PART VII - Personnel Performance and Casualties
(1a) A list of officers and men killed and missing in action as reported to the Bureau appended.
(1b) Accounting of personnel.
| Survivors | KIA | MIA | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officers | 19 | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| Men | 227 | 12 | 68 | 307 |
In the initial report of casualties only those known dead were reported as such. A summary of best information available as to disposition of killed and mission follows:
| KIA | ||
| Officers | 2 | - (1 died of burns, 1 killed vicinity 3rd crash). |
| Men | 12 | - Buried on Okinawa (died of drowning). |
| MIA | ||
| Officers | 2 | - Killed on board (1 in forward engineroom; 1 killed by strafing). |
| 2 | - Could not survive in water. | |
| 1 | - Lost alongside rescue vessel. | |
| Men | 22 | - Killed on board (4 in forward fireroom. 9 in
forward engineroom, 1 in after fireroom, 4 in wardroom, 4 on torpedo mount #1.) |
| 33 | - Could not survive in water and were seen to go down. | |
| 10 | - Lost alongside rescue vessels. | |
| 3 | - No information. | |
(c) Recommendations for awards will be the subject of separate correspondence.
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