Battles, Ralph Curtis
Navy Fireman 2nd class

Ralph Curtis Battles, age 25, from Boaz, Alabama.

Parents: Leonard Evan Battles

Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for Feb. 12. 2021
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency