Ingo Posted September 5, 2011 Share #1 Posted September 5, 2011 Hello to all. I´m from Germany and I´m working on a database about Navy Cross recipients beginning with WW2. I will try to complete the names with the dates of birth and death. It is very interesting for me to see who is still alive as today. And perhaps somebody is also interested in this topic and can help me ? I will start with the multiple recipients. There are around about 300 persons who were awarded with the Navy Cross for two times or more. At the moment I´ve 13 open names, but I´ve some persons where I´ve no date of birth, so I can´t check them. 3 Navy Crosses Stanley Winfield Vejtasa ( * 27.07.1914) George Edward Ferguson ( * ??.??.????) 2 Navy Crosses Donald Joseph Melvin (* 10.12.1911) Eugene R. Hanson (* 16.05.1917) John Thomas Maloney (* 10.06.1920) Ray Joseph Stacy (* 20.05.1922) Joseph Brokaw Geisler (* ??.??.????) Kenneth Charles Hall (* ??.??.????) Charles Herman Mester Jr. (* ??.??.????) Robert Salisbury Nesbitt (* ??.??.????) William C. Raposa (* ??.??.????) Harold John Smith (* ??.??.????) Paul Hobart Whitford (* ??.??.????) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmar Posted September 5, 2011 Share #2 Posted September 5, 2011 Hello Ingo, That's an interesting research project and one that will take some digging. I found one recipient's b-day by first finding a listing for his Navy Cross Award and seeing his hometown listed, then I went to Ancestry.com and did a search on his name with Virginia as a parameter. Looks like he's still alive in VA and he was born on 8 Nov. 1924. Attached is a printout from Ancestry. Good luck on your endeavor and welcome to the Forum! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom2001 Posted September 5, 2011 Share #3 Posted September 5, 2011 Ingo, If you find a copy of the US Naval Academy's "Register of Alumni", you'll find many of the birth and death dates that you're looking for. Most NC recipients were officers, and many of those were Naval Academy grads. Their bios on the Register will show date of birth, and date of death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted September 5, 2011 jmar, many thanks. This sounds very interesting. Tom, can you tell me more about the US Naval Academy's "Register of Alumni" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 5, 2011 Share #5 Posted September 5, 2011 I believe someone else was looking for the same information a couple months ago. It might be worth the time searching the forum and trying to connect with them - seems a mutual interest! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom2001 Posted September 5, 2011 Share #6 Posted September 5, 2011 jmar, many thanks. This sounds very interesting. Tom, can you tell me more about the US Naval Academy's "Register of Alumni" ? Every year the Naval Academy Alumni Association publishes a "Register of Alumni" which gives information on every USNA graduate since 1845. Each entry shows USNA class number, name, final rank, date of birth, date of death, and awards. There are MANY NC recipients in the book!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsa Posted September 6, 2011 Share #7 Posted September 6, 2011 I think there's already an online site that provides names of all NC recipients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share #8 Posted September 6, 2011 I think there's already an online site that provides names of all NC recipients. Yes, you can find all dates about these persones on the net, but the problem are the dates of birth and death. So I´m trying to collect them. Did somebody have infos about George Edward Ferguson ? I think he is not still alive and Vejtasa is the last living recipient who was awarded with the Navy Cross for three times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted September 6, 2011 Share #9 Posted September 6, 2011 http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...p;hl=navy+cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pchepurko Posted September 6, 2011 Share #10 Posted September 6, 2011 Do you have Blakeney"s book "Heroes of the Marine Corps"? Is lists all Marine Navy Cross holders for WWI and II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted September 6, 2011 @teufelhunde.ret On your link I can´t find any infos for me. But many thanks. @pchepurko The book is unknown for me. Are there any date of birth inside ? At the moment the Marine Corps is the main problem for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Nier Posted September 6, 2011 Share #12 Posted September 6, 2011 One source book you need to obtain for your project is Planchet Press publication #60 of 1995, edited by the late Colonel A.F. Gleim. It's titled "Navy Cross Awards for WWII", and lists 3958 entries. Of this total, 2882 are Navy awards, 1034 are to the USMC, 6 to the Coast Guard, 15 to the US Army, 2 US civilian awards, and 19 to various foreign personnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share #13 Posted September 8, 2011 With the cronological order I´m now in November 1942. Untill this date I´ve 1.035 awards. From these I´ve today 99 open names, 49 of them are without date of birth, so I can´t check them. 50 could be still alive. 99 open names from more than 1.000 are less than 10 percent. I´m on a good way. Here is my actually list. The first date is the date of action, the second date 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 Jack Cosley (??.??.????) 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 Gordon Alvin Sherwood (24.09.1916) 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 Clayton Evan Fisher (14.01.1919) 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 (??.??.????) 07.08.1942 Raymond Foster Conklin (02.08.1916) 07.08.1942 Samuel White Forrer (09.01.1917) 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 (??.??.????) 27.08.1942 William Merideth Hall (18.03.1920) 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) 15.10.1942 Douglas Botts (24.09.1920) 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share #14 Posted October 5, 2011 New open names from the "Operation Torch": 08.-09.11.1942 René Malavergne (??.??.????) 08.-11.11.1942 Paul Leaman Clark (??.??.????) 08.-11.11.1942 John Walton Johnson (??.??.????) 08.-11.11.1942 William R. Staggs (11.11.1912) 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share #15 Posted October 8, 2011 And again some new for me open names: 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) I´m now in April 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share #16 Posted October 12, 2011 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 (??.??.????) 10.07.1943 Warren Calavan Gill (??.??.????) 10.07.1943 Samuel Hugh Alexander (01.05.1914) 15.07.-01.09.1943 Alvin Julius Jensen (23.06.1920) 17.07.1943 Maier J. Rothschild (??.??.????) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share #17 Posted October 26, 2011 George C. Axtell has passed away on 20.08.2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Axtell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted October 26, 2011 Share #18 Posted October 26, 2011 Gene Hansen is alive and well in Pensacola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted October 26, 2011 Share #19 Posted October 26, 2011 Swede Vejtasa was living in CA last I heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Posted October 26, 2011 Share #20 Posted October 26, 2011 I think they are all (6900+( listed here: Navy Cros Database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share #21 Posted October 26, 2011 Gene Hansen is alive and well in Pensacola. Which Hansen do you mean ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share #22 Posted November 6, 2011 Samuel White Forrer has passed away on 17.08.2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share #23 Posted November 15, 2011 Maurice Herbert Rindskopf has passed away on 27.07.2011 He was the youngest commander of a U.S. submarine during World War II. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obitua...cF5I_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share #24 Posted November 30, 2011 William Merideth Hall has passed away on 15.09.2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share #25 Posted December 1, 2011 Back to the multiple recipients. I´ve now 12 open names: 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 (* ??.??.????) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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