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USS O'Bannon (DD 987) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS O'Bannon (DD 987). 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 529 crew members registered for the USS O'Bannon (DD 987).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – 1994 | 1995 – 1997 | 1998 – 2000 | 2001 – 2003 | 2004 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd, Dave | HM2 | 1980 – 1983 | ||
| Noonan, Mike | RM1(SW) | 1980 – 1984 | ||
| Smith, Gil | SN/PN | 1980 – 1983 | OPNS | PLANKOWNER |
| Minchillo, Mike | FTM2 | 1980 – 1984 | CF | |
| Breuer, Ronald | IC3 | Jan 1980 – Apr 1981 | Electrical | Came aboard right after being home ported in Charleston. Best command I was a part of while in the USN. Shout out to the crew ...Hey! |
| Turner, Garry | RM2 | Jan 3, 1980 – Mar 3, 1982 | OPERATIONS | I DIDN'T MAKE THE COMMISSIONING BUT I JOIN THE CREW ONCE THEY ARRIVED IN CHARLESTON. |
| Wallace, Mike | FTMC | Feb 1980 – Apr 1982 | CF | Bob Fowler where are you? |
| Graham, Michael | STG1 | Mar 1980 – Apr 1982 | CA | Pride, Discipline, Performance - just looked at our 1981 Med Cruise book. Great to see your names, Johnson, Wilkerson, Eaton, Bristow, Benkert. Best CA in the fleet record "Ping Time". Mickey I still have that boom box |
| Hooker, Dan | etsn | Mar 1980 – May 1981 | Et shack | Joined the reserves 1990, to make good on my misplaced ambitions and made ET3. Left reserves prior to ET2 due to injury. 3 sons, 2 are Army officers serving in Iraq. Thanks for the memories. |
| Bray, Dan | FTM1 | Apr 11, 1980 – May 23, 1984 | Foxtrot | Wags, Mac, Christie - if you're out there reply to my e-mail address. Best times of my life. I am working as a Technical consultant5 at Xerox and living in Canandaigua in the Finger Lakes. |
| Ciambrone, David | GSE2 | Jul 1, 1980 – Mar 1, 1982 | M | My 963 class, and by far the best. Great guys. |
| Weed, Jack | PC2 | Aug 1980 – Jan 23, 1983 | X | Had fun being the Postal clerk on that ship! Had fun hanging with Militello and Spanswick. Left the Navy in 1983 and I still work for the U.S. Postal service. |
| Klosner, Keith | ENFN | Aug 1980 – May 31, 1982 | Auxilaries | Obannon was my first Sea Command i picked it up in Pascagoula Mississippi during her shipyard period. Enjoyed my time there. |
| Howe, Bill | MS2 | Aug 1, 1980 – Aug 1, 1983 | SUPPLY | HAD SOME GREAT TIMES ON THE OBANNON. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF MY OLD SHIPMATES |
| Cornelius, Gregory (Mud Bone) | SN | Sep 1980 – Apr 1982 | Deck (struck for corpsman) | Had a great time with you guys. Still think about the fight we had with the USS Pratt in Haiti. Any body know any info on mssn Leroy Williams. Saw your name Zeke, brought back memories. |
| Boyd, Dave | HM2 | Sep 30, 1980 – Oct 10, 1983 | XO | What a great ship & great buch of guys... Wes, Butch, Spanky, CP, Jay, the deck guys. The Med & UNITAS XXIII couldn't have been better with such a group! Retired in 1996 as HM1(SW/FMF) working as a JO (!!!) while on M |
| Sides, Rick | FTM2 | Nov 1980 – Jun 1982 | NSSMS | Retired FCCS(SW) 1998 |
| Ernst, Robert Ernest-t | ht2 | Nov 1980 – 1982 | r-division | great memories and great friends. hope all are doing well |
| Gilbert, Robert | SN/EMFN/EM3 | Nov 1980 – Apr 14, 1984 | deck/"E" | started out in deck, struck EMFN in 1981, made Med, UNITAS XXIII and half of NATO, Gitmo several times. Of all the memories in the 20 years in, the O'Bannon was the best. Retired in 2000, In Texas, still living here. |
| Daas, Robert (Bob) | E5/ET2 | Nov 15, 1980 – Jan 14, 1984 | CSE | |
| Rogerson, Bernie | ms3 | Nov 15, 1980 – Mar 22, 1983 | supply | the crib.,med,panama canal,south am,,great times fellows,see your name howe,ramey,tim.still with wife from charleston sc.,sometimes i wonder what it would been like if i stayed in, but I have it great here in bear grass |
| Walker, Leland "Donnie" | PN2 | 1981 – 1985 | ||
| Neas, Ronnie | EM1 | 1981 – 1985 | THE BEST DD IN THE FLEET ONE CAME CLOSE YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST | |
| Phipps, Michael | GSM3/GSM2 | 1981 – 1984 | M | |
| Sutton, Terrell | GMG | 1981 – 1986 | Armery | Start in deck went to gunners mate. Miss a lot of good friends. Had a lot of great times. |
| Thacker, David "Red Lead" | HTFN | Mar 1981 – Mar 17, 1983 | R | never forget unitas XXIII, rio was the bomb of all places!never forget Ira jo, edd-dy, millsey & greg from deck div. miss ya all! |
| Edgar, Jay | SK3 | Mar 1981 – May 1983 | Supply | HELLO to all of the Navy's Best! And Best Wishes to all of you. For the few whom may remember me.....I have but one thing to say. "The World Is For Those that Show Up" |
| Milburn, Joseph | STG3 | Apr 1981 – Jan 1983 | CA | |
| Gorham, Jack (Andy) | STG3 | Apr 1981 – Nov 1983 | CA | |
| Figueroa, Luis | mssn | Apr 4, 1981 – Apr 4, 1985 | supply | great time onboard, |
| Pepe, Stephen | QM2 | May 1, 1981 – Aug 1, 1983 | NX | |
| Wheeler, Tim | GMT2(SW) | Jul 1981 – Feb 1985 | ASROC | |
| Jackson, Tony (Tj) | RM2 | Aug 10, 1981 – May 10, 1985 | OPS | I was on the Mighty O during the NATO, WATC, MED and Maine Shipyards. I paled around with RM2 Wilson, RM2 Alley, RM2 Fulmer and SM2 Smith (Smitty) I was also the guy who ran the sports betting pools.I do remember SM3 Fitzgerald,(had a beard I think) |
| Scrivner, Henry{andy} | ynsn | Sep 1981 – Mar 1984 | x | just checking to see if some of my friends are online these days that was on the ship the same time i was, would love to reconnect with them xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| Walker, Leland (Donnie) | PN2 | Oct 1981 – Jul 1985 | X/N | |
Harris, Eric  | QM3 | Oct 1981 – Sep 1983 | NAV | Wonderful crew , Learned my career from QMC Jensen. |
| Pianka, Mark | MS3 | Nov 17, 1981 – Jul 30, 1984 | DECK HAND, MESS SECTION | GOOD TIMES OVERSEAS, RETIRED U.S. ARMY |
| Boatright, Michael | SM2 | 1982 – 1985 | ||
| Casey, Bruce | STG2 | 1982 – 1983 | ||
| Webb, Eric | SH3 | 1982 – 1984 | ||
| O'Dell, William | EWSN | 1982 – 1985 | Good times, good friends, and a lot of good memories. Surprise to all that knew me I stayed in for 20 and retired. | |
| Thomas, Timothy (Vader.) | OS2 | 1982 – 1984 | 09 | dates of service are aproximate, if your out ther hello os2 sheridan (dizz) and os3 lude. |
| Drullinger, Jeff | E-5 | 1982 – 1986 | deck | I can not remember all of you that I served with but I had a lot of good times. and still have the ships book to look at for whos who. I was and still am proud to have been there with all of you. |
| Thompson III, John P. | STG1 (ESWS) (PG) | 1982 – 1987 | ASW | |
| Thompson, Tony | OS2 (SW) | 1982 – 1983 | Staff | TAD Admirals staff for UNITAS/WATC Awesome ship and command, proud to be aboard. Earned my (SW) from ships command and Admirals staff |
| Tiers, Donald Baby Doc | hm3 | 1982 – 1983 | X | Gitmo and Nato in 82 what a rush, Nothing like Zero G shenanigans in Fwd sonar |
| Ownbey, Marty | GSM1 | 1982 – 1986 | m | |
| Casey, Bruce | STG2 | 1982 – 1983 | CA | Great tour of duty |
| Waters, Robert | STG2 | Apr 1982 – Apr 1982 | ASW | |
| Mielke, Matt | E4-E6 | Jun 6, 1982 – May 26, 1987 | M | WAS THE BEST LEARNING EXPERIENCE I EVER HAD |
| Barrow, Willie | E-3 | Jun 9, 1982 – Sep 17, 1984 | Engineering | Hey looking Bud Crawford or any of my friends from that time, hope all are doing good. |
| Jones, Timothy | BM3 | Jul 1982 – Jul 1986 | Deck | Served on a part of a Unitas and all of Nato. Did a couple of trips to Gitmo also. I still talk about the times on Nato with people. Currently living in Portland, Maine. Have been here since 1986. |
| George, Troy | HT-2 | Oct 22, 1982 – Nov 11, 1985 | Repair | Just found the site and am sad she is decom. I went on the USS Vicksberg a couple of weeks ago and it was just like being on the O'Bannon again. I tried to get in touch with some of the crew but to no avail. I live in Pipe Creek, TX |
| Williams, Bryan | BMSN | Nov 15, 1982 – Aug 20, 1984 | !st | had a great time while I was on Board the O'Bannon, great ship great crew(most of them) |
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