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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Next of Kin Ceremony