Edward Chester from Kansas City, Kansas, Jackson county.
Parents: Kenneth Joseph Chester
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives, Wichita Eagle (1942)
Erwin H. Naasz, age 25, from Kingman, Kansas, Kingman county.
Parents: Minnie Crumley
Service era: World War II
Schools: Kingman High (1934)
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
Willard Henry Aldridge, age 20, from Sitka, Kansas, Clark county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Remains recovered
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Edward Lee Christiansen, age 20, from Columbus, Kansas, Cherokee county.
Parents: Carl E. Christiansen
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives, Wichita Eagle (1942)
Elmer Denton Nail, age 23, from Perry, Kansas, Jefferson county.
Parents: Fredrick Denton Nail
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahaoma. Accounted for September 18, 2017
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Winchester Star (1941), Wichita Eagle (1942)
Wilbur Clayton Barrett, age 26, from El Dorado, Kansas, Butler county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma Remains recovered
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency
Robert Eugene Clarke, age 21, from Great Bend, Kansas, Barton county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives, Wichita Beacon (1942)
Don Ocle Neher, age 28, from Wichita, Kansas, Sedqwick county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for September 15, 2016
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Wichita Eagle (1942)
Walter Sidney Jr. Belt, age 25, from Ellsworth, Kansas, Ellsworth county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Navy Fireman 1st Class Walter S. Belt, Jr., 25, killed during World War II, was accounted for on March 3, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Belt was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Belt.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Milton Henry Davis, age 21, from Holton, Kansas, Jackson county.
Parents: Walter F. Davis
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives, Wichita Eagle (1942)