If you know of the passing of a Matador / Mace Missileer, please send us the information so that he can be honored here. Russ Reston
Names in red added since April 1, 2010
| Last Name | First Name | Assignment |
| Adair | Lonnie J. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Akers | Henry | “B” bird at Bitburg and Orlando |
| Allin | Ray | Hahn in the 1950s |
| Andrews | James F. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Andrews | Jim | Co-Founder of TAC Missileers 1998, Hahn, Sembach, OK |
| Anthony | Kenneth | 11th TMS |
| Ard | Ross | Sembach – 38th TMW HQ |
| Arnold | Edward D. | “A”Bird NCOIC/Scheduler 60s Orlando. Hahn 64 to close out. Ret. in 1972 |
| Ashbrook | Donald | Sembach – 822nd TMS & 887thTMS |
| Aufderheide | Howard F. | Sembach – 823rd TMS Ops Officer |
| Ayres | Leroy G. | Sembach – 38th MMS (1961/64) |
| Bailey | Edward C. | 587th MMS (1961) & Wing QC (1962/64) |
| Baker | Charles A. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Balmer | Neal | Matador and Mace, Germany, Lowry & Eastern Test Range |
| Baltzersen | Henry “Hank” | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Barker | William H. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Barnhouse | Harold L. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Bassett | William W. | Col. – L.O. of Crew #1 (Wave Makers) – Okinawa 1961-1963 Pioneers |
| Batten | Joseph K. | Sembach – NCOIC A&E Br.; NCOIC, QC; 1963/66 |
| Baxter | Ernest W. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Beck | Stephen R. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Becker | Eugene C. | Crew Chief 71st. TMS Bitburg |
| Bell | Leslie | |
| Benner | Budd E. | Sembach – 38th CSG |
| Bennett | George | Hahn – Safety Officer |
| Benson | Raymond D. | |
| Bergman | Stanley | |
| Berry | Raymond W. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Bircheraul | Luther | |
| Black | Charles L. | |
| Blackburn | Leo C. | Sembach – 823rd TMS Commander |
| Blacketer | Jim | Bitburg – 71st TMS – Steinborn (early 1960s) |
| Blissett | Paul | MACE B GSC. Matador at Steinborn |
| Bogard | Larry | Operations Officer for the 69th at Patrick and Hahn |
| Bomke | Earl | Hahn |
| Booher | Earl C. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Boone | Benjamin J. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Borradaile | Arthur L. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Boverie | Richard T. | Sembach – Maj. Gen. (fmr LO for the 11th TMS) |
| Bowers Jr. | Thomas “Tom” | Sembach – 587th MMS / 38th MMS |
| Boyd | Bill | Sembach – Organization unknown |
| Boyland | James | Sembach – Martin Tech Rep with the 11th |
| Bradford | Kimerlee J. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Brady | Timothy J. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Brennan | Joseph G. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Briese | Lawrence O. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Briscoe | Gerald B. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Brown | Wade K. | Site 8 in Bitburg in the late sixties |
| Burns | William “Bill” | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Bush | Gilbert P. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Buskohl | Richard E. | Bitburg Airman/Launch Officer Missileer. |
| Butler | Robert B. | 69th PBS/TMS, 586th TMG, 701stTMW, |
| Cage | Charles C. “Chuck” | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Cain | James | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Cairnes | Lewis W. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Calder | Joseph | “Joe” – 69th PBS/TMS Commander of 586th Comm Guid Sq Hahn |
| Carmany | James W. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Carter | George | |
| Chandler | Scott T. “Scotty” | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Chapin | Clive | Bitburg 1955-58 Matador |
| Cochran | Cullen A. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Coffin | Chester | Served in Matador and Mace |
| Colbert | George | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Compton | Lloyd G. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Coniff | Jack “Big Daddy” | Sembach – Martin-Marietta Tech. Rep. |
| Conrad | Robert J. | “Bob” – First TAC Missileer Secretary |
| Cousins | Lewis W. | Sembach – 822nd TMS (C-Flight) |
| Cowand | Jack | Sembach – 822nd TMS; CMSgt. – NCOIC at “B” Flt |
| Creager | Carl F. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Crosby | Francis M. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Crowder | Noral F. | Sembach – 822nd TMS Commander |
| Culpepper | Orell “Walter” | Sembach – 587th Missile Maintenance Sq. |
| Dahl | Eugene L. “Gene” | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Dean | Charles “Chuck” | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| DeBacker | Theodore | US Naval Academy class 1950 and 1st Pilotless Bomber Squadron 1st TMS |
| Dildy | Glen | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Dinkleman | Donald | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Doersch | George A. | Sembach – 822nd TMS Commander |
| Drake | Thomas R. | 4504th from 1956 to May 1963 as NCOIC |
| EastburnJr. | Robert S. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Eckert | Erwin H. | |
| Edmund | Larry | |
| Edwards | Garld | “B” Bird Missileer Launch area at Bitburg and at Lowry. |
| Edwards | Tom | MEMS, TM-76B at Bitburg |
| Epps | Dickey | Sembach – Orl Cal Shop, TEMS and Football tm |
| Fabjancic | V.J. | |
| Farnsworth Jr. | Earle F. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Fitzgerald | “Ernie” | MEMS-Lowry 1960-61,Orlando 1961-62,Bitburg 1962-65,Lowry 1965-68 |
| Flynn | Jack | NCO Hahn’s Site VI |
| Fobb | Lebies J. “Jim” | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Fournier | Albert | Hahn |
| Fredericks | James E. | 868th TMS, Tainan,Taiwan 1959-1960 |
| Gallagher | James “Jim” | Sembach – 38th TMWg |
| Galligan | Thomas F. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Gamino | Lus | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Gaskins | Carl R. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| George | Warren | 69th and 11th Pilotless Bomber Squadrons |
| Gerber | John | Orlando – C bird assembly, Sembach (TEMS) and Lowry TEMS B Bird |
| Gibson | Charles R. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Giffin | Larry L. | “B” bird at Okinawa. |
| Gitchel | Frank | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Goodwin | Prentice R. “Goody” | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Gormley | Russell | C and B missiles, closing out B missile, Bitburg |
| Goudeau | Jimmie | Orlando AFB– Altus AFB in the 60’s, |
| Green | Joseph T. | Matador crew, Mace B maintenance Bitburg late fifties early sixties |
| Griese | Albert W. “Al” | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Guest Jr. | Richard P. | Sembach – 822nd TMS / Wing Standardization |
| Gunther | Herman H. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Hamill | William G. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Harrell | Jim | 586th Hahn 1958-’62 (?), pitched for the Hawks |
| Harrison | Thomas | |
| Hejdak | Lawrence J | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Henson | Donald | Launch Officer, Site Commander, Site V, Hahn AB, Germany, 1963 to 1966 |
| Herren | Griffin | Sembach – 587th MMS |
| Hickson | John “Ham” | Sembach – 38th TMW |
| Hollins | Ted E. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Holske Jr. | Clifford F | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Huff | Jerome | Taiwan- Korea |
| Hultquist | Albert | “Swede” – C.C.MACE B, 874th TMS, 498th TMW, Kadena AFB, Okinawa |
| Hunt | Glendon E. “Glen” | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Hurley | William “Bill” | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Hurst | Robert E. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Ireland | Paul J. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Jackson | James N. | Crew chief, Crew 25 Kadena |
| James | Clarence | Hahn 1960-63 405th |
| Jefferis | Melvin | Patrick AFB |
| Jensen | Herbert O. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Jessup | David W. | Osan (1959/60) Orlando (1959; 1961/64) Hahn (1964/66); Lowry (1966/69) |
| Johnson | Billy | |
| Johnson | Richard T. “Dick” | Sembach – 887th TMS (1962/66) |
| Jones | Edward | Lt. Col. interred at Arlington |
| Kasmere | ? | Sembach – Organization unknown |
| Kelly | Abe J. | CCC Bitburg mid 1960s, maint. Kadena late 60s ’til close |
| Kennedy | William F. | Hahn 1964 thru closing 1966. |
| Kennemer | James B. | Mace B, Orlando 1961/62, Bitburg 1962/66, MSgt, NCOIC of MEMS-TEMS |
| Kerkvliets | Bob | 1st 69th 11th PBS |
| Kern | Harold V. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Kidd | William | |
| Kindfather | Jake | 17th TMS Orlando & CC of 1st launch team to launch from Cape w/o hold |
| King | Larry L. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Kirkpatrick | Bernard T. | “Bernie” – 69th PBS at Patrick. |
| Kirkwood | Heusen E. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Klopfenstein | Mike | 586th MMS Hahn 1965-67 |
| Knaperek | Ed | Hahn 1962-1964. |
| Knutson Jr. | Theodore B. | Sembach – 587th TMG “C-Flight” |
| Kohler | ? | Sembach & Kadena |
| Kuch | Ernie | Orlando and 498th TMG Maintenance. |
| Lalumondier | Jim | |
| Lange | Martin | Bitburg, 71st TMS, Mech 5, 1962-1965 (02-05) |
| Lavolettee | Fred | Sembach, Kadena |
| Lawler | John | |
| Lawson | Ewell | |
| Leach Jr. | George T. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Lee | Zaden O. | Sembach – NATO Inspection Team |
| Lehr | Donald E. | LO, Crew # 9,Site #1,Kadena, 1961-63 |
| Leichty | Harold | Hahn 1960 – 63 |
| Leighton Sr. | Charles E. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Lewis | Clifford W. | Served with Matador in Germany, and Bitburg Mace-B program in TEMS |
| Ley | Robert E. | Sembach – 822nd TMS, 1964-66 |
| Lick | Robert | Sembach – Mid 1960′s |
| Light | Romey | Sembach – AP Investigator |
| Lightfoot | Clemor D. “Jack” | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Lindley | Donald | First cadre of “B” missileer’s Guid.sect Okinawa |
| Loe | Harold C. | “Lucky” NCO, Mace-B, MEMS, Orlando 61/62, Bitburg 62/65 |
| Lohman | Joe | Martin Rep on Matador / Mace |
| Loven | Ron | Site 6,Hahn 64-66.munitions man “BB Stacker”. |
| Lowery | J.D. | Hahn 1960-63 |
| MacDonald | William | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Marsden | Robert | Hahn Mace 1960-63 405th |
| Mazzo | Jim | Sembach – Matador – 1956-59 |
| McBride | Jerry W. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| McCollum | Clodius M. | Sembach – 823rd TMS Commander |
| McCraw Jr. | Carl L. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| McDonald | Junius G. | Sembach – ”Mac” – 38th TAC Missile Wing |
| McKnight | Frank | Launch crew at Osan in 1960-62. |
| McManus | Gordon | |
| Mercer | James | Bitburg ‘58-’61 Maint. |
| Meyer | Ward A. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Miller | Wayne | |
| Mitchell | John F. | Hahn |
| Molik | Jerome J. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Moore | Carroll N. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Moore | William J. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Morrison | Roger | Hahn mid-sixties, Mace, Weapons Specialist (46) |
| Mulligan | James A. | Sembach – 822nd TMS (1964/66) |
| Musick | Ralph | Kadena, Lowey – Matador /Mace |
| Nachman | Fred L. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Nelson | Ernest | |
| Nickles | Grady Y. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Nielsen | Milo C. | 69th PBS at Patrick AFB |
| O’Brien | Michael S. | Sembach – 38TH MMS |
| O’Mara | Patrick J. | Bitburg 1962-1965 Mech 5 |
| O’Neil | Leslie W. | Mace B, at Orlando 1961-1962, at Bitburg 1962-1966, MEMS |
| Oakley | Ronald L. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Osiel | Michael E. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Owen Jr. | Allan “Flash” | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Owens | Fred | Kadena 1967-69 |
| Page | Roger W. | Sembach – Sembach AB Base Commander |
| Panagos | Ernest “Ernie” | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Park | Jimmie L. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Parkhurst | Wayne | Kadena – 1963/65 & 1967/68 |
| Payne | F.E. | SEMLE Crew chief, crew 29 Kadena |
| Pederson | John C. | 9443 at Hahn on the Mace about 1960-64 |
| Pettitt | Richard | Hahn – 1960/63 |
| Pinkerton | Floyd E. | Mace “B” from 1962-69, serving at Bitburg, Orlando & Kadena |
| Poelker | Richard H. | Sembach – Organization unknown |
| Powell | William A. “Bill” | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Provoncha | Melvin F. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Rafferty | Robert “Bob” | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Reider | James A. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Reimer | Paul | “Russ” – Hahn 405th early 60’s |
| Reinhard | Edward | Matador in the 585 TMG and 1 TMS, |
| Resnik | Stanley | Bitburg, Mace B 71st TMS Bitburg, 1962-1965 |
| Rice | Danny C. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Richards | Charles F. | Mace – Hahn |
| Ridenour | Franklin | |
| Robinson | Hunter R. | |
| Robinson | John C. “Jack” | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Robinson | Thomas S. | Sembach – 38th TMW |
| Ronfeldt | Stanley L. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Rooker | Timothy “Tim” | Sembach – 823rd TMS & 38thTMW |
| Roulston | Robert W. “Bob” | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Rowe Jr. | William F. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Rudolph | Les | |
| Ryssmann | Theodore A. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Salwoitis Jr. | John J. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Sams | Joseph | Hahn AB |
| Sands Jr. | Harry J. | Sembach – 38th TMW Commander |
| Santaferrara | Jim | |
| Savage | Mack | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Savage Jr. | Jesse D. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Savit | Herb | AP, first with the 69th & 586th Support Squadron |
| Scarboro | Robert | |
| Schaubach | Michael | Mechanic 4, Crew 1 TM-76B at Kadena, Ok 1961 to 1963 |
| Scherch | Charles G. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Schlack | Dennis R. | Sembach – 823rd TMS |
| Schmutzer | Edward J. | Bitburg – 71st TMS Launch Crew Tech 2 & Orlando – Instuctor (1961/65) |
| Shafer | Joseph | |
| Shaffer | Tom | Webb City, Mo. |
| Sharkey | Bill | |
| Sheppard | Fredrick | Hahn 405th TMS – 1960-63 |
| Sherman | George | Hahn 405th TMS – 1960-63 Launch Officer |
| Sherwood | Bob | Hahn 1964-66 |
| Simmons | James A. | Capt. Hahn 1957-60 |
| Slayden | Van H. | Col. |
| Smigla | Stanley “Stash” | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Smith | Marcus C. | |
| Smith Sr. | Samuel F. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Somerset | James | |
| Songer | William T. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Spears | Col. - 498th TMG Commander – Kadena | |
| Springstead | Donald K. | Col.(Lt) Paul McLellan’s team Taiwan, in 1960-61, Killed in Laos 1968 |
| Stalnaker | Jim | “C” bird in early 1960’s and the ‘B’ bird in TEMS 1963-66 at Bitburg |
| Stillens | Robert L. | Orlando – 11th PBS / Sembach – 11th TMS |
| Stone | Teddie R. | Sembach – 38th TMW |
| Sutarik | Elmer | |
| Sutherland | Jonathan G. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Tamsett | Mickey | Hahn Mace A/B Flight Controls Lowry 62-63 period |
| Taylor | Kenneth | Hahn 1963-65 |
| Tessier | Oliver | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Thigpen | Rufus T. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Thoeni | Kenneth C. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Thomas | Robert A. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Thomasson | Sidney W. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Tibbetts | Vance K. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Toelle | Allan L. | Hahn – 586th, Site 6, mid 1960’s |
| Toner | Samuel A. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Trahanes | Gordon | Hahn 405th TMS 1960-63 |
| Tuffs | Richard | 17TMS / 868TMS Launch Team “B” Tainan -1958/59 |
| Tyler | Loren S. | Sembach – 887th TMS Commander |
| Ullom | Edward W. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Vandell | Joe | |
| Vannieuwenhoven | James W. “Jim” | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Vaselenko | Robert F. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Vetter | Fred | B/Gen father of the “pocket Rocket” Grp Cmder 585th |
| Vuxta | Paul | Sembach – 822nd TMS; “C-Flight” |
| Ward | Kenneth W. | Sembach – 822nd TMS / B-Flight |
| Washburn | Ronnie R. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Wellbeloved | John | Hahn – 405th TMS 1960-63 |
| White | D.B. | Sembach – Lt. Col. – 69th TMS Matador |
| White | Richard A. | Sembach – Organization unknown |
| Williams | Ray | “Willie” – Orlando, Matador guid. sites at Tainan, Pescadores Islands & Keesler AFB |
| Williams | Willis E. | “Willie” MSgt. 586th MMS QC Inspector 1961-64 |
| Willis | John | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Willis | William | 69th Tactical Missile Sq.; died on active duty in 1955 |
| Wilson | Francis C. | Sembach – 887th TMS |
| Winton | Donald M. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Womack | Dudley M. | Hahn |
| Womble | Floyd | Hahn – 1960-63 405th / 89th Sqdn launch officer |
| Woodruff | James | Hahn – 1963-66 |
| Wrenn Jr. | Eugene L. “Gene” | Sembach – 887th TMS Commander |
| Wright | Louis A. | Sembach – 887th TMS Commander |
| Wright | Wayne | “Red” Denver 1958, Orlando 1959, Sembach and Hahn 1960’s |
| Wyka | Theodore A. | Sembach – 822nd TMS |
| Yadon | Paul A. | 1st PBS – Bitburg |
| Young | Albert | Crew Chief 71st TMS Bitburg 1962-1965 |
| Zachmann | Robert F. | Col. – Cmdr of First Missile Wing in Air Force |
| Zawodzinski | Jerome E. | Sembach – 38th MMS |
| Zumstein | Harry | Bitburg – NCOIC of TEMS 1961-64; First Sgt. 1964-65 |
Originally dedicated to the Matador Missileers - Bitburg AB 1950s.
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