Welcome to the internet home of the
USS William M. Wood Association
 DD715 - DDR 715
 Commissioned: 24 Nov. 1945
 Decommissioned: 01 Dec. 1976
 Dedicated to Her Memory and Her Shipmates
In Memory Of Our Shipmates
Who are "Gone but Not Forgotten"
Dorthy & Chuck Traub Present a Memorial Wreath
On the Fantail of the USS Laffey - 10/06/2006
- Click Here for the Lyrics to the Naval Hymn -
(Click Here for a List of Living Crew Members)

Last Name

First Name

Years Served

Rank Rate

Date Deceased

Ackley

Roy V.

52

ET

Unknown

Adams

Roger

51

 

Unknown

Agans

Richard

54

 

Unknown

Albright

Dick

64-67

ST

Unknown

Alexander

Donald

73-75

EM1

2000?

Alexander

Tom

51-52

SK

Unknown

Allen

Sidney E.

58-59

ET

Unknown

Amador

Arthur

73

OS

Unknown

Andes

Lester

52

 

Unknown

Anthony

 

65

XO

Unknown

Arasim

Walter

45-46

BT

Unknown

Arbona

Albert

55

 

Unknown

Arnold

John P.

70-71

SpecOps

Unknown

Ashenfelter

Andy

54-55

RD

Unknown

Axtell

Richard A.

66-68

MM

Unknown

Bachman

William

67-71

Jan 25, 2001

Back

Lawrence J.

45-46

SN

Unknown

Badgley

Jeffrey

66

FN

Unknown

Bangit Mike 70-73 GM Aug 27, 2009

Barnett

Toy

45-46

SN

Unknown

Bartelli

Robert F.

45-46

RD

Unknown

Bartoseck

Edward W.

66

MM

Unknown

Bassett

Albert J.

50-52

 

Unknown

Bearden

Danny L.

64-67

BM

Unknown

Beers

Robert N.

57-58

SO

Unknown

Bell

Elias J.

55-56

HMC

Unknown

Belllucci

Frank

45-46

QM

Unknown

Berchman

John

49-51

Ops

Unknown

Bideaux

M.J.

62-64

GM

Unknown

Biery Jr.

Franklin M.

50-52

BT

Unknown

Blevins

Beldon

55

SN

Unknown

Bliler

Steve

68-70

BT

Nov 15, 2009

Block

George L.

57-58

CO

Unknown

Blue

Darrell

50-51

RM

Unknown

Borkert

Robert L.

49-56

MM

Unknown

Boyette

Leonard

68-70

BM

Unknown

Boynton

George

70

HM

Unknown

Braden

Ron

 

 

Unknown

Braie

Raymond

65

GM

Unknown

Bransford

Kermit

56

SN

Unknown

Breeding

Billy L.

64

SN

Unknown

Brion

Plenio

72

SKC

Unknown

Brooks

Ira K.

53

SN

Unknown

Brown

Jerald L.

74-76

HM1

Dec 21, 2008

Brown

Nicholas

69-72

MM

Unknown

Brunk

Robert

59-61

GM

Unknown

Bucacink

Dan

55

FN

Unknown

Buck

Daniel K.

70-71

BM

Unknown

Bullette

Howard

53

 

Unknown

Bupp

Kenneth

54

RM

Unknown

Burger

Robert L.

45-49

 

Unknown

Burson

Roger M.

53-54

Gun

Unknown

Bush

Edward K.

 

 

Unknown

Calcott

John

47

GM

Unknown

Callahan

Gary A.

73

MM

Unknown

Callahan

Thomas E.

60-61

SN

Unknown

Cangello

Anthony

49-50

HM

Unknown

Cargill

Ken

48

SN

Unknown

Carioto

Joseph

65-69

BT

Unknown

Carl

Earl

67

BT

Unknown

Carlson

Wendell W.

59-60

SN

Carmelitano

Jim

45-48

RM

Jun, 5 2009

Carter

Paul C.

46-47

SN

Dec 8, 2008

Castano

John B

74-76

CO

May 10, 2007

Castle

Hal C.

 

XO

Unknown

Caton

David

 

 

Unknown

Chalmers

Norman E

50-51

XO

Unknown

Charelson

Michael R.

73

SN

Unknown

Cheeseman

Robert

51-52

FP

Unknown

Chwalek

Mike

75-76

FTG3

Unknown

Cigollo

John

50

SO

Unknown

Clayton

Felton S.

52

 

Unknown

Collins

William R.

58-59

MM

Unknown

Cook

Peter

55-56

YN

Unknown

Corcoran

Robert

67-69

SK

Unknown

Corelli

Daniel

74

FN

Unknown

Cornwell

Thomas G.

69-71

MM

Unknown

Corvi

Gary A.

71

MR

Unknown

Coulter

Charles R.

68

SN

Unknown

Cox

Jim

65-66

RM

Unknown

Coyle

Patrick

60

SN

Unknown

Crebbs

Arthur W.

53-54

BT

Unknown

Crew

Joseph David

64-66

BT

Unknown

Crickey

James

54-54

RD

Unknown

Crickey

Joe

53

SM

Unknown

Crosby

Morris

53

 

Unknown

Cross

James E.

46-47

FT

Dec. 25, 2009

Crossan

Charles "Chuck"

53

YN

Unknown

Culp

Edward K.

52

BT

Unknown

Cundiff

Ralph

45-46

CS

Unknown

D'Amico

Otto

49-51

BT

Unknown

Datko

John

53

BT

Unknown

Davis

Charles E.

53-55

ETSN

July 12, 1996

Davis

L. Glenn

54

GM

Unknown

Davis

Roland E.

45-46

FN

Unknown

De Stefani

Ralph

45-46

SN

Unknown

Dear

Kenneth

50

BT

Unknown

Decuir

Dale A.

70

PN

Unknown

Deiters

Richard

55

SN

Unknown

DeJongh

Howard S. Bud

53-56

GM

Feb 13, 2008

Dekinderen

Francis P.

60

FN

Unknown

DeLyser

Julian

46-47

YN

Unknown

Densmore

Edgar "Ray"

60

RM

Unknown

Derylak

Stanley

57

SN

Unknown

Deskin

Sherman W.

55-56

MM

Unknown

Dickson

Billy

52

FN

Unknown

Digrazia

Paul M.

55

BM

Unknown

Doerr

Robert

57-60

GM

Unknown

Donaldson

Tom

67-70

YN

Unknown

Dopson (Rasczewski)

John

53-56

SO

Unknown

Drake

Chester

45-46

FN

Unknown

Dunham Jr.

William E.

55

GM

Unknown

Durkin

Michael

60

XO

Unknown

Eaker

Fred W.

45-46

FC

Unknown

Eaton

Guy Rex

56

FN

Unknown

Ebert

Gordon

45-46

SN

Unknown

Eckert

Arthur (Pete)

57-60

RD

Unknown

Edelblute

G.

55-56

SN

Unknown

Edgar

Norman "Pete"

59-60, 70

BT

Unknown

Edwards

Jim

74

SK

Unknown

Englebright

William D.

66

IC

Unknown

Everett

Myron C. (Mike)

63

RM

Unknown

Fair

Raymond

45-46

WT

Unknown

Farlow

Carl

51-52

EngO

Unknown

Finton

Larry

72-74

GMG

Jan. 28, 2011

Fiorini

E. B.

48

XO

Unknown

Fitzgerald Jr.

James F.

52

Nav

Unknown

Flanigan

John P.

45

YN

Unknown

Fonick

Thomas R.

47-49

C O

Oct 15, 1998

Foresti

Francis

51

TM

Unknown

Frazee

Bill

56-58

GM

Unknown

Frey

Lonas

45-46

TM

Unknown

Fried

Sanford

53-58

RM

Unknown

Friedman

Harry

56

FN

Unknown

Fries

George

53-55

BT

Unknown

Fulghum Sr.

Billy O.

59-60

ET

Feb 2, 2009

Fultz

Albert

73

MM

1975

Furbish

Walter J.

 

 

Unknown

Furey

Jerry

46-49

TM

Unknown

Gains

Donald

62

SK

Unknown

Gaiser

 

54

SN

Unknown

Gales

Thomas

 

EN

Unknown

Gannon

Ronnie

50-52

MM

Unknown

Gardiner

Joe

53

FN

Unknown

Garver

Paul M.

55

BM

Unknown

Gaudry

Bernard

64

EM

Unknown

Gera

Roger

65-67

GM

Unknown

Gibson

John W.

59-61

QM

Unknown

Gill

Paul Michael

51-55

EMS2

1979

Glasgow

David E.

62-64

Eng. Officer

Apr. 16, 2010

Goble

Edward E.

65-66

STC

Unknown

Golby

Ronaurd

45-46

MM

Unknown

Good

Roy

52

ET

Unknown

Grass

Bedford

62

 

Unknown

Grayson

Earl

49-52

EM

Unknown

Green

Ira C.

74

GM

Unknown

Grimes

Perry

45-46

BB

Unknown

Guldner

Charles

52

RM

Unknown

Guldner

Gerald

52

SN

Unknown

Gursky

Joe

52

 

Unknown

Hampton

Ethelbert

45-46

CS

Unknown

Hardwick

George Q

53-56

DCA

Unknown

Harris

Charles E.

55

SN

Unknown

Harrison

Alfred J.

70-71

EN

Unknown

Harrold

Clay

45-47

 

Unknown

Hatchell

James E.

56-60

MM

About 2006/2007

Hayes

Harold B.

45-46

RD

Unknown

Heald

Stanley

53-54

ET

Unknown

Hearrold

Charles R.

65-66

BT

Unknown

Heaverin

Thomas

60-62

SM

Unknown

Hebert

Armand

45-46

EM

Unknown

Hefferon

Floyd

46

BKR

Unknown

Heggem

Eric

73

SN

1975

Helfrich

R.

62

GM

Unknown

Hempel

Bill

58-59

MM

Jan 20, 2010

Hewett

Donald

57-60

EMO

Unknown

Hill

Terry D.

71

GM

Unknown

Hodges

Jackie

72-73

PN

Unknown

Hodges

Oscar

55

FN

Unknown

Holden

Donald

53-57

BT

Unknown

Holder

Gordon

45-46

SN

Unknown

Holder

Tom Allen "Tommy"

70-71

GM

Sept, 2007

Holeycross

Carl E.

58

GM

Unknown

Holmes

Roland

52

 

Unknown

Hootman

John I.

57-58

FT

Unknown

Hoover

Dennis

63-64

FT

Unknown

Hornbuckle

Tom

57

HM

Unknown

Howell

Silvester

68

BT

Unknown

Hudson

Hugh

53-54

ET

Unknown

Hughes

Brown

53

BT

Dec 25, 2009

Hughes

John J. Jr.

53-55

SN

Unknown

Hulback

Laurence

60-62

EM

Unknown

Ihle

George

45-46

MM

Unknown

Ivey

Lewis E.

67

SH

Unknown

Jacobs

David

53

XO

Unknown

James

Friendly

45-46

FN

Unknown

Jankoski

Eugene

52

SN

Unknown

Jarvis

Kenneth H.

53-55

SN

Unknown

Jarvis

Robert

53-55

SN

Unknown

Jeffcoat

Bill

66-67

MM

Unknown

Jeffcoat

Percy

53

SO

Unknown

Jessen

Fred

58-59

BT

Unknown

Jividen

Donald

73-74

FN

Unknown

Johnson

Franklin

54-55

GM

Nov 28, 2008

Johnson

Lynn

51

BT

Unknown

Jolivet

Henry

70

SN

Unknown

Jones

Horace E.

50-52

MM

Unknown

Jones

Jack Harvey

ETC

Unknown

Jones

Vince "Gunner"

46-48

GM

Unknown

Kaminskas

Walter R.

 

 

Unknown

Karvonen

Tauno "T. V."

61-63

EM

Unknown

Katalanos

George

45-46

FN

Unknown

Keener

Eldon

50-51

MM

Unknown

Keim

Mark A.

75

BT

Unknown

Kelly

Gray

50-52

SN

Unknown

Kemick

Robert H.

56

SH

Unknown

Kerrigan

Thomas

50-52

SH

Unknown

Kindar

Michael

66

MM

Unknown

Kircher

Charles

45-46

GM

Unknown

Kittoe

Bill

48-49

SN

Unknown

Koblinsky

Raymond

45-46

BM

Unknown

Kollman

Arthur

52

SF

Unknown

Korn

Don

73-75

MM3

Mar. 3, 2011

Kreuscher

Robert

57-58

RD

Unknown

Krull

John

53

EM

Unknown

Kuchling

William

45-46

GM

Unknown

Kulman

Dennis M.

66

MM

Unknown

LaForty

Chuck

58-61

GM

Oct 6, 2009

Laird

Raymond

60-62

SN

Unknown

Lancaster

John

 

 

Unknown

Lansberry

Lynn

69-72

ST

Jan, 29 2009

Larkin

Clifford

63

FT

Unknown

Larson

Glen

50-52

BT

Unknown

Lasswell

Dawn D.

64-65

HM

Unknown

Latham

Bill

57-59

SM

Unknown

Lau

Edward C.

53

GM

Unknown

Lavender

Joe

54-57

SN

Unknown

Leaver

John

66

XO

Unknown

Leeper

William

55

RD

Unknown

Lembo

Bill

53-55

SN

Unknown

Lemert

Richard

50-52

BT

Unknown

Lester

Herb

53

ET1

Aug, 2008

Lewis

Emerson

50-52

BT

Unknown

Lineberry

Raymond

55

SN

Unknown

Lohff

Richard F.

57

SN

Unknown

Loth

Stanley W

53-54

TE

Jan 8, 2009

Lukens

Arthur

51-52

BT

Unknown

Lundin

Ed

52

BT

Unknown

Luzader

Lawrence

56

 

Unknown

Lynch

Corneilus

50

MM

Unknown

Macek

William

59

CS

Unknown

Makeever

Harold D.

51

YN

Unknown

Malzan

Frank

52

SN

Unknown

Marino

Michael

45

 

Unknown

Martin

Don

45

MM

Unknown

Masker

Michael

61

SO

Unknown

Mason

Daniel G.

55-56

SN

3/11/09

Mason

Thomas

63-64

EN

Unknown

Mason

Wilbert

52

FN

Unknown

Massie

Thomas J.

66-67

FN

Unknown

Maxim (PO)

Roland F. "Rolly"

45-47

HM

1/27/05

May

Burke V.

61-62

MM

McClarren

Tom

69-71

BT

Unknown

McCormack

John A.

53-56

RM

Unknown

McDonnell

Daniel

45-46

RD

Unknown

McElroy Jr

Robert

48-50

Ops

Unknown

McGettigan

Joe

53

RM

Unknown

McLaughlin

John

54-56

CDR(CO)

Unknown

McManus

Philip S,

56-57

C. O.

Unknown

McNeill

Allen

74-76

OS

Aug 2008

McTier

John

45-46

SN

Unknown

Mears

Vernon R.

72

ST

Unknown

Melvin

Francis C.

52

QM

Unknown

Melvin

Lloyd

45-46

SF

Unknown

Mentall

Edward

62

RM

Unknown

Miller

Burgess G.

45-46

PC

Unknown

Miller

Charles E.

 

BM

Unknown

Miller

Floyd B.

60-64

BM

Unknown

Moreau

Ray

64

 

Unknown

Mori

Charles A.

51

SN

Unknown

Morris

Donald

47-49

CS

Unknown

Morrison

Robert

50-52

BT

Unknown

Mosley

William

45-46

SN

Unknown

Moyer

William L.

65-66

EngO

Unknown

Munnikhuysen

D. Y.

60

CO

Unknown

Muth

Bob

65-69

EN

Unknown

Nation

William

62-63

X.O.

Unknown

Nebel III

Eddystone C.

59-61

LtJg

June 11, 1996

Nellans

Charles "Nick"

68-70

ST

Unknown

Nethercutt

Horace

45-46

SN

Unknown

Nicholson

Marvel

62

SN

Unknown

Nicholson

Willard R.

66-68

CS

Unknown

Niedert

Donald R.

65

PNC

Unknown

Noble

Charles

 

BM

Unknown

Nolan

James

50-54

BT

Unknown

Norris

Ray

56

RD