Herein are the names of Veterans of the USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630), a nuclear powered warship. These men successfully participated in the preservation of world peace, through deterrence, during a period that is now called the Cold War.
Peace in the world often means an easier period for some of our nations military services. But not for the Submariner!
These men spent years plowing holes through most of the worlds oceans. They spent countless hours performing their duties and providing a constant threat against any adversary who might consider attacking our country. They knew and understood the dangers and the tribulations involved while on patrol. And there were many.
These men performed their duties at the great expense of not seeing their children grow. They missed their children’s significant lifetime events that included their births, their first tooth, their first step, their first day at school, graduations, engagements, achieving their college of choice, marriages and even their deaths.
These men performed their duties at the great expense of knowingly placing a heavy burden on their wives. For two-thirds of their tours they placed their wives in a position of running the home, raising the children, attending PTA meetings alone.
These men carried with them on patrols the knowledge that their intrepid wives would have to deal with deaths and sickness in their family, car repairs, broken washing machines, budget concerns, flooding basements, bill collectors, teachers and sometimes neighbors. It was not an easy life for any of the family. But it had to be done. And it was.
Now that these men have slipped their cable and taken their last walk across the prow to their final duty station, we dare not to forget these Submariners or their families. They sacrificed large portions of their lives doing their duty for our country.
These men were American Patriots, Submariners, and our Shipmates.
(above contributed by Steve Richey)
If you know of the passing of a shipmate that does not appear in the eternal patrol list please let us know here.
| Edgar C. Abbot Jr. | John J. Adas |
| Henry T. Addison | Frank A. Allard |
| James G. Amster | Walter J. Apley |
| John D. Appple | Robert V. Artman |
| Gerald H. Asbury | James A. Aspinwall |
| Dean L. Axene | Henry F. Baker |
| Kenneth L. Baker | Fred B. Ballard |
| Robert J. Balsan | George Alan Barber |
| David L. Bartholomew | Carleron V. Barwick |
| Joseph M. Battista | Patrick S. Bayless |
| William Bechtold | Vernon Beebe |
| Lemuel Bell | Ray V. Bennett |
| Lloyd Berger | Chester Beutler |
| Robert W. Bevan | Stanley J. Bice |
| Thomas Bickle | Calvin Blough |
| William Book | Richard M. Boullt |
| William Brakebill | Gerald G. Brantley |
| Robert Brim | Chester Brister |
| Paul Brogdon, Jr. | Harold E. Brooks |
| Walter A. Brooks | James D. Brown |
| Dennis Bulick | William R. Burgess Sr. |
| John A. Burton | James T. Bush |
| John Bushman | Elmer F. Bussard III |
| Frank Butterworth III | William J. Cahill |
| Rosalie J. Calhoun | Bobbie J. Calvert |
| Newell T. Campbell | William R. Candy |
| Larry Cann | Herbert W. Carew |
| Willie A. Carlton | John R. “Jack” Casey |
| Charles “Chuck” Cashion | Robert W. Chinn |
| Richard V. Cleaver | James E. Clegg Jr. |
| John T. Cleghorn | K. Russ Cline |
| Jeffrey T. Cole | Garry N. Collins |
| Steven C. Collins | Robert B. Connelly |
| Gerald J. Corcoran | Ronald E. Cordis |
| William M. Cossaboom II | Paul M. Costello |
| William T. Cottle | Kenneth M. Crombie |
| Earl A. Cruce | Neil M. Crumly |
| Gary L.E. Cruzan | Robert H. Cunningham |
| William A. Cunningham | William H. Curley |
| Gregory J. Czech | Stephen J. Danzis |
| James W. Davis | Joseph F. Davis |
| Walter Barry Davis | Rueben A. De La Haya |
| Lester F. Demmin | David A. Donovan II |
| William Dorr | Jeffrey N. Douglas |
| Thomas A. Dowell | Henry M. Dreyer III |
| Robert W. Driskell | Charles W. Duncan |
| Gary T. Dunphy | Ronald A. Dutcher |
| John H. Ebert | Robert H. Edwards |
| Michael R. Egloff | Ray C. Eishenhauer |
| John T. Elliot | Bertrand L. Ellsworth |
| Richard W. Emery | George Eskew |
| Arthur C. Esposito | Robert L. Etchieson |
| Leon E. Everman | Jonathan Fader |
| Michael E. Felicetti | Wayne C. Ficke |
| David Fields | Robert D. Finch |
| Charles E. Fischler | Jimmie L. Fisher |
| Daneil L. Flynt | Frank Fortune |
| Stephen G. Freach | Larry W. Fricke |
| James L. Friday Sr. | James R. Fuller |
| James R. Fuqua Jr. | Thomas L. Galasso |
| John W. Gantz | Buford C. Garmon |
| James L. Geer | Joseph A. Gemma |
| Wilbur L. Gilliland | Samuel Giorgio |
| Jackie B. Gooch | Carlos E. Goode |
| John P. Gordon | Brice P. Green |
| Darold P. Greene | Robert Grimm |
| Bill Grooms | Richard G. Grotte |
| Paul Guild | John Hahn |
| Donald V. Hahnfeldt | Jay B. Hamilton III |
| William D. Hamlin | John E. Harvey |
| Virgil L. Hasten | James Haverkamp |
| Donald Hazlett | Arthur E. Hazlett |
| Clyde D. Heath | James F. Hemperly |
| Arlie Henry | Herbert H. Henry |
| Darrell Hensley | Larry L. Highley |
| Elbert F. Hinson | Jack I. Hoel |
| Gene W. Holmes | Bennett L. Hooper |
| Charles W. Hoover | David M. Hopkins |
| James M. Howell | John C. Howser |
| Gene Hughes | Wayne J. Hummel |
| Danny M. Hunt | Michael B. Hutchings |
| Clell B. Hutchinson | William A. Hutton Jr. |
| William M. Hyler | Thomas D. Jackson |
| Michael W. Jantz | Thomas A. Jewell |
| Walter A. Job | Alvin D. Johnson |
| Brett D. Johnson | William Johnson |
| John P. Keeler | Theodore S. Keen |
| William D. Kempfer | Albert L. Kelln |
| Jan Alan Kendall | Robert N. Koelbl |
| Joseph Kornberger | Carl C. Kozlowski |
| Arland W. Kuester | David M. Laird |
| Mark S. Lanier | Maurice L. Laubach |
| Robert J. Lauderdale | Floyd H. Lee |
| William E. Lee | James Link |
| Richard F. Logsdon | Avery J. Lord Jr. |
| Frank Lord | James E. Lott |
| Richard A. Louthan | Robert R. Luciano |
| Carl E. Maahs Jr. | John P. Maciejewski |
| James Magin “Chaplain” | Richard L. Major |
| Andew N. Maples | Raymond J. Markese |
| Jmes A. Marshall | Paul J. Matthews |
| Fred R. Maxey Jr. | John A. Maynard |
| William H. Mayo | Kenneth R. McDermott |
| James M. McDonald | James T. McGregor |
| Bruce R. McKenna | James W. McKinster |
| Dale R. McLaughlin | Paul T. McNeill |
| Johnny L. McWilliams | James L. Meacham |
| Howard Mease | Ronald J. Merwin |
| David D. Meyer | Gerard F. Mezzacapo |
| Max Milien Sr. | Douglas W. Miller |
| Clarence D. Mitchell | Vernon Q. Mitchell |
| Thomas I. Monteith | Joseph W. Montroy |
| Fred G. Moore | Jerry A. Moose |
| John A. Morris | Stephen S. Morris |
| Elmer E. Morrow Jr. | Don Mosley |
| David A. Mueller | Shawn Muldowney |
| Terrence M. Mullaney | Jamey I. Murphy |
| Jon A. Nadeau | Ronald A. Naef |
| Thomas Nesmith | Carmine F. Nicholas |
| J.B. Norman | Donald V. Northrop |
| Robert S. Northrup | Thomas J. O’Brien Jr. |
| Joseph E. O’Connor | Joseph F. O’Donnell Jr. |
| Joseph P. O’Leary | Robert L. Orndorf |
| Earl N. Oster Jr. | Thomas F. Owenbey |
| William T. Owens | Mark W. Paar |
| Loomis L. Pace | Alan Papierowicz |
| Guy Parnell | Thomas R. Parsons |
| Basil M. Parten | Stephen D. Patrick |
| Glen W. Paxton | Terrance M. Perrone |
| Norman J. Peck | Joseph P. Peterson |
| James D. Phillips | Marshall H. Poole Jr. |
| Paul F. Popik | David L. Presley |
| Allen D. Prins | Ed Purdy |
| Paul A. Rader | Bilial Rasheed |
| David E. Rein | Joseph L. Renken |
| Thomas R. Ribble | Richard E. Richards |
| Russel S. Richey | Charles W. Rickgauer |
| Edward L. Ripley | Joseph P. Robertson |
| Kenneth W. Robertson | Lewis A. Ross |
| Peter A. Rosskamp | James L. Roth |
| James R. Rotunda | Russel A. Rutowski |
| Leo H. Sain | Merwyn E. Salfer |
| Steven G. Salva | Gary L. Samples |
| James N. Sams | Olympio P. Sanares |
| Morton H. Savell | John R. Savitz |
| George F. Schilling | Jerry Schram |
| Robert A. Schultz | Thomas J. Sheppard |
| Paul D. Sherbourne | Robert L. Shiffman |
| Gary D. Shobe | Jimmy L. Shumard |
| Michael L. Sigley | James P. Simpson |
| James L. Sisson | Kenny Sizemore |
| Edgar W. Sloan | Roy U. Slocum |
| Bradford D. Smith | Bruce R. Smith |
| Edward Smith | Marvin O. Smith Jr. |
| William L. Smith | Frank D. Snow |
| Richard L. Speir | Scott O. Spinka |
| James Sprague | Stephen J. Springer |
| John L. Stacey | Ronald R. Stahl |
| Raymond W. Stanis | Maurice D. Stanley |
| Thomas E. Stanley | James E. Stein |
| Daniel J. Stim | Steven R. Stout |
| Danny M. Stovall | Samuel S. Sutton |
| Brad S. Sweeny | George G. Sweeny |
| Glenn T. Sykes Jr. | James P. Tansey Jr. |
| Tony A. Tarleton | John R. Thode |
| Ronald L. Thompson | Frank A. Thurtell |
| Ralph L. Tindal | Mark J. Toschoff |
| Steve L. Toth | William L. Treese |
| David M. Trotter | Michael S. Tuckman |
| Ron Turner | V.B. Turner |
| William M. Tyner | James A. Vanness |
| Rodney O. Waldrop | John N. Walker |
| Richard A. Wallace | Christopher C. Ward |
| George H. Warner | Jonathan C. Warthin |
| Dale F. Waser | Edmund G. Watt |
| Billy V. Watts Jr. | Robert J. Way |
| John Weaver | Delorma D. Webb |
| Raymond B. Wellborn | Elmer Wells |
| Leroy P. Werley Sr. | James A. West |
| Dale S. Wiles | Donald Wilkerson |
| Coyce V. Wilkinson | James E. Williams |
| Barry A. Wilson | Richard A. Wilson |
| Richard W. Wilson | William C. Wilson IV |
| Robert Wirth | Ronald C. Wittschen |
| John D. Woods | Charles Wooten |
| Charles Wright | James D. Wright |
| Keith A Wright Sr. | Thomas J. Young |
| Arthur J. Zanta | Jim Zawacki |
Last updated 2026-08-18