NNHS Class of 1966

David Abbott

27 Sep 1948

Killed in Action in Vietnam

We were classmates from 1st grade at Woodrow Wilson through high school at NNHS. I will never forget our 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Page's son, picking you up in front of the class. He was a tall soldier then and you were so little. I heard that he was also killed in Viet Nam. We remember you with fondness.

Posted by: Cheryl Mays Howard and John Howard (both '66) of VA -
Monday, November 25, 2002

DAVID FRANCIS ABBOTT
is honored on Panel 16W, Row 16 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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 U.S. Air Force - Vietnam 

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Mike "Moby" Bradford

4 Jan 1948
VA

1 Nov 2006
VA

Ciliary Body Melanoma

Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School: 1970

"Master Shipbuilder" - June 2006

Randy Culotta

23 May 1948
Newport News, VA

21 Aug 1999
Newport News, VA

Cancer

NASA Apprentice School: 1971

RANDOLPH F. CULOTTA

Randolph "Dr. Rando" Francis Culotta, 51, died at his residence on Aug. 21, 1999. Mr. Culotta was born May 23, 1948, in Newport News, to the late Joseph S. Culotta and the late Geraldine Hernandez Culotta . He graduated from Newport News High School in 1966 and NASA Apprentice School in 1971. He loved working at NASA for the last 32 years and was also an avid Corvette hobbyist.

Mr. Culotta is survived by his wife, Rise Culotta; two daughters, Amy Dixon and Rana Culotta, both of Hampton; two sons, Danny J. O'Brien Jr. of Alexandria and Garrett Culotta of Hampton; three brothers, Joseph Culotta and Monrickie Culotta, both of Newport News, and Kerry Culotta of Gloucester Point. His granddaughter, Haleigh Dixon of Hampton, also survives him.

A memorial service will be held at Peninsula Funeral Home on Thursday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m., and the family will receive friends after the service until 8:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the National Kidney Foundation, Hampton Roads Foundation, 1515 N. Military Highway, Norfolk, Va.

Cremation Society of Virginia, Tidewater Office, is handling the arrangements.

Published in the Daily Press on 8/24/1999.

Joseph Curry

23 Sept 1962

Killed in Car Accident Which Also Claimed His Parents

I was glad to see Joe Curry’s name in the memorial section. He died so early in our high school days that most people do not remember him.

We grew up in an awesome neighborhood near the Peterson yacht basin and were great friends until his death. Other friends in that area included: G.B. Cooper, Billy Taylor ('64), John Montague ('65), David and Terry Abbott ('66 and '65), Linda and Nelson Harris ('66 and '65), Stuart Jackson ('66), Jimmy Skates ('66), Tommy Seaborn ('66), and Annie Korycinski ('66), just to name a few. In fact I found out about his death when I went to house one morning
to go to school and no one answered the door. Stuart Jackson, next door, came out and told me. I was a pall bearer for Joe.

Joe and I used to play “dice baseball” for hours and hours. It was a rather simple game to master and required only a pair of dice and baseball cards. You had to have the baseball card from Topps bubble gum of any player that you “played” in a game. It was a definite no-no to “mess with” the other guys cards. So when I would poke one of his players in the eye, thus rendering that player temporarily useless, it was a great joy that I still remember fondly today. Many a rainy day was passed playing endless numbers of games and conjuring up trades to make our teams the best. For about four or five years we had EVERY baseball card printed. Like most kids from that time period we had no idea we had a small fortune in cards which either ended up on the spokes of our bikes or in the trash.

Probably my fondest “Joe Curry” memory happened when playing Pony League baseball. Joe was batting against me and had never gotten a hit off me. He hit a shot over the first baseman’s head. He was sooo happy going to first, jumping up and down, laughing at me, so happy that he forgot to run! The right fielder picked the ball on one hop and threw him out at first! Needless to say that gave me a couple of weeks of ammunition.

Hope I didn’t rattle on too long. But Joe and I were the definition of best friends and many times I have wondered what might have happened had he lived.

- Albert Dorner ('66) of VA - 05/26/04
Thanks so much, Albert.

Faye Elder

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Alvin M. Gills Jr.

Alvin M. Gills Jr., 51, a lifelong resident of the Peninsula, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000.

He will be missed by the many lives that he touched.

Mr. Gills was preceded in death by his father, Alvin M. Gills Sr. Survivors include his wife, Pam; two sons, Al Gills and his wife, Kara, and his grandson, Grady, of California and Troy Gills of Florida; his mother, Ruth Gills of Newport News; two sisters, Billie Deese of Hampton and Kitty Eib of Indiana; his brother, Dabney Gills of Poquoson; four nephews; two nieces; two great-nephews; one great- niece; and many friends.

A memorial service will be conducted at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, at Peninsula Funeral Home, officiated by the Rev. Stephen Crane. Family will receive friends after the service until 8 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association.

Published in the Daily Press on 2/21/2000.

 U.S. Navy - Vietnam: 
Silver Star
Purple Heart

I'm the One Called "Doc…"

I shall not walk in your footsteps,
but I will walk by your side.
I shall not walk in your image,
I've earned my own title of pride.
We've answered the call together,
on sea and foreign land.
When the cry for help was given,
I've been there right at hand.
Whether I am on the ocean
or in the jungle wearing greens,
Giving aid to my fellow man,
be it Sailors or Marines.
So the next time you see a corpsman
and you think of calling him "squid",
Think of the job he's doing
as those before him did.
And if you ever have to go out there
and you life is on the block,
Look at the one right next to you…
I'm the one called "Doc".

Harry D. Penny, Jr. HMC(AC)USN
Copyright 1975

"Permission to reprint granted
by the author/copyright owner".

Posted by: HMCM John Bruneel, Retired
Wednesday, June 19, 2002

ALLEN EBERLY GROSHONG
is honored on Panel 48E, Row 52 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

I had heard some time ago that Allen had been killed in Vietnam but only recently learned the particulars.  He was a Navy medic assigned to a Company of U. S. Marines.  Medics were not doctors but were usually called "Doc."  The Marines called him Doc Allen.  One of them told him he had to be called Doc Allen rather than Doc Groshong because they had to be able to scream it easily if they needed him in a hurry.  He arrived in Vietnam in February of 1968 just after his 20th birthday.  He was killed in action on April 8, 1968 when he exposed himself to hostile fire to save the life of a young Marine private.  He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the third highest award given for valor in the face of the enemy. Note: thanks to the USMC Together We Served website for this information.

- Sydney Dearing ('56) of TN - 05/11/08
Thanks, Sydney.

Grant Guthrie

Killed in Private Plane Crash

Virginia Tech: 1970

Hi Carol:
Here's a copy of the Press & Standard newspaper from Walterboro, SC with the story of Grant Guthrie (NNHS class of '66) plane crash. He was in the Virginia Tech Scuba Club with me back in the '60s.

- Chip Clark ('65) of Northern VA - 08/21/06
Thanks, Chip.

John Guthrie

 27 Apr 1948
Danville, VA

U.S.M.C. - Vietnam

JOHN M. GUTHRIE

NEWPORT NEWS - John M. Guthrie, 50, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1998. A native of Danville, he had been a lifelong resident of Newport News.

Mr. Guthrie was a graduate of Newport News High School and was a U.S. Marine, having served in the Vietnam War. He was a volunteer worker for Riverside Regional Medical Center.

Survivors include his daughter, Mary-Chase Guthrie of Yorktown; two sons, Christopher Scott Guthrie of Phoenix, Ariz., and Ryan Michael Guthrie of Houston, Texas; three sisters, Laurie Montijo of Newport News and Harrison Young and Gale Makin, both of Phoenix, Ariz.; one brother, Joseph Guthrie ; and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends Friday, Oct. 16, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Peninsula Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, in Peninsula Memorial Park.

Published in the Daily Press on 10/16/1998.

Regina Ivey St. John

David Kahle

Choked to Death

Wake Forrest University

DAVID W. KAHLE

NEWPORT NEWS - David Wayne Kahle, 47, died Monday, Sept. 23, 1996. Born in Newport News, he attended Newport News High School and Wake Forrest University. He was an employee of Newport News Shipbuilding.

Mr. Kahle was preceded in death by his parents, George Adolphus and Francis Brown Kahle .

He is survived by his wife, Jean Gibson Kahle; five children, Jack W. Kahle of Newport News, Daryl J. Kahle and his wife, Dianne Kahle of Norfolk, Michelle L. Kahle and her husband, David Rodrigo of Williamsburg, Denise Kenney and her husband, Dennis Kenney of Williamsburg; his sister, Frances M. Moppett of Mystic, Conn.; two brothers, George A. Kahle of Vero Beach, Fla., and Douglas E. Kahle of Virginia Beach; four grandchildren and a host of loving relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Peninsula Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, at Peninsula Funeral Home.

Published in the Daily Press on 9/25/1996.
 

Jean J. Gibson Kahle

NEWPORT NEWS - Jean J. Kahle, 64, passed away Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004.

She was preceded in death by her husband, David W. Kahle, and her parents, Jessie and Jack Gibson.

Survivors include her children, Jack William Kahle of Newport News, Denise Kenney of Williamsburg, Daryl Kahle and his wife, Dianne, of Norfolk, Michelle Kahle of Mattaponi and Jack Kahle of North Carolina; grandchildren, Dawn Byrd, Pamela Otey, Jacob Kahle, Ethan Kahle and Jacqueline King; sisters, Jackie Dolan of Lockport, N.Y., and Vi Miller and her husband, Mel, of Buffalo, N.Y.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Peninsula Funeral Home. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Peninsula Funeral Home.

Published in the Daily Press on 2/9/2004.

Randy Kiser

Wingate University

JAMES RANDY KISER

GLOUCESTER - J. Randy Kiser, 46, died on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1995, in Riverside Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Newport News and a Gloucester resident for 12 years.

Mr. Kiser was a steamfitter and welder in Local Union 540 for the past 25 years. He was a member of Providence Baptist Church in Gloucester. He was a graduate of Newport News High School and Wingate University in Wingate, N.C.

Survived by his wife, Debra Hall Kiser; his daughter, Stephanie B. Kiser , who lives at home; two sons, Jason R. Kiser, who lives at home, and James R. Kiser II of Gloucester Point; his mother, Mrs. Gerri S. Kiser of Newport News; and two brothers, Danny T. Kiser of Concord, N.C., and Mark Kiser of Reston, Va.

The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Peninsula Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday in Calvary Baptist Church by Rev. Samuel W. Tatem and Rev. Larry Kirby. Burial will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park. Memorials to the American Heart Association, 753 Thimble Shoals Blvd. Suite 2-B, Newport News, Va. 23606. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Published in the Daily Press on 2/10/1995.

Terry Kiser

Pam Mitchell Bray

Pam Oliver Russell

Aneurysm

 Cast of Fall (1964) Play, "Take Her, She's Mine"

Industrial Cooperative Training Club
Hall of Fame: Best Dancer

University of Chicago

Pat Shiplett

Tommy White

 U.S. Army - Vietnam

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