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Deceased from USMA Class of 1959 (270)

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Name Class   Eulogies   Born   Died  
MEDARIS, John Bruce    1959   0   November 10, 1936   April 21, 2024  
GUTHRIE, John Simpson    1959   1   April 17, 1937   April 10, 2024  
O'CONNOR, Hugh Thomas    1959   0   September 29, 1935   March 19, 2024  
PEFFENBACH, Richard Renner    1959   0   June 15, 1936   March 18, 2024  
MCCONVILLE, Frederick John    1959   0   November 9, 1934   March 11, 2024  
MULLEN, William Joseph    1959   0   December 26, 1937   February 11, 2024  
DEMONT, Robert Warren    1959   0   September 20, 1937   February 4, 2024  
BAKER, Donald Steadman    1959   0   February 19, 1938   January 20, 2024  
BRIGGS, Harold Lee    1959   0   December 11, 1936   December 20, 2023  
BUELL, William Collins    1959   0   January 1, 1934   November 28, 2023  
REINHARD, Donald Robert    1959   1   September 27, 1936   October 2, 2023  
HILMES, Jerome Bernard    1959   0   December 21, 1935   September 11, 2023  
MCCLURG, Donald William    1959   0   February 26, 1936   August 20, 2023  
COTTS, David George    1959   0   June 4, 1937   July 23, 2023  
HAIGHT, Barrett Slocum    1959   0   April 30, 1937   June 19, 2023  
TENNANT, Charles Edward    1959   0   October 9, 1937   June 16, 2023  
HOLMAN, Robert Everett    1959   0   October 4, 1934   June 4, 2023  
BAUGH, Raymond Chapman    1959   0   December 3, 1933   April 7, 2023  
ROTH, Robert William    1959   0   May 7, 1937   March 4, 2023  
BOYLE, Russell Thomas    1959   0   September 19, 1936   January 18, 2023  
BRASS, Ronald William    1959   0   August 18, 1937   January 17, 2023  
BALDWIN, Alan Wren    1959   0   March 8, 1937   January 11, 2023  
WARE, Roger Blaine    1959   0   November 20, 1934   November 3, 2022  
LANGFORD, Ollie Legree    1959   0   September 9, 1935   October 11, 2022  
LAWRENCE, Ashton Christal    1959   0   December 10, 1935   October 11, 2022  
DISHMAN, Benjamin Estes    1959   0   August 23, 1937   September 21, 2022  
STOCKER, William Lloyd Ramsay    1959   0   August 24, 1936   September 1, 2022  
KLEIN, Stephen    1959   0   August 29, 1936   August 26, 2022  
VAN LOBEN SELS, James Warren    1959   0   October 10, 1935   August 15, 2022  
SATTERWHITE, James Joseph    1959   0   February 6, 1937   August 1, 2022  
SANTOS, Melecio Zamora    1959   1   December 15, 1934   July 13, 2022  
POLLOCK, William Cramer    1959   0   September 1, 1934   July 1, 2022  
CAMPBELL, Douglas Neil    1959   0   August 15, 1937   June 12, 2022  
MORIARTY, Joseph Thomas    1959   0   September 27, 1935   May 26, 2022  
FABER, Michael John [non-grad]   1959   1   December 1, 1947   April 19, 2022  
BESSON, Frank Schaeffer    1959   0   June 13, 1936   March 24, 2022  
ZIERDT, William Henry    1959   0   January 5, 1937   March 13, 2022  
MOORHOUS, Dudley Mcbeth    1959   0   March 29, 1934   January 27, 2022  
CARROLL, David Randolph    1959   0   December 21, 1936   January 14, 2022  
PASSARELLA, Patrick Francis    1959   0   March 8, 1937   January 14, 2022  
RHEIN, Reginald Walter    1959   0   December 24, 1936   December 31, 2021  
TODARO, Joseph Enrico    1959   0   April 23, 1936   December 19, 2021  
MOREFIELD, Alvin Jackson    1959   0   September 21, 1936   December 17, 2021  
ZAGALAK, Stanley James    1959   0   November 25, 1935   November 8, 2021  
DUGGAN, Dennis Michael    1959   0   August 20, 1936   October 1, 2021  
KRAWCIW, Nicholas Stephen H.    1959   0   November 28, 1935   September 29, 2021  
FERNANDEZ, Victor Michael    1959   0   August 21, 1937   September 16, 2021  
KISSINGER, George Donald    1959   0   April 4, 1938   September 9, 2021  
MILLICK, Charles Alan    1959   0   May 11, 1937   August 30, 2021  
MOORMAN, Edwin Matthews    1959   0   November 29, 1937   August 1, 2021  
ORNDORFF, John Franklin    1959   0   August 12, 1937   July 30, 2021  
KELLEY, Wilbourne Anderson    1959   0   June 7, 1935   July 27, 2021  
BENNETT, Stuart Neil    1959   0   February 14, 1937   June 24, 2021  
CARR, Benny Merle    1959   0   November 12, 1936   May 2, 2021  
BORLUND, Thomas Vagn    1959   0   December 15, 1937   April 29, 2021  
BARAOIDAN, Pedro Foronda    1959   0   September 9, 1935   April 13, 2021  
CHALMERS, Paul Aloysius    1959   1   October 24, 1936   April 5, 2021  
WHEELER, Joseph William    1959   0   June 15, 1935   January 24, 2021  
COLBY, Nathaniel Fred    1959   0   July 5, 1936   January 15, 2021  
TOMICZEK, Paul William    1959   0   September 28, 1937   January 12, 2021  
GERHARDT, Igor Dexter    1959   0   September 26, 1935   January 11, 2021  
LETCHWORTH, Robert    1959   0   September 13, 1937   January 11, 2021  
BEALE, Robert West    1959   0   July 8, 1936   December 27, 2020  
GILLIGAN, Thomas William    1959   0   August 31, 1936   December 21, 2020  
ERNHARTH, Ronald Louis    1959   0   October 25, 1936   December 19, 2020  
BERTOLETT, Craig Randolph    1959   0   October 16, 1936   November 30, 2020  
EBERHARD, E. John    1959   0   September 21, 1937   November 20, 2020  
ABRAHAMSON, James Leonard    1959   0   September 14, 1937   October 12, 2020  
LUTHER, William Arthur    1959   1   December 9, 1936   July 7, 2020  
MCLAUGHLIN, Godwin Patrick    1959   0   July 11, 1937   June 23, 2020  
FITCHETT, Donald James    1959   0   February 17, 1938   June 10, 2020  
DICK, James Stephens    1959   0   November 26, 1935   May 10, 2020  
LOSEY, Roy Edgar    1959   0   April 3, 1937   May 8, 2020  
CARROLL, John Frederick    1959   0   December 27, 1935   March 18, 2020  
RAMSEY, Raymond Russell    1959   0   March 30, 1936   February 27, 2020  
CUMMINGS, Sean Howard    1959   0   November 15, 1935   February 7, 2020  
HIGHTOWER, Louis Victor    1959   0   August 21, 1936   February 2, 2020  
SHAPIRO, Robert    1959   0   July 11, 1936   January 15, 2020  
ROBERTS, Richard Owen    1959   0   September 7, 1934   November 21, 2019  
SCHMACKER, Bruce E.    1959   0   May 18, 1935   October 5, 2019  
LECLERE, Dick Tucker    1959   0   July 10, 1935   September 3, 2019  
WALTERS, Harry Ned    1959   1   July 4, 1936   August 19, 2019  
HARKINS, John Foster    1959   0   April 17, 1934   May 17, 2019  
O'BRIEN, John Arthur    1959   0   December 20, 1936   May 16, 2019  
MCMORROW, Thomas Francis    1959   0   March 16, 1937   April 16, 2019  
MALEK, Frederic Vincent    1959   0   December 22, 1936   March 24, 2019  
BELL, Randall William    1959   0   January 28, 1938   March 14, 2019  
ADAMS, James W. Rosenoff    1959   0   December 25, 1936   November 28, 2018  
HEWITT, Russell Alvoid    1959   0   December 26, 1934   November 24, 2018  
GETZ, Charles Edward    1959   0   August 1, 1936   November 22, 2018  
RUSHTON, Pierce Albert    1959   0   May 18, 1936   September 6, 2018  
WELCH, Richard Delmas    1959   1   April 11, 1938   July 25, 2018  
JOHNSON, Charles Edward    1959   0   May 13, 1934   April 28, 2018  
TYLER, Erven Somerville    1959   0   August 9, 1936   March 16, 2018  
SIMMONS, Gary    1959   0   September 20, 1937   February 20, 2018  
WOSICKI, Walter John    1959   1   February 21, 1936   February 17, 2018  
HOTCHKISS, Richard Meyer    1959   4   September 12, 1935   February 6, 2018  
BREUEL, Albert Augustine    1959   0   July 18, 1937   November 15, 2017  
DORSEY, James A.    1959   0   July 18, 1937   October 14, 2017  
HANNAN, George Pierre    1959   0   August 30, 1936   September 29, 2017  
SUNDT, Richard Sheriden    1959   1   November 1, 1935   September 13, 2017  
FLETCHER, Michael John    1959   0   August 12, 1935   August 30, 2017  
FRIED, David Eugene    1959   0   December 21, 1936   August 1, 2017  
DORRIS, Albert Francis    1959   0   October 25, 1936   July 17, 2017  
KATSARSKY, Leonard George    1959   0   January 29, 1936   July 17, 2017  
POKORNY, Anthony George    1959   0   June 3, 1937   June 21, 2017  
ROBERTS, Thomas Du Val    1959   0   August 31, 1937   May 27, 2017  
SIMPSON, Donald Thomas    1959   0   January 22, 1937   May 15, 2017  
COEN, Donald Carlton    1959   0   October 31, 1936   May 13, 2017  
LAUGHLIN, Edward Nikolai    1959   0   May 25, 1937   April 30, 2017  
CYR, Arthur Robert    1959   0   November 10, 1937   April 2, 2017  
WALSH, James Edward    1959   0   July 11, 1936   March 8, 2017  
NEWBERRY, Milton Sims    1959   0   July 16, 1937   March 4, 2017  
CONWAY, Rody Mead    1959   0   March 30, 1937   November 16, 2016  
MULLEN, Cassius Joseph    1959   0   March 10, 1938   November 2, 2016  
BRYER, John Edward    1959   0   April 29, 1935   October 21, 2016  
MCDANIEL, William Stokes    1959   5   February 20, 1936   May 1, 2016  
JOHNSON, Darel Stephen    1959   0   December 24, 1937   April 5, 2016  
ROSS, Lawrence Calvin    1959   0   November 6, 1937   March 21, 2016  
BALDWIN, Ronald Calvin    1959   1   July 6, 1936   February 15, 2016  
HUGHES, Harold Stephen    1959   0   May 18, 1936   February 12, 2016  
GOODPASTURE, Albert Virgil    1959   0   March 30, 1936   February 7, 2016  
PHILLIPS, Joseph Albert    1959   1   October 16, 1936   December 18, 2015  
ISAAC, William Daniel    1959   0   December 31, 1936   November 4, 2015  
PRISK, Courtney Edward    1959   2   May 29, 1937   April 30, 2015  
WEISLER, Julian Earl    1959   0   February 8, 1936   January 30, 2015  
SCHWARTZ, William Lee    1959   17   March 2, 1937   December 5, 2014  
PAQUETTE, Roger Karl    1959   0   May 2, 1935   October 4, 2014  
SCHOW, Robert Alwyn    1959   1   August 25, 1937   July 14, 2014  
CORR, James Colton    1959   2   February 1, 1936   July 9, 2014  
GRAVEN, Marion Finney    1959   0   September 1, 1936   June 13, 2014  
GAINES, Roger Quinn    1959   0   November 14, 1935   May 25, 2014  
WILLIAMS, George Watson    1959   0   September 15, 1937   May 15, 2014  
CORETH, Joseph Herman    1959   1   January 14, 1937   April 5, 2014  
TEMPLE, William Edward    1959   0   May 19, 1936   February 22, 2014  
WHITMORE, David Comings    1959   0   August 2, 1936   February 14, 2014  
BRADLEY, Bruce Ray    1959   0   July 11, 1936   November 26, 2013  
KENDALL, Donald Stuart    1959   1   December 27, 1937   July 30, 2013  
GURR, John Wooten    1959   0   June 17, 1936   April 29, 2013  
WHEELER, Robert Allen    1959   0   January 31, 1937   October 6, 2012  
SULLENBERGER, Louis Edward    1959   1   February 15, 1936   July 28, 2012  
GAILEY, William    1959   0   November 17, 1937   June 7, 2012  
SHAIN, Robert George    1959   0   December 2, 1934   April 29, 2012  
CLARKE, William Edward    1959   1   August 7, 1935   April 16, 2012  
SCHNICK, Ronald Leonard    1959   0   July 12, 1934   March 31, 2012  
BURLESON, Willard Mckenzie    1959   1   April 6, 1937   January 21, 2012  
MARKHAM, Don    1959   1   June 4, 1936   December 24, 2011  
ELIAS, Paul Joseph    1959   1   March 21, 1934   December 12, 2011  
MCBLAIN, John Ferral    1959   0   August 15, 1936   November 1, 2011  
PATTON, James B.    1959   0   June 29, 1936   September 1, 2011  
CAMPBELL, J. Frank    1959   1   May 26, 1935   January 31, 2011  
WEBER, Ralph Paul    1959   4   January 23, 1936   January 29, 2011  
FULLER, Dwight Hunter    1959   2   January 23, 1936   January 23, 2011  
MILLER, James Holman    1959   1   July 2, 1937   December 14, 2010  
WILLIAMS, Donald Bruce    1959   2   February 17, 1936   October 3, 2010  
MARTIN, Lewis Ray    1959   1   September 5, 1935   August 29, 2010  
KUBO, Arthur Shiro    1959   1   November 15, 1936   August 5, 2010  
MILTON, John Francis    1959   1   June 15, 1937   July 9, 2010  
HARRIS, Wiley Valentine    1959   1   March 5, 1938   May 4, 2010  
RIZZI, Robert Daniel    1959   1   March 30, 1937   April 1, 2010  
ROESLER, Gilbert Eugene    1959   3   July 9, 1937   March 25, 2010  
COX, John Robert    1959   1   April 9, 1935   June 11, 2009  
MOONEY, Thomas Rodger    1959   1   August 1, 1937   December 12, 2008  
SOCKS, Hugh J.    1959   2   July 28, 1937   November 29, 2008  
BOGGS, Haymon Harrellson    1959   1   October 15, 1935   October 6, 2008  
TIBBETTS, Otis Pennell    1959   1   April 8, 1936   September 3, 2008  
NOGA, Gerald Wayne    1959   1   February 18, 1936   May 20, 2008  
DEVEREAUX, Alfred Boyce    1959   1   September 21, 1937   May 18, 2008  
GREENE, Leroy Vincent    1959   1   June 8, 1936   December 14, 2007  
SMITH, Jack Coldwell    1959   1   October 16, 1935   October 15, 2007  
KUSCHNER, Andrew Karl    1959   2   July 3, 1935   July 7, 2007  
ROTHBLUM, Richard Albert    1959   3   October 30, 1936   May 13, 2007  
PORTER, Bruce Allan    1959   1   January 30, 1937   April 25, 2007  
SCHRADER, Daniel Wallace    1959   1   October 25, 1935   February 21, 2007  
MORASKI, Leon Karol    1959   1   November 2, 1937   May 31, 2006  
GABEL, Michael Anthony    1959   2   April 15, 1937   May 29, 2006  
LUDLAM, Donald Morgan    1959   1   March 9, 1936   June 18, 2005  
FOSTER, Peter Haynes    1959   1   January 5, 1938   November 20, 2004  
LUTZ, Charles Michael    1959   1   January 25, 1936   July 25, 2004  
TULP, David Paul    1959   1   March 18, 1936   November 7, 2003  
HAHN, James Stanley    1959   1   January 26, 1938   July 8, 2003  
RANCH, Lewis Charles    1959   1   February 2, 1937   June 29, 2003  
KOISCH, John Joseph    1959   1   February 27, 1934   January 6, 2003  
HERRERA, Frank Emilio    1959   2   February 24, 1936   August 21, 2002  
MELOY, John Nourse    1959   1   December 4, 1935   August 11, 2002  
HOULTRY, Allyn Clyde    1959   2   June 23, 1937   June 24, 2002  
SHEAFFER, Phillip Galen    1959   1   April 1, 1936   June 17, 2002  
DAVIS, Donald Richard    1959   1   June 2, 1937   March 20, 2002  
STEINBERG, Sherwin Lewis    1959   1   December 14, 1936   December 12, 2001  
STRUBLE, Lawrence Athey    1959   1   October 28, 1937   March 20, 2001  
MILLS, Jerry Cleveland    1959   1   December 24, 1935   June 23, 2000  
WATLINGTON, Bernard Emmett    1959   1   July 5, 1935   March 30, 2000  
COVINGTON, Henry Harris    1959   1   April 22, 1936   March 9, 2000  
SHEEHAN, John Patrick    1959   1   March 22, 1937   November 2, 1999  
FORRESTER, John    1959   1   October 9, 1935   October 18, 1999  
PORTER, John Paul    1959   1   July 3, 1936   August 18, 1999  
PANKO, John    1959   1   October 1, 1936   May 1, 1999  
LUEDTKE, David Arnim    1959   1   April 29, 1937   April 20, 1999  
FLETCHER, Thomas Henry    1959   1   March 9, 1932   September 22, 1998  
BURCHELL, Larry Edward    1959   1   February 27, 1936   September 15, 1998  
LEHRFELD, William Richard    1959   2   July 4, 1936   August 17, 1998  
BRINGHAM, Peter S. [non-grad]   1959   1   December 4, 1933   June 7, 1998  
SOLI, Thomas Russell    1959   1   September 26, 1934   May 22, 1998  
DORSHOW, Henry Bernard    1959   1   April 3, 1936   April 26, 1998  
ENRIGHT, Joseph Francis    1959   1   September 27, 1937   January 26, 1998  
KINELL, Carl Everett    1959   1   August 4, 1935   November 19, 1997  
SCHMIDT, Peter Benjamin    1959   1   July 28, 1936   October 16, 1997  
ENGLER, Jean Helms    1959   1   April 27, 1936   August 27, 1997  
YATEMAN, Sidney Hersh    1959   2   September 14, 1935   June 12, 1997  
WHEELER, David Robert    1959   1   December 2, 1937   May 22, 1996  
LYTLE, Charles Edward    1959   2   May 31, 1937   May 13, 1996  
O'NEILL, Laurence Sean    1959   1   June 15, 1938   July 22, 1995  
FERGUSON, James Cameron    1959   1   July 5, 1936   May 25, 1995  
JOHNSON, John Palmer    1959   2   November 10, 1937   October 2, 1994  
DEARMIN, Paul Edward    1959   1   July 25, 1936   June 2, 1993  
NETZLOFF, Edwin Arthur    1959   1   July 21, 1935   April 7, 1993  
BOWERS, Robert French    1959   1   June 8, 1935   January 25, 1993  
JOHNSON, Richard Barton    1959   1   May 14, 1937   December 23, 1992  
MASSEY, James Lee    1959   1   November 14, 1935   December 8, 1992  
SISSON, Brooks Hubbard    1959   1   November 25, 1934   April 19, 1992  
LHOTAK, Gerald Joseph    1959   1   April 4, 1937   September 14, 1991  
SIMPSON, John Duncan    1959   1   March 7, 1937   August 21, 1989  
WHITE, Thomas Harrold    1959   1   September 21, 1937   October 19, 1988  
IMLER, Estan Francis    1959   1   January 22, 1936   December 29, 1986  
THUDIUM, Christian Charles    1959   1   December 9, 1936   April 4, 1986  
WILLIAMS, Joe Estill    1959   3   February 26, 1937   March 12, 1986  
JOHNSON, Bruce Campbell    1959   1   June 4, 1937   May 13, 1985  
BAGDONAS, Edward    1959   1   June 20, 1937   March 29, 1985  
GUILD, William Bradford    1959   1   November 28, 1937   April 3, 1984  
CHAPPELL, James Edward    1959   1   November 24, 1936   October 11, 1983  
MONROE, Dewitt Talmadge    1959   1   January 29, 1937   August 1, 1981  
HASKIN, Edward Irwin    1959   1   April 10, 1935   July 2, 1980  
ANDERSON, Frederick Douglas    1959   1   July 3, 1937   May 2, 1979  
WANDS, Donald Richard    1959   1   December 1, 1937   September 30, 1978  
WARREN, Jack Michael    1959   1   December 21, 1935   April 9, 1978  
ORTMAN, F. David    1959   1   January 18, 1937   January 16, 1978  
POOLE, William Jackson    1959   2   January 16, 1936   January 16, 1978  
BEARCE, Larned Vesely    1959   3   December 28, 1936   December 8, 1974  
GIBBS, James Andrew    1959   1   February 24, 1936   December 14, 1972  
YOUNG, Thomas Owen    1959   1   June 19, 1937   November 26, 1970  
WOODS, James Clark    1959   1   May 20, 1937   October 19, 1969  
TULLY, Walter Busill    1959   3   April 13, 1936   March 2, 1969  
WENSINGER, Ralph Robert    1959   30   October 28, 1935   October 21, 1968  
QUINN, Roger Allan    1959   2   December 20, 1937   April 3, 1968  
FERTIG, Stephen Williams    1959   1   January 28, 1937   March 4, 1968  
GERCZ, Francis Gary    1959   1   January 25, 1937   January 25, 1968  
GREENE, Larry Michael    1959   1   March 6, 1938   March 30, 1967  
NASH, John Michel    1959   1   March 21, 1937   March 16, 1967  
SHELTON, Ronald Thomas    1959   2   February 10, 1937   April 10, 1966  
KAPP, Kirby Stanley    1959   2   November 30, 1936   December 28, 1965  
JORDAN, Richard Kenneth    1959   1   August 12, 1936   October 22, 1965  
VERSACE, Humbert Roque    1959   3   July 2, 1937   September 26, 1965  
MANSFIELD, Clayton John    1959   1   January 9, 1938   July 20, 1965  
RAY, James Floyd    1959   2   August 17, 1937   January 9, 1965  
CANNON, Richard Melvyn    1959   1   February 27, 1935   October 31, 1964  
MCCAHAN, Marlin Eugene    1959   4   March 10, 1936   June 24, 1964  
WHITESIDES, Richard Lebrou    1959   2   January 14, 1937   March 27, 1964  
NEWMAN, Glen Edward    1959   1   July 7, 1935   March 16, 1964  
BOLICK, Thomas Gordon    1959   2   July 16, 1936   April 24, 1963  
FANNIN, Clayton Allen    1959   1   October 4, 1937   January 10, 1963  
JOYCE, Kenneth Harold    1959   1   March 15, 1937   October 23, 1962  
TRAIN, William Frew    1959   1   June 26, 1937   June 16, 1962  
FIELDER, Jimmie Dean    1959   1   October 9, 1934   May 21, 1962  
BATTERSBY, Bernard Joseph    1959   1   August 5, 1933   March 6, 1962  
VEIDT, John Howard    1959   1   February 14, 1937   January 16, 1961  
SHUCK, Laurence Harrison    1959   1   March 3, 1937   January 27, 1960  
MCINERNEY, John Adikes    1959   1   March 7, 1937   December 28, 1959  
DUKE, Charles Edward    1959   1   August 3, 1937   October 21, 1959  
EDWARDS, Robert Howell    1959   2   September 17, 1937   September 5, 1959  
GWIN, Samuel Donnell    1959   4   February 15, 1937   July 17, 1959  


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