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Arbuckle, William Dellano
Navy Reserves Seaman 2nd class

William Dellano Arbuckle, age 22, from Cook County Chicago, Illinois .

Parents: Mary Frances Jurgenson

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Utah
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Republican Northwestern (1943)

Cox, Gerald Clinton
Navy Musician 2nd class

Gerald Clinton Cox, age 19, from East Moline, Illinois, Rock Island county.

Parents: Nat Cox

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Lafayette Journal and Courier (1993)

Windle, Robert England
Marine Private

Robert England Windle, age 20, from Jacksonville, Illinois, Effingham county.

Parents: W. B. Windle

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Ward, William E.
Navy Coxswain

William E. Ward, age 22, from Stonington, Illinois, Christian county.

Parents: Ernest Ward

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, Decatur Daily Review (1941)

Walters, Bradley Jr.
Army Private

Bradley Jr. Walters from Illinois, Cook county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On Dec. 7, 1941, Walters was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS West Virginia sustained multiple torpedo hits, but timely counter-flooding measures taken by the crew prevented it from capsizing, and it came to rest on the shallow harbor floor. The attack resulted in the deaths of 106 crewmen, including Walters. Accounted for 2019

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Swiontek, Stanley S.
Marine Field cook

Stanley S. Swiontek, age 23, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.

Parents: Victoria Swiontek

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, Chicago Tribune (1942)

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