Edward Dale Johnson, age 24, from Eddy County New Rockford, North Dakota .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for September 29, 2020
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Albany Democrat Herald (1941)
Vernon Jerome Eidsvig from Barnes County Kathryn, North Dakota .
Parents: John Eidsvig
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, Morning Pioneer (1941)
Lawrence Herman Fecho, age 20, from Gardena, North Dakota, Bottineau county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for February 21, 2017
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
James Albert Kraahn, age 26, from Cavalier County Langdon, North Dakota .
Parents: William Kraahn
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
Calvin Harry Palmer, age 23, from Minot, North Dakota.
Parents: Mr. Harry Calvin Palmer
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Remains accounted for on March 19, 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Howard Heigi Kukuk, age 26, from Pembina County Cavalier, North Dakota .
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
Paul James Register, age 42, from Bismark, North Dakota, Burleigh county.
Spouse: Paul J. Register
Service era: World War II
Schools: United State Naval Academy at Annapolis (1920)
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Bismark Tribune (1941)
Donald Joseph Kusie, age 23, from Stark County Dickinson, North Dakota .
Parents: Anton Kusie
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, Midland Empire News (1942)
Walter Howard Backman, age 22, from Kane County Wilton, North Dakota .
Parents: August Ferdinand Backman
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On July 17, 2017, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Radioman Second Class Walter Howard Backman, missing from World War II. Radioman Second Class Backman entered the U.S. Navy from North Dakota and served aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37). On December 7, 1941, he was aboard the Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by Japanese forces. The Oklahoma capsized after being struck by multiple torpedoes, and over four hundred sailors and Marines were lost, including RM2 Backman. Following the attack, the remains of some of those who were lost aboard the Oklahoma were recovered, with many buried as “unknowns” at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii. RM2 Backman was among this group; however, recent forensic efforts were used by DPAA and identified his remains from the cemetery.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Steve Louis Lesmeister, age 21, from Wells County Selz, North Dakota .
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