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TAPS
US 4TH
NAVAL BEACH BATTALION
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Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidst the mighty ocean deep
It's own appointed limits keep:
O hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea.
(Music by United States Navy Band)
Rest in peace, your jobs are done.
| PLT |
Name |
Date |
| C9 |
ABERHAM,
ERWIN |
Nov 1975 |
| B5 |
ACEBO, ANTONIO |
1945 |
| A3 |
ADAMS,
GLENN B |
9-Sep-1943 |
| B6 |
APRIL,
CORNELIUS FRANCIS |
6-Feb-1981 |
| A1 |
BALDWIN,
DAVID COLUMBUS |
|
| B4 |
BALDWIN,
WARREN MELVIN |
|
| C9 |
BEDARD,
ROLAND LUCIEN |
|
| C8 |
BENEVELLI,
ALBERT F |
4-Oct-2002 |
| A1 |
BENTLEY,
E JUDSON |
9-Dec-1996 |
| A2 |
BERNASCO,
WILLIAM |
|
| C7 |
BERTRAND,
PHILIAS |
23-Jul-1995 |
| A3 |
BESHADA,
ANDREW Jr |
04-Jan-2003 |
| B4 |
BIAGO,
FRANK TONY |
26-Jan-1995 |
| C9 |
BILOBRAN,
STEPHEN LEO |
15-Feb-1997 |
| B4 |
BJORNSEN,
ROBERT EDWARD |
16-Jun-2000 |
| B4 |
BLAKE,
WILLIAM B |
14-Jan-2003 |
| HQ |
BLOUIN,
JAMES E |
|
| A1 |
BOLAND,
FRANCIS ANTHONY |
20-Apr-1997 |
| C7 |
BOUDREAU,
ALPHONSE JOSEPH |
|
| B6 |
BRADSHAW,
MATTHEW K. |
2-Apr-2002 |
| B6 |
BRADSHAW,
RUSSELL ANDREW |
|
| C7 |
BRENNER,
HAROLD JUNIOR |
|
| B4 |
BRESNAK,
ANDREW |
|
| A1 |
BRYAN,
JOSEPH HENRY |
26-Oct-1995 |
| C8 |
BULLIN,
PAUL |
|
| B4 |
BURCH,
ROBERT |
1968 |
| C7 |
BURNETTE,
ROY LEE |
|
| C9 |
BURNS,
JOHN JOSEPH |
|
| C9 |
BUTTER,
WALTER R |
1945 |
| B5 |
CAMPBELL,
WILLIAM R |
|
| B6 |
CANNILAS,
ANTHONY FLORES |
|
| B5 |
CAREY,
MELVIN JERRY |
30-Jun-1944 |
| C8 |
CARR,
EVERETT MALOY |
|
| C7 |
CHALIKIS,
EMMANUEL |
9-Sep-2000 |
| A2 |
CHIARELLI,
PHILIP ANTHONY |
25-Oct-2007 |
| B5 |
CHILDERS,
CHARLES RAY |
16-Aug-1944 |
| A1 |
CHILDS,
FLOYD |
17-Mar-1989 |
| B5 |
CHRISTENBURY,
MURRY McLANE |
|
| C7 |
CLOUTIER,
GEORGE J |
30-Dec-1996 |
| C8 |
COBB,
ROLAND V |
17-Aug-2007 |
| A2 |
CRANE, BURTON JAMES |
1987 |
| A2 |
CRAWLEY, SEABER FRED |
|
| C8 |
CRISTOFARO,
PASCO CARLO |
1-Dec-1996 |
| C7 |
CROWLEY,
EDWARD PHILIP |
31-Jul-1995 |
| A2 |
DAY,
SAMUEL LARKIN, Jr. |
13-Sep-2007 |
| B6 |
DEMPSEY,
WILLIAM R. |
23-Dec-2005 |
| C9 |
DESHOTELS,
PHILIP PERSHING |
|
| B5 |
DONAHOE,
WILLIAM WALLACE |
1945 |
| C9 |
DOREY,
ROBERT CLAYTON |
9-Sep-1943 |
| BHQ |
DUNCAN,
ZERDEN BILLIE |
10-Mar-1984
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| A1 |
EHLINGER,
CLYDE CHARLES |
|
| C9 |
ELLIOTT,
GORDON MARK |
23-Mar-2006 |
| C7 |
EMMEL,
EDWARD ROBERT |
18-Jan-1997 |
| C7 |
ENDYKE,
JOHN |
01-Jan-2007 |
| C9 |
FENSKE,
OTTO EDWARD |
23-Dec-1995 |
| B4 |
FLETSCHER,
JACOB J |
6-Feb-1944 |
| C7 |
FOLLMER, GEORGE |
1986 |
| C7 |
FRANCE,
LEROY |
|
| A3 |
FREDERICK,
TALMADGE BROOKE |
|
| A3 |
FREEMAN,
FRANK JUNIOR |
|
| A2 |
FULKS,
MAURICE HALL |
|
| B6 |
GAVAGAN,
ROBERT ALLEN |
19-Nov-1994 |
| A1 |
GIVENS,
JAMES CLAYBORN |
|
| C9 |
GREENSTEIN,
LT. NATHAN M |
19-Aug-2002 |
| C8 |
HADDOCK,
ROBERT DUANE |
|
| A2 |
HALSTEAD,
DANNY NESTER |
2-Oct-1989 |
| C7 |
HAND,
HOWARD DONALD |
13-Dec-1996 |
| B6 |
HANFT,
THEODOR H Jr. "TED" |
02-May-2007 |
| 45th
INF |
HATTER,
HARLOS |
5-Nov-1996 |
| B5 |
HOLMAN,
LUDWIG |
15-May-2002 |
| A2 |
HOOVER,
HAROLD EUGENE |
|
| C8 |
HOWELL,
CLIFTON TILSON |
|
| B4 |
JERNIGAN,
MELVIN HERBERT |
|
| C9 |
JOHNSTONE, ELMER
"JOHNNY" |
8-Jun-1999 |
| C8 |
KERN,
LUTHER C |
9-Sep-1943 |
| A3 |
KILBY,
ROBERT AUGUSTUS |
|
| 36th
INF |
KOHUTEK,
AMIL |
18-Dec-1998 |
| A2 |
KRAMER,
WILLIAM JOHN |
12-Apr-2007 |
| B5 |
KREATZ,
JOHN JAMES |
10-Aug-1998 |
| C9 |
KRUMPOLZ,
HARRY ARTHUR |
22-Jan-1996 |
| B6 |
LILLY,
WILLIAM GUY |
|
| C7 |
LINNELL,
DOUGLAS REX |
|
| B4 |
LOUVIER,
LEVIS JOSEPH |
|
| A3 |
LYNCH,
JAMES |
1945 |
| C7 |
MALANDRINO,
JOSEPH L |
|
| C7 |
MANHART,
RICHARD G |
08-Mar-2007 |
| A3 |
MARLETTE, ELMER MONROE |
2-Jul-2007 |
| B6 |
MASON,
VIRGEL, RAY |
12-Jun-1994 |
| B5 |
McDEVITT,
EDWARD LORING |
2-Jun-1997 |
| A2 |
McIVER,
VERNON W |
|
| B5 |
MORIN,
PAUL EDEAS |
|
| B6 |
MUELLER, FREDERICK
WILLIAM |
23-Sep-1996 |
| A1 |
NANGLE,
JOSEPH ALLEN |
1-Feb-1998 |
| C7 |
OHMER,
WALTER HENRY |
|
| B4 |
PARTNOW,
MORRIS "PORKY" |
10-Jul-1943 |
| BHQ |
PATCHEN,
KENNETH A |
8-Dec-1986 |
| C7 |
PERROTTA,
NICHOLAS PETER |
13-Oct-1993 |
| B4 |
PETERSON,
LEO |
6-Jul-1999 |
| BHQ |
PIERATT,
CURRAN MONROE |
|
| C8 |
POOLEY,
CALVIN BERT |
|
| C9 |
PULVIRENTI, ANTHONY
JAMES |
9-Feb-1998 |
| CHQ |
REED,
GEORGE BRIGGS |
28-Feb-1988 |
| A2 |
REILLY,
CLAUDE RICHARD |
26-May-1997 |
| B6 |
RHYNE,
WILLIAM JAY |
14-May-2003 |
| B4 |
RICKMAN,
REED CURRY |
26-Sep-1974 |
| CCoCmdr |
RILEY,
JOHN J |
12-Jul-1999 |
| C8 |
ROBBIN,
PAUL J |
|
| A3 |
ROCHE,
JOSEPH JAMES |
|
| C9 |
RUGINO,
FRANK |
|
| A1 |
RYDZEWSKI,
LEO FRANCIS |
|
| B6 |
SABADISH,
JOHN JOSEPH |
|
| C9 |
SCHOPPE,
LAWRENCE RUSSELL |
|
| C7 |
SCORSUR,
ANDREW MATTHEW |
|
| HQ |
SEIGLE,
STEWART PINNELL |
10-Dec-2003 |
| A3 |
SERPICO,
JOSEPH FRANCIS |
27-Jul-1997 |
| A3 |
SEVERANCE,
STANLEY FRANK |
1945 |
| B6 |
SMITH,
ARCHIE K |
16-Dec-2007 |
| C7 |
SNYDER,
THEODORE ARTHUR |
8-Dec-1998 |
| B5 |
SODEN,
HARLAN F |
|
| B5 |
SPRAGUE,
WILLIAM |
2005 |
| B4 |
STEPHENS,
HARRY JOSEPH |
6-Jun-2000 |
| A1 |
TAYLOR,
LUTHER |
1990 |
| B5 |
THOMPSON,
LAWRENCE WALLACE |
3-Nov-2000
|
| A1 |
TIBODEAU,
GEORGE M |
|
| C7 |
TOWNLEY,
JAMES QUINN |
15-Mar-2004 |
| HQ |
WALSH,
JAMES E |
1982 |
| C7 |
WEISE,
CLARENCE HERMAN |
21-Apr-1999 |
| C7 |
WELLS,
ROBERT GURDEN |
|
| C7 |
WESTERN,
JEROME DEAN |
|
| C8 |
YOUNG,
EVERETT REID |
|
| C8 |
ZACCARA,
MYRON |
20-May-2003 |
| C8 |
ZANDER,
HENRY E |
20-Mar-2007 |
| B5 |
ZELASKOWSKI,
WILLIAM |
1982 |
| C7 |
ZETTS,
JOHN STEPHEN |
|
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Photo Courtesy of the United States Army
"Taps"
Composed By Major General Daniel Butterfield
Army of the Potomac, Civil War
"Fading
light dims the sight,
And a star gems
the sky, gleaming bright.
From afar drawing
nigh -- Falls the night.
"Day
is done, gone the sun,
From the lake,
from the hills, from the sky.
All is well,
safely rest, God is nigh.
"Then
good night, peaceful night,
Till the light of
the dawn shineth bright,
God is near, do
not fear -- Friend, good night."
"TAPS
is the most beautiful bugle call. Played slowly and softly, it has a
smooth, tender and touching character. The bugle call was written during
the Peninsula Campaign of the Civil War by General Butterfield, with an
assist from his bugler, Oliver W. Norton, in 1862.
"TAPS"
went on from its origin as an alternative to "Lights Out" to
become not only a signal that day was done, but also to say good-bye to
a fallen comrade.
"TAPS"
is customarily played at funerals at Arlington national Cemetery as well
as at ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknowns there.
Its
composer is buried in the Post Cemetery at the United States Military
Academy at West Point (even though he did not graduate from the
Academy).
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