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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Mearl Loren Barnett

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Amana, Iowa

Honored By

Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

Enlisted on 3 May 1944 from Amana, Iowa. 9 August 1944 reported aboard the USS Gambier Bay CVE-73, a Casablanca Class Escort Carrier in the Pacific Theater of Operations. September, 1944 supported amphibious attack on Peleliu and Angaur in the Palau Islands. 25 October 1944 assigned to 7th Fleet Task Unit 77.4.3 Taffy 3. off the coast of Samar Philippine Islands. At 0820 A.M. came under fire from Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force. was hit Several times by Japanese Heavy Cruiser Chikuma and Battleship Yamato sank at 0910 A.M. Rating of Seaman Second Class. He is memorialized on the wall of the missing at Manila American Cemetery, Philippine Islands.