Survivors chapter hit peak in early 1990s
The Lilac City Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association had over 125 members at its height around the 50th anniversary of the 1941 attack. Names came and went as veterans joined, moved to and from the Inland Northwest, and died.
The following is a snapshot of the certified members of the chapter who lived in the Spokane-North Idaho region at the end of 1992, including where they were stationed on Dec. 7, 1941.
James P. Agidius, USS Honolulu
Charles F. Asher, Mobile Unit #2
Ray Aznavoorian, USS Ontario
Stanley D. Bennett, USS Rigel
Leo L. Billings, Navy Yard Mardet
Richard C. Blome, N.A.S. Ford Island
Lewis A. Botzon, Navy Yard Mardet
George W. Brown, Hickam Field
James W. Brown, USS Medusa
Harry F. Bulmer, USS Castor
Clyde Buteau, Hickam Field
Frank A. Cannon, USS Wasmuth
Hugh S. Chambers, USS Conyngham
Hoyt N. Colburn, USS Rigel
L. Earl Colyar, USS Dale
George E. Conniff, USS Nevada
Robert J. Couture, USS Tennessee
James R. Critchett, Ft. Ruger
Raymond C. Daves, Sub Base
Carl Dennis, Schofield Barracks
John R. Dick, USS Pennsylvania
Louie M. Dukich, USS Phoenix
Burt H. Earnest, N.A.S. Kaneohe Bay
Robert G. Ferris, USS Trever
Raymond G. Foland, USS Tennessee
Harry Fries, USS Medusa
Raymond W. Garland, USS Tennessee
Walter J. Gese, Hickam Field
Harvey C. Fattig, N.A.S. Ford Island
Roy Gilbert, USS Medusa
Donald W. Goodbrake, Ft. Armstrong
John H. Goode, USS Medusa
Charles W. Guerin Jr., USS Arizona
Raymond D. Harshman, USS Utah
Roy M. Hayter, USS Honolulu
Herbert S. Heinzman, USS West Virginia
Louis T. Hughes, Hickam Field
Raymond M. Irvin, Ft. Shafter
Lewis B. Johnson, USS Pennsylvania
Harold A. Kern, USS Nevada
Art Koch, VP-14 N.A.S. Kaneohe Bay
Ken C. Kohler, 27th Infantry Schofield Barracks
Stanley J. Kozlowski, USS Oklahoma
Fredric Kucklick, USS Dale
Harold R. Lindstrom, Receiving Station
E. Irvin Lissy, USS West Virginia
Donald G. Lorentz, USS California
Del E. Lutz, Navy Yard Mardet
Dale E. Magnus, USS Cummings
Lawrence P. McGovern, USS California
Alex E. McKenzie, Schofield Barracks
Kenneth C. McMillan, Ft. Kamehameha
Denis A. Mikkelsen, USS West Virginia
Sidney (Scotty) A. Miller, 25th Infantry Schofield Barracks
Lester S. Morgan, Ft. Shafter
Donald H. Murray, 13th F/A Schofield Barracks
Allen W. Nauck, USS Wasmuth
Max A. Nielsen, Schofield Barracks
Homer H. Oaksford, 24th Infantry Schofield Barracks
Thomas N. O’Donnell, USS Oklahoma
Robert A. Ohnemus, USS Grebe
William J. Paulukonis, 3rd Eng. BN Schofield Barracks
Albert C. Peters, Schofield Barracks
Frank W. Petersen, USS Argonne
Willie B. Potwin, USS San Francisco
Ward E. Powell, USS Maryland
James E. Prichard, Hickam Field
William B. Ransom, USS San Francisco
Randolph M. Rhodes, USS Tennessee
F.F. (Rich) Richardson, USS Nevada
John A. Sandell, Hickam Field
Warren Schott, N.A.S. Ford Island
William I. Short, USS St. Louis
Eldon D. Simonson, Sub Base
James E. Sinnott, N.A.S. Ford Island
Robert J. Smith, USS Helena
Donzal M. Smith, 3rd Eng. Bn Schofield Barracks
Jessie Smith, USS Solace
Elmer R. Suddrett, Schofield Barracks
William Sutherland, USS Widgeon
Russell Telecky, USS Nevada
Howard J. Thompson, 2nd Mardiv
Thomas L. Turbak, USS Argonne
Thomas S. Van Fossen, USS California
Partain Wagner, Hickam Field
Kenneth F. Walters, USS Honolulu
Roy H. Weipert, 27th Infantry Schofield Barracks
William R. West, USS New Orleans
Oliver C. Wilson, USS Maryland
Al Wylder, Schofield Barracks