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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- PEOPLE -- UNITED STATES --
Family 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.
If the person you want is not listed on this page, contact
the Photographic Section
concerning other research options.
Persons are listed below in alphabetical order. Scan down
the list until you find the person you want, then click the 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)
- 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)
- 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)
NOTES:
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