PERSONNEL KILLED ON THE USS LIBERTY (AGTR-5) JUNE 8, 1967
IN THE PAST 57 YEARS THE US GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RAISED A FINGER TO DETERMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR DEATHS AND HAS IGNORED EVERY ATTEMPT BY USS LIBERTY SURVIVORS TO PERSUADE THE US GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE THE ATTACK ON OUR SHIP.
THERE IS NOTHING SPECIAL OR UNIQUE ABOUT BEING CHOSEN TO SERVE ON THE USS LIBERTY.
ANYONE SERVING TODAY COULD FIND THEMSELVEVES IN THE SAME POSITION WE FOUND OURSELF–WITH THE SAME OUTCOME.
WE WERE ORDERED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE ABANDONED BY SIXTH FLEET AIRCRAFT WHILE WE WERE STILL UNDER ATTACK AND CALLING FOR HELP.
IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER IN THE US NAVY, IF THEY ARE SERVING IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, AND IF THEY COME UNDER FIRE BY THE IDF THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN.
LCDR Philip McCutcheon Armstrong, Jr., USN, 569825/1100
LT James Cecil Pierce, USN, 649805/6462
LT Stephen Spencer Toth, USN, 669613/1100
CT3 William Bernard Allenbaugh, USN, 684 49 96
SN Gary Ray Blanchard, USN, 771 77 22
CT2 Allen Merle Blue, USNR-R, 391 18 71
QM3 Francis Brown, USN, 778 76 70
CT2 Ronnie Jordon Campbell, USN, 586 13 23
CT2 Jerry Leroy Converse, USN, 794 79 44
CT2 Robert Burton Eisenberg, USN, 776 09 35
CT2 Jerry Lee Goss, USNR, 773 61 55
CT1 Curtis Alan Graves, USN, 519 58 24
CTSN Lawrence Paul Hayden, USN, B70 53 70
CT1 Warren Edward Hersey, USN, 903 67 11
CT3 Alan (NMN) Higgins, USN, 788 62 97
SN Carl Lewis Hoar, USN, 774 46 48
CT2 Richard Walter Keene, Jr., USN, 778 82 75
CTSN James Lee Lenau, USN, 997 56 58
CTC Raymond Eugene Linn, USN, 571 13 74
CT1 James Mahlon Lupton, USN, 511 31 28
CT3 Duane Rowe Marggraf, USN, 773 96 50
CTSN David Walter Marlborough, USN, B10 04 80
CT2 Anthony Peter Mendle, USN, 777 62 87
CTSN Carl Christian Nygren, USN, 788 37 16
SGT Jack Lewis Raper, USMC, 1994072
CPL Edward Emory Rehmeyer, III, USMC 2120919
ICFN David NMN Skolak, USN, B50 17 83
CT1 John Caleb Smith, Jr., USN, 237 77 94
CTC Melvin Douglas Smith, USN, 493 95 96
PC2 John Clarence Spicher, USN, 473 41 77
GMG3 Alexander Neil Thompson, Jr., USN, 770 47 21
CT3 Thomas Ray Thornton, USN, 997 97 91
CT3 Philippe Charles Tiedtke, USN, 914 32 84
CT1 Frederick James Walton, USN, 236 31 86
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