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Clement Edward Durr, age 19, from Otoe County Nebraska City, Nebraska .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, December 11, 1941
Death details: Died of wounds received on the USS West Virginia.
Source: National Archives, Omaha World Herald (1943), Nebraska Daily News Press (1942)
James Bryce Boring, age 21, from Radcliff, Ohio, Vinton county.
Service era: World War II
Military history: United States Navy; Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for December 18, 2015
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Charles Ray Casto, age 19, from East Liverpool, Ohio, Columbiana county.
Parents: David Gay Casto
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for November 21, 2016
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Buford Harvey Dyer, age 19, from Barberton, Ohio, Summit county.
Parents: Thena Cromley
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for August 6, 2021
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Russell Clyde Roach, age 22, from Zanesville, Ohio, Muskingum county.
Parents: Dorothy Belle Roach
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for in 2019
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Charles Andrew Montgomery, age 21, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Parents: Herbert Montgomery
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Died aboard the USS Oklahoma
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Raymond Devere Boynton, age 19, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Kent county.
Parents: Matt S. Boynton
Service era: World War II
Military history: United States Navy; Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941. Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for December 22, 2020.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
William Michael Finnegan, age 44, from Dollar Bay, Michigan, Houghton county.
Spouse: Married
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma, Accounted for December 21, 2015
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Francis C. Flaherty, age 22, from Charlotte, Michigan, Calhoun county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for September 30, 2019.
Source: National Archives, Department of Defense
Wesley Ernest Graham, age 21, from Benton Harbor, Michigan, Berrien county.
Parents: Fred Ernest Graham
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941
Death details: On June 5, 2020, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of Seaman First Class Wesley E. Graham, missing from World War II.
Seaman First Class Graham joined the U.S. Navy from Michigan and served aboard the USS Oklahoma. On December 7, 1941, he was killed in the Japanese surprise attacks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. SEA1 Graham’s remains were recovered from the ship following the incident; however, they could not be identified and were buried as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2015, the DPAA began the reexaminations of unknown remains associated with the USS Oklahoma using advances in forensic technology. Sea 1 Graham’s remains were disinterred as part of this effort and were eventually identified.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency