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Casualty Info
Home Town Emlenton, PA
Last Address 1124 B Buffalo St Franklin, PA
Casualty Date Jun 21, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Burns
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Sunset Hill Memorial Park - Cranberry, Pennsylvania
Okinawa Gunto Operation/Attack on the USS Curtiss (AV-4)
From Month/Year
June / 1945
To Month/Year
June / 1945
Description After repairs at San Francisco, Curtiss sailed to Okinawa, arriving on 22 May 1945 to serve as flagship for Commander, Fleet Air Wing 1. On 21 June, a kamikaze and its bomb ripped two holes in her hull and exploded on the third deck, killing 35 and wounding 21 of her crew. Effective damage control kept her afloat, and four days later she was underway for the west coast and an overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard.
