Leo Shinn Heely, age 23, from Mesa, Colorado, Mesa county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Harold Baker Wood, age 22, from Grand Junction, Colorado, Mesa county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Cemetery: Unaccounted For
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Daily Sentinel (1942)
Milo Elah Phillips, age 26, from Pierce, Colorado, Weld county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for March 1, 2021.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Edmon Ethmer Jones, age 19, from Montrose, Colorado, Montrose county.
Parents: A. O. Jones
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Weekly Sentinel (1942)
Verne Francis Knipp, age 22, from Salida, Colorado.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for October 26, 2016
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Homer Loyd Jones, age 25, from Montrose, Colorado, Montrose county.
Parents: A. O. Jones
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Weekly Sentinel (1942)
Alva Jackson Cremean from Colorado.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Marine – United States Marine Corps
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for August 14, 2018
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
James Mitchell Lindsay, age 23, from Holyoke, Colorado, Phillips county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Neodesha News (1942)
Gordon Eugene Berry from Bayfield, Colorado, La Plata county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Arnold Eugene Lyon, age 22, from Greeley, Colorado, Weld county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On the morning of December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS West Virginia (BB-48) was moored outboard from the USS Tennessee (BB-43). Five 18-inch aircraft torpedoes and two armor piercing bombs converted from 16-inch naval shells hit the West Virginia in its port side. The first bomb punctured the ship’s deck, causing it to collapse. The second was a dud, though it ignited aircraft fuel and sent billows of toxic smoke into the air. The enemy bombs and torpedoes killed and wounded many of those on board the battleship. While the extensive damage to the hull caused the West Virginia to sink, the crew’s efforts to keep it from capsizing meant the battleship could be salvaged, and it managed to return to service later in the war. Gunner’s Mate Third Class Arnold Eugene Lyon, who entered the U.S. Navy from Colorado, served aboard the West Virginia at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. He was lost during the sinking and his remains have not been recovered. Today, Gunner’s Mate Third Class Lyon is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives