Alumni Memorial
In honor of UNC NROTC alumni who died on active duty, we have created this web site to remember them. Please see the list below to learn more about each person.
This memorial page is inclusive of graduates of the V-12 wartime pre-flight training commissioning program established in 1943, midshipmen enrolled in the NROTC program at the time of their death, and NROTC faculty members. In addition, we have included alumni who were not on active duty at the time of their death but died as a direct result of injuries received on active duty.
If you are aware of other UNC NROTC alumni who fall into these categories that should be added to this list, please contact our association.
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LTJG George Howard, Jr. ´44
Lost in typhoon off Buckner Bay Okinawa Jima while serving on board USS PC1128. |
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LTJG Richard Floyd “Bunnie” Davis, Jr. ´52
Crashed at sea during maneuvers |
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ENS William Yancey Tighe, ´54
Accidentally killed by gunfire on board his ship |
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Leon Gordon Chadwick III, USMC ´63
Died in helicopter crash following hostile action in South Vietnam |
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LTJG William "Bill" Gowan McWilliams III, ´63
Died as a result of injuries suffered in shipboard fire on USS Oriskany (CVA-34) |
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Clement Olin Stevenson, Jr. ´64
Died following plane crash at sea off South Vietnam |
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ENS Henry Richards Wismer, ´64
Lost his life when two Navy training jets collided |
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2ND LT George Richard Fitzgerald, USMC ´65
Killed during hostile action, South Vietnam |
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2ND LT Richard Sandusky Johnson, Jr. USMC ´66
Died as a result of small arms fire in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam |
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LT Louis Holmes Anders ´67
Died following a plane crash in Souda Bay, near Crete |
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LTJG Carl Howard Preston USN ´67
Died following a night catapult shot off USS Kennedy, piloting a C-1 |
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2ND LT Edward Cox Hammerbeck, USMC ´68
Died as a result of combat in Vietnam |
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LT Elmo Russell Zumwalt III, ´68
Died as a result of cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange |
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LT Gary Stephen Dobson, ´76
Killed in a plane accident near Italy in June 1986 |
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LT John Davis Sparks, ´77
Lost at sea November 1981 |
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LT John Bryan Gore, ´77
Died in plane crash near Dothan, AL |
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CDR Christopher M. Mills (staff - ´78) |
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LT James Bruce Schneider, ´80
Killed in plane crash during training |
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LTJG Andrew James Getgood, ´85 |
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CAPT David Powell Dawson, USMC ´86
Died as a result of a mountain climbing accident in Europe |
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LT Patrick Kelly Connor, ´87
Killed during aerial combat, Desert Storm ´91 |
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