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Deceased from USMA Class of 1968 (183)
Order: Cullum number order - Change to alphabetical - Change to descending date of death
| Name | Class | Eulogies | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACDONALD, Ray William | 1968 | 0 | June 6, 1946 | May 13, 2018 |
| PINZUTI, Robert Angelo | 1968 | 4 | November 6, 1946 | June 20, 2004 |
| THOMAS, Eric Eugen | 1968 | 0 | March 14, 1946 | August 31, 2023 |
| MORAN, Kenneth J. | 1968 | 0 | February 13, 1946 | November 20, 2011 |
| COLGLAZIER, Donald Robert | 1968 | 3 | January 7, 1947 | January 18, 1970 |
| MARTIN, John Thomas | 1968 | 1 | December 26, 1946 | May 1, 1972 |
| BAERMAN, V. Paul | 1968 | 0 | May 6, 1947 | March 8, 2023 |
| NESWIACHENY, Bohdan | 1968 | 0 | July 27, 1946 | October 9, 2018 |
| BRUCE, Michael Edward | 1968 | 2 | November 9, 1946 | April 4, 1994 |
| KELLY, James Dean | 1968 | 1 | December 6, 1946 | February 21, 1980 |
| SIMMONS, Thomas Hellmuth | 1968 | 1 | April 18, 1945 | March 22, 2016 |
| NICKOLS, Jess Ralph | 1968 | 1 | July 28, 1944 | October 28, 1997 |
| KENT, Richard Robert | 1968 | 0 | August 20, 1946 | February 3, 2019 |
| HERMAN, Stephen Michael | 1968 | 0 | February 14, 1943 | February 25, 2025 |
| HENDERSON, Robert Hill | 1968 | 0 | July 25, 1946 | July 15, 2010 |
| MASON, Richard Melvin | 1968 | 2 | August 5, 1946 | March 17, 1977 |
| BURNETTE, Thomas Nelson | 1968 | 3 | October 23, 1944 | April 1, 2019 |
| GERKE, Jack Edmund | 1968 | 0 | April 4, 1946 | March 19, 2017 |
| WILLIAMS, George Kent | 1968 | 0 | March 30, 1944 | January 14, 2015 |
| BROWN, Timothy Wayne | 1968 | 0 | August 13, 1946 | September 2, 2025 |
| VEHLOW, Charles Arthur | 1968 | 1 | February 10, 1946 | July 8, 2017 |
| SANDS, Arthur Coyne | 1968 | 0 | June 17, 1947 | October 4, 2023 |
| ADAMS, Robert Allan | 1968 | 0 | May 25, 1946 | May 16, 2016 |
| STOLP, Werner John | 1968 | 0 | December 6, 1945 | April 24, 2020 |
| GONZALEZ, John Joseph | 1968 | 0 | July 25, 1946 | January 5, 2026 |
| CRAIG, James David | 1968 | 0 | December 3, 1946 | September 21, 2017 |
| IACONIS, Christopher Sal | 1968 | 0 | September 20, 1946 | January 5, 2011 |
| ALEXANDER, David Lee | 1968 | 2 | March 2, 1946 | February 6, 1971 |
| RUIZ, Miguel Ontiveros | 1968 | 2 | June 22, 1945 | March 4, 2012 |
| ONASCH, Thomas Duane | 1968 | 0 | August 7, 1946 | September 26, 1993 |
| ADAMS, Maurice Dale | 1968 | 0 | June 3, 1945 | April 27, 2022 |
| MCCONNELL, Thomas Craig | 1968 | 0 | March 14, 1946 | September 28, 2021 |
| CARRAWAY, David Warren | 1968 | 1 | September 5, 1943 | February 9, 2026 |
| RUSSELL, Richard Thomas | 1968 | 0 | February 9, 1947 | May 31, 2016 |
| MCCRONE, Willard P. | 1968 | 0 | December 28, 1946 | February 7, 2021 |
| SPENGLER, Henry Mershon | 1968 | 3 | October 26, 1946 | April 5, 1972 |
| FULTON, Larry Samuel | 1968 | 2 | April 25, 1946 | October 14, 2017 |
| KNECHT, David Allen | 1968 | 0 | June 9, 1946 | March 7, 2019 |
| MCLANE, Donald Joseph | 1968 | 0 | June 7, 1943 | January 26, 2023 |
| MCLEAN, Neil A. | 1968 | 2 | November 27, 1946 | October 19, 2000 |
| WINTER, Daniel James | 1968 | 0 | October 18, 1946 | April 12, 2019 |
| MURPHY, Maurice Edward | 1968 | 1 | October 26, 1946 | June 23, 2020 |
| SCHAPPAUGH, Gary Lee | 1968 | 0 | December 24, 1944 | October 5, 2011 |
| FOWLER, Joseph Creamer | 1968 | 14 | November 3, 1945 | November 6, 2009 |
| HEISEL, John Edward | 1968 | 0 | September 15, 1946 | June 21, 2026 |
| PEPLINSKI, William James | 1968 | 0 | June 4, 1946 | March 4, 2016 |
| OLMSTED, David Wolcott | 1968 | 0 | September 3, 1946 | October 29, 2022 |
| BESANCENEY, Charles Francis | 1968 | 0 | January 21, 1946 | June 10, 2014 |
| WINSOR, Stephen Arthur | 1968 | 2 | October 20, 1945 | December 12, 2024 |
| HEIL, Benjamin Franklin | 1968 | 0 | October 11, 1946 | March 23, 2025 |
| KNITT, Kenneth Paul | 1968 | 1 | May 6, 1946 | April 24, 1990 |
| GARDES, George Austin | 1968 | 6 | April 7, 1946 | June 7, 2017 |
| SIMONICH, Michael L. | 1968 | 3 | November 12, 1946 | June 29, 2023 |
| DELIA, Francis Stanley | 1968 | 0 | August 24, 1946 | June 8, 1998 |
| EINBINDER, Michael Phillip | 1968 | 0 | March 23, 1946 | April 18, 2024 |
| MCELROY, Howard Chowning | 1968 | 1 | March 26, 1946 | January 5, 2023 |
| DURKAN, Joseph Daniel | 1968 | 0 | October 27, 1945 | November 17, 2017 |
| AMBROSE, Anthony | 1968 | 0 | October 9, 1946 | August 3, 2022 |
| SPEER, Louis Ellington | 1968 | 0 | September 19, 1946 | June 24, 2025 |
| GUSTAFSON, Karl Johan | 1968 | 0 | November 22, 1946 | May 25, 2016 |
| CONNOR, Peter Michael | 1968 | 1 | October 10, 1946 | November 4, 1969 |
| STETTLER, James John | 1968 | 7 | December 22, 1945 | September 3, 1989 |
| WING, John Brian | 1968 | 0 | July 20, 1946 | July 5, 2015 |
| MYERS, Charles Richard | 1968 | 0 | December 12, 1944 | March 2, 2026 |
| SCHWEITZER, George William | 1968 | 0 | December 3, 1946 | July 31, 2011 |
| NAHORNIAK, Nicholas | 1968 | 0 | September 29, 1946 | November 23, 2021 |
| BELASCO, Marvin Sam | 1968 | 0 | March 10, 1945 | July 25, 2025 |
| BALLIETT, Timothy Dean | 1968 | 0 | September 15, 1946 | June 5, 2026 |
| ALWARD, Henry W. | 1968 | 1 | December 12, 1945 | September 23, 2019 |
| CALABRO, John Anthony | 1968 | 10 | January 14, 1946 | July 9, 2013 |
| SPEIDEL, Louis John | 1968 | 3 | April 23, 1946 | June 25, 1971 |
| PEIRCE, Thomas Hugh | 1968 | 0 | December 8, 1946 | November 22, 2022 |
| HUNT, Robert Douglas | 1968 | 0 | September 14, 1942 | January 25, 2025 |
| HILL, Charles Richard | 1968 | 0 | May 28, 1946 | December 9, 2024 |
| HERGENRETHER, Dennis John | 1968 | 0 | October 26, 1946 | June 4, 2020 |
| WOOTEN, Marvin | 1968 | 0 | May 9, 1946 | July 2, 2022 |
| REICHERT, William Francis | 1968 | 4 | February 18, 1947 | January 27, 1971 |
| HUGHES, Neil Dwayne | 1968 | 0 | February 11, 1946 | July 1, 2022 |
| CREIGHTON, Francis Milton | 1968 | 0 | September 2, 1944 | November 9, 2023 |
| JOHNSON, Denny Layton | 1968 | 4 | January 6, 1947 | September 2, 1969 |
| WHELESS, Douglass Terrell | 1968 | 0 | July 18, 1946 | November 22, 1970 |
| JOHNSON, Donald Arthur | 1968 | 0 | November 15, 1945 | October 16, 2023 |
| JOHNSON, Claude Alton | 1968 | 0 | March 24, 1946 | July 5, 2022 |
| YAGER, Harold Edward | 1968 | 0 | October 16, 1945 | October 20, 2024 |
| MANCE, Joseph F. | 1968 | 0 | May 28, 1946 | May 8, 2021 |
| LAWTON, James Francis | 1968 | 0 | October 30, 1946 | May 3, 2025 |
| NELSON, Dale Rudolf | 1968 | 0 | April 26, 1946 | May 28, 2025 |
| VAN COOK, Donald Francis | 1968 | 1 | May 14, 1947 | June 4, 1969 |
| QUINNEY, G. Keith | 1968 | 1 | November 15, 1946 | January 2, 2005 |
| MADDUX, David Thornton | 1968 | 2 | August 5, 1946 | August 9, 1970 |
| ERICSON, William Forssell | 1968 | 4 | February 23, 1944 | July 15, 1969 |
| ZOPHY, F. Gordon | 1968 | 1 | May 16, 1946 | April 1, 2023 |
| BARNETT, Mark Lee | 1968 | 0 | June 5, 1945 | March 10, 2019 |
| CRUPPER, Gordon | 1968 | 0 | December 15, 1944 | July 4, 2020 |
| PALKE, Richard Leroy | 1968 | 0 | December 3, 1946 | December 7, 2021 |
| AUDRAIN, Erin Francis | 1968 | 0 | January 14, 1943 | January 23, 2026 |
| CARPENTER, Timothy Lee | 1968 | 0 | August 31, 1946 | May 1, 2025 |
| GARRISON, James Edward | 1968 | 0 | September 21, 1946 | November 27, 2021 |
| BURRELL, Clarence Austin | 1968 | 0 | August 30, 1946 | May 19, 2021 |
| LAUGHLIN, Terence Keith | 1968 | 4 | October 11, 1946 | March 1, 2010 |
| MILLER, William Scott | 1968 | 0 | October 28, 1946 | February 3, 2023 |
| HARPER, Howard Francis | 1968 | 1 | March 26, 1946 | October 25, 2014 |
| DECKER, James Gordon | 1968 | 0 | December 14, 1946 | July 27, 2026 |
| MAIN, Larry Brian | 1968 | 0 | August 13, 1946 | August 30, 2022 |
| WIEDENBECK, Richard John | 1968 | 3 | July 6, 1946 | September 6, 2009 |
| BOWLAND, Warren Frank | 1968 | 0 | September 14, 1946 | May 21, 2020 |
| RYNESKA, John Joseph | 1968 | 0 | September 13, 1946 | November 6, 2021 |
| HIATT, Victor Edward | 1968 | 0 | November 26, 1945 | January 13, 2026 |
| FLYNN, Richard Joseph | 1968 | 2 | November 20, 1946 | March 30, 2010 |
| BOWMAN, Stephen Lee | 1968 | 6 | September 7, 1946 | September 18, 2009 |
| CAMPBELL, William Nelson | 1968 | 0 | March 11, 1946 | January 28, 2017 |
| THOMASSY, John Edward | 1968 | 0 | September 5, 1945 | March 19, 2025 |
| GORA, Robert Raymond | 1968 | 1 | September 29, 1946 | July 26, 2004 |
| FINLEY, Joseph Cox | 1968 | 0 | March 5, 1946 | April 18, 2024 |
| REED, John T. | 1968 | 2 | July 5, 1946 | January 31, 2026 |
| ACKERMAN, Arthur Weiman | 1968 | 1 | October 15, 1944 | June 10, 2016 |
| MESSEL, Robert Bruce | 1968 | 0 | July 19, 1946 | January 23, 2019 |
| DES JARDIEN, Richard Freeman | 1968 | 13 | May 19, 1946 | July 6, 2014 |
| LITTLE, William Francis | 1968 | 1 | November 23, 1946 | November 11, 1969 |
| BECKLEY, Stewart David | 1968 | 2 | September 23, 1944 | February 25, 2020 |
| BROOKS, Sam | 1968 | 0 | January 2, 1946 | January 4, 2014 |
| CIMA, James Paul | 1968 | 0 | January 31, 1947 | February 4, 2026 |
| WILLIAMS, Gary Steven | 1968 | 0 | February 21, 1946 | October 6, 2013 |
| GOODING, Daniel Ernest | 1968 | 0 | September 9, 1945 | March 13, 2021 |
| MEDICI, Antonio William | 1968 | 0 | December 16, 1946 | September 3, 2024 |
| MASE, Roy William | 1968 | 0 | January 26, 1943 | September 7, 1982 |
| DARLING, John Edward | 1968 | 2 | October 17, 1946 | May 18, 1970 |
| PARKER, Allen Stanley | 1968 | 0 | November 7, 1945 | April 17, 1995 |
| DAY, Kenneth Mcalpine | 1968 | 0 | March 26, 1946 | September 7, 2021 |
| CLARK, John Joseph | 1968 | 0 | August 6, 1945 | June 20, 1992 |
| BUCKLEY, Jerry Lee | 1968 | 1 | August 11, 1946 | February 14, 2015 |
| POWELL, Daniel Ross | 1968 | 0 | December 17, 1945 | May 9, 2023 |
| WILLIAMS, William Edward | 1968 | 0 | December 13, 1944 | June 18, 2022 |
| MAHAN, Charles S. | 1968 | 0 | July 27, 1946 | May 27, 2023 |
| DODSON, Jonathan Boyd | 1968 | 1 | July 30, 1945 | December 7, 2023 |
| STEEL, Charles Lowndes | 1968 | 0 | September 21, 1945 | October 29, 2012 |
| JOHNSON, Oliver R. | 1968 | 2 | January 2, 1946 | March 20, 2020 |
| STEVENSON, Douglas Frank | 1968 | 1 | February 1, 1947 | September 7, 2003 |
| TORRES, Arthur F. | 1968 | 0 | August 30, 1946 | November 19, 2013 |
| MCDONALD, Robert George | 1968 | 3 | August 23, 1946 | February 18, 1987 |
| RIEK, Jeffry Randal | 1968 | 3 | March 3, 1947 | February 25, 1970 |
| NIPPELL, George D. | 1968 | 9 | August 2, 1946 | May 2, 2026 |
| PAULSON, Peter Grant | 1968 | 0 | July 17, 1945 | April 13, 2021 |
| FLOWERS, Ernest | 1968 | 0 | June 7, 1947 | May 17, 1980 |
| WORKMAN, Donald Renay | 1968 | 8 | April 14, 1943 | July 21, 1970 |
| BAYER, John Pershing | 1968 | 0 | May 10, 1946 | April 7, 2024 |
| BAIRD, James Thomas | 1968 | 1 | August 21, 1945 | January 22, 1995 |
| ROBERTSON, Lewis Harold | 1968 | 5 | October 2, 1946 | November 30, 2011 |
| NYQUIST, Stephen Jay | 1968 | 0 | October 10, 1946 | September 3, 2025 |
| WALSH, John Patrick | 1968 | 0 | November 7, 1946 | May 20, 2019 |
| WANTUCK, Thomas Albert | 1968 | 0 | June 3, 1946 | May 8, 2020 |
| KREMENAK, Kenneth John | 1968 | 0 | April 29, 1945 | June 13, 2025 |
| COWPERTHWAITE, Neil Foster | 1968 | 0 | January 23, 1946 | April 26, 2023 |
| HAYES, Harry Ellis | 1968 | 4 | November 10, 1945 | March 31, 1970 |
| CRIST, Paul Howard | 1968 | 0 | September 1, 1946 | February 10, 2015 |
| WILCOX, Jeffrey Duffin | 1968 | 0 | August 23, 1946 | March 11, 2024 |
| WILLIAMS, John Nagle | 1968 | 0 | August 21, 1946 | May 18, 2015 |
| DARMODY, Donald John | 1968 | 0 | June 6, 1946 | December 19, 1979 |
| ANDERSON, James Francis | 1968 | 0 | October 15, 1946 | November 22, 2015 |
| GIASSON, Charles Bernard | 1968 | 0 | November 20, 1946 | January 13, 2024 |
| STALLINGS, Jon Kelly | 1968 | 0 | December 9, 1944 | February 6, 2022 |
| DOOLEY, Joseph Michael | 1968 | 0 | June 14, 1946 | January 18, 2022 |
| ERION, Bruce Francis | 1968 | 0 | June 10, 1946 | June 15, 2017 |
| GAISER, James Alfred | 1968 | 1 | June 16, 1946 | November 7, 1969 |
| DIBENEDETTO, Michael Anthony | 1968 | 3 | March 9, 1946 | October 22, 1975 |
| MILLER, Johnnie | 1968 | 0 | September 13, 1946 | June 21, 2008 |
| CUMMINGS, Kenneth Thomas | 1968 | 1 | August 20, 1946 | September 4, 1969 |
| CUTTING, Edward Bradford | 1968 | 0 | August 24, 1946 | August 2, 2014 |
| HAWKINS, Charles F. | 1968 | 0 | August 1, 1946 | September 13, 2019 |
| DIAMANTE, Manolo Natividad | 1968 | 1 | December 5, 1945 | February 23, 2016 |
| PEDUTO, John Carmine | 1968 | 0 | January 9, 1947 | June 9, 2025 |
| MORAND, Leon Francis | 1968 | 1 | July 9, 1946 | May 19, 2020 |
| JONES, David Stanley | 1968 | 0 | December 18, 1946 | November 1, 2024 |
| DE BLAQUIERE, Joseph Albert | 1968 | 0 | March 8, 1946 | September 12, 2000 |
| BRESSLER, Michael Alexander | 1968 | 0 | April 10, 1945 | May 19, 2024 |
| ANDERSON, Jon Clifford | 1968 | 1 | August 27, 1946 | June 13, 2023 |
| NICHOLSON, Kenneth Robert | 1968 | 3 | January 11, 1946 | May 14, 2017 |
| SACKETT, David Lee | 1968 | 2 | October 8, 1946 | October 24, 1969 |
| DONAHUE, Daniel Joseph | 1968 | 2 | January 24, 1947 | October 7, 2014 |
| SWANEY, Jack Williams | 1968 | 0 | August 19, 1945 | February 23, 2016 |
| HAWLEY, Richard Aspinall | 1968 | 3 | July 12, 1944 | May 6, 1970 |
| INGWERSEN, Daniel Worth [non-grad] | 1968 | 1 | September 4, 1945 | December 17, 1967 |
| NOLAN, Thomas Joseph [non-grad] | 1968 | 2 | April 11, 1946 | May 23, 1968 |
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