Station HYPO

September 7, 1959 – December 3, 1979

RM3 Emil White, a radioman serving at NSGA Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico was killed by gunfire when terrorists attacked a bus he was riding in.  RM3 White was seating directly behind CTO1 John Ball, the bus driver.  Both men were killed and several other Sailors on board the bus were injured.

Born October 7, 1973, 27 years old

Kevin Yokum was a Petty Officer 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy serving at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, as an Information System Technician. Kevin, 27, was among those killed at the Pentagon on September 11 after terrorists hijacked and crashed a jet airliner into the huge building. Allen and Beulah Yokum of Lake Charles, Louisiana, his parents, waited for days after the attack before they received word that their son had been killed.

Born September 21, 1959, 41 years old

Donald McArthur Young, 41, Chief of Naval Operations Information Systems Technician, departed his life on that fatal morning of September 11, 2001, while performing his assigned duties at the Pentagon, one week before his 42nd birthday. He lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but was on special detail in nearby Arlington, Virginia. He died while performing his lifelong passion for the military and knew by enlisting to fight for his country he had to be willing to give his life for his country.

Born September 14, 1977, 23 years old

Kris Romeo Bishundat was born in Georgetown, Guyana on September 14, 1977 to Bhola and Basmattie Bishundat, and was the oldest of three children. Waldorf, Maryland became home when he was only two years old and has been home ever since. Known to family and friends as Romeo, he graduated from Thomas Stone High School in 1995, and enlisted in the Navy on September 13, 1995. After graduating from boot camp in November 1995 and Service Command School in April 1996, then IT3 Bishundat reported for one year of duty aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown (CG 48). In November 1997, he transferred to the U.S.S. Shreveport (LPD 12) where he, according to LT Mike Coleman, then his Division Officer, “quickly established himself as one of the finest sailors to ever walk the decks of the Supergator.”

Born September 6, 1974, 27 years old

Angela was born September 6, 1974 in La Plata, Maryland. She was educated at local schools, graduating as salutatorian of Maurice J. McDonough High School in 1992. She was awarded a full scholarship in the humanities program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), in the first year it was offered. As part of this program, she also studied abroad.

Born August 24, 1975, 26 years old

Lieutenant Darin Howard Pontell, a 26-year-old native of Columbia, Maryland, was finishing his 12-hour shift when terrorists attacked the Pentagon.