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In Memorium

This page is dedicated to the memory of USS Caperton Sailors. Many of these tributes have been provided by family members of the Sailors. If you would like to provide a tribute to a sailor who has passed on, please email it to me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I will add it to this section.



Robert L. Godfrey 1922-2001

R. L. Godfrey stationed on the USS Caperton during WW II, passed away on December 26, 2001. Suffered a heart attack when he was 53 and another at 75, and dies at age 79.

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Donald F. Francis 1922 - 2010

Donald F. Francis, 88, of Hudson, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Whittier Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Ghent.

Born on January 22, 1922 in Hudson, he was the son of the late Frank and Minnie (Clark) Francis.
He was a life long resident of Hudson.
Donald was predeceased by his loving wife, Mary Frances Francis, and his brother, Elden Francis.

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Nick Mangione 1925 - 2008

Nicholas Bernard Mangione Sr., of Hunt Valley, died from complications of a stroke at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center on Sunday. He was 83.


Born in Baltimore Feb. 17, 1925, Mangione was the son of Sicilian immigrants Luigi and Maria Villano Mangione.

He attended parochial schools in Baltimore before joining the Navy to serve on the destroyer U.S.S. Caperton in the South Pacific in World War II, according to his son, Sam Mangione.

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Joseph Gilmore Jr. - 2004

GILMORE, JR., JOSEPH H., 80 -of Longport, died Friday, October 1 after a long illness. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA before moving to Ventnor in 1930. He attended Georgetown University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy to serve on the destroyer U.S.S. Caperton in World War II.

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Walter Bucklad 1929 - 2005

Just a brief note to inform you that my Dad, Walter Bucklad, passed into final peace this past Sunday, November 27th, 2005, after a long struggle with complications due mainly to Diabetes.

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Walter F. Brady - 2007

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Walter Brady who served on the USS Caperton in 1957-1958.

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Salvatore Dominick Bonnano 1922-1992

Salvatore D. Bonnano  who served in the American and Asiatic-Pacific Theather of Operations aboard the USS Caperton DD-650 from 7-30-1943 to 9-11-1945 passed away on December 12, 1992.

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Paul Ehrenfried -2008

Paul Ehrenfried, 87, from San Carlos, California, on April 18, 2008. B.A. in economics/journalism and a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, Maine Masque, orchestra, Student Senate, Radio Guild, band, and worked on the Maine Campus. He was an early member of the Maine Bears jazz band. He was a veteran of World War II serving from 1942 until 1946 in the Navy aboard the USS Caperton in the South Pacific Theater and was involved in major battles against the Japanese.

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Herman W. Gullett - 1999

Herman W. Gullett, a snipe on the U.S.S. Caperton during WWII, passed on April 24, 1999 of giloblastoma Grade 4 (invasive brain cancer).

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Frank Vodhanel 1923 - 2005

To glimpse the character of Frank Joseph Vodhanel, who died of Leukemia on Saturday at age 81,

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Carmen Romano 1924 - 2006

On behalf of myself & three brothers, It is with regret I inform you of my father’s (Carmen Romano) passing on August 20, 2006, losing his battle with lung cancer. My father proudly served on the U.S.S. Caperton between the years 1943-46.

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