Wall of Honor
LTJG Michael A Fox, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1958
Naval Aviator HS-6
Died during flight operations. Ream field. Imperial Beach, CA 18 September 1961
“He was there to stand up for freedom”
LT Walter G Updike, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1955
Naval Aviator VF-174
Died during flight operations at NAS Cecil Field 15 December 1961
“You are not forgotten and live on in our hearts”
LCDR John Sheldon Lyman, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1953
Engineering Officer USS Thresher SSN 593
Lost at sea 10 April 1963
“The future of our country will always be sure when there are men such as these to give our lives to preserve it” – President John F. Kennedy
LTJG D.N. “Nick” Norris, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1961
Naval Aviator VF-111 USS Midway (CV-41)
Lost at sea 4 November 1964
“I am a United States Navy flyer, I have dedicated myself to my country. With its many millions of all races, colors, and creeds. They and their way of life are worthy of my greatest protection effort.” – Navy Flyers Creed
LTJG Charles Dickens Collins Jr, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1964
Died during flight testing of the F-4B Phantom. 2 June 1965
“Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful”
LT Steven C Plotz, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1962
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team
Naval Weapons Station Earle
Fatally injured during a demolition mission at Fort Hancock NJ 27 October 1966
“We will always remember your valor and sacrifice”
CDR William T Arnold, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1963
Naval Aviator VA-22
Lost in combat over North Vietnam. 18 November 1966
“To honor is to remember”
LT Lawrence P Beam, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1963
Naval Aviator
Died during flight operations at sea. 12 December 1966
“My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty”
Capt John T Chapman, USMC
UW NROTC Class of 1965
Naval Aviator HMH – 463
Died 8 January 1968 Thua Thien Province, Republic of Vietnam. When the helicopter in which he was co-pilot crashed into the side of a mountain and burned.
“Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings… put out my hand and touched the face of god”
Major Norman K Billip, USMC
UW NROTC Class of 1966
Naval Aviator VMA-211 Quang Tri, Vietnam
Missing in Action 6 May 1969
“They shall mount up with wings as eagles…” Isaiah 40:31
ENS Michael H Strole, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1974
Naval Aviator VT-10 NAS Pensacola
Died in aircraft crash at Battle Creek, Michigan 27 November 1974
“Live mindful of how brief your life is”
Capt John M Pagel, USMC
UW NROTC Class of 1974
Naval Aviator HMA-269 USS Iwo Jima
Killed during flight operations in Almeria, Spain 23 February 1981
John “Bauca” Pagel
A man who truly knew the secret of life…
He lived and loved life to the fullest.
He will forever be in our hearts.
“ARROOOGHA”
Capt David J Lueder, USMC
UW NROTC Class of 1979
Naval Aviator HMM-161
Killed during night flight operations at sea. 10 July 1986
“I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good things therefore that I can do, any kindness that I can show a fellow being. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – Stephen Greeley
ENS Duane James Hofhine II, USN
UW NROTC Class of 1987
Naval Aviator
Lost during flight training 13 April 1989
“For those who wait beyond the veil salute as he passes by. A welcome home with angels song, from God’s Navy in the sky.” – Annette Grayson Rosa
Major Dennis A. Dogs, USMC
UW NROTC Class of 1985
Naval Aviator, 13th MEU, HMM 164 (CH-46 ‘Frog’)
Died during flight operations 10 May 1997
“The only true satisfaction a person receives of the satisfaction that comes from being part of a successful team, regardless of what his own personal ends are. More important, each man contributes to the spirit of the whole and this spirit is the cohesive force which binds talented men into and indomitable team.” – Vince Lombardi
Distinguished Alumni
Ralph B. Johnson
CAPT, USN
James A. Lovell
CAPT, USN
Forrest A. Todd
CAPT, USN
Jeffrey W. Oyster
LTGEN, USMC
Erdman H. Pankow
LTJG, USNR
Ronald J. Kurth
RADM, USN
Donald J. Dessart
LTJG, USNR
Charles S. Robb
LTCOL, USMC
Lowell J. Holloway
RADM, USN
Donald G. St. Angelo
RADM, USNR
David G. Walsh
LTGJ, USNR
David A. James
RADM, USNR
Philip M. Palmer
CAPT, USN
John B. Washbush
CDR, USNR
Stephen E. Johnson
RADM, USN
Ronald D. Scott
LCDR, USN
Stephen R. Dinauer
COL, USMC
Patrick L. Volk
COL, USAF