{"id":132280,"date":"2025-10-18T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T22:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=132280"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:25:51","slug":"who-was-who-on-november-18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=132280","title":{"rendered":"Who Was Who on November 18?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This listing is part of a special report by the November 18 Project. The table of contents for the report is here<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

The history of Peoples Temple lasted a quarter century, from the early 1950s when Jim Jones opened his first church in Indianapolis, Indiana, to the tragedy of November 18, 1978. For most people interested in the Temple story, its most important place in history was marked by its final week in mid-November.<\/p>\n

The November 18 Project has attempted to document this time as thoroughly and accurately as possible. Within the vast amount of material associated with this effort are scores of names \u2013 some familiar, some not as much so \u2013 especially in the notes made by the Staff Investigative Group of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which investigated the death of Rep. Leo Ryan separate and apart from the FBI\u2019s RYMUR probe.<\/p>\n

The list below was compiled as a quick reference to the names of the key players from that final week. Many other people, especially those in Jonestown who died, were identified from the NBC footage guide<\/a>. In addition, the November 18 Project\u2019s transcript of the Death Tape<\/a> includes several members of the Temple who have been identified by their voices.<\/p>\n

Congressional delegation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rep. Leo Ryan (D-CA)<\/p>\n

James Schollaert, Foreign Affairs committee staff member<\/p>\n

Jackie Speier, Legislative Counsel to Ryan<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Members of Concerned Relatives who accompanied Leo Ryan to Georgetown (but were not part of the official party, and only the four below marked with an asterisk accompanied the congressman to Jonestown)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clare Bouquet, mother of Brian Bouquet<\/p>\n

Carol Boyd*, relative of Houston family<\/p>\n

Jim Cobb*, former Temple member, with numerous relatives in Jonestown<\/p>\n

Sherwin Harris, former husband of Sharon Amos, father of Liane Harris<\/p>\n

Nadyne Houston, relative of Houston family<\/p>\n

Steve and Anthony* Katsaris, relatives of Maria Katsaris<\/p>\n

Howard and Beverly* Oliver, parents of William and Bruce Oliver<\/p>\n

Wayne Pietila, former Temple member, member of Eight Revolutionaries<\/p>\n

Tim and Grace Stoen, former Temple members<\/p>\n

Bonnie Thielmann, former Temple member<\/p>\n

Mickey Touchette, former Temple member, member of Eight Revolutionaries<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Members of the press who accompanied Leo Ryan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NBC cameraman Bob Brown<\/p>\n

NBC producer Bob Flick<\/p>\n

NBC reporter Don Harris<\/p>\n

Ron Javers, reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle<\/em><\/p>\n

Charles Krause, reporter for The Washington Post<\/em><\/p>\n

Gordon Lindsay, freelance reporter writing for\u00a0The National Enquirer<\/em><\/p>\n

Tim Reiterman, reporter for The San Francisco Examiner<\/em><\/p>\n

Greg Robinson, photographer for The San Francisco Examiner<\/em><\/p>\n

NBC soundman Steve Sung<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

U.S. Embassy personnel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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John Burke, U.S. Ambassador<\/p>\n

Richard Dwyer, the Deputy Chief of Mission who accompanied Ryan<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Guyana government officials<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Neville Annibourne, Guyana information officer who accompanied Ryan<\/p>\n

Rashleigh Jackson, Foreign Minister<\/p>\n

Vincent Teekah, Minister of Education<\/p>\n

Herbert Thomas, official with Ministry of Regional Development<\/p>\n

Corporal Emil Rudder, who piloted aircraft to Port Kaituma<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Members of Peoples Temple (unless otherwise noted, died on November 18)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jim Jones<\/p>\n

Sharon Amos, Temple member in Georgetown<\/p>\n

Tim and Mike Carter, Jonestown survivors tasked with taking money to Soviet Embassy<\/p>\n

Phyllis, Patricia and Judy Houston<\/p>\n

Garry Dartez \u201cPoncho\u201d Johnson<\/p>\n

Johnny Moss Brown Jones<\/p>\n

Marceline Jones<\/p>\n

Maria Katsaris<\/p>\n

Teresa King<\/p>\n

Carolyn Layton<\/p>\n

Karen Layton<\/p>\n

Tish Leroy<\/p>\n

Paul McCann, survivor (unconfirmed)<\/p>\n

Jim McElvane<\/p>\n

Annie McGowan<\/p>\n

William and Bruce Oliver, sons of Howard and Beverly Oliver<\/p>\n

Parks family, defectors who left with Ryan on November 18<\/p>\n

Mike Prokes, Jonestown survivor tasked with taking money to Soviet Embassy<\/p>\n

Odell Rhodes, survivor<\/p>\n

Larry Schacht, Jonestown doctor<\/p>\n

Simon family, would-be defectors who remained behind on November 18<\/p>\n

Don \u201cUjara\u201d Sly, attacked Ryan with knife on afternoon of November 18<\/p>\n

John Victor Stoen, son of mother Grace Stoen, paternity disputed<\/p>\n

Harriet Tropp<\/p>\n

Richard Tropp<\/p>\n

Deanna Wilkinson, singer with Jonestown Express<\/p>\n

Joseph Wilson, later identified as Port Kaituma shooter<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Other Members of Peoples Temple, not in Guyana<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jean Brown<\/p>\n

Walter Duncan<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Other Members of Concerned Relatives, Temple critics<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Debbie Layton Blakey, defector from Jonestown in May 1978<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Others<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dennis Banks, leader of American Indian Movement<\/p>\n

Willie Brown, San Francisco political figure<\/p>\n

Temple attorney Charles Garry, remained in Jonestown after Ryan left<\/p>\n

Carlton Goodlett, San Francisco newspaper publisher<\/p>\n

Temple attorney Mark Lane, remained in Jonestown after Ryan left<\/p>\n

Joe Mazor, private detective hired by Concerned Relatives<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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[Editor\u2019s note: This listing is part of a special report by the November 18 Project. The table of contents for the report is here.] The history of Peoples Temple lasted a quarter century, from the early 1950s when Jim Jones opened his first church in Indianapolis, Indiana, to the tragedy of November 18, 1978. For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":132428,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-132280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132280"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132463,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132280\/revisions\/132463"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}