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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Point Defiance (LSD 31). 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 Point Defiance (LSD 31).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1960 | 1961 – 1964 | 1965 – 1968 | 1969 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1977 | 1978 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins, Edd | PC3 | Jan 30, 1961 – Jan 24, 1963 | Operations | |
| Whitener, Glennon | en3 | Feb 24, 1961 – Oct 15, 1962 | R | Great ship, great crew |
| Marshall, Dennis | AG1 | Jun 21, 1961 – Jul 5, 1961 | N/A | I was aboard TAD for a missile test. We crossed the equator and I became a Shellback, however I can find no record of the date in late June 1961 and have lost my certificate. Can anyone help with this? |
| Phillip, Betancure | Seaman apprentice E2 | Oct 1961 – Jul 1963 | Supply | Certainly Cuba was an event I'll never forget, and love the Philippine islands. |
| Langham, Jackie | SFM2 | Nov 1961 – Jul 1965 | R | Great memories! 3 WESTPACs, shellback, 2 trips to the Caribbean/Atlantic, Cuban crisis, Thresher. Wanted to fly Navy, no chance. Civilian pilot 38 yrs still flying Learjet out of Bakersfield, Ca. |
| Fleming, Jerry | MM2 | Nov 1961 – Nov 1963 | m | Just found this, great time of my life, working w/Mitchell, Sid Dupin, Greenbaum, Burke, Lou Kennedy, Ohara, Stevenson, great cruises, Panama, Christmas Island, Boston, worked for Manzanares, and Chief Bull. Oh yeh, Grzywinski, many others |
| Elmore, Terry | YN3 | Nov 15, 1961 – Feb 15, 1963 | Operations | Cuban Blockade, Thresher search, Panama Canal 4 times, Boston, Wespac twice, Marines in Bankok. Went to college, taught history and English, school counselor, family, two boys...I just remarried...do antiques and massage...in Boise, Idaho. |
| Mitchell, Jack (Mitch) | MM3 | Dec 1961 – Jan 1965 | M | I am retired and living in Lyle,Tx.Gentlemen,It's been one hell of a ride!!!!! Call me 512-268-1297 |
| Barnes, Buck | SEAMAN | Dec 15, 1961 – Dec 15, 1964 | First | I have been looking for some of you guys |
| Payne, Stephen Joe (Huck) | RADARMAN 3RD CLASS | Dec 27, 1961 – Jan 27, 1965 | Operations Intelligence | After leaving the navy, I married, had one son whom I lost in 2003 at age 36 to juvenile diabetes. I went to college, worked for Phillips Petroleum Company for 33 1/2 years retiring in 2000. I speak Spanish, am a photographer and writer. |
| Melugin, Garry Melugin | EM3 | 1962 – 1964 | Electical | |
| Black, Thomas (Tom) | RM2 | 1962 – 1965 | Operations | Remember Lacoe, Pete Colvin (introduced me to my wife) Norman Gill, Garoutte, Pokepro, RM1 H.K. Hunt, Donald Wheary,(sonar) Harold Mackee (Mac ET3). D C Jackson, Jack John Byrne, Some really great times. (tblack66@att.net) 919 609 9752 |
| Barnett, Curtis | SN | Jan 1, 1962 – Jan 1, 1965 | 1ST | I served under Earl Ballard, BM1 in first division as an assalt boat coxsain. |
| Burken, Ed | ETN2 | Jan 1, 1962 – May 20, 1963 | Operations | Served 16 months aboard Point Defiance. Had a great Operations team. Enjoyed many good times on the beach with fellow Defiance sailors. |
| Allison, Joe | GMG3 | Apr 10, 1962 – Apr 10, 1965 | G | RETIRED from gov |
| Schlagel, Chuck | EM3 | May 12, 1962 – Jul 12, 1965 | E DIV. | HAVE YOU SEEN A SEA BAT |
| Slagle, Burgess Wayne | SEAMAN | May 20, 1962 – May 20, 1965 | 2ND | |
| Garoutte, Charles | RM3 | Jul 29, 1962 – Jul 6, 1964 | oc | |
| Quinn, James | EM3 | Sep 1962 – Sep 1964 | Electrical | WestPac, Panama Canal, most time spent at sea. Looking for Wayne Chasteen, Darman Sherman |
| Verbracken, Louie | MM3 | Oct 24, 1962 – Aug 26, 1964 | M | Just checked out this site and remembered a few of the names on the list, Jack mitchell, Greenbaum. almost 50 years ago seems like yesterday. email me or call 951-755-7206, it was a great ride. I now live in Banning, CA Retired and enjoying |
| Behan, Larry | RD3 | 1963 – 1964 | Operations | Recognize many of the names and I remember my travels and friends on the PD fondly. Can it really be 45 years? |
| Andrus, Frank / Andy | BM 3 | Jan 1963 – Aug 1966 | 1st & 2nd Div. | TookTrieste for USS Thresher search, 3 west-pac tours, went to assault boat coxswain school on Coronado island in 63 to run LCVP's, ran gig for Capt. Graham & Holbrook, it was command boat on Operation Starlite. Aug 65" |
| Austin, John L | HM2 | Mar 15, 1963 – Apr 20, 1964 | H | I went aboard one day before we got underway for west pac. HMCS Warren Phelps USN showed me how to be a ships Corpsman. Thanks, HMCS John L Austin (SW/FMF) USN (ret) |
| Acton, Donald | SEAMAN | Apr 1963 – Mar 22, 1965 | 1 st. | |
| Hunter, James | BT3 | Jun 1963 – Sep 25, 1966 | B | |
| Hutchings, Roger | CWO- LTJG | Jun 15, 1963 – Jul 25, 1964 | Engineering E Division Officer | I was onboard during two deployments to Vietnam and during a colision with Oiler USS Pouncatoola North West of Hawaii |
| Rhinehart, Douglas | PO 2ND CLASS | Aug 23, 1963 – Aug 19, 1967 | OI | I can remember so many of the guys, Curtis, Beckman, Wright, Nicolosi. My wife and I go almost every year to the USS POINT DEFIANCE reunion. Would like to see so many more of us there! My PHONE IS 541-442-5459 Am looking for Dave Curtis |
| Ayer, Mick | BT2 | Dec 1963 – Aug 12, 1967 | "B" | |
| Ayer, Mick | BT2 | Dec 1963 – Aug 1967 | B Div. | |
| Williams, Nick | ETN-3 | Mar 1964 – Sep 1967 | Comm tech, ship to Landing craft comms. Names remembered, Rhinhart, Terrebrood, McKee, Bitner, Carlson, Beckman, Clenard, Young, Miller, Jones, Black, Stanley, DeVries, Letlow, Curtis | |
| Bjorkman, Robert | EN3 | May 1964 – Mar 1966 | R | |
| Bass, Jerry | Ship Serviceman 3 Class E4 | May 14, 1964 – Aug 14, 1967 | Ship Serviceman | I was on the Point Defiance from May 1964 to Aug 1967. I am looking for Jim Ayers of Florida ,good friend Call me at 432-413-8832 |
| Bass, Jerry | SHIP\'S SERVICEMAN 3 (SH 3) | May 15, 1964 – Aug 14, 1967 | Aboard PD '64-'67. Enjoyed every minute. Made lots of friends. Would like to hear frrom you (432-413-8832) Looking for Jim Ayers from Flordia. Good friend aboard PD. Worked deck force, Ship's Store, Soda Fountain, and laundry. | |
| Miller, William | RD3 | Jul 1964 – May 1966 | OI | Great memories |
| Graham, Woodrow | Captain | Aug 1, 1964 – Aug 1, 1965 | CO | Filling out what I can for my dad who is no longer with us. He loved the Navy, this ship and her crew.... |
| Jackson, Danny | RM2 | Aug 15, 1964 – Mar 15, 1966 | Operations | Only fond memories of my tour of duty aboard the "Point D." Would like to know what happened to the radio gang. I can be contacted at 714 296-6661. Email me at videooman@gmail.com |
| Stutesman, Jim [stutes] | SFM3 | Sep 1964 – May 1968 | R | |
| Clenard, Cary | RD3 | Sep 1964 – Sep 1967 | OPERATIONS | |
| Roush, Gary | SN | Oct 1964 – May 1968 | Gunnery Division | Guys I remember are Bobby Jack Hunter, Dean Puckett, Charles Vancamp, Larry L. Livermore, Dan Izzard, John Runnels, Edward Canning, Tom Winberg, Willie Allen, Amoroso. Don't seem like it has been 47 years ago. |
| Stephens, Mike/steve | SN | Oct 20, 1964 – Oct 13, 1967 | second | bmsn under eddie thomas bm1 ships helmsman for three years steered ship into da nang first time in may 1965. |
| Beckman, Robert | ETR2 | Nov 1964 – Aug 11, 1967 | OI | Many good memories; Wish i had found this site sooner. Found Doug Rhinehart today after looking for so many years. A long conversation today catching up after 54 years. Last name legally changed to Beckmann ... 2 nn's |
| Phillips, Jim | SH3 | Dec 1964 – Jul 1967 | DECK |
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