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