Elmer S. Jr. Kirby from New Jersey, Camden county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, September 11, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
John K. Zazzali from New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Tuesday, September 5, 1944
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Walter Haut from New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 29, 1943
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Harry E. Wade from New Jersey, Warren county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Tuesday, August 24, 1943
Death details: Finding of death
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker
Vincent J. Meculskas from Hudson County Kearney, New Jersey .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, November 15, 1942
Death details: Killed when the plane in which he was riding crashed after missing its landing field at Columbia, South Carolina.
Source: Columbia Record (1942)
Douglas W. Cole, age 23, from Essex County Newark, New Jersey .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Saturday, November 7, 1942
Death details: Killed when an Army bomber crashed on a routine flight near Waterboro, South Carolina
Source: Omaha World Herald (1943), Lincoln Journal Star (1942), Columbia Record (1942)
Archie Jr. Callahan from Essex County Newark, New Jersey .
Parents: Archie Callahan Sr.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for November 27, 2017
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial
Source: National Archives
Harold Kendall Costill, age 28, from Gloucester County Clayton, New Jersey .
Parents: Harold Elwood Costill
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: On April 16, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) accounted for Fireman Third Class Harold Kendall Costill, missing from World War II. Fireman Third Class Costill entered the U.S. Navy from New Jersey and served aboard the USS West Virginia (BB-48). On the morning of December 7, 1941, the West Virginia was moored in Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, when the harbor came under attack by Japanese forces. The battleship was hit by torpedoes and bombs in its port side, and F3 Costill was killed in the attack. His remains were recovered after the incident but could not be identified at the time, and were buried as “unknowns” at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. Eventually, advances in forensic technology prompted the disinterment and eventual identification F3 Costill’s remains.
Source: National Archives
Francis Daniel Day, age 37, from Essex County Milburn, New Jersey .
Parents: William Day
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
Source: National Archives
Eugene Keller Eberhardt, age 29, from Essex County Newark, New Jersey .
Parents: Henry James Eberhardt
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for July 3, 2018.
Source: National Archives