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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Ernest G. Small (DD 838). 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 60 crew members registered for the USS Ernest G. Small (DD 838).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1968 | 1969 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klemm, Richard | MM3 AND MM2 | 1969 – 1970 | "M" after engine room | |
| Shaw, Dan | ETR3 | 1969 – 1970 | OE | The final WesPac cruise and decomission. |
| Chisholm, John | E6 CS1 | 1969 – 1971 | S DIVISION | |
| Goodhart Jr, Ernest (Goody) | RD3 | Jan 3, 1969 – Feb 2, 1970 | Pacific Fleet | |
| Britton, William | PN2 | Mar 1969 – Dec 1969 | Executive (personnel) | |
| Sowers, Bobby | FN | Mar 15, 1969 – Apr 15, 1970 | The best ship and the best crew in the tin can navy. I'm proud to have served onboard. Wouldn't take a million dollars for the memories. | |
| Smith, Mike | SN | May 1969 – Nov 1970 | X-Division | Started off as deck seaman - then into the Pers Off working for PO Britton and PO Sanchez. Did a whole lot of transfer orders as the ship was decommissioned in Pearl Harbor. Was last active duty sailor disembark. |
| Stickney, Don | RD3 | Jul 1969 – Sep 1970 | OI | Served as Radarman / Electronic Warfare Specialist on the ship's last WESTPAC cruise. Participated in ships flag football team, basketball and honor guard while in Pearl Harbor. Good duty. |
| Nash, Donald | Ensign | Aug 1969 – Nov 1970 | Officer | Deceased June 2017 Widow looking for any crewmembers who remember Don Nash. The CO was Capt John Cromwell. Another officer was George Reynolds I think |
| Horning, Jim | SN | 1970 – 1970 | ? | I was a crew member for only the last few months of its' final WestPac cruise. I worked in the kitchen at night assisting the baker with baking bread and pies and serving "midrats" to the watchstanders. |
| Broadbent, James ( | STGSA | Jan 1970 – Dec 1970 | FOX | Was on the Small in 1970 for her final cruise until decommissioning. I have vivid memories from my first few weeks off the coast of South Vietnam. I was always paranoid about snipers when walking down the deck! |
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