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US Navy SEALs Memorial Page
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For Those Who Paid The Ultimate Price during WWII, We Honor You.
This is a list of those members of the Scouts and Raiders/NCDUs/UDTs
that gave their lives during WWII, if you are aware of any names that need to
be added please E-Mail us the information and we will be happy to add their
names to the Roster.
| Alexander, Henry R | NCDU-0 | Jacobson, John A | NCDU-0 |
| Allen, Kermit | UDT-15 | Jarosz, Edward A | NCDU-0 |
| Anderson, A E | UDT-12 | Kalman, Louis E | UDT-15 |
| Andibert, B B | UDT-5 | Kasman, Brennan | UDT-4 |
| Beason, Edwin A | UDT-15 | Landerdale, Kenneth B | UDT-9 |
| Blackwood, Burgess L | UDT-15 | Lewis, William R | UDT-9 |
| Blanot, Harry T | UDT-15 | Lynch, Francis J | UDT-16 |
| Blettel, David | UDT-9 | Madsen, Charles F | UDT-1 |
| Blowers, Ralph A | UDT-3 | Maki, Eugene R | UDT-15 |
| Bock, Leonard H | UDT-7 | Malfeo, Marvin A | UDT-9 |
| Bussell, John E | NCDU-46 | Marshall, Aden | UDT-12 |
| Camache, Wilfred D | UDT-9 | McDermott, Joseph D | NCDU-0 |
| Castillo, Guadalupe | UDT-9 | McGeary, Donald C | NCDU-0 |
| Christensen, Robert | UDT-5 | McKnight, Thomas R | UDT-9 |
| Cooke, John W | NCDU-0 | Mecale, John | UDT-15 |
| Davis, Paul H | UDT-15 | Millis, Conrad C | NCDU-45 |
| DeGregorio, Carmine | NCDU-0 | Mingledorf, Ozie C Jr | NCDU-0 |
| Demmer, Peter M | NCDU-0 | Morris, A M | NCDU |
| Dillion, J J | NCDU-0 | Nixon, Thomas D | UDT-4 |
| Dolan, Patrick R | UDT-15 | Olive, Jesse D | NCDU-0 |
| Donbek, Walter J | NCDU-0 | Perkins, Frank J | NCDU-0 |
| Doran, William R | NCDU-0 | Pienack, Raymond R | NCDU-46 |
| Drew, Elmer M | NCDU-0 | Prall, Carroll B | NCDU |
| Duncan, Harold | NCDU-23 | Rodman, James E | UDT-15 |
| Eckert, Edmund | NCDU | Rodriguez, James L | UDT-9 |
| Fabich, Henry S | NCDU-46 | Rossart, Joseph W | UDT-9 |
| Fleming, Andrew J | NCDU-23 | Runnels, Adrian | UDT-15 |
| French, R E | NCDU | Sadilek, William L | UDT-12 |
| Fuller, John A | NCDU-0 | Scoggins, F P | UDT-9 |
| Gordon, Paul M | UDT-15 | Sugden, William L | UDT-9 |
| Gouinlock, George L | NCDU | Sullivan, Maurice F | NCDU-0 |
| Goulder, Preston H | NCDU-0 | Sumpter, Frank W | UDT-15 |
| Greenfield, Edward J | NCDU-0 | Szych, Chester | UDT-15 |
| Guess, Theodore M | UDT-4 | Tilton, Edward | UDT-8 |
| Harang, Richard D | NCDU-0 | Vetter, Alvin E | NCDU-0 |
| Herring, C P | NCDU-0 | Weatherford, M P | NCDU-0 |
| Hickey, Arthur B | NCDU-0 | Weckman, L | NCDU-0 |
| Hilke, Earl E | UDT-15 | Weidner, A G | UDT-7 |
| Holtman, Orvid J | NCDU-0 | Willbanks, Herman D | UDT-15 |
| Hopkins, Robert L | UDT-9 | Yates, Lee C | UDT-14 |
| Irish, Edgar W | UDT-5 |
For Those Who Paid The Ultimate Price in Southeast Asia,
We Honor You
| CDR Robert J Fay | SOG | 28 Oct 65 | Danang | Mortar Attack |
| RD2 Billy W Machen | SEAL Team 1 | 19 Aug 66 | RSSZ | Ambush |
| LT Daniel M Mann | SEAL Team 1 | 7 Apr 67 | RSSZ | River Ambush |
| IC3 Donald E Boston | SEAL Team 1 | 7 Apr 67 | RSSZ | River Ambush |
| RM3 Robert K Neal | SEAL Team 1 | 7 Apr 67 | RSSZ | River Ambush |
| SM3 Leslie H Funk | SEAL Team 1 | 6 Oct 67 | RSSZ | Drowned |
| SN Frank G Anthone | SEAL Team 1 | 23 Dec 67 | RSSZ | Small Arms |
| SN Roy B Keith | SEAL Team 1 | 11 Jan 68 | Ba Xuyen | Small Arms |
| GMGI Arthur G Williams | SEAL Team 2 | 18 Jan 68 | Mekong | Small Arms |
| LCDR Robert E Condon | UDT 12 | 18 Jan 68 | Mekong | Small Arms |
| ADR2 Eugene T Fraley | SEAL Team 2 | 21 Jan 68 | Mekong | Booby Trap |
| AMG3 Clarence T Risher | SEAL Team 2 | 31 Jan 68 | Chau Doc | Small Arms |
| BM1 Walter G Pope | SEAL Team 1 | 29 Apr 68 | Kien Hoa | Drowned |
| SFP2 David E Devine | SEAL Team 1 | 6 May 68 | Kien Hoa | Drowned |
| SK2 Donald H Zillgitt | SEAL Team 1 | 12 May 68 | Vinh Binh | Small Arms |
| CS1 Donnie L Patrick | SEAL Team 1 | 15 May 61 | Vin Long | Explosion |
| EMC Gordon C Brown | SEAL Team 1 | 19 May 68 | Kien Giang | Booby Trap |
| MM1 Joseph A Albrecht | SEAL Team 2 | 2 Aug 68 | Chau Doc | Booby Trap |
| SK1 Robert K Wagner | SEAL Team 1 | 15 Aug 68 | Vinh Binh | Booby Trap |
| WO1 Eugene S Tinnin | SEAL Team 1 | 20 Aug 68 | Vinh Long | Ambush |
| LT Frederick E Trani | SEAL Team 2 | 14 Sep 68 | Mekong | Booby Trap |
| ABH2 Roberto Ramos | SEAL Team 2 | 29 Oct 68 | Long Xuyen | Small Arms |
| ETN3 James K Sanders | SEAL Team 1 | 22 Nov 68 | Saigon | Nonhostile |
| SM1 David A Wilson | SEAL Team 1 | 14 Jan 69 | Vinh Long | Booby Trap |
| GMG1 Harry A Mattingly | SEAL Team 2 | 16 Jan 69 | Mekong | Small Arms |
| HMC Robert L Worthington | UDT 13 | 12 Apr 69 | Duong Keo | River Ambush |
| ATN1 Kenneth E VanHoy | SEAL Team 1 | 18 May 69 | Kien Giang | Mortar Round |
| QM2 Ronald E Pace | SEAL Team 1 | 18 May 69 | KienGiang | Mortar Round |
| MM2 Lowell W Meyer | SEAL Team 1 | 18 May 69 | Kien Giang | Mortar Round |
| HM1 Lin A Manhner | SEAL Team 1 | 25 May 69 | Kien Giang | Mortar Round |
| LTJG David I Nicholas | SEAL Team 1 | 17 Oct 69 | Nam Can | Small Arms |
| HM1 Richard O Wolfe | SEAL Team 1 | 30 Nov 69 | Nam Can | Helo Crash |
| AE1 Curtis M Ashton | SEAL Team 2 | 27 Dec 69 | Long An | Grenade |
| LTJG John Brewton | SEAL Team 2 | 11 Jan 70 | Mekong | Died Of Wounds |
| PT1 Douglas E Hobbs | DETG | 16 May 70 | Mekong | River Ambush |
| BM3 James R Gore | SEAL Team 1 | 23 Jun 70 | Can Tho | Helo Crash |
| MM2 Richard J Solano | SEAL Team 1 | 23 Jun 70 | Can Tho | Helo Crash |
| SM3 John S Durlin | SEAL Team 1 | 23 Jun 70 | Can Tho | Helo Crash |
| RMSN John J Donnelly | SEAL Team 1 | 23 Jun 70 | Can Tho | Helo Crash |
| FN Toby A Thomas | SEAL Team 1 | 23 Jun 70 | Can Tho | Helo Crash |
| SN Luco W Palma | UDT 13 | 18 Sep 70 | Hai An | Mine |
| HMC L C Williams | UDT 13 | 18 Sep 70 | HaiAn | Mine |
| EMC Frank W Bomar | SEAL Team 1 | 20 Dec 70 | Truc Giang | Ambush |
| EM3 J L Riter | SEAL Team 1 | 20 Dec 70 | Truc Giang | Ambush |
| LT J F Thames | SEAL Team 1 | 19 Jan 71 | Nam Can | River Ambush |
| FN Harold E Birky | SEAL Team 1 | 30 Jan 71 | Ben Tre | Small Arms |
| LT Michael Collins | SEAL Team 1 | 4 Mar 71 | Kien Giang | Mine |
| LT Melvin S Dry | SEAL Team 1 | 6 Jun 72 | Gulf Of Tonkin | UNKNOWN |
"On 19 August 1966, SEAL Team One suffered its first combat fatality in Vietnam. While on a recon mission, a patrol had discovered a series of bunkers and weapons positions along the Dinh Ba River, thirteen miles south-east of Nha Be. They were extracted and reinserted further up river to pinpoint two reported camouflaged sampans that had been spotted by a helicopter. Fresh tracks were discovered, and the sampans were then sighted about five hundred meters from the SEAL's position. Petty Officer Billy W. Machen was acting as point man. Coming to a clearing in the jungle growth, he halted the unit and moved ahead into the opening to reconnoiter. As he paused and searched the surrounding area, he suddenly realized the VC were lying in ambush and he was in the middle of the kill zone. Rather than make a futile attempt to seek cover or retrace his steps and thereby pinpoint the partrol's exact location, Machen initiated fire and attacked the enemy unit, forcing them to trigger their ambush prematurely. Immediately after, automatic weapons fire from both banks of the river erupted. The SEAL patrol was alerted to the danger and was able to gain cover, return fire, and engage to suppress the VC attack. Machen was killed in the initial fusillade. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third highest medal for valor."
Information obtained from T. L. Bosiljevac's Book "SEALs UDT/SEAL Operations in Vietnam"
TRIBUTE
Four Warriors Who Gave Their Lives So That Others May Live!
The Naval Special Warfare Development Group, formerly known as SEAL Team SIX and based in Dam Neck, Virginia, is responsible for US counterterrorist operations in the maritime environment. SIX participated in a number of operations, both overt and covert, throughout the 1980's.
In 1983, SEAL Team SIX members were also responsible for the rescue and evacuation of Governor Sir Paul Scoon from Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury. Four SEALs were lost to drowning during helicopter insertion off shore. Other aspects of the operation included the securing of a radio transmitter which resulted in heavy contact with Grenadian forces.
The first and most controversial SEAL mission in Grenada was the Salinas Airfield Operation.
During the predawn hours of October 24, 1983, in high winds, with little intel, 12 operators from SEAL Team SIX and 4 Air Force Combat Control Team members(CCT), were assigned to perform a night combat equipment water jump in the ocean about 40 kilometers off the north-northwest tip of Port Salinas, Grenada.
The SEAL/CCT team was to perform LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System) to enter the water DropZone with 2 Zodiac inflatable rubber boats. They were to do an Over the Horizon (OTH) transit approximately 40 kilometers to the vicinity of Port Salinas. Once there they were to scout out a suitable Beach Landing Site and send swimmer scouts ashore, infiltrate the island and cache the boats. They were to patrol the airfield, emplace the beacons and find a suitable hiding place and wait for the Ranger's airdrop. All the time sending intel reports back to the USS Guam.
Four SEALs were lost during the jump. It is not clear why they drowned during the drop, but the hazards of jumping into the sea with a heavy combat load in high winds could have been overwhelming. These men were well trained for this type of operation, but even the best laid plans sometimes go wrong.
The remaining SEALs searched in vain for their teammates, dis-hearted they continued with their primary mission, however, half-way to the shore they had to take evasive measures due to an approaching Grenadan Patrol boat. As they cut their engines, the Zodiacs' motors were swamped by the Patrol boat's wake and would not restart.
The SEAL/CCT team then drifted out to sea and made contact with the USS Caron (DD270). The operation was aborted.
The Four SEALs who were lost at sea are:
| Machinist Mate First Class Kenneth J. Butcher | Quartermaster First Class Kevin E. Lundberg | Senior Chief Engineman Robert R. Schamberger | Hull Technician First Class Stephen L. Morris |
END TRIBUTE
!Lest We NEVER FORGET Their Sacrifice!
