Walter Claud Stein, age 20, from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for April 16, 2021
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Herman Schmidt, age 28, from Sheridan, Wyoming.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on Jan. 13, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Schmidt was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Schmidt.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Herman Schmidt, age 28, from Sheridan County Sheridan, Wyoming .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: accounted for on Jan. 13, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Schmidt was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Schmidt.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Walter Claud Stein, age 20, from Laramie County Cheyenne, Wyoming .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for April 16, 2021
Source: National Archives
Elmer Emil Christensen, age 23, from Johnson County Buffalo, Wyoming .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Honolulu Star Advertiser (2016)
Delbert Ray Fisher from Albany County Laramie, Wyoming .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed at Pearl Harbor
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Casper Star Tribune (1941)
George Hanson, age 32, from Albany County Laramie, Wyoming .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for December 17, 2018
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Edward Wallace Lane, age 23, from Laramie County Cheyenne, Wyoming .
Parents: Lillian L. Robertson
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, Casper Star Tribune (1942)
George Edward Linton, age 22, from Platte County Wheatland, Wyoming .
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, Casper Star Tribune (1942)
James Orries Morgareidge from Washakie County Ten Sleep, Wyoming .
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, Associated Press (1991)