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Mabine, Octavius
Navy Mess attendant 1st class

Octavius Mabine, age 21, from Portsmouth County Portsmouth, Virginia .

Parents: Essie Ora Mabine

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma Accounted for November 20, 2020

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Newport News Daily Press (1942)

Holzhauer, James William
Navy Seaman 1st class

James William Holzhauer, age 23, from Washington County Abingdon, Virginia .

Parents: John H. Holzhauer

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for August 27, 2018

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Hubbard, Haywood Jr.
Navy Mess attendant 2nd class

Haywood Jr. Hubbard from Lynchburg County Lynchburg, Virginia .

Parents: Haywood Hubbard 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 Accountng Agency, Richmond Times Dispatch (1942)

Fisher, James Anderson
Navy Mess attendant 1st class

James Anderson Fisher, age 20, from Emporia County Emporia, Virginia .

Parents: Anderson Perry Fisher

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, Richmond News Leader (1942)

Brown, Benjamin Lee
Navy Seaman 2nd class

Benjamin Lee Brown from Roanoke County Roanoke, Virginia .

Parents: George Lester and Nannie Brown

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Downs

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Roanoke Times (1991)

Brewer, Randall Walter
Navy Mess attendant 1st class

Randall Walter Brewer, age 21, from Richmond County Richmond, Virginia .

Parents: Clarence Alfonzo Brewer Sr.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Daily Press (1996)

Bays, Donald Edgar
Army Private

Donald Edgar Bays, age 18, from Lee County Jonesville, Virginia .

Parents: Ella B. Bays

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died of wounds; missing in action or buried at sea; Hickam Field, Hawaii
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Barksdale, James Merritt
Army Staff sergeant

James Merritt Barksdale, age 32, from Albemarle County Crozlet, Virginia .

Parents: James W. Barksdale

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed in action, Wheeler Field, Hawaii

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Richmond New Leader (1942)

Anderson, William T.
Army Private 1st class

William T. Anderson, age 19, from Prince William County Quantico, Virginia .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed at Hickam Field, Hawaii. He set up a submachine gun in an open field and fired at Japanese airplanes until he was mortally wounded.

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency, Covington Virginian (1941)

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