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Bildgaard, Gunnar

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Gunnar Bildgaard.

Unit/Placed in, USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Gunnar is born in 1918 in Denmark.

 

Father, Johan A. Abidgaard.

Mother, Angelica F. M. Abildgaard.

 

Gunnar enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 9346556.

 

Gunnar was KIA when the USS Bunker Hill was attacked by Kamikaze’s  on May 11, 1945, Seaman First Class Gunnar Abildgaard is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

Gunnar  is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

 

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Buried on Sea
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Carrier
Gunnar Bildgaard
His rank Seaman First Class