NEVER FORGET
FINAL CREW
MISSING PHOTOS
(*) SURVIVOR
(**) SURVIVED SINKING, BUT DIED SHORTLY AFTER
(***) PASSENGER
We are currently working on several projects that will include photos, rare documents, and a section on the final sailing crew, including the 316 survivors and the 888 killed in action (including the 9 men killed in the Kamikaze attack in March 1945). Ultimately, we would like to include the Rescue/Recovery & Former Crew members as well). If you have photos of your loved one, your help is urgently requested.
IF THE NAME OF YOUR LOVED ONE IS LISTED BELOW, WE DO NOT HAVE A PHOTO FOR THEM, AND WOULD LIKE TO FIX THAT!
Modern technology provides the opportunity to share the photo with us so that it may be included in these projects, without it ever having to leave your possession.
Simply scan your photo and send it to us by form submission HERE OR via email. Please identify your loved one in the photo and send it to us at Admin@ussindianapolis.com.
If you have photos, but are unable to access them at this time, please let us know. We'll do what we can to work with you.
If the name of your loved one is NOT on this list, that means we already have a photo for them on file.
ADOPT A CREW MEMBER: If you would like to help us locate photos and information for any of the crew members below, please select a name below that stands out to you. Note that names highlighted in yellow, below, have been "adopted" and volunteers are actively looking for that individual, so we encourage you to pick a name that is NOT highlighted.
We also have a list of crew members and the city/state they were from. We have found that often times searching for members locally provides successful results in libraries, local news archives, and historical societies where their records may not be digitized and/or available online. If you would like help selecting crew members from your area in this case, please feel free to email us. And need some help getting started with your search, check out this video with some great tips and insight, presented by USS Indy family member, Tammy Rusznak. (CLICK HERE).
We have additional tips and print resources available under our Project 888 page. You can find those here (CLICK HERE)
The list below was updated on July 1st, 2022. Additional updates are coming soon!
ACOSTA, Charles Mack, MM3
ADAMS, Leo Harry, S1*
ADAMS, Pat Leon, S2
ALLEN, Paul Franklin, S1
ANDERSON, Leonard Ole, MM3
ANDERSON. Richard Lew, F2
ARMENTA, Lorenzo, SC2
ARNOLD, Winston H, MM3****
AYOTTE, Lester James, S2
BACKUS, Thomas Hawkins, LT. (jg)
BAKER, Daniel Albert, S2.
BAKER, William Marvin, Jr., EM2
BALDRIDGE, Clovis Rogers, EM1*
BARNES, Willard Merlin, MM1
BARTON, George Sydney, Y3
BENNETT, Ernest Franklin, B3
BENNETT, Toney Wade, ST3
BERRY, Joseph, Jr., STM1
BERRY, William Henry, ST3
BIDDISON, Charles Lawrence, S1
BLACKWELL, Fermon Malachi, SSML3
BOWMAN, Charles Edward, CTC
BRINKER, David Allen, PFC
BROWN, Edward Augustus, WT3
BROWN, Orlo Norman, PFC
BUDISH, David, S2
BURDORF, Wilbert John, COX*
BURKHARTSMEIER, Anton Tony, S1
BURLESON, Martin Lafayette, S1
BURTON, Curtis Henry, S1* (need higher quality image)
BUSHONG, John Richard, GM3
CALL, James Edward, RM3
CAMP, Garrison, STM2
CAMPANA, Paul, RDM3
CAMPBELL, Wayland Dee, SF3
CANTRELL, Billy George, F2
CARROLL, Gregory Krichbaum, S1
CARROLL, Rachel Walker, COX
CARSTENSEN, Richard, S2
CHAMNESS, John Desel, S2*
CHART, Joseph Gilbert, EM3
CLARK, Eugene, CK3
CLEMENTS, Harold Preston, S2
CLINTON, George William, S1*
COBB, William Lester, MOMM3
COLE, Walter Henry, CRM
COLLINS, James, STM1
COLVIN, Frankie Lee, SSMT2
COOK, Floyd Edward, SF3
COPELAND, Willard James, S2
COSTNER, Homer Jackson, COX*
COUNTRYMAN, Robert Earl, S2
COX, Alford Edward, GM3
CRUM, Charles Junior, S2
CRUZ, Jose Santos, CCK
DAVIS, Stanley Gilbert, LT (jg)
DEZELSKE, William Bruce, MM2*
DOSS, James Monroe, S2
DOUCETTE, Roland Ordean, S2
DOUGLAS, Gene Dale, F2*
DOVE, Bessil Raymond, SKD2
DRUMMOND, James Joseph, F2
DRYDEN, William Howard, MM1*
DURAND, Ralph Joseph, Jr., S2
EAKINS, Morris Bradford, F2
EDDY, Richard Leroy, RM3
ELLIOTT, Kenneth Albert, S1
EMSLEY, William Joseph, S1
ERNST, Robert Carl, F2
ETHIER, Eugene Edwin, EM3*
EVANS, Arthur Jerome, PHM2
EVERETT, Charles Norman, EM2
FIGGINS, Harley Dean, WT2
FIRMIN, John Alden Homer, S2
FITTING, Johnny Wayne, GM1*
FLEISCHAUER, Donald William, S1
FLYNN, James Madison, Jr., S1
FRANK, Rudolph Anthony, S2
FRENCH, Douglas Orrin, FC3
FRORATH, Donald Henry, S2
GABRILLO, Juan, S2*
GALANTE, Angelo, S2*
GALBRAITH, Norman Scott, MM2*
GARDNER, Roscoe Wallace*
GARDNER, Russel Thomas, F2
GARHART, John M., MM1c
GIBSON, Curtis Woodrow, S2
GIBSON, Ganola Francis, MM3
GILBERT, Warner, Jr., S1
GILL, Paul Edward, WT2
GILMORE, Wilbur Albert, S2
GISMONDI, Michael Vincent, S1
GLENN, Jay Rollin, AMM3*
GODFREY, Marlo Roy, RM3
GOLDEN, Curry, STM1
GONZALES, Ray Adam, S2
GORECKI, Joseph Walter, SK3
GREENE, Samuel Gile, S1
GREER, Bob Eugene, S2 (need higher quality image)
GREIF, Matthias Daniel, WT3
GRIEST, Frank David, GM3
GRIGGS, Donald Ray, F1
GRIMES, David Elmer, S2 (need higher quality image)
GROCH, John Thomas, MM3
GUERRERO, John Gomez, S1
GUYON, Harold Louis, F1
HADUCH, John Martin, S1
HALL, Pressie, F1
HALLORAN, Edward George, MM3
HAMMEN, Robert, PHOM3
HAMRICK, James Junior, S2
HANCOCK, William Allen, GM3
HANSON, Harley Clarence, WO*
HARP, Charlie Hardin, S1
HARPER, Vasco, STM1
HARRIS, Willard Eugene, F2
HART, Fred Junior, RT2*
HAUBRICH, Cloud David, S2
HAUSER, Jack Isaac, SK2
HAYLES, Felix, CK3
HAYNES, William Alexander, S1
HEGGIE, William Arnold, RDM3
HEINZ, Richard Anthony, HA1
HELLER, John Thomas, S2* (seeking younger photo)
HELSCHER, Ralph John, S1
HELT, Jack Edward, F2
HENSLEY, Clifford, SSMB2
HERBERT, Jack Erwin, BM1
HILL, Joe Walker, STM1
HINES, Lionel Gordon, WT1
HOLLAND, John Francis, Jr., PFC
HOLLINGSWORTH, Jimmie Lee, STM2
HOOPES, Gordon Herbert, S2*
HOPPER, Roy Lee, AMM1
HORR, Wesley Alan, F2
HORRIGAN, John Gerard, F1
HOUSTON, William Howard, PHM2
HUBBARD, Gordon Roy, PFC
HUGHES, Lawrence Edwin, F2
HUGHES, William Edward, SSML2
HUMPHREY, Maynard Lee, S2
HUNTER, Arthur Riles, Jr., QM1
HURLEY, Woodrow, GM2*
HURT, James Edward, S2
IGOU, Floyd, Jr., RM2
JADLOSKI, George Kenneth, S2
JAKUBISIN, Joseph Sylvester, S2
JOHNSON, George Glen, S2
JOHNSON, Sidney Bryant, S1
JOHNSTON, Scott Albert, F2
JONES, Jim, S2
JONES, Kenneth Malcolm, F1
JONES, Stanley Fairwick, S2
KARPAL, Daniel Lawrence, BM1
KARTER, Leo Clement, Jr., S2
KENNEDY, Andrew Jackson, Jr., S2
KENNEDY, Robert Arthur, S1
KING, Clarence, Jr., STM2
KIRBY, Harry, S1
KIRKLAND, Marvin Foulk, S1*
KIRKMAN, Walter William, SF1
KLEIN, Raymond James, S1
KLUCARIC, Matt A, QM3c ****
KREIS, Clifford Eddie, S1*
KRONENBERGER, William Maurice, GM3
KRUEGER, Norman Frederick, S2*
KULOVITZ, Raymond Joseph, S2
KWIATKOWSKI, Marion Joseph, S2
LAKE, Murl Christy, S1
LANDON, William Wallace, Jr., FCO2
LANE, Ralph, CMMA*
LATIGUE, Jackson, STM1
LATIMER, Billy Franklin, S1
LATZER, Solomon, S2
LETIZIA, Vicencio, S2
LeVIEUX, John Joseph, F2
LEWELLEN, Thomas Edgar, S2
LEWIS, James Robert, F2
LEWIS, John Robert, GM3
LINK, George Charles, S1
LINVILLE, Cecil Harrison, SF2
LITTLE, Frank Edward, MM2
LIVERMORE, Raymond Irving, S2
LOBATO, Epifanio, Jr., YN3****
LOCH, Edwin Peter, S1
LOCKWOOD, Thomas H., S2*
LOFTUS, Ralph Denis, F2
LOMBARDI, Ralph, S1
LONG, Joseph William, S1
LOPEZ, Daniel Balterzar, F2*
LORENC, Edward Richard, S2
LOYD, John Francis, WT2
LUCAS, Robert Andrew, S2*
LUNDGREN, Albert Davis, S1
LUTZ, Charles Herbert, S1
MABEE, Kenneth Charles, F2
MACHADO, Clarence James, WT2
MAKAROFF, Chester John, GM3*
MALONE, Cecil E., S2
MANESS, Charles F., F2
MARKMANN, Frederick Henry, WT1
MARSHALL, John Lucas, WT2
MARSHALL, Robert Wallace, S2
MARTTlLA, Howard William, PVT
MASTRECOLA, Michael Martin, S2
MAXWELL, Farrell Jacob, S1*
McCORKLE, Ray Ralph, S1
McCORMICK, Earl Wayne, MOMM2
McCOY, John Seybold, Jr., M2
McDONALD, Franklin Gilreath, Jr., F2
McFALL, Walter Eugene, S2*
McHENRY, Loren Charles, Jr., S1*
McKLIN, Henry Theodore, S1*
McLEAN, Dougald Bruce, Jr. EM3
MEADE, Sidney Howard, S1 (need higher quality image)
MELICHAR, Charles Harry, EM3
MELVIN, Carl Lavern, F1
MENCHEFF, Manual Angel, S2
MEREDITH, Charles Everett, S1*
MERGLER, Charles Marlen, RDM2
MESSENGER, Leonard John, PFC
MICHAEL, Elmer Orion, S1
MICHNO, Arthur Richard, S2
MILLER, Walter Raymond, S2
MILLER, Walter William, B1
MILLS, William Harry, EM3
MINOR, Richard Leon, S1
MIRICH, Wally Wayo, S1
MITCHELL, James Edward, S2*
MITCHELL, James Hamilton, Jr., SK1
MITCHELL, Paul Boone, FC3
MOWREY, Ted Eugene, SK3*
MROSZAK, Francis Alfred, S2
MURILLO, Sammy, S2
MUSARRA, Joe, S1
MYERS, Glen Alan, MM2
MYERS, H.B. "Johnie", F2*
NEAL, William Frank, PFC
NELSEN, Edward John, GM1*
NEU, Hugh Herbert, S2
NEWELL, James Thomas, EM1
NICHOLS, Joseph Lawrence BM2 (need higher quality image)
NICHOLS, Paul Virgil, MM3
NIELSEN, Carl Aage Chor, Jr., F1
NISKANEN, John Hubert, F2
NORBERG, James Arthur, CBMP*
NORMAN, Theodore Raymond, GM2
O'BRIEN, Arthur Joseph, S2
OLDEREN, Bernhard Gunnar, S1
O'NEIL, Eugene Elbert, S1
OSBURN, Charles William, S2
OVERMAN, Thurman David, S2*
PACHECO, Jose Cruz, S2*
PANE, Francis William, S2
PATTERSON, Alfred Thompson, S2
PATZER, Herman Lantz, EM1
PENDER, Welburn Morton, F2
PERKINS, Edward Carlos, F2*
PERRY, Robert J., S2
PETERSON, Avery Clarence, S2*
PETERSON, Darrel Erskine, S1
PETERSON, Frederick Alexander, MAM3
PETERSON, Ralph Renny, S2**
PEYTON, Robert Carter, STM1
PIERCE, Robert William, S2
PIPERATA, Alfred Joseph, MM1
PITTMAN, Almire, Jr., ST3
PODSCHUN, Clifford Albert, S2*
POHL, Theodore, F2
POKRYFKA, Donald Martin, S2
POORE, Albert Franklin, S2
POTRYKUS, Frank Paul, F2
POWELL, Howard Wayne, F1
POYNTER, Raymond Lee, S2
PRATT, George Roy, F1
PRIOR, Walter Mathew, S2
RABB, John Robert, SC1
RAGSDALE, Jean Obert, S1
RAINES, Clifford Junior, S2
RAINS, Rufus Brady, S1
RAMIREZ, Ricardo, S1*
RANDOLPH, Cleo, STM1
REEMTS, Alvin Thomas, S1
REESE, Jesse Edmund, S2
REEVES, Robert Arnold, F2
REGALADO, Robert Henry, S1
REID, James Edgar, BM2*
REID, Tommy Lee, RDM3* (seeking younger photo)
REMONDET, Edward Joseph, Jr., S2
REYNOLDS, Alford Pago, GM2*
RHEA, Clifford, F2
RICHARDSON, John Richard, S2
RICHARDSON, Joseph Gustave, S2
RINEAY, Francis Henry, Jr., S2*
ROBISON, Gerald Edward, RT3
ROBISON, John Davis, COX*
ROBISON, Marzie Joe, S2
ROCHE, Joseph Martin, LT
ROGELL, Henry Tony, F1
ROSE, Berson Horace, GM2
ROTHMAN, Aaron, RDM3
ROWDEN, Joseph Geren, F1
RUSSELL, Robert Avery, S2**
RYDZESKI, Frank Walter, F1
SAATHOFF, Don William, S2*
SAENZ, Jose Anthony, SC3
SAMANO, Nuraldo, S2
SAMS, Robert Carol, STM2
SANCHEZ, Alejandro Vallez, S2
SAND, Cyrus Harvey, BM1
SCHARTON, Elmer Daniel, S1
SCHEIB, Albert Eddie, F2
SCHOOLEY, Dillard Alfred, COX
SCOGGINS, Millard Fillmore, Jr. SM2
SCOTT, Burl (aka Birl) Down, STM2
SCOTT, Hilliard, STM1
SELL, Ernest Frederick, EM2
SELLERS, Leonard Edson, SF3
SELMAN, Amos, S2
SEWELL, Loris Eldon, S2
SHAND, Kenneth Wallace, WT2
SHAW, Calvin Patrick, GM2
SHELTON, William Enloe, Jr., SM2
SHIPMAN, Robert Lee, GM3**
SIKES, Theodore Allan, ENS
SILCOX, Burnice Rufus, S1
SILVA, Phillip Gomes, S1
SINGERMAN, David, SM3
SLADEK, Wayne Lyn, BM1*
SMERAGLIA, Michael, RM3
SMITH, Charles Andy, S1
SMITH, Henry August, F1
SMITH, Olen Ellis, CM3
SNYDER, John Nicholas, SF2 (need higher quality image)
SNYDER, Richard Redhaffer, S1
SOLOMON, William, Jr., S2
SPEER, Lowell Elvis, RT3
STAUFFER, Edward Henry, 1st LT
STIMSON, David, ENS
STONE, Dale Eugene, S2
STUECKLE, Robert Louis, S2
STURTEVANT, Elwyn Lee, RM3*
SULLIVAN, William Daniel, PTR2
SUTER, Frank Edward, S1*
TALLEY, Dewell Emanuel, RM3
TAWATER, Charles Hoyt, F1*
TRIEMER, Ernst August, ENS
TURNER, Charles Morris, S2*
TURNER, William Clifford, MM2
TURNER, William Henry, Jr., ACMM
UNDERWOOD, Ralph E., S1C* (seeking younger photo)
WALKER, A. W., STM1
WALLACE, John, RDM3
WATERS, Jack Lee, CY
WATSON, Winston Harl, F2
WELLS, Gerald Lloyd, EM3
WENNERHOLM, Wayne Leslie, COX
WHALEN, Stuart Denton, GM2
WILLIAMS, Robert Louis, WO
WILSON, Frank, F2
WILSON, Thomas Beverly, S1
ZOBAL, Francis John, S2
(*) SURVIVOR
(**) SURVIVED SINKING, BUT DIED SHORTLY AFTER
(***) PASSENGER
(****) KIA DURING KAMIKAZE ATTACK
HAS BEEN "ADOPTED" FOR OUR ADOPT A CREW MEMBER PROJECT