I’CDR John R. Kint 06/65 – 07/67 deceased 5-11CDR Edmund B. Taylor, Jr. 07/67 - 09/69 Deceased. Tonkin Gulf, 05/1972CDR Charles E. Gurney, III 09/69 – 09/71 deceased 8-4-15CDR Ronald A. Marquis 09/71 - 04/73CDR Edward A. Siegrist, Jr. 04/73 – 03/75 deceased 2/10CDR Peter M. Hekman, Jr. 03/75 – 09/76CDR Bridgman A. MacDonald 09/76 – 10/78CDR Philip M. Quast 10/78 – 05/81CDR Robert W. Hectman 05/81 – 05/83CDR Arthur W. Newlon, Jr. 05/83 – 07/85CDR Errol R. Hurst 07/85 - 12/87  Deceased 10-10-2000CDR Dale E. Onyon 12/87 – 12/89CDR Vaughn E. Mahaffey 12/89 – 10/91CDR William R. Arguello 10/91 - 12/91

cdr john r. kint

The passing of CDR John R. Kint 
06/65 – 07/67John Richard Kint (known as Dick or Richard), a 30-plus-year resident of Cape George, died on May 26, 2011, in Port Angeles of natural causes ("I am just plain wearing out"). He was 84.
Save for his last few years, ("I haven't coped well with old age"), he was characterized by a wide-ranging curiosity, a high energy level and a determined enthusiasm for the project at hand. He maintained a serious respect for public service, both personally and professionally.
He was born and reared in Bremerton, Washington, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Manford R. Kint, a prominent physician and community activist. Dick was locally active in academics, athletics and extracurricular activities.
After a year in the U.S. Navy V-12 program, he matriculated at the U.S. Naval Academy with an appointment from then-Representative Warren G. Magnuson. As a midshipman, he was a company commander, the director of the public relations committee and an associate editor of the college magazine.
Upon graduation and commissioning in 1949, he was assigned to the USS Toledo, a heavy cruiser that had two deployments in the Korean War.
In 1953, he was assigned to the Army's guided missile program, after which he became an instructor at the Navy's counterpart course in Pomona, California.
Here, he met, wooed and married his much-loved wife of nearly 50 years, Margaret Geddes, on Valentine's Day in 1955.
The family later had an idyllic three-year tour in London, where the small-town boy discovered the majesty and attraction of "his very own" city.
His last ship was the newest guided missile ship in the surface fleet, the USS Benjamin Stoddert, which had two deployments to Vietnam. Under his command, the ship was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation and was named the Destroyer of the Year in the Seventh Fleet in 1967.

Following this, he was ordered to the obligatory Washington, D.C., tour in the Bureau of Personnel. His final tour was at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, where he also earned a graduate degree from George Washington University. He retired from the Navy in 1973 with the rank of captain after 29 years of continuous service.

In 1974, he became a director of continuing education and community services at Northern Virginia Community College. After a five-year tour of duty, he and Margie escaped back to their beloved West Coast, settling in Port Townsend after numerous sorties up and down the coast.
He joined the American Rhododendron Society soon after arrival and was awarded the American Rose Society Bronze Medal for his efforts with the local rhododendron show during the Rhododendron Festival.
In 1980, he became manager of Jefferson County Public Utility District No. 1.
At the end of 1985, he retired, working as hard as before but without a paycheck. He spent a number of years on the board of United Good Neighbors, serving as president but more importantly as the chairman of the allocations committee.
Dick had a nearly 30-year association with Jefferson Transit and was also instrumental in getting more community college classes in Port Townsend.
He indulged in his love of travel and fine wine, often combining the two by visiting wine-growing regions around the world.webassets/youngKint.jpgWhen wife Margie suffered a series of strokes, Dick became a devoted caregiver until her death in 2003. This changed his life, and he passed his experience on to other stroke-stricken families.
After a year of mourning, he knocked on the door of Dorothy Skerbeck, who welcomed and supported both his misery and need for companionship. This spiritual bond lasted until his death.
Dick wrote that "he loves his children but believes that his greatest accomplishment and joy is to have loved and had the love of two such remarkable and different women. May others enjoy the same pleasures!"
Dick is survived by son Richard (Rachel Rutledge) of Seattle; daughter Sandee Shanahan of Aurora, Colorado; sister Joan Rich of Gig Harbor; and special friend Dorothy Skerbeck of Port Angeles.
A memorial will be held Sunday, June 19, 2011, in Port Townsend. Private burial will be in Bremerton, Washington.Published in The Peninsula Daily News on June 12, 2011   

cdr edmund b. taylor, Jr

Full Name: EDMUND BATTELLE JR TAYLORDate of Birth: 12 september 1931Date of Casualty: 8 May 1972Home of Record: LIMA, OHIOBranch of Service: NAVYRank: CAPTAINCasualty Country: NORTH VIETNAMStatus: MIATAYLOR, EDMUND BATTELLE JR.Name: Edmund Battelle Taylor, Jr.Rank/Branch: O6/US NavyUnit: Chief of Staff of Flotilla IIDate of Birth: 12 September 1931Home City of Record: Lima OhioDate of Loss: 8 May 1972Country of Loss: North Vietnam/Over WaterLoss Coordinates: 182105N 1075959E (AL170315)Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not RecoveredAircraft/Vehicle/Ground: SH3G
Other Personnel In Incident: John M. Leaver, missing operations officer, Rear Admiral Rembrandt C. Robinson, Commander of the Cruiser-DestroyerFlotilla II, KIA/BR.
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 01 April 1990 from one or more of thefollowing: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence withPOW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W.NETWORK May 1997
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: Commander John M. Leaver was assigned as a staff officer to Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group 7th Fleet. On May 8, 1972, he and Captain Edmund B. Taylor were passengers aboard a helicopter attempting to make a night landing on the fantail of the USS PROVIDENCE (CLG-6). The helicopter crashed and fell overboard.
Leaver and Taylor were both lost in the crash and their remains were never located. They are listed with honor among the missing because no remains were found. Their cases seem quite clear.

Captain Edmund B. Taylor, Jr., United States Navy, at age 41, was Chief of Staff, Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 11 and Commander Cruiser Destroyer Force Vietnam (CTF 75). Captain Taylor was killed in a helicopter crash while returning to the flagship USS Providence (CLG-6) on May 8, 1972 while coordinating the cruiser destroyer attack on the Do Son Peninsula scheduled May 8-10 1972. Also killed in the crash were Rear Admiral Robinson and Commander John Leaver, Jr. 

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Captain Taylor attended high schools in Maryland and Virginia. Following high school he attended the University of Hawaii and the United States Naval Academy, graduating with the Class of 1953.  Captain Taylor was the son of Vice Admiral E. B. (Whitey) Taylor, USN (RET) and Mrs. Taylor of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Vice Admiral Taylor was a 1925 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Captain Taylor began his naval Career aboard USS MACON (CA-132) where he served as CIC Division Officer and 5”/38 battery officer.  As a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) he was the Gunnery Officer and later the Operations Officer of the destroyer USS BEALE (DDE-471).  Completing his tour in BEALE in 1956, Lieutenant Taylor next served as Aide and Flag Secretary to Commander Cruiser Division TWO.  Departing Norfolk, Virginia in later 1958, Lieutenant Taylor reported to the U.S. Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility, White Sands, New Mexico and assumed the duties of Fire Control Officer for the Talos Missile Project.  In the Spring of 1961 Lieutenant Taylor was the Weapons Officer in the commissioning crew of the Mayport, Florida homeported guided missile frigate USS LUCE (DLG-7) where he served until ordered to Norfolk once more as Executive Officer of USS SAMPSON (DDG-10). In mid 1965, as a Lieutenant Commander, he began a two year tour in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and became the Assistant Head of the Special Weapons Branch, Strategic Plans Division.  For his work in Nuclear Weapons development Lieutenant Commander Taylor was awarded the Secretary of the Navy Achievement Medal. He was promoted to the rank of Commander in April 1966, and in July departed Washington to attend the Resident Naval Warfare Course at the Naval War College. Commander Taylor assumed command of the guided missile destroyer USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (DDG-22) on July 21, 1967, in the Gulf of Tonkin while the ship was employed in “Operation Sea Dragon.”  Commander Taylor was relieved in October 1969. Captain Taylor reported to Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group ELEVEN as Chief of Staff to Rear Admiral Robinson in 1971.
Captain Taylor was married to the late Joan Pefley Taylor, daughter of Brigadier General A. R. Pefley, USMC (RET) and Mrs. Pefley of Fall Church, Virginia. He is survived by four children, Stephen D., Edmund B. (Ted) III, Cynthia R. and Leslie V. Taylor.

cdr charles e. gurney, III

09/69 -09/71  deceased 08/04/15

May 30, 1930 - August 4, 2015 RADM Charles E. (Hi) Gurney III, died at home surrounded by family August 4. Born May 30, 1930 to a Navy family, his education included Coronado HS, the USNA (1952), and Stanford University (Master's, International Relations). During a Midshipman detachment to NAS Jacksonville, he met the love of his life, Ann Malstrom.. They married after graduation. He spent his Navy career mostly in destroyers with a couple of years in minesweepers and some time in afloat staffs. After 32 years' of service, his final tour was in Bahrain as Commander, Middle East Forces. Returning to the US they found their ideal retirement home on Little Lagoon in Gulf Shores. Hi's assessment: "The very vestibule of Heaven." Hi was Director of Civil Defense for 10 years, and on the Planning Commission from 1984-2007. For 14 years he was a popular instructor with USA Elderhostel continuing education, teaching "Middle East, Volatile Hot Spot: Politics, Culture, Religion, Oil". Instrumental in establishing Holy Spirit Church in 1986, Hi served as Senior or Junior Warden several times. He was a founding member of the Gulf Shores Tennis Club-- Mission: "Include everybody and anybody who wants to play." He is survived by Ann, children Laurie Graham (Gary), Karen Anderson, Chip (Patti), Tom (Anne), 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Memorial service August 15th, 11:00, Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, 616 Ft Morgan Rd. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the church.Published by Mobile Register and Baldwin County from Aug. 8 to Aug. 9, 2015.

cdr ronald a marquis

09/71-04/73

cdr edward a. siegrist, jr

04/73-03-75

  CDR Edward A. Siegrist, Jr.04/73 – 03/756th CDR USS Benjamin Stoddert
Captain Edward A. Siegrist, Jr. (US Navy, Ret), 76, of New Fairfield, died February 20, 2010 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
He was born to the late Edward and Laura Siegrist on September 6, 1933 in San Diego, California.  Ed graduated from the California Maritime Academy in 1956 prior to entering the U.S. Navy.  He married Evelyn Frances Krail in 1957.
Ed retired from the Navy in 1987, and settled in New Fairfield.  He was an active member of Saint Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, the New Fairfield Veterans Association, and the Austin Healey Club of America.Ed is survived by Evelyn, his wife of 52 years; their four children and spouses: Stephen Siegrist and wife Debby, of New Jersey; Kathleen McLernon and husband Thomas; Captain Paul Siegrist, US Navy and wife Bethany; Susan Engel and husband Peter, all of Virginia. He also is survived by seven grandchildren:  Evan and Lee Siegrist; Zachary, Jake and Connor McLernon; and Allison and Matthew Engel.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the New Fairfield Veterans Association.A viewing will be held from 5-7 p.m. Sunday February 28 at Green Funeral Home.  A Mass  of Christian Burial will be held at Saint Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, New Fairfield at 11 a.m. on March 1.  Burial with full military honors will be held at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 10:45 a.m. beginning at the Old Post Chapel with a Mass of Christian Burial.

cdr peter m. hekman, jr. 

03/75-09/76

PETER M. HEKMAN, JR.VICE ADMIRAL, USN(RETIRED)FIRST COMMANDING OFFICER OFUSS MISSISSIPPI     Vice Admiral Hekman was born in Ripon, California in 1933. Commissioned upon his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958, he served as Engineering Officer of USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) from 1971 through 1974. Vice Admiral Hekman commanded three ships, USS CHARLES BERRY (DE 1035), USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (DDG 22), and was the commissioning Commanding Officer of USS MISSISSIPPI (CGN 40).
     Selected for promotion to Flag Rank in December, 1980, Vice Admiral Hekman's Flag assignments include: Deputy Director for Operations, National Military Command Center, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Command, Task Force Seventy-Five, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group ONE; Deputy Director for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations; Deputy Commander for Surface Ship Programs, Naval Sea Systems Command; And as Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command from 1988 to 1991.
      After leaving the Navy in 1991, Vice Admiral Hekman accepted a Senior Executive Service appointment in the Department of Energy, serving at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. He recently accepted a senior managerial position with Babcock and Wilcox Company; a division of McDermott International.
      Vice Admiral Hekman's personal decorations include the Department of Energy Superior Service Medal, the Department of Defense Superior Service Medal, The Presidential Legion of Merit (four awards), and the Bronze Star.
     Vice Admiral Hekman and his wife Doree are the proud parents of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Heckman, currently serving aboard USS SAIPAN. LCDR Hedman is married to Army Nurse Corps 1st Lieutenant Katie Ptasnik Hekman. Vice Admiral and Mrs. Hekman's daughter, Susan Smith, and her husband David are the parents of grandsons Erik and Mitchell Smith.

cdr bridgman a. macdonald

09/76-10/78

cdr philip m.quast

10/78-05/81 deceased 09/25/19

With sadness we announce the passing of VADM (ret.) Philip Michael Quast who died on September 25 surrounded by his loving family in Annapolis, Maryland. Phil Quast was a devoted husband to Peggy, his wife of 55 years, father to five children, grandfather to 12 grandchildren, friend to many, mentor to countless more. His faith, his family, and his country reigned supreme in his life. Phil was born May 15, 1939, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the second of three sons. He showed a strong work ethic from an early age, ice fishing on Lake Michigan, earning extra money fur trapping muskrats, collecting minnows for fishing bait, and running a newspaper route. As a teenager, he excelled in basketball, baseball, football, and served as team captain for all three. As a "Wisconsinite," it was only natural he adopt the Green Bay Packers (which he watched play at his high school) and the Milwaukee Braves, where he watched Hall of Famers Hank Aaron and Warren Spahn play in the 1957 World Series season. Phil studied history at Carroll College and began his Navy career in 1961. While serving in California, he met Margaret Barbara (Peggy) Lord and they married in Peggy's hometown of Santa Barbara on July 11, 1964. Their first three children, Tim, Molly, and Gretchen, were born in California; they and their siblings Annie and Thomas had a very mobile Navy upbringing in Newport, Rhode Island, Annapolis, Maryland, Norfolk, Virginia, Honolulu, Hawaii, Coronado, California, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Alexandria, Virginia. Vice Admiral Quast served two tours of duty in Vietnam leading Riverine Forces deep in country, where he earned a Bronze Star with Combat Vs. He served early sea tours aboard USS MATTHEWS, USS KING, and USS TWINING. As XO (Executive Officer) on the USS TALBOT, his subordinates remember with fondness that he said they could address him by his first name: "X." Subsequently his tour at the US Naval Academy began a lifelong association with officers then serving at the Academy, as well as many classes of USNA Midshipmen. Phil's command tour on the BENJAMIN STODDERT (for which he won the Admiral Stockdale Leadership Award) and as commissioning CO of BUNKER HILL were brilliant successes - as were his tours as the NIMITZ Strike Group Commander during Operation Desert Storm and Commander, Military Sealift Command, the worldwide military logistics command. While many ship captains are very successful, Admiral Quast led BUNKER HILL in such a way that he made every crew member feel important and a vital part of the ship's success. He was the first Navy ship captain to choose to eat with his officers in the wardroom, a gesture that endeared him to his crew, fostered strong unit cohesion, and became a Navy tradition. Phil retired from active duty in 1997 as Commander, Military Sealift Command, and as the longest-serving officer in the Navy at the time, the "Old Salt." From that storied moniker came his family nickname, "Salt." In 2002 Phil went on to serve as the Navy's Executive Learning Officer, teaching leadership to rising captains and admirals. In his retirement years, he and Peggy turned their efforts to adventuring with their grown children and growing brood of grandchildren (the "dozen cousins"). They took cross-country road trips and gathered in various summer havens-Cape May, Rehoboth, Sheboygan, Chicago, and others, watching his favorite sports teams, and teaching his grandsons how to properly grill a bratwurst. In 2015, the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, Phil was able to take Peggy and some of his children and grandchildren to Vietnam to revisit sites of his experiences and offer stories and amazing history lessons. Phil Quast's courage, compassion, character, faith, and humor are legacies being passed through countless people touched by his leadership, his friendship, and his example, as well as his children and grandchildren, for which they are eternally grateful. His viewing was held Friday, 4 October, 6-8PM at Lasting Tributes at 814 Bestgate Road in Annapolis, MD. A funeral mass will be held at 9:30 am on October 17 at the USNA Chapel, followed by a reception. In lieu of flowers, Phil wished for contributions to the following organizations: EWTN Eternal Word Television Network, 5817 Old Leeds Rd, Irondale, AL 35210, ewtn.com; National Shrine of St. Therese 8501 Bailey Rd. Darien, IL 6056, saint-therese.org; Priests for Life, PO Box 141172, Staten Island, NY 10314, priestsforlife.org; FOCUS, Fellowship of Catholic University Students, PO Box 33656, Denver, CO 80233, focus.org Online condolences may be made at www.LastingTributesFuneralCare.comPublished by The Capital Gazette on Oct. 6, 2019.

BiographyPhil Quast is the Executive Learning Officer of the Navy and founding Chairholder of the Admiral Jeremy Boorda Chair at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. Phil retired from the Navy as a Vice Admiral, in 1997, following 36 years of active service. His naval career included numerous command and leadership positions, operationally and in Washington. He served two tours in Vietnam, one being highlighted by an in country tour as the Commander of River Patrol Boats (PBR’s). He additionally commanded two ships, a guided missile destroyer and as the Commanding Captain of the Navy’s first vertical-launch, Tomahawk Aegis Cruiser. Phil commanded the Missouri Battleship Battle Group during the US flagged tanker war in the Persian Gulf, and the Nimitz Carrier Battle Group during Desert Storm.
His tours ashore were highlighted by eight years in senior managerial positions in Washington, DC. In the area of manpower/personnel, Phil developed personnel programs, budgeted the Manpower/Personnel Accounts for the Navy and was responsible for the assignment of uniformed personnel within the Naval Service. As the Director of Surface Warfare, he oversaw the development of ship and weapons systems for the surface fleet and was a principal architect in the downsizing of surface naval forces in the post-cold war period. As Commander, Military Sealift Command, he commanded a global organization of 7000 employees (90% civilian) with a multi-billion dollar budget. This assignment provided him the opportunity to transform the command and effect organizational change designed to increase efficiencies and improve customer services. Privatization, commercialization, process analysis and the incorporation of best business practices were all thoroughly integrated in the “Reinvention of MSC”
His military service was recognized by numerous decorations and awards. The Defense Distinguished Service Medal, three Legion of Merits and two Bronze Star (combat V’s) highlighted his combat service. While in command of Benjamin Stoddert, Phil was recognized by his fellow Commanding Officers as the Pacific Fleet’s first recipient of the Admiral James Stockdale Leadership Award, an award recognizing leadership proficiency in command at sea, as determined by his peers. In recognition of his transformation efforts as Commander of the Military Sealift Command, he was awarded the National Defense Transportation Association’s Leadership Award for Transportation in 1996.
In February, 2002, Phil was appointed as the Navy’s first Executive Learning Officer (ELO). As ELO, he is responsible for developing the executive community of the Navy. In this capacity he sponsors developmental and executive educational opportunities for the Navy’s executive leadership, both uniformed and civilian.