Disestablished Pacific Fleet Navy Helicopter Squadrons

The following Commanding Officers’ history listing is for disestablished Navy Helicopter Squadrons of the Pacific Fleet. Names with a ** indicate eventual promotion to Flag Rank.  Names Click link to go to a particular listing:

  HAL-3 | HC-1 | HC-7 | HS-10 | HS-12 | HS-16 | HSC-15 | HSL-31 | HSL-33 | HSL-35 | VC-5 | VXE-6  

 

HAL-3 (sited in Vietnam only)
J.B. Howard MAY 66
R.W. Spencer APR 67
A.H. Munson MAY 68
R. Beckwith APR 69
M.J. Twite APR 70
C.O. Borgstrom MAY 71
W.J. Mulcahy MAY 71
Disestablished 16MAR72
HC-1 (formerly HU-1)
D.A. Wente JUL 65
W.F. Quarg FEB 66
R.N. Kersh JAN 67
P.W. Christon APR 68
J.B. Howard APR 69
R.L. Wheeler APR 70
S.A. Coakley APR 71
A.K. Fieser MAY 72
E.E. Dahill, III JUN 73
W.D. Pocklington JUN 74
H.W. Lineback JUN 75
R. Lazo MAY 76
R.F. Habicht MAY 77
R. Vasquez JUN 78
R.B. Lewis OCT 79
A.J. Billings JAN 81
R.W. Barr MAR 82
W.M. Calhoun SEP 83
J.T. Francel FEB 85
T.W. Waldbeeser AUG 86
H.O. Frankenfield APR 88
L.K. Littleton JUN 89
R.D. Smith MAY 90
M.J. Fitzsimmons MAR 91
J.W. Mullarky SEP 92
Disestablished 29APR94
HC-7
L.L. Parthemer SEP 67
R.N. Hipp SEP 68
D.G. Gregory SEP 69
G.L. Glade SEP 70
J.W. Woolam AUG 71
D.J. McCraken JUL 72
B.C. Lamberth JUL 73
W. Lester JUL 74
Disestablished 30JUN75
HS-10
L.W. Metzger, III JUL 60
L.G. Wade SEP 60
W.L. Bennett, Jr. SEP 61
A.E. Monahan JUL 62
O.R. Toon SEP 62
H.V. Pepper AUG 63
M.R. Starr JAN 65
G.E. Smith DEC 65
D.J. Hayes JUN 66
R.A. Bruning AUG 67
R. Beckwith DEC 67
G.B. Holcomb JAN 69
R.A. Bruning JAN 70
J.M. Purtell JAN 71
C.B. Smiley JAN 72
E.O. Buchanan MAR 73
A.L. Trysgland JUN 74
J.S. Daly JUN 75
** J.J. Higginson JUL 76
N.L. Ruppert MAR 78
D.G. Richmond MAR 79
D.R. Steiner AUG 80
** W.E. Terry NOV 81
R. Grant FEB 83
**J.S. Walker MAY 84
M.A. Thomas JUN 85
J.D. Ellington SEP 86
M.M. Staley JAN 88
M.B. Charley JAN 89
W.D. Young JUL 90
R.B. Ormsbee JUL 91
D.F. Steuer JUL 92
M.T. Fuqua JUL 93
C. Robertson NOV 94
**G.M. Mauer JUN 96
S.C. Linnell APR 98
B.J. McCormack JUN 99
L. Cortellini DEC 00
J.W. Smith JAN 03
B.A. Goodly DEC 04
M.D. Homan MAY 06
M. Horan SEP 07
J.R. Nettleton AUG 08
P.V. Foege DEC 09
W.J. Murphy MAR 11
Disestablished 12JUL12
HS-12
L.C. Kehrli JUL 77
K.S. Hull OCT 78
O.C. Cannon JAN 80
T.J. Clothier JUL 81
J.D. Ellington JUL 82
W.A. Roop JAN 84
J.K. Marshall MAY 85
W.D. Young – NC NOV 86
J.H. Winter APR 88
D. Roulstone JAN 89
T.A. Meyers JAN 91
D.C. Simonds MAY 92
R.A. Bush SEP 93
Disestablished 30OV94
HS-16
T.L. Sandin SEP 86
Disestablished 01JUN88
HSC-15 (formerly HS-15)
HS-15
W.P. Franklin OCT 71
B.F. Doe JUL 72
J.V. Davis JUL 73
K.R. McCarty JUL 74
W.S. Renner JUL 75
D.S. Brown, Jr. JUL 76
G.M. Thompson JUN 77
** A.A. Granuzzo AUG 78
R.R. Hanke JAN 80
W.J. Crossen JAN 81
S.G. Kupka MAR 82
H.G. Fielding JUL 83
C.W. Woomer, III JAN 85
C.L. Addison JUL 86
T.J. Hallihan FEB 88
R.W. Strickler JUN 89
** J.J. Waickwicz SEP 90
D.W. Nelms JAN 92
M.K. Adrick MAR 93
*** K.L. Card SEP 94
S.H. Bayes SEP 95
B.L. Anderson DEC 96
K.B. Lynch MAR 98
G.A. Cox JUN 99
P. Beachy SEP 00
J.M. Slaughter DEC 01
D.R. Swain APR 03
A.A. Butterfield MAY 04
A.F. Trahan JUN 05
T.J. Flannery DEC 06
C.C. Misner MAR 08
L. G. Getz MAY 09
K.M. Kennedy JUN 10
G. Soltero AUG 11
Redesignated HSC-15 01JUL12
G. Soltero JUL 12
M. Newkirk DEC 12
W. Dougherty MAR 14
J.W. Stewart JUN 15
Disestablished
 31MAR17

HSLC-31 (formerly HC-5)
HC-5
C.O. Borgstrom SEP 67
R.L. Helms SEP 68
R.M. Hollingsworth AUG 69
W.N. Elder JUL 70
G.T. Crowell AUG 71
Redesignated HSL-31 01MAR72
G.T. Crowell MAR 72
D.P. Myers JUL 72
W.E. Walker JUL 73
R.L. Barton SEP 74
J.M. Pearien FEB 76
K.R. McCarty JUN 77
B.H. Shoemaker JAN 80
C.W. Oakes MAY 81
R.L. Johnson DEC 83
* K.F. Delaney MAR 85
J.L. Cook MAR 86
M.B. Putnam APR 88
J.R. Brown JUN 89
K.T. Marion FEB 91
Disestablished
 31JUL92

HSL-33
M.A. Belto JUL 73
L.L. Stokes JUL 74
J.R. O’Boyle, Jr. JUL 75
J.H. Mosser OCT 76
C.V. Christensen JAN 78
P.F. Navone APR 79
R.K. Doane OCT 80
T.J. Hayes JAN 82
J.L. Cook JUL 83
S.R. Sautter JAN 85
J.E. Archambo JAN 86
W. Sigler JAN 88
T.L. Freeland JAN 89
** F.R. Ruehe JAN 90
A.W. Gallo JAN 91
M. Critz JAN 92
M.L. Hoyt APR 93
Disestablished 29APR94

HSL-35
J.L. Vannatta JAN 74
C.D. Kraft JAN 75
A.D. Jackmond JAN 76
B.H. Shoemaker JAN 77
D.L. Matthews OCT 78
R.L. Johnson JUL 79
D.A. Stull OCT 80
M.J. Coumatos DEC 81
D.H. Wassamer MAR 83
R.J. Jaeger JUL 84
G.A. Powell JAN 86
R.A. Dryden JUN 87
K.T. Marion OCT 88
R.K. Mayne OCT 89
R.D. Rutter OCT 90
J. Willis OCT 91
Disestablished 04DEC92

VC-5 (formerly VU-5 (15OCT46)
VU-5
F.W. Ackerman AUG 50
L.W. Larson, Jr. NOV 50
R.K. Campbell AUG 52
J.P. Barron AUG 53
B.F. Rowe AUG 54
H.T. Danner APR 56
E.M. Bray JUL 57
A.M. Gill JUL 58
J.R. Shinneman AUG 59
R.J. Nelson APR 60
L. Morris AUG 61
A.J. Pope AUG 62
V.J. Anania SEP 63
M.C. Voves SEP 64
Redesignated VC-5 01JUL65
M.C. Voves JUL 65
E.R. Murray SEP 65
E. Barrineau AUG 66
J.R. Foster AUG 67
F.P. Clark, Jr. DEC 68
G.E. Lawrence, Jr. SEP 69
A.C. Johnson, Jr. SEP 70
J.E. Ostergen AUG 71
J.R. Barlow AUG 72
L.D. Kunkel AUG 73
J.P. O’Leary AUG 74
L.A. Cossairt JUL 75
R.C. Briggs AUG 76
W.E. Nordeen MAR 78
M.R. Boston JUN 79
W.P. Dobbins, Jr. JUL 80
J.R. Paron SEP 81
K.N. Rauch DEC 82
W.S. Robb, Jr. JUN 84
J.F. Ohlinger DEC 85
G.M. Moore JUN 87
S.L. Madey, Jr. DEC 88
J.L. Stine JUN 90
W.S. Shepherd SEP 91
Disestablished
 31AUG92

 

VXE-6 (formerly VX-6)
VX-6
E.M. Ward JAN 55
H.R. Kolp APR 55
G.K. Ebbe JUN 55
E.M. Ward JUN 55
D.L. Cordiner JUL 56
V.J. Coley MAR 57
R.J. Slagle JUL 58
J.M. Barlow MAY 59
W.H. Munson JUL 59
W.D. Greenwell JUN 61
W.H. Everett APR 62
G.R. Kelly APR 63
F.S. Gallup MAY 64
M.E. Morris MAY 65
D. Balish JUN 66
A.F. Schneider APR 67
E.W. Van Reeth JUN 68
Redesignated VXE-6 01JAN69
E.W. Van Reeth JAN 69
J.R. Pilon JUL 69
D.B. Eldridge JUN 70
C.H. Nordhill JUL 71
J.B. Dana JUN 72
V.W. Peters JUN 73
F.C. Holt JUL 74
D.A. Desko DEC 76
J.W. Jeager JUN 77
W.A. Morgan MAY 78
D.A. Sprite MAY 79
V.L. Pesce MAY 80
P.R. Dykeman MAY 81
M.J. Harris MAY 82
M.J. Radigan MAY 83
D.D. Fisher MAY 84
J.D. Derocher MAY 85
J.D. Mazza APR 86
J.B. Rector MAY 87
J.V. Smith MAY 88
K.S. Armstrong MAY 89
S.E. Sebastian MAY 90
W.R. Reeves MAY 91
J.D. Keho MAY 92
M.J. Duvall MAY 93
S. Gardner MAY 94
J.P. Morin MAY 95
W.B. Stedman MAY 96
W.R. Warick JUN 97
D.W. Jackson MAY 98
Disestablished 31MAR99

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