Walter Hamilton Simon, age 24, from Camden County Camden, New Jersey .
Parents: William Peltz Simon
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, Morning Post (1941)
Archie Jr. Callahan from Essex County Newark, New Jersey .
Parents: Archie Callahan Sr.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for November 27, 2017
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives
William Manley Thompson, age 21, from Morris County Mountain Lakes, New Jersey .
Parents: O. C. Thompson
Service era: World War II
Schools: University of North Carolina graduate (1941)
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for November 28, 2016
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1941)
Harold Kendall Costill, age 28, from Gloucester County Clayton, New Jersey .
Parents: Harold Elwood Costill
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On April 16, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) accounted for Fireman Third Class Harold Kendall Costill, missing from World War II. Fireman Third Class Costill entered the U.S. Navy from New Jersey and served aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48). On the morning of December 7, 1941, the West Virginia was moored in Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, when the harbor came under attack by Japanese forces. The battleship was hit by torpedoes and bombs in its port side, and F3 Costill was killed in the attack. His remains were recovered after the incident but could not be identified at the time, and were buried as “unknowns” at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. Eventually, advances in forensic technology prompted the disinterment and eventual identification F3 Costill’s remains.
Source: National Archives
Robert Leroy Wyckoff, age 28, from Essex County Newark, New Jersey .
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
Francis Daniel Day, age 37, from Essex County Milburn, New Jersey .
Parents: William Day
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
Source: National Archives
Eugene Joseph Rowe, age 21, from Camden County Oaklyn, New Jersey .
Parents: Eugene B. Rowe
Service era: World War II
Schools: Collingswood High
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, Philadelphia Inquirer (1942)
Eugene Keller Eberhardt, age 29, from Essex County Newark, New Jersey .
Parents: Henry James Eberhardt
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for July 3, 2018.
Source: National Archives
Edmond Thomas Ryan, age 21, from Burlington County Trenton, New Jersey .
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
Angelo Michael Gabriele, age 21, from Burlington County Trenton, New Jersey .
Parents: Maria Gabriele
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On September 13, 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Fireman First Class Angelo Michael Gabriele, missing from World War II. Fireman First Class Gabriele, who joined the U.S. Navy from New Jersey, was aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-43) during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was killed during the incident, and although his remains were recovered in the aftermath of the attack, they could not be identified at the time. F1 Gabriele was buried as an “unknown” at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. In 2015, advances in forensic technology prompted the reexamination and eventual identification of F1 Gabriele’s remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency