PEOPLE - UNITED STATES
Names beginning with the letter W

This page lists all W-named U.S. citizens and residents whose pictures are available through the Online Library.

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W-named Persons are listed below in alphabetical order. Scan down the list until you find the ship you want, then click its entry to access appropriate image pages.

• Waddell, James Iredell, Commander, Confederate States Navy (1824-1886)
• Wadleigh, George H., Rear Admiral, USN (1842-1927)
• Wagner, Mrs. F.D. (Sponsor of USS Shelikof, 1943)
• Wagner, Nicholas Henry Joseph, Chief Carpenter's Mate, USN, (lost with USS Chauncey, 1917)
• Wahlen, George E., Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class, USN, (1924-____). Later Major, U.S. Army.
• Wainwright, Lawrence, Captain, USN, (in service as a retired officer, 1945)
• Wainwright Jr., Richard, Commander, USN (Retired), (1881-1944)
• Waite, William L., Musician 1st Class, USN, (in service aboard USS Columbia, 1904-05)
• Waits, Inez, Seaman 1st Class (Aviation Machinist's Mate), USNR(W), (in service, 1943)
  
  
• Waldron, John Charles, Lieutenant Commander, USN (1900-1942)
• Walke, Henry A., Rear Admiral, USN (1809-1896)
• Walker, Edith (French), Yeoman (F), USNRF, (in service, circa 1918-19)
• Walker, William M., Lieutenant, USNR, (officer on USS Barb, 1945)
• Wallin, Homer N., Vice Admiral, USN, (1893-1984)
• Walsh, Kenneth A., Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, (1916-1998)
• Walsh, William G., Gunnery Sergeant, USMCR, (1922-1945)
• Wangerin, Paul F.F., Ensign, USNR, (1892-19??)
  
  
• Ward, Aaron, Rear Admiral, USN, (1851-1918)
• Ward, James H., Commander, USN, (1806-1861)
• Ward, James Richard, Seaman First Class, USN, (1921-1941)
• Warder, Mrs. Frederick B. (Sponsor of USS Thresher, 1960)
• Warren, Sandra. (Passenger on USNS General Maurice Rose, circa the 1950s)
  
  
• Watson, Charles F., Acting Ensign, USN, (Civil War Executive Officer of USS Coeur de Lion)
• Watson, Edward H., Captain, USN, (1874-1942)
• Watson, Wilson D., Private, USMCR, (1922-1994).
  
  
• Webb, William A, Commander, Confederate States Navy
• Webber, R.L., Seaman, USN, (in service on USS Bang, 1968)
• Weber, Wilmer W., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN, (Officer of USS Pueblo, 1918)
• Wedderburn, Charles Foster, Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN, (lost with USS Chauncey, 1917)
• Wehle, Mrs. John (Sponsor of USS Butler, 1942)
• Wells, Isabelle Clemons, (Married name of a WAVE who was in service during the 1940s)
• Welsh, Anna, Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class, USNR (W), (in service, 1944)
• Welsh, Jackie, Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class, (in service, 1944)
  
  
• Werlins, J.E.., (Sailor on board USS Concord, circa 1933)
• Wettengel (Crewmember of USS West Virginia, circa 1911)
  
  
• Whalen, Howard W., Lieutenant Commander, USNR (Retired), (1912-19??)
• Whalen, Joe. (Passenger on USS Sol Navis, September 1919)
• Wheeler, George H., Lieutenant, USN, (1881-1957)
• Wheeler, Mrs. Stuart, (Yeoman (F) Margaret Foster, USNRF, in service circa 1918-19)
  
  
• Whitaker, Robert S., Seaman 2nd Class, USN, (Crewman of USS Rich, 1944)
• Whitcomb, Martha, Yeoman First Class (F), USNRF (in service, 1919)
• Whitcomb, Ralph L., Ensign, USNRF, (Officer of USS Pueblo, 1918)
• White, J.L., (Sailor on board USS Concord, circa 1933)
• White, William S., Ensign, USNR, (Commissioned, 1944)
• Whiteman, Marcelle, Specialist (X) 2nd Class, USNR(W), (in service, 1945)
• Whiteside, Lindsay C., Lieutenant Commander, USN (Medical Corps), (lost with USS President Lincoln, 31 May 1918)
  
  
• Wieland, Maurice J.. (Soldier who returned to the United States on USS Santa Ana, June 1919)
• Wilkes, John, Vice Admiral, USN (Retired), (1895-1957)
• Wilkinson, Theodore S., USN, (1888-1946)
• William, John R., (Commander, Georgia Department of the American Legion, 1946)
• Williams, Mrs. Henry (Maude Steers -- Sponsor of USS Flusser, 1919)
• Williams, Hershel W., Chief Warrant Officer 4, USMCR, (1923-____)
• Williams, Jack, Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class, USNR, (1924-1945)
  
  
• Willis, Sub-Lieutenant, French air force, (in service with the Lafayette Escadrille during World War I. Prisoner of war in Germany, 1918)
• Willis, George, Coxwain, USN, (1839-????)
• Willis, John H., Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class, USN, (1921-1945)
• Wills, Frances, Ensign, USNR, (Commissioned, 1944)
• Willson, James G., Musician 2nd Class, USN, (in service aboard USS Columbia, 1904-05)
  
  
• Wilson, Frederick W., Yeoman 2nd Class, USN, (lost with USS President Lincoln, 31 May 1918)
• Wilson, Henry, Seaman, USN (crewman of the Arctic exploration steamer Jeannette, 1879-1881)
• Wilson, Louis H., General, USMC (1920-2005)
• Wilson, Phillip H., USN Sailor, (in service aboard USS A-4, circa 1912)
• Wilson, Robert L., Private First Class, USMC (1921-1944)
• Wilson, William H., Ensign (Temporary), USN. (in service, circa 1919)
  
  
• Winslow, John A., Rear Admiral, USN (1811-1873)
• Winters, John D., Musician 2nd Class, USN, (in service aboard USS Columbia, 1904-05)
• Wisecup, (Crewmember of USS Houston in 1940-41)
• Witek, Frank P., Private First Class, USMCR (1921-1944)
  
  
• Wolny, Kathryn A., Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class, USNR(W), (in service, 1945)
• Wood, John Taylor, Captain, Confederate States Navy (1830-1904)
• Woodbury, Levi (1789-1851). Secretary of the Navy, 1831-1834
• Woolsey, Melancthon Brooks, Commodore, USN (1817-1874)
• Woolsey, Melancthon Taylor, Commodore, USN (1782-1838)
• Wooster, J.K., Seaman 1st Class, USN. (Crew member of USS Adirondack, 1946)
• Woottan, Mrs. Moray Nairne (Sponsor of USS Meade, 1942)
  
  
• Wopschall, Mrs. C.G. (Sponsor of USS Pasadena, 1943)
• Worden, John L., Rear Admiral, USN (1818-1897)
• Wornell, George, Boilermaker, USN, (lost with USS Chauncey, 1917)
• Worrall, R.B., Yeoman 1st Class, USN (Crewman on USS Makin Island, 1945)
• Wright, Arthur A., Boatswains Mate 2nd Class, USN, (Crewmember of USS Madawaska, 1917-1918)
• Wright, Kenneth R. (Possibly a Soldier. Returned to the U.S. from France on USS Mobile, 1919)
• Wuestner, Dorothy, Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class, USNR(W), (in service, 1943)
• Wyckoff, Lieutenant Commander, USN, (in service, 1952)

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