Tidball, David Franklin
Navy Seaman 1st class

David Franklin Tidball, age 20, from Independence, Iowa, Buchanan county.

Parents: Raymon F. Tidball

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Navy Seaman 1st Class David F. Tidball, 20, killed during World War II, was accounted for on March 3, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Tidball was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Tidball.

Source: National Archives, Waterloo Courier (1941)