USS Enterprise CV-6
The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War

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Enterprise CV-6 Casualty Lists

These pages list the 374 men killed in action or line-of-duty, and 12 men taken prisoner of war, while serving in Enterprise or her attached air groups between December 7, 1941 and August 15, 1945. In ship's company, 139 men lost their lives during the war, but nearly two-thirds of the ship's casualties were absorbed by her air groups. By far the deadliest year was 1942, during which 224 men and officers lost their lives. In 1944, 70 men were killed, while the first 4 1/2 months of 1945 saw 60 men lost, as Japanese resistance grew increasingly desperate.

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Casualty Listings By Action

• 1941- Full Year

  • 7 December 1941: Pearl Harbor

• 1942- Full Year

  • 1 February 1942: Marshall Islands Raid
  • 24 February 1942: Wake Island Raid
  • 4 March 1942: Marcus Island Raid
  • 4-6 June 1942: Battle of Midway
  • 7-9 August 1942: Guadalcanal Landings
  • 24 August 1942: Battle of the Eastern Solomons
  • 26 October 1942: Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
  • 12-15 November 1942: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

• 1943- Full Year

  • 29-30 January 1943: Rennell Island
  • November 1943: Gilbert Islands

• 1944- Full Year

  • 29 January 1944: Marshall Islands
  • 16-17 February 1944: Truk Atoll Raids
  • 30 March 1944: Palau Raid
  • June 1944: Marianas/Philippine Sea
  • 6 September 1944: Yap Raid
  • 10-17 September 1944: Palau
  • 12 October 1944: Formosa Raid
  • 15-19 October 1944: Leyte Island Landings
  • 11-19 November 1944: Leyte and Luzon

• 1945- Full Year

  • 6-7 January 1945: Luzon Invasion
  • 12-16 January 1945: Hong Kong and Canton
  • 20-22 January 1945: Formosa
  • 16-17 February 1945: Tokyo Raids
  • February-March 1945: Iwo Jima
  • 18-21 March 1945: Kyushu and Shikoku
  • 7-12 April 1945: Okinawa
  • 12-14 May 1945: Kyushu and Shikoku