USS LIBERTY CASUALTY LIST

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PERSONNEL KILLED ON THE USS LIBERTY (AGTR-5) JUNE 8, 1967
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LCDR Philip McCutcheon Armstrong, Jr., USN, 569825/1100
Born 4 July 1929, Detroit, Michigan
Active duty since 5 June 1953
US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Class of 1953
Wife: Marie Kearney "Weetie" Armstrong, Virginia Beach, VA
Father: Philip M.C. Armstrong, Detroit, Michigan
Mortally wounded near the bridge attempting to extinguish large fire
Died about 4 hours later in battle dressing station
Received Navy Cross for heroism during battle
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery grave 2096X, Section 3
His wife died in 1988 of cancer.
Remembrance: Memorial display: Hall of Heroes, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
Memorial display: Military and Space Museum,
Frankenmuth, Michigan, dedicated November, 1990, contains
his Navy Cross, uniform, story of attack, copy of Ennes' book.

LT James Cecil Pierce, USN, 649805/6462
Born 11 July 1924, Clinton, North Carolina
Active duty since 6 August 1941
Wife: Pauline M. Pierce, Virginia Beach (died later)
Parents: deceased
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
while destroying registered publications
Wife: died soon after.
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, grave 8576R, Section 13

LT Stephen Spencer Toth, USN, 669613/1100
Born 12 September 1939, San Diego, California
Active duty since 5 June 1963
US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Class of 1963
Wife: Regina Chermont Toth, US Mission to Brazil
Avenida Morambi 3819, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Parents: Capt. & Mrs. Joseph C. Toth, USN, Virginia Beach, VA
Father: deceased - died about 1968.
Died 01 or 02 level, port side, of rocket fire
Received Silver Star for heroism during battle
Memorial display, Hall of Heroes, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
Buried: U. S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland

CT3 William Bernard Allenbaugh, USN, 684 49 96
Born 23 January 1944, Baltimore, Maryland
Active duty since 10 June 1964
Wife: Sandra Lee Allenbaugh, Lothian, Maryland
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Francis Allenbaugh, Baltimore, Maryland
Memorial: Mr. & Mrs. Allenbaugh presented a memorial plaque to
Calvert Hall College, a catholic high school attended by Wm. Allenbaugh,
in his memory.

SN Gary Ray Blanchard, USN, 771 77 22
Born 16 September 1946, Wichita, Kansas
Active duty since 11 February 1964
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Earl T. Blanchard, Wichita, Kansas
Died on operating table 0315 June 9, 1967
Buried: Lakeview Cemetery and Mausoleum, Wichita, Kansas

CT2 Allen Merle Blue, USNR-R, 391 18 71
Born 5 September 1943, Yakima, Washington
Active duty USN from 22 SEP 61 to 21 JAN 66
Serving as a civilian for NSA
Parents: Washington State
Wife: Patricia Baccus Blue
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave 745, Section 48

QM3 Francis Brown, USN, 778 76 70
Born 6 May 1947, Albany, New York
Active duty since 6 August 1964
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wade Brown, Troy, NY
Died on bridge while operating the helm

CT2 Ronnie Jordon Campbell, USN, 586 13 23
Born 4 November 1942, Sevierville, Tennessee
Active duty since 6 September 1961
Wife: Elizabeth E. Campbell
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Raymond C. Campbell, Sevierville, Tennessee
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave 1145C, Section 13
Remembrance: Ronnie Campbell Barracks in Edzell, Scotland

CT2 Jerry Leroy Converse, USN, 794 79 44
Born 11 June 1943, Puyallup, Washington
Active duty since 1 February 1965
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Ray Converse, Iowa
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Iowa, Plot Blk 2N, Lot 15, grave 4

CT2 Robert Burton Eisenberg, USN, 776 09 35
Born 12 October 1944, St. Paul, Minnesota
Active duty since 3 February 1964
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Benj. Eisenberg, St. Paul, MN
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces

CT2 Jerry Lee Goss, USNR, 773 61 55
Born 30 May 1941, North Vernon, Indiana
Active duty since 29 June 1965
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Harry Herschel Goss, North Vernon, IN
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34

CT1 Curtis Alan Graves, USN, 519 58 24
Born 10 February 1943, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Active duty since 22 August 1961
Mother: Florence McCullum Graves, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Father: deceased
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #3773, Section 67
Remembrance: Memorial display planned for Military and Space Museum,
Frankenmuth, Michigan (dedication summer 1990).
Remembrance: Graves Hall (barracks) in Pensacola, Florida.

CTSN Lawrence Paul Hayden, USN, B70 53 70
Born 16 June 1947, Houston, Texas
Active duty since 2 May 1966
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. James H. Hayden, Houston, Texas
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34

CT1 Warren Edward Hersey, USN, 903 67 11
Born 14 October 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Active duty since 4 April 1961
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Warren O. Hersey, Stoneham, Mass.
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces

CT3 Alan (NMN) Higgins, USN, 788 62 97
Born 27 January 1948, Weymouth, Massachusetts
Active duty since 16 September 1965
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur C. Higgins, Dover, Delaware
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #1773, Section 12

SN Carl Lewis Hoar, USN, 774 46 48
(Shown as Carl Lewis Hoar on list sent for Navy Memorial)
(Shown as Carl Louis Hoar on official 1967 final casualty list)
Born 29 May 1945, Mount Vernon, Ohio
Active duty since 29 November 1963
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hoar, Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Buried: Mt. Vernon, Ohio

CT2 Richard Walter Keene, Jr., USN, 778 82 75
Born 23 October 1945, Batavia, New York
Active duty since 10 November 1964
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Keene, Sr., Poughkeepsie, NY
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces

CTSN James Lee Lenau, USN, 997 56 58
Born 9 January 1947, Washington, Missouri
Active duty since 24 September 1965
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Leander J. Lenau, Union, MO
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
in forward typewriter repair shop

CTC Raymond Eugene Linn, USN, 571 13 74
Born 30 June 1928, Adamsville, Ohio
Active duty since 25 September 1946
Divorced
Adopted Daughter: Linda Loucille Linn, Zanesville, Ohio
Daughter: Joy (Mrs. Larry R.) Linn Evans, Aurora, Ohio 44202
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #1724, Section 12
Remembrance: Linn Barracks in Japan
Linn Operations Building in Sugar Grove, West Virginia

CT1 James Mahlon Lupton, USN, 511 31 28
Born 20 October 1942, Shreveport, Louisiana
Active duty since 26 June 1962
Wife: Barbara Joan Lupton, 25E Sobria Loka, Yalova, Turkey
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Knot Lupton, Shreveport, LA
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34

CT3 Duane Rowe Marggraf, USN, 773 96 50
Born 27 January 1945, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Active duty since 6 July 1964
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Carlton H. Marggraf, Fond du Lac, WI
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Remembrance: Brass Marker initially installed at Lakeside Park,
Fon du Lac, in the 1980s, later vanished to storage in the basement
of a city building. Following protests from local citizens, it was
placed on a wall in the Fon du Lac Court House.

CTSN David Walter Marlborough, USN, B10 04 80
Born 28 September 1948, Waterville, Maine
Active duty since 26 July 1966
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wm. M. Marlborough, Springfield, Mass.
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34

CT2 Anthony Peter Mendle, USN, 777 62 87
Born 4 December 1945, Waterbury, Connecticut
Active duty since 11 August 1964 or 1965 (dates conflict)
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John J. Mendle, Glendale, Arizona
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces

CTSN Carl Christian Nygren, USN, 788 37 16
Born 17 May 1945, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Active duty since 19 August 1965
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Arvid C. Nygren, North Babylon, LI, NY
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34

SGT Jack Lewis Raper, USMC, 1994072
Born 28 August 1944, Cedartown, Georgia
Active duty since 1 August 1962
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34

CPL Edward Emory Rehmeyer, III, USMC 2120919
Born 25 September 1945, York, Pennsylvania
Parents address 10/93: Mr. & Mrs. Ed Rehmeyer, Jr., Shrewsbury, PA 17361
Active duty since 8 October 1964
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces

ICFN David NMN Skolak, USN, B50 17 83
Born 12 August 1946, Gary, Indiana
Active duty since 24 January 1966
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph J. Skolak, Gary, Indiana
Died in forward gun mount

CT1 John Caleb Smith, Jr., USN, 237 77 94
Born 13 July 1943, Ithaca, New York
Active duty since 30 June 1961
Wife: Sandra Ann Smith, 203 Wood Street, Ithica, NY
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John Caleb Smith, Sr., Ithica, NY
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces

CTC Melvin Douglas Smith, USN, 493 95 96
Born 27 February 1938, Alamance, North Carolina
Active duty since 4 April 1956
Wife: Judith Ann Smith, 304 Moreno Courts, Warrington, Florida
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Melvin Smith, Alamance, North Carolina
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Remembrance: Smith Barracks in Florida

PC2 John Clarence Spicher, USN, 473 41 77
Born 15 Febuary 1937, Terentum, Pennsylvania
Active duty since 23 September 1954
Wife: Linda Lee Spicher
7901 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk, Virginia
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John E. Spicher, Brackenridge, PA
Hit with rocket on main deck, died receiving emergency aid
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #11362D, Section 13

GMG3 Alexander Neil Thompson, Jr., USN, 770 47 21
Born 5 April 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Active duty since 5 September 1963
Wife: Gail E. Thompson, 4 Crystal Drive, Warwick, Rhode Island
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Alexander A. Thompson, Greely, Pennsylvania
Died in forward gun mount
Remembrance: Navy gunnery training building for the Aegis system
named in his memory in 1990.

CT3 Thomas Ray Thornton, USN, 997 97 91
Born 1 Febuary 1944, Springfield, Ohio
Active duty since 27 July 1965
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Ray Thornton, Springfield, Ohio
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
- body recovered later
Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.

CT3 Philippe Charles Tiedtke, USN, 914 32 84
Born 17 October 1944, Santa Cruz, California
Active duty since 2 September 1964
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Tiedtke, Modesto, CA
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
Buried: Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, CA

CT1 Frederick James Walton, USN, 236 31 86
Born 28 November 1935, Niagara Falls, New York
Active duty since 8 December 1952
Wife: Audry Jane Walton, #3 Deuro Drive, Niagara Falls, NY
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Horace F. Walton, Niagara Falls, NY
Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces
- body recovered later

NOTE: This shows 24 men who died in Naval Security Group (intelligence)
Department spaces . Twenty-five died there. One
body was recovered early (pulled out through hatch when it was seen floating
in the water), so was not on the "missing" list. Probably Higgins, but
possibly Allenbaugh. All others are accounted for.

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