Lyle Carl Curtis, age 23, from Ashland County Glidden, Wisconsin .
Parents: Ralph George Curtis
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed at Pearl Harbor
Source: National Archives, UPI (1941)
Joseph Nicholas Karabon, age 22, from Milwaukee County Milwaukee, Wisconsin .
Parents: Agnes Hamilton
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
Keefe Richard Connolly, age 19, from Markesan, Wisconsin, Green Lake county.
Parents: Richard James Connolly
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941
Death details: On February 11, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Hospital Apprentice Third Class Keefe Richard Connolly, missing from World War II.
Hospital Apprentice Connolly joined the U.S. Navy from Wisconsin. He was stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941, when the ship came under attack from Japanese forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Oklahoma capsized during the attack, and HA1 Connolly was killed in the incident. His remains were recovered from the ship following the attack; 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 reexamine unknown remains associated with the Oklahoma using new forensic techniques. HA1 Connolly’s remains were exhumed and identified as part of this effort.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Elmer E. Drefahl, age 22, from Milwaukee County Milwaukee, Wisconsin .
Parents: Hilda Drefahl
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
Source: National Archives, Appleton Post Crescent (2003)
Arthur Ray Thinnes, age 27, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee county.
Parents: Herman J. Thinnes
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for March 24, 2021
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Casper Ehlert, age 22, from Sheboygan County Sheboygan, Wisconsin .
Parents: Casper Ehlert (died 1923), Anna Richter and step-father John Richter
Service era: World War II
Schools: Central High (1937)
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died, non-battle
Source: National Archives, Sheboygan Press (1942)
Duff Gordon, age 52, from Hudson, Wisconsin, Saint Croix county.
Spouse: Mayme Gordon
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for September 16, 2015.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Leslie Henry Fischer, age 18, from Milwaukee County Milwaukee, Wisconsin .
Parents: Edward Fischer
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, Honolulu Star Advertiser (2016), Chicago Tribune (1942)
John Harry Schoonover, age 39, from Port Edwards, Wisconsin, Wood county.
Children: Robert Schoonover, 4
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for in 2018.
Source: National Archives, Pensacola News Journal (2018)
Philip R. Gazecki, age 21, from Winnebago County Menasha, Wisconsin .
Parents: Philip John Gazecki
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, Appleton Post Crescent (1941)