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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Hewitt (DD 966). 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 549 crew members registered for the USS Hewitt (DD 966).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – 1993 | 1994 – 1995 | 1996 – 1997 | 1998 – 1999 | 2000 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris, Dan | FTG1 | 1977 – 1981 | FOX | Had a great time serving on the Hewitt. Would be happy to hear from any of the crew. |
| Linville, Denny | FTG1 | 1977 – 1981 | Fox | Still can't figure out how I survived. It's a sailor's life for me. |
| Padilla, Paul | YN3 | 1977 – 1979 | Ship's office | Looking forward to chat with some of my shipmates. Especially Bojo. Yeah, I still remember serving mess duty with you in the goat locker! Maiden voyage, first and last Westpac 78-79, priceless memories. Living in SOCAL! |
| Weingarten, Scott | OSSN | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 5, 1979 | Operations Specialist | The parties, the women and the fruit loops I worked with--who could forget that? Remember that ugly girl contest? |
| Brunney, Philip ( Phil ) | SN | Feb 1977 – May 13, 1980 | DECK | Had good time aboard. Loved WESTPAC, sure wished I extended for second one. Miss the crew. Hope to hear from some of the old shellbacks. Came across this site by accident at work, Brought back some good old memories. Hope to hear from you. |
| Higgins, Bobby | GMM1 | Feb 1977 – Apr 1981 | G | Good times (mostly). Hope all are doing well. |
| McKay, Al | OS3 | Mar 1977 – Dec 1977 | OI | |
| Walton, Johnie | EW2 | Mar 1977 – Sep 1977 | OW | |
| Millman, Mark | OSSN | Apr 1977 – Jan 1978 | OI Gang | Was my 1st Command, couldn't have asked for a better bunch of people to work with. A hook up sounds great, lets do it. Anyone remember the "Blue Goose and La Glorias"? |
| Eickman, Glen | PN2 | Apr 28, 1977 – Jun 17, 1980 | NAV | Glad to see so many old shipmates are still around. What I learned and those who taught me helped me stay for 21 years. |
| Bojorquez, Rick (Bojo) | FTM3 | May 1977 – May 1980 | Fox | What a great time we had on the Hewitt. Life long friendships were made. John Bailey, where the hell are you, me and Denny been wondering. George Dodge, I'll be contacting you. Anyone else that remembers, shoot me an email. |
| York, Leonard | OS2 | May 1, 1977 – Dec 20, 1980 | CIC | Was onboard during the Iran Crisis |
| Hickman, Jon | FTM2 | Jun 1977 – Sep 1980 | Weapons | What a time it was. Be glad to hear from those I served with. |
| Koch, Terry | EM3 | Jun 1977 – May 1980 | Engineering | My first and only ship, Sorry to hear she's gone, had some great times with some awesome shipmates. Give me a yell if you remember me! Herr Mooch |
| Hanson, Perry | FTM2 | Jun 1, 1977 – Jan 1, 1980 | Fox | Great memories from these Navy days. Hard to believe the old boats decomed already... |
| Johnson, Dean "Dino" | gsm3 | Jul 10, 1977 – Aug 10, 1979 | M div | anybody remember me what happened to bandjough pierce shaneyfelt pribernow evans littlefield bos cook baker ive been in workin in a power plant for 30+ years gonna retire in 2013 |
| Hank, Randy | FTM1 | Aug 1977 – Feb 8, 1980 | FOX | A lot of great memories with a great bunch of guys. Hey BOJO, what about that reunion we talked about few years ago? |
| Funcke, Rick | OSSN | Aug 22, 1977 – Sep 15, 1978 | OI Gang | It would be great to be in contact with my fellow OS buddies....and maybe meet up...anywhere is fine with me. The Baracuda |
| McGovern, Robert. (Mac) | Fn-EN2 | Oct 1977 – Jul 1981 | A gang | Hey Dino you still live in mn |
| Bentley, Jim | STGSN | Dec 1977 – May 1980 | 2nd | They sold her for junk? What a waste. Golden shellback on her first WestPac cruise. Ahh the memories. Sydney, Aukland, Suva, Guam, Subic, Yokosuka. Portland Rose Festival. Chief Hartness, Ken Buky. Was it really that long ago? |
| Galloway, Barry | DECK APE | 1978 – 1981 | 1st | The Fun we had. i.e. Olongapo Shuffle. |
| Marquardt, Scott | STG2 | 1978 – 1980 | Weapons | Trying to reconstruct the ports of call for the WestPac cruize. |
| Cope, Tim | SMSN | Jan 1978 – Aug 1981 | signal | how would one describe the time we had? sleeping on the weather deck while waiting to re-fuel a kaypok as a pillow then humping the foodstuffs . the joy of waking up to see the best sunrise /sunset that you've ever seen |
| Bunge, John | FTGC | Feb 1978 – Nov 1981 | Fox | Looking forward to hearing from any of my old gang. |
| Ronprice100@gmail.com, 3910weber | SM2 | Feb 1978 – May 16, 1980 | OC Division | Great ship & great crew! Had a great time on WestPac in 78. (Lookin for Chief Tyrone. I owe you a lot. I found Dutch & would like to hear from you.) |
| Brumbaugh, Edward | GMM 3 | Feb 1, 1978 – Feb 1, 1980 | ||
| Anderson, Andy | SK2 | Mar 12, 1978 – Mar 2, 1982 | Supply | Had some great times and had some great buddies Ronnie Stevens , Tom King , Randy Robinson , Whatever happened to some of you supply guys Lt. Hart and the rest of the gang ! I.O was fun lol ! |
| Tulenko, Al | FTM2 | Apr 10, 1978 – Jul 20, 1979 | WFO2 | Aboard for maiden voyage. Hit all the BEST ports. Stood JOD underway! Hung w/ Hank, Morris, Hanson, Hickman, Bojo, & Thompson in WFO2. Miss you guys every day! How did your lives turn out? Contact me if you want to. Remember when we...? |
| Kidd, Charles | RMC | May 1978 – May 1982 | O/C | Hewitt was my 4th ship and certainly the best. Made some good friends. Looking for BMC Howard L. Tanksley. I believe he is in the San Diego area. |
| Morgan, John | ETR3 | May 1978 – May 1980 | OE | Had a great time. Took a lot of pictures. Hello to everyone. Golden Shellback!. |
| Kimbrell, Gary | SMSN | Aug 1978 – May 1980 | Communications | This goes out to SMSN "Dutch", you must be a old man by now since I was only 17 reporting onboard. That first cruise was hard to beat, I made 9 more deployments trying to hit the good ports. Retired SM1(SW) in 1997. |
| Greene, James (Huey) | LT | Aug 1, 1978 – Dec 7, 1981 | Communication Officer and 1st LT | I was glad I found this site. The best time of my life was on the Hewitt and the great places we visited and things we achieved. If there is a reunion, let me know. I live in Destin, Florida, retired, and teach Special Ed kids. |
| Hanners, Wayne | MR1 | Sep 1978 – Jul 1979 | REPAIR | TOOK HER ON HER FIRST WESTPAC. GOLDEN SHELLBACK. STAYED IN USN RETIRED 1991 NCC (CAREER RECRUITER) LOOKING FOR HT1 I.W. (WAYNE) KENT |
| Dodge, George Jr. | FTMSN/3 | Sep 1978 – Oct 31, 1979 | Fox | I was on this ship for only a year but had a great time. Good to see Perry's name on the list! Whatever happened to Bojo, Ltjg. Mike Lord FTM1 Armentrout and Denny Linville?? Hugh Ord Thompson is where?Awesome ship and great food!!! I found Bojo! |
| Reed, Dean Reed | FN | Sep 1978 – Apr 1981 | Repair/ a-Gang | No regrets making 2 West Pacs with you guy's |
| Carnahan, Tom | LT/LCDR | Sep 1978 – Apr 1979 | Helicopter Detachment / Asst. OINC | Great deployment. Saw Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Philipines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, and Guam. Worked with great people and apparently did good enough that I got invited back to deploy on her in 1980. |
| Stevens, Ronnie | MSC | Dec 2, 1978 – Jul 24, 1981 | supply | best ship and crew i served with this was my first of many commands |
| Robinson, Richard | EW2 | 1979 – 1981 | OI02 | THERE WERE 5 EW1'S WHEN I GOT THERE! |
| Pavek, Tom | GSE1 | Jan 1979 – Feb 1982 | M | First West PAC |
| Carr, Paul | OS2 | Jan 1, 1979 – Oct 31, 1982 | OI | Hi |
| Harper, Thomas / Tom | BM-2 | Feb 1979 – Aug 1, 1982 | 1st | looking for any and all comments inquiries. I know of a few shipmates dead and alive. |
| Payton, Doug | SM2 | Feb 1, 1979 – Jan 1, 1982 | Signal | Hey wasup folks... I was in deck div when I first arrived. BM2 Scott was the hmfic... remembering more of the good times every day now. How in the he'll are we still alive? Retired, EMCS in '98 |
| Strauss, Lon (Lonnie) | BM 2 | Mar 1979 – Apr 1983 | Deck | Looking for shipsmates from 79-83.type hewitt in subject line. |
| Snyder, Wendell, Doc, Snyd | SHSN | Apr 1979 – Jun 1981 | Supply | Great ship, Great crew. WESTPAC poker games were the best. Football game in Long Beach(broke my toe) was fun. 60 days in the I/O and shipyard overhaul sucked. Sad day when I heard she was sold for scrap. |
| Wood, Joe | BM3 | Aug 1979 – Mar 1981 | 1ST | Enjoyed my time aboard. 1st div was a great bunch of guys, we worked and played hard. Remember our "touch" football games that left everyone limping for days? I moved on to 2 other ships but never was in a div that stuck together like we did. |
| Weiszbrod, Lauren | BM2 | Aug 17, 1979 – Jan 20, 1983 | 1st DECK APES | Heard about this site from Joe Wood.Had alot of good times with you guys.i spent 10 year in uncle sams canoe club.Tanksley gave us all shit.To all my fellow ship wrecks,as phil brunney would say YO MAMMA! |
| Hannesson, Earl | GMT2 | Sep 1979 – May 1982 | 2ND | My first ship and my first WESTPAC!!! Had a great time and met some really interesting folks. Look forward to hearing from my shipmates. |
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