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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Donald B. Beary (FF 1085). Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name to send an email to the respective sailor. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website?
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There are 419 crew members registered for the USS Donald B. Beary (FF 1085).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1973 | 1974 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1991 | 1992 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Dilts, Chuck | STG2 | Jan 1980 – Nov 1984 | AS | Couldn’t stand it then. But now just remember the good times and best friends. Never ending card games in sonar 1. |
Decker, Daniel | STG2 | Jan 15, 1980 – Jul 15, 1981 | AS | Met alot of great people onboard lost touch with all of them. Great 1st ship. |
Adams, Anthony | MM3 | Mar 1980 – Jul 1980 | M | |
Steffero, Bob "Demon Dog" | BT3 | Mar 1, 1980 – Mar 3, 1983 | ||
Maloney, Jim | RM2 | Apr 1980 – Dec 1984 | oc | |
White, Brian | STG2 | May 1, 1980 – May 15, 1983 | AS | Glad for the experience. View 'now' Photo |
"Goat", Rich Milhoan "Goat" | HT3 | Jun 1980 – Jun 1983 | R | ANYBODY REMEMBER THE GOTHIC PUB IN TOULON ?? |
Tokajer, Mitchell | ET2 | Jun 6, 1980 – Nov 25, 1983 | OE | |
Geiger, Robert | OS2 | Jun 20, 1980 – Jul 30, 1983 | OPS | |
Koppenhaver, Frank | BM | Aug 1980 – Mar 4, 1984 | deck div. | Liked the crew and the places we saw, I am now a contractor working in Los Angeles If anyone knows what happened to BM1 Eldered or Cpo Weston we had in deck div. I would like to hear from you. |
Young, Tony (Snapper) | BT1 | Aug 20, 1980 – Sep 5, 1985 | B | What a ride for 5 years. Learned a lot, worked and partied hard! |
Jackson, Clinton | GMG2 | Sep 7, 1980 – Sep 7, 1984 | 2nd division | As I look back now, that turned out to be the best time of my life and I wish I would have stayed on but we all make mistakes.To all my friends I left onboard and all my shipmates hope you all had a wonderfull life. |
Keller, Max | MM2 | Sep 12, 1980 – Mar 24, 1984 | Engineering | 3 and a half years of hard work and alot of fun too. jumping over the side and swimming in the med, shellback initiations, suez canal...and who could ever forget the ban on chewing tobacco.(we still chewed it)I could go on and on...great memories. |
Bernard, Angelo | ET3 | Sep 13, 1980 – Oct 4, 1984 | com | I really enjoyed my tour on the ship, except for the stop in Turkey when we had to leave in a hurry due to stupidity of ship mates. |
Truempy, Eric J | TMSN | Sep 20, 1980 – Dec 23, 1983 | Weapons | |
Truempy, Eric | TMSN | Sep 27, 1980 – Dec 21, 1983 | AS | It.s been 22 years now since, I left the Beary. I have nothing but good memories of the cast and crew. The best part of my experince, was the friends that, I made, and the place we saw.. |
Owens, David W | GMG -1 USNR | Oct 1980 – Jun 1990 | Weps | I was a member of the reserve unit from Roanoke, VA. assigned to the Beary.I enjoyed the time aboard,especially time underway. |
Cathey, Gary | RM3 | Oct 17, 1980 – Mar 27, 1984 | OC | HAD ALOT OF GOOD MEMORIES AND FUN HOPE YOU ARE ARE DOING WELL |
Martin, Mike | MM2 | Dec 1980 – Jul 1984 | M & B | Good times and good friends on the Duck. Never forget the heat of GTMO and the good times in the Med / I.O Keller, Schultz, Burke and Allison, hope life is good. |
Roderick, Jeff | HN | Dec 7, 1980 – Jan 3, 1982 | weapons | was a deck ape, lol, then struck for corpsman, left for great Lakes, about Jan, 1982.. Remember the crash... :( |
Jackson, Clinton | E3 | Dec 25, 1980 – Sep 7, 1984 | GMGSN | I served on the Donald B Beary with pride and i loved being a gunners mate i was doing good for myself even made my way up the ladder to Gunnersmate second class but i unfortunately i made a few wrong turns. (nothing serious ) |
Wolfe, Paul | RM3 | 1981 – 1983 | ops | Giving ENS Ickes a hole lot of trouble...and yes i do remeber all the ports of call you remeber. Drop me a line. twufman13@yahoo.com |
O,sullivan, Patrick | MM2/UT2 | 1981 – 1984 | a gang | Fought AW2 Campbell in smoker. Went out for beers after fight, got to know him.I guess King Neptune needed him. May he rest in peace. Hello Brown And Fisher i should have kept in touch. OZ reunion sound good call me. |
Coello, Jorge | MM3 | 1981 – Jun 1985 | Aux 1 | |
Jones, Michael | OS3 | Jan 1981 – Jan 1985 | OI | Had some good times, but glad I only did 4 years!! Would LOVE to hear from from some of the "guys" (Flynn, Lambert, Mobbs, etc..).... |
Erwin, Bruce | MS3 | Jan 1981 – Apr 1985 | Supply | Some of the best times and best friends of my life were on that ship. |
Benn, William | STG2 | Jan 1981 – 1982 | AS | |
Van Der Burg, Jan | LTJG RNLN | Jan 11, 1981 – Dec 15, 1981 | EMO first, then Navigator | I joined the ship through the personnel exchange programme between the US and Dutch Navy. Great time on board and ashore. Prolongation of GITMO training due to s/b OPS near Honduras was tough. MED Cruise was super. |
Erwin, Bruce | MS3 | Feb 1981 – Mar 1985 | Supply | Some of the best days and memories of my life. The wildest parties and closest friends you could ask for. |
Fisher, David | EN3 | Feb 15, 1981 – Feb 15, 1985 | A | Looking for old friends - had some great times! I'd love to get together with any of you!! |
Brown, Mark | EN3 | Feb 28, 1981 – Feb 27, 1984 | Enginering | |
Murphy, Michael | MMC (SW) | Apr 1981 – Sep 1988 | M | I spent 6-1/2 years on the Duck, (is that a record?) Went to Little Creek after leaving and then off to Gulf War No. 1. Retired in 1993 and now make my living writing. I still live in Tidewater Va. |
Long, Chuck | seaman | Apr 4, 1981 – May 10, 1984 | deck | im trying to get in touch with frank post |
Dematteo, Ed | EW2 | Apr 10, 1981 – May 15, 1982 | OE | I still think we should have left the STs in that Turkish prison. |
Moran, Matt | PC2 | May 10, 1981 – Jan 18, 1985 | XN | Greatest softball team to invade DIEGO GARCIA...... |
Chew, Edward Allan | FT2 | May 13, 1981 – Sep 13, 1984 | FIRE CONTROL | GREAT EXPERIENCE,GREAT FRIENDS,ENJOYED THE TRAVEL. LIFE WOULD NOT BE THE SAME WITH OUT IT. |
Allison, Jim | ENS - LT | Jun 1981 – Mar 1984 | A&E Officer, MPA, Engineer | Some great Shipmates on this list, many more need to be. Hey, Ickes, could you have brought up any worse memories than Izmir, Djibouti (my personal favorite) and DG. I'd rather remember Palma, Villefranche and Monaco. All, e-mail me. |
Lambert Jr., Stephen J. | QM3 | Jun 1981 – Apr 1985 | XN | Shipmates it's been 26 years since I walked off the Quartedeck of the mighty Duck. I resist change but browsed the net and recognized names from by-gone years. 2 Meds, 2 or 3 Gitmos, retired from reserves QM1. |
Simko, Mike | HT2 | Jun 1, 1981 – Jul 1, 1983 | R | Had mostly good times, saw many places, met mostly good people. |
Beatty, Mark | GMG 3 | Jul 1981 – Jun 1983 | gunnery | Had some great times and made some good friends |
Ickes, John | ENS - LTJG | Jul 17, 1981 – Mar 1984 | OI | Looking for any shipmates from the sleek and deadly Duck. Especially looking for LT Bobbo Adams and anyone willing to acknowledge trips ashore in Djibouti, Izmir, etc. C'mon, you cowards! |
Kirkendoll, Kevin | STG 3 | Aug 1981 – Dec 1981 | ASW | Was onboard for the NATO Med Cruise. What a blast. The Spanish frigate hit us while docking, mior damage, major excitement. |
Hartmann, Mark | BM E-3 | Aug 1981 – Jan 1985 | 1st | I am looking for some of my Navy Buddies |
Casteen, Ellis "Ed" | SM3 | Aug 31, 1981 – Mar 9, 1985 | Com | I still whistle sonar sounds at night to help me get to sleep!! LOL Fond memories of great friends and times!! Looking for Tim McCourt if anyone can put me in touch with him. |
McMahon, Peter | e-1 | Sep 9, 1981 – 1983 | deck | |
Linville, Pat | RM3 | Sep 20, 1981 – Sep 20, 1984 | OC | Hey guys....had a great time while I serving on "The Duck" Now I'm back in the desert of NM. |
Lloyd, Jon / Cowboy | STG 2 | Sep 29, 1981 – Mar 2, 1985 | AS | Cant believe its almost been 20 years. Thanks T. Young for help in school, been working in tech field 19 years now. |
Levy, Robert | gmt2 | Oct 19, 1981 – Oct 14, 1985 | as weapon | |
Helean, William’rat’ | BT3 | Nov 1981 – Feb 1983 | B Division | 2nd Ship I was on. |
Pakula, Tony | EN1/ENC | Dec 1981 – Jun 1985 | A | It was the most interesting and educational assignment during may 20 year career. I'll Never forget the shipmates I served with. |
Jones, Michael | E4/OS3 | Dec 6, 1981 – Dec 12, 1985 | OI | Can anyone say - "Reunion"????? Seriously...I am looking to reestablish communications with any and all of my former shipmates willing to do so! |
Chris, Sexton (Squirrel) | HT2 | Dec 15, 1981 – Nov 15, 1985 | R | Hey Funez or Sal !!!! Seen or heard from Kelly? |
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