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USS Spartanburg County (LST 1192) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Spartanburg County (LST 1192). 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 310 crew members registered for the USS Spartanburg County (LST 1192).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1972 | 1973 – 1977 | 1978 – 1981 | 1982 – 1985 | 1986 – 1988 | 1989 – 1992 | 1993 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollar, Rodney | E4 | 1978 – 1982 | Ship Serviceman | Looking for shipmates who remember me |
| Pentheny, William (Doc) | HM1 | 1978 – 1980 | X (Medical) | Independent duty Hospital Corpsman |
| Runyon, Craig | 0-2 | Jan 1978 – Jun 1979 | Educational Officer- Naval High School Studies Program for Florida Jr. College and College Afloat for Old Dominion University. DANTES administrator/co-ordinator. Post military career and educational counselor. | |
| Burks, James Alan | HT1 | Feb 1978 – Oct 1982 | Engineering | |
| Leazer, Randy | HT2 | Feb 1978 – Aug 1982 | R-Division | HT Shop was HTC Spears, HT2 Coleman, HT1 Sass, HTFN Pascoe, HT2 Burks, HTFN Hanson, HTFN Hughes, HT3 Arthur, and HT1 Roundtree. I recently retired as a Fire Chief and am now doing Labor Relations. If you know me email me |
| Beeman, Earl | PCE | Feb 15, 1978 – Jun 1, 1979 | ||
| Santore, Paul | ossn | Mar 20, 1978 – Feb 1980 | OI | served as an OS during the North Atlantic Cruise, BLUE NOSE ceremony, FUN TIME in Scotland in 1978. Med Cruise in 1979 Hid from the police in France. Good time in Palma. Hung out with OS Murphy, Howie Winkler, Tony Ero |
| Hearn, Wayne | EN2 | Jun 1978 – Feb 1982 | M | I saw many names from the past with lots of memories. I served on board 1192 from 78 to 82 . Some of the guys I think of is Crawford, Baker, Forpaw, Dietrick,Herman,Willy, Royal and you can't forget Big John Henderson!!! |
| Sweet, Cliff | HT2 | Aug 10, 1978 – Jan 2, 1982 | R | I remember the Boys. Sparkle C shaped my career and proud to look back as I retired as a Senior Chief in 98. She was my first and best Gator. |
| Pretty, Freddy | E - 3 | Sep 1978 – Apr 1980 | A - Gang | Captain Canady was comanding officer. He was a great leader and a more than fair officer to serve under. Crew I remember are: Flagler, Big John, Al, Roy Rison, Soto, Timmy May, Cat Baggin,Pappy Sass, Issac Ghee. Partying in the gut... WOW |
| Smith, Jeff | GMG2 | Dec 7, 1978 – Aug 27, 1982 | Fox Division | |
Dieterich, Mark  | ENFA-EN2 | 1979 – 1983 | M Div/ A-ganger | I've got the biggest smile on my mug right now, OMG seen DC Dan Crawford and Yn2 Alan Davis name on here as well as HT1 BURKE and others. Would Love to hear from you guys. Wondering about Steve Forepaugh, Billy Baker, |
| Reed, Allen | YN3 | 1979 – 1981 | Administration | Looking for a cruise book between 1979-1981 |
| Burt, Dean | en2 | 1979 – 1983 | engineering | Just trying to connect with my old buddies that made some med cruises with.I will never forget the good friends and the good times I had on that great old ship. |
| Humphreys, Chris | IC2 | 1979 – 1980 | E | On the way to Beirut just to turn around and go to shore duty |
| Wilson E Barrow Jr, Bear | EM2 | 1979 – 1982 | E Div | We had a great Crew through those years. Engineering was great. Many long days keeping her going. |
| Barker, Robert (Bob) | SM2 | Jun 1979 – Oct 1984 | os | had a great time with great guys in the signal gang. met the wife on the trip to plymouth in 83? |
| Barager, Brett | RM2 | Jun 15, 1979 – Oct 10, 1982 | OC | Loved the SPARKLE C, sure miss the guys I served with. Retired as IT Chief in 2011 from Reserves. |
| Head, Brian | HM2 | Jul 7, 1979 – Jul 15, 1981 | Support | I retired in 2018 after 30 years in law enforcement. |
| Davis, Allen | YNSA-YN2 | Oct 4, 1979 – Jan 10, 1983 | X- | Had some great times on "Sparkle C". Great liberty ports for a young kid. Made some great friends and played alot of football with the A-Gangers. A-Gang thanks for taking care of me. |
| Mejia, Daniel | EN3 | 1980 – 1982 | A gang / | A gang rode the LCVP and the captains gig and M division # 2engine room and 3 aux Looking for little smith the machinist mate the one and only , Roy wood small , Tracy Muse or Mark Barnhart , Mr. Nichols |
| Rhodes, Michael P Rhodes | MS1 | 1980 – 1985 | S5 | |
| Hubisz, Jan | E4 | 1980 – 1984 | SUPPLY | Went aboard a navy boat to Beirut, got into a 4 man jeep and went to see embassy, in APRIL, 1983. CAN ANYONE REMEMBER? I need statement saying that and ending with. I, CERTIFY, that starements on this form are true & co |
| Royal, Tom | E-3/Fireman | 1980 – 1983 | A Gang, M Div | Enjoyed my time on the Sparkle "C". Met some really great people. Would love to hear from you guy's, you can find me on facebook. View 'now' Photo |
| Reed, Michael | EN2 | 1980 – | M | I think about my old shipmates quite often. It's good to see some of your names. |
| Kiessling, Curt | QM / Cpl | Jan 1980 – Jun 1980 | MAU | I'm the Marine that was TAD to the QM's on the Med in 1980. I'm looking to connect with friends from that float. QM's, Officers, BM's that always gave me a hard time and of course the Capt. and XO. Marines always welcome |
| Broughton, Marc | CPL | Jan 30, 1980 – Jul 2, 1980 | Embarked Marines 34 MSSG | Sparkle C (the ships XO what a bitch for validating the cleaniness of the troops berthing area). Great warm weather ports during this med float. There's nothing like crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a flat bottom boat during February. |
| Osborne, Darrell (Ozzie) | E-3 FIREMAN | Feb 1980 – Nov 1983 | #2ENG ROOM | What`s up Dave? I left SPARKLE-C in NOV83 and have been buidling ships like CG,LHD,DDG,LPD`S ever sense. |
| Schaffer, Carl/cj | mssa | Apr 24, 1980 – Aug 23, 1983 | food service mess decks/baker! art look-out/ fog watcher | hey who stole my stash! wassup? im clean and shmoke free at last i miss lil crack! |
| Dixon, Ron | BTFN | May 1980 – Jul 1982 | B | Looking for Joe Hash, Kirk Serrella, any other BT's that were on board during that time. |
| Thommen, Bob | OS2 | Jun 1980 – Jan 3, 1982 | OI | |
| Riddick, Mike | HT2 | Jun 18, 1980 – Jun 28, 2000 | REPAIR | THIS WAS THE BEST SHIP OF FIVE I WAS STATIONED ON |
| Rorabaugh, Dave | EN-2 | Jun 28, 1980 – Dec 28, 1983 | Enginering | I lived,worked and traveled on the Spartenburg for 3 years. We were in Bierut when the embassy was blown up,Helped capture drug smugglers in the Caribean and upheld the"old" Navy tradition of being drunken sailors. Made a lot of good friends.. |
| Rorabaugh, Dave | EN2 | Jul 20, 1980 – Nov 21, 1983 | Engineering | Just a note if anyone didn't know the " Sparkle C." caught fire twice and sunk the second time while registered to the Malaysian Navy. Guess they didn't drill damage control as much as we did. |
| Schaffer, Carl | E-2 | Aug 1980 – Aug 1983 | galley/bakery/damage control/ aft-lookout/fog-lookout | what a trip i miss ya all,great adventures. great food.and the parties |
| Belcher, Steve | OS2 | Aug 8, 1980 – Jul 5, 1985 | OI | |
| Salchert, Mike | E-3/BOAT COXSWAIN LCVP | Sep 1980 – May 1983 | BOAT | Great memmories of top notch ship mates and thrill rides at sea, 20-30 ft N.Atlantic seas, Rock-n-Roll!!. CPO Costello (God Dammit!), Kennan Kinkasha, Donny Jarbo, Don Murphy, Blanco, "Johnny Boats", Wild-Pete and everyone aboard... |
| Hovey, Ron | Interior Communication Electrician Second Class | Oct 4, 1980 – Sep 1983 | Engineering | |
| Pullar, Bill | EN2 | Oct 20, 1980 – May 25, 1984 | A-GANG | I was Timmy Mays replacement, good man he was, . There's still Ledet, Chief Marshall, Hanke, Royal, Flowers, Hutton(you did me proud) CHENG's Henderson and Ryan and other A-Gangers out there to find. |
| Schneider, Don | HT2 | Jan 20, 1981 – Aug 15, 1984 | r | |
| Slocumb, James | GMG1 | Feb 16, 1981 – Jun 12, 1985 | ||
| Arauz, Tony | EN 2 | Mar 1, 1981 – Oct 19, 1984 | ENGINEERING | |
| Hovey, Ron | IC2 | Apr 1981 – Sep 1983 | FRESH AIR SNIPE IN ENGINEERING UNDER. BUT THERE WASN'T MUCH FRESH AIR DOWN IN MAIN CONTROL | |
| Villani, Joe | E6 | Apr 1981 – Oct 1983 | ET | |
| Warner, Ray | e-5/RM2 | Apr 14, 1981 – Mar 8, 1984 | OPERATIONS | MY FIRST SHIP, HAD SOME GREAT TIMES (MARG 1-82) DON'T SEE MANY OS/ET OR SM ON THIS LIST..JEFFERSON/CUMMINGS/RMC SOBOTKA/RM1 VANCE WHITE. CONTACT ME AT WARNERR61@YAHOO.COM OR raymond.t.warner@us.army.mil |
| Bowen, Mike | E-5 | Jun 14, 1981 – Jun 29, 1984 | Hull Tech | |
| Morissette, Doc | HM2(SW) | Jul 1981 – Jul 1983 | Medical | My first at sea duty station, had the honor of serving with HMCS Larry East, who was an example of a true Chief Petty Officer. Shipyard, GITMO, several deployments and earned my ESWS |
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