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Red Raiders Who Have Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

The annals of Barnstable High School Red Raider gridiron lore are replete with feats of glory and

personal and team accomplishment not often paralleled in Massachusetts high school football history,

but for a scant few Red Raider football alums there exists a breed set apart from the rest that cannot

be forgotten: those men who gave their lives while serving their country.


United States Navy

Frederick N. Curtis
Specialist Four
C TRP, 1ST SQDN, 10TH CAV RGT, 4 INF DIV
United States Army
18 June 1948 - 28 May 1969
Osterville, Massachusetts

Richard C. "Dick" Archer, 1961 Red Raiders varsity, BHS Class of 1963

Machinist 2nd Class
USS Mansfield (DD-728)
United States Navy
27 August 1944 - 25 September 1967
Hyannis, MA

Killed in Action, Vietnam - 1967

Killed while serving aboard the U.S. Navy destroyer Mansfield

United States Air Force

Chester "Chet" Coggeshall, Captain

Killed in Action - 1945

Shot Down Over Germany

All-Cape, 1st Team, Quarterback, 1936

BHS Red Raiders - Cape Cod Champions, 1936

All-Cape, Honorable Mention, Quarterback, 1937

Varsity Quarterback, 1935

United States Army

William "Bill" Tsiknas, Corporal

Killed in Action - France - 1942

First Hyannis resident killed in action in World War II

Varsity Tackle and End

Barnstable High School Red Raiders, 1935, 1936, 1937

United States 15th Army Air Corps

James Stuart Mahoney, Flight Officer (W1-AAF)

Killed in Action - Italy - April 10, 1945

B24J A/C 42-51979 crashed San Giovanni Air Base
BHS Captain, 1942

All-Cape & Islands, honorable mention, 1941

Jean G. Hinkle Memorial Athletic Award, 1942

Do you know a former Red Raider who served and died for his country? Please help us honor their memory by letting us know by e-mailing us at historian@redraiderpride.com

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