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Paul Raymond Wright, age 43, from Phoenix, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Recognized in 1943 for saving the lives of 15 comrades during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for August 29, 2017
Source: National Archives
Vernon Thomas Luke, age 43, from Turlock., California.
Spouse: Mrs. June Edna Luke
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for September 11, 2015
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Elmer Leo Pool, age 43, from Shelbyville, Indiana, Shelby county.
Parents: Matilda Pool
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Cemetery: New Albany National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Hugh R. Alexander, age 43, from Potters Mills, Pennsylvania, Centre County.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed at Pearl Harbor. Accounted for February 17, 2021
Cemetery: Memorialized at Mifflin County; Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: Grave marker, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
John J. Jr. Ryan, age 43, from Middlesex County Somerville, Massachusetts .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destroyer USS Reuben James
Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Boston Globe (1941)
Alfred E. Gaartz, age 43, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, August 29, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Woodlawn, Milwaukee
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com