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S2 Paul Clarence Kestler
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S2 Paul Clarence Kestler

Birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 May 1945 (aged 18)
At Sea
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot
Courts of the Missing
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SN2 Kestler went missing in action on the morning of 11 May 1945 while supporting the invasion of Okinawa when the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was struck and severely damaged by two Japanese kamikaze planes. Of the Bunker Hill crew, 346 sailors and airmen were killed, 43 went missing (and were never found), and 264 were wounded. SN2 Kestler posthumously received the Purple Heart Medal.
SN2 Kestler went missing in action on the morning of 11 May 1945 while supporting the invasion of Okinawa when the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was struck and severely damaged by two Japanese kamikaze planes. Of the Bunker Hill crew, 346 sailors and airmen were killed, 43 went missing (and were never found), and 264 were wounded. SN2 Kestler posthumously received the Purple Heart Medal.

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Entered the service from Pennsylvania.

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