Rank and Name, Aviation Radioman Third Class Barney Garland Neal.
Unit/Placed in, USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.
Barney is born approx. on Dec. 2, 1924 in Trimble, Kentucky.
Mother, Mary Johnson.
Barney enlisted the service in Kentucky with service number # 9587179.
Barney was KIA when the USS Bunker Hill was attacked and hit by 2 Kamikazes on May 11, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Barney is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to, https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/uss-bunker-hill-aircraft-carrier.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
