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| Name | Rate | Years on Board | Date Deceased | Notes | |
| John T. LAW | CAPT | 1964-1966 | 7/3/2006 | ||
| Ernest C. HIPP | CAPT | 1966-1967 | 6/12/1993 | ||
| Allston SEE | MMCM | 1963-1964 | 1/28/2012 | ||
| RADM Ming Ehr CHANG | LT/LCDR(WEPS) | 1964-1966 & 1983-1985 | 10/13/2017 | Obit link Added 10/3/2018 | |
| Mark Joseph GIRRES | GMM3 | 1964-1966? | 9/24/2003 | ||
| Richard Thomas TAYLOR | EM2 | 1964-1968 | Jun2006 | ||
| George F. REX | MM | 1964-1966? | 5/8/2005 | ||
| John J. LUTHER | DS3 | 1964-1966 | 1/22/2009 | ||
| Paul Barry KILLINGER Sr | BM2 | 1964-1966 | 10/29/2018 | Obit link Added 12/27/2018 | |
| Donald L. CASTLEBURRY | BT2 | 1964 | 1998 | ||
| Elmo FOSTER | TM2 | 1964-1968 | 2/25/2010 | ||
| W. A. NOWELL | BT3 | 1964 | 1968 | ||
| Dean S. MALONE | GMM1 | 1964 | 7/31/2004 | ||
| Dan J. RANZETTI Jr. | BT3 | 1964 | 1996 | ||
| Thomas A. POPOVIC | BT2 | 1964 | 11/26/2010 | ||
| B. R. SHELDON | MM3 | 1964 | 2003 | ||
| Ralph ROONEY | STG2 | 1964-1965 | Dec2007 | ||
| Paul ROEDER | STCS | 1964-1967 | late 1980's | ||
| Huger Singleton SUGGS Sr. | QMC | 1964-1968 | 6/7/2001 | ||
| Robert F. STAHL | SN | 1964-1968? | 3/31/1969 | ||
| Billy James EDMONSON | QMCS | 1964-1967 | 7/22/2006 | ||
| James R. ELY | FTM3 | 1964-1968 | 12/27/2006 | ||
| Leonard MULLINS | RM2 | 1964-1968 | late 2006? | ||
| John ZLAMAL | YN3 | 1964-1967? | 12/24/2002 | ||
| Thomas G. ROHDE Sr. | BM | 1964-1966 ? | 1/23/2003 | ||
| James Wyman ZARO | FN | 1964-1967 | 11/16/2008 | ||
| Joseph H. HESSLER | MMC | 1964-1969 | 11/12/1992 | ||
| Wilfred MARCOUX | FTM1 | 1964-1967? | ~2005 | ||
| John D. PERKINS | DS1 | 1964-1966 | Feb2010 | ||
| Irwin A. CHOPAK | MM2 | 1964-1966 | 1/7/2014 | UPD 7/29/2014 | |
| Richard Paul BELCH | BT3 | 1964-1968 | 3/12/2013 | UPD 12/21/2013 | |
| Robert (Bobby) BRENNER | RDC | 1965-1968 | 2005 | ||
| Louis Merwin PERKETT | DS? | 1965-1969 | 6/28/2016 | Added 1/12/2017 | |
| Stephen A. NAPOLI | 1966-1968 | 7/13/2013 | Obit link Added 10/16/2018 | ||
| Raymond Wilson BELLAMY Jr | SM3 | 1966-1968 | 12/25/2018 | Obit link Added 12/30/2018 | |
| Ed KOZLOWSKI | CS2 | 1966-1969 | 2/4/2015 | Added 2/4/2015 | |
| John G. MESSER | CAPT | COMDESRON18 1966 | 10/28/2006 | ||
| Pat VICE | RMCS | 1966-1967 | 6/17/2008 | ||
| Donald GUSSLER | GMG3 | 1966-1967 | 5/26/2016 | Added 1/12/2017 | |
| John L. TRULL | MR2 | 1966-1969 | 5/12/2009 | ||
| Charles LANE | BM1 | 1966-1969? | |||
| Charlie ATTAWAY | BMCM | 1966-1970 | 1970 | ||
| Charles L. REEVES | BMC | 1966-1970 | 12/9/1970 | ||
| Russel R. MAIERS Jr. | BT2 | 1966-1970 | 8/24/2012 | ||
| John Edward BOON Sr. | WO1-LT | 1967?-1969? | 11/30/2011 | ||
| Jack M. CAMPBELL | ETCM | 1967-1969 | 1986 | ||
| Kenneth F. KEENE | MM3 | 1967-1969 | May2001 | ||
| Richard E. DIEHL | BM3 | 1967-1968 | 1/18/2008 | ||
| Conrado LIWANAG | MS3 | 1967 – ?? | Died in 2006 | ||
| Sumner (Sam) M. BOWERS | ENC | 1967-1968 | 12/01/2014 | Added 3/22/2015 | |
| Glen Curtis LORD | DS2 | 1966-1969? | 7/11/1994 | ||
| Robert N. SITLER | FTM2 | 1966-1968 | 10/14/1998 | ||
| Thomas J. BUFFONI Sr | LCDR | 1966-1968 | 6/29/2015 | Added 7/13/2015 | |
| Ernest B. COLEMAN Jr | FN | 1966?-1968? | 2/14/2016 | Added 2/20/2019 | |
| John J KALISZ Jr | RM2 | 1967-1968 ?? | 3/26/2015 | Obit link Added 10/16/2018 | |
| Virgil Richard BODREY | IC1 | 1967-1969 | 10/22/2018 | Obit link Added 10/22/2018 | |
| Jessie V. COLEMAN | LT | 1967-1968 | 6/18/2015 | Added 6/20/2015 | |
| Michael (Mike) TAYLOR | OSCS | 1967-1969? | 7/22/2016 | Added 1/12/2017 | |
| Walter E. (Wally) CIOKAJLO | EN3 | 1968-1972 | 1/23/2019 | Obit link Added 1/29/2019 | |
| Robert W. ROETH | STG2 | 1968-1971? | 1/1/2010 | Obit link Updated 10/2/2018 | |
| John David SAMPSON | HM2 | 1968-1971 | 6/05/2015 | NEW 9/30/2015 | |
| James BASS | QM1 | 1968-1971 | Summer 2003 | ||
| Charles B. WHITTINGTON | RD2 | 1968-1970 ? | 6/18/2007 | ||
| Michael AKER | GMGSN | 1968-1971 | 11/22/2013 | ||
| Wallace Bertram ROSE | EM3 | 1969-1970 | 4/20/2017 | Added 4/25/2017 | |
| Richard LEMON (Past President Founding Father) | BTCS | 1969-1972 | 12/29/2016 | Added 1/12/2017 | |
| Joseph A. GREEN | LT(jg) | 1969-1971 | 3/3/2008 | ||
| Charles D. ALLEN Jr. | CAPT | CO 1969-1971 | 10/5/2002 | ||
| RADM Peter C. CONRAD | CDR | XO 1969-1970 | 12/10/2017 | Obit link Added 10/2/2018 | |
| William SCHAUMAN | RD1 | 1969-1970 | Died in 1993 | ||
| Bob NEIL | FTM1 | 1970-1974 | Died in 12/2005 | ||
| Jack KREGER | CS3 | 1970-1974 | Died 11/14/2008 | ||
| George TSANTES | CAPT | XO 1971-1973 | Nov. 1983 | ||
| Robert JOSEPH | ICCS | 1971-1974 | 3/2/2019 | Added 3/8/2019 | |
| Carrol RAMSEY | LT(jg) | 1971 | Late 90's? | ||
| Gary S. WALTON | OS3 | 1971-1974 | 5/05/2015 | Added 5/05/2015 | |
| Ernest C. CLOW | CSC | 1972-1975 | 1977 | ||
| Ronald S. SCOTT | ICC | 1972-1975 | 6/1/2016 | Added 1/12/2017 | |
| Francis V. McALOON | BTC | 1972-1975 | 11/1995 | Added 10/24/2014 | |
| Robert L. WALTERS | VADM | 1972-1974 | 7/17/1991 | ||
| Len S. REGISTER | EN3 | 1973-1975 | 7/26/2009 | ||
| Curtis WILSON | STGSN | 1973?-1975 | about 2003 | 12/03/2013 | |
| William "Bill" SANCHEZ | PN2 | 1973-1975 | 1/24/2010 | ||
| Kenneth GOLLIHER | ETCS | 1973-1974 | |||
| Michael BARNES | LT | ~1970-1974 | 7/16/2007 | ||
| Warren E. GRAMLEY Jr. | STG2 | 1973-1975 | 5/13/2000 | ||
| Doyle VANDEMAN | STG2 | 1973-1975 | 2/16/2012 | ||
| Jeff MILNES | MMFN | 1974-1976 | 12/07/2014 | Added 12/08/2014 | |
| Ricahrd D. ZANDARSKI | HTC | 1973-1975 | 5/29/1996 | ||
| James W. CASS | MM1 | 1973-1975 | 11/22/1975 | ||
| Douglas S. FREEMAN | MM2 | 1975 | 11/22/1975 | ||
| Michael W. KAWOLA | EM2 | 1973-1975 | 11/22/1975 | ||
| Gerald A. KETCHAM | DS3 | 1973-1975 | 11/22/1975 | ||
| Brent W. LASSEN | STG3 | 1973-1975 | 11/22/1975 | ||
| David A. MESSMER | FA | 1975 | 11/22/1975 | ||
| Gordon T. ST. MARIE | DS2 | 1973-1975 | 11/22/1975 | ||
| William D. BOVA | CWO4 | 1974-1975 | 3/20/2015 | Added 3/22/2015 | |
| Michael F. CARTOLANO | ? | 1975 | 10/24/2007 | ||
| Joseph J. BURMAN | ICFA | 1975 | 10/14/2011 | Added 10/24/2014 | |
| William SEITZ | FA | 1975 | 1980 | Added 4/30/2014 | |
| James BUSS | ST1 | 1975 | |||
| James (Tim) COLE | 1975 | 2/6/2006 | |||
| William DOCKENDORFF | CWO3 | 1975 | |||
| William LOCKAMY | ETR3 | 1975 | |||
| Roy E. HAMILTON | OSCS | 1973-1975 | 7/4/2006 | ||
| John Thomas (Tom) COVERT | HM3 | 1975 | 9/13/2006 | ||
| Michael Anthony BUDD | SN | 1975 | 9/6/2009 | ||
| Burl "Wes" Wesley SEIBERT | PN1 | 1975 | 7/16/1999 | ||
| David P. RUSSELL | TM3 | 1975 | 1/23/2000 | ||
| Kenneth Linwood GUPTON | MSC | 1975 | 7/29/2013 | ||
| Eric Lee WASHAM | CDR (XO) | 1979-1982? | 7/30/1998 | ||
| Ray OLSEN | FTM1 | 1979-1982? | 2003 | ||
| David MARTIN | FTM3 | 1980 | 12/??/1980 | ||
| Jeffrey SAKAGUCHI | PN3 | 1980-1981 | 9/15/2006 | ||
| William F. JACKSON Jr. | BT3 | 1980-1984 | 10/23/2005 | ||
| CAPT Edward E."Ted" ALEXANDER | CO | 1982-1984 | 12/20/2018 | Obit link Added 12/28/2018 | |
| Joseph Daniel McDONALD | OS | 1982-1983 | 10/13/2007 | ||
| Raymond F. BERUBE | BTC | 1983-1984 | 9/13/2006 | ||
| VADM Robert T. MOELLER | CDR (XO), CAPT (CO) | 1980's | 3/28/2011 | ||
| Rick ITSON | RM1 | 1983-1986 | 12/2/2012 | ||
| Mark Timothy MCKINNEY | OS2 | 1986-1989 | 9/4/2006 | ||
| Jeffrey L. KELL | ? | 1987-1994? | 11/11/2012 | Added 11/29/2013 | |
| Gregory CERMAK | 1986-1988 | 7/5/2011 | |||
| Jim MILLER | PNCM(SW)(AW) | 1986-1989 | 11/7/2007 | ||
| Michael Terrence MCKAY | RMC(SW) | 1987-1990 | 12/7/2007 | ||
| Steven KIDWELL | OS2 | 1986-1988 | 6/15/2013 | ||
| David KING | EN3 | 1986-1988 | 7/7/2015 | ||
| Milton HASKINS | 1998 | ||||
| Jimmie JONES | BTC | 1989-1992 | 3/7/2010 | ||
| Jeffrey Scott BURGIN | MM1 | 1989-1992 | 3/9/2008 | ||
| George HUBERT | HT2 | 1989-1991? | 10/13/1993 | Added 4/18/2014 | |
| Leon ACKERT | CAPT | 2002 | |||
| Lewis CORBETT | |||||
| Melvin CRAIG Jr. | LT | 3/29/2008 | |||
| Lloyd Martin HAVEY | RD2 | 2/19/2010 | |||
| Meyer HERNDON | 12/12/2012 | ||||
| Joseph E. MILES | RMCM | 4/10/2018 | Obit link Added 10/2/2018 | ||
| William Edward O'LEARY | CDR | 12/22/2015 | Obit link Added 10/2/2018 | ||
| Joel Edward ROBINSON | HMC | 4/9/2018 | Obit link Added 10/2/2018 | ||
| John SETNIK | STGCS | 12/17/2002 | |||
| Curtis WILSON | |||||
| William VAN HULLE | GM2 | 7/9/2011 | |||
| Granddaughters of ADM Reginald Rowan BELKNAP: | |||||
| May ROWAN CRESSEWELL IRWIN | 11/7/2016 | Added 10/2/2018 | |||
| Rowan BELKNAP HOWARD MORSE | 5/1/2017 | Added 10/2/2018 |
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