![]() ![]() Goodwin, 24, of Marion Township, Missouri Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Arthur Glenn, 43, of Fort Wayne, Indiana Gifford, 22, of Mankato, Minnesotaįire Controlman 2nd Class George Gilbert, 20 Louis, MissouriĮlectrician’s Mate 3rd Class George Harvey Gibson, 20, of Winchester, Kansas Naval Reserve Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Paul H. Flanagan, 22, of Jacksonville, Floridaįireman 1st Class Michael Galajdik, 25, of Joliet, Illinoisįireman 2nd Class Martin A. Flaherty, 22, of Charlotte, Michigan (Medal of Honor Reciepient) Ferguson, 19, of Kosciusko, MississippiĮnsign William M. Ellis, 23, of Hope, Arkansasįireman 1st Class Lawrence H. Edmonston, 22, Portland, OregonĮnsign John C. Drefahl, 22, of Milwaukeeįireman 1st Class Kenneth E. Derrington, 42Įlectrician’s Mate 2nd Class Leaman R. Charles, IllinoisĬhief Machinist’s Mate Ralph A. Day, 37, of Millburn, New JerseyĮlectrician’s Mate 3rd Class Leslie P. Davenport, Jr., 21Ĭhief Water Tender Francis D. Cyriack, 20, of Pipestone County, Minnesotaįireman 1st Class James W. Corn, 24, of Baker City, Oregonįireman 1st Class Samuel W. ![]() Cremean, 21, of Pueblo, Coloradoįire Controlman 1st Class Robert L. Connolly, 19, of Markesan, Wisconsinįireman 1st Class Grant C. Coke, 18, of Arlington, TexasĬhief Warrant Officer John G. Seaman 2nd Class Floyd Clifford, 20, of Douglas, Kansas Carney, 23, of New Diggins, Wisconsinįireman 1st Class Charles Ray Casto, 20, of East Liverpool, Ohio Cargile, 21, of Robersonville, North Carolina Seaman 1st Class Millard Burk, Jr., 19, of Pikeville, Kentucky Brandt, 20, of Kentland, Indianaįire Controlman 3rd Class Jack A. Boynton, 19, of Grandville, Michiganįireman 2nd Class Carl M. Boxrucker, of Dorchester, Wisconsion (Disinterred in 2003) Boudreaux, 20, of New Orleans, Louisianaįireman 2nd Class Lawrence A. Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Leo Blitz, and Navy Fireman 1st Class Rudolph Blitz, both 20, of Lincoln, Nebraskaīandmaster James B. Blanchard, 24, of Tignall, Georgiaįireman 3rd Class Clarence A. Waldean Black, 20, of Perryton, Texasīoilermaker 1st Class William E. Bean, 27, of Everett, Washingtonįireman 1st Class Walter S. Bates, 27, of Rush Center, Kansasįireman 2nd Class Ralph C. Barncord, 24, of Wilson Township, Kansasįireman 1st Class Harold E. Barber, 19 of New London, WisconsinĮlectrician’s Mate 3rd Class Cecil E. Barber, 21 and Navy Fireman 2nd Class Randolph H. Barber, 22 Navy Fireman 1st Class Leroy K. Ballance, 20, of Paw Paw, Michiganįireman 1st Class Malcolm J. Nearly 86% of unknowns from the USS Oklahoma have been individually identified and it is expected that 90% will be identified by the end of the project, surpassing the original projected estimate of 80%.ĪLPHABETICAL LIST OF USS OKLAHOMA IDENTIFICATIONS: In December 2017, DPAA made their 100th identification from the ship’s casualties.Īs of June 2021, the identification of 338 individuals, to date, from the USS Oklahoma represents the first successful completion of a project of such scope and complexity. In 2015, as part of the USS Oklahoma Project, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, through a partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs, exhumed all of the unknown remains from the USS Oklahoma, and began the lengthy identification process. Thompson, of Hudson County, New Jersey and Ens. Lehman, of Hancock, Michigan Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Charles H. ![]() ![]() Boxrucker, of Dorchester, Wisconsin Fireman 3rd Class Gerald G. Of those, five were initially identified following the disinterment: Fireman 2nd Class Lawrence A. Carrie Brown, DPAA Forensic Anthropologist and USS Oklahoma Team Lead. Anthropological and DNA evidence have shown that remains are extremely commingled, with at least 95 individuals represented in the first disinterred casket based on mitochondrial DNA results, said Dr. In 2003, as a result of the research efforts of Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Emory, a single casket associated with the USS Oklahoma loss was disinterred. Nearly 400 unidentified remains were buried as Unknowns in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. Only 35 men were identified out of the 429 killed. The remains were disinterred by the American Graves Registration Service from the two cemeteries in September 1947, and transferred to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. 7, 1941, after the ship quickly capsized from the numerous torpedo hits.įrom December 1941 through June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of those who perished, interring them in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries in Hawaii. A total of 429 crewmen aboard the USS Oklahoma were killed in the early morning hours of Dec. The USS Oklahoma, moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, was sunk by Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. ![]()
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