Updated: April 18, 2013

With the new dawn at Cecil Field
the photo Crusaders beckon

Click photo to enlarge (Courtesy: Arthur W. Scarborough PHC)

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"Standing Guard"
Photo by: Frank Glick-MSP Taken at the National Cemetary at Minneapolis and appeared in the Minneapolis Star/Tribune

Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.
Know the line has held, your job is done.
Rest easy, sleep well.
Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell...

---

"One More Roll"

Capt. Jerry Coffee, USN Ret.

We toast our hearty comrades
Now fallen from the sky,
And gently caught by God's own hand
To be with Him on high,
To dwell among the soaring clouds
They knew so well before,
From dawn patrol and victory roll
At heavens' very door.
And as we fly among them there,
We're sure to hear their plea:
"Take care, my friend,
Watch your six,
And do one more roll...just for me."

Click on name for more information

• Thomas J. Bennett ADJ 2
  Born: December 3, 1941 Died: May 23, 1964 (USS Independence Flight Deck accident)


• Cdr. Ward L. Berkey-
  Born: 1922 -- Died: January 14, 2009


• W.W. (Bill) Best AT2
  Died circa 2007 - Details Requested
  Also see "Guest Log" Page 1 this site]


• Capt. Eugene "Bz" Bezore
  Born: January 11, 1926 -- Died: April 7, 2007


• Capt. Cole Black-
  Born: Nov. 28, 1932 Died: Nov. 9, 2007


• Richard (Dick) Bowns AE3
  Born: Nov. 6, 1943 Died: Aug. 4, 2007


• LTJG Norman Lee Bundy
  Born: Jan. 26, 1941 Died: Sept. 6, 1966 (North Vietnam)


• Capt. Paul T. Corrigan
  Born: ??? Died: November 19, 2006


• Capt. Robert O. Coulthard
  VFP-62 Commanding Officer circa 1963
  Born: ?? Died: Jan. 27, 2005 Information Requested


• John Lee D'Amico ADJ3
  Died May 23,1995 of a heart attack


• LCDR Ron Datka
  Born: Died: May 17,1999


• LTJG Richard L. Dieterich
  Died July 19, 1958 on a VFP-62 mission over Lebanon


• Capt. Willard D. Dietz
  Born: Died: November 20, 2010


• Ed Duffy
  Born 26 Jul 1945 and died 25 Feb 1988


• Carl Dugger, PHC
  Died April 14, 1994


• Capt. William B. Ecker
  Born: April 6, 1924 - Died: Nov. 5, 2009


• Lt. Marlin Vincent Egert
  Born: ?? - Died: Oct. 8, 1979


• LT Wyatte Foard (1962 Rank)
  Died March 28, 2007 Atlanta, GA
  buried Naval Cemetery Pensacola (information requested)


• Capt. Lawrence B. Gallion USN Ret.
  Born: Feb. 16, 1934 - Died: Mar. 7, 2008


• ?Harold? Gray AE2
  Died: approximately late 1957 - early 1958. He was trapped between an NC 5 and a TV2 on the ramp at VFP 62 line. The transmission engaged and jumped the chocks pinning him between the unit and the plane. His death led to the procedure change that two men would always be on hand to operate the NC 5 one to plug in and operate electrical generator panel and the other to stay in the driver seat on brakes during hight power running.
  (information requested)


• Leslie M. Holst
  Died September 29, 2007


• Capt. Edwin (Ed) Kiem VFP-62 CO 1957-58
  Died Sept. 8, 2008, age 91


• LT. James T. (Jim) Kirkland Jr
  Born Dec. 22,1930, Died Oct 28, 1986


• Capt. W.C. Larry
  Born: Aug. 21, 1925 - Died: Jan 6, 2003


• LT Robert E. Lynn
  Died Dec. 21, 2006 (information requested)


• LCDR John M. McCall
  Born 1930 - Died Feb. 19, 1964


• Capt. Claude Navarrette
  Born ??? - Died: October 25, 2010


• Capt. Charles E. Ray
  Born ??? - Died: May 4, 1998


• Jim Rettenmeyer
  Born Died: June 17, 2011


• LTJG John Richard Richardson
  Born Feb. 9, 1935 Died April 8, 1963


• Captain William A. Shryock
  Born: September 14, 1915 - Died: June 29, 1989


• Capt. Dave M. Sjuggerud
  Died Nov. 26, 2008


• Dale Smading ADJ 3
  Born Jan 9, 1938: Died in 2004 from a brain tumor


• Donny J. Stacy ADJ 3
  Born: Died: July 27, 1965


• Cdr. Bernard F. "Skip" Staub
  Born October 4, 1935, Died Nov. 2, 2005


• Harold L. Tanner ATC
  Born August 20, 1932, Died Dec. 18, 2007


• LT William L. Taylor
  Born unknown, Died: December 28, 2006


• Clyde Henson Thomas, Jr. ADC
  Born unknown, Died: July 11, 1968


• CDR Richard Keith Thomas
  Born unknown, Died 1983


• Gerald Tucker
  Born: May 31, 1944 - Died: June 27, 2010


• Kenneth R. (Ken) Tuel PN
  Born: Sept. 6, 1937; Died: June 9, 2000.


• Robert (Bob) O. Watson ATCS
  Born ?,?,1930 Died: Dec. 31, 1998


• LT Christopher B. Wilhelmy III
  Born: Oct. 23,1935
  Died Feb. 17, 1966 flying a T28 (updated Dec. 27, 2006)


• Capt Alan S Wilhite
  Born ?,?,? Died Nov 17, 2011
  Information Requested


• CDR George Winslow
  Born ?,?,1924 Died ?,?,1996


• Frank Wolle PHC
  Born: August 13, 1926 Died: January 29,2002


• Cdr Norman L. Youngblood Jr.
  Born: Oct. 20, 1928 - Died: Nov. 10,1997