Watt, James Ervin
Navy Fireman 2nd class

James Ervin Watt, age 20, from Hardin County Alden, Iowa .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, USSHouston.org, Des Moines Register (1942)