USNA 28th Company

The company is the most important unit in the Brigade of Midshipmen. Companies eat, sleep, study, drill, and compete together. Comprised of roughly 30-35 midshipmen from each of all four classes, they are led by 1/c Midshipmen. There are currently 30 companies in the Brigade, though this number has ranged from 8 in the late 1920s to 36 from the late 1940s to the late 1990s.

Some classes are in the same company for all four years; there is also "shotgunning" (all midshipmen in a class, usually following plebe year, are moved randomly to a different company) and "rifling" (again usually following plebe year, an entire group would move from one company to another). Even though many alumni were a part of more than one company during their four years at the Naval Academy, the list below is reflective of the company from which they graduated.

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James Beeler

Class of 1949

2nd Lieutenant, US Marine Corps Reserve

Jewell, Kansas

November 2, 1950 (22 years old)

Silver Star, KIA, Korea, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, Ground, USNA 28th Company

	James Beeler
	Class of 1949
	2nd Lieutenant, US Marine Corps Reserve
	Silver Star, KIA, Korea, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, Ground, USNA 28th Company

William Kent, III

Class of 1949

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Birmingham, Alabama

September 11, 1951 (24 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 28th Company

	William Kent, III
	Class of 1949
	Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy
	Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 28th Company

Stephen Skomsky

Class of 1949

Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy

Binghamton, New York

November 10, 1952 (27 years old)

Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 28th Company

	Stephen Skomsky
	Class of 1949
	Lieutenant (j.g.), US Navy
	Operational loss, Fixed Wing, USNA 28th Company

Albert McFall

Class of 1950

Commander, US Navy

Jacksonville, Florida

December 6, 1966 (39 years old)

Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 76, Fixed Wing, USNA 28th Company

	Albert McFall
	Class of 1950
	Commander, US Navy
	Distinguished Flying Cross, Operational loss, Attack Squadron (VA) 76, Fixed Wing, USNA 28th Company

Paul Nelson

Class of 1965

Commander, US Navy

Green Bay, Wisconsin

September 13, 1981 (41 years old)

Operational loss, Helicopter Squadron (HS) 3, Helicopter, USNA 28th Company

	Paul Nelson
	Class of 1965
	Commander, US Navy
	Operational loss, Helicopter Squadron (HS) 3, Helicopter, USNA 28th Company

Alan Kettner

Class of 1967

2nd Lieutenant, US Marine Corps

Springfield, Minnesota

April 3, 1968 (23 years old)

KIA, Vietnam, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, US Marine Corps, Ground, USNA 28th Company

	Alan Kettner
	Class of 1967
	2nd Lieutenant, US Marine Corps
	KIA, Vietnam, 1st Battalion, 27th Marines, US Marine Corps, Ground, USNA 28th Company

Thomas Weiss

Class of 1967

2nd Lieutenant, US Marine Corps

Havertown, Pennsylvania

May 18, 1968 (23 years old)

Bronze Star, KIA, Vietnam, 3rd Battalion, 27th Marines, US Marine Corps, Ground, USNA 28th Company

	Thomas Weiss
	Class of 1967
	2nd Lieutenant, US Marine Corps
	Bronze Star, KIA, Vietnam, 3rd Battalion, 27th Marines, US Marine Corps, Ground, USNA 28th Company

Scott Ketchie

Class of 1969

Captain, US Marine Corps

Ensley, Alabama

April 9, 1972 (22 years old)

KIA, MIA, Vietnam, Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 224, US Marine Corps, Fixed Wing, USNA 28th Company

	Scott Ketchie
	Class of 1969
	Captain, US Marine Corps
	KIA, MIA, Vietnam, Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 224, US Marine Corps, Fixed Wing, USNA 28th Company