Next of Kin Ceremony
USAFA held a Next of Kin Ceremony on the Terrazzo Friday evening honoring all Cadets, Graduates, and Air Training Officers who have passed from July 1st, 2019-June 30th, 2020.
Next of Kin Memorial Ceremony Sequence of Events
National Anthem
Welcome Remarks by Lt. General Gould, Retired
Roll Call- Each name was read by Squadron
Moment of Silence
Memorial Prayer
Taps and Twenty-One Gun Salute
Air Force Toast
Names of Deceased by Squadron
| Rank | Name | Class | Squadron | Date of Death |
| Lee N. Penniston | 1961 | 1st Squadron | June 29, 2019 | |
| Col (Ret) | Ronald J. Weeden | 1961 | 1st Squadron | December 2, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Michael T. Reich | 1971 | 1st Squadron | January 26, 2020 |
| Capt | Tranay L. Tanner | 2012 | 2nd Squadron | August 17, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Philip R. Smothermon | 1959 | 2nd Squadron | August 16, 2019 |
| Maj (Ret) | Richard H. Smith | 1968 | 2nd Squadron | October 10, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Stephen W. Tibbitts | 1975 | 2nd Squadron | October 3, 2019 |
| Capt (Ret) | Christopher R. Kopf | 1966 | 2nd Squadron | November 20, 2019 |
| Maj (Ret) | John H. Miltner | 1959 | 2nd Squadron | June 1, 2019 |
| Maj Gen (Ret) | Lawrence E. Day | 1963 | 3rd Squadron | July 17, 2019 |
| Lewis G. Benham | 1965 | 3rd Squadron | October 19, 2019 | |
| David R. Senechek | 1979 | 3rd Squadron | November 24, 2015 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | James P. Hogarty | 1967 | 3rd Squadron | October 19, 2019 |
| Col (Ret) | Thomas Arko | 1981 | 3rd Squadron | June 15, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Harold G. Keck | 1962 | 3rd Squadron | May 4, 2020 |
| David H. Rawlins | 1965 | 4th Squadron | November 28, 2019 | |
| Capt | James L. Spidel | 2011 | 4th Squadron | May 18, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | John W. Heide | 1963 | 4th Squadron | June 2, 2020 |
| Thomas C. Syrotchen, Jr. | 1995 | 5th Squadron | July 20, 2019 | |
| 2nd Lt | Travis B. Wilkie | 2018 | 5th Squadron | November 21, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | John J. Evans | 1978 | 5th Squadron | December 1, 2019 |
| James C. Vance | 1959 | 5th Squadron | January 18, 2020 | |
| Maj (Ret) | Thomas J. Jozwiak | 1959 | 5th Squadron | March 3, 2020 |
| Col (Ret) | James R. Blackwell | 1959 | 5th Squadron | April 25, 2020 |
| William H. Gold | 1959 | 5th Squadron | May 19, 2020 | |
| Col (Ret) | Edward S. Tooley | 1966 | 5th Squadron | April 28, 2020 |
| Charles S. Rodgers | 1959 | 5th Squadron | May 6, 2020 | |
| Col (Ret) | Steven K. Weart | 1979 | 5th Squadron | June 23, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Roy R. Kilgore | 1965 | 6th Squadron | August 15, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Andre J. Kevork | 1978 | 6th Squadron | May 17, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Richard L. Nash | 1971 | 6th Squadron | May 17, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | James C. Welch | 1959 | 7th Squadron | March 22, 2020 |
| C1C | William L "Billy" Gorczynski | 2020 | 7th Squadron | March 28, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Harry G. Paddon, III | 1962 | 8th Squadron | June 27, 2019 |
| James L. Scrabeck | 1971 | 8th Squadron | July 21, 2019 | |
| Col (Ret) | Robert K. Selke | 1967 | 8th Squadron | September 27, 2019 |
| Col (Ret) | Royce G. Wooddell | 1967 | 8th Squadron | November 16, 2019 |
| Robert L. McDonough | 1962 | 8th Squadron | February 1, 2020 | |
| C1C | Joseph E. Thornton | 2020 | 8th Squadron | March 26, 2020 |
| Lt Col | Matthew P. Platt | 2003 | 9th Squadron | November 24, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | John E. Murray | 1964 | 9th Squadron | May 15, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Roger L. Counts | 1959 | 9th Squadron | June 15, 2020 |
| Maj (Ret) | Bernard W. Johnston | 1962 | 10th Squadron | October 6, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Glenn C. Stow | 1977 | 11th Squadron | August 14, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Gilbert J. Achter | 1964 | 11th Squadron | September 24, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Geoffrey R. Hamlin | 1969 | 11th Squadron | November 28, 2019 |
| Col (Ret) | Ross A. Miles | 1974 | 11th Squadron | January 13, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Richard M. Coppock | 1961 | 11th Squadron | February 4, 2020 |
| Bruce S. "Bob" Marks | 1968 | 11th Squadron | March 21, 2020 | |
| Maj (Ret) | Raymond R. Honaker | 1969 | 11th Squadron | November 19, 2019 |
| Steven J. Savonen | 1963 | 11th Squadron | May 1, 2020 | |
| Brendan P. Mikus | 1988 | 12th Squadron | November 8, 2018 | |
| Darrell G. Mastin | 1976 | 12th Squadron | September 18, 2019 | |
| Col (Ret) | Jerome W. "Jerry" Burg | 1972 | 12th Squadron | January 7, 2020 |
| Gary W. Cox | 1975 | 12th Squadron | February 12, 2020 | |
| Don A. Keener | 1978 | 12th Squadron | December 5, 2019 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Harrison E. "Pete" King | 1960 | 12th Squadron | June 22, 2020 |
| Jesse B. Ashe, III | 1986 | 13th Squadron | October 13, 2019 | |
| Steven R. Sicher | 1989 | 13th Squadron | November 5, 2019 | |
| Col (Ret) | Gary C. Ryser | 1964 | 14th Squadron | October 8, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Dean H. Haylett | 1973 | 14th Squadron | December 28, 2019 |
| Maj (Ret) | James W. Clark, Jr. | 1960 | 14th Squadron | January 13, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Athos E. Guillot | 1960 | 14th Squadron | May 15, 2020 |
| Shelly A. (Gwillim) Allen | 1986 | 15th Squadron | June 27, 2019 | |
| Capt (Ret) | Willard T. Burney | 1965 | 15th Squadron | November 8, 2019 |
| Donald R. Vaughan | 1966 | 15th Squadron | November 12, 2019 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | John L. Boles, Jr. | 1964 | 15th Squadron | December 31, 2019 |
| George J. "Skip" Pepe | 1971 | 15th Squadron | April 17, 2020 | |
| William F. Brown | 1968 | 16th Squadron | July 12, 2019 | |
| Patrick R. Flanagan | 1976 | 16th Squadron | September 2, 2019 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Charles R. Waterman, Jr. | 1960 | 16th Squadron | November 6, 2019 |
| Col (Ret) | Dwight E. Clark | 1969 | 16th Squadron | April 7, 2020 |
| Col (Ret) | Robert G. Lambert | 1965 | 16th Squadron | May 15, 2020 |
| Obbie T. Atkinson | 1967 | 17th Squadron | June 30, 2019 | |
| Col (Ret) | Joseph J.Cox | 1963 | 17th Squadron | September 2, 2019 |
| James T. Dolan | 1976 | 17th Squadron | October 6, 2019 | |
| Col (Ret) | Rodney A. Wells | 1964 | 17th Squadron | October 22, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Errol G. Reiner | 1965 | 17th Squadron | February 1, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Douglas A. McCarty | 1985 | 17th Squadron | May 4, 2020 |
| Col (Ret) | David I. Davoren | 1963 | 17th Squadron | June 5, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Edward Berberek, Jr. | 1965 | 18th Squadron | July 11, 2019 |
| Wylie C. Hendrickson | 1967 | 18th Squadron | July 23, 2019 | |
| Maj Gen (Ret) | Richard D. Smith | 1961 | 18th Squadron | November 28, 2019 |
| David A. Imler | 1967 | 18th Squadron | January 6, 2020 | |
| Col (Ret) | James D. "Doug" Marlowe | 1977 | 18th Squadron | April 3, 2020 |
| Maj (Ret) | Robert M Gray | 1976 | 18th Squadron | April 4, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Peter T. McInerney, Jr. | 1965 | 18th Squadron | May 24, 2020 |
| Col | Ronald E. "Erick" Gilbert | 1998 | 19th Squadron | January 3, 2020 |
| Lt Col | Michael Morales | 1999 | 19th Squadron | May 8, 2020 |
| Brendan A. Hanniffy | 1965 | 20th Squadron | August 2, 2019 | |
| Maj (Ret) | Gary R. Rockefeller | 1966 | 20th Squadron | July 31, 2018 |
| John J. Rankin | 1970 | 20th Squadron | March 5, 2020 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Paul R. Stephen | 1961 | 20th Squadron | March 12, 2020 |
| Dennis D. Dillon | 1961 | 20th Squadron | April 23, 2020 | |
| Maj Gen (Ret) | Lee A. Downer | 1964 | 21st Squadron | July 21, 2019 |
| Anthony H. Taylor | 1964 | 21st Squadron | August 7, 2019 | |
| Lt Col (USAFR) | Mark J. Smith | 1995 | 21st Squadron | August 7, 2019 |
| Col (Ret) | Robert L. Rhame | 1966 | 21st Squadron | March 24, 2020 |
| Joseph E. Wade | 1970 | 21st Squadron | April 26, 2020 | |
| Eldon R. Lindstrom | 1974 | 22nd Squadron | July 8, 2019 | |
| Stanley H. Burgess, II | 1968 | 22nd Squadron | July 10, 2019 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Eduardo C. Meidunas | 1996 | 22nd Squadron | September 14, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Carl J. “Chuck” Vogel | 1966 | 22nd Squadron | October 19, 2019 |
| Christopher S. Simpson | 1987 | 22nd Squadron | December 16, 2019 | |
| Maj | Robert M. Whitney | 2008 | 22nd Squadron | January 8, 2020 |
| Maj Gen (Ret) | George W. Larson Jr. | 1962 | 23rd Squadron | November 13, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Dustin H. Swanson, Jr. | 1970 | 25th Squadron | November 16, 2019 |
| James M. Cupello | 1968 | 25th Squadron | January 20, 2020 | |
| Scott D. Allan | 1979 | 25th Squadron | May 5, 2020 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | John W. Self-Medlin | 1971 | 26th Squadron | October 13, 2019 |
| David B. Hood | 1979 | 26th Squadron | July 13, 2016 | |
| Col (Ret) | Christopher G. Scharenbrock | 1988 | 26th Squadron | November 4, 2019 |
| Jon E. Wroblewski | 1971 | 26th Squadron | March 18, 2020 | |
| Tam P. Pho | 1987 | 26th Squadron | June 8, 2020 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Eric J. Kleiner | 1969 | 27th Squadron | August 5, 2019 |
| Col (Ret) | James A. Drake | 1977 | 27th Squadron | December 9, 2019 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Peter J. Cohen | 1992 | 27th Squadron | June 3, 2020 |
| Col (Ret) | John D. Jogerst | 1979 | 28th Squadron | April 11, 2019 |
| Gary A. Held | 1975 | 28th Squadron | January 3, 2020 | |
| Patrick G. Rooney | 1972 | 28th Squadron | April 19, 2020 | |
| Capt | Ryan S. Gipson | 2010 | 29th Squadron | December 20, 2019 |
| Maj (Ret) | Thomas E. Kana | 1978 | 29th Squadron | March 27, 2020 |
| Col | Thomas G. Falzarano | 1994 | 29th Squadron | May 12, 2020 |
| Richard B. Doyle | 1969 | 30th Squadron | November 7, 2019 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Michael D. Kaufman | 1973 | 30th Squadron | May 11, 2020 |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Kevin M. Keith | 1991 | 31st Squadron | July 12, 2019 |
| Maj | Matthew J. Berszoner | 2007 | 31st Squadron | September 16, 2019 |
| Maj (Ret) | Roderick M. Williams | 1976 | 31st Squadron | August 1, 2019 |
| Maj (Ret) | Walter F. Hern | 1977 | 32nd Squadron | August 22, 2019 |
| Capt | Andrew J. Ciechomski | 2014 | 32nd Squadron | November 13, 2019 |
| Ronald Vickroy | 1971 | 32nd Squadron | December 22, 2019 | |
| 1st Lt | Kenneth G. "Kage" Allen | 2017 | 34th Squadron | June 15, 2020 |
| 2nd Lt | Vito Antonio H. Valenzuela | 2019 | 38th Squadron | October 4, 2019 |
| Gary R. Matson | 1975 | 38th Squadron | December 20, 2019 | |
| Col (Ret) | John L. Bush | 1972 | 39th Squadron | February 24, 2020 |
| Paul A. Emanuel | 1974 | 40th Squadron | July 22, 2019 | |
| Nicholas W. Fenney | ATO | July 29, 2019 | ||
| Lt Col (Ret) | William T. Adams | ATO | August 24, 2019 | |
| Lt Col (Ret) | Charles F. Emmons | ATO | September 23, 2019 | |
| Frank S. Wilkerson | ATO | April 27, 2019 | ||
| Col (Ret) | Susan M. Wright | ATO | January 4, 2020 | |
| Col (Ret) | William A. Fredlund | ATO | October 21, 2019 | |
| Kimbrough S. Bassett | ATO | October 7, 2019 | ||
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