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DEDICATIONS
SHIP’S MEMORIAL LOG
The following are the shipmate members of this association who have passed on. We dedicate this to their surviving family members and sincerely hope they take solace in the knowledge that the bond of love and friendship is eternal and transcends this mortal presence. Some were attendees at one or more of our reunions and made friendships with others whom they never actually served on-board with. Many also reunited with those they had known as young men and with whom a very special bond was formed after having reunited many decades down the corridor of time. We cherish and honor that experience and pay respect to our memories of them. May we ever have the faith to feel that ethereal linkage of their presence.
Amadisto, Leroy
Amthor, Richard
Atwell, John
Bainbridge, James
Baker, Tony
Bekins, Marshall
Bell, Virgil
Bentle, Kenneth
Best, Gene
Bigbie, James
Boudinot Jr., EdgarJ.
Bremer, Richard
Burns, Thomas
Cardwell, James G.
Cerminara, Louis
Ciborowski, Joseph
Crump. Gerald
Cunes, Jose
Cuttitte, Joseph
Damon, Kenneth
DeAngelis, Albert
Dean, Glenn
Demsko, Michael
Downs, T. William
Dundon, Donald R.
Elliott, Hollie
Faust, Thomas
Finkler, Richard N.
Flanigan, Al
Giffen Jr., Robert C.
Gosman, Robert E.
Grater, Eldon
Grayson Sr.,Richard H.
Griggs, Larry
Gutting, John P.
Habich, Coy
Hall, Madison
Hart, C. M.
Haskins, Freddie W.
Hearn, Joseph
Helbling, Arthur
Hughes, Martin V.
Hutchison, Malcom
Hysinger, Howard
Jones, Howard C.
Kauffman, Draper L.
Kirkley, Lonnie
Klatt, Ivan
Koellermeier, Erwin
Langford, Richard
Lefebvre, Edward
Lefevre, John
LePage, George
Litfiy, Wayne
Lucanegro, Frank
Mabrey, Robert
Martinez, Angel
Mason, Charles
McCartney, William S.
McCue, Robert
McDonald, John F.
McKnight Sr., Joe Dan
Mikulecky, Ernst
Miller, William
Moeser, Maurice
Moore Jr., Forrest D.
Moran, John
Myers Sr., Douglas
O’Malley, Charles
Perera, Charlie
Peterson, Forrest S.
Phinizy, Burdell
Pittman, Vernon
Price, James 'Jimmy'
Rickwood, Dudley J.
Rogers, John
Seagraves, Conrad
Sherman, Robert
Shore, Cary A.
Shubert, Jacob W.
Sigler, Jack
Simning, Arnold
Skochenko, Sam
Spain, Billy V.
Stelmack, Paul
Stilson, Fred
Stone, Carlos
Strauss Jr., John J.
Takes, Ed
Tarr, Robert
Taylor, Clyde C.
Taylor, Rudolf
Teeter, Edward W.
Toups, E. J.
Trainovich Jr., William
Tripp, Fred
Turner, Gordon O.
Van Dyke, George P.
Warrick, Hunter
Waybright, Charlie J.
Wheble, Arthur
Wild, Robert
Willett, Maurice
Wilson, George R.
Wineholt, Ernest
Wright Jr., Herbert
Wurzbacher, Howard
Young, James L.
On 27 July 1966 the Bexar embarked H Company, 2nd Battalion,
26th Marines enroute Vietnam with stops at Pearl Harbor and
White Beach, Okinawa. Upon arrival, they were preparing
to disembark when their orders were changed and they
were directed to proceed to DaNang and to reinforce
elements of the 3rd Marine Division. After that
action seventeen ‘H’ Company Marines,
good and true, had made the ultimate
sacrifice as many before and after,
and sadly would never return.
It is in their memory, these seventeen and more,
whom we transported, that we dedicate this tribute.
‘H’ company has a site located at
http://www.companyh.org/
Pay them a visit
It is a historical fact that the US Navy and Marine Corps have, since their inception been inexorably intertwined as the success of the mission of the one is dependent upon the other. Never has this been more apparent than in the mission of the amphibious forces. Friendly rivalries at times would became not so friendly, BUT whenever push came to shove both stood side by side as brother warriors against a proud Nation's common enemies.
Semper Fi....., Mac!
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