This thread is a tribute to our departed shipmates. If you know of a Navy Veteran that has passed away please add their name to our list. If their duty stations and rates are known please include them.

For members of the Military during WW2.
A remembrance of their service can be entered on the World War 2 memorial pages at

www.wwiimemorial.com/



Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who biddest the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

May they rest in Peace.



Floyd Ray Coates, USN retired, passed away in Pensacola, Fl. today at Sacred Heart. He was a good man and a loyal friend who served his country well for over 20 years.

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God Bless him and his family

Rest In Peace shipmate.

Rest in Pease,Shipmate. May god's confort be with the Family.

I have one that I dont think ever got in here, so personally to me its worth the repeat...

MA1 Patrick "Mac" McCormick USN Retired, passed away 10/2004
He was a BM before converting to MA, and as a MA he was a dog handler, serving stateside and overseas.

God Bless our shipmates who have passed. Rest in peace.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 672-06
July 14, 2006

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DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Petty Officer 1st Class Jerry A. Tharp, 44, of Muscatine, Iowa, died July 12 as a result of enemy action when his dismounted patrol was struck by an improvised explosive device while operating in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. He was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, Rock Island, Ill.

For further information related to this release, contact Navy Public Affairs at (703) 697-5342.

George F. Mueller of Effingham NH
WW2 Navy Veteran
Passed July 22, 2006 at home

LT Michael Murphy. Rest in peace brother. Many pushups, pullups, flutter kicks and a beer for you. Thanks for kicking my butt as a young jg.

- Chief Galle

God bless those who have come before us, and after us who have paid the supreme sacrifice.

Leo H. Lavoie, 90
July 23, 2006
in Ascutney, Vt
formerly from Dover, NH
WW2 Navy Air Force Turret Gunner

quote:

Originally posted by sirhamalot:
God bless those who have come before us, and after us who have paid the supreme sacrifice.

Ditto.

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RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- Carl M. Brashear, the first black U.S. Navy diver who was portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr. in the 2000 film "Men of Honor," died Tuesday. He was 75.

Brashear died at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth of respiratory and heart failure, the medical center said.


Brashear retired from the Navy in 1979 after more than 30 years of service. He was the first Navy diver to be restored to full active duty as an amputee, the result of a leg injury he sustained during a salvage operation.

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I know he is not Navy but he was a good friend to my family and a good Soldier.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060722-13507.html

Cpl. Matthew P. Wallace, 22, of Lexington Park, Md., died on July 21, in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 16. Wallace was assigned to the 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Matthew's funeral was today and was attended by many. There was a large showing from the community and the Patriot Guard.

rip to all our fallen service members...

Mark Fisher IT3
Age 23
SanDiego, California
murdered

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God bless them all

Walter Belisle
Andover, Mass
age 77
July 29, 2006

James E. Begley Jr.
Manchester, NH
formerly of Woburn, Mass
Died August 1, 2006
USN Veteran of WWII

PO2 Edward Austin Koch
Age 30 of Towson, MD
Killed by roadside bomb in Iraq
July 26, 2006

http://www.nbc4.com/news/9601361/detail.html

quote:

Originally posted by EELindy:

Rest in Peace, Diego. May the angels carry thee into paradise. May light perpetual shine upon thee. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Mack