NEVER FORGET
OFFICIAL SITE: ENDORSED BY USS INDIANAPOLIS SURVIVORS, FAMILIES OF LOST AT SEA & RESCUE CREW MEMBERS
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.
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IF THE NAME OF YOUR LOVED ONE IS LISTED BELOW, WE DO NOT HAVE A PHOTO FOR THEM, AND WOULD LIKE TO FIX THAT!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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 May 12, 2025. Additional updates are coming soon!
ADAMS, Leo Harry, S1*
ADAMS, Pat Leon, S2
ALLEN, Paul Franklin, S1
ANDERSON, Leonard Ole, MM3
ARMENTA, Lorenzo, SC2
ARNOLD, Winston H, MM3****
AYOTTE, Lester James, S2
BAKER, Daniel Albert, S2.
BAKER, William Marvin, Jr., EM2
BARNES, Willard Merlin, MM1
BARTON, George Sydney, Y3
BENNETT, Toney Wade, ST3
BERRY, Joseph, Jr., STM1
BIDDISON, Charles Lawrence, S1
BLACKWELL, Fermon Malachi, SSML3
BOWMAN, Charles Edward, CTC
BRINKER, David Allen, PFC
BROWN, Edward Augustus, WT3
BROWN, Orlo Norman, PFC
BURDORF, Wilbert John, COX*
BURKHARTSMEIER, Anton Tony, S1
BURLESON, Martin Lafayette, S1
BUSHONG, John Richard, GM3
CALL, James Edward, RM3
CAMP, Garrison, STM2
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
CLINTON, George William, S1*
COBB, William Lester, MOMM3
COLE, Walter Henry, CRM
COPELAND, Willard James, S2
COUNTRYMAN, Robert Earl, S2
COX, Alford Edward, GM3
CRUM, Charles Junior, S2
CRUZ, Jose Santos, CCK
DOUCETTE, Roland Ordean, S2
DOUGLAS, Gene Dale, F2*
DOVE, Bessil Raymond, SKD2
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
EVERETT, Charles Norman, EM2
FIGGINS, Harley Dean, WT2
FIRMIN, John Alden Homer, S2
FITTING, Johnny Wayne, GM1*
FLYNN, James Madison, Jr., S1
FRANK, Rudolph Anthony, S2
FRENCH, Douglas Orrin, FC3
GALBRAITH, Norman Scott, MM2*
GARDNER, Roscoe Wallace, F2*
GARDNER, Russell Thomas, F2
GARHART, John, MM1
GIBSON, Curtis Woodrow, S2
GILBERT, Warner, Jr., S1
GILL, Paul Edward, WT2
GILMORE, Wilbur Albert, S2
GISMONDI, Michael Vincent, S1
GODFREY, Marlo Roy, RM3
GREENE, Samuel Gile, S1
GREER, Bob Eugene, S2 (need higher quality image)
GREIF, Matthias Daniel, WT3
GRIEST, Frank David, GM3
GRIMES, David Elmer, S2 (need higher quality image)
GROCH, John Thomas, MM3
GUYON, Harold Louis, F1
HALL, Pressie, F1
HALLORAN, Edward George, MM3
HAMMEN, Robert, PHOM3
HAMRICK, James Junior, S2
HANSON, Harley Clarence, WO.*
HARP, Charlie Hardin, S1
HARPER, Vasco, STM1
HARRIS, Willard Eugene, F2
HAUSER, Jack Isaac, SK2
HAYLES, Felix, CK3
HEGGIE, William Arnold, RDM3
HELLER, John Thomas, S2* (seeking younger photo)
HELT, Jack Edward, F2
HENSLEY, Clifford, SSMB2
HERBERT, Jack Erwin, BM1
HILL, Joe Walker, STM1
HINES, Lionel Gordon, WT1
HOLLINGSWORTH, Jimmie Lee, STM2
HOOPES, Gordon Herbert, S2*
HOPPER, Roy Lee, AMM1
HORR, Wesley Alan, F2
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
JADLOSKI, George Kenneth, S2
JOHNSON, George Glen, S2
JOHNSON, Sidney Bryant, S1
JOHNSTON, Scott Albert, F2
JONES, Jim, S2
JONES, Kenneth Malcolm, F1
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
KLUCARIC, Matt, QM3****
KRONENBERGER, William Maurice, GM3
KULOVITZ, Raymond Joseph, S2
KWIATKOWSKI, Marion Joseph, S2
LAKE, Murl Christy, S1
LANDON, William Wallace, Jr., FCO2
LATIMER, Billy Franklin, S1
LATZER, Solomon, S2
LeVIEUX, John Joseph, F2
LEWELLEN, Thomas Edgar, S2
LINK, George Charles, S1
LINVILLE, Cecil Harrison, SF2
LIVERMORE, Raymond Irving, S2
LOCH, Edwin Peter, S1
LOFTUS, Ralph Denis, F2
LOMBARDI, Ralph, S1
LORENC, Edward Richard, S2
LOYD, John Francis, WT2
LUTZ, Charles Herbert, S1
MABEE, Kenneth Charles, F2
MACHADO, Clarence James, WT2
MAKAROFF, Chester John, GM3*
MANESS, Charles F., F2
MARKMANN, Frederick Henry, WT1
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*
McKLIN, Henry Theodore, S1*
MEADE, Sidney Howard, S1 (need higher quality image)
MELICHAR, Charles Harry, EM3
MELVIN, Carl Lavern, F1
MENCHEFF, Manual Angel, S2
MERGLER, Charles Marlen, RDM2
MESSENGER, Leonard John, PFC
MILLER, Walter Raymond, S2
MILLER, Walter William, B1
MILLS, William Harry, EM3
MITCHELL, James Hamilton, Jr., SK1
MITCHELL, Paul Boone, FC3
MROSZAK, Francis Alfred, S2
MURILLO, Sammy, S2
MUSARRA, Joe, S1
MYERS, Glen Alan, MM2
NEAL, William Frank, PFC
NELSEN, Edward John, GM1*
NEWELL, James Thomas, EM1
NIELSEN, Carl Aage Chor, Jr., F1
NORBERG, James Arthur, CBMP*
NORMAN, Theodore Raymond, GM2
O'BRIEN, Arthur Joseph, S2
OLDEREN, Bernhard Gunnar, S1
OSBURN, Charles William, S2
OVERMAN, Thurman David, S2*
PACHECO, Jose Cruz, S2*
PANE, Francis William, S2
PATTERSON, Alfred Thompson, S2
PENDER, Welburn Morton, F2
PERRY, Robert J., S2
PETERSON, Frederick Alexander, MAM3
PETERSON, Ralph Renny, S2**
PEYTON, Robert Carter, STM1
PIERCE, Robert William, S2
PITTMAN, Almire, Jr., ST3
PODSCHUN, Clifford Albert., S2*
POHL, Theodore, F2
POKRYFKA, Donald Martin, S2
POTRYKUS, Frank Paul, F2
POWELL, Howard Wayne, F1
POYNTER, Raymond Lee, S2
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*
REMONDET, Edward Joseph, Jr., S2
RHEA, Clifford, F2
RICHARDSON, John Richard, S2
RICHARDSON, Joseph Gustave, S2
ROBISON, Gerald Edward, RT3
ROBISON, Marzie Joe, S2
ROCHE, Joseph Martin, LT
ROGELL, Henry Tony, F1
ROSE, Berson Horace, GM2
SAATHOFF, Don William, S2*
SAMANO, Nuraldo, S2
SAMS, Robert Carol, STM2
SANCHEZ, Alejandro Vallez, S2
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**
SILCOX, Burnice Rufus, S1
SINGERMAN, David, SM3
SMITH, Charles Andy, S1
SMITH, Henry August, F1
SOLOMON, William, Jr., S2
STAUFFER, Edward Henry, 1st LT
STONE, Dale Eugene, S2
STURTEVANT, Elwyn Lee, RM3*
SULLIVAN, William Daniel, PTR2
SUTER, Frank Edward, S1*
TAWATER, Charles Hoyt, F1*
TRIEMER, Ernst August, ENS
TURNER, Charles Morris, S2*
TURNER, William Clifford, MM2
TURNER, William Henry, Jr., ACMM
WALKER, A. W., STM1
WALLACE, John, RDM3
WATERS, Jack Lee, CY
WELLS, Gerald Lloyd, EM3
WILLIAMS, Robert Louis, WO
WILSON, Frank, F2
WILSON, Thomas Beverly, S1
ZOBAL, Francis John, S2
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(*) SURVIVOR
(**) SURVIVED SINKING, BUT DIED SHORTLY AFTER
(***) PASSENGER
(****) KIA DURING KAMIKAZE ATTACK
Highlighted Names: For the highlighted names, we do have a photo available; however, it is either of very low quality or not from the period when the crew member served aboard the USS Indianapolis. We are seeking higher-quality, era-appropriate (military, if possible) photos for these individuals.