Holt County Missouri

Newton, Wilbur Francis
Navy Seaman 1st class

Wilbur Francis Newton, age 19, from Holt County Mound City, Missouri .

Parents: Leona and E. H. Newton

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Body not recovered

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Mound City Independent (1942)

Rayhill, Elmer R.
Navy Seaman second class

Elmer R. Rayhill, age 25, from Holt County New Point, Missouri .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destoryer USS Reuben James

Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1941)

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