Edwin Charles Jastrzemski, age 22, from Saginaw, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Parents: Stephen Jastrzemski
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,MIA
Benjmain Franklin Shively, age 21, from Three Rivers, Michigan, Saint Joseph county.
Parents: Harry Wilbur Shively
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, South Bend Tribune (1942)
Wesley Ernest Graham, age 21, from Benton Harbor, Michigan, Berrien county.
Parents: Fred Ernest Graham
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941
Death details: On June 5, 2020, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of Seaman First Class Wesley E. Graham, missing from World War II.
Seaman First Class Graham joined the U.S. Navy from Michigan and served aboard the USS Oklahoma. On December 7, 1941, he was killed in the Japanese surprise attacks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. SEA1 Graham’s remains were recovered from the ship following the incident; however, they could not be identified and were buried as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2015, the DPAA began the reexaminations of unknown remains associated with the USS Oklahoma using advances in forensic technology. Sea 1 Graham’s remains were disinterred as part of this effort and were eventually identified.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Albert John Judd from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Parents: Edna May Schilke
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
Lowell Earl Valley, age 19, from Ontonagon, Michigan, Ontonagon county.
Parents: Joseph Valley
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for January 11, 2018
Source: National Archives, Ironwood Daily Globe (1941)
Joe Raymond Nightingale, age 20, from Corunna, Michigan, Shiawassee County
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for in 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Paul Daniel Keller, age 23, from Coldwater, Michigan, Branch county.
Parents: Nettie Johnson Smith
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
Cecil Eugene Whitcomb, age 19, from Homer, Michigan, Calhoun county.
Parents: Seth Whitcomb
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Unaccounted For
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Richmond Palladium Item (1991)
Edward Wasielewski, age 21, from Plymouth, Michigan, Wayne county.
Parents: Alex Wasielewski
Service era: World War II
Military history: Uss Oklahoma; United States Navy
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Remains accounted for on May 15, 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Edward Klann, age 34, from Detroit, Michigan, Wayne county.
Parents: August Klann
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, Petoskey News Review (1942)