VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

    February 27

    LT ROGERS S. RANSEHOUSEN, USN

    Rogers Ransehousen

    Class of 1921
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    February 27, 1928 (29 years old)
    Operational loss USS Lexington (CV 2) Fixed Wing
    LCDR HUGO SCHMIDT, USN

    Hugo Schmidt

    Class of 1916
    Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
    February 27, 1928 (33 years old)
    Operational loss USS Lexington (CV 2) Fixed Wing
    CDR THEODORE G. ELLYSON, USN

    Theodore Ellyson

    Class of 1905
    Commander | US Navy
    February 27, 1928 (43 years old)
    Operational loss USS Lexington (CV 2) Fixed Wing Navy Cross Ship Namesake Aviation Pioneer Naval Academy Cemetery
    LT JOHN J. MCDONALD, III, USN

    John McDonald, III

    Class of 1944
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    February 27, 1950 (28 years old)
    Operational loss Experimental Squadron (VX) 3 Fixed Wing USNA 15th Company
    LTJG SHERWOOD E. GIFFORD, JR., USN

    Sherwood Gifford, Jr.

    Class of 1957
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
    February 27, 1961 (28 years old)
    Operational loss Attack Squadron (VA) 44 Fixed Wing USNA 10th Company
    LT PETER J. NELSON, USN

    Peter Nelson

    Class of 1962
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    February 27, 1970 (29 years old)
    Operational loss Helicopter USNA 10th Company
    LTJG WILLIAM J. BECKER, USN

    William Becker

    Class of 1975
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Navy
    February 27, 1979 (25 years old)
    Operational loss Attack Squadron (VA) 12 Fixed Wing USNA 13th Company