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 a name has an asterisk (*) next to it, that shipmate has a biography posted on the site. Simply click the asterisk to take you to the biography.
If you know of the passing of a shipmate that does not appear in the eternal patrol list please let us know here.
| John J. Adas | Henry T. Addison |
| James G. Amster | Walter J. Apley |
| Robert V. Artman | Gerald H. Asbury |
| Dean L. Axene * | Henry Baker |
| Kenneth L. Baker | Fred B. Ballard |
| George Alan Barber | William Bechtold |
| Lemuel Bell | Ray V. Bennett |
| Lloyd Berger | Chester Beutler |
| Stanley J. Bice | Thomas Bickle |
| Calvin Blough | William Book |
| William Brakebill | Robert Brim |
| Paul Brogdon, Jr. | Harold E. Brooks |
| Walter A. Brooks | Dennis Bulick |
| John (Reb) Burton | James T. Bush * |
| John Bushman | Frank Butterworth |
| B. J. Calvert | Larry Cann |
| Herbert W. Carew | Willie A. Carlton |
| John R. “Jack” Casey | Charles “Chuck” Cashion |
| Robert Wayne Chinn | Richard V. Cleaver |
| John T. Cleghorn | K. Russ Cline |
| Jeffrey Cole | Robert B. Connelly |
| Ronald E. Cordis | William M. Cossaboom |
| Earl Cruce * | Neil M. Crumly |
| William A. Cunningham | Gregory J. Czech |
| Joseph F. Davis | Walter Barry Davis |
| Robert W. Driskell | Rueben De La Haya |
| Lester F. Demmin | Bill Dorr |
| Henry Dryer | Charles W. Duncan |
| Jack H. Ebert | Robert H. Edwards |
| Ike Eishenhauer | John T. Elliot |
| Dick Emery | George Eskew |
| Arthur C. Esposito | Robert Laurence Etchieson |
| Jonathan Fader | Michael Felicetti |
| Wayne C. Ficke | David Fields |
| Robert D. Finch | Charles E. Fischler |
| Danny Lee Flynt | Frank Fortune |
| Stephen G. Freach | James L. Friday, Sr. |
| James R. Fuller | Thomas L. Galasso |
| Wilbur L. Gilliland | Samuel Giorgio |
| Jackie B. Gooch | Carlos Goode |
| Darold P. Greene | Robert Grimm |
| Bill Grooms | Richard Grotte |
| Paul Guild | John Hahn |
| Donald V. Hahnfeldt | Jay B. Hamilton III |
| William D. Hamlin | Virgil Hasten |
| Don Hazlett | Gene “Bear” Hazlett |
| James F. Hemperly | Arlie Henry |
| Darrell Hensley | Elbert Hinson |
| Jack Ira Hoel | Charles Hoover |
| David “Max” Hopkins | James M. Howell |
| John Howser | Gene Hughes |
| William M. Hyler | Thomas Jackson |
| Thomas A. Jewell | Walter A. Job |
| Alvin D. Johnson | William Johnson |
| John P. Keeler | William Kempfer |
| Jan Alan Kendall | Joe Kornberger |
| Arland W. Kuester * | Mark S. Lanier |
| Robert “Jeff” Lauderdale | William E. Lee |
| James Link | Avery James Lord |
| Frank Lord | Carl E. Maahs |
| James “Chaplain Jim” Magin | Andew Maples |
| Raymond J. Markese | Paul James Matthews |
| Fred R. Maxey Jr. * | John A. Maynard |
| Bruce R. McKenna | Dale Roy McLaughlin |
| Paul Terry McNeill | Johnny L. McWilliams |
| Max Milien | Clarence Mitchell |
| Vernon Q. Mitchell | Joseph Montroy |
| Fred G. Moore | Jerry A. Moose |
| John A. Morris | Don Mosley |
| David A. Mueller | Shawn Muldowney |
| Terrence M. Mullaney | Ronald A. Naef |
| Tom Nesmith | Carmine F. Nicholas |
| J.B. Norman | Robert S. Northrop |
| Terence J. O’Brien | Joseph E. O’Connor |
| Joseph O’Donnell | Joseph P. O’Leary |
| Thomas F. Owenbey | Mark W. Paar |
| Loomis L. Pace | Alan Papierowicz |
| Guy Parnell | Glen W. Paxton |
| Marshall H. Poole Jr. | Paul F. Popik |
| David Lee Presley | Ed Purdy |
| Paul A. Rader | David E. Rein |
| Joseph L. Renken * | Richard E. Richards |
| Steve Richey * | Edward L. Ripley |
| Kenneth W. Robertson | James Lee Roth |
| James R. Rotunda | Leo H. Sain |
| Merwyn Salfer | Gary Samples |
| George F. Schilling | Jerry Schram |
| Tom Sheppard | Gary D. Shobe |
| Jimmy L. Shumard | James L. Sisson |
| Edward W. Sloan | Roy Slocum |
| Bruce R. Smith | Edward Smith |
| Marvin O. Smith | William Smith |
| Stephen J. Springer | John L. Stacey * |
| Thomas Stanley | James Stein * |
| Steven R. Stout | Danny M. Stovall |
| Samuel S. Sutton | Brad S. Sweeny |
| Glenn T. Sykes Jr. | James P. Tansey Jr. |
| John D. Thode | Frank A. Thurtell |
| Ralph L. Tindal | Mark J. Toschoff |
| Ron Turner | James A. Vanness |
| Rodney Waldrop | John N. Walker |
| Richard A. Wallace | Christopher C. Ward |
| Dale F. Waser | Delorma Dale Webb |
| Raymond Burke Wellborn | Elmer Wells |
| Leroy P. Werley Sr. | James West |
| Dale Samuel Wiles | Donald Wilkerson |
| James E. Williams | Barry Wilson |
| Richard Wilson | Ronald Wittschen |
| Charles Wright | Keith A Wright Sr. |
| TJ Young | Arthur Zanta |
| Jim Zawacki |
Last updated 2023-11-08