CHAPLAINS KNOWN TO HAVE SERVED WITH THE COAST GUARD DURING WORLD 

WAR II, 1993 Edition

Abernathy, George R. (SB)-Sec CG Office, Cape Cod, MA

Artz, Harold E. (L)-CG TraSta, Atlantic City, NJ

Bagley, Roy I. (METH)-CG Bks, Alameda, CA

Bailey, Scott F. (PE)-USCGA, New London

Bennett, Erwin D. (METH)-CG Bks, Norfork, VA

Benton, Charles R. (METH)-DCGO 12th ND

Best, Earl V. (METH)-DCGO 12th ND

Billy, “J” Albert (L)-DCGO 8th ND

Blackstone, James H., Jr. (P/USA)-DCGO 12th ND

Boland, Francis J. (RC)-CG, Curtis Bay, MD

Booth, Morton L. (P/USA)-CG PSC, Detroit, MI

Bowling, Herely C., Jr. (METH)-DCGC, San Juan, PR

Brannon, Robert B. (P/US)-CGTS, Groton, CT

Brenneman, Marshall E. (LUTH)-CG Trng Sta, Palm Beach, FL

Brewer, Scott T. (P/USA)-DCGO 3rd ND

Bridges, Ralph A. (PE)-CG Operation Base, Mobile, AL

Brown, Alfred M. (METH)-CG PSC, San Francisco, CA

Brown, Philip M. (PE)-CG TraSta, Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD

Bruland, Clifton L. (L)-DCGO, 12th ND

Burt, John H. (PE)-CG TraSta, Atlantic City, NJ

Busby, Austin J. (RC)-CG Air Sta, Elizabeth City, NC

Byrne, William L. (RC)-DCGO, 3rd ND

Cherniak, Solomon “E” (J)-CG TraSta, Brooklyn, NY

Colyer, Clifford H. (METH)-DCGO, 12th ND

Conway, Michael J. (RC)-DCGO, 1st ND

Cooke, Francis T. (CONG)-CG Bks, (WR), Washington, DC

Cooley, Charles R. (CONG)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

Cragen, Damian B. (RC)-CG TraSta, Curtis Bay, MD

Crandall, Joseph M. (BAP-N)-CG TraSta, Curtis Bay, MD

Cullinan, James J. (RC)-DCGO, 12th ND

Current, Robert W. (METH)-DCGO, 6th ND

Dallmann, Bertram H. (L)-CG TraSta, Curtis Bay, MD

Davies, Thomas C. (P/USA)-CG TraSta Manhattan Beach, NY

Davison, Clarence E. (P/USA)-CG Bks, Tampa, FL, DCGO, 17th ND

Dekker, Harold (CHR. REF)-CG Bks, Baltimore, MD

Demers, Arthur J. (RC)-CG TraSta, Groton, CT

Devereaux, Charles P. (BAP-N)-CG, PSC, Long Beach, CA

Dierks, William T. (L)-CG Bks, Jersey City, NJ

Ditmer, Merlin A. Jr. (P/USA)-CG, PSC, Brooklyn, NY

Doran, William R. (RC)-DDCGO, 13th ND

Drew, Monroe, Fr. (P/USA)-CG Bks, Washington, DC

Drummy, Clair C. (RC)-DCGO, 1st ND

Dunleavy, Thomas P. (RC)-CG TraSta, Groton, CT
Dunn, Will-Mathis (METH)-CG Base, Alameda, CA

Durishin, John F. (R)-CG Air Sta, Elizabeth City, NC

Ellingson, Richard H. (L)-CG Sec Office, Portland, OR

Ellioti, Arthur R. (RC)-DCGO, 12th ND

Ellison, Addison D., Jr. (P/US)-CG Operating Base, Rockland, ME

Estill, Allen S. (DISC)-DCGO, 8th ND

Farrell, Chauncey V. (P/US)-CG TraSta, Groton, CT

Fleming, Samuel C. W. (PE)-DCGO, 3rd ND

Frawley, William F. R. (RC)-DCGO, 1st ND

Frazier, Charles C. (L)-CG Group Office, Alameda, CA

Frieberg, Arthur M. (L)-DCGO, 11th ND

Friedrich, Gerhard W. (BAP-N)-DCGO, 12th ND

Gearan, Jeremiah F. (RC)-CG RecSta, San Francisco, CA

Gilmer, Graham (P/US)-CG Yard, Curtis Bay, MD

Griffith, David J. (P/USA)-DCGO, Cleveland, OH

Griswold, Hurlbut A. (PE)-Bks, Lake Pontchartrain, LA

Griswold, Walter H. (DISC)-USCG, Cleveland, OH

Haggard, Gerstle M. (METH)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

Hannon, Stephen V. (RC)-CG Yard, Curtis Bay, MD

Harden, Jesse D. (DISC)-CG RecSta, Ellis Island, NY

Harp, Edward B., Jr., (REF)-USCGA, New London, CT

Heitman, George J. (L)-CG Bks, Jersey City, NY

Henck, Louis W. (METH)-DCGO, 12th ND

Hilberry, Howard J. (METH)-CG TraSta

Hobkirk, Walter R. (P/USA)-CG, St. George, Staten Island, NY

Hodgkins, Henry B. (PE)-USCGA, New London, CT

Hoglan, George W. (P/USA)-DCGO, 14th ND CG PSC, #4

Holiday, Samuel P. (PE)-DCGO, 4th ND CG, PSC, NY

Holland, Charles F. (L)-DCGO, 7th ND

Holmberg, Leonard W. (L)-DCGO, 13th ND

Houpt, Oscar W. (L)-CG , PSC, Brooklyn, NY

Howard, Edwin R. (CONG)-CG Bks, Galveston, TX

Howe, Gaylor L. (METH)-CG Patrol Base, Wilmington, CA

Iley, Charles H. (METH)-CG TraSta, Palm Beach, FL

Insko, Myron C. (METH)-CG Sta Atlantic City, NJ

Jacobson, Erling R. (L)-DCGO, 12th ND

Janes, Budde F. (P/USA)-CG TraSta, St. Augustine, FL

Johnson, Leonard K. (L)-DCGO, Boston, MA, CG Sec Ofc, Buzzards Bay, MA

Jones, Vernon L.S. (PE)-CG TraSta, Atlantic City, NJ

Jordan, Daniel M. (METH)-DCGO 14th ND

Keller, Gustave P. (METH)-CG Sec Ofc, Long Island, NY

Kellison, John M. (P/USA)-CG Group, Davis Island, Tampa, FL

Kelly, James J. (RC)-CG Section Office, Long Island, NY

Kelly, Thomas J. (RC)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

Kerstetter, Ralph L. (L)-CG Yard, Curtis Bay, MD

Keul, Richard J. (RC)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY, CG, E. Moriches, NY
Kleis, Sander J. (METH)-CG, Atlantic City, NJ

Kleman, Sylvester H. (RC)-DCGO, Long Beach, CA

Lambe, John J. (RC)-DCGO, NY

Lancey, William L. (METH)-DCGO, 8th ND

Larkin, John C. (RC)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

Lavery, Vincent B. (RC)-DCGO, Boston, MA

Legg, Donald O. (DISC)-CG, PSC, Detroit, MI

Lewis, James W. (L)-DCGO, 1st ND

Lewis, Marcus S. (L)-DCGO, 4th ND

Lokensgard, Fritjof T. (L)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

Luke, Thomas J. (METH)-CG, PSC Detroit, MI

Lund, Earl J. (L)-CG Bks, Mobile, AL

MacInnes, Michael J. H. (RC)-CG Sta, Sandy Hook, NJ

MacKenzie, Donald N. (BAP-N)-CG, PSC. Portsmouth, VA

Maher, Thomas F. (RC)-DCGO, 1st ND

Maxwell, Henry F. (CONG)-CG Bks, Galveston, TX

McCabe, William J. (RC)-CG PSC, NY

McClelland, James G. (UPRES)-DCGO, Long Beach, CA

McConnell, Russell H. (CONG-CHRIS)-CG, PSC, New Orleans, LA

McGovern, Edward J. (RC)-CG Air Sta, Elizabeth City, NC

McIver, Malcolm C., Jr. (P/US)-CG Base, Staten Island, NY

McMahon, Thomas G. (RC)-DCGO, 4th ND

McManus, Raymond F. (RC)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

McShane, Roger B. (P/USA)-CG TraSta, St. Augustine, FL

Meengs, Willard C. (REF)-CG Bks, Tampa, FL

Mettling, Carl G. (METH)-CG, PSC, Cockspur Island, Savannah, GA

Micheli, Paul F. (RC)-CG TraSta, Groton, CT

Miller, Hugh M. (P/USA)-CG Bks, Jersey City, NJ

Moffett, James P.G. (P/US)-CG Bks, Jersey City, NJ

Moody, Clarence L., Jr. (CONG)-CG TraSta, Groton, CT

Moore, John W. (P/USA)-USCGA, New London, CT

Moran, John L., Jr. (BAP-S)-CG, PSC, San Francisco, CA

Morgan, Homer L. (METH)-CG Operating Base, Galveston, TX

Morton, Frank R. (L)-DCGO, 1st ND

Morton, Paul C. (P/US)-DCGO, 1st ND

Moses, Howard V. (METH)-DCGO, 8th ND

Munday, Daniel P. (RC)-DCGO, 8th ND, CG Base, Galveston, TX

Myrose, John W. (P/USA)-CG Bks, Rockland, ME

Nelson, Raymond L. (P/US)-DGCO, 1st ND

Nicholon, Ralph H. (METH)-DCGO, 10th ND

Nolan, Rudolph E. (RC)-CG TraSta, Groton, CT

O’Callaghan, Louis T. (RC)-CG TraSta, St. Augustine, FL

O’Connor, Raymond A. (RC)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

O’Donnell, Michael J. (RC)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

Olberding, Evaristus B. (RC)-CG, RecSta, Boston, MA

Page, Charles E. (CONG)-CG TraSta, Palm Beach, FL
Pelphrey, Joseph G. (BAP-S)-DCGO, 13th ND

Pfrangle, Robert A. (P/US)-DCGO, Ketchikan, AK

Potter, Francis E. (REF)-CG Office, Philadelphia, PA

Poulin, Philip P. (RC)-DCGO, 8th ND

Quinn, James A. (RC)-CG Air Sta, Elizabeth City, NC

Rankin, James W. (P/USA)-CG Section Base, LI, NY

Rasche, Walter C. (EVAN&REF)-CG, Rockland, MA

Rawles, Ira H. (P/US)-DCGO, Asbury Park, NJ

Reeves, George P. (CONG)-CG Yard, Curtis Bay, MD, CG TraSta, Curtis Bay, MD, CG TraSta, 

 Mayport, FL

Reuter, Joseph A. (RC)-CG Air Sta, Elizabeth City, NC

Riggle, Arma G. (L)-CG, Norfolk, VA

Rochelle, Bob G. (BAP-S)-CG , Patrol Base, Wilmington, CA

Roney, Herman F. (METH)-CG Bks, Portsmouth, VA

Ryan, Henry A. (RC)-DGCO, 13th ND

Sanders, James T. (BAP-S)-CG Bks, San Francisco, CA, CG Patrol Base, Wilmington, CA

Scally, Harold J. (RC)-CG Section Office, Asbury Park, NJ

Schmitt, Peter A. (RC)-CG, Government Island, Alameda, CA

Schnake, Albert H. (L)-CG Mobile, AL

Seburg, Clarence T. (L)-CG Base, Staten Island, NY

Seibert, Luther Y. (L)-DCGO, 6th ND

Shealy, James L. (L)-DCGO, 7th ND

Shell, John L. (P/USA)-CG RecSta, Ellis Island, NY

Shumaker, Edwin F. (PE)-DCGO, 4th ND

Shurtleff, Paul M. (P/USA)-CG Office, St. Louis, MO

Silseth, Maynard J.L. (L)-DCGO, St. Louis, MO

Smith, Gerald T. (BAP-S)-CG PSC, St. Louis, MO

Soskin, Samuel D. (J)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

Sprunt, David W. (P/US)-DCGO, 3rd ND

Stone, Albert E. (BAP-N)-USCGA, New London, CT

Swain, Edward G. (P/USA)-DCGO, 9th ND

Taylor, William A. (BAP-S)-CG, Government Island, Alameda, CA

Thomas, Robert L. (P/USA)-CG Patrol Base, Wilmington, CA

Thomas, William C. (P/USA)-CG Sec Ofc. LI, NY

Thompson, Roy D. (CONG)-DCGO, NY

Tillman, Thaddeus J. (RC)-CG TraSta, St. Augustine, FL

Townsend, Paul W. (METH)-CG TraSta, Manhattan Beach, NY

Townsend, Roy W. (P/USA)-DCGO, St. Louis, MO

Townsend, Willis B. (P/USA)-CG Sta, Portland, OR

Tulley, Edward M. (RC)-DCGO, 1st ND

Turner, Arthur B. (BAP-S)-CG PSC, New Orleans, LA

Turner, Joseph D. E. (P/USA)-CG Bks, Mobile, AL

Tuxbury, Vernon W. (BAP-N)-DCGO, 5th ND, USCG TraCen, Alameda, CA

Van Derbeck, Holmes N. (P/USA)-DCGO, Long Beach, CA

Vanderpoel, George E. (BAP-N)-DCGO, 14th ND

Vaughn, Robert A. (METH)-CG TraSta, Groton, CT
Vaught, Mark F. (METH)-DCGO, 7th ND

Walker, George F., Jr. (BAP N)-DCGO, 13th ND

Wallace, Anthony T. (RC)-CG TraSta, Government Island, Alameda, CA

Ward, Arthur B. (PE)-CG RecSta, NY

Ware, Jack W. (P/USA)-CG PSC #5

Wayland, John T. (BAP-S)-CG TraSta, Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD

Weed, Lyle A. (METH)-DCGO, 1st ND

White, Walter H. (BAP-N)-CG Office, Corpus Christi, TX

Wilkes, Jack S. (METH)-CG Office, Long Beach, CA

Williams, Donald E. (P/US)-DCGO, 13th ND, CG PSC, Seattle, WA

Winter, Gibson (PE)-DCGO, 13th ND

Wood, Raymond D. (L)-CG, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Woolard, Winfred H. (DISC)-USCG, Portsmouth, VA

Worth, Charles W. (P/US)-CG PSC, Cockspur Island, Savannah, GA, DCGO, 6th ND

Yost, Robert D. (METH)-CG TraSta, Government Island, Alameda, CA

Zerwas, Jack L. (P/US)-DCGO, 5th ND

Zgodzinski, Ronald R. (RC)-DCGO, Ketchikan, AK

The information concerning chaplains during World War II was obtained from Drury, Clifford 

M., “United States Navy Chaplains, 1778-1945,” NAVPERS 15783 (published 1948).

ABBREVIATIONS

Bks Barracks

DCGO District Coast Guard Office

PSC Personnel Separation Center

RecSta Receiving Station

Sec Ofc Section Office

TraSta Training Station

USCGA United States Coast Guard Academy