Name and Rank, Lieutenant Commander Frank B. Quady.
Unit/Placed in, USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Carrier, United States Navy.
Frank was born approx. on April 27, 1915 in Minnesota.
Father, William Quady.
Mother, Aurelia K. Quady.
Sister, Charlotte Quady.
Brothers William jr. and Emmet Quady.
Frank entered the service from Minnesota with service number # O-081202.
Frank B. Quady was a Pilot/Assistant Officer onboard the U.S.S. Bunker Hill (CV-17) .
Frank was KIA while supporting the Iwo-Jima Invasion onboard the USS Bunker Hill who was severely damaged by 2 Kamikaze planes on May 11, 1945, and he is honored with an Distinguished Flying Cross with a Gold Star, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Frank is buried at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County Hawaii.
Courts of the Missing.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/17.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Frank was a decorated pilot in the Navy, Found that he flown as a Lieutenant at the most Notable Aviation Units (Fighting Squadron Eleven VF-11) of World War2.
Later he became the Assistant Officer onboard the USS Bunker Hill with a other Pilot from the VF-11, Lt. Walter J. Hiebert.
