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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Edward Thomas Gunning

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21

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Activity During WWII

HE SERVED ABOARD THE CVE-106 AS A STAFF SERGEANT (TURRET GUNNER) WITH MARINE AIR SQUADRON VMF 511. HE WAS KILLED MAY 10, 1945 IN A PLANE CRASH ON NOBARA AIRFIELD, ISLAND OF MIYAKO.