Taps
William T. McClafferty, FC3/c
passed away on August 31, 2007 surrounded by his loving family,
three days after celebrating his 64th wedding anniversary. He
was a Plank owner and on board the Laffey April 16, 1945.
Robert L. Campbell,
passed away in 1989 at the age of 69.
He was a Water Tender First Class and a plank owner and a survivor of April 16,
1945. He remained
in the Navy and worked up to the level of Chief
Warrant Officer.
Clarence E. "Bud" Brinkley Member of the WW II Crew,
received Presidential Unit Citation, died June 28, 2007.
Obituary
William Lloyd
WT3c
Served aboard 1946-47 and for the
Atomic Bomb test at Bikini Atoll, passed away June 17, 2007
L.B. "Luke" McBryde, SM3/c
Member of the WWII Crew onboard April 16, 1945,
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died Saturday, June 16, 2007 at home.
Louis F. Giles, Jr.
S2/c Member of the WWII Crew, Plank
owner and onboard April 16, 1945, passed away
on April 29, 2007. His daughter Lori Watts reported.
Slavomir
"Slavy" Vodehnal
passed away on June 10, 2004. "Slavy"
was born on May 25, 1923 and
was an honorary member of our Association.
He was solely responsible for the publication of "The
Indestructible Laffey" .
Lt. (JG) James G. Townsley Assistant
Gunnery Officer. Passed away January, 2004. Recipient of Silver Star on
April 16, 1945.
F.
Keith Nash
Passed away August 2004. He was a YN3 on the
Laffey '50-'52
James A. Clements
Passed away
last April at the age of 99½. WWII
Seaman 2/c Our oldest association member.
Anthony
D'Aquila
Passed away on September 21, 2006.
Served on board as GM3/c 2/44 to 10/45. Plank owner and survivor of April
16, 1945
Charles
Sabo
Passed away on November 26, 2004.
Served on board 1957-59 as SM3
Dennis
Koch
Passed away on August 8, 2006.
Served on board 1968-72
Jim Hatch
Passed away on June 25, 2006 in North Hollywood,
California. Served on board as RM3, 8/45-5/46
Challen McCune
Passed away on May 27, 2006.
Served as Executive Officer on the Laffey and was on board April 16, 1945
Obituary
Bill Pollak
Passed away in Gig Harbor, Washington on May
1, 2006. Served on board as an OM3 in the early 1950's.
Bobby
Jowers
Passed away in Cedar Grove, TN on April
26, 2006. Served in "N" Division and was on board 1/51 - 2/54
Vic Fletcher
Honorary member of the USS Laffey
Association. Passed away on January 6, 2006
Kenneth
E. Penn
Passed away January 2, 2006. No
further information at this time
Joseph S. Postupalski
Passed away on November 14, 2004.
Plankowner
Al
Csiszar
Passed away on August 31, 2005.
Plankowner. Served on board 1943-45
Douglas
Carver
Passed away in 2005. On board April 16,
1945
Joseph
Machione
Passed away on July 5, 2005. Served on
board 10/54 - 8/57
Ron
Glass
Passed away on June 12, 2005
Lonnie Herring "Bill" Eastham
Passed away on April 21, 2005. Plankowner and on board
April 16, 1945
Robert
Coker
Passed away on
February 28, 2005. Survived the sinking of the first USS Laffey (DD459)
Frank A.
Manson
Passed away on January 20, 2005.
Plankowner and on board April 16, 1945
William Harvey Shaw
Passed away in St. Petersburg, Florida on October
27, 2004. Plankowner and on board April 16, 1945. Recipient of
Bronze Star. Obituary
Horton T. Walker
Passed away September 12, 2004
Jack MacCaskill
Passed away on June 6, 2004
Paul Smith
Passed away in
Atlanta, Georgia on April 16, 2004. On
board April 16, 1945. Recipient of Silver Star.
Richard Kaus
Passed away in Springfield, Florida on December 22, 2003.
Served on board the Laffey as a MM3 from 1959-61
Posted 13 March 2004
Ottis Dean (OD)
Lee
Passed away in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina on February 12,
2002. Served on board the Laffey as a Boatswains Mate
Striker during the Korean Emergency.
Posted 13 January 2004
Cyril (Cy) Simonis
Passed away on July 25, 2003. Veteran of WWII, SN
1/C. On board, 16 April 1945
John (Jack) A. Glatthorn.
Passed away November 15, 2003. Veteran of WWII,
SF 3/C. Placed ship in commission and was on board 16 April 1945.
Manned 20mm aft gun when Japanese bomb hit, killing
three fine shipmates.
Survived by his wife, Norma and three children.
Any recollections from his shipmates would be appreciated by the family.
jjg@yahoo.com
Posted 5 September 2003
Darrell W. Stein
Passed away May 6, 2003. Veteran of
WWII, TM2/c. Placed ship in commission and was on board 16 April 1945.
Posted 11 May 2003
Tom Rees and Robert Rees
Brothers from Knoxville, Iowa who
served on board the USS Laffey (DD 724) during the late 1950's and early 1960's.
Tom passed away in
1975; Robert, several years later.
Any Association member remembering
either one or both of the brothers, is asked to contact Moe Wadle at
moewadle@yahoo.com
Posted 26 March 2003
Paul James Carver
Passed away on February 27, 2003
Dick Besore
Passed away
February 11, 2003
Dennis Richmond
Passed away January 26, 2003
Stanley Strazykowski
Passed away July 7, 2002. Veteran of
WWII, MM2/c
James McIlwain
Passed away August, 2002. Served as
Executive Officer during Korean era.
Lawrence Murray
Passed away in 2002. On board April 16, 1945
Sonny Cavanaugh
Passed away October 12, 2001
Raymond Earlin, Jr.
Passed away in 2002
Joseph Hines
Passed away in 2002
Ramon Pressburger
Passed away in 2002. On board April 16, 1945
Al Schade
Passed away on Septembert 15, 2001
Warren Walker
Passed away in 2001. On board, April 16, 1945.
John Kozash
Passed away on July 1, 2001
Bill Davis
Passed away April 14, 2000. Member of DD459
Charles A. Weygandt
Passed away July 7, 1999. On board April 16, 1945
Bert Remsen
Passed away April 22, 1999. On board April 16, 1945
Robert W. Newell
Passed away March 30, 1999
Stephen J. Waite
Passed away January 29, 1999. On board April 16, 1945
Andrew Thomas Dickey
Passed away November 15, 1998. On board April 16, 1945
Quincy Reid Adams
Passed away November 10, 1998. On board April 16, 1945
Donald E. "Doc" Brown
Passed away November 2, 1998. On board April 16, 1945
Arthur E. Baumhardt
Passed away February 10, 1998. On board April 16, 1945
William J. Keyes
Passed away February 6, 1998. On board April 16, 1945
William Lake Donald
Passed away February 4, 1998. On board April 16, 1945
Robert C. Rees
Passed away in February, 1998
Fred F. Huff
Passed away in 1998
Frank Parino
Passed away December 5, 1997. On board April 16, 1945
Robert Roberts
Passed away November 20, 1997
Edward Murray
Passed away August 11, 1997
Ralph Wayne Johnson
Passed away September 19, 1996
Elvin A. Henke
Passed away July 27, 1996. On board April 16, 1945
Francis M. Gebhart
Passed away July 18, 1996. On board April 16,
1945
Robert T. Storm
Passed away March 17, 1996. On board April 16, 1945
Frederick Julian Becton
Passed away December
25, 1995
Ambrose Klimkewicz
Passed away October 20, 1995. On board April 16, 1945
Daniel Reed
Passed away September 7, 1995
Pierce Doyle
Passed away September 5, 1995. On board April 16, 1945
Raymond H. Faginski
Passed away August, 1995. On board April 16, 1945
Henry "Hank" Thompson
Passed away Jan1, 1995. On board April 16, 1945
Thomas J. Hughes
Passed away September 4, 1994. On board April 16, 1945
Robert Kennedy
Passed away July 17, 1994. On board April 16, 1945
Adolph "Ski"
Kozlowski
Passed away March 20, 1994. On board April 16, 1945
Samuel Wingrove
Passed away April 14, 1992. On board April 16, 1945
Bob Jones
Donald Hagan, Sr
Ramon Pressburger
On board April 16, 1945
Bill Davis
Joseph Hines