The Men of Torpedo Squadron Seventeen (VT-17)
As of September 1944 — updates noted next to entry when known.
Officers
•Lt. Cmdr. William M. Romberger – Coronado, California
•Lt. Cmdr. Thomas C. Durkin – New York, New York
•Lt. Charles D. Livengood – Hardin, Montana
•Lt. James A. Tew – Sanford, Florida
•Lt. Henry E. Clark – Billings, Montana
•Lt. Steven G. Sullivan – Tulare, California
•Lt. Richard C. Reed – Des Moines, Iowa
•Lt. John E. Murphy – Covington, Kentucky
•Lt. (jg) George A. Hill – Concord, Massachusetts
•Lt. (jg) William H. Morrissey – Santa Barbara, California
•Lt. (jg) Arnold C. Traxler – Oakland, California
•Lt. (jg) Harland W. Foote – Ventura, California
•Lt. (jg) Francis M. Smith – Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
•Lt. (jg) Thomas J. Coghlan – Kankakee, Illinois
•Lt. (jg) John S. Cooke – Glen Ridge, New Jersey
•Lt. (jg) Kenneth B. C. McCubbins – Dallas, Oregon
•Lt. (jg) Hugh C. Johnson – Waupaca, Wisconsin
•Lt. (jg) Talmadge Westmoreland – Berkeley, California
•Lt. (jg) James F. Monaghan – Whitestone, Long Island, New York
•Lt. (jg) Walter D. Nielson – Hollywood, California
•Lt. (jg) Jules J. Bundgus – New York, New York
•Lt. (jg) John E. Strickland – Warsaw, North Carolina
•Lt. (jg) Ralph V. Johnson – Benton City, Missouri
•Ensign Joseph Behl – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
•Ensign Harry D. Jones – Carlisle, Pennsylvania (updated 2009)
•Ensign Robert S. Hanlon – Detroit, Michigan
•Ensign Walter F. Nickel – Dinuba, California
•Ensign Harold Rogers – Bonners Ferry, Idaho
•Ensign Fred Tschuden – Saint Louis, Missouri
Transferred
•Lt. John A. Martin – Chicago, Illinois
•Lt. Raymond M. Roland, Jr. – Detriot, Michigan
•Lt. (jg) Ivan R. Beisel – Inglewood, California
Missing
•Ensign William E. Hooton – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Support Crew
•Charles N. Akers, ARM 3/c – Lubbock, Texas
•Vern K. Bell, ACMM – Reno, Nevada
•James H. Berryhill, ARM 1/c – Sheffield, Alabama
•Paul M. Bobbitt, AMM 1/c – Fort Worth, Texas
•Paul Brauch, AOM 1/c – Wichita, Kansas
•Philip S. Brezovsky, AMM 1/c – Chicago, Illinois