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WAYNE VERNON HORNER
Born: May 29, 1924
Lieutenant Junior Grade, United States Naval Reserve
Service# 0-326016
FIGHTER SQUADRON 84 (VF-84),
USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17)
Essex-class aircraft carrier, commissioned May 25, 1943
Home or Place of Enlistment: Boise, Idaho
Date of Loss: May 11, 1945
Killed in Action (kamikaze attack) during operations against Imperial
Japanese Forces while covering the invasion of Okinawa.
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