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- [S465] World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941 - 1945.
Name: Bernard E. Kuntz
State Registered: New York
Death Date: 24 Apr 1945
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at East Coast Memorial
Cemetery Burial Plot: Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Cemetery City: New York City
Cemetery Country: USA
War: World War II
Awards: Purple Heart
Title: Yeoman, Third Class
Rank: Yeoman, Third Class
Service: U.S. Navy
Service ID: 7095171
Division: United States Naval Reserve
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Bernard E. Kuntz
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Birth: unknown
Death: Apr. 24, 1944, At Sea
USNR WORLD WAR II
Yeoman 3rd Class, Bernard E. Kuntz MIA/KIA
Hometown: New York
Service #7095171
Awards: Purple Heart,
Captain: Lt J.R. Crosby, USNR
Ship: USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136)
Mission: operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats
Loss Date: 24-Apr-1945
Fate: Sunk by U-546 (Paul Just)
Location: 43° 52'N, 40° 15'W - Grid BC 95 North Atlantic
Complement: 195 officers and men (113 dead and 82 survivors).
Notes on event
USS Frederick C. Davis (DE 136) was participating in the operation Teardrop, a hunt for snorkel-equipped U-boats in the Western Atlantic and was part of the 4th Escort Division, which screened the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE 9) in the Southern Surface Barrier.
On 24 Apr, 1945, U-546 discovered USS Bogue about 570 miles east-southeast of Cape Race and tried to attack on periscope depth, but USS Frederick C. Davis discovered the U-boat and prepared herself for an attack. At this moment a Gnat struck forward on the port side. The ship broke in two and sank quickly with the bow and stern raising into the air. The crew abandoned ship and were picked up within three hours by the other escort destroyers of the Division, after they had sunk U-546.
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Burial:
East Coast Memorial
Manhattan
New York County (Manhattan)
New York, USA
Plot: Tablets of the Missing
Created by: John Dowdy
Record added: Dec 20, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 140267516
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