The following is a listing of crew members who served aboard USS KIDD (DD-661) throughout the course of her career (April 23, 1943 ~ June 19, 1964).  Those crewmen listed with a Purple Heart beside their name were lost during a kamikaze attack off the coast of Okinawa on April 11, 1945.  A special thanks to Mr. John J. Schulte who conducted many years of research through National Archives and Naval Historical Center records to compile this crew roster and who made it available to us to present here.

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USS KIDD (DD-661) (April 23, 1943 ~ June 19, 1964)
Name	Served		Rank / Rate
Aasen, Paul H.	July '56	Dec. '56	SK1
Abernathy, Jerry D.	Feb. '59	Nov. '59	SFM2
Abernethy, William M.	Dec. '43	Apr. '45	MM1
Abney, John Ezelle	Apr. '43	Jan. '45	MM1
Abney, Willard G.	Feb. '54	Feb. '57	GM1
Ackart, Leon E.	Apr. '58	Oct. '60	LT(jg)
Acker, Minot	Feb. '60	Aug. '60	GM1
Ackerman, Fenwick H.	Oct. '55	Dec. '55	BM3
Ackers, Ira E.	May '51	Oct. '54	FN
Acuff, James H.	Jan. '55	Feb. '57	EM3
Acuff, Jim Roy	Mar. '55	Jan. '57	EM2
Adams, Carlile R.	Jan. '63	Apr. '64	SD2
Adams, Dewey V.	Dec. '62	Jan. '63	RD3
Adams, George H.	Mar. '51	Oct. '53	BM3
Adams, Harold L.	Aug. '53	Sept. '54	FN
Adams, Martin A., Jr.	Mar. '62	May '62	QMC
Adams, Robert E.	Sept. '63	Apr. '64	CDR
Adams, Silas D.	Oct. '53	Aug. '57	MM2
Addington, Duane S.	Oct. '57	Oct. '60	MM2
Adkins, Andrew L.	Apr. '55	Nov. '55	BM1
Aery, Carl, Jr.	Oct. '54	Dec. '59	BM2
Agnew, Kenneth T.	Nov. '54	Aug. '57	QM3
Aguilera, Joe E.	Aug. '51	July '53	MM3
Ahola, Jon W.	Jan. '62	Aug. '63	SK3
Ainsworth, Alma L.	Oct. '56	Nov. '57	CS2
Akin, William T., Jr.	Dec. '57	Jan. '58	GM2
Albert, Delmar R.	Dec. '56	Nov. '59	BT2
Aldrich, Dean David	Sept. '43	Apr. '44	BM1
Alger, Merrial H.	July '51	Dec. '54	SN
Allen, Bruce D.	Sept. '61	Sept. '62	YN3
Allen, Elbert E.	May '52	May '53	RMSN
Allen, Martin T.	May '52	July '52	SA
Allison, Bernard L.	Oct. '58	Dec. 59	SA
Allison, Charles A., Jr.	Dec. '58	July '61	MM3
Allwhite, Charles N.	Aug. '43	Apr. '45	F1c
Almendinger, Leonard E.	Mar. '51	Apr. '51	SN
Ambrose, Jacob, J.	Jan. '55	Dec. '57	RM2
Ammon, Richard E., Jr.	Mar. '59	Apr. '63	BT2
Anchonda, Armandro	Nov. '54	Mar. '58	TM3
Andersen, Ronald E.	May '54	May '57	MM2
Anderson, Anders T.	Aug. '57	May '59	LT(jg)
Anderson, Edward Don	Mar. '64	June '64	SA
Anderson, Harry A., Jr.	June '57	Jan. '60	BT3
Anderson, John J.	Aug. '53	Sep. '53	MMC
Anderson, Lonnie R.	Dec. '57	July '61	BT3
Angus, Milton R.	Oct. '55	Jan. '58	BM3
Annis, James R.	Nov. '51	Feb. '52	RD2
Anstedt, Robert J.	May '51	Oct. '54	GM3
Antieau, David C.	Aug. '54	Nov. '56	MM2
Aranas, Moises	Mar. '46	Dec. '46	StM1
Arbuckle, Al, Jr.	Oct. '43	Mar. '46	SF3
Archambault, Roland S.	Apr. '44	Sep. '45	LT(jg)
Archer, Franklin P.	Apr. '53	Dec. '54	ET3
Archer, Joe	Mar. '51	Sep. '53	FN
Archibald, Richard L.	Jan. '46	Nov. '46	MM1
Archuleta, Manuel	Nov. '58	Dec. '59	SN
Ardemaghi, Felix T.	May '52	Nov. '55	QM2
Arndt, Frederick B.	Apr. '58	Oct. '61	SN
Arndt, Harry F.	May '46	June '46	RD2
Arnette, Robert B.	May '51	Oct. '53	SN
Arnold, Hazen E.	Apr. '61	Apr. '62	EM2
Arthur, Gale B.	Nov. '59	Jan. '60	FA
Arthur, Leo M.	Oct. '57	Feb. '60	DK3
Atkins, Phillip A.	May '60	Aug. '60	ET3
Atkinson, Norris K.	Apr. '57	May '59	SN
Auld, John F.	Apr '43	Aug. '44	EM1
Avard, William P.	Nov. '56	Dec. '57	YN2
Azvedo, Duane H.	Oct. '43	Jan. '46	EM2

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USS KIDD (DD-661) (April 23, 1943 ~ June 19, 1964)
Name	Served		Rank / Rate
Baca, Tomas	Oct. '43	Mar. '46	S1c
Backhaus, Fred H.	Oct. '51	Sep. '53	CSC
Bacon, Robert J.	Mar. '51	Sep. '53	MM2
Badeaux, Claude Joseph	Oct. '43	Dec. '45	S1c
Bahnsen, Raymond R.	May '45	May '46	MM3
Bahr, Robert C.	May '51	Oct. '54	SNc
Bailey, Andrew B.	Sep. '51	Aug. '52	CSC
Bailey, Bobby R.	Mar. '53	Mar. '54	TE3
Baird, Everett M.	Sep. '55	Dec. '58	QM3
Baker, Barry L.	Mar. '51	May '54	MM3
Baker, David C.	May '51	Dec. '53	FT3
Baker, Harold G.	Apr. '52	May '54	SN
Baker, James E.	Mar. '51	Feb. '52	MM3
Baker, James G.	Aug. '62	June '64	EM2
Baker, Kenneth E.	May '57	Aug. '60	IC2
Baker, Robert J.	June '46	Sep. '46	EMC
Baker, Thomas R.	Apr. '43	June '43	SK1
Baker, William R.	Sep. '54	Nov. '55	GM3
Baldwin, Stephen W.	Dec. '58	Aug. '62	SH3
Ballarion, John Homer	Mar. '64	June '64	SN
Ballew, Thomas E.	Mar. '51	July '52	FTC
Balthazor, Richard A.	Aug. '63	June '64	MMFN
Bane, Walter E.	June '54	July '54	BT1
Banfill, Donald I.	Mar. '51	Aug. '52	EN3
Banks, Edwin G.	Jan. '61	Feb. '64	ET2
Banks, Ernest G.	Mar. '51	Oct. '51	TA
Banks, Russell A.	Nov. '57	Jan. '60	FN
Barcello, Edward	Mar. '51	Feb. '52	ME1
Bare, Raymond O.	Apr. '43	Oct. '44	WTC
Barker, James N.	Nov. '56	Apr. '59	SN
Barker, Kenneth	Dec. '45	Jan. '46	PhM2
Barkley, Eppa B.	June '43	May '45	BM1
Barnard, Louis Fort	May '45	July '45	F1c
Barnes, Charles E.	Apr. '57	Jan. '60	FN
Barnes, George L.	Dec. '59	Sep. '60	MMC
Barnett, Herman E.	June '54	Oct. '54	BT2
Barnhill, James L.	Dec. '59	Feb. '60	SN
Barnhouse, William T.	May '44	Feb. '46	LT(jg)
Barnson, Earl C.	Sep. '53	Dec. '54	BM3
Barrish, Robert J.	Nov. '51	Aug. '53	PN3
Barren, Rodolfo	Nov. '54	Aug. '57	ME3
Bartell, Joseph Albert	May '45	July '45	F1c
Bartholomew, William J.	Dec. '60	Jan. '61	LT(jg)
Bartunek, Charles W.	Apr. '43	Nov. '45	GM2
Bascom, John A., Jr.	June '60	Nov. '62	QM3
Bascom, Stanley L.	Feb. '58	Oct. '61	GM3
Bassinger, Edgar O.	Mar. '46	May '46	Coxswain
Basler, Dennis L.	Dec. '58	Mar. '59	MRC
Bast, William H.	Aug. '59	June '62	LT(jg)
Baxter, Robert J.	Aug. '58	Apr. '60	CDR
Bayevich, Dan	Mar. '52	July '54	ENFN
Bayne, Everett M.	Nov. '55	Apr. '56	FT1
Baze, Jimmie C.	June '46	Nov. '46	F1c
Beall, Jack	Apr. '57	Jan. '60	FT2
Bealon, Crawford	Nov. '58	Mar. '62	SD3
Bean, Bobby R.	Dec. '60	July '62	FN
Bean, Doyle G.	Oct. '57	June '61	IC3
Beasley, Warren R.	Sep. '52	Apr. '54	FN
Beattie, Billie C.	Mar. '59	Dec. '59	SO2
Beaty, Kenneth I.	Feb. '59	Dec. '59	MM1
Beaver, Joe E.	May '62	Dec. '62	GM2
Beavers, Henry Dewey	May '45	Nov. '45	S2c
Beck, John G.	Oct. '54	Dec. '55	YN3
Becker, Robert T.	Mar. '52	July '53	SN
Beckham, John Louis	Aug. '61	Mar. '62	BT2
Beckham, Sylvester O.	Sep. '61	Oct. '62	FN
Bednar, George Steven	May '62	June '64	MMC
Beeby, Benjamin E.	Mar. '51	June '52	BT2
Beehler, Harold L.	Dec. '54	Oct. '56	FN
Beers, Harold E.	Apr. '59	Mar. '62	MM1
Beery, Darrell D.	Nov. '57	Mar. '58	SA
Begay, Roy Kenneth	Dec. '57	Apr. '61	EM3
Bellis, Charles A.	Feb. '52	Apr. '53	CDR
Benjamin, Herbert S.	May '44	Jan. '45	Ensign
Benjamin, Roy A.	Mar. '51	July '53	BM2
Bennett, Harry J.	Apr. '43	Apr. '44	WT2
Bennetts, Stanley A.	Mar. '54	Dec. '55	RD3
Benoit, Alfred J.	Sep. '51	Dec. '51	TMSN
Bentley, Charles E.	Sep. '53	June '54	RDSN
Benton, Johnny	Jan. '55	Oct. '55	CSC
Bentz, Robert P.	Sep. '53	Sep. '56	LT
Benze, Harold R., Jr.	Aug. '60	Mar. '61	SFM3
Berey, George, Jr.	Sep. '61	Dec. '62	RD1
Bergin, Daniel E.	Feb. '55	Dec. '56	CDR
Berhow, Duaine J.	Jan. '57	Sep. '57	SN
Bernards, Clarence	June '46	Sep. '46	S2c
Berwick, Robert A.	Sep. '44	Apr. '45	Ensign
Bettin, Delbert E.	Mar. '60	June '60	RD3
Betzer, William E.	Dec. '56	Aug. '58	CDR
Bevill, Richard F., Jr.	June '53	Dec. '56	MM1
Bevins, Stephen J.	Oct. '54	Jan. '58	QM1
Bick, Joseph G.	Nov. '60	Oct. '62	YN3
Bie, William T.	Apr. '43	Aug. '43	MM2
Bielawski, Stanley B.	Feb. '58	Dec. '58	BMC
Bigler, Robert E.	June '54	July '54	BM2
Billotti, Earl F., Jr.	Feb. '62	June '64	MM3
Bilotti, Armand	Apr. '43	Aug. '44	S1c
Bingham, Patrick J.	Mar. '51	May '52	LT
Bird, George E.	Sep. '61	Sep. '63	MM3
Birmingham, Charles F.	Apr. '43	May '45	FC3
Bishop, Robert O., Jr.	Aug. '61	Feb. '64	SN
Bittle, Andrew J.	Mar. '51	Apr. '52	SH3
Bixler, Charles F.	Mar. '51	May '52	MMC
Black, Arthur H.	Apr. '43	Apr. '45	LT(jg)
Black, Gordon M.	July '60	Nov. '61	SN
Black, Johnny Lee	Sep. '44	Feb. '46	StM1
Black, Richard F.	Sep. '61	Apr. '62	EM3
Blackburn, Henry R.	Jan. '45	Dec. '45	S1c
Blackmon, William James	Sep. '61	Apr. '62	Ensign
Blackwell, Charles, Jr.	Apr. '57	June '61	BT2
Blair, Kenneth A.	May '59	May '59	SFM3
Blake, Daniel F.	Jan. '58	Jan. '60	SN
Blake, Warren E.	May '43	Dec. '43	EM2
Blakesley, Lloyd F.	June '46	Sep. '46	S1c
Blang, Robert W.	Apr. '58	Dec. '58	ETR3
Blasky, August T., Jr.	Apr. '43	Sep. '45	SO1
Blew, Carl W.	Apr. '43	Apr. '45	Coxswain
Blomquist, Donald M.	Mar. '51	July '54	MM1
Bloom, Joseph J., Jr.	Sep. '61	Jan. '63	PN3
Blount, Earl Stanley	Dec. '43	Dec. '45	S1c
Blow, Maurice M.	Apr. '43	Dec. '43	RM2
Blue, Charles M.	Sep. '55	Mar. '57	TN
Blunk, Albert W.	Apr. '43	Oct. '45	GM3
Bobbitt, Obed	Aug. '51	Aug. '52	BT3
Boddie, B. F.	____ '51	_____ '52	Ensign
Bodenham, Raymond G.	Dec. '54	Oct. '55	EN3
Boemhmer, John B.	Mar. '51	Aug. '52	BT3
Bogart, Fred A.	June '54	Aug. '54	SO2
Bogart, Ted F.	June '54	Aug. '54	SO3
Bogasky, John J.	Jan. '52	Aug. '52	SN
Bogut, Donald P.	Jan. '58	Apr. '59	BT3
Bohm, James D.	June '53	July '53	RMSN
Boland, Bernard W.	Apr. '53	Dec. '53	RD2
Bolin, Richard D.	Dec. '54	Jan. '55	CSSA
Bolton, Thomas B.	Sep. '61	Aug. '62	RD3
Bond, Lonnie F.	Mar. '53	July '53	SO2
Bonetti, Pete W., Jr.	Sep. '57	Dec. '59	MM3
Borg, C. H.	May '45	Oct. '45	LT
Bort, William L., Jr.	May '63	June '64	RD3
Bosley, Wallis D.	May '43	Sep. '43	SM3
Boudreau, Edmund J.	Mar. '51	Feb. '52	GM3
Boudreaux, Orain	May '59	Feb. '63	MM3
Bourget, Richard A.	Feb. '63	June '64	GM1
Bovain, John	Dec. '59	Apr. '62	SD2
Bowe, Walter E.	Nov. '56	Feb. '57	GMC
Bowen, John A.	Mar. '51	Sep. '53	FN
Bower, Charles F.	May '45	July '46	F1c
Bowers, Floyd R.	Dec. '43	Jan. '44	RM3
Bowles, Onie J.	Sep. '52	Mar. '54	BM3
Bowles, William J.	Aug. '44	Nov. '45	LT
Boyd, Asa L.	Oct. '54	Aug. '57	FT2
Boyd, Donald J.	Mar. '51	Feb. '52	GM3
Boyd, Joseph Allen	June '63	June '64	FN
Boyd, Lee	Oct. '54	Aug. '57	FT2
Boyd, William E., Jr.	Nov. '54	Jan. '57	SH3
Boyer, William L.	Mar. '59	Dec. '59	BT3
Brackett, John F.	June '57	Oct. '57	SA
Brackman, Richard D.	July '53	Dec. '54	SN
Bradberry, Grover C.	Dec. '43	Feb. '45	S1c
Bradley, Clyde E.	Oct. '57	Jan. '59	FN
Bradley, Mack V.	Apr. '43	July '45	RdM2
Bradley, Roy A.	Oct. '54	Dec. '54	EN3
Bradshaw, Joseph R.	Apr. '43	July '44	S2c
Braget, Kenneth W.	Mar. '56	Jan. '57	SN
Braico, Vincent	Oct. '58	Jan. '60	EM3
Braie, Raymond	June '60	Sep. '61	GM3
Brainard, Raymond L.	Dec. '43	Feb. '45	MM3
Brandmeier, Elmer L.	Apr. '43	Feb. '45	MM2
Brandon, Joseph M., Jr.	Mar. '51	Feb. '52	ICC
Branscum, Rex	Sep. '56	Feb. '60	RD3
Braswell, Furman C.	May '54	Dec. '54	TESN
Brech, Ralph V.	Apr. '57	Dec. '59	SN
Breda, Sergio A.	May '46	July '46	S1c
Breece, Alvin L.	Feb. '61	Jan. '64	SMC
Breeding, Charles S.	Mar. '59	Dec. '59	GM3
Breedlove, Luther B.	May '45	July '45	F1c
Breedlove, Roy E.	Nov. '54	Dec. '55	FN
Breitenstein, Arthur	Dec. '43	Dec. '44	MM3
Brennan, Bernard J.	Mar. '64	June '64	SN
Bricka, George W.	May '45	Dec. '46	S1c
Bricker, Royce M.	May '44	Dec. '45	F2c
Bridges, Charles E.	Mar. '59	July '61	RD2
Bridgewater, Dorsey C.	May '44	Apr. '45	S1c
Brinn, Sherial L.	Apr. '57	Feb. '60	MM3
Briscoe, Jimmie	Mar. '52	Aug. '56	SN
Brittin, Burdick H.	Apr. '44	Apr. '45	LT
Broadbent, Robert J.	Oct. '55	Sep. '56	MMC
Brodt, Daniel L.	May '44	Dec. '45	MM3
Brogan, Michael P.	Feb. '62	Sep. '62	RMSN
Brooks, Gary M.	May '63	June '64	FN
Brooks, Robert P.	May '44	Oct. '45	EM3
Brooks, William A., Jr.	Jan. '63	June '64	BT3
Brow, John W.	Jan. '59	Dec. '59	RMSN
Brown, Abraham L.	May '44	Sep. '44	S1c
Brown, Anthony G.	Feb. '58	Jan. '60	FN
Brown, Barney	Mar. '51	Feb. '52	MM1
Brown, C.	Aug. '45	_____	Ensign
Brown, Charles M.	June '63	June '64	FN
Brown, Clarence	June '62	June '64	BM3
Brown, Dewey L.	June '46	Sep. '46	WT2
Brown, Earnest	Apr. '59	Dec. '59	BT3
Brown, Gerald R.	May '45	Dec. '45	S2c
Brown, Harold R.	Sep. '55	July '56	PN3
Brown, James E.	Jan. '57	Sep. '57	SA
Brown, John B., Jr.	Sep. '61	Sep. '63	SM3
Brown, John J.	June '62	Jan. '63	RD3
Brown, Jose	Dec. '51	Aug. '52	TN
Brown, Lawrence A.	Apr. '43	Oct. '43	MM2
Brown, Ransler	Apr. '43	Feb. '45	MM1
Brown, Robert, Jr.	Jan. '63	Sep. '63	TN
Brown, Robert William	July '61	Mar. '63	BT2
Brown, Ronald D.	Apr. '57	Oct. '58	FT1
Brown, Thomas W.	Mar. '51	Jan. '52	ET1
Brown, Wallace	May '45	Dec. '45	S2c
Brown, Wiliam C.	May '45	Nov. '45	LT(jg)
Brown, William C.	Sep. '45	Nov. '45	MM3
Browngardt, Robert P.	Feb. '58	Aug. '61	BT2
Brummel, Earl	Oct. '52	July '53	BMC
Brust, Russell E.	Mar. '51	Aug. '54	BT2
Bryant, James A.	May '44	Aug. '45	S1c
Bryant, William H.	Oct. '61	Apr. '62	TM1
Bryson, Paul William	Mar. '62	Nov. '62	FA
Buchanan, Robert L.	May '44	Dec. '45	S1c
Bucich, Anthony C.	July '55	Nov. '55	FT3
Buck, Duane A.	May '45	Jan. '46	F1c
Buckley, Allen F.	July '56	Feb. '61	EN2
Buckman, Charles E.	May '51	Nov. '51	SN
Buclatin, Severiano A.	Apr. '59	Dec. '59	TN
Budka, Edmund B.	Apr. '43	July '43	S2c
Bueler, Kenneth A.	Apr. '43	June '43	S2c
Buie, Marvin W.	Oct. '54	Jan. '56	SN
Burns, Robert A.	Dec. '60	Oct. '61	MM3
Bullington, Delbert R.	Dec. '59	Jan. '60	FN
Bullock, Warren	Feb. '53	Nov. '53	SN
Burch, Lawrence L.	Nov. '54	Dec. '55	SH3
Burford, Francis D.	Dec. '52	Dec. '56	SH2
Burger, Daniel W., Jr.	Mar. '51	Feb. '54	BM2
Burke, Wayne W.	Oct. '60	June '62	RD3
Burnell, Raymond E.	Dec. '59	Aug. '60	SO2
Burnett, Luther J.	Mar. '51	Sep. '51	RD1
Burnett, Raymond G.	Apr. '43	July '43	BMC
Burnette, Robert E.	Apr. '43	Jan. '45	GM2
Burns, Benjamin W.	Nov. '63	June '64	EMFN
Burns, Harry A., Jr.	Apr. '43	Sep. '44	LT
Burns, James E.	May '45	Dec. '46	F1c
Burns, Milton J.	Apr. '43	July '43	F2c
Burns, Robert Alan	May '60	Mar. '62	LT(jg)
Burns, Robert E.	Nov. '54	Mar. '58	SH2
Burns, Robert E.	Jan. '45	July '45	S1c
Burrier, Paul E.	June '62	Apr. '64	HMC
Burwell, Bruce E.	June '62	Jan. '63	RDSN
Bush, Fred M.	Apr. '45	Feb. '46	CDR
Butcher, Jerry R.	Dec. '56	May '59	MM2
Butcher, Richard L.	Aug. '56	Aug. '58	MM2
Butler, John R.	May '44	Apr. '45	S1c
Byers, Ben Robert	May '44	Dec. '45	S1c
Byers, James W.	Mar. '52	Oct. '55	CS3
Byford, John C.	Mar. '59	Dec. '59	MM3
Bynog, Lawrence	May '44	Apr. '45	S2c
Byrne, Clifford W.	Sep. '56	Mar. '58	SN

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