Acknowledgements:
Thanks to CNN.com online
news.
This web page would not
have been
possible, as shown,
without the use of their
pictures
of the deceased sailors
This memorial is
dedicated
to the
brave officers and
sailors
of
USS COLE DDG-67
Time: 11:18 a.m.
Date:
12 October 2000
Place: Aden, Yemen
When two suicide
terrorist bombers
hit with deadly force.
.
.
"The Price For
Freedom"
.
The need to
know is
fine
unless it cost
the lives of
our
military
personnel.
The ship was saved
by
the gallant
crew.
Preparing for her
trip
home being
loaded on the rescue ship.
Being loaded on
the
rescue
ship #1
Being loaded on the
rescue
ship
#2
Loaded on the rescue
ship #3
.
The naval censor
stamp
above was
used during World War II.
It was used to
protect
information
from falling into the hands
of wrong people (or
enemy).
It
is to bad they stopped using it.
The picture above
would be
shown
as it appears
or there would no
picture
shown.
39 injured
shipmates
.
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17
killed
shipmates
listed in
alphabetical
order
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 Kenneth
Eugene Clodfelter, 21
Hull Maintenance Technician
3rd
Class
Mechanicsville, Virginia
Widow and 1 child age 2
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Richard
Costelow, 35
Electronics Technician Chief
Morrisville, Pennsylvania
Widow and 3 children
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Lakeina
Monique Francis, 19
Mess Management Specialist
Seaman
Woodleaf, North Carolina
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Tim Lee Gauna, 21
Information Systems
Technician
Seaman
Rice, Texas
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Cherone
Louis Gunn, 22
Signalman Seaman
Recruit
Rex, Georgia
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James Rodrick McDaniels, 19
Seaman
Norfolk, Virginia
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Marc Ian Nieto, 24
Engineman 2nd Class
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
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Ronald
Scott Owens, 24
Electronics Warfare
Technician 3rd
Class
Vero Beach, Florida
Widow, Jaime, and 1 child 4
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Lakiba
Nicole Palmer, 22
Seaman Recruit
San Diego, California
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Joshua Langdon Parlett, 19
Engineman Fireman
Churchville, Maryland
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Patrick
Howard Roy, 19
Fireman Apprentice
Keedysville, Maryland
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Kevin Shawn Rux, 30
Electronics Warfare
Technician 2nd
Class
Portland, North Dakota
Widow
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Ronchester Santiago, 22
Mess Management Specialist
3rd
Class
Kingsville, Texas
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Timothy
Lamont Saunders, 32
Operations Specialist 2nd
Class
Ringgold, Virginia
2 children ages 7 & 10
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Gary Graham Swenchonis Jr, 26
Fireman
Rockport, Texas
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Andrew
Triplett, 30
Ensign
Macon, Mississippi
Widow, Laurie, and 2 children
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Craig
Bryan Wibberley, 19
Seaman Apprentice
Williamsport, Maryland
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...Requiescat
in pace!...
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May
they rest
in peace!
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To all the
family
members,
especially the
children,
please accept
our
prayers
and condolences.
.
Our country
will
always remember
the sacrifice
they
made for
freedom.
.
FROM THE OFFICERS AND
CREWS
OF
.
USS OAKLAND
CL/CLAA-95
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USS LEONARD F.
MASON
DD-852
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Webmaster's plea
Please help all
nine
children
and the widows.
.
.Anyone
interested in making a
donation should
make
checks
payable to
Navy-Marine Corps
Relief
Society,
or simply NMCRS,
and
include
"For USS COLE"
in the lower left
corner
of
the check.
Mail
all donations to:
Navy-Marine Corps
Relief
Society
801 North Randolph
Street, Suite
1228
Arlington, VA
22203-1978
.
 Memorial
website..............
Oakland
website................
Leonard
F. Mason website
This Web Page was
created
by and
is maintained by Paul
D.
Henriott
Last updated 25
March
2006
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