USS Utah Memorial

The USS Utah Memorial was officially authorized by the 91st Congress of the United States of America on 14 October 1970, funded by a congressional appropriation and contributions from individuals and organizations devoted to preserving heroic memories, dedicated on Memorial Day 1972, and constructed under the direction of the U.S. Navy. Its listed leadership and construction oversight included Secretary John M. Chaffee, Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet Admiral B.A. Clarey, commandants of the 14 Naval District Rear Admirals T.B. Hayward and H.S. Morgan Jr., construction officials Rear Admiral S.R. Smith and Captain L.G. Timberlake, and the Pacific Division Naval Facilities Engineer, Officer-in-Charge of Construction, Mid Pacific, and Kahaluu Construction Co., Inc. A quotation by United States Senator Frank G. Moss of Utah expressed hope for a time when memorials would honor those who live in peace rather than men who died in battle, and the ground breaking took place on 7 December 1971. An honor roll records the names of William D. Arbuckle, Joseph Barta, Rudolf P. Bielka, Virgil C. Bigham, John E. Black, John Thomas “Jack” Blackburn, Pallas Franklin Brown, William Frank Brunner, F. T. Burgarin, George Chestnutt Jr., Lloyd Dale Clippard, Joseph Ucline Conner, John Reeves Crain, David Lloyd Crossett, Billy Rex Davis, Leroy Dennis, William E. Marshall, Douglas Dieckhoff, William Hugh Dosser, Vernon J. Eldsvig, Melvin Armour Gandre, Kenneth Mace Gift, Charles N. Gregorie, Herold A. Harveson, Clifford Dale Hill, Emery Lyle Houde, David G. Jackson, Leroy Henry Jones, William Arthur Juedes, John Louis Kaelin, Erik T. Kampmeyer, Joseph N. Karabon, William H. Kent, George William La Rue, John G. Little III, Kenneth Lee Lynch, Rudolph M. Martinez, Charles O. Michael, Marvin E. Miller, Donald C. Norman, Orris Nate Norman, Edwin N. Odgaard, Elmer Anthony Parker, Forrest Hubert Perry, James W. Phillips, Walter Howard Ponders, Frank Edward Reed, Ralph Edward Scott, Henson T. Shouse, George R. Smith, Robert Daniel Smith, Joseph Byron Sousley, Gerald Victor Strinez, Peter Tomich, Elmer Herbert Ulrich, Michael W. Villa, Vernado Wetrich, and Glen Albert White.

Pearl City, Hawaii · United States