Samuel Lee GRAVELY, JR. was born in Richmond, Virginia. Enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve on September 15, 1942. After recruit training at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, he reported in January 1943 as a student at the Service School Hampton Wirginiab Institute and in May of that year was assigned to the Section Base, San Diego, California. During the period November 1943 to June 1944 he was a member of the V-12 Unit at the Uni- versity of California at Los Angeles, and then attended the Pre-Midshipmen School, Asbury Park, New Jersey. Appointed Midshipman in the U.S. Naval Reserve in August 1944, he attended the Midshipmen School, Columbia University, New York City, and was graduated in Decem- ber of that year. Commissioned Ensign, USNR, to date from December 14, 1944, he subsequently advanced in the rank to that of Captain, to date from November 1, 1967, having transferred from the U.S. Naval Reserve to the U.S. Navy on August 16, 1955. Captain GRAVELY'S sea tours include service aboard the following ships: USS PC-1264, USS IOWA QBB-613, USS TOLEDO QCA-735, USS SEMINOLE CAKA-1645, USS THEO- DORE E. CHANDLER QDD-7175, USS FALGOT QDER-3247, USS TAUSSIG QDD-7465 AND USS JOUETT QDLG-293. He Commanded the latter four destroyersg assuming com- JoUETT's THIRD Commandin ffic er CAPTAIN s.L. GRAVELY, IR U.S. NAVY mand of JOUETT on 22 MAY 1970. Shore duty tours include service in the staffs of Fleet Training Group, Norfolk, Virginia 3 Commondant Third Naval District, Defense Com- munications Agencyg and Chief of Naval Operations. He attended the Naval War College in 1934-1964. t Captain GRAVELY has been awarded the Meritor1ous Service Medal, the Joint Services Commendation Medal, and the Navy Commendation Medal with bronze star and Combat V , He is also authorized to wear the World War II Victory Medal, the Naval Reserve Medal ffor ten years service in the U.S. Naval Reservebg the American Cam- paign Medalg the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star: the China Service Medal Qextendedjg the Korean Service Medal with two bronze stars, the United Nations Service Medal? the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Serv- ice Medal with five bronze starsg and the Vietnamese Campaign Medal. He is married to the former Alma Clark of Christians- burg, Virginia, and they have three children, Robert Michael, David Edward, and Tracey Ernestine GRAVELY. His offical Qpermanenty residence is the home of his Father and Stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. GRAVELY, SR., 819 Nicholson Street, Richmond, Virginia.
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Born in Roanoke, Virginia on 29 November 1933, Commander Newcomb attended Roanoke College graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in June 1955. He entered the Navy in September of 1956 and was com- missioned 18 January 1957 upon completion of Pre-Flight in the AOC program at Pensacola, Florida. Commander Newcomb served in VP-44 as an aerial navigator and ASW evaluator from March 1957 through June 1958. His next duty was as an aerial navigator with Project Magnet, an airborne survey of the earth's mag- netic field, from June 1958 to January 1961. In January 1961, he reported to U.S. Naval Space Surveillance at Dahlgren, Virginia serving until June 1962. Attending the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School from July 1962 to June jouettys Fourth Executi ffioer COMMANDER Z. L. NEWCOMB U.S. NAVY and graduating with a Masters Degree in Operational Anal- ysis, he reported to USS RANGER fCVA6lJ in July 1964 as Assistant Navigator until June 1966. . After serving in the Office of the Chief of Naval Oper- ations and attending U.S. Naval Destroyer School, Com- mander Newcomb reported to the USS FOX fDLG33D to serve as Operations Officer until November 1970. He re- ported aboard JOUETT and relieved Commander Nicholas Brown as Executive Officer on 8 January 1971. Commander Newcomb is married to the former Miss Lundwell Newman of Roanoke, Virginia. They have three children, twin daughters Debbie and Linda and a son Mike, and reside in Chula Vista, California. 1i
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