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USS Waddell (DDG 24) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Waddell (DDG 24). 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 251 crew members registered for the USS Waddell (DDG 24).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1966 | 1967 – 1972 | 1973 – 1978 | 1979 – 1983 | 1984 – 1987 | 1988 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon, Marvin | MS1 | 1984 – 1986 | Supply | |
Rathbun, Dewitt  | CWO4 | Jan 20, 1984 – May 11, 1988 | OPS/OE | This was the longest PCS tour of my 30 year career, 53 months. |
| Bowen, Tony | SM2 | Feb 1984 – Jul 1986 | OC | I have fond memories of Westpac 84. Especially going to Australia. I served with an awesome crew that I'm still proud to call them all shipmate. |
| Jacobs, Christopher | Radioman/E5 | Apr 1984 – Sep 1986 | OPERATIONS | What a great crew we had on the USS Waddell. Capt Kristensen and XO Marco. Our first class guys from Bartlett, Warner, Rainey and a few other. There's no other group of guy I want to sail with the crew from the Waddell. |
| Brown, Tommy | STG2 | May 1984 – Oct 1987 | F1 | HAD A GREAT TIME ONBOARD THE USS WADDELL MET ALOT OF GREAT GUYS THAT I CHERISH THE TIME WE ALL SPENT TOGETHER ON THE WADDELL |
| Hutchison, Hutch | EMCS (SW) | Jul 30, 1984 – Jan 31, 1987 | E | |
| Craven, Chuck | YN1 | Nov 11, 1984 – Feb 5, 1986 | X-NAV | |
| Gordon, Robert | FC1(SW) | Nov 24, 1984 – Jun 1, 1988 | CS | |
| Craven, Chuck | YN1 | Nov 27, 1984 – Jan 24, 1986 | X-NAV | While in the yards in Long Beach my division refurbished the Ship's Office and the Personnel Office. |
| Rumptz, Michael | MMC | 1985 – 1988 | M | Best ship and crew of my 22 years... |
| Furia, James | mm2 | 1985 – 1987 | m | |
| Wilson, Ervin | RM4 | 1985 – Feb 7, 1987 | operations | |
| Hernandez, Daniel | QM3 | 1985 – | Nav Admin | |
| Melton, Nathan | E-4/RM | Jan 5, 1985 – Sep 13, 1988 | Communications | Remember the USS Stark(1987) I served with some of the most courageous men I every knew in my life. Glad to have known everyone onboard! |
| Voetsch, Bruce | FCCM(SW) | Feb 10, 1985 – Sep 8, 1990 | GM | Absolutely the best crew I have served with. Too many great experiences and great times. Those were the days, gotta love those anchovy sandwiches HA! HA! |
| Wheeler, Dewayne | Apr 1, 1985 – Sep 20, 1988 | EBO1 | wheels | |
| Siems, Randy | IC | Aug 1985 – Aug 17, 1990 | E | Spent my whole seagoing career aboard the tin can. Way too much time spent in the gulf for me. Fond memories of all of the crew. Saw many folks come and go. Would love to hear from them all. |
| Ellis, Jeff | Bm3 | Nov 11, 1985 – Nov 11, 1989 | 1st division aka deck | |
| Storey, Mike | BT 3 | Dec 1985 – Apr 1988 | B | |
| Newcomer, David/eddie | EMFN | 1986 – 1989 | ||
| Newman, Robert/ Gunner | E-6 | 1986 – 1988 | GM | JUAN GARZA AND I HAD THE BEST GUN CREWS IN THE FLEET |
| Shockley, Tim | SM3 | 1986 – Nov 24, 1987 | OPS | Hi Shipmates! miss you guys! |
| Rains, Billy | STGC(SW) | 1986 – 1989 | A/S | |
| Howard, Charles | GMG 3 | 1986 – 1986 | Guns | |
| Testa, Joseph | YN3/E4 | 1986 – 1989 | Admin | |
| Bajwa, Amer | MM | 1986 – 1989 | Engineering | 87/89 west pac Had a great time, remember a lot of people like Dan Marshall, Rick Ludlow, Herman Kwong, Keith Cambell(fuzzy) and many more. |
| Garza, Juan Gt | GMG 1 | Jan 1986 – Aug 1990 | 2ND DIVISION | THE WHOLE TIME I WAS A MEMBER OF THE 2ND DIVISION I HAD A GREAT TIME. I MISS THE WHOLE BUNCH OF MY DEAR FRIENDS. HOPE THAT THEY ARE IN GREAT SPIRIT. MAY THE DEAR LORD KEEP THEM SAFE. |
| McCuan, John | BT3 | Feb 9, 1986 – Nov 27, 1989 | Boiler | |
| Abbott, Jeff | GMCS | May 1986 – Oct 1990 | G | |
| Fuchs, Thomas | HT3/DC2 (SW) | May 20, 1986 – Feb 10, 1989 | REPAIR | I FOUND OUT WHY SHE WAS CALLED A "GREYHOUND HEADED WEST" MY FONDEST NAVY MEMORIES WERE MADE ONBOARD THE "WARSHIP WADDELL" |
| Sargent, Chris | RM2 | Jun 1986 – Sep 13, 1988 | OC | Had some great times and it was a blast on the waddell. would like to hear from anyone that i served with |
| Gamelli, Michael | E-4 | Aug 12, 1986 – | GM | |
| Gamelli, Michael | GMG3 | Aug 12, 1986 – Aug 13, 1990 | 2nd Division | |
| Brick, Matt | BT3 | Aug 13, 1986 – Aug 12, 1990 | JUST LOOKING FOR OLD FRIENDS | |
| Lloyd, Rene | RMSN | Sep 14, 1986 – May 10, 1988 | Communications | I just stumbled upon this site was amazed to see some of the people I had the pleasure of serving with. I would be great hearing from some of them, if they remember me of course! |
| Bayette, Don | STGSN | Dec 1986 – Jul 1988 | S-2 | had a great time with all my shipmates,hope to hear from you guys |
| Wilson, Randy | STG2 | 1987 – 1989 | WEPS/AS | served most of my time on waddell as a third class made second just before leaving.she was my second ddg(served two and a half years on hoel ddg-13)and i wouldn't trade my time in the tin can navy for anything! |
| Ligman, Mike | BT2(SW) | 1987 – 1992 | Boilers | |
| Daniels, Cliffy D | EW2 | 1987 – Dec 26, 1991 | EW | Some of the best memories of my Military days were on the "WA Doober' Still buds with big Jim Moore, both of us working for at&t. Jim in Dallas and im in Tyler, Tx. |
| Kirk, Steve (Cornbread) | OS2 | 1987 – 1989 | OI | Great ship! The comaraderie of the crew was fantastic. |
| Lara, Rick | QM1 | Jan 1987 – Jan 1989 | Navigation | |
| Green, Kevin | STG3 | Jan 1, 1987 – Jun 1, 1989 | F2 | Great ship and Great crew. |
| Albert, Cameron | PN3 | Jan 3, 1987 – May 10, 1989 | Admin | Wow....just got over my hangover from WestPac on Waddell. What a great time. Where is everybody? |
| Pfeninger, Kevin | RM3 | Jan 10, 1987 – Jan 10, 1990 | OC | Had some great times onboard the Waddell. Would like to hear from anybody that was onboard when I was. |
| Spiars, Larry | RMC | May 1987 – Sep 1989 | OC | Best Radioman that I have ever served with |
| Delagarza, Jacob/ Jj | PN3 | May 18, 1987 – May 18, 1991 | nav/ad | Had some great friends, looking to get in touch. |
| McKay, Roy | BTC | May 20, 1987 – Dec 7, 1990 | boilers | Waddell was a great tour. I will never forget a few of the uneventful events we had in Engineering but the guys always pulled through and got us there and back. I am so sorry to hear that we lost Lindquist. Wayne. |
| Bingham, David | ET1(SW) | Jun 1987 – Aug 1991 | Operations, then changed to CSE1 | WHo remembers Insane Hurricain Mclain? LEO ops were fun... so was the Panama Canal |
| Haapala, Alec | GM1(SW) | Jun 15, 1987 – Aug 15, 1989 | G | A learning experience. Les hope you are well. Jaun Julio "GT" Garza, you were great! Go MT 51 and MT 52. Any you too, Goodie! |
| Harrison, James | EM2 | Jul 1987 – Jul 1994 | ||
| Delagarza, J. J. | PN3 | Aug 1987 – May 18, 1991 | Nav Admin | Had an awsome tour onboard the Waddell. I always enjoy remembering the Waddell crew. |
| Pereira, Donald (Butch) | MMCS(SW) | Sep 1987 – Dec 1990 | M-Div, SMMO | I have many memories about my service in Waddell, all of them pleasant. Significantly, My son later served in Deck Department in USS Duluth, where he encountered LCDR Roy McKay who was the Chief Engineer. |
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