VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

USNA 29th Company

15 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 LOWELL F. VAN WAGENEN, USMC

Lowell Van Wagenen

Class of 1970
1st Lieutenant | US Marine Corps
August 2, 1973 (26 years old)
Operational loss Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 161 Helicopter USNA 29th Company
CAPT BRANDON A. BARRETT, USMC

Brandon Barrett

Class of 2006
Captain | US Marine Corps
May 5, 2010 (27 years old)
KIA Afghanistan 1st Battalion, 6th Marines Global War on Terrorism Ground USNA 29th Company
CAPT DOYLE H. BEAM, USMC

Doyle Beam

Class of 1974
Captain | US Marine Corps
September 18, 1981 (30 years old)
Operational loss Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269 Helicopter USNA 29th Company
ENS JOHN C. KENNEDY, III, USN

John Kennedy, III

Class of 1979
Ensign | US Navy
January 16, 1981 (26 years old)
Operational loss Training Squadron (VT) 26 Fixed Wing HOFH19 HOFH21 HOFH22 USNA 29th Company
LT MICHAEL E. GALLAGHER, USN

Michael Gallagher

Class of 1979
Lieutenant | US Navy
June 16, 1983 (26 years old)
Operational loss Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 Fixed Wing USNA 29th Company
LT WILLIAM F. SIGLER, USN

William Sigler

Class of 1969
Lieutenant | US Navy
November 10, 1973 (27 years old)
Operational loss Helicopter Training Squadron (HT) 8 Helicopter Distinguished Flying Cross HOFH24 USNA 29th Company
LT WILLIAM H. MARLE, USN

William Marle

Class of 1971
Lieutenant | US Navy
August 14, 1980 (30 years old)
Operational loss USS Ranger (CV 61) Fixed Wing Passenger USNA 29th Company
LTJG FRANK H. RAAB, JR., USN

Frank Raab, Jr.

Class of 1950
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
September 27, 1952 (24 years old)
Operational loss Fleet All Weather Training Unit Fixed Wing USNA 29th Company
LTJG FRANKLIN P. GOULBURN, JR., USN

Franklin Goulburn, Jr.

Class of 1949
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
June 21, 1951 (23 years old)
Operational loss Patrol Squadron (VP) 9 Fixed Wing USNA 29th Company
LTJG FREDERICK W. CAESAR, III, USN

Frederick Caesar, III

Class of 1973
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy, US Coast Guard
January 20, 1977 (25 years old)
Operational loss Helicopter USNA 29th Company
LTJG JAMES D. WATKINS, USN

James Watkins

Class of 1977
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
September 11, 1980 (25 years old)
Operational loss Attack Squadron (VA) 195 Fixed Wing USNA 29th Company
LTJG STEPHEN G. LABARRE, USN

Stephen LaBarre

Class of 1974
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
March 22, 1978 (25 years old)
Operational loss Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 Helicopter HOFH24 USNA 29th Company
LTJG WILLIAM H. READMAN, USN

William Readman

Class of 1977
Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
February 26, 1980 (25 years old)
Operational loss Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 Fixed Wing USNA 29th Company
MAJ JAMES L. SMEE, USMC

James Smee

Class of 1970
Major | US Marine Corps
May 16, 1984 (36 years old)
Operational loss Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron (MAWTS) 1 Fixed Wing HOFH19 HOFH21 HOFH22 HOFH24 HOFH25 USNA 29th Company
MAJ TIMOTHY M. CURRY, USMC

Timothy Curry

Class of 1986
Major | US Marine Corps
March 10, 1999 (35 years old)
Operational loss Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 212 Fixed Wing USNA 29th Company