EDWARD F. GREER, JR., USAF

Edward Greer, Jr.

Class of 1952
2nd Lieutenant | US Air Force
September 18, 1952 (23 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
CAPT EDWARD P. DOYLE, USAF

Edward Doyle

Class of 1957
Captain | US Air Force
June 24, 1965 (31 years old)
Operational loss 603d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
CAPT GEORGE W. DUNCAN, JR., USAF

George Duncan, Jr.

Class of 1950
Captain | US Air Force
January 30, 1956 (29 years old)
Operational loss 47th Bombardment Squadron Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
CAPT GEORGE W. STIVERS, JR., USMC

George Stivers, Jr.

Class of 1943
Captain | US Marine Corps
December 5, 1945 (25 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
CAPT JOHN S. FANTONE, USMC

John Fantone

Class of 1939
Captain | US Marine Corps
February 10, 1945 (28 years old)
KIA Pacific Corregidor 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Brazil Maru WWII Ship Silver Star Oryoku Maru POW USNA 12th Company
CAPT JOHN T. DOLAN, USAF

John Dolan

Class of 1949
Captain | US Air Force
December 16, 1955 (28 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
CAPT MATTHEW C. FREEMAN, USMC

Matthew Freeman

Class of 2002
Captain | US Marine Corps
August 7, 2009 (29 years old)
KIA Afghanistan Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 36 Global War on Terrorism Ground Bronze Star Naval Academy Cemetery USNA 12th Company
CAPT ROBERT R. CARTER, USN

Robert Carter

Class of 1942
Captain | US Navy
August 12, 1965 (47 years old)
Operational loss Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 20 Ship Overboard USNA 12th Company
CAPT WESLEY R. PHENEGAR, JR., USMC

Wesley Phenegar, Jr.

Class of 1958
Captain | US Marine Corps
August 13, 1967 (30 years old)
Operational loss Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12 Vietnam Distinguished Flying Cross KIA-combat flight USNA 12th Company
CAPT WILLIAM F. HOGABOOM, USMC

William Hogaboom

Class of 1939
Captain | US Marine Corps
December 15, 1944 (28 years old)
KIA Pacific Corregidor 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines WWII Ship Navy Cross Oryoku Maru POW USNA 12th Company
CDR ALPHONSE M. MINVIELLE, USN

Alphonse Minvielle

Class of 1938
Commander | US Navy
February 3, 1949 (34 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing HOFH21 USNA 12th Company
CDR ALVIN L. WILDERMAN, USN

Alvin Wilderman

Class of 1959
Commander | US Navy
November 30, 1973 (36 years old)
Operational loss USS Plunger (SSN 595) Submarine Overboard USNA 12th Company
CDR FRANCIS A. SLATTERY, USN

Francis Slattery

Class of 1954
Commander | US Navy
May 22, 1968 (36 years old)
Operational loss USS Scorpion (SSN 589) Submarine USNA 12th Company
COL OSCAR M. DARDEAU, JR., USAF

Oscar Dardeau, Jr.

Class of 1953
Colonel | US Air Force
November 18, 1967 (35 years old)
KIA 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron Vietnam Fixed Wing Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 12th Company
COL RICHARD E. LEARY, USAF

Richard Leary

Class of 1941
Colonel | US Air Force
April 25, 1952 (34 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star ex-POW USNA 12th Company
ENS ANTONIO A. ORTEGA, JR., PN

Antonio Ortega, Jr.

Class of 1979
Ensign | Philippine Navy
September 21, 1981 (25 years old)
Operational loss BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS 76) Ship USNA 12th Company
ENS DANIEL R. SEIDELL, USN

Daniel Seidell

Class of 1943
Ensign | US Navy
February 16, 1943 (22 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Amberjack (SS 219) WWII Submarine USNA 12th Company
ENS STRUDWICK T. PENNINGTON, USN

Strudwick Pennington

Class of 1942
Ensign | US Navy
May 7, 1942 (21 years old)
KIA Battle of the Coral Sea Pacific USS Sims (DD 409) WWII Ship USNA 12th Company
ENS ULMONT I. WHITEHEAD, JR., USN

Ulmont Whitehead, Jr.

Class of 1940
Ensign | US Navy
December 7, 1941 (26 years old)
KIA Pearl Harbor Pacific USS Arizona (BB 39) WWII Ship USNA 12th Company
LCDR ALBERT B. HALL, JR., USN

Albert Hall, Jr.

Class of 1942
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
November 4, 1948 (30 years old)
Operational loss Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LCDR ALEXANDER S. WADSWORTH, III, USN

Alexander Wadsworth, III

Class of 1939
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
June 14, 1944 (26 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Golet (SS 361) WWII Submarine Silver Star USNA 12th Company
LCDR BEVERLEY RANDOLPH, USN

Beverley Randolph

Class of 1945
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
April 4, 1958 (35 years old)
Operational loss Naval Air Test Center Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LCDR CHARLES E. ANDREWS, III, USN

Charles Andrews, III

Class of 1952
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
December 28, 1962 (33 years old)
Operational loss Heavy Attack Squadron (VAH) 5 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LCDR CHARLES R. LEE, USN

Charles Lee

Class of 1962
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
July 9, 1967 (26 years old)
KIA Attack Squadron (VA) 146 Vietnam Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LCDR DONALD G. JACKSON, USN

Donald Jackson

Class of 1944
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
October 6, 1955 (34 years old)
Operational loss Naval Air Test Center Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LCDR EDWARD R. HOLT, JR., USN

Edward Holt, Jr.

Class of 1939
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
August 6, 1945 (30 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Bullhead (SS 332) WWII Submarine USNA 12th Company
LCDR FRANK B. QUADY, USN

Frank Quady

Class of 1938
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
May 11, 1945 (29 years old)
KIA Pacific Okinawa USS Bunker Hill (CV 17) Task Force 58 WWII Kamikaze Ship Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star USNA 12th Company
LCDR GEOFFREY R. SHUMWAY, USN

Geoffrey Shumway

Class of 1964
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
June 25, 1972 (29 years old)
KIA Attack Squadron (VA) 22 Vietnam Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 12th Company
LCDR GUY M. HOUSTON, JR., USN

Guy Houston, Jr.

Class of 1958
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
November 10, 1969 (33 years old)
Operational loss Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LCDR HAL R. CRANDALL, USN

Hal Crandall

Class of 1951
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
July 24, 1963 (34 years old)
Operational loss Fighter Squadron (VF) 211 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LCDR HORATIO G. SICKEL, V, USN

Horatio Sickel, V

Class of 1944
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
July 13, 1956 (34 years old)
Operational loss Naval Air Test Center Fixed Wing Family USNA 12th Company
LCDR JAMES C. RADNEY, USN

James Radney

Class of 1973
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
September 28, 1982 (32 years old)
Operational loss Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 36 Helicopter USNA 12th Company
LCDR JOHN H. BILLINGS, USN

John Billings

Class of 1950
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
April 10, 1963 (35 years old)
Operational loss USS Thresher (SSN 593) Submarine USNA 12th Company
LCDR JOHN M. STUMP, USN

John Stump

Class of 1951
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
November 6, 1970 (43 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LCDR JOSEPH M. CAMPBELL, USN

Joseph Campbell

Class of 1943
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
May 29, 1952 (32 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LCDR PHILIP H. ALLEN, USN

Philip Allen

Class of 1946
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
April 10, 1963 (39 years old)
Operational loss USS Thresher (SSN 593) Submarine USNA 12th Company
LCDR WILLIAM B. MASON, JR., USN

William Mason, Jr.

Class of 1937
Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
December 2, 1943 (28 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Capelin (SS 289) WWII Submarine USNA 12th Company
LT BETHEL V. OTTER, USN

Bethel Otter

Class of 1937
Lieutenant | US Navy
May 6, 1942 (27 years old)
KIA Pacific Corregidor 4th Battalion, 4th Marines WWII Ground Navy Cross Silver Star Ship Namesake USNA 12th Company
LT CLAIRE C. POOLE, USN

Claire Poole

Class of 1941
Lieutenant | US Navy
September 17, 1943 (25 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Pompano (SS 181) WWII Submarine USNA 12th Company
LT EDWARD MICKA, USN

Edward Micka

Class of 1939
Lieutenant | US Navy
November 9, 1942 (27 years old)
KIA North Africa Fighting Squadron (VF) 9 WWII Fixed Wing Navy Cross Ship Namesake USNA 12th Company
LT ELWOOD A. COBEY, JR., USN

Elwood Cobey, Jr.

Class of 1941
Lieutenant | US Navy
April 29, 1943 (24 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LT ERNEST D. CODY, USN

Ernest Cody

Class of 1938
Lieutenant | US Navy
August 16, 1942 (27 years old)
Operational loss Pacific Airship Patrol Squadron (ZP) 32 WWII Airship USNA 12th Company
LT FRANK H. KOLB, JR., USN

Frank Kolb, Jr.

Class of 1939
Lieutenant | US Navy
July 5, 1943 (25 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LT GENE R. GOLLAHON, USN

Gene Gollahon

Class of 1961
Lieutenant | US Navy
August 13, 1965 (26 years old)
KIA Fighter Squadron (VF) 111 Vietnam Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 12th Company
LT GLEN E. GOOD, USN

Glen Good

Class of 1956
Lieutenant | US Navy
April 3, 1962 (30 years old)
Operational loss Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 36 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LT GOODWIN W. SANDVIG, USN

Goodwin Sandvig

Class of 1943
Lieutenant | US Navy
March 8, 1951 (31 years old)
Operational loss Naval Air Test Center Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LT JACK D. RENFRO, USN

Jack Renfro

Class of 1962
Lieutenant | US Navy
November 7, 1966 (27 years old)
Operational loss Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 6 Vietnam USNA 12th Company
LT JAMES S. O'ROURKE, USN

James O'Rourke

Class of 1937
Lieutenant | US Navy
December 15, 1944 (29 years old)
KIA Pacific WWII Ship Oryoku Maru POW USNA 12th Company
LT JOHN C. THOMPSON, JR., USN

John Thompson, Jr.

Class of 1946
Lieutenant | US Navy
May 22, 1952 (29 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LT KENNETH J. O'DEA, USN

Kenneth O'Dea

Class of 1961
Lieutenant | US Navy
February 17, 1967 (31 years old)
Operational loss Training Squadron (VT) 9 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LT MILTON L. JARRETT, JR., USN

Milton Jarrett, Jr.

Class of 1940
Lieutenant | US Navy
June 7, 1943 (26 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LT RALPH O. ANDERSON, JR., USN

Ralph Anderson, Jr.

Class of 1940
Lieutenant | US Navy
July 4, 1943 (25 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LT RICHARD C. DEUTER, USN

Richard Deuter

Class of 1967
Lieutenant | US Navy
November 22, 1969 (25 years old)
KIA Attack Squadron (VA) 196 Vietnam MIA USNA 12th Company
LT ROBERT F. GALLAGHER, USN

Robert Gallagher

Class of 1942
Lieutenant | US Navy
March 6, 1945 (24 years old)
KIA Pacific Iwo Jima USS Salt Lake City (CA 25) WWII Fixed Wing Silver Star USNA 12th Company
LT ROBERT P. BLAUVELT, USN

Robert Blauvelt

Class of 1938
Lieutenant | US Navy
February 16, 1943 (25 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Amberjack (SS 219) WWII Submarine Silver Star USNA 12th Company
LT THOMAS F. MALONE, USN

Thomas Malone

Class of 1941
Lieutenant | US Navy
December 8, 1942 (23 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Boyd (DD 544) WWII Ship USNA 12th Company
LT WILLIAM T. CAIN, USN

William Cain

Class of 1959
Lieutenant | US Navy
December 10, 1964 (28 years old)
Operational loss Air Anti-Submarine Squadron (VS) 24 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LT WILLIAM W. BURGAN, USN

William Burgan

Class of 1940
Lieutenant | US Navy
October 11, 1943 (25 years old)
KIA Pacific USS Wahoo (SS 238) WWII Submarine Silver Star USNA 12th Company
LTCOL ALBEN C. ROBERTSON, USMC

Alben Robertson

Class of 1937
Lieutenant Colonel | US Marine Corps
December 10, 1946 (31 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 12th Company
LTCOL WILLIAM F. HARRIS, USMC

William Harris

Class of 1939
Lieutenant Colonel | US Marine Corps
December 6, 1950 (32 years old)
KIA 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines Korea Ground Navy Cross ex-POW Family USNA 12th Company
LTJG ERIC ALLEN, JR., USN

Eric Allen, Jr.

Class of 1938
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
December 8, 1941 (25 years old)
KIA Pearl Harbor Pacific Fighting Squadron (VF) 6 WWII Fixed Wing Fratricide USNA 12th Company
LTJG FRANCIS B. WEILER, USN

Francis Weiler

Class of 1939
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
March 26, 1942 (26 years old)
KIA Battle of Sunda Strait Pacific USS Houston (CA 30) WWII Ship POW USNA 12th Company
LTJG HANS S. RASMUSSEN, USN

Hans Rasmussen

Class of 1944
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
November 16, 1945 (24 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LTJG JAMES D. UNGER, USN

James Unger

Class of 1943
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
June 12, 1943 (23 years old)
Operational loss USS R-12 (SS 89) Submarine USNA 12th Company
LTJG JAMES F. LEONARD, USN

James Leonard

Class of 1959
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
February 25, 1963 (26 years old)
Operational loss Utility Squadron (VU) 1 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LTJG JAMES N. MAYES, USN

James Mayes

Class of 1937
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
October 14, 1940 (26 years old)
Operational loss Bombing Squadron (VB) 3 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LTJG JOHN J. ENTSTRASSER, JR., USN

John Entstrasser, Jr.

Class of 1951
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
March 29, 1954 (26 years old)
Operational loss Attack Squadron (VA) 85 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LTJG JOHN T. EVERSOLE, USN

John Eversole

Class of 1938
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
June 4, 1942 (27 years old)
KIA Battle of Midway Pacific Torpedo Squadron (VT) 6 WWII Fixed Wing Navy Cross Ship Namesake USNA 12th Company
LTJG PAUL W. PINSON, USN

Paul Pinson

Class of 1944
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
April 7, 1945 (23 years old)
Operational loss Pacific USS Cabrilla (SS 288) WWII Submarine Overboard USNA 12th Company
LTJG PERCIVAL N. FENTON, JR., USN

Percival Fenton, Jr.

Class of 1946
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
June 29, 1951 (28 years old)
Operational loss Air Development Squadron (VX) 1 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LTJG ROY O. HALE, JR., USN

Roy Hale, Jr.

Class of 1938
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
May 8, 1942 (25 years old)
KIA Battle of the Coral Sea Pacific Scouting Squadron (VS) 2 WWII Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross Fratricide Ship Namesake USNA 12th Company
LTJG STEPHEN P. MCNALLY, USN

Stephen McNally

Class of 1954
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
January 8, 1958 (26 years old)
Operational loss Guided Missile Group 2 Fixed Wing USNA 12th Company
LTJG WILEY T. MACKIE, USN

Wiley Mackie

Class of 1943
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
September 11, 1943 (23 years old)
KIA Mediterranean Salerno USS Rowan (DD 405) WWII Ship USNA 12th Company
MAJ GEORGE A. BACAS, USMC

George Bacas

Class of 1948
Major | US Marine Corps
January 11, 1961 (34 years old)
Operational loss Naval Air Test Center Fixed Wing Distinguished Flying Cross USNA 12th Company
RADM CHARLES W. CUMMINGS, USN

Charles Cummings

Class of 1947
Rear Admiral | US Navy
September 11, 1974 (51 years old)
Operational loss Fixed Wing Passenger Legion of Merit Bronze Star USNA 12th Company