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The destroyer USS English went alongside Bunker Hill, to help in the fighting of fires and to take off Vice Admiral Mitscher, transferring his flag to the newly repaired carrier Enterprise. Of Bunker Hill's crew, 352 were killed, 264 were wounded and 41 were missing. Hundreds of crewmen had been either blown overboard or were forced to jump to ...
Bunker Hill had an elevation of 110 feet (34 m) and lay at the northern end of the peninsula. Breed's Hill had a height of 62 feet (19 m) and was more southerly and nearer to Boston. [17] The American soldiers were at an advantage due to the height of Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill, but it also essentially trapped them at the top.
Edward Clyde Benfold (January 15, 1931 – September 5, 1952) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman third class who was killed in action while attached to a Marine Corps rifle company during the Battle of Bunker Hill (1952) in the Korean War.
Battle of Bunker Hill Asa Pollard (November 15, 1735 – June 15, 1775) was an American soldier. He was the first soldier to be killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War .
Falley died on September 3, 1808, in Westfield, Massachusetts. He was buried at the Old Burying Grounds off of Mechanic Street in Westfield. Through his daughter Margaret, Falley was the grandfather of Richard Falley Cleveland , who was the father of Grover Cleveland (twice President of the United States ).
Battle of Bunker Hill † Andrew McClary (1730 – June 17, 1775) [ a ] was an Irish soldier and major in the Continental Army during the American Revolution . McClary was born in Ulster, Ireland and came to colonial America with his parents at age sixteen where they lived on a farm in New Hampshire .
Daniel Menard, 79, and Stephanie Menard, 73, died from blunt force trauma injuries to the head, the coroner said Cause of death revealed for elderly nudist couple after remains found in concrete ...
The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over the Charles River was named to honor Zakim's civil rights and race relations work in Boston. Leonard Paul Zakim [1] (November 17, 1953 – December 2, 1999) was a Jewish American religious and civil rights leader in Boston. Zakim died in 1999 after a five-year battle with bone-marrow cancer.