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First Name: Eugene

Last Name: Muniz

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Gender: Male

Branch: Navy (present)

Rating: Water Tender Petty Officer 2nd Class

Home of Record: CA




Date of Birth:

Date of Death: 25 October 1944

Rank or Rate: Petty Officer Second Class

Years Served: ?-1944
Eugene Muniz

   
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•  World War II (1941 - 1945)

Biography:

Eugene Muniz
Petty Officer Second Class, United States Navy

United States Navy petty officer second class who was killed while serving on board USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) during the Battle off Samar during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Gambier Bay was the only U.S. Navy aircraft carrier sunk by surface forces during World War II.



Honoree ID: 153361   Created by: MHOH

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