Kamikaze Attacks off Okinawa
In support of Okinawa operations, Bunker Hill is hit and severely damaged by 2 kamikaze. Gasoline fires and several explosions take place killing 346 wounding 264 and 43 missing and unaccounted for.
Ship Designation:
CV-17
Date Lost:
Friday, May 11, 1945
Lost At Sea Log
Number of sailors in this log: 209
| Name |
Service Branch |
|---|---|
| Cpl Robert Rynearson | USMC |
| Cpl Aubrey Calhoun | USMC |
| T Sgt Lawrence Sonderman | USMC |
| S Sgt Leo Chasse | USMC |
| T Sgt Oswald Spinetti | USMC |
| M Sgt Herman Delaney | USMC |
| Pfc Stanley Stegman | USMC |
| Sgt Norton Dewalt | USMC |
| S Sgt Lloyd Swanson | USMC |
| T Sgt Russell Dorniden | USMC |
| Cpl Ellis Lowery | USMC |
| MM 3c Joseph Banyacsky | USN |
| AOM 2c Vance Bloomquist | USN |
| ARM 1c Jasper Caldwell | USN |
| Sea 2c Theodore Collett | USN |
| Sea 2c Christopher Poma | USN |
| SC 2c Michael Pawlusiak | USN |
| Bkr 2c Leo Sylvia | USN |
| Sea 2c Donald Wilkins | USN |
| MM 2c Morton Young | USN |
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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)