Tag: Morton County North Dakota

Albert Renner, age 24, from Mandan, North Dakota, Morton county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On August 19, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Fireman Second Class Albert Renner, missing from World War II. Fireman Second Class Renner entered the U.S. Navy from North Dakota and served aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48) at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. He was lost when the West Virginia was sunk by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941. F2 Renner’s remains were recovered during salvage operations after the battle, but they were unable to be individually identified and were interred as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. In 2017, DPAA exhumed 35 caskets containing remains associated with the West Virginia. These remains were brought to the DPAA Laboratory in Hawaii where scientists used modern forensic tools to individually identify F2 Renner.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com