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William J. Lovshin, age 22, from Saint Louis County Ely, Minnesota .
Parents: John Lovshin
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, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Orris Nate Norman, age 26, from Otter Tail County Fergus Falls, Minnesota .
Parents: Oscar Norman
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Utah
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Minneapolis Star (1942)
Walter Michael Willis, age 24, from Hennepin County Minneapolis, Minnesota .
Parents: Marie Willis
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: He left the USS Enterprise for a routine scouting mission to Ford Island, the Navy air station at Pearl Harbor. Eighteen planes took off from the aircraft carrier that morning, and six of them, including Willis’, never returned.
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Minneapolis Star Tribune (1997)
John Joseph Wicklund, age 22, from Hennepin County Minneapolis, Minnesota .
Parents: Raymond Leonard Wicklund
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, Minneapolis Star Tribune (1946)
William Peter Weidell, age 19, from Ramsey County Saint Paul, Minnesota .
Parents: William Weidell
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, Minneapolis Star Tribune (2016)
Walter Arnold Vojta from Hennepin County Minneapolis, Minnesota .
Parents: Anne Vojta
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Minneapolis Star Tribune (1944)
Neal Kenneth Todd, age 22, from Hubbard County Akeley, Minnesota .
Parents: Irene R. Staffenhagen
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for February 11, 2021.
Source: National Archives, Minneapolis Star (1942)
Dante Sylvester Tini, age 19, from Saint Louis County Virginia, Minnesota .
Parents: Daniel Tini
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for August 13, 2018
Source: National Archives
Lloyd Rudolph Timm, age 19, from Wabasha County Kellogg, Minnesota .
Parents: Rudolph L. Timm
Service era: World War II
Schools: Kellogg High (1940)
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Remains accounted for September 27, 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Winona Daily News (1941)
Halge Hojem Smestad, age 22, from Murray County Dovray, Minnesota .
Parents: Halge Smestad Sr.
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