Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Fallen USS Oklahoma Twins Identified

August 13, 2019 ·

On August 10, 2019, a pair of twin brothers who served and died aboard USS Oklahoma (BB-37) were laid to rest with military honors. The services were held, one after the other, to honor two fallen heroes of the Pearl Harbor attack whose remains had rested in mass graves for years after the war ended. USS […]

Francis Flaherty: Hero of USS Oklahoma

September 03, 2018 ·

On December 14, 1941, seven days after the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, John Flaherty received a box of Christmas presents from his brother in Hawaii. At about the same time, US Navy officials were confirming that Francis Flaherty, an officer aboard USS Oklahoma (BB-37), had been killed in the attack. This was an […]

USS Oklahoma Casualty Robert Holmes Identified

August 25, 2018 ·

During the chaos that erupted on December 7, 1941, Marine Pfc. Robert Holmes found the ship he was serving on a target of the attacking Japanese Navy's torpedoes. The attack on Pearl Harbor lasted nearly two hours, but the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized and sank well before the Japanese retreated back to their carriers. […]

USS Oklahoma Sailor George C. Ford Identified

August 06, 2018 ·

The weight of the Pearl Harbor attack is still heavy for some families, such as the relatives of Fireman 2nd Class George C. Ford. Although the attack unfolded more than 76 years ago, some families were never able to have the closure that comes with burying their loved ones killed on the morning of December […]

USS Oklahoma Sailor James Solomon Identified

July 12, 2018 ·

It was more than 76 years ago when Navy Seaman 1st Class James Solomon was lost at Pearl Harbor. The North Texas native served in the United States Navy aboard USS Oklahoma (BB-37), which was moored along Battleship Row at Ford Island. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Solomon, like so many others, was […]

USS Oklahoma Sailor Clifford Goodwin Identified

June 25, 2018 ·

It’s a headline that’s popped up dozens of times since 2015: The remains of a sailor from USS Oklahoma (BB-37), the ill-fated battleship that capsized and sank during the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, is identified after more than seven decades and is returned home to be buried alongside his family. No […]

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

June 15, 2018 ·

In 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) began work on a program that aims to return home hundreds of soldiers and sailors killed during battle whose remains were unable to be identified when they died. One of the biggest challenges being targeted by the agency was the sinking of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) during […]

USS Oklahoma Sailor William Hellstern Identified

June 05, 2018 · Jason Alghussein

It started with a DNA sample. Ted Hummell never knew his uncle William Hellstern, but he had heard about him all his life from his mother, Jeanne. William Francis Hellstern was one of over 2,400 Americans who lost their lives on December 7th, 1941 when the Imperial Japanese Navy launched an aerial attack on the […]

USS Oklahoma Sailor Edward Slapikas Identified

May 17, 2018 ·

On December 7, 1941, US Navy Seaman 1st Class Edward Slapikas was serving aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) when the Imperial Japanese Navy launched an aerial strike against Pearl Harbor. As one of the main targets of the attack, Oklahoma sustained extensive damage and finally capsized. In the process, she lost 429 men, Edward […]

Glenn Tipton, USS Oklahoma Sailor, Identified

May 05, 2018 ·

The mission of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to exhume and identify unknown remains from the sinking of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) continues to reunite families with their long-lost relatives. During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States suffered the loss of 2,403 lives. Many ships and aircraft were […]

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Fallen USS Oklahoma Twins Identified

Francis Flaherty: Hero of USS Oklahoma

USS Oklahoma Casualty Robert Holmes Identified

USS Oklahoma Sailor George C. Ford Identified

USS Oklahoma Sailor James Solomon Identified

USS Oklahoma Sailor Clifford Goodwin Identified

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

USS Oklahoma Sailor William Hellstern Identified

USS Oklahoma Sailor Edward Slapikas Identified

Glenn Tipton, USS Oklahoma Sailor, Identified

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