US-Navy-Cross-Recipients

[Ingo]

How many recipients of the US Navy Cross from World War Two are currently still living ?

[Takao]

Good Luck!

There were 3,634 individuals that received at least 1 Navy Cross.

[Ingo]

Yes, I know. I´ve databases for other awards with more recipients.

Perhaps I can list the recipients where I´ve no date of death. Perhaps somebody could help with some names. And some of these persons could be still alive as today.

I will start with some awards before Pearl Harbor. The first date is the date of action and the second date is the date of birth.

17.10.1941 Aucie McDaniel (10.07.1899)

30.10.1941 Ashton Bernard Smith (19.02.1890)
30.10.1941 Theodore Leo Jermann (08.02.1894)
30.10.1941 Francis Herbert McIntyre (19.09.1903)
30.10.1941 Raul Solen Wilson (24.12.1913)

[pikeshot1600]

I don't know what data bases you are using, but remember U.S. Marines were awarded the Navy cross as well as sailors.

[HFK]

Hello, US Army MG Stephen Chamberlin receied the Navy Cross. There may be a couple other army generals, but his name jumped out of my little head. Harry

[Ingo]

For actions on the Pearl-Harbor-Day 54 men recieved the Navy Cross.

From the following 31 I´ve no death date. Perhaps some of them are still alive.

07.12.1941 James William Robb Jr. (13.09.1912)
07.12.1941 Nils Rodney Larson (13.12.1918)
07.12.1941 Perry L. Teaff (20.04.1916)
07.12.1941 Robert Ellsworth Thomas Jr. (06.07.1919)
07.12.1941 James L. Snyder (29.04.1917)
07.12.1941 Donald A. Graham (17.06.1900)
07.12.1941 Lionel Henry Baker (26.10.1913)
07.12.1941 Harry R. Mead (29.03.1921)
07.12.1941 Dale L. Peters (08.01.1917)
07.12.1941 Harold R. Hazelwood (13.09.1920)
07.12.1941 Frederick C. Ley Jr. (16.11.1917)
07.12.1941 Willard D. Darling (16.12.1918)
07.12.1941 Wesley Hoyt Ruth (06.11.1913)
07.12.1941 John Barth Vaessen (10.07.1916)
07.12.1941 William Sloan Fleming (28.03.1916)
07.12.1941 Harold Francis Smith (13.04.1917)
07.12.1941 Ned Bigelow Curtis (06.05.1920)
07.12.1941 Allen J. Huttenberg (05.07.1921)
07.12.1941 Thomas E. Hailey (13.11.1916)
07.12.1941 Adolph M. Bothne (18.04.1905)
07.12.1941 Gordon Ernest Bolser (21.07.1910)
07.12.1941 Louis G. Gombasy (17.10.1919)
07.12.1941 Lionel Henry Baker (26.10.1913)
07.12.1941 Alfred Lawrence Hansen (21.05.1898)
07.12.1941 Paul James McMurtry (24.10.1919)
07.12.1941 Charles E. Douglas (05.02.1906)
07.12.1941 George Daniel Etcell (02.04.1898)
07.12.1941 Joseph R. Driskell (22.09.1916)
07.12.1941 Jesse D. Jewell (24.07.1891)
07.12.1941 John Perry Edwards (15.05.1913)
07.12.1941 Robert James Peterson (12.08.1917)

[Delta Tank]

I don't know what data bases you are using, but remember U.S. Marines were awarded the Navy cross as well as sailors.

Any service member can be awarded just about any award from any other service.

Mike

[Ingo]

I´ve found some missing death dates. Here is an update for my list.


30.10.1941 Ashton Bernard Smith (19.02.1890)
30.10.1941 Theodore Leo Jermann (08.02.1894)
30.10.1941 Raul Solen Wilson (24.12.1913)

07.12.1941 James William Robb Jr. (13.09.1912)
07.12.1941 Perry L. Teaff (20.04.1916)
07.12.1941 Robert Ellsworth Thomas Jr. (06.07.1919)
07.12.1941 Harry R. Mead (29.03.1921)
07.12.1941 Dale L. Peters (08.01.1917)
07.12.1941 Willard D. Darling (16.12.1918)
07.12.1941 Wesley Hoyt Ruth (06.11.1913)
07.12.1941 John Barth Vaessen (10.07.1916)
07.12.1941 William Sloan Fleming (28.03.1916)
07.12.1941 Gordon Ernest Bolser (21.07.1910)
07.12.1941 Alfred Lawrence Hansen (21.05.1898)
07.12.1941 Charles E. Douglas (05.02.1906)
07.12.1941 George Daniel Etcell (02.04.1898)
07.12.1941 John Perry Edwards (15.05.1913)

07.12.1941 - 23.12.1941 Charles C. Hill (???)

07.12.1941 - 28.12.1941 Edward Raymond Joseph Griffin (???)

07.12.1941 - 07.01.1942 George R. Mitchell (23.08.1915)

07.12.1941 - 18.03.1942 Egbert Adolph Roth (10.12.1905)

08.12.1941 - 23.12.1941 Robert O. Arthur ( ???)

[HFK]

Hi Ingo, I don't see any dates of death on your last post.
Harry

[Ingo]

Yes, these are the name where I´ve no death dates and I´m searching for. Some of these men could be still alive.

[Ingo]

This is my updated list of Navy Cross recipients where I´ve no date of death:

3x Navy Cross

Stanley Winfield Vejtasa ( * 27.07.1914)

George Edward Ferguson ( * ??.??.????)

2x Navy Cross

Eugene R. Hanson (* 16.05.1917)
John Thomas Maloney (* 10.06.1920)
Ray Joseph Stacy (* 20.05.1922)
William C. Raposa (* 08.11.1924)

Joseph Brokaw Geisler (* ??.??.????)
Kenneth Charles Hall (* ??.??.????)
Charles Herman Mester Jr. (* ??.??.????)
Robert Salisbury Nesbitt (* ??.??.????)
Harold John Smith (* ??.??.????)
Paul Hobart Whitford (* ??.??.????)

1x Navy Cross (The first date is the date of action, the second is the date of birth)

30.10.1941 Theodore Leo Jermann (08.02.1894)
30.10.1941 Raul Solen Wilson (24.12.1913)

07.12.1941 Alfred Lawrence Hansen (21.05.1898)
07.12.1941 Gordon Ernest Bolser (21.07.1910)
07.12.1941 James William Robb Jr. (13.09.1912)
07.12.1941 Wesley Hoyt Ruth (06.11.1913)
07.12.1941 William Sloan Fleming (28.03.1916)
07.12.1941 Perry L. Teaff (20.04.1916)
07.12.1941 John Barth Vaessen (10.07.1916)
07.12.1941 Dale L. Peters (08.01.1917)
07.12.1941 Robert Ellsworth Thomas Jr. (06.07.1919)
07.12.1941 Harry R. Mead (29.03.1921)

07.12.1941 - 07.01.1942 George R. Mitchell (23.08.1915)

10.12.1941 Clifford A. Hanson (04.03.1908)
10.12.1941 Robert W. Granston (28.12.1916)

23.12.1941 James Frank Hesson (??.??.????)

01.02.1942 William F. Verden (??.??.????)

04.02.1942 Peter Paul Martinek (29.06.1910)
04.02.1942 Herman Edward Hock (27.04.1912)

04. & 07.-08.05.1942 Edward James Williamson (16.12.1909)
04. & 07.-08.05.1942 Henry Martin McDowell (18.05.1915)
04. & 07.-08.05.1942 Elmer Maul (07.11.1915)

07. -08.05.1942 Arthur J. White (15.11.1889)

08.05.1942 John Raymond Gorman (??.??.????)

26.05.1942 Edward G. Binning (06.02.1915)

01.-15.06.1942 William N. Thies (04.02.1917)

04.06.1942 Philip R. White (??.??.????)
04.06.1942 John F. Carey (??.??.????)
04.06.1942 Richard Lloyd Blain (??.??.????)
04.06.1942 Herbert T. Merrill (??.??.????)
04.06.1942 Roy A. Corry (??.??.????)
04.06.1942 Clifton Edward Snell (09.08.1912)
04.06.1942 Irving Herbert McPherson (15.04.1914)
04.06.1942 Robert Edward Laub (04.08.1917)

04.-05.06.1942 Thomas F. Moore Jr. (??.??.????)
04.-05.06.1942 Daniel L. Cummings (??.??.????)
04.-05.06.1942 Jesse D. Rollow Jr. (27.02.1918)

04.-06.06.1942 George Hale Goldsmith (??.??.????)
04.-06.06.1942 Stephen Clement Hogan Jr. (15.03.1915)
04.-06.06.1942 Wilbur Edison Roberts (17.04.1915)
04.-06.06.1942 Norman Jack Kleiss (07.03.1916)
04.-06.06.1942 Robert Keith Campbell (18.08.1917)
04.-06.06.1942 Reid Wentworth Stone (02.01.1918)
04.-06.06.1942 Thomas Wesley Ramsay (29.01.1918)
04.-06.06.1942 John Reginald McCarthy (01.03.1918)
04.-06.06.1942 Milford Austin Merrill (16.02.1920)

05.-06.06.1942 Alden Wilbur Hanson (??.??.????)

06.06.1942 Frederic Leeson Bates (10.07.1913)
06.06.1942 Robert P. Friesz (16.05.1918)
06.06.1942 Joe Wiley King (09.02.1919)

10.-20.06.1942 William T. Sorensen (04.07.1920)

07.08.1942 Robert H. Williams (??.??.????)
07.08.1942 Robert Green Fuller (??.??.????)
07.08.1942 Wilfred V. Michaud (??.??.????)
07.08.1942 Irving Cleveland (??.??.????)

07.-08.08.1942 John Stanley Evans Jr. (11.09.1917)

07.-09.08.1942 John J. Smith (??.??.????)
07.-09.08.1942 Edgar J. Crane (??.??.????)

18. -19.08.1942 Nicholas Sileo (??.??.????)

21.08.1942 Whitney W. Jacobs (??.??.????)
21.08.1942 Leo B. Case (??.??.????)

24.08.1942 Eddy L. Fayle (12.07.1920)

27.08.1942 Emmett R. Morris (??.??.????) 27.08.1942 Wesley P. Simmonds (??.??.????)

27.08.-25.09.1942 John Archibald Thompson (??.??.????)

30.08.-15.10.1942 Glen B. Loeffel (21.06.1919)

09.-10.1942 Frederick Rounsville Payne Jr. (31.07.1911)

09.09.1942 John J. Murphy Jr. (??.??.????)

13.-14.09.1942 John B. Sweeney (??.??.????)
13.-14.09.1942 Edward W. McGloin (??.??.????)
13.-14.09.1942 Robert G. Schneider (??.??.????)
13.-14.09.1942 William D. Stevenson (??.??.????)
13.-14.09.1942 Thomas A. Watson (??.??.????)
13.-14.09.1942 Lloyd Thomas Mathis (25.10.1919)
13.-14.09.1942 Albert Marshall Potter Jr. (27.05.1921)

17.-19.09.1942 Harry Dunn Jr. (??.??.????)

25.09.-12.11.1942 Thomas H. Mann Jr. (??.??.????)

27.09.1942 Robert D. Raysbrook (??.??.????)
27.09.1942 Raymond J. Evans (??.??.1921)

05.10.1942 G. B. Cearley (??.??.????)

06.10.1942 Russell J. Bradley (31.08.1921)

08.10.1942 Richard E. Sullivan (??.??.????)
08.10.1942 Michael P. Fedorak (??.??.????)

09.10.-06.11.1942 Robert F. Stout (??.??.????)

11.-12.10.1942 Harold L. Hiner (??.??.????)
11.-12.10.1942 David H. Boyd (23.02.1899)

23.-24.10.1942 Thomas C. Mather (??.??.????)

24.-25.10.1942 Billie Joe Crumpton (??.??.????)

25.10.1942 Arthur F. D. Bartholomew (??.??.????)

26.10.1942 George Leroy Wrenn (??.??.????)
26.10.1942 Lyle Maxton Skinner (??.??.????)
26.10.1942 Frank Higgins Rile Jr. (06.05.1916)

08.-09.11.1942 René Malavergne (??.??.????)

08.-11.11.1942 Paul Leaman Clark (??.??.????)
08.-11.11.1942 John Walton Johnson (??.??.????)

09.11.1942 Raymond Edward Johnson (11.01.1899)
09.11.1942 Roy Benjamin Dowling (20.02.1917)
09.11.1942 William A. Music Jr. (21.10.1920)

10.11.-04.12.1942 William E. Schwerin (??.??.????)

12.11.1942 John T. Yaksich (??.??.????)

12.11.-13.11.1942 Howard P. McCarstle Jr. (??.??.????)
12.11.-13.11.1942 Edwin Richard Wilkinson (23.09.1902)
12.11.-13.11.1942 Max Marcellini Archiberque (01.01.1916)
12.11.-13.11.1942 Tazewell Taylor Shepard Jr. (22.01.1921)

12.11.1942 & 01.02.1943 James Gilbert Percy (??.??.????)

14.11.-15.11.1942 Independent Whipple Gorton (??.??.????)

22.11.1942 Gordon Maples (??.??.????)

09.12.1942 John M. Searles (25.07.1915)

20.01.1943 James Dunn Jr. (??.??.????)

22.01.1943 William E. Black (??.??.????)

12.03.1943 Joseph Feeney (28.05.1909)

27.04.1943 Thomas Kinaszczuk (21.10.1920)

10.06.1943 Wallace Gordon Cornell (13.04.1912)

12.06.1943 Vernon E. Graham (??.??.????)

06.07.1943 George Kenneth Morris (08.09.1918)

10.07.1943 Richard Wayland Caldwell (??.??.????)

17.07.1943 Maier J. Rothschild (??.??.????)

05.08.1943 Ormsby M. Mitchel Jr. (13.09.1897)

05.09.-14.10.1943 Wilbur Jackson Thomas (??.??.????)

09.09.-26.09.1943 James V. Eubank Jr. (19.08.1910)

18.09.1943 Wilbet William Dalwitz (17.12.1918)

07.10.1943 Francis Kay (29.10.1916)

01.11.1943 William W. Wilson Jr. (??.??.????)
01.11.1943 Leonard Maurice Mason (??.??.????)
01.11.1943 Osborn Cammack (??.??.????)
01.11.1943 Francis J. Murphy (??.??.????)
01.11.1943 Maurice A. Ragland (??.??.????)
01.11.1943 John C. Broderick (??.??.????)

11.11.1943 Albert Edward Martin Jr. (??.??.????)

11.11.1943 Charles W. Rush (18.03.1919)

18.11.1943-19.03.1944 Donald Hooten Sapp (??.??.????)

18.11.-26.11.1943 George W. McHenry (??.??.????)

19.-24.11.1943 Eugene Ralph Hanks (11.12.1918)

20.11.1943 Henry J. Witkowski (??.??.????)
20.11.1943 Toivo Henry Ivary (??.??.????)
20.11.1943 Phillip Ray Burke (??.??.????)
20.11.1943 Ettore J. Marsolo (??.??.????)
20.11.1943 George Oliver Smith (??.??.????)
20.11.1943 Robert C. Toler (??.??.????)
20.11.1943 Edward R. Godwin (??.??.????)
20.11.1943 Robert W. Johnsmiller (11.05.1922)

20.-21.11.1943 John M. Gross (??.??.????)

20.-22.11.1943 Raymond E. Duffee (11.10.1920)

20.-24.11.1943 James F. Goldman (??.??.????)
20.-24.11.1943 William C. Chamberlin (??.??.????)
20.-24.11.1943 Herbert Doug Crotts (??.??.????)

21.11.1943 Eugene L. Hill (??.??.????)

22.11.1943 James R. Beck (??.??.????)

25.11.-23.12.1943 Alex N. McInnis Jr. (04.08.1916)

26.11.1943 Alvin Barnard Kernan (13.06.1923)

29.11.1943 Charles E. Mentch (??.??.????)

04.12.1943 Lewis Russell Baker (04.03.1899)

26.12.1943 Kemper Goffigon III. (07.09.1919)

26.-28.12.1943 Frederick Louis Adams (??.??.????)

26.-31.12.1943 Joseph F. Hankins (??.??.????)

29.12.1943 Charles William Hemenway (??.??.????)

30.12.1943 Harold P. Reynolds (??.??.????)
30.12.1943 Henry Walter Stankus (??.??.????)
30.12.1943 Guiseppe Guilano Jr. (??.??.????)

03.-10.01.1944 John Frederick Weber (??.??.????)

04. & 07.01.1944 Harold H. Millar Jr. (??.??.????)

06.01.1944 Joseph Edward Buckley (??.??.????)

10.01.1944 Clarence Eugene Angevine (??.??.????)

14.01.1944 Arthur Trumbull Warner (??.??.????)

23.01.1944 John R. Norman (??.??.????)

28.01.1944 Robert Francis Powell (??.??.????)

07.02.1944 Delmar Alfred Schatz (??.??.????)

16.02.1944 Robert Wayne Duncan (20.12.1920)

16.-17.02.1944 Gordon Noel Owens (??.??.????)

17.02.1944 Haakon B. Rasmussen (??.??.????)

18.-23.02.1944 Albert W. Meyers (??.??.????)
18.-23.02.1944 Lester F. Holloway (06.04.1924)

19.02.1944 Russell G. Ayers (??.??.????)

20.02.1944 Petero Melzoni (??.??.????)

22.02.1944 Augustus H. Winchester (??.??.????)
22.02.1944 Ernest W. Horak (??.??.????)
22.02.1944 Ralph C. Morse Jr. (??.??.????)
22.02.1944 Joseph E. Newman (??.??.????)
22.02.1944 Glen Edward Martin (??.??.????)

30.04.1944 John A. Burns (03.06.1918)

29.05.1944 Morgan H. Harris (??.??.????)

04.06.1944 Arthur William Knispel (24.08.1925)

06.06.1944 Robert Bennie Gilfert (??.??.????)
06.06.1944 Herbert Augustus Peterson (07.04.1900)
06.06.1944 Clarence H. Black (02.08.1911)
06.06.1944 Robert A. Morris (11.10.1918)
06.06.1944 William L. Wilhoit (28.04.1923)

08.06.1944 Brady Lawson Bryan (04.08.1915)

12.-20.06.1944 James David Ramage (19.07.1916)