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Howard William Peckham, age 21, from Saint Louis County Wellston, Missouri .
Parents: Leonard Peckham
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, St. Louis Post Dispatch (1941)
Francis J. Pedrotti, age 22, from Saint Louis County Saint Louis, Missouri .
Parents: Dennis Pedrotti
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, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1941), Saint Louis Star and Times (1941)
Thomas Steger Sanford, age 23, from Saint Louis County Saint Louis, Missouri .
Parents: Mary Lou Sherrod and Robert M. Sanford
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, St. Louis Post Dispatch (1941)
Earl Jr. Smith, age 21, from Saint Louis County Saint Louis, Missouri .
Parents: Elva Smith
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, Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1941)
Natle Ignatius Torti, age 20, from Saint Louis County Saint Louis, Missouri .
Parents: Louis B. Torti
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for April 26, 2018
Source: National Archives, St. Louis Post Dispatch (1941)
Robert James Windish, age 21, from Saint Louis County Saint Louis, Missouri .
Parents: John A. Windish
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives, Saint Louis Star and Times (141)
Clarence Alvin Wise, age 19, from Saint Louis County Saint Louis, Missouri .
Parents: Robert Wise
Spouse: Margaret Sutton Wise
Service era: World War II
Military history: Uss Chew
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Source: National Archives, Neighborhood News (1942)
Ralph W. Kloepper, age 26, from Saint Louis County Saint Louis, Missouri .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destroyer USS Reuben James
Cemetery: Los Angeles Times (1941)
Source: Saint Louis Star and Times (1943)