USS Serpens AK 97 Commemorative Website - Memorial Page
The following names enclosed are the soldiers and sailors that lost thier lives aboard the USS Serpens January 29, 1945 anchored off Lunga Beach, Guadalcanal.
Edwin A Ables EM2 USCGR
Roy G Anderson PHM2 USCGR
Edwin F Antkowiak COX USCGR
Lawrence L Arndt CPL USA
Harry E Aro WT1 USCG
Clifford D Ashby AS USCGR
Woodward S Babcock GM3 USCGR
Charles E Baillargeon TEC5 USA
Edward A Baker MACH USCG
Jacob Barer S1 USCGR
Charles R Barnhouse S1 USCGR
Robert J Barrett PFC USA
Leland C Barrick PFC USA
Edwin L Boos PFC USCGR
Derious F Borton JR PFC USA
Lester L Brandlen S1 USCGR
Alfred W Brieschke TEC5 USCGR
Chester Brooks ST2 USCGR
James M Broshear QM3 USCGR
Clarence M Buchanan PFC USA
Clifton C Burks PVT USA
Keith D Burns S2 USCGR
Junior W Butler F1 USCGR
Raymond F Callahan S1 USCGR
Gilbert J Camarlinghi S2 USCGR
Louis S Carey S1 USCGR
Charles E Carr S2 USCGR
Peter A Cassaris S1 USCGR
Pete Catgenova S2 USCGR
Philip R Cervantez CM3 USCGR
James E Chadwick MM2 USCGR
Leslie E Chambers S2 USCGR
Fred L Childs SSGT USA
Frank J Ciancio S1 USCGR
Joseph Cope S1 USCGR
James V Cote S1 USCGR
Howard R Cotton PFC USA
Lawrence F Creech S2 USCGR
Ranard M Crowe S1 USCGR
Arden O Cummings MM1 USCG
Albert B Curtis F1 USCGR
Fritze O Dahlbrg PVT USA
John A Dancisak S1 USCGR
James E Davis TEC4 USA
Howard E Day Jr S1 USCGR
John C Dedmon Jr RDM3 USCGR
Henry K Deermer S2 USCGR
Samuel DeGaetano S1 USCGR
Robert M Degreve S2 USCGR
Marvin Derouen S1 USCGR
Harold C Distel F1 USCGR
Homer A Dix Jr S2 USCGR
William C Doherty S1 USCGR
Edward J Donato CM3 USCGR
Donald R Donovan S1 USCGR
James Drago S2 USCGR
William C Dunn S1 USCGR
Edmund J Durso COX USCGR
Robert A Easterday MOMM3C USCGR
Gustave F Eckart COX USCGR
Billy G Elam PFC USA
Sylvan B Elsasser Jr S1 USCGR
Joseph D Faust COX USCGR
Richard M Feutz PFC USA
John Fidurski S1 USCGR
Ira V Fletchr S1 USCGR
Murray C Flowers HA1 USCGR
Fieldon B Forkner EM3 USCGR
Warren L Fox CM2 USCGR
Roger W Fregia S2 USCGR
Jay F French S1 USCGR
Ralph C Fritz S1 USCGR
Lewis L Fulda PFC USCGR
Charles D Furrey TEC5 USCGR
Kayah Gale PFC USA
Jime Gallo COX USCGR
John L Garzon F1 USCGR
Edward C Gesford PFC USA
Mack E Gibson S1 USCGR
Fred E Gilbert PFC USA
Robert L Glaze CBM USCG
Sheldon G Goldstein HA2 USCGR
Charles E Graeber PHM3 USCGR
Floyd Grapenthin Jr PFC USA
Freeman Gregory S1 USCGR
Stanley R Grisbaum S1 USCGR
Boyce F Guthridge RT3 USCGR
Phillip Gutierrez TEC5 USA
Alan J Guyett PFC USA
Elmer P Hagemeier Jr WT2 USCGR
Arthur C Hagendorn Jr PHM3 USCGR
Raymond C Hamilton RDM3 USCGR
John W Hampton BM2 USCGR
William H Harlow F1 USCGR
Kenneth H Harmon F2 USCGR
Donald J Hart S2 USCGR
James Hartleib F1 USCGR
William C Hartzler MM3 USCGR
Melvin Haskell S1 USCGR
Perry P Headrick S2 USCGR
Alexander Helement PFC USA
Leslie Helsem MM2 USCGR
Herman T Helton PVT USA
Felix L Henigan F2 USCGR
Francis V Henry PFC USA
Robert A Herrington F1 USCGR
Marcus R Hickman STM3 USCGR
Thomas L Higgins S1 USCGR
Nile W Hinerman CPL USA
Henry C Hinson GM3 USCGR
Robert B Hodge S1 USCGR
Robert B Hopkins TEC5 USCGR
Bernard J Houchen S1 USCGR
Robert L Hoyt S1 USCGR
Otis D Hull S1 USCGR
Vernard C Jacobs MOMM2 USCGR
Paul R Jaissle S2 USCGR
Norman A Johnson S2 USCGR
Richard C Johnson PFC USA
Frank Kadilak SK1 USCGR
William G Kayler Jr PFC USA
Milton R Kellar Jr S2 USCGR
Herbert C Keough PFC USA
Arnold E Kettunen F1 USCGR
Melvin M Kolar MOMM3 USCGR
William J Kramer PVT USA
Paul F Kreps PFC USA
Norbert E Krueger S1 USCGR
Vincent J Kurdilla S1 USCGR
Stanley J Kusek S1 USCGR
Charlie G Kyle STM1 USCGR
James E Laird S1 USCGR
Woodrow Lanham S1 USCGR
David A Latraille PVT USA
Russell C Leverentz MM3 USCG
Walter J Limbacher Jr. SK3 USCGR
Charles T MacFarland MOMM3 USCGR
John H McCarter MM3 USCGR
William J McCullough Jr MM# USCGR
Charles E McDaniel PFC USA
Malcolm W McDaniel RDM3 USCGR
Arnold J McGrath 1st LT USA
Harold M McGuckin Jr SK3 USCGR
Lloyd A McLarty RM2 USCGR
Ted McMahan SGT USA
Joseph J Mackey COX USCGR
Samuel M Maddox S2 USCGR
Albert J Manke COX USCGR
Nicholas A May PFC USA
Raymond G Mazzanti COX USCG
Raymond F Medves PVT USA
Alvis J Menard MM3 USCGR
Madge V Miller STM1 USCGR
James J Miron S1 USCGR
Leo E Moore TEC5 USCGR
William F Nivin S1 USCGR
Douglas H Oakland S1 USCGR
William R O'Donnell COX USCGR
Walter L Okichick TEC5 USA
George E Orton CMM USCGR
Albert L Owen TEC4 USA
Charles C Payne F1 USCGR
William O Pazurek SM3 USCGR
Lincoln F Peterson WT3 USCGR
Warren C Prance LTJG USCGR
Frederick E A Qualmann STM3 USCGR
Roy A Questad ENS USCGR
George H Reilly SGT USA
Orville F Reuter S1 USCGR
Linton J Robeson TEC5 USA
Paul Rudy CMM USCGR
Eugene Ruggiero CMM USCGR
Roy A Sampay MM3 USCGR
Alfonso C Sandoval S1 USCGR
Lewis J Sarkisoff COX USCGR
John P SchmooK F1 USCGR
Charles E Schrader S1 USCGR
William H Seleman Jr COX USCGR
Jacob H Shogren ENS USCGR
Robert J Smith WT3 USCGR
Robert C Sneddon S1 USCGR
Robert H Sorenson MM3 USCGR
Cyril D Steinman Jr RM1 USCGR
William P Stiles PFC USA
Washington E Stillman CPHM USCG
Mryon K Strickland RM3 USCGR
Floyd Stuckey COX USCGR
Ivan B Thomas PFC USA
James R Thornburgh MM1 USCGR
Hubert Turner MOMM1 USCGR
Vernon H Twait BM2 USCGR
William W Vaughan GM2 USCG
Edgar L Vedder CEM USCGR
Samuel L Villemont WT3 USCGR
Harold L Vincent WT2 USCGR
John F Walko COX USCGR
Eugene J Ward ST1 USCG
Delos R Wardle COX USCGR
Kinchion D West SM2 USCGR
Woodrow H Wetts S1 USCGR
Alton White S2 USCGR
Charles B Wood SC1 USCGR
Tom Zaffore SSML3 USCGR
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