The Graduate Heritage Projects

The Graduate War Memorial

Footfalls, an original painting by Rick Herter. The work was commissioned by the AOG in 1992
and subsequently purchased by the class of 1960 for display in Doolittle Hall.

The Memorial Wall contains names of all graduates killed as a result of hostile action during a state of military conflict. The commemorated graduates range from the Class of 1959 through the Class of 2011, with the first USAFA graduate combat death occurring on 24 October 1964 (Valmore W. Bourque, '60).

Team members, who spent an amazing number of volunteer hours on the project, are Jock Schwank, '60, Andi Biancur, '60, Dick Sexton, '60, and Dick Coppock, '61. Building on original work accomplished by Doug Johnson, Chief, Systems Management Office, McDermott Library, the team has collected, scanned, electronically filed, and indexed more than 35,000 pages of written and photographic documentation thus far. Previously there was no central location for information about these graduates nor was much of the existing information readily accessible. The team relied on exceptional cooperation from the staffs of the Academy's Association of Graduates and the McDermott Library Clark Special Collections Branch to make the project a reality.

The graduate database is currently in the process of being migrated from legacy software to a more modern, user accessible interface. Until complete, data will be unavailable. Please check back frequently as this process continues.

Access the portrait galleries commencing with Southeast Asia immediately below, or via the navigation buttons, right, for other conflicts.

Southeast Asia
Valmore Bourque
Class of 1960
24 October 1964		 Thomas Sanders
Class of 1961
7 July 1965		 Donald Watson
Class of 1962
31 July 1965		 Robert Carn Jr.
Class of 1962
29 August 1965		 John Hauschildt
Class of 1962
25 October 1965		 David Wax
Class of 1963
20 December 1965
Harlow Halbower
Class of 1959
2 January 1966		 Lee Dixon
Class of 1961
7 January 1966		 Thomas Walker
Class of 1961
7 April 1966		 Lee Adams
Class of 1963
19 April 1966		 Frank Ralston III
Class of 1963
14 May 1966		 James Spangler
Class of 1964
19 May 1966
Terrence Griffey
Class of 1962
26 May 1966		 Charles Franco
Class of 1962
7 Jun 1966		 Patrick Wynne
Class of 1963
8 August 1966		 Raymond Salzarulo
Class of 1964
4 September 1966		 John Skoro Jr.
Class of 1963
13 September 1966		 John Stackhouse
Class of 1961
13 September 1966
Harold Knudsen Jr.
Class of 1963
14 September 1966		 William Davis Sr.
Class of 1959
19 September 1966		 Robert Gilchrist
Class of 1963
7 October 1966		 Samuel Baker
Class of 1962
23 October 1966		 George Bonnell III
Class of 1965
12 November 1966		 Gordon Wilson
Class of 1962
22 November 1966
Monte Moorberg
Class of 1961
2 December 1966		 Michael Hyde
Class of 1960
8 December 1966		 Gerald Alfred Jr.
Class of 1964
11 December 1966		 Samuel Waters Jr.
Class of 1960
13 December 1966		 James Goodman
Class of 1963
9 January 1967		 Alva Krogman
Class of 1964
17 January 1967
James Jefferson
Class of 1964
12 May 1967		 Douglas Butterfield
Class of 1963
5 June 1967		 Victor Apodaca Jr.
Class of 1961
8 June 1967		 Dennis Pazdan
Class of 1964
17 June 1967		 Charles Moore
Class of 1962
12 July 1967		 Karl Richter
Class of 1964
28 July 1967
Burke Morgan
Class of 1961
22 August 1967		 Francis Midnight
Class of 1964
23 August 1967		 Paul Raymond
Class of 1965
5 September 1967		 Thomas Derrickson
Class of 1959
12 October 1967		 Clarence Hemmel
Class of 1963
21 October 1967		 James Crew
Class of 1965
10 November 1967
Theodore Johnson
Class of 1965
17 November 1967		 Larry Moore
Class of 1964
6 December 1967		 Terry Koonce
Class of 1961
25 December 1967		 Earl Hopper Jr.
Class of 1965
10 January 1968		 James Mills
Class of 1960
29 January 1968		 Robert Reeves
Class of 1964
26 February 1968
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Peter Hesford
Class of 1965
21 March 1968		 Ralph Hornaday Jr.
Class of 1962
27 March 1968		 James Brinkman III
Class of 1962
1 April 1968		 Lyn Oberdier
Class of 1959
5 May 1968		 David Rickel
Class of 1964
16 May 1968		 Thomas Mitchell
Class of 1963
22 May 1968
John Bush
Class of 1966
24 July 1968		 Harley Hackett III
Class of 1965
24 July 1968		 Joseph Ross
Class of 1966
1 August 1968		 Harreld Martin
Class of 1962
23 August 1968		 Francis Setterquist
Class of 1966
23 August 1968		 Robert Bull II
Class of 1961
26 August 1968
David Risher
Class of 1964
6 September 1968		 Wayne Newberry
Class of 1963
29 September 1968		 Joseph Pirruccello
Class of 1963
8 December 1968		 John Albright II
Class of 1967
13 December 1968		 Morgan Donahue
Class of 1967
13 December 1968		 Charles Griffin
Class of 1962
13 December 1968
Kenneth Crist
Class of 1966
17 December 1968		 Victor Smith
Class of 1965
17 January 1969		 Thomas Clark
Class of 1963
8 February 1969		 John Brucher
Class of 1962
18 February 1969		 Robert Rex
Class of 1963
9 March 1969		 Robert Davis
Class of 1960
23 March 1969
Robert Davenport
Class of 1965
28 March 1969		 Frederick Hess Jr.
Class of 1966
29 March 1969		 Joseph Orlowski
Class of 1966
8 April 1969		 James Gilmore Jr.
Class of 1967
2 June 1969		 Kenneth Svanoe
Class of 1967
2 June 1969		 Gary Brunner
Class of 1966
23 June 1969
Tommy Callies
Class of 1965
1 August 1969		 Hal Henderson
Class of 1967
2 August 1969		 James Morton Jr.
Class of 1960
3 August 1969		 Laurent Gourley
Class of 1966
9 August 1969		 Daniel Davis
Class of 1967
18 August 1969		 Donald Moore Jr.
Class of 1967
2 October 1969
Max Rosen
Class of 1967
8 October 1969		 John Hathaway
Class of 1963
11 October 1969		 Gray Warren
Class of 1965
26 October 1969		 Stanley Adams
Class of 1965
4 November 1969		 Francis Zavacki
Class of 1964
15 November 1969		 James White
Class of 1964
24 November 1969
Douglas Ferguson
Class of 1967
30 December 1969		 Richard Chorlins
Class of 1967
11 January 1970		 Thomas Daffron
Class of 1965
18 February 1970		 Carlos Estrada Jr.
Class of 1966
19 March 1970		 Dennis Pugh
Class of 1967
19 March 1970		 John Duffy
Class of 1968
4 April 1970
Theron Fehrenbach
Class of 1968
4 April 1970		 Albin Lucki
Class of 1965
23 April 1970		 Alan Trent
Class of 1964
13 May 1970		 George Keller
Class of 1965
27 May 1970		 John Ryder
Class of 1968
9 June 1970		 Russell Voris
Class of 1968
24 June 1970
Grant Waugh
Class of 1960
10 August 1970		 Alan Cheeseman
Class of 1966
13 August 1970		 George Henry Jr.
Class of 1967
13 August 1970		 Steven Melnick
Class of 1965
17 August 1970		 James Wood
Class of 1965
17 August 1970		 Donald Shay Jr.
Class of 1967
8 October 1970
Elmon Caudill II
Class of 1968
29 November 1970		 Charles Kollenberg
Class of 1968
29 November 1970		 James Smith
Class of 1967
28 December 1970		 Park Bunker
Class of 1963
30 December 1970		 Thomas Mravak
Class of 1966
3 February 1971		 Willis Uhls
Class of 1968
11 February 1971
Charles Hoskins
Class of 1967
16 February 1971		 Walter Sigafoos III.
Class of 1968
25 April 1971		 John Rydlewicz
Class of 1969
12 August 1971		 Ronald Bond
Class of 1969
30 September 1971		 George Kamenicky
Class of 1969
30 September 1971		 Halton Vincent
Class of 1966
30 September 1971
James Newendorp
Class of 1965
1 October 1971		 Robert Ryan
Class of 1969
30 October 1971		 James Steadman
Class of 1967
26 November 1971		 Leo Thomas Jr.
Class of 1963
19 December 1971		 George Tousley III
Class of 1969
8 February 1972		 Richard Christy II
Class of 1970
17 February 1972
Arthur Hardy
Class of 1970
14 March 1972		 David Williams
Class of 1964
3 May 1972		 Robert Lodge
Class of 1964
10 May 1972		 Michael Blassie
Class of 1970
11 May 1972		 John Haselton
Class of 1970
11 May 1972		 Stephen Gravrock
Class of 1970
23 July 1972
Francis Townsend
Class of 1970
13 August 1972		 Michael Turose
Class of 1970
17 September 1972		 Michael Bosiljevac
Class of 1967
3 October 1972		 John Carroll
Class of 1962
7 November 1972		 William Hargrove
Class of 1970
21 November 1972		 Robert Kohn
Class of 1969
21 November 1972
Craig Paul
Class of 1969
20 December 1972		 George Lockhart
Class of 1969
21 December 1972		 Paul Jackson III
Class of 1968
24 December 1972		 Mark Peterson
Class of 1971
27 January 1973		 Ted Hallenbeck
Class of 1968
5 February 1973		 George Spitz
Class of 1966
5 February 1973
 
Samuel James
Class of 1967
18 April 1973		 Douglas Martin
Class of 1969
18 April 1973		 Richard Gray
Class of 1971
5 June 1973		 Gilbert Rovito
Class of 1970
14 June 1973		 Bryan Rye
Class of 1971
24 January 1975 		 

Iraq
Peter Hook
Class of 1976
30 September 1990		 Paul Weaver
Class of 1979
31 January 1991

Jeffry Olson
Class of 1986
3 February 1991

 Stephen Phillis
Class of 1982
15 February 1991		 Patrick Olson
Class of 1987
27 February 1991		 Laura Piper
Class of 1992
14 April 1994

Afghanistan
Steven Plumhoff
Class of 1992
23 November 2003		 Rodolfo Rodriguez
Class of 1998
20 September 2008		 Roslyn Schulte
Class of 2006
20 May 2009 		Mark McDowell
Class of 2005
17 July 2009 		David Wisniewski
Class of 2002
2 July 2010 		David Brodeur
Class of 1999
27 April 2011
Frank Bryant Jr
Class of 1995
27 April 2011 		Justin Wilkens
Class of 2009
18 February 2012		 James Steel
Class of 2006
3 April 2013		 Victoria Pinckney
Class of 2008
3 May 2013		 Mark Voss
Class of 2008
3 May 2013		 David Lyon
Class of 2008
27 December 2013
   
Matthew Roland
Class of 2010
26 Aug 2015 		Jordan Pierson
Class of 2010
2 October 2015 		Adrianna Vorderbruggen
Class of 2002
21 December 2015		 Job Price
Class of 1993
22 December 2012
    
 

Iraq
Eric Das
Class of 1995
7 April 2003		 Kevin Shea
Class of 1989
14 September 2004 		Derek Argel
Class of 2001
30 May 2005		 Jeremy Fresques
Class of 2001
30 May 2005		 Michael Butler
Class of 1976
12 June 2007 		Joseph Helton
Class of 2007
8 September 2009
         
Mark Weber
Class of 2011
15 March 2018		          
       

Yom Kippur War

Mayaguez Incident
     
Max (Manning) Marom
Class of 1964
17 Oct 1973		   Laurence Froehlich
Class of 1972
13 May 1975		 James Kays
Class of 1971
13 May 1975		    
     

Eagle Claw (Iran)

Nicaragua

Phillipine Terrorist
     
Charles McMillan II
Class of 1973
25 April 1980		   Wallace Sawyer Jr.
Class of 1968
5 October 1986		   Armando Castro
Class of 1968
18 March 1987		  
     

Bosnia

9/11 Terrorist
 
Mark McCarthy
Class of 1985
26 January 1995		 Joseph Kruzel Jr.
Class of 1967
19 August 1995		 David Hawkens
Class of 1986
29 August 1995		   Charles Jones
Class of 1974
11 September 2001		 Leroy Homer Jr.
Class of 1987
11 September 2001