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    USS Hornet (CV 8)

    2 honorees
    LCDR BYRON B. NEWELL, USN

    Byron Newell

    Class of 1930
    Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
    October 26, 1942 (32 years old)
    KIA Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Pacific USS Hornet (CV 8) WWII Ship Ship Namesake Video USNA 5th Company
    LTJG DOUGLAS W. GILLETTE, USNR

    Douglas Gillette

    Class of 1942
    Lieutenant (j.g.) | US Naval Reserve
    October 26, 1942 (24 years old)
    KIA Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Pacific USS Hornet (CV 8) WWII Ship Ship Namesake Non-graduate