Guests of the Ayatollah

Appendix

Fifty-two Americans were held hostage in Iran for the full 444 days. They were:

Thomas L. Ahern, Jr., 48, McLean, VA. CIA station chief.

Clair Cortland Barnes, 35, Falls Church, VA. CIA communications specialist.

William E. Belk, 44, West Columbia, SC. State Department communications and records officer.

Robert O. Blucker, 54, North Little Rock, AR. Economics officer specializing in oil.

Donald J. Cooke, 26, Memphis, TN. Vice consul.

William J. Daugherty, 33, Tulsa, OK. CIA officer.

Lt. Cmdr. Robert Englemann, 34, Hurst, TX. Naval attaché.

Sgt. William Gallegos, 22, Pueblo, CO. Marine guard.

Bruce W. German, 44, Rockville, MD. Budget officer.

Sam Gillette, 24, Columbia, PA. Navy communications and intelligence specialist.

Alan B. Golancinksi, 30, Silver Spring, MD. Security officer.

John E. Graves, 53, Reston, VA. Public affairs officer.

Joseph M. Hall, 32, Elyria, OH. Military attaché with warrant officer rank.

Sgt. Kevin J. Hermening, 21, Oak Creek, WI. Marine guard.

Sgt. 1st Class Donald R. Hohman, 38, Frankfurt, West Germany. Army medic.

Col. Leland J. Holland, 53, Laurel, MD. Military attaché.

Michael Howland, 34, Alexandria, VA. Security aide; one of three held in Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Charles A. Jones, Jr., 40, Communications specialist and teletype operator.

Malcolm Kalp, 42, Fairfax, VA. CIA officer.

Morehead “Mike” C. Kennedy Jr., 50, Washington, D.C. Economics and commercial officer.

William F. Keough, Jr., 50, Brookline, MA. Superintendent of American School in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Cpl. Steven W. Kirtley, 22, Little Rock, AR. Marine guard.

Kathryn L. Koob, 42, Fairfax, VA. Embassy cultural officer.

Frederick Lee Kupke, 34, Francesville, IN. Communications officer and electronics specialist.

L. Bruce Laingen, 58, Bethesda, MD. Chargé d’affaires; one of three held in Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Steven Lauterbach, 29, North Dayton, OH. Administrative officer.

Gary E. Lee, 37, Falls Church, VA. Administrative officer.

Sgt. Paul Edward Lewis, 23, Homer, IL. Marine guard.

John W. Limbert, Jr., 37, Washington, D.C. Political officer.

Sgt. James M. Lopez, 22, Globe, AZ. Marine guard.

Sgt. John D. McKeel, Jr., 27, Balch Springs, TX. Marine guard.

Michael J. Metrinko, 34, Olyphant, PA. Political officer.

Jerry J. Miele, 42, Mount Pleasant, PA. CIA communications officer.

Staff Sgt. Michael E. Moeller, 31, Quantico, VA. Head of marine guard unit.

Bert C. Moore, 45, Mount Vernon, OH. Counselor for administration.

Richard H. Morefield, 51, San Diego, CA. U.S. consul general in Tehran.

Capt. Paul M. Needham, Jr., 30, Bellevue, NE. Air force logistics staff officer.

Robert C. Ode, 65, Sun City, AZ. Retired foreign service officer on temporary duty in Tehran.

Sgt. Gregory A. Persinger, 23, Seaford, DE. Marine guard.

Jerry Plotkin, 45, Sherman Oaks, CA. Private businessman visiting Tehran.

MSgt. Regis Regan, 38, Johnstown, PA. Army noncom, assigned to defense attaché’s officer.

Lt. Col. David M. Roeder, 41, Alexandria, VA. Deputy air force attaché.

Barry M. Rosen, 36, Brooklyn, NY. Press attaché.

William B. Royer, Jr., 49, Houston, TX. Assistant director of Iran-American Society.

Col. Thomas E. Schaefer, 50, Tacoma, WA. Air Force attaché.

Col. Charles W. Scott, 48, Stone Mountain, GA. Army officer, military liaison.

Cmdr. Donald A. Sharer, 40, Chesapeake, VA. Naval air attaché.

Sgt. Rodney V. (Rocky) Sickmann, 22, Krakow, MO. Marine guard.

Staff Sgt. Joseph Subic, Jr., 23, Redford Township, MI. Military policeman (army) on defense attaché’s staff.

Elizabeth Ann Swift, 40, Washington, D.C. Chief of embassy’s political section.

Victor L. Tomseth, 39, Springfield, OR. Senior political officer; one of three held in Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Phillip R. Ward, 40, Culpeper, VA. CIA communications officer.

Freed on July 11, 1980, because of an illness later diagnosed as multiple sclerosis, was:

Richard I. Queen, 28, New York, NY. Vice consul.

Six Americans escaped the embassy and were hidden and ultimately smuggled out of Iran by the Canadian and Swedish embassies. They were:

Robert Anders, 34, Port Charlotte, FL. Consular officer.

Mark J. Lijek, 29, Falls Church, VA. Consular officer.

Cora A. Lijek, 25, Falls Church, VA. Consular assistant.

Henry L. Schatz, 31, Coeur d’Alene, ID. Agriculture attaché.

Joseph D. Stafford, 29, Crossville, TN. Consular officer.

Kathleen F. Stafford, 28, Crossville, TN. Consular assistant.

Thirteen women and African-Americans were released November 19 and 20, 1979. They were:

Kathy Gross, 22, Cambridge Springs, PA. Secretary.

Sgt. James Hughes, 30, Langley Air Force Base, VA. Air force administrative manager.

Lillian Johnson, 32, Elmont, NY. Secretary.

Sgt. Ladel Maples, 23, Earle, AR. Marine guard.

Elizabeth Montagne, 42, Calumet City, IL. Secretary.

Sgt. William Quarles, 23, Washington, D.C. Marine guard.

Lloyd Rollins, 40, Alexandria, VA. Administrative officer.

Capt. Neil (Terry) Robinson, 30, Houston, TX. Air force intelligence officer.

Terri Tedford, 24, South San Francisco, CA. Secretary.

Sgt. Joseph Vincent, 42, New Orleans, LA. Air force administrative manager.

Sgt. David Walker, 25, Prairie View, TX. Marine guard.

Joan Walsh, 33, Ogden, UT. CIA secretary.

Cpl. Wesley Williams, 24, Albany, NY. Marine guard.

Eight U.S. servicemen lost their lives in the attempt to free the hostages. They were:

Capt. Richard L. Bakke, 34, Long Beach, CA. Air force.

Sgt. John D. Harvey, 21, Roanoke, VA. Marine corps.

Cpl. George N. Holmes, Jr., 22, Pine Bluff, AR. Marine corps.

Staff Sgt. Dewey L. Johnson, 32, Jacksonville, NC. Marine corps.

Capt. Harold L. Lewis, 35, Mansfield, CT. Air force.

Tech. Sgt. Joel C. Mayo, 34, Bonifay, FL. Air force.

Capt. Lynn D. McIntosh, 33, Valdosta, GA. Air force.

Capt. Charles T. McMillan II, 28, Corrytown, TN. Air force.