Donald William Caplinger, age 23, from Highland County Hillsboro, Ohio .
Parents: Eva Inez Caplinger
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Wilmington News Journal (1942)
Challis Rudolph James, age 18, from Scioto County Portsmouth, Ohio .
Parents: Hazel James
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for January 29, 2016
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Portsmouth Daily Times (1942)
Melvin Lenord Root, age 23, from Mahoning County Canfield, Ohio .
Parents: Virgil Riley Root
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, Honolulu Star Advertiser (2016)
Hurschel Woodrow Wilson, age 19, from Highland County Greenfield, Ohio .
Parents: Harry Hurschel Wilson
Service era: World War II
Military history: Uss Arizona; United States Navy
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Chillicothe Gazette (1942)
Charles Edward Walters, age 17, from Chauncey County Chauncey, Ohio .
Parents: Bessie Walter
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
Source: National Archives
James Richard Ward, age 20, from Springfield, Ohio, Clark county.
Parents: Howard Joseph Ward
Service era: World War II
Military history: Uss Oklahoma; United States Navy
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On August 19, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Seaman First Class James Richard Ward, missing from World War II.
Seaman First Class Ward entered the U.S. Navy from Ohio. On December 7, 1941, he was aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) when it came under attack from Japanese forces at Pearl Harbor. The Oklahoma capsized as a result of torpedo hits, and SEA1 Ward was among those killed in the attack. His remains were recovered from the ship following the incident; however, they could not be identified at the time, and were buried as unknown remains at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2015, the DPAA received authorization to exhume unknown remains associated with the Oklahoma and reexamine them using advances in forensic techniques. As part of this effort, SEA1 Ward’s remains were disinterred and accessioned into the DPAA laboratory, where they were successfully identified.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Richard Eugene Casto, age 19, from Columbiana County East Liverpool, Ohio .
Parents: David Gay Casto
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for July 9, 2021
Source: National Archives, Los Angeles Times (1942)
Calvin Wilbur Joyce, age 22, from Montgomery County Dayton, Ohio .
Parents: Mary Myrtle Joyce and Calvin Joyce
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, Dayton Herald (1942)
Howard Dale Royer, age 23, from Clinton County Clinton, Ohio .
Spouse: Esther Royer
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, Akron Beacon Journal (1942)
Frank Wood, age 20, from Lucas County Toledo, Ohio .
Parents: Ora Wood
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Tulsa Tribune (1961), Tulsa World (1943), Chillicothe Gazette (1944)