Randy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander shortly before his death. The obituary below is the way it was written as that was the rank provided by the Navy to my mother after Randy's death.
RANDALL J. HATFIELD
---Navy Lt. Comdr. Randall James Hatfield, 38, of Chesapeake, Va., a native of LaPlata, died July 6, 1985 in Bethesda, Md., after an illness of six weeks, and was retired (early) before his death.
---Lt. Comdr. Hatfield was serving on the staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. He was a member of the Aviation Boatswain's Mate Association.
---Survivors include his wife, Merle White Hatfield; two daughters, Rhonda Opie and Randi Lynn Hatfield and two sons, Scott Opie and Aaron James Hatfield, all of Chesapeake; his mother, Margie Miller Hatfield Warren of LaPlata; his step-father, Ralph Warren and step-mother, Jeanette Warren of DeWitt, Ark.; a sister, Marla Warren Murphy and a niece, Marsha Murphy of Kirksville, and his maternal grandmother, Edna Miller of LaPlata.
---Services were conducted by Navy Chaplain E.B. Ferguson at 2 p.m. Wednesday (July 10, 1985) at Twinford Colonial Chapel in Chesapeake.
---Burial was in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens after full Military Honors were conducted with an Honor Guard of 30 men from the U.S.S. Kennedy, a 21-Gun Salute-Taps and the folded flag presented to his wife.
---His mother was unable to attend but Ralph and Jeannette Warren left Monday, July 8 to attend and returned to DeWitt on Saturday, July 13. Mr. Warren raised him since he was five with a brother, Ronnie, who was four.
---Ronnie, who was also a Navy veteran, preceded his brother in death.
RANDALL J. HATFIELD
---Navy Lt. Comdr. Randall James Hatfield, 38, of Chesapeake, Va., a native of LaPlata, died July 6, 1985 in Bethesda, Md., after an illness of six weeks, and was retired (early) before his death.
---Lt. Comdr. Hatfield was serving on the staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. He was a member of the Aviation Boatswain's Mate Association.
---Survivors include his wife, Merle White Hatfield; two daughters, Rhonda Opie and Randi Lynn Hatfield and two sons, Scott Opie and Aaron James Hatfield, all of Chesapeake; his mother, Margie Miller Hatfield Warren of LaPlata; his step-father, Ralph Warren and step-mother, Jeanette Warren of DeWitt, Ark.; a sister, Marla Warren Murphy and a niece, Marsha Murphy of Kirksville, and his maternal grandmother, Edna Miller of LaPlata.
---Services were conducted by Navy Chaplain E.B. Ferguson at 2 p.m. Wednesday (July 10, 1985) at Twinford Colonial Chapel in Chesapeake.
---Burial was in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens after full Military Honors were conducted with an Honor Guard of 30 men from the U.S.S. Kennedy, a 21-Gun Salute-Taps and the folded flag presented to his wife.
---His mother was unable to attend but Ralph and Jeannette Warren left Monday, July 8 to attend and returned to DeWitt on Saturday, July 13. Mr. Warren raised him since he was five with a brother, Ronnie, who was four.
---Ronnie, who was also a Navy veteran, preceded his brother in death.
Randy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander shortly before his death. The obituary below is the way it was written as that was the rank provided by the Navy to my mother after Randy's death.
RANDALL J. HATFIELD
---Navy Lt. Comdr. Randall James Hatfield, 38, of Chesapeake, Va., a native of LaPlata, died July 6, 1985 in Bethesda, Md., after an illness of six weeks, and was retired (early) before his death.
---Lt. Comdr. Hatfield was serving on the staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. He was a member of the Aviation Boatswain's Mate Association.
---Survivors include his wife, Merle White Hatfield; two daughters, Rhonda Opie and Randi Lynn Hatfield and two sons, Scott Opie and Aaron James Hatfield, all of Chesapeake; his mother, Margie Miller Hatfield Warren of LaPlata; his step-father, Ralph Warren and step-mother, Jeanette Warren of DeWitt, Ark.; a sister, Marla Warren Murphy and a niece, Marsha Murphy of Kirksville, and his maternal grandmother, Edna Miller of LaPlata.
---Services were conducted by Navy Chaplain E.B. Ferguson at 2 p.m. Wednesday (July 10, 1985) at Twinford Colonial Chapel in Chesapeake.
---Burial was in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens after full Military Honors were conducted with an Honor Guard of 30 men from the U.S.S. Kennedy, a 21-Gun Salute-Taps and the folded flag presented to his wife.
---His mother was unable to attend but Ralph and Jeannette Warren left Monday, July 8 to attend and returned to DeWitt on Saturday, July 13. Mr. Warren raised him since he was five with a brother, Ronnie, who was four.
---Ronnie, who was also a Navy veteran, preceded his brother in death.
RANDALL J. HATFIELD
---Navy Lt. Comdr. Randall James Hatfield, 38, of Chesapeake, Va., a native of LaPlata, died July 6, 1985 in Bethesda, Md., after an illness of six weeks, and was retired (early) before his death.
---Lt. Comdr. Hatfield was serving on the staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. He was a member of the Aviation Boatswain's Mate Association.
---Survivors include his wife, Merle White Hatfield; two daughters, Rhonda Opie and Randi Lynn Hatfield and two sons, Scott Opie and Aaron James Hatfield, all of Chesapeake; his mother, Margie Miller Hatfield Warren of LaPlata; his step-father, Ralph Warren and step-mother, Jeanette Warren of DeWitt, Ark.; a sister, Marla Warren Murphy and a niece, Marsha Murphy of Kirksville, and his maternal grandmother, Edna Miller of LaPlata.
---Services were conducted by Navy Chaplain E.B. Ferguson at 2 p.m. Wednesday (July 10, 1985) at Twinford Colonial Chapel in Chesapeake.
---Burial was in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens after full Military Honors were conducted with an Honor Guard of 30 men from the U.S.S. Kennedy, a 21-Gun Salute-Taps and the folded flag presented to his wife.
---His mother was unable to attend but Ralph and Jeannette Warren left Monday, July 8 to attend and returned to DeWitt on Saturday, July 13. Mr. Warren raised him since he was five with a brother, Ronnie, who was four.
---Ronnie, who was also a Navy veteran, preceded his brother in death.
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