Stanley W. Allen, age 25, from Bethel, Maine, Oxford county. Their last known residence was in 42 Main St..
Parents: Stella A. Allen
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Combat; missing in action or buried at sea
Cemetery: Tablets of the missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission
Howard Warren Bean, age 27, from Everett, Washington, Suffolk county.
Parents: Warren Henry Bean
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma Remains recovered
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency
Wilbur Frank Ballance, age 20, from Paw Paw, Michigan, Van Buren county.
Parents: Leo Charles Balance
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for February 1, 2021
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Marley R. Arthurholtz, age 20, from South Bend, Indiana, St. Joseph county.
Parents: Mary Arthurholtz
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for in 2019
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Walter Howard Backman, age 22, from Wilton, North Dakota, Kane county.
Parents: August Ferdinand Backman
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On July 17, 2017, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Radioman Second Class Walter Howard Backman, missing from World War II.
Radioman Second Class Backman entered the U.S. Navy from North Dakota and served aboard the USS Oklahoma (BB-37). On December 7, 1941, he was aboard the Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by Japanese forces. The Oklahoma capsized after being struck by multiple torpedoes, and over four hundred sailors and Marines were lost, including RM2 Backman. Following the attack, the remains of some of those who were lost aboard the Oklahoma were recovered, with many buried as “unknowns” at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii. RM2 Backman was among this group; however, recent forensic efforts were used by DPAA and identified his remains from the cemetery.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency
Robert Edward Bailey, age 21, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Edward Parker Bailey
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: December 7, 1941
Death details:
On January 19, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Shipfitter Third Class Robert Edward Bailey, missing from World War II.
Shipfitter Third Class Bailey entered the U.S. Navy from Ohio and served on the USS Oklahoma. On December 7, 1941, the battleship USS Oklahoma was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when attacked by Japanese forces. The Oklahoma suffered multiple torpedo hits, causing it to capsize. Four hundred and twenty-nine sailors and Marines were lost, including SF3 Bailey. In the days, months, and years following the attack, remains of men lost aboard the Oklahoma were recovered. Those remains that could not be identified were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Honolulu, Hawaii (NMCP). In 2015, the DPAA received authorization to exhume unknown remains associated with the Oklahoma and reexamine them using advances in forensic technology. From June through November 2015, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel, in cooperation with cemetery officials, exhumed all remaining caskets associated with the USS Oklahoma at the NMCP and transferred the remains to DPAA laboratories. Laboratory analysis and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available established one set of these remains as those of SF3 Bailey.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Earl Paul Baum, age 19, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Emil Henry Baum
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma Remains recovered
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency
Hugh R. Alexander, age 43, from Potters Mills, Pennsylvania, Centre County.
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed at Pearl Harbor. Accounted for February 17, 2021
Cemetery: Memorialized at Mifflin County; Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: Grave marker, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Leroy Kenneth Barber, age 21, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Parents: Gertrude (1898 – 1990) and Peter (1893 – 1948)
Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Brothers, Navy Fireman 1st Class Malcolm J. Barber, 22, Navy Fireman 1st Class Leroy K. Barber, 21, and Navy Fireman 2nd Class Randolph H. Barber, 19, of New London, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, were accounted for on June 10, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the Barber brothers were 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 the Barber brothers.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including the Barber brothers.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
Cemetery: Most Precious Blood in New London
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, grave markers
Malcolm Barber, age 22, from New London, Wisconsin, Waupaca county.
Parents: Thomas Barber
Service era: World War II
Parents: Gertrude (1898 – 1990) and Peter (1893 – 1948)
Military history: Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Brothers, Navy Fireman 1st Class Malcolm J. Barber, 22, Navy Fireman 1st Class Leroy K. Barber, 21, and Navy Fireman 2nd Class Randolph H. Barber, 19, of New London, Wisconsin, killed during World War II, were accounted for on June 10, 2021.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the Barber brothers were 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 the Barber brothers.
From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.
In September 1947, tasked with recovering and identifying fallen U.S. personnel in the Pacific Theater, members of the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred the remains of U.S. casualties from the two cemeteries and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks. The laboratory staff was only able to confirm the identifications of 35 men from the USS Oklahoma at that time. The AGRS subsequently buried the unidentified remains in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (NMCP), known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In October 1949, a military board classified those who could not be identified as non-recoverable, including the Barber brothers.
Between June and November 2015, DPAA personnel exhumed the USS Oklahoma Unknowns from the Punchbowl for analysis.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, grave markers