Bobby Thompson

1. Willis Hutton	1922-1931	34. Gary Rockwell	1969-1977
2. Joseph Young	1922-1945	35. Kenneth Harbison	1971-1974
3. Clyde Bowman	1922-1946	36. Ray Lombardo	1971-1974
4. Louis Saidenberg	1923-1925	37. Bruce Baldwin	1972-2000
5. Samuel Rotstein	1923-1928(9)?	38. James Hyden	1972-1975
6. Friedrich Tovernick	1923-1938	39. Tracy Tyler	1972-1975
7. John Baumann	1924-1944	40. Ed Troha	1972-1980
8. Charles Hershey	1929-1955	41. William Messerschmidt	1974-2002
9. Vince Battista	1940-1969	42. Herbert Rhoades	1974-1977
10. Karl Hershey	1940-1960	43. Susan Smith	1975-1978
11. Eddie Jenkins	1944-1946	44. William Richards	1977-1997
12. Edmund Ryder	1945-1965	45. Robert White	1978-2000
13. Bob Zipp	1945-1963	46. Gary Swiderski	1978
14. Jack Behrend	1945-1964	47. Ronald Palmer	1980-1986
15. John Kane	1947-1963	48. Terry Heilman	1980-2001
16. Don Tanner	1947-1967	49. Myles Overton	1982
17. George Carroll	1959-1962	50. Patricia Fisher	1986-1991
18. Chris Welker	1959-1962	51. Tim Huesgen	1986
	1963-1989	52. Jay Brown	1986
19. Gary Mastoleo	1961-1963	53. Jeff Prentice	1989-1991
20. Sam Evans	1961-1986	54. Ed Asten	1991
21. Jack Moore	1962-1965	55. Frank Carroll	1991
22. Mike Johnston	1962-1996	56. Glen Gurnard	1994
23. Richard Ecton	1964-1993	57. Steve Fydik	1996
24. David Goldberg	1965-1968	58. Julie Angelis	1997
	1975-1978	59. Mario Ramsey	1999
25. Glenn Luedtke	1965-1985	60. Michael Siberts	1999
26. Thomas Kosik	1966-1969	61. Harold Summey	2000
27. Don Moorehead	1966-1969	62. Tom Dell’Omo	2002
28. William Platt	1966-1969	63. Larry Ferguson	2002
29. Webster Grant	1966-1971	64. Rob Moore	2003
30. Garwood Whaley	1966-1972	65. Mike Hooke	2004
31. William Hinger	1967-1970
32. Joe Inman	1968-1989
33. Richard Brown	1969-1972

http://www.history.army.mil/aom.html
Moeller-Grand Republic Drum-The United States Army Band, Pershing's Own-Washington, D.C. Drum played at John F. Kennedy's funeral.
This is one of four drums that played a muffled cadence during the funeral procession of John F. Kennedy. His family looked to history to help shape the funeral and mourning ceremonies. The drum was modeled after one used during the American Revolution. Lent by U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Army


Master Sergeant Vincent Battista, a member of the United States Army Band, "Pershing's Own," at Fort Myer, Virginia, was one of the drummers in President Kennedy's funeral process.

 Biography courtesy of The American Band Masters Research Center:

The Sousa Band percussionist, music educator, and historian, John Joseph Heney, Sr. was born in 1903. Heney's professional band career began in 1924, when he joined the Royal Scotch Highlanders Band. He stayed with the Highlanders until 1925, when he joined McDonald's Highlanders Band (The Kilties). He remained with The Kilties until 1926, when he joined the John Philip Sousa Band. Heney performed with the Sousa Band during its last six years, as one of three drummers and xylophone soloist. During this time, the Sousa Band was not the only one to enjoy Heney's company, however. Heney also performed with the Sells-Floto Circus Band (aka Montgomery’s Concert Band), the Bertram W. Mills’ Olympia Circus Band, the Sparks Circus Band, the Hagenback-Wallace Circus Band, the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus Band, the Medinah Circus and Carnival Band, the Tom Mix Circus and Wild West Show.

The same year Heney joined the Sousa Band, he moved to St. Augustine, Florida, where he became the Band Director at Ketterlinus High School. Also during 1926, Heney became the Bandmaster at Stetson University, a position that lasted until 1935, when he became Bandmaster at DeLand High School in DeLand, Florida. His employment as Bandmaster at DeLand lasted 32 years.

While Bandmaster at DeLand, Heney was also active in the National Association of Rudimental Drummers (NARD), the American Bandmasters Association (ABA), and the Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA), of which he was made an honorary life president in 1941.

As his band directing career flourished, Heney still had time for other pursuits, such as running Heney's Superior Service Station, a local gas station, and the Heney School of Percussion, a private drum studio from which Heney gave lessons. In 1934, Heney also wrote and published a book, entitled The Correct Way to Drum: A Treatise on the Material Used in Modern Drumming. Besides The Correct Way to Drum, Heney also published 23 musical compositions and a number of journal articles in his lifetime. In addition, Heney spent time in the United States Navy during World War II from 1942 until 1945.

A member of the Sousa Band Fraternal Society, Heney was elected as archivist in November of 1969. During his time as archivist, Heney attempted to collect and preserve as much of the memorabilia from Sousa's life and the history of the Sousa Band and its members as was left in the personal collections ofm other Sousa Band members and their families. He attempted to ensure that Sousa's memory and music were remembered by consulting on projects to record Sousa's music in the present day and by pushing for Sousa's induction into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Heney died on September 1, 1978.