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CAPT Duane D Kalember USNR 1958-1965
Kalember
Nickname: Kal
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1959
Pre-Flight: Navcad 01-58
Wings Year: 1959
Active Years: 1958-1965
Reserve Years: 1965-1072
Spouse: Martha Rose
Last Address: MI
Assignments:
Highlights:
After leaving active service with 2 unofficial tours to VN flying Skyraiders,
than advanced Jet Fight instructor, went to Delta Airlines and retired Feb 97.
Currently fly a restored T-28C for fun
— Kal Kalember, August 26,
2007
LT Gary J Kapphahn USNR 1958
Kapphahn
Nickname: Cyclops
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1960
Pre-Flight: Navcad 38-58
Wings Year: 1960
Active Years: 1958
Reserve Years: 1967
Spouse:
Last Address: WA
Assignments:
VA-44
VA-56
Highlights:
— Cyclops Kapphahn, September 27,
2007
CAPT Robert C Kaup USN 1956-1989
Kaup
Nickname: Rollo
Branch: USN
Commission Year: 1959
Pre-Flight: Navcad 30-57
Wings Year: 1959
Active Years: 1956-1989
Reserve Years:
Spouse:
Last Address:
Assignments:
FCDNA
NWEF
COMLATWINGPAC
VA-195
VA-155
VA-125
USS Hancock
OPNAV
VA-144
VA-192
Highlights:
— Rollo Kaup, October 16,
2007
LT Jerrold W Kavanaugh USN 1955-1959
Kavanaugh
Nickname: Jerrold
Branch: USN
Commission Year: 1956
Pre-Flight: OI 19-56
Wings Year: 1957
Active Years: 1955-1959
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Kim
Last Address: GA
Assignments:
VAHM-13
Highlights:
— Jerrold Kavanaugh, Feb 12,
2008
LCDR William W Kazee USNR 1961-1966
Kazee
Nickname: Bill
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1962
Pre-Flight: AOC 43-61
Wings Year: 1962
Active Years: 1961-1966
Reserve Years: 1967-1974
Spouse: Danielle
Last Address: CA
Assignments:
Highlights:
Flew Navy. Did not like Viet Nam.
— Bill Kazee, August 28,
2007
CDR Mark J Keaney USN 1954-1977
Keaney
Nickname: Mark
Branch: USN
Commission Year: 1955
Pre-Flight: Navcad 30-54
Wings Year: 1956
Active Years: 1954-1977
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Johann
Last Address: FL
Assignments:
VP-40
VT-2
CVS Hornet
VP-17
Monterey
Pengagon
CNTECTRA MFS
CINCUSNAVEUR
Highlights:
— Mark Keaney, September 24,
2007
LT Martin Kee USNR 1959-1964
Kee
Nickname: Marty
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1961
Pre-Flight: Navcad 46-59
Wings Year: 1961
Active Years: 1959-1964
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Barbara
Last Address: CA
Assignments:
VAW-11 61-64
Highlights:
missed double centurian on the Hornet by one trap
— Marty Kee, August 30,
2007
COL Gerald J Keller USMC 1986-
Keller
Nickname: Gerry
Branch: USMC
Commission Year: 1962
Pre-Flight: OI 00-64
Wings Year: 1965
Active Years: 1986-
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Sharon
Last Address: VA
Assignments:
VMA-324 66-67
Chu Lai 67-68
Kingsville
VMA-223
Highlights:
univ of pa nrotc plt ldr 1/4 62-63 vma 324 med cruise 66-67 chu lai rvn 67-68
instr kingsville xo vma 223 co vma 223 g-3 fmflant
— ,
LCDR Thomas A Kenney USNR 1961-1967
Kenney
Nickname: Tom
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1962
Pre-Flight: Navcad 38-61
Wings Year: 1962
Active Years: 1961-1967
Reserve Years: 1967-1971
Spouse: Rini
Last Address: FL
Assignments:
Highlights:
COD pilot, TWA for 27 years, Tower Air 5 years retired and happy living in Bali
Indonesia and my cottage in Nova Scotia, Canada
— Tom Kenney, August 27,
2007
CAPT Robert L Kiem USN 1963-1993
Kiem
Nickname: Bob
Branch: USN
Commission Year: 1963
Pre-Flight: AOC 03-63
Wings Year: 1964
Active Years: 1963-1993
Reserve Years: 6
Spouse: Annie
Last Address: FL
Assignments:
VA-12
CAG-8
VT-25
VA-82
VA-72
VA-174
USS Guam
USSPeleliu
CINCPAC Staff
COS CNATRA
Highlights:
A-4s VA12,VA-44,CAG-8,CO VT-25. A-7s VA-82, CO VA-72, CO VA-174. CO USS GUAM, CO
USS Peleliu, CINCPAC Staff, COS CNATRA, Retires 1 July 1993.
— Bob Kiem, August 26,
2007
CAPT Charles H Kinney USN 1955-1986
Kinney
Nickname: Herb
Branch: USN
Commission Year: 1956
Pre-Flight: Navcad 12-55
Wings Year: 1956
Active Years: 1955-1986
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Judy
Last Address: VA
Assignments:
VA-83
VA-43
VA-75
VA-176
VA-42
VA-52
USS Cleveland
USS Coral Sea
USS Kitty Hawk
USS Essex
Highlights:
— Herb Kinney, October 11,
2007
CAPT Terence G Klingele USMC 1958-1964
Klingele
Nickname: Topgun
Branch: USMC
Commission Year: 1960
Pre-Flight: Navcad 41-58
Wings Year: 1960
Active Years: 1958-1964
Reserve Years: 1964-1966
Spouse: Enid (Deceased)
Last Address: IL
Assignments:
VMF-513 1960
VMT-2 63-64
Highlights:
VMF 513 F4D 1960 1962,VMT 2 TF9 1963 1964. UC Berkeley 1965 1966, UCSF Med
School 1966 1970, UCSF Ophth res 1970 1974, Pvt practice Ophthalmology 1974 to
present. Pvt pilot C180 S2E Mig 15 Mig17 Mig21 F86F
— ,
CDR Dale R Klugman USNR 1955-1975
Klugman
Nickname: Dale
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1955
Pre-Flight: OI
Wings Year: 1955
Active Years: 1955-1975
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Natalia
Last Address: CA
Assignments:
Highlights:
— Dale Klugman, July 22,
2007
CAPT Charles F Klusmann USNR 1954-1982
Klusmann
Nickname: Chuck
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1955
Pre-Flight: Navcad 13-54
Wings Year: 1955
Active Years: 1954-1982
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Ellen
Last Address: FL
Assignments:
War College
NavPGS
Highlights:
1st tour in Spads, switched to jets in Training Command. F9F-5, 8, F11, F8, F4,
other stuff. Squadron tours in F8's and F4's. Shipboard tour as Cat officer,
later as Air Boss and XO. Mostly West coast. War College, and PGS Monterey. It
was a great life.
— Chuck Klusmann, August 26,
2007
LCDR Ron Knott USNR 1960-1967
Knott
Nickname: Astroknott
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1961
Pre-Flight: AOC 10-60
Wings Year: 1961
Active Years: 1960-1967
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Sharon
Last Address: TX
Assignments:
Highlights:
— Astroknott Knott, July 24,
2007
CAPT Eric Krask USMCR 1956-1960
Krask
Nickname: Eric
Branch: USMCR
Commission Year: 1957
Pre-Flight: Navcad 23-56
Wings Year: 1957
Active Years: 1956-1960
Reserve Years: 1960-1965
Spouse: Eric
Last Address: OR
Assignments:
VMF-235
MCAS Beaufort
Gitmo
MAG-32
USS Indepencenc
MCAS Yuma
NAS Las Alamito
NAS Atlanta
Highlights:
Did not crash and burn. (although I tried.)
— Eric Krask, October 23,
2007
CAPT Arthur D Krause USMCR 1957-1962
Krause
Nickname: Art
Branch: USMCR
Commission Year: 1959
Pre-Flight: Navcad 42-57
Wings Year: 1959
Active Years: 1957-1962
Reserve Years: 1962-1967
Spouse: Joyce
Last Address: GA
Assignments:
VMF312
Beaufort
Highlights:
: No RAG training, direct from Beeville to VMF312 Beaufort SC. 1st fam hop in F8U
with 325 total hours....Had vultures row packed,"lets see now-where are the
flaps? Quite a change from the F9.
— Art Krause, August 28,
2007
CAPT Randall D Krekeler Sr USMCR 1968-1980
Krekeler
Nickname: Randy
Branch: USMCR
Commission Year: 1968
Pre-Flight: AOC 00-68
Wings Year: 1969
Active Years: 1968-1980
Reserve Years: 1981-2005
Spouse: Sandra
Last Address: CA
Assignments:
HMM-161
HMM-164
HMT-302
HMM-363
VMGR-152
VMGR-252
VMGR-352
MCAS (H) Tustin
MCAS El Toro
Vietnam
Highlights:
Joined the Marine Corps as an AOC. After completion of AOC I was the second
group of Marines to attend the US Army pre-flight training program at Fort Worth,
Texas and then on the the primary course at Fort Hunter/Strewart, Georgia where I
received Army Aviator Wings. I then was assigned to my first Marine Squadron
HMT-301 MCAS (H) Tustin, CA received Naval Wings May 1969. Vietnam 69/70. I
received DFC mission 17 May 1970.
— Randy Krekeler, November 12,
2007
LCOL Ronald Kron USMC 1951-1972
Kron
Nickname: Nork
Branch: USMC
Commission Year: 1953
Pre-Flight: Navcad 23-52
Wings Year: 1953
Active Years: 1951-1972
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Arlene
Last Address: CA
Assignments:
VMF-312
VMF-314
VMF-232
VMF334
VMF451
VT-22
VMFA-531
VMFA-314
VMFAT-101
HQMC
Highlights:
Enlisted 1951. Pensacola 1953. TRANSPAC w/ 451 in 1962. Stood up VMFAT-101 as
first CO. Retired at HQMC 1972.
— ,
LT Elton B Krueger USNR 1955-1960
Krueger
Nickname: Elton
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1956
Pre-Flight: Navcad 19-55
Wings Year: 1956
Active Years: 1955-1960
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Pat
Last Address:
Assignments:
VF-213
USS Lexington
Highlights:
Advanced training at Kingsville, then assigned to VF-213 at Moffet Field. WestPac
tour on Lexington. Released in 1959. Worked for Westinghouse on Polaris Missile
Launchers; then GE and NASA at Houston and Cape Canaveral on Apollo Lunar Landing
program. 1971-78 at Bettis Atomic Power Lab with Adm. Hyman G. Rickover's
program. 1978-92 at FMC Corp. in San Jose, CA building armored track vehicles.
Establiched CIM Systemd de Mexico, S.A. in Monterrey, Mexico. Returned to San
Jose in 1995. President and CEO of "Joint Energy Reaction Company. Now doing
research on energy for flying saucers.
— Elton Krueger, August 10,
2007
CAPT Fred E Kruger USNR 1964-1970
Kruger
Nickname: Fred
Branch: USNR
Commission Year: 1965
Pre-Flight: AOC 40-64
Wings Year: 1966
Active Years: 1964-1970
Reserve Years: 1970-1992
Spouse: Ruth
Last Address: WI
Assignments:
VF-124 RAG
VF-24
Vietnam (2)
Detroit
Minneapolis
Highlights:
5+ years active. Training command, VF124 RAG, VF24 two tours Vietnam, Reserves:
Detroit, Mich and Minneapolis. Two large 200+ commands at Minneapolis (Pt Mugu,
Keflivik) Retired as CAPT.
Civil career flew as Conservation Pilot, WI Dept Natural Resources
— Fred Kruger, August 26,
2007
CAPT John G Kuchinski USN 1964-1995
Kuchinski
Nickname: Kuch
Branch: USN
Commission Year: 1966
Pre-Flight: Navcad 39-64
Wings Year: 1966
Active Years: 1964-1995
Reserve Years:
Spouse: Sheila
Last Address: IA
Assignments:
Vietnam 67-68
VA-94
Highlights:
Vietnam 1967-68 VA-94. Mostly flew Single Seat Jet, A-4; A-7; RF-8G. Training
CMD Instructor F-9; T-2; TA-4.
— Kuch Kuchinski, August 26,
2007
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