USS Surfbird AM/MSF/ADG-383 Memorial

 

"A Tribute To The Crew And Their Ship" by Ed Fournier given at the 2003 reunion 

                     Name                        

Highest Rank/Rate while serving on Surfbird     

      Years Served          

           Date of Death/
           Email contact     
           

 Milfred "Bud" Hinek  MOMM3C

1944-45
 PLANK OWNER

Deceased 5-26-1966
 
(Email link is to son)
 Harold L. Dippre  S1C
1944-46
PLANK OWNER

Deceased 1-17-2003

(Email link is to daughter)

 Tom Kirshner  S 1/C
1944-46
 
PLANK OWNER
Deceased 3-8-2001
 Andrew (Andy) Kelly  EM2c

1944-46 
PLANK OWNER

Deceased 9-14-1998
 
(Email link is to son)

 Bill Bundy  MOMM2C

1944-46 
PLANK OWNER

Deceased 4-7-2004
 
(Email link is to wife)
 Virgil Duncan  S 1/C

1944-46
PLANK OWNER

Deceased 12-26-2005

(Email link is to son Gary Duncan)
 Wilfred Emery  EMC

1944-45
PLANK OWNER

Deceased 9-16-2006
 
(Email link is to nephew)
 Gustav (Gus) Busch  EM2

1944-46
PLANK OWNER

Deceased 4-5-2007
 

(Email link is to son-in-law)

 Guy Albanese (Alby)  BM1/c

1944-46
PLANK OWNER

Deceased 1 -3-2010
  Bill Nugent  QM1/c

1944-46
PLANK OWNER

Deceased 7-26-2010
 Carl John Kogel  YN2/c

19??-46

Deceased 1986
 
(Email link is to son)
 Grover "Doby" Goins  F2C

 1945-46

Deceased 10-26-1998
 
(Email link is to daughter)

 Earl F. Jack  BM1

1951-56

Deceased 05-12-1987

(Email link is to son)

 Guyron R. Crooks  QM2

1952-55

Deceased 12-3-2005
 Kenneth Jack Lilley
 EN3

1952-55

Deceased 6 -25-1975
 
(Email link is to brother Bob)
 George W. Mitchell  LCDR(CO)

 1955-56

Deceased 3-14-2004
 
(Email link is to daughter)
 Albert M. Huntley  CS1

1956-58

Deceased 5-1-2009
 Wes Chapman  BM2 (DV2)

1956-57

Deceased 1-6-2006
 David L. Pruden  DC2

1956-58

Deceased 1-22-2011
 
(Email link is to daughter)

 Lewis F. Grabbe  BMCS

1957-60

Deceased (Date Unknown)
  Louis Hambley  CDR

        1958-60

Deceased 1-16-2005
 
(Email link is to daughter)

 Edward Van Gallera  HMC

 1958-61

Deceased 10-4-1997
 
(Email link is to son)
 Lynn Mathews  RM2

 1960-63

Deceased 4-16-2002
 
(Email link is to daughter)
 Jerry Humphries  EM2

 1961-63

Deceased 1-1-1996
 Ron Kuenle  SN

1961-63

Deceased 8-16-2007
 Arthur Rush  EN3

1961-63

Deceased 3-26-2010

 Dennis J. Kottke

 EM1

 1961-64

Deceased 11-20-1982
 Clifford Dowling  EN3

1962-64

Deceased 7-27-1971
      in Vietnam
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 Stan Sowinski  CDR

1962-64

Deceased 1-8-2010
 
(Email link is to son-in-law)
 Gilbert C. Markle  LTJG

 1964-65

Deceased 11-23-1999
 
(Email link is to daughter)
 Bob Vanover  EMFN

1965-67

Deceased 1-11-2010
 Elmer H. Witherow  CWO4

1966-68

Deceased 9-13-1991

(Email link is to son)

 Joseph (Jay) Kurator

 HMC

1966-69

Deceased 11 -8-2009

(Email link is to daughter)
 John W. Vaccaro  CWO

1968-70

Deceased Date unknown)
Neal O. Mills  LCDR

1969-70

Deceased (Date unknown)

This page last updated on 05-19-2011