Alban Pampel
January 28, 1931 ~ February 2, 2018
Alban Pampel III
Retired Lt. Commander, Alban Pampel III of Fairfax, Va. passed away on Friday, February 2, 2018, at the age of 87. He was born on January 28, 1931, in Mystic, Connecticut. Al was a U.S. Navy veteran and served proudly. His nuclear submarine career for nearly 30 years served as an electrical engineer, on the Dogfish, Sargo, Runner, Thornback, Nereus, Orion, and the Cutlass. Assignment to the Naval Research and Development Center or The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center brought him to the DC area. He later worked as a consultant with Planning Systems Inc. until he retired.
In his early years, he was a Boy Scout leader and saw his son rise to an Eagle Scout. He served for many years on the Oceans Condominium Board of Directors and was a member of the American Legion. He enjoyed fishing and traveling the world.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara, son, David (and wife Heidi) of Burke, Va., daughter Suzanne Shomers (and husband Joe) of Clifton, Va., brother Roland of Naples, Fl. and four grandchildren.
The funeral service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery with a date to be determined in coming weeks.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Submarine Force Library Museum Association, 1 Crystal Lake Rd, PO Box 928, Groton, Connecticut, 06340.
Retired Lt. Commander, Alban Pampel III of Fairfax, Va. passed away on Friday, February 2, 2018, at the age of 87. He was born on January 28, 1931, in Mystic, Connecticut. Al was a U.S. Navy veteran and served proudly. His nuclear submarine career for nearly 30 years served as an electrical engineer, on the Dogfish, Sargo, Runner, Thornback, Nereus, Orion, and the Cutlass. Assignment to the Naval Research and Development Center or The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center brought him to the DC area. He later worked as a consultant with Planning Systems Inc. until he retired.
In his early years, he was a Boy Scout leader and saw his son rise to an Eagle Scout. He served for many years on the Oceans Condominium Board of Directors and was a member of the American Legion. He enjoyed fishing and traveling the world.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara, son, David (and wife Heidi) of Burke, Va., daughter Suzanne Shomers (and husband Joe) of Clifton, Va., brother Roland of Naples, Fl. and four grandchildren.
The funeral service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery with a date to be determined in coming weeks.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Submarine Force Library Museum Association, 1 Crystal Lake Rd, PO Box 928, Groton, Connecticut, 06340.
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I knew Al when he was a young sailor in dungaries on submarine Dogfish at the sub base in Groton (New (London), Connecticut in 1951. He was a Electronics Tech and I was a Engineman. Neither of us had any idea that we would one day ride in nuclear powered submarines, or that we would go on to be commissioned and move to the wardroom. But we did. There are not many of our shipmates from those years we served together in Dogfish, and i cherish the memories of those days, and Al’s contrbution to them; fishing together in the waters around Mystic; his mother’s lobster rolls. Dear friend, rest youroars.Harry McAfee